MADRID, 17 Abr. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Atlético de Madrid secured its presence in the 2025 Club World Cup, which has a new format with 32 teams and a month of duration, after the elimination this Tuesday of FC Barcelona in the quarterfinals of the Champions League at the hands of Paris Saint-Germain.
“As a result of their performances in the Champions League over the last four seasons (and FC Barcelona’s elimination from this year’s competition), Atlético de Madrid have secured their place in the 2025 Club World Cup,” FIFA confirmed. on their social networks.
The Blaugranas needed to advance to the final and lift the ‘Orejona’ to participate in the new Club Super World Cup, but the defeat (1-4) in the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals against PSG knocked them out of the competition and ended their chances. to fight to be the best team in the world in 2025.
The red and whites, who were also eliminated in the quarterfinal round of the continental competition against the German Borussia Dortmund, will thus join Real Madrid in the 2025 Club World Cup, contested by 32 teams from the six confederations, the first under a new format that will be held in the United States from June 15 to July 13.