It seems that we have here a classic Champions League path to the Final game, and we could even remember that PSG, Real Madrid or Chelsea had been there, offering exceptional games and a quality performance. What about Fluminense? According to MyBookie, they are the Dark Horse here, so we’ll see a probable surprise against Chelsea. We’ll see this later to understand Club World Cup.
The strong contenders and key Dates continues with Europe -2500 as a favorite Continent from where the Champion will be set, followed by South America +1175.
How it works the new format? 32 teams battle in the group stage, so you’re seeing eight groups of four, then, the top two teams from each group will advance to the Round of 16 and so on until de Final game.
Understand Club World Cup: Key Dates Explained
Before plan your strategies, discover the key aspects that could lead your knowledge to the next level.
- June 14, 2025: Opening match (Inter Miami vs. Al Ahly)
- Jun 14 – June 26, 2025: Group Stage (96 matches)
- June 28 – July 1, 2025: Round of 16 (8 matches)
- July 4-5, 2025: Quarter-finals (4 matches)
- Jul 8-9, 2025: Semi-finals (2 matches)
- July 13, 2025: Final (at MetLife Stadium)
So, let’s check it out this journey that brings a lot of soccer action across the United States this Summer.
What are the Strongest Contenders in the Club World Cup 2025?
With the third games already played and Group stage done, brazilian teams performance had been stunning, that was the case for Botafogo and Flamengo. Of course, we cannot forget Inter Miami, who was not favorite from the beginning of the tournament, but their effort and Messi’s guide they reached the next phase.
On the flipside, UEFA teams are ruling the tournament, after beating some strong contenders in the 3rd game and Round of 16.
PSG +135 to Win
After crushing Atletico de Madrid, the game against Botafogo was a very different reality for the french team. Moreover, Brazilian teams showed a high level in this tournament, so in this case, Botafogo was not the expected team that PSG could imagine. Despite this defeat, they were the main favorites to win, because they finished as leaders of the Group B, after defeating the Seattle Sounders 2-0 and 4-0 against Messi’s Inter.
What a game against Bayern! A spectacular and old UEFA rivalry was revived again, and now in the Club World Cup we have seen that Luis Enrique’s team are the favorites to reach the Final game. Since the Champions League award, it has been verified that Paris Saint-Germain don’t need Mbappé, so this detail is an extra ingredient for the matchup against Real Madrid, a matchup considered as another early Champions League final game.
The French team arrived to the tournament full of glory, after their recently conquer of the UEFA Champions League. Moreover, they are the most winner club in France; recently, they had won the Ligue 1 championship (since 2022) and the French Cup (2024 and 2025).
^Real Madrid +179 to Win
With the first game played against Al Hilal, the draw 1-1 left Madrid with a lot of pressure and several questions about their performance against a high level team. Then, the result against Pachuca 3-1 was a total relief for them, that helped to define their path in the next Round of 16 against Juventus.
These final minutes against Dortmund showed a real weakness in their defensive lines, something that the French team could take advantage at the end of the game.
Despite this detail about the Spanish team, the Xabi Alonso’s new project are getting results, so we could expect some key players to follow in the Semifinal game, such as Gonzalo García, who is the top goalscorer in Madrid and the tournament, and of course the emblematic Kylian Mbappé.
At Group stage, the RB Salzburg in the 3rd game was a very complicated match, but won by Madrid 3-0, so Group H belongs to the “Merengues” despite some doubts in the Group stage. Could Madrid advance, or some ghost will crash their dreams?
What about the Merengues? We agree with all the soccer specialist in the World that the Champions League was a total failure for them (also because they have lost the La Liga championship), so we need to pay attention in this tournament, specially at the final rounds, because the high level performance are the same or superior as the UCL.
^Chelsea +270 to Win
Despite to be the a strong team, the first game in Group stage against LAFC (2-0) was enough to show the real Chelsea, why? because in the second game they couldn’t find the way to beat Flamengo (1-3), they were confused and totally dominated by the Braziliam team, so that shows that Chelsea wasn’t the strongest team in Group D.
The Blues wasn’t in a good position, but with a results’ combination they found the way to the next Round of 16, recovering 3 valuable points after defeating the ES Tunis 3-0. With hat in mind, will be enough to win against Palmeiras and reach the Semifinals?
We’ve talked about the real Chelsea. Despite a doubtful Group stage, the Round of 16 vs Benfica and the Quarterfinal game vs Palmeiras show the expected strong team from the English Premier League. So they have a key player on each line of the schema to face Fluminense, we’re talking about Marc Cucurella in the defensive line, Enzo Fernández in the middle doing defensive and attacking duties with Cole Palmer, who is leading the attack along with Pedro Neto.
