The 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup is scheduled to be the inaugural edition of the FIFA Intercontinental Cup, an annual club association football tournament organised by FIFA. The tournament will comprise the six teams that won the previous edition of the continental championships in each FIFA confederation playing each other in a single-elimination bracket. It is scheduled to take place from 22 September to 18 December 2024 with the first rounds at a home stadium for one team and later rounds at a neutral venue.[1]
| Coupe Intercontinentale de la FIFA 2024 | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Dates | 22 September – 18 December |
| Teams | 6 (from 6 confederations) |
The tournament broadly maintains the format of the previous annual versions of the FIFA Club World Cup, which was expanded and reorganised into a quadrennial tournament with more entrants, and the exception that some of the matches will be played at clubs' home venues, and the later rounds at a neutral venue.[1] The tournament name is derived from the former Intercontinental Cup, that was last played in 2004 between teams from UEFA and CONMEBOL.
Format
editThe details were approved and announced by the FIFA Council on 17 December 2023.[2][3]
- First round: The winners of the 2023–24 AFC Champions League[a] will host the winners of the 2024 OFC Champions League.[4]
- Second round: The winners of the 2023–24 CAF Champions League will host the winners of the first round. The winners of the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup and the winners of the 2024 Copa Libertadores will play each other at the home stadium of one of the teams.
- Play-off: The winners of the second round matches will play each other at a neutral venue.
- Final: The winners of the play-off round will play the winners of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League at the same neutral venue.
Qualified teams
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| Team | Confederation | Qualification | Qualified date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entering in the final | |||
| Real Madrid | UEFA | Winners of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League | 1 June 2024 |
| Entering in the second round | |||
| Al Ahly | CAF | Winners of the 2023–24 CAF Champions League | 25 May 2024 |
| Pachuca | CONCACAF | Winners of the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup | 1 June 2024 |
| CONMEBOL | Winners of the 2024 Copa Libertadores | 30 November 2024 | |
| Entering in the first round | |||
| Al Ain | AFC | Winners of the 2023–24 AFC Champions League | 25 May 2024 |
| Auckland City | OFC | Winners of the 2024 OFC Champions League | 24 May 2024 |
Matches
editThe match schedule was confirmed on 26 August 2024.[5]
| First round | Second round | Play-off | Final | |||||||||||||||
| 11 December – TBC | ||||||||||||||||||
| CONMEBOL champion | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 December – TBC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pachuca | ||||||||||||||||||
| Winner Match 3 | 18 December – TBC | |||||||||||||||||
| 29 October – Cairo | ||||||||||||||||||
| Winner Match 2 | Winner Match 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 22 September – Al Ain | Al Ahly | |||||||||||||||||
| Real Madrid | ||||||||||||||||||
| Al Ain | Winner Match 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Auckland City | ||||||||||||||||||
First round
editSecond round
editPlay-off
edit| Winner Match 3 | Match 4 | Winner Match 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Final
edit| Winner Match 4 | Match 5 | Real Madrid |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Notes
edit- ^ A draw determined whether the winners of the 2023–24 AFC Champions League or the 2023–24 CAF Champions League would play in the first round. Consequently, the other team entered in the second round.
References
edit- ^ a b "FIFA Council confirms key details for FIFA Club World Cup 2025" (Press release). FIFA. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ Bonn, Kyle (17 December 2023). "Club World Cup 2025 in USA: Confirmed teams, format, schedule, dates for FIFA tournament with expanded field". The Sporting News. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ Nair, Rohith (17 December 2023). "Club World Cup set for June–July 2025, new Intercontinental Cup in 2024 –FIFA". Reuters. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ @AucklandCity_FC (26 August 2024). "Intercontinental Cup: City to face AFC Champs" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Al Ain FC [@alainfcae_en] (26 August 2024). "Official | The match schedule for the 2024 Intercontinental Cup has been confirmed" (Tweet). Retrieved 18 September 2024 – via Twitter.