The knockout stage of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup was the second and final stage of the competition, following the group stage. Played from June 28 to July 13, 2025, the knockout stage began with the round of 16 and culminated with the final, held at MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey in the United States. The top two teams from each group advanced to the knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination tournament.
Format The knockout stage of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup was contested between 16 teams that qualified from the group stage. Matches in the knockout stage were played to a finish. If the score of a match was level at the end of 90 minutes of playing time, extra time was played. If, after two periods of 15 minutes, the scores were still tied, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out. All times listed are local.
Qualified teams The top two placed teams from each of the eight groups qualified for the knockout stage.
GroupWinnersRunners-upA Palmeiras Inter Miami CFB BotafogoC Benfica D Flamengo ChelseaE Inter Milan MonterreyF Borussia Dortmund FluminenseG Manchester City JuventusH Real Madrid Al Hilal
Bracket The tournament bracket is shown below, with bold denoting the winners of each match.
Round of 16 Palmeiras vs Botafogo
GK 21 Weverton RB 4 Agustín GiayCB 15 Gustavo Gómez (c) CB 3 Bruno FuchsLB 22 Joaquín Piquerez CM 8 Richard RíosCM 32 Emiliano Martínez RW 40 Allan AM 18 Maurício LW 41 Estêvão CF 9 Vitor Roque Substitutions:FW 10 Paulinho FW 31 Luighi DF 12 Mayke FW 17 Facundo Torres MF 5 Aníbal Moreno DF 13 Micael Manager: Abel Ferreira GK 12 JohnRB 2 VitinhoCB 32 Jair Cunha CB 20 Alexander Barboza LB 13 Alex Telles DM 5 Danilo Barbosa CM 25 Allan CM 17 Marlon Freitas (c) RF 7 Artur CF 99 Igor JesusLF 10 Jefferson Savarino Substitutions:DF 66 Cuiabano MF 8 Álvaro Montoro FW 30 Joaquín Correa DF 31 Kaio Pantaleão MF 28 Newton FW 98 Arthur Cabral Other disciplinary actions:DF 21 Marçal Manager: Renato Paiva
Man of the Match: John (Botafogo)
Assistant referees: Cyril Mugnier (France) Mehdi Rahmouni (France) Fourth official: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden) Reserve assistant referee: Mahbod Beigi (Sweden) Video assistant referee: Jérôme Brisard (France) Assistant video assistant referee: Bram Van Driessche (Belgium) Support video assistant referee: Bastian Dankert (Germany)
Benfica vs Chelsea At 5:53 pm EDT, in the 85th minute, the match was interrupted due to adverse weather conditions. The match was resumed at 7:48 pm EDT.
GK 1 Anatoliy TrubinRB 8 Fredrik Aursnes CB 4 António Silva CB 30 Nicolás Otamendi (c)LB 26 Samuel DahlCM 61 Florentino Luís CM 10 Orkun Kökçü RW 11 Ángel Di MaríaAM 18 Leandro BarreiroLW 21 Andreas Schjelderup CF 14 Vangelis Pavlidis Substitutions:FW 17 Kerem Aktürkoğlu FW 19 Andrea Belotti FW 25 Gianluca Prestianni MF 68 João Veloso FW 47 Tiago Gouveia Manager: Bruno Lage GK 1 Robert SánchezCB 24 Reece James (c) CB 6 Levi Colwill CB 5 Benoît Badiashile RM 8 Enzo Fernández CM 45 Roméo Lavia CM 25 Moisés Caicedo LM 3 Marc CucurellaRF 7 Pedro NetoCF 9 Liam Delap LF 10 Cole Palmer Substitutions:DF 4 Tosin Adarabioyo FW 18 Christopher Nkunku MF 22 Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall DF 27 Malo Gusto DF 23 Trevoh Chalobah DF 30 Aarón Anselmino Manager: Enzo Maresca
Man of the Match: Moisés Caicedo (Chelsea)
Assistant referees: Tomaž Klančnik (Slovenia) Andraž Kovačič (Slovenia) Fourth official: Saíd Martínez (Honduras) Reserve assistant referee: Walter López (Honduras) Video assistant referee: Marco Di Bello (Italy) Assistant video assistant referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain) Support video assistant referee: Tomasz Kwiatkowski (Poland)
Paris Saint-Germain vs Inter Miami CF
