2025 FIFA Club World Cup Group B
Group B was one of eight groups in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, an international club soccer tournament organized by FIFA. It comprised four teams: Paris Saint-Germain of France; Atlético Madrid of Spain; Botafogo of Brazil; and Seattle Sounders FC of the United States.[1] Teams qualified by winning the respective continental club championships of their confederation or through a ranking of their performance in competitions. Only two clubs per country were allowed to qualify unless three or four won their respective continental club championship. The 2025 edition of the FIFA Club World Cup is the first in the tournament's history to be played under its quadrennial format with 32 teams.[2]
The tournament is being hosted by the United States and all matches in Group B were played at two West Coast venues—Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington; and the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, near Los Angeles.[3][4] A temporary hybrid grass pitch was installed at Lumen Field for the tournament instead of using the stadium's normal artificial turf.[5] The Sounders were automatically placed in Group B during the tournament draw due to their status as a host team.[1] Following the draw in December 2024, Group B was labeled the tournament's "group of death" due to the strength of the teams.[6] The group's matches began on June 15 and concluded on June 23.[3]
Group B had the highest total attendance of the tournament, with 289,725 spectators and an average of 48,288 at the six matches.[7]
Teams
The four teams in Group B were decided by the FIFA Club World Cup draw held by FIFA on December 5, 2024, in the Miami area. The 32 participants were divided into four pots based on their confederation and ranking within FIFA's club ranking system.[8] Each of the eight groups would receive one team from each pot. Teams from the same confederation could not be drawn into the same group except for those from UEFA, which had twelve slots; teams from the same national association were not able to be drawn into the same group.[9] For scheduling purposes, Seattle Sounders FC were automatically placed in Group B but remained in their assigned Pot 4 position.
| Draw position | Team | Association[9] | Pot[9] | Confederation[9] | Method of qualification[8] |
Date of qualification |
Appearance | Last appearance |
Previous best performance |
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| B1 | Paris Saint-Germain | France | 1 | UEFA | UEFA four-year ranking (2nd among eligible) | December 17, 2023[10] | 1st | — | — |
| B2 | Atlético Madrid | Spain | 2 | UEFA | UEFA four-year ranking (6th among eligible) | April 16, 2024[11] | 1st | — | — |
| B3 | Botafogo | Brazil | 3 | CONMEBOL | Winners of the 2024 Copa Libertadores | November 30, 2024[12] | 1st | — | — |
| B4 | Seattle Sounders FC | United States | 4 | CONCACAF | Winners of the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League | March 14, 2023[a][13] | 2nd | 2022 | Second round (2022) |
Notes
- ^ Qualification was confirmed on this date by FIFA.
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Paris Saint-Germain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6[a] | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Botafogo | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6[a] | |
| 3 | Atlético Madrid | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 6[a] | |
| 4 | Seattle Sounders FC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 |
In the round of 16:[14]
- The winners of Group B, Paris Saint-Germain, advanced to play the runners-up of Group A, Inter Miami CF.
- The runners-up of Group B, Botafogo, advanced to play the winners of Group A, Palmeiras.
Matches
Matches took place from June 15 to 23. All times listed are in the local Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−7).[3]
Paris Saint-Germain vs Atlético Madrid
The opening match of Group B was contested by Paris Saint-Germain and Atlético Madrid, who both qualified through UEFA's four-year club ranking. They had previously met in one competitive match, a league phase match in the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League, which Atlético Madrid won 2–1 at the Parc des Princes in Paris.[15]
| Paris Saint-Germain | 4–0 | Atlético Madrid |
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Paris Saint-Germain[17]
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Atlético Madrid[17]
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Man of the Match:
Assistant referees:[17]
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Botafogo vs Seattle Sounders FC
| Botafogo | 2–1 | Seattle Sounders FC |
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Report | C. Roldan 75' |
Botafogo[20]
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Seattle Sounders FC[20]
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Man of the Match:
Assistant referees:[20]
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Seattle Sounders FC vs Atlético Madrid
Seattle Sounders FC[22]
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Atlético Madrid[22]
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Man of the Match:
Assistant referees:[22]
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Paris Saint-Germain vs Botafogo
| Paris Saint-Germain | 0–1 | Botafogo |
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| Report | Igor Jesus 36' |
Paris Saint-Germain[24]
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Botafogo[24]
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Man of the Match:
Assistant referees:[24]
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Seattle Sounders FC vs Paris Saint-Germain
| Seattle Sounders FC | 0–2 | Paris Saint-Germain |
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Seattle Sounders FC[26]
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Paris Saint-Germain[26]
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Man of the Match:
Assistant referees:[26]
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Atlético Madrid vs Botafogo
| Atlético Madrid | 1–0 | Botafogo |
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| Griezmann 87' | Report |
Atlético Madrid[28]
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Botafogo[28]
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Man of the Match:
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Discipline
Fair play points would have been used as tiebreakers if the overall and head-to-head records of teams were tied. These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows:[14]
- first yellow card: −1 point;
- indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
- direct red card: −4 points;
- yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
Only one of the above deductions was applied to a player in a single match.
| Team | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Points | |||||||||
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| Paris Saint-Germain | 2 | 1 | −3 | ||||||||||
| Seattle Sounders | 2 | 1 | −3 | ||||||||||
| Botafogo | 2 | 2 | 1 | −5 | |||||||||
| Atlético Madrid | 5 | 1 | 2 | −10 | |||||||||
References
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External links
- Media related to 2025 FIFA Club World Cup Group B at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website