Check out “The Blues”, they had won recently the UEFA Conference League 2025, they’re on the next Champions League Group stage and got the 4th place in the Premier League standings.
^Fluminense +1200 to Win
It’s never late to start talking about the “Flu”, after all, they are a strong team to understand Club World Cup that have defeated Inter Milan 2-0 on Round of 16.
As we said before, they could be a surprise against Chelsea, after beating Al Hilal in Quarterfinals. That’s easy to explain, because if they can control Cole Palmer, their defensive results will be with a positive balance through the game. That’s for sure. So they key player has been announced in the game against Palmeiras.
On the flip side, the Flu is a dangerous team, with Jhon Arias and Germán Cano leading the attack, with a strong five middle line, including two fastest runners in the edge of the field, we are talking about Samuel Xavier and Gabriel Fuentes. So these are the key points from them, you can consider them as a strong card in the Semifinal game.
In Group stage, they had two draws, against Dortmund (0-0) and Mamelodi Sundowns (0-0). In fact, these results put the Brazilian team in a difficult position, despite winning Ulsan 4-2, because the match’s results of the other teams could disqualify Fluminense.
Fluminense got the ticket to the Club World Cup in the Copa Libertadores 2023, when they defeat Boca Juniors in the final game. As a curious detail, that was their first appeareance in the South American tournament.
Moreover, to complete some interesting key points of the Fluzão, they won the Recopa Sudamericana 2024, so they are here because the international performance, not local where they have only 4 Serie A championships.
^Bayern
Could be great a 10-0 against Auckland City in the first game in this amazing tournament, but against a week rival it doesn’t enough to show the real Bayern. Against Boca Juniors was a very different story, a great rivalry happened when both teams delivered a sensational game full of action, an unforgettable support, chorus from Boca’s fans and a victory from the German team.
The Bundesliga‘s team got into the Round of 16 but with some doubts about their performance, after a surprising lost against Benfica in the 3rd game 0-1. Despite that result, the amazing result against Flamengo 4-2 established and confirms that German team is one of those who could receive a call to get into the Final game.
Moreover, keep an eye on them, because they also have powerful strikers, such as Jamal Musiala, Harry Kane and Michael Olise, who are favored to win the MVP according to MyBookie’s experts.
The Thomas Müller retirement and the Jamal Musiala’s creepy injury was part of the consequences of the amazing rivalry matchup against PSG. Definitely, it was a Champions League game and a great goodbye to the German team.
^Al Hilal
Definitely, this team belongs to the strong teams in the Club World Cup, after they defeated Man City 4-3 in a sensational Round of 16 game. Now, they must face the Brazilian team Fluminense.
Of course, they had been improving their performance trough the tournament, in fact, in Group H they had a draw 0-0 against Real Madrid, 0-0 vs Salzburg and defeated Pachuca 2-0.
Who is Al Hilal? We need to talk about them, just like Fluminense, this team highlight that soccer could be a total surprise and sometimes an award for this kind of teams that are very well-known in their area.
As an example, Al Hilal win the title of Saudi Pro League 19 times, 11 Kings Cup, 4 AFC Champions League, among others with high relevance in the Asiatic soccer.
Now you know what are the best team from the AFC Asiatic Confederation, the top league and the players that you want to follow to win the Golden Glove or the Golden Ball. Yassine Bounou “Bono” as a goalkeeper and Marcos Leonardo, with 4 goals, are strong contenders to win these awards.
^Palmeiras
Since the beginning of the tournament the Verdão was a total surprise for experts, after that 0-0 against Porto, 2-0 vs Al Ahly and the final draw 2-2 against Inter Miami in the 3rd game of the Group stage, lead the Brazilian team to the win the Group A and classify to the Round of 16.
Now, after they defeated the favorite Botafogo 1-0, we need to put an eye on Palmeiras vs Chelsea, and some key players from Palmeiras, such as Richard Ríos, Estêvão Willian, Lucas Evangelista and José Manuel López.
We had talked about the performance of the Brazilian teams, but it wasn’t enough for Palmeiras to beat Chelsea. Despite they had made a huge game, with a hopeful goal from Estevao William and a lot of pressure, the auto-goal or a mistake was the only way that the Verdao could loss. What’s next for them? Now, they are going to face the Round of 16 in the Copa Libertadores 2025.