GK 1 Gianluigi DonnarummaRB 2 Achraf Hakimi CB 5 Marquinhos (c) CB 51 Willian PachoLB 25 Nuno Mendes DM 17 VitinhaCM 87 João Neves CM 8 Fabián Ruiz RF 14 Désiré DouéCF 29 Bradley BarcolaLF 7 Khvicha KvaratskheliaSubstitutions:MF 33 Warren Zaïre-Emery DF 4 Lucas Beraldo FW 10 Ousmane Dembélé DF 21 Lucas Hernandez MF 19 Lee Kang-in Manager: Luis Enrique GK 19 Oscar UstariRB 57 Marcelo Weigandt CB 37 Maximiliano FalcónCB 32 Noah Allen LB 18 Jordi AlbaRM 21 Tadeo AllendeCM 55 Federico RedondoCM 5 Sergio BusquetsLM 8 Telasco Segovia CF 10 Lionel Messi (c)CF 9 Luis Suárez Substitutions:DF 6 Tomás Avilés MF 30 Benjamin Cremaschi Manager: Javier Mascherano
Man of the Match: João Neves (Paris Saint-Germain)
Assistant referees: Bruno Boschilia (Brazil) Bruno Pires (Brazil) Fourth official: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria) Reserve assistant referee: Mokrane Gourari (Algeria) Video assistant referee: Nicolás Gallo (Colombia) Assistant video assistant referee: Leodán González (Uruguay) Support video assistant referee: Guillermo Pacheco (Mexico)
Flamengo vs Bayern Munich
GK 1 Agustín RossiRB 43 Wesley França CB 3 Léo OrtizCB 4 Léo PereiraLB 26 Alex Sandro CM 5 Erick Pulgar CM 21 Jorginho RW 8 Gerson (c) AM 10 Giorgian de Arrascaeta LW 7 Luiz AraújoCF 50 Gonzalo Plata Substitutions:MF 29 Allan FW 27 Bruno Henrique DF 6 Ayrton Lucas MF 18 Nicolás de la Cruz FW 64 Wallace Yan Manager: Filipe Luís GK 1 Manuel Neuer (c)RB 27 Konrad Laimer CB 2 Dayot UpamecanoCB 4 Jonathan Tah LB 44 Josip StanišićCM 6 Joshua Kimmich CM 8 Leon Goretzka RW 17 Michael OliseAM 7 Serge Gnabry LW 11 Kingsley Coman CF 9 Harry Kane Substitutions:MF 45 Aleksandar Pavlović FW 10 Leroy Sané MF 42 Jamal Musiala FW 25 Thomas Müller DF 23 Sacha Boey Manager: Vincent Kompany
Man of the Match: Harry Kane (Bayern Munich)
Assistant referees: Stuart Burt (England) James Mainwaring (England) Fourth official: Cristián Garay (Chile) Reserve assistant referee: Miguel Rocha (Chile) Video assistant referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain) Assistant video assistant referee: Rob Dieperink (Netherlands) Support video assistant referee: Shaun Evans (Australia)
Inter Milan vs Fluminense
GK 1 Yann SommerCB 36 Matteo DarmianCB 6 Stefan de VrijCB 95 Alessandro Bastoni RM 2 Denzel Dumfries CM 23 Nicolò BarellaCM 21 Kristjan Asllani CM 22 Henrikh Mkhitaryan LM 32 Federico DimarcoCF 10 Lautaro Martínez (c)CF 9 Marcus Thuram Substitutions:MF 8 Petar Sučić FW 45 Valentín Carboni MF 11 Luis Henrique FW 70 Sebastiano Esposito DF 30 Carlos Augusto Manager: Cristian Chivu GK 1 FábioCB 4 IgnácioCB 3 Thiago Silva (c)CB 22 Juan Pablo Freytes RWB2 Samuel XavierLWB6 Renê CM 8 Matheus Martinelli CM 5 Facundo Bernal CM 16 Nonato CF 21 Jhon AriasCF 14 Germán Cano Substitutions:MF 45 Lima MF 35 Hércules FW 9 Everaldo DF 29 Thiago Santos Manager: Renato Gaúcho
Man of the Match: Jhon Arias (Fluminense)
Assistant referees: David Morán (El Salvador) Henry Pupiro (El Salvador) Fourth official: Tori Penso (United States) Reserve assistant referee: Brooke Mayo (United States) Video assistant referee: Tatiana Guzmán (Nicaragua) Assistant video assistant referee: Erick Miranda (Mexico) Support video assistant referee: Mahmoud Ashour (Egypt)
Manchester City vs Al Hilal
GK 31 EdersonRB 27 Matheus Nunes CB 3 Rúben DiasCB 24 Joško Gvardiol LB 21 Rayan Aït-NouriDM 4 Tijjani Reijnders CM 20 Bernardo Silva (c)CM 19 İlkay Gündoğan RF 26 SavinhoCF 9 Erling Haaland LF 11 Jérémy DokuSubstitutions:MF 16 Rodri DF 6 Nathan Aké DF 25 Manuel Akanji FW 7 Omar Marmoush MF 29 Rayan Cherki MF 47 Phil Foden Manager: Pep Guardiola GK 37 Yassine BounouCB 3 Kalidou KoulibalyCB 8 Rúben NevesCB 6 Renan LodiRM 20 João Cancelo CM 22 Sergej Milinković-SavićCM 28 Mohamed Kanno (c) CM 16 Nasser Al-Dawsari LM 24 Moteb Al-Harbi CF 77 Malcom CF 11 Marcos Leonardo Substitutions:MF 27 Kaio César DF 78 Ali Lajami DF 5 Ali Al-Bulaihi DF 88 Hamad Al-Yami MF 18 Musab Al-Juwayr MF 7 Khalid Al-Ghannam Manager: Simone Inzaghi
