FIFA Club World Cup: Manchester City Grouped With Juventus, Real Madrid Faces Al Hilal

The groups for the revamped FIFA Club World Cup, set to take place next year in the United States, have been revealed following the draw held on Thursday in Miami, Florida the location for the opening match.

In some of the more eye-catching results of the draw, Manchester City was grouped with Juventus while Paris Saint-Germain got both Atletico Madrid and Botafogo in their group.

Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami has been placed in Group A alongside FC Porto and Palmeiras, while European champions Real Madrid will compete in Group H with Neymar’s Al Hilal from Saudi Arabia.

Below you can see the full groups for the tournament taking place from June 15th to July 13th, 2025:

Group A

Palmeiras (Brazil)

FC Porto (Portugal)

Al Ahly (Egypt)

Inter Miami (USA)

Group B

Paris Saint-Germain (France)

Atletico Madrid (Spain)

Botafogo (Brazil)

Seattle Sounders (USA)

Group C 

Bayern Munich (Germany)

Auckland City FC (New Zealand)

Boca Juniors (Argentina)

Benfica (Portugal)

Group D

Flamengo (Brazil)

Esperance Tunis (Tunisia)

Chelsea (England)

Club Leon (Mexico)

Group E

River Plate (Argentina)

Urawa Red Diamonds (Japan)

Monterrey (Mexico)

Inter Milan (Italy)

Group F

Fluminense (Brazil)

Borussia Dortmund (Germany)

Ulsan (South Korea)

Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa)

Group G 

Manchester City (England)

Wydad (Morocco)

Al Ain (UAE)

Juventus (Italy)

Group H

Real Madrid (Spain)

Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia)

Pachuca (Mexico)

Salzburg (Austria)

The group winners and runners-up will progress to the Round of 16, which is followed by quarter-finals, semi-finals, and the final.

The final will take place on July 13th at MetLife Stadium in New York.

Rules of the draw:

A general guideline stipulated that no group could include more than one team from the same confederation, except for UEFA, which has 12 clubs participating in the tournament. Consequently, four of the eight groups consist of two European clubs each.

Clubs from the same member association could not be grouped either and all clubs from Pot 1 were allocated to the first position of the group into which they were drawn.

For scheduling considerations, both U.S. clubs, Inter Miami and Seattle Sounders, were automatically assigned to the fourth position in Groups A and B, respectively.