Against all forecast, odds and expert opinions, this Brazilian team deserves to be known, so let’s see a few key points from this amazing and famous team. They are the best ever champion in Brazil, they had won the Brasileirao 12 times, Brazilian Cup 4 times, 1 Brazilian Supercup and 3 times in the Copa Libertadores.
Moreover, according to the IFFHS (International Federation of Football History and Statistics) this 2025, the Brasileirao holds the 4th position as one of the best tournaments in the World. If you want to know why Palmeiras are trending in Club World Cup, that’s a good answer, not a casualty of course, because they belong from a very competitive soccer league.
^Dortmund +1925 to Win
Will be enough to understand Club World Cup for them? Apparently yes, after a whole test against Fluminense (0-0) and a difficult, but positive result 4-3 against Mamelodi Sundowns, Borussia got it! Only one goal in the 3rd game against Ulsan HD put the German team in Round of 16. Here they met the mexican team Monterrey with a successful victory 2-1 that put Borussia Dortmund into the Quarterfinals, against the old known Real Madrid.
The second German team after Bayern was beaten in one of the most thrilling games in the tournament against Real Madrid in Quarterfinals. It was a dramatic ending, so what if Dortmund had enough time to draw Real Madrid?
You need to remember that they met last year in the UCL Final game, with a 2-0 victory for the Merengues.
Despite to be the greatest’s Bundesliga runner-up in Germany’s tournament, they have been placed in the last years in the UEFA classifying positions against Leverkusen or Leipzig.
Borussia Dortmund is also known to be a “factory” in terms of export players to the main powerful clubs in Europe. We have as an example: Erling Haaland (Man City), Ousmane Dembélé (PSG) and Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona).
^Juventus
With 5 goals scored in the first game against Al Ain, and a victory 4-1 in the second game against Wydad AC, the Juventus have reached the Round of 16 before play against Man City in the 3rd game. Despite their weaknesses, and a huge lost 5-2 against a high level team, they were always favorites in Group G to advance.
Moreover, we need to remember and highlight the players’ transition in the Juventus, right now, they have for example Kenan Yildiz, the turkish 20-year-old talent, who is nowadays a good reason to understand the Club World Cup and its importance as a professional soccer event to highlight new valuable players for the “Old Lady”.
La Vecchia Signora was the “dream team” in Italy in the past years. Their last 1st place was in the 2019/20 season. After that season, problems and the departure of CR7 and Paulo Dybala, they have been placed in 4th or 7th at the standings and their performance in Serie A or UEFA hadn’t been enough to be a winner team again.
They couldn’t beat the top-level team Real Madrid, just 1 goal was enough for the italian team to pick up their bags and go home.
^Manchester City
Let’s be honest, only a miracle could lead the citizens or the Italian team to avoid the classification if Al Ain or Wydad AC lead the Group and advance. I don’t think so, because Man City still favored in the odds according to MyBookie. Despite some problems during the Premier League season, the Guardiola’s team have all they need to do a great tournament, with Erling Haaland and Phil Foden as an examples.
As we said before, Manchester and Juventus were favorites here. The citizens’ first game against Wydad AC was the most complicated until now for Manchester, then, they took a ride in the 2nd game against Al Ain, with a dramatic result 6-0. Man City had their first hardest test against Juventus, a clash of Titans defined by the citizens, the winners of the Group G.
^Inter Milan
Let’s be honest, they had recently lost the Champions League final game, but their performance leads the Nerazzurri to this stage in the UCL. It seems to be that Inter still without recovering after a disappointing season in Serie A, and the first game against Monterrey left several doubts. With the second game already played against Urawa, it wasn’t enough to convince experts and fans after win 2-1.
Moreover, we need to highlight 2 key points here. First, a last minute and heroic goal lead the Italian team almost to the next Round of 16. Second, the Argentinian Lautaro Martínez could be favorite to win the MVP of the tournament, after a huge performance scoring the 2 goals against the Japanese team. Inter aren’t showing the best soccer, but at least could get into the Round of 16, after defeat River Plate 2-0.
^Inter Miami
You know why by default. Messi is the main reason, sure, but consider that the Club World Cup isn’t an easy championship made only for individual players. Despite this reason, Miami has been growing in MLS since Messi’s arrival.
As we said, Inter cannot only depend on Messi’s skills, but the game against Porto we cannot omit the huge Messi’s talent. A brilliant goal from a free-kick lead Miami’s team very close to the next round. A draw was a good business for Inter against Palmeiras, despite almost win, the braziliam team hold the strings at the end of the match to get into the Round of 16 as well.
