Atletico Madrid are the latest team to qualify for the inaugural Mundial de Clubes FIFA 25™ (FIFA Club World Cup 2025™).

Barcelona’s defeat at the hands of Paris Saint-Germain in the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals means that Diego Simeone’s side are now assured of a place at the global tournament via the ranking pathway, despite their own exit from the European competition at the hands of Borussia Dortmund.

The new 32-team competition, which will take place in the United States during June and July 2025, features clubs from each of the six confederations, competing for the title of world champions.

With 12 spots open at the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 for European teams, the winners of the UEFA Champions League over the last three seasons – Manchester City, Real Madrid and Chelsea – have already secured their places.

Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Inter Milan, Porto, Benfica, Borussia Dortmund and Juventus have filled seven more of the berths via the ranking pathway for UEFA clubs, based on their Champions League performances over the past four seasons, including the current campaign.

The winners of the current edition of the UEFA Champions League, which concludes with the final in London on 1 June, will take one spot, with the next best ranked team on the qualification pathway – which is now certain to be Atletico Madrid – joining them in the US.

In the event of a club winning two or more editions of the confederation’s premier club competition during the 2021-2024 period, the ranking pathway will be used to grant access.

A cap of two clubs per country will be applied to the access list with an exception in cases where more than two clubs from the same country win the confederation’s premier club competition over the four-year period.

Given the teams remaining in the UEFA Champions League this season, and the sides who have already booked a place at the FIFA Club World Cup 2025, FC Salzburg of Austria will join the list of European qualifiers if any club other than Arsenal lifts the trophy this year.