Understand the newly restructured Club World Cup in one article: The competition system is adjusted to a prize pool of 1 billion yuan, and the wealthy families will definitely take it seriously

Although this season has been completed, after the five major leagues and major European competitions have ended, the trophy belongs to the end. According to the past, football will enter a long and boring offseason, and only the transfer news can arouse some of the enthusiasm of fans. However, this year is completely different. FIFA launched a new version of the Club World Cup on the basis of reform, which can be called the "king of the king" event in the world football. It not only attracts attention in terms of fame, but also basically arranges to the extreme in terms of participating teams, actual rewards, and competition scale. After having the "main meal" in the football world, there is a "feast" to be enjoyed, and the fans are indeed happy!

What is the Club World Cup

The Club World Cup is the Chinese translation of FIFA Club World Cup, and its full name is the FIFA Club World Cup. If you are a newcomer in football and have never watched the game much, you can understand this event as the club version of the World Cup.

This event was held at the beginning of the century in 2000. At first, it was intended to give the champion teams of various continents a chance to compete and then select the "champion among champions". However, due to sponsor issues, the event was suspended after the start of the competition and was not restarted until 2005 when Japanese companies took over. From 2005 to 2016, Japan held a total of 8 games, which slowly accumulated the reputation of the Club World Cup.

In addition to Japan, the United Arab Emirates (5th session), Morocco (3rd session), Qatar (2nd session), Saudi Arabia (1st session) and other places have also been held. It is not difficult to find through these areas that they are all rich people. Indeed, the Club World Cup has paid relatively high attention to commercial development in the past, which has led to low actual quality of the game and a very limited audience.

In this regard, FIFA launched an innovation plan. After they expanded the scale of the competition, they attracted many commercial sponsors to join, greatly improving the commercial income level of participating teams. This upgrade has indeed quickly made the Club World Cup a popular event. According to previous reports, not only did the participating teams in this Club World Cup catch up with the World Cup, but the prize pool is as much as 1 billion. Even the rich people will look at each other with admiration. Introduction to the competition system: Is it unique or the set version of the World Cup 2025 US Club World Cup is the first Club World Cup after the newly reorganized. Therefore, there are great differences in competition system, preparation and event arrangements compared to previous sessions. First, there will be 32 participating teams, which is similar to the past World Cup model, so it can be regarded as a "set version" of the traditional model. The game is held every four years, just like the World Cup, which also enhances the value of the event and the glorious attributes of the team that wins the championship.

It is reported that the winning team will receive huge reward support. In addition, the team uniform is also qualified to embroider a new championship with the words "World Champion" written on it. This is indeed so attractive!

Second, the game will be scheduled to start all over the United States. Currently, there are 12 venues announced, namely, Cincinnati TQL Stadium, Los Angeles Rose Bay Stadium, Nashville Jorda Park Stadium, Orlando Inter&Co Stadium, Seattle Lumen Stadium, Washington, DC Audi Stadium, and Atlanta Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Charlotte Bank of America Stadium, Miami Hard Rock Stadium, Orlando Camping World Stadium, and Philadelphia Lincoln Financial Stadium. The final will be held at Metropolitan Life Stadium in New Jersey.

Because it is an international event that is played in the United States, the entertainment elements of the United States must be indispensable. It is reported that the Club World Cup will introduce a midfield show ingeniously, and the Grammy superstars will perform on stage.

It is reported that the trophy will be designed by the well-known luxury manufacturer Tiffany, and will use 24K gold plating + engraving cuts with 211 Football Association names around the world to highlight the glory. The match time is from June 15th to July 14th. In order to avoid injuries, FIFA allows at least 26 players and up to 35 players per team to participate. In addition, a unique transfer window will be opened to give the club the opportunity to buy new players and improve its strength.

Third, 32 participating teams will be divided into 8 groups, with 4 teams in each group competing for 2 qualifying places and advancing to the top 16. After advancing, we will also compare with the World Cup and continue to compete according to the elimination model of the group, which means that A1 will compete with B2 and A2 will compete with B1. After that, the knockout round will be a single-game winner promotion mode, with overtime and penalty settings, and the winner will be decided in the semi-finals and finals. This is indeed almost exactly the same as the traditional World Cup game mode that people are familiar with. However, this event does not have a third place competition, only 1st and 2nd place.

It should be noted that there are only 3 substitutions per game in this Club World Cup, and a new rule that the goalkeeper will hold the ball for no more than 8 seconds will be introduced.

In addition, in terms of points arrangement, if the scores are equal, they will compare 1-mutual record, 2-mutual record goal difference, and 3-mutual record goal scores. This is a very novel design. It is estimated that FIFA wants to avoid the problem of passive slacking off.

