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HOW TO WATCH: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 group draw

On Thursday morning we came one step closer to the biggest event in the history of club football.

The official draw for the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup will take place at 10:00 a.m. PT in Miami, Florida. You can watch the live stream of the event below as Sounders FC’s opponents are announced for this unprecedented tournament.

The tournament will take place in the United States from June 15 to July 13, 2025 and will feature 32 of the most famous clubs in world football. As the host city, all three of Sounders FC’s group stage games will be played at Lumen Field, while additional games will be played in Seattle.

All 32 teams were divided into four seeding pots, with the Sounders drawn in pot 4. The rest of Seatle’s group includes a team from each of the other three pots. The rules of the draw include that no group may contain more than one team from the same continental confederation, with the exception of UEFA, which enters the tournament with 12 teams. This means that two teams from Europe will be represented in four of the eight groups.

Pot allocation for the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup:

  • Pot 1: Manchester City (ENG), Real Madrid CF (ESP), FC Bayern Munich (GER), Paris Saint-Germain (FRA), CR Flamengo (BRA), SE Palmeiras (BRA), CA River Plate (ARG) and Fluminense FC ( BRA).
  • Pot 2: Chelsea FC (ENG), Borussia Dortmund (GER), FC Internazionale Milano (ITA), FC Porto (POR), Atlético de Madrid (ESP), SL Benfica (POR), Juventus FC (ITA) and FC Salzburg (AUT).
  • Pot 3: Al Hilal (KSA), Ulsan HD (KOR), Al Ahly FC (EGY), Wydad AC (MAR), CF Monterrey (MEX), Club León (MEX), CA Boca Juniors (ARG) and Botafogo (BRA).
  • Pot 4: Urawa Red Diamonds (JPN), Al Ain FC (UAE), Espérance Sportive de Tunisie (TUN), Mamelodi Sundowns FC (RSA), CF Pachuca (MEX), Seattle Sounders FC (USA), Auckland City FC (NZL), Inter Miami CF (USA)

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