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Association football tournament for clubs
This article is about the annual FIFA club competition starting in 2024. For the competition to determine the club world champions, see
FIFA Club World Cup
.
Not to be confused with
Intercontinental Cup
, a competition between the European and South American continental champions, considered to be a predecessor of the FIFA Club World Cup.
Football tournament
The
FIFA Intercontinental Cup
is a planned annual international men's
association football
competition organised by the
Federation Internationale de Football Association
(
FIFA
), the sport's global
governing body
. The first edition is scheduled to take place in
2024
. The competition will feature the club champions of the six confederations of FIFA, and will be played as a
knockout tournament
with the European team receiving a
bye
to the final.
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History
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On 16 December 2022, the
FIFA Council
approved the expansion of the
FIFA Club World Cup
from seven to thirty-two teams beginning in
2025
.
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The
2023 tournament
was therefore the last played under the previous format. However, confederations expressed to FIFA the need for the champions of their top club competitions to still play each other annually to "stimulate competitiveness".
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Therefore, on 14 March 2023, the FIFA Council approved a concept for an annual club competition beginning in 2024, later named as the FIFA Intercontinental Cup. It will feature the champions of the top club competitions of the six confederations of FIFA, namely the
AFC Champions League
,
CAF Champions League
,
CONCACAF Champions Cup
,
Copa Libertadores
,
OFC Champions League
and
UEFA Champions League
.
The
inaugural edition
of the tournament is scheduled to take place in December 2024.
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Format
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The competition will feature a series of intercontinental play-offs between clubs from all confederations except UEFA, whose club will receive a
bye
to the final, with the OFC Champions League winner facing off against either the AFC or CAF Champions League winner in the first play-off round (alternating by year), while the second play-off round consisting of the winner of the first matchup facing the remaining AFC or CAF champion and a matchup between the winners of the CONCACAF Champions Cup and Copa Libertadores. The play-off final between the AFC/CAF/OFC representative and the CONCACAF/CONMEBOL representative and the final between the winners of the play-offs and the UEFA Champions League winners will take place at a neutral venue, with the winning club crowned champions of the FIFA Intercontinental Cup.
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