Inter Miami Secures Spot in 2025 FIFA Club World Cup After Record-Breaking MLS Season

Football Oct 20, 2024 0 255 Add to Reading List

20th October 2024
By Chukwu Ziteihe Ikeokwu

Major League Soccer side Inter Miami have been named as the latest addition to the Fifa Club World Cup in 2025.

The expanded 32-team tournament will be held in the United States in 2025 from 15 June to 3 July next year.

The tournament will be made up of 12 teams from Europe, six from South America, 12 from Asia, Africa and North America with the final two spots going to one club from Oceania and another from the United States - the host nation.

Inter Miami, who are co-owned by David Beckham, have been awarded that spot after the club won the MLS Supporters Shield - which is given to the club in the MLS with the best regular game season.

The announcement came after Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick to help Inter Miami break the MLS's regular-season points record.

"You have shown that in the United States, you are consistently the best club on the field of play," Fifa president Gianni Infantino said.

"Therefore, I am proud to announce that as one of the best clubs in the world, you are deserved participants in the new Fifa Club World Cup 2025."

The 32nd spot in the tournament will be awarded to the winner of the 2024 Copa Libertadores.

Matches will be played across eight venues in the US - including at Inter Miami's Hard Rock stadium - with the final to take place at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.

The full Club World Cup draw will be made in December.