Participating Teams: The best players on all continents

In terms of quota allocation, UEFA has 12 seats, South American Football Federation has 6 seats, Asia, Africa, Central and North America has 4 seats, Oceania has 1 seat, and the host has 1 seat.

European 12 seats are listed based on the Champions League champions in the previous window (the competition is once every four years), plus the points ranking. South America is the Liberators Cup champion, plus the points ranking. Asia, Africa, and China and North America are the champions of their respective Intercontinental Cups, such as the AFC Champions League. Oceania is given to Oakland City, while host qualification is given to Miami International.

After grouping, the respective teams of the eight groups have been placed, among which the European giants are in must be the focus of everyone's attention. Among them, Porto entered Group A, Atletico Paris met in Group B, Bayern Benfica came to Group C, Chelsea guarded Group D, Inter Milan defended Group E alone, Dortmund was lucky to be divided into Group F, Manchester City and Juventus met in Group G, and Real Madrid Salzburg met in Group H.

The comprehensive strength is definitely weaker than Group A, and Porto is considered the eldest brother in this group. Chelsea, Inter Milan and Dortmund are also good for signing and qualifying. There are two European clubs in Group B, Group C, Group G and Group H. Among them, the giants have a high probability of advancing, and there is no problem as long as they don’t lose their chains; other clubs have to try their best to get points in competition with other opponents. Brazil’s Botafogo, Argentina’s Boca Youth, and Saudi Riyadh Crescent may create difficulties for them.

The game time is not too friendly to Chinese fans. Although half of the group stages will start in the morning (6:00, 9:00), there are basically no such "treatment" when it comes to the knockout stage. There are 3 games in the quarterfinals and quarterfinals at 9:00, and the rest are at night and early morning; the semi-finals and finals will start at 3:00, which is comparable to the Champions League.

Some time friendly and high value for watching games include: Monterrey vs. Inter Milan on June 18, Paris vs. Botafogo on June 20, Bayern vs. Boca Youth on June 21, 9:00 on June 23, Manchester City vs. Ain, 9:00 on June 25, Tunisia Hot vs. Chelsea, 9:00 on June 26, Inter Milan vs. Riverbed, and 9:00 on June 27, Salzburg vs. Real Madrid. This is a relatively friendly competition in the group stage. You can choose to watch the game based on your actual situation. In addition to getting rewards,

is also an opportunity for the giants who have performed poorly this season. For example, if Real Madrid, Manchester City, which are all empty this season, and Bayern, who were eliminated in the Champions League, can reach the top in the New Club World Cup, it will be considered as a way to make up for this season and lay a good foundation for next season. For Inter Milan, this is also an opportunity to clear away the shame. Losing to Paris in the Champions League is indeed a miserable situation.

For Paris, this is an opportunity to continue to prove itself. If they can win the Club World Cup championship trophy, then there will be a chance to strive for the six-championship (UEFA Champions League + local triple crowns, Club World Cup, European Super Cup). This opportunity is rare in a century, and Enrique will have motivation for this.

Huge rewards: The foundation for the active participation of the wealthy families

Infantino vigorously promoted the New World Club Cup, relying on the support of huge rewards, which also created great enthusiasm for participating for the wealthy families. The total reward reaches $1 billion, and it is indeed the one who is confused about who sees it.

Among them, the reward is divided into two parts. The first part is the participation reward, which means that each team will get the share as long as they participate in the competition. This portion totaled $525 million. Among them, European clubs can get between 12.81 million and 38.19 million US dollars, 15.21 million in South America, 9.55 million in Asia, Central and North America and the Caribbean, and 3.58 million in Oceania.

This is not low, especially for Asian clubs. Just imagine that you can buy three reliable foreign players in the Asian region with US$9.55 million, which will be of great help to the club's next introduction and development. The second part is a reward linked to the results of the competition, with a total of US$475 million. Among them, you can get a reward of $2 million per game in the group stage and $1 million per game in the draw. From the round of 16 to the semi-finals, the rewards in recent rounds have increased, starting from $7.5 million to $13.125 million, $21 million, and $30 million. The champion can get about 40 million rewards, which is indeed too tempting!

Comprehensively, the team in the New World Club Cup can earn about US$125-200 million (if sponsors and commercial activities are added), even the lowest-ranked club has a minimum income of about 5 million, which is really rich. Just kiddingly, after the champion gets the trophy, he can quickly quote players of Mbappe, Bellingham, and Haaland. He can buy a top star with the participation reward. It's really profitable!

(Li Pengpeng)

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