Why Barcelona does not play the 2025 Club World Cup

The first edition of the renewed edition will be played from Sunday, June 15, 2025 Club World Cup y Barcelona It is one of the great absent. He Blaugranachampion five times from the Champions League, did not reach the classification and Spain will be represented by the Real Madrid y Atlético de Madrid.

Those today led by Hansi Flick, who has no responsibility in this situation, will look at the tournament that brings together the best 32 teams in the world, like other winners of the Orejona. Nor will they be in the appointment: Milan (7), Liverpool (6), Ajax (4) and Manchester United (3), among others.

It is worth noting that FIFA gave 12 quotas to UEFA: the four winners of the Champions League between 2021 and 2024 and another eight classified by its performance in the maximum continental competition in that period, with the limitation of no more than two per country except for a champion.

The Sporting News It presents the particular case of Barcelona.

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Why Barcelona does not play the 2025 Club World Cup

Chelsea, Real Madrid y Manchester City They were classified to the 2025 Club World Cup as champions and Bayern Munich, PSG, Inter, Porto, Benfica, Borussia Dortmund Y Juventus They did it by ranking.

Barcelona fought last moment with Atlético de Madrid. Those led by Xavi Hernández needed that their rival would be eliminated in Germany against Borussia Dortmund in the quarterfinals and they move forward against the PSG (more to win one game and at least tie the other in the semifinals). The story is known: they both lost and thus the Mattress He took the position.

This new Club World Cup, which has its first edition in the United States, will be played every four years and Barcelona He already started his way to 2029.

UEFA classification for the 2025 Club World Cup