Club World Cup 2025: Why Arsenal, Liverpool, Barcelona won’t play at tournament

Top teams like Barcelona, Arsenal, and Liverpool will be absent from this year’s Club World Cup in the USA. With Manchester City and Chelsea representing England after winning the Champions League in 2021 and 2023, bettors might consider backing these teams for potential favorable outcomes in the tournament. The expansion to 32 teams could also open betting avenues for less favored teams making their mark.

A few top teams will not be at this year’s Club World Cup in the United States. Some of them include Barcelona, Arsenal and Liverpool.

The number of teams involved has been increased to 32 and there will be 63 fixtures in total. With only two teams from each national association allowed, Manchester City and Chelsea will be England’s representatives.

Liverpool and Arsenal have missed out, because the main qualifying criteria is Champions League success. Chelsea and City were invited, because they won the trophy in 2021 and 2023 respectively. Real Madrid won it in 2022 and 2024.

That meant the other nine of Europe’s 12 spots were determined by UEFA rankings. That would have included 2022 runners-up Liverpool if City and Chelsea had not qualified by winning the tournament.

Paris Saint-Germain, who won the Champions League this year, qualified due to performances in the four-year cycle. Europe’s other qualifiers via UEFA rankings are Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Inter Milan, Porto, Atletico Madrid, Juventus, Benfica and Red Bull Salzburg.

Club World Cup 2025: Why Arsenal, Liverpool, Barcelona won’t play at tournament.

A few top teams will not be at this year’s Club World Cup in the United States. Some of them include Barcelona, Arsenal and Liverpool. The number of teams involved has been increased to 32 and there will be 63 fixtures in total. With only two teams from each national association allowed, Manchester City and [...]Club World Cup 2025: Why Arsenal, Liverpool, Barcelona won’t play at tournament

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