Chelsea, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid/Juventus have already secured half of the spots in the quarter-finals of the Club World Cup in Europe [xueting]
2025-06-29
On June 29th, Beijing time, in the round of 16 of the Club World Cup, the teams that advanced to the quarterfinals were Palmeiras, Chelsea, Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain.
Former European teams have already occupied three of the eight spots in the quarter-finals. With the addition of one spot from Real Madrid vs. Juventus, half of the teams in the quarter-finals of the Club World Cup are European teams.
The other three matches are Inter Milan vs Fluminense, Manchester City vs Al-Hilal and Dortmund vs Monterrey. European teams are expected to achieve the feat of having seven European spots in the quarter-finals, almost turning the Club World Cup into the Champions League.
It is also worth mentioning that the last time the Club World Cup champion was not a European club was back in 2006. At that time, Internacional of Brazil pulled off a shock 1-0 victory over Barcelona Football Club, which boasted Ronaldinho, to win the championship. Adriano Gabriel scored the winning goal with a header in the 82nd minute.