Following a FIFA Council meeting today in which several key decisions were made on the future of global men’s and women’s competitions, a new format was confirmed for the FIFA Club World Cup.
The tournament, which Chelsea won in its current format last season, will from June 2025 be played every four years and will be for 32 teams.
Europe has 12 of those places, with four of them for Champions League winners in each of the four years leading up to 2025, which includes Chelsea as the 2021 winners.
Additional teams will be determined by a club ranking based on the same four-year period.