Botafogo
The great job made against Seattle Sounders 2-1 and PSG 1-0 on the second game, already put the Brazilian team in the Round of 16. Moreover, you need to know that they were the last Champion at Brazil in 2024. This performance, also, was a strong reason during the Copa Libertadores 2024 to get into the final game and win. So we need to consider two important key aspects, in order to understand Club World Cup; the Brasileirao as a strong league (4th position in the World) and the 10th position they have as the best Club in the World.
The third game against Atlético de Madrid was huge, because the Spanish team needed and urgent win in order to advance into the Round of 16. On the flipside, Botafogo couldn’t manage the pressure at the end of the game, so the result left the braziliam team almost without a classification.
Flamengo
Considering the already mentioned about the Brazilian teams, you need to know that “The Evil One” is one of the most relevant teams in the Brasileirao, they have 7 titles and 5 Brazilian Cups. Moreover, is one of the strongest teams in CONMEBOL with 3 Copa Libertadores conquered. But the most impressive award they have are the 39 titles from de Carioca Championship, which is a very competitive league in Rio de Janeiro that includes the most prestigious rivalries against Botafogo, Fluminense and Vasco da Gama.
Understand Club World Cup Brazilian Teams
If you don’t know, in Brazil exist a whole soccer league system from Serie A to Serie D, and the State Championships with 67 tournaments from the top divisions until fifth divisions.
Here, we’re talking and explaining a little bit why the Brazilian teams are crashing the odds nowadays in the Club World Cup, as you can see, they have professional teams, structure, fans, and very talent and valuable soccer players.
Finally, a Brazilian player could be transferred with a high profit, for example, from the Brasileirao to the Premier League. This is the case for the 2025/26 season, Estevao Willian, who is a young and top player in Palmeiras playing the FIFA tournament, will be with Chelsea in the upcoming English tournament. According to Transfermarket, The Blues paid 60 million of Euros for one of the most relevant players in Brazil.
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Tournament Games and 32 Teams competing in the 2025 Club World Cup
Check out how it look the top 5 favorites’ odds: PSG +240, Real Madrid +270, Chelsea +390, Bayern +590, Al Hilal +1025.
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According to Chelsea’s manager, Enzo Maresca, the “exceptional transfer window which will open before the tournament starts has made it even more interesting. It has become a pre-season and a post-season rolled into one.”
So we can expect a lot of movement on players, those teams who wants to win will have the best to compete. But, what happen with the betting lines?
That’s why it’s recommendable to check out daily the spreads and moneylines of your favorites teams, to prevent any circunstance when betting on this profitable tournament and understand Club World Cup market.
^Which are the Club World Cup Groups and Favorites to Advance?

With the ending of the Group Stage, we’ve been seeing huge games with full soccer action. This a real Club World Cup.
We need to say that FIFA made it! Finally, we have what we deserve as a true soccer fans, games with emotional endings, beautiful goals done by the best soccer players and soccer stadiums full with the best chorus in the World.
- Palmeiras -549 Winner Group A Odds.
- PSG -112 Winner Group B Odds.
- Bayern -490 Winner Group C Odds.
- Chelsea FC -360 Winner Group D Odds.
- Inter Milan -140 Winner Group E Odds.
- Borussia -138 Winner Group F Odds.
- Manchester City -133 Winner Group G Odds.
- Real Madrid -847 Winner Group H Winner Odds.
Who’s Favorite to win the Club World Cup MVP?
The top players performance will be the key to reach the MVP and understand Club World Cup in a better way.
Could these players be the top scorers for their teams? In fact, there are 13 shaking the odds. With 4 goals: Angel Di María from Benfica. With 3 goals: Phil Foden and Erling Haaland (Manchester City); Jamal Musiala, Harry Kane and Michael Olise (Bayern); Kenan Yildiz (Juventus), Pedro Neto (Chelsea), Wessam Abou Ali and Marcus Leonardo (Al Hilal); Germán Berterame (Monterrey), Gonzalo Garcia (Real Madrid), Serhou Guirassy (Dortmund).
Top Players to Keep an Eye on the Club World Cup
Let’s be honest, we were not the best players on the field, but we remember that there’s a lot of kids and younger people doing, making and playing the best soccer of all times.
Aditionally, we have a lot of examples of excellent players nowadays, some of them, are from South America or Europe, where soccer is an important key for their lives every week.
Each player from both Continents comes with huge differences concerning habilities, development and support, something that depends on the Confederation (CONMBEOL and UEFA).
In terms of money, there’s a huge difference between the UEFA and the rest of the Confederations, so that definitely could influence a player development.
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