Man of the Match: Marcos Leonardo (Al Hilal)
Assistant referees: Jorge Urrego (Venezuela) Tulio Moreno (Venezuela) Fourth official: Yael Falcón Pérez (Argentina) Reserve assistant referee: Maximiliano Del Yesso (Argentina) Video assistant referee: Juan Soto (Venezuela) Assistant video assistant referee: Hamza Al-Fariq (Morocco) Support video assistant referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)
Real Madrid vs Juventus
GK 1 Thibaut CourtoisCB 22 Antonio RüdigerCB 14 Aurélien TchouaméniCB 24 Dean HuijsenRM 12 Trent Alexander-ArnoldCM 8 Federico Valverde (c) CM 15 Arda Güler LM 20 Fran GarcíaRF 5 Jude Bellingham CF 30 Gonzalo García LF 7 Vinícius JúniorSubstitutions:FW 9 Kylian Mbappé MF 10 Luka Modrić MF 19 Dani Ceballos Manager: Xabi Alonso GK 29 Michele Di GregorioCB 15 Pierre KaluluCB 24 Daniele Rugani CB 6 Lloyd Kelly RM 2 Alberto CostaCM 5 Manuel Locatelli (c) CM 19 Khéphren ThuramLM 27 Andrea CambiasoRF 7 Francisco Conceição CF 20 Randal Kolo MuaniLF 10 Kenan Yıldız Substitutions:FW 11 Nicolás González MF 18 Filip Kostić MF 8 Teun Koopmeiners MF 16 Weston McKennie DF 4 Federico Gatti Manager: Igor Tudor
Man of the Match: Federico Valverde (Real Madrid)
Assistant referees: Tomasz Listkiewicz (Poland) Adam Kupsik (Poland) Fourth official: Espen Eskås (Norway) Reserve assistant referee: Isaak Bashevkin (Norway) Video assistant referee: Tomasz Kwiatkowski (Poland) Assistant video assistant referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia) Support video assistant referee: Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)
Borussia Dortmund vs Monterrey
GK 1 Gregor Kobel (c)CB 25 Niklas SüleCB 3 Waldemar AntonCB 5 Ramy BensebainiRM 26 Julian RyersonCM 13 Pascal GroßCM 8 Felix Nmecha LM 24 Daniel SvenssonRF 27 Karim Adeyemi CF 9 Serhou Guirassy LF 77 Jobe Bellingham Substitutions:MF 20 Marcel Sabitzer FW 10 Julian Brandt DF 2 Yan Couto Manager: Niko Kovač GK 1 Esteban AndradaCB 33 Stefan MedinaCB 30 Jorge RodríguezCB 93 Sergio Ramos (c)RM 14 Érick AguirreCM 8 Óliver Torres CM 6 Nelson DeossaCM 10 Sergio Canales LM 3 Gerardo ArteagaCF 7 Germán Berterame CF 17 Jesús Manuel Corona Substitutions:MF 29 Lucas Ocampos FW 31 Roberto de la Rosa MF 5 Fidel Ambríz FW 11 Alfonso Alvarado Manager: Domènec Torrent
Man of the Match: Serhou Guirassy (Borussia Dortmund)
Assistant referees: Juan Pablo Belatti (Argentina) Gabriel Chade (Argentina) Fourth official: Juan Gabriel Benítez (Paraguay) Reserve assistant referee: Eduardo Cardozo (Paraguay) Video assistant referee: Juan Lara (Chile) Assistant video assistant referee: Hernán Mastrángelo (Argentina) Support video assistant referee: Armando Villarreal (United States)
Quarterfinals
Fluminense vs Al Hilal
GK 1 FábioCB 4 IgnácioCB 3 Thiago Silva (c) CB 22 Juan Pablo Freytes RM 2 Samuel Xavier CM 8 Matheus Martinelli CM 5 Facundo Bernal CM 16 Nonato LM 12 Gabriel FuentesCF 21 Jhon AriasCF 14 Germán Cano Substitutions:MF 35 Hércules MF 45 Lima FW 9 Everaldo DF 23 Guga DF 29 Thiago Santos Manager: Renato Gaúcho GK 37 Yassine BounouCB 3 Kalidou Koulibaly CB 8 Rúben Neves CB 6 Renan Lodi RM 20 João Cancelo CM 22 Sergej Milinković-Savić CM 28 Mohamed Kanno (c) CM 16 Nasser Al-Dawsari LM 24 Moteb Al-Harbi CF 77 Malcom CF 11 Marcos LeonardoSubstitutions:FW 10 Abderrazak Hamdallah MF 27 Kaio César DF 5 Ali Al-Bulaihi DF 88 Hamad Al-Yami MF 18 Musab Al-Juwayr Manager: Simone Inzaghi
Man of the Match: Hércules (Fluminense)
Assistant referees: Hessel Steegstra (Netherlands) Jan de Vries (Netherlands) Fourth official: Saíd Martínez (Honduras) Reserve assistant referee: Christian Ramírez (Honduras) Video assistant referee: Rob Dieperink (Netherlands) Assistant video assistant referee: Jérôme Brisard (France) Support video assistant referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
Palmeiras vs Chelsea