Club World Cup 🏆

So it would be the best club tournament in the world, with a unique and new qualifying format. In the five continents of the world, they have a two-way qualification format (Oceania would have 1 qualification format) [And counting an extra one], and these formats are: Winning the top competition through a Ranking defined by FIFA, and by the Host country.

• Champion of the Top Competition: This classification occurs when a club wins the top competition of its continent, earning an additional spot to enter the tournament.

Europe: UEFA Champions League. South America: CONMEBOL Copa Libertadores. North/Central/Caribbean America: CONCACAF Champions Cup. Africa: CAF Champions League. Asia: AFC Champions League.

|Rules| This quota is valid for 4 years before a new edition begins.

A club that wins its competition and becomes champion again will have its spot awarded to the runner-up in the final. (Example) 2023-2024 Champions League Final, the spot was given to Borussia Dortmund because Real Madrid already won it in 2021-2022.

• Ranking: The five continents of the world have additional spots for clubs in case they did not win their top competition, they have this ranking as an extra opportunity. The last four years before the competition begins are evaluated. The ranking measures the points of those clubs on each continent based on their top competition. That is, all points evaluated based on their top competition.

(Ranking in each continent) UEFA Ranking: 8 Qualifying Spots.

CONMEBOL Ranking: 2 Qualifying Spots.

CONCACAF Ranking: 1-2 Qualifying Spots.

CAF Ranking: 1-2 Places to qualify.

AFC Ranking: 1 Place to qualify.

OFC Ranking: 1 Place to qualify.

• Venue: As with the World Cup, this tournament also has an extra quota of one edition in a country that is the main host country for the next tournament.

(Example) 2025 Club World Cup: The club that will participate as the main host is chosen.

The Club World Cup group stage is the first step for clubs on their way to winning the trophy. It consists of 32 clubs divided into eight groups of four each. The draws will be random, and the selected clubs will play each other over three matchdays. The top two teams in each group with the most points will advance to the next stage, the Playoffs.

The qualifying rounds are drawn based on the club's position in its group and the qualifying zone. The draws will be Group A through Group D, and Group E through Group H.

(Scheme)

1A vs 2B | 1C vs 2D | 1B vs 2A | 1D vs 2C

1E vs 2F | 1G vs 2H | 1F vs 2E | 1H vs 2G

The Qualifiers are the second step for clubs to win the Club World Cup trophy. The matches are determined by the club's ranking and group after finishing first or second in their group. The group stage consists of four groups: the Qualifiers, Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and the Final, where two clubs will advance to the final, and one of them will win the Club World Cup trophy. This tournament does not have a Third Place group.