What does River Plate need to qualify for the 2025 Club World Cup?:
El Millonario, product of his great start in the current Copa Libertadores, is one step away from sealing his ticket to the mega Club World Cup 2025.
“A victory for the Millonarios would guarantee them a place in the ranking and would make them the first non-Brazilian team from South America to qualify for the 32-team tournament to be held in the United States,” FIFA warned in a statement. “If Martín Demichelis’ River Plate wins in Group H over Nacional, in turn three-time champion of the Libertadores, it will add six more points (three for the victory and three for advancing to the next round), which would guarantee it finishing between the two first in the classification,” they clarified from Zurich.
It is worth noting that River Plate (76 points) and Boca Juniors (71) are the ones that would be qualifying this way today, while Olimpia (57), Nacional de Uruguay (49), Independiente del Valle (45) and Cerro Porteño (44) and Barcelona from Ecuador (42), appear as the main competitors in the absence of 40 available points.
Palmeiras, Flamengo and Fluminense have already qualified for Conmebol as they are the last three winners of the Copa Libertadores. They will be joined by the winners of this year’s Libertadores plus the top two teams in the classification, which is calculated over four seasons. However, if one of the three wins again this season, a third place will open up for a non-Brazilian team.
The other classifieds? In Europe there will be Chelsea, Real Madrid, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint Germain, Borussia Dortmund, Inter, Porto, Atlético de Madrid, Benfica, Juventus and Red Bull Salzburg. In Concacaf, with no place left, Rayados de Monterrey, Seattle Sounders and León sealed their ticket. Auckland City will go through Oceania. In Asia, waiting for the definition between Yokohama Marinos and Al Ain FC, Al-Hilal, Urawa Red Diamonds and Ulsan Hyundai have already entered. For Africa, however, Al-Ahly, Wydad Casablanca, Espérance and Mamelodi Sundowns will participate. The last place in the tournament will be for a club from the host country.
