FIFA Club World Cup: Which teams are in the final?

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English broadside Chelsea volition conscionable European champions Paris Saint-Germain successful the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup last connected Sunday.

FIFA’s 2025 Club World Cup reaches its last successful the United States connected Sunday with a blockbuster ending lined up for the astir lucrative tourney successful shot history.

The expanded 32-team variation has seen the best-ranked teams from their continents crossed the past 4 years whittled down to the past two.

Al Jazeera takes a person look astatine the finale to the sport’s planetary governing body’s effort to enactment the nine crippled connected the planetary stage.

Who’s successful the FIFA Club World Cup final?

France’s Paris-Saint Germain, the recently crowned European champions, are the header sanction successful the final.

The Qatar-backed Parisians trounced Inter Milan successful the UEFA Champions League final – the tourney FIFA are hoping to supersede – successful May to assistance that trophy for the archetypal time.

They look English Premier League nine Chelsea who had fallen somewhat from the heights they reached during the Roman Abramovich era, erstwhile the Russian billionaire heavy funded the Londoners’ battle connected the home and European titles.

The Blues did bounce backmost to triumph the UEFA Champions League successful 2021, upsetting Manchester City successful the final, but their past home league rubric was secured successful 2017.

How overmuch has PSG made astatine the Club World Cup?

PSG has earned $88.4m to $113.8m for reaching the final, the magnitude depending connected a information fee.

The prize money differs for each squad depending connected however galore matches they won crossed the tournament.

The Parisians beat Real Madrid 4-0 successful their semifinal connected Wednesday to people their 5th triumph of the tournament.

Paris Saint-Germain’s Goncalo Ramos shoots astatine the extremity during the semifinal against Real Madrid [File: Mike Segar/Reuters]

How overmuch has Chelsea made astatine the Club World Cup?

Chelsea are believed to person earned a fig precise adjacent to that of PSG. The Blues, similar their Parisians, won 2 and mislaid 1 successful their radical signifier fixtures.

Both clubs are believed to person been rewarded with akin information fees anterior to the tourney – and PSG’s Champions League occurrence successful May.

Chelsea beat Fluminense 2-0 successful their last-four clash connected Tuesday.

How overmuch volition the victor of the Club World Cup receive?

The victor of Sunday’s last volition person $40m.

Along with the prize wealth claimed crossed the matches, and the information fees, some Chelsea and PSG person the accidental to gain good successful excess of $125m successful total.

What titles person PSG already won this season?

PSG not lone secured the UEFA Champions League last for the archetypal time, but the Parisians besides claimed some the French league and cupful titles.

Their archetypal treble – uncommon crossed the continent – could present beryllium turned into a quadruple.

With the UEFA Super Cup to travel adjacent month, PSG could adjacent Manchester City’s unsocial five-trophy accomplishment successful 2023.

Has Chelsea ever won the Club World Cup?

Chelsea were crowned champions of FIFA’s showpiece nine lawsuit successful 2021 arsenic they bushed Brazil’s Palmeiras 2-1 successful the final.

The Blues were defeated finalists successful 2012, erstwhile they mislaid to different Brazilian side, Corinthians.

Chelsea are striving to go the archetypal English broadside to triumph the CWC for a 2nd time.

Chelsea’s cardinal midfielder Cole Palmer volition request to beryllium astatine his champion against PSG if the Blues anticipation to regain the FIFA Club World Cup trophy 4 years aft winning it the archetypal clip [File: Franck Fifa/AFP]

Why are Chelsea astatine the Club World Cup?

Chelsea lifted the UEFA Conference League this play by beating Real Betis successful the final, portion finishing 4th successful the English apical flight.

It was their 2021 triumph successful the Champions League last that aided their ranking successful Europe, however, which qualified the London-based nine for this variation of the Club World Cup.

Where volition the Club World Cup last beryllium held?

The last volition beryllium staged astatine Metlife Stadium successful New Jersey, the aforesaid venue that volition big the finale of the 2026 FIFA World Cup adjacent year.

The multipurpose venue, which is presently location to the NFL’s New York Giants and New York Jets, holds a capableness of 82,500.

How to travel and ticker the Club World Cup final?

We’ll bring you our accustomed broad substance and photograph commentary stream, with 4 hours of unrecorded build-up, connected Al Jazeera Sport connected Sunday.

You tin besides subscribe to DAZN, the authoritative broadcaster of the tournament, to ticker the final.

PSG Star guardant Ousmane Dembele and his teammates volition beryllium gunning for their archetypal FIFA Club World Cup trophy astatine MetLife Stadium connected Sunday [File: Patricia de Melo Moreira/AFP]

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