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Barça, off the list: FIFA announces 26 participants in the Club World Cup

Published:29/12/2023 - 17:02h

Updated:29/12/2023 - 17:02h

FIFA has published the possible first 26 participants of the renewed Club World Cup in the summer of 2025, a list in which, as expected, an FC Barcelona that starts in a complicated position has not entered.

The World-wide of Clubs, with new format, begins to take a lot of form. It will contest during the summer of 2025 and will participate 32 clubs of the different confederations. In the case of Europe, will be awarded 12 squares and already are defined the first eight, to fault of final confirmation. The FIFA has published a document specifying to the likely 26 'classified' for the 'Mundialito', that will contest in United States.

In the case of the participants of the old continent, will access to the tournament via 'invitation' by two forms: victory in the Champions League or by the ránking (coefficient) in the UEFA, being the case of teams like the Manchester City, Chelsea and Real Madrid. The presence of the last three European champions is ensured and the others five squares are for Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Inter, Port wine and Benfica. The ninth 'invited' will be the team that win the present edition of the Champions League (2023(2024).

In theory, will remain three places that will deliver the organism rector of the world-wide football with the premise that they will not repeat countries. As they are the things, attending to the ranking, the squares would be awarded to Borussia Dortmund, Athletic of Madrid, Juventus of Turín and Salzburgo, that are in room of 'wait'. The FC Barcelona, that has lived a hard and 'traumatic' step in Europe in the last years, has few options to win a ticket to the tournament veraniego. Only winning the League of Champions of this season would have his place.

Other historical clubs that will remain went with 'almost' security are the Liverpool, AC Milan, seven times campeone of Europe, or the Lazio. Will have options via ranking, but is quite complicated. Other teams like the Manchester United or Ajax yes are descartados completely. To continuation, review the list of 26 qualifiers -by confederation- to the World-wide of Clubs of 2025: