New Jersey wins 2025 Club World Cup final

The 2025 FIFA Club World Cup final will be held at the home of the NFL’s New York Giants and New York Jets in New Jersey, world football’s governing body announced on Saturday, along with the venue line-up for the revamped tournament.

The expanded 32-team tournament, featuring leading clubs from around the world, will be held in 12 stadiums across the United States from June 15 to July 13 next year.

The open-air stadium, which opened in 2010 and has a capacity of 82,500, hosted the Copa America Centenario final in 2016, with Chile’s Lionel Messi denying Argentina for the second time in the penalty shoot-out.

The venue was also announced earlier this year as the venue for the 2026 World Cup final.

Other venues, mostly a mix of NFL and Major League Soccer stadiums, are in Atlanta, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Los Angeles, Miami, Nashville, Philadelphia, Seattle, Washington and two in Orlando.

The Club World Cup will feature eight groups of four, with the top two teams in each group advancing to the single-match knockout stage from the round of 16 to the final.

FIFPRO’s European member associations have taken legal action against FIFA over the Club World Cup over concerns about the impact of a congested calendar on players’ health and performance.