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Chelsea and Manchester City join the giants of world football to discover their fate in the Club World Cup draw with the expanded competition to take place in the United States next summer
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- Updated19:47, 5 Dec 2024
The draw for the inaugral edition of the new Club World Cup format is complete.
The event got underway on Thursday evening in Miami, ahead of this summer's tournament in the United States. In addition to the teams learning their opponents, a message from Donald Trump played and a new trophy was unveiled.
Manchester City, Chelsea, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich all discovered who they face in the 32-team competition with rivals from all across the globe. The expanded tournament will take place between June 15 and July 13 2025.
City will face Wydad in their opening game, and also see Al Ain and Juventus in their group. Enzo Maresca's Chelsea side will face off against Flamengo. Esperance Sportive de Tunisie and open their tournament against Club Leon.
Lionel Messi's Inter Miami meanwhile play in the tournament's first match against Al Ahly and are also joined by Porto and Palmeiras in Group A.
Take a look how the draw unfolded and the complete groups below.
19:35 - And there we go.
We go there, well done for sticking through.
Check out the full draw here.
19:34 - Group H confirmed
1. Real Madrid
2. Al Hilal
3. Pachuca
4. Salzburg
19:32 - Group G confirmed
1. Man City
2. Wydad
3. Al Ain
4. Juventus
19:31 - Group B confirmed
1. PSG
2. Atletico Madrid
3. Botafogo
4. Seattle Sounders
19:29 - Group E confirmed
Group E
1. River Plate
2. Urawa Red Diamonds
3. Monterrey
4. Inter Milan
19:27 - Group F confirmed
Group F
1. Fluminense
2. Borussia Dortmund
3. Ulsan
4. Mamelodi Sundowns
19:25 - Group D complete
Group D
1. Flamengo
2. Espérance Sportive de Tunis
3. Chelsea
4. Club Leon
19:23 - Group C confirmed
Group C
1. Bayern Munich
2. Auckland City
3. Boca Juniors
4. Benfica
19:22 - Group A confirmed
1. Palmeiras
2. Porto
3. Al Ahly
4. Inter Miami
19:21 - Pot 4 underway
Inter Miami and of course Lionel Messi move straight into Group A. They face Al Ahly in the opening game of the tournament.
Group A
1. Palmeiras
2. Porto
3. Al Ahly
4. Inter Miami
19:19 - Pot 3 wraps up
Al Hilal - and the likes of Mitrovic, Cancelo, Neymar and Ruben Neves - go into group H.
Group A
1. Palmeiras
2. Porto
3.
4. Al Ahly
Group B
1. PSG
2. Atletico Madrid
3. Botafogo
4.
Group C
1. Bayern Munich
2.
3. Boca Juniors
4. Benfica
Group D
1. Flamengo
2.
3. Chelsea
4. Club Leon
Group E
1. River Plate
2.
3. Monterrey
4. Inter Milan
Group F
1. Fluminense
2. Borussia Dortmund
3. Ulsan
4.
Group G
1. Man City
2. Wydad
3.
4. Juventus
Group H
1. Real Madrid
2. Al Hilal
3.
4. Salzburg
19:16 - Wydad
2022 African champions from Morocco head into Group G and face City first.
Group G
1. Man City
2. Wydad
3.
4. Juventus
19:14 - Ulsan
The South Korean side head into Group F.
Group F
1. Fluminense
2. Borussia Dortmund
3. Ulsan
4.
19:12 - Monterrey
More Mexican.
Group E
1. River Plate
2.
3. Monterrey
4. Inter Milan
19:11 - Club Leon
The Mexican side move into Group D. Chelsea's first match confirmed.
Group D
1. Flamengo
2.
3. Chelsea
4. Club Leon
19:09 - Boca Juniors
Group C
1. Bayern Munich
2.
3. Boca Juniors
4. Benfica
19:06 - Al Ahly drawn
Group A
1. Palmeiras
2. Porto
3.
4. Al Ahly
19:04 - Pot 3 to get underway
Botafogo first out having just won the Copa Libertadores less than a week ago.
Group B
1. PSG
2. Atletico Madrid
3. Botafogo
4.
19:01 - Break in the draw
Another package for the host cities.
Philadelphia, Charlotte, Nashville, Atalanta, Seattle, Orlando, LA, Washington DC, Cincinnati, Miami, New York New Jersey.
18:59 - Groups after pot 2
Salzburg the final team drawn.
Group A
1. Palmeiras
2. Porto
3.
4.
Group B
1. PSG
2. Atletico Madrid
3.
4.
Group C
1. Bayern Munich
2.
3.
4. Benfica
Group D
1. Flamengo
2.
3. Chelsea
4.
Group E
1. River Plate
2.
3.
4. Inter Milan
Group F
1. Fluminense
2. Borussia Dortmund
3.
4.
Group G
1. Man City
2.
3.
4. Juventus
Group H
1. Real Madrid
2.
3.
4. Salzburg
18:57 - Juventus the penultimate team from pot 2
They join Manchester City.
Group G
1. Man City
2.
3.
4. Juventus
18:55 - Borussia Dortmund
They join group F.
Group F
1. Fluminense
2. Borussia Dortmund
3.
4.
18:53 - Inter go into group E
1. River Plate
2.
3.
4. Inter Milan
18:51 - Benfica next drawn out
Group C
1. Bayern Munich
2.
3.
4. Benfica
18:49 - Atletico Madrid
Tough start.
Group B
1. PSG
2. Atletico Madrid
3.
4.
18:48 - Group D it is
1. Flamengo
2.
3. Chelsea
4.
18:47 - Chelsea drawn
Constraints galore this time. They're working out the group and position in the group.
18:46 - Porto drawn
Group A
1. Palmeiras
2. Porto
3.
4.
18:44 - Pot two coming up
European sides fill out this pot.
18:43 - Pot One complete
Group A
1. Palmeiras
2.
3.
4.
Group B
1. PSG
2.
3.
4.
Group C
1. Bayern Munich
2.
3.
4.
Group D
1. Flamengo
2.
3.
4.
Group E
1. River Plate
2.
3.
4.
Group F
1. Fluminense
2.
3.
4.
Group G
1. Man City
2.
3.
4.
Group H
1. Real Madrid
2.
3.
4.
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