2025 FIFA Club World Cup: Inter to face River Plate, Monterrey and Urawa Red Diamonds | OneFootball

The draw in Miami has spoken: Inter will face River Plate, Monterrey, and Urawa Red Diamonds in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup in the United States. This was the outcome of the draw held in Miami, which outlined the path for the Nerazzurri, placed in Group E, in the inaugural edition of the FIFA Club World Cup.

Inter will take part in three unprecedented games: against River Plate from Buenos Aires (Argentina), who they once faced in a friendly in Milan in 1961, Club de Fútbol Monterrey (Mexico), friendly in 1994, and Urawa Red Diamonds (Japan), again met in a friendly back in 2004.

On stage in Miami, FIFA President Gianni Infantino, accompanied by the 'Phenomenon' Ronaldo and Alessandro Del Piero, hosted the event before the draw that determined the eight groups of four teams each.

The World Cup will take place in the United States from June 15 to July 13, 2025, following the classic format of national team World Cups: 8 groups of 4 teams, with the top two from each group advancing to the knockout stage.

Cristian Chivu's Inter will open up against the Mexican side Monterrey before facing the Japanese team Urawa Red Diamonds on matchday two. The group stage will conclude with a clash against River Plate.

Inter, placed in Group E, will face one of the top two teams from Group F in the knockout stage if they advance. Group F includes Fluminense, Borussia Dortmund, Ulsan, and Mamelodi Sundowns (first versus second, and vice versa).

CLUB WORLD CUP: THE GROUPS

Inter is in Group E with River Plate, Urawa Red Diamonds and C.F. Monterrey. After the first match, the Nerazzurri are in second place with one point, following a draw against the Mexican side. Inter are tied with Monterrey while River Plate lead Group E following their 3-1 win against Urawa in Seattle.

GROUP E MATCHDAY 1

River Plate 3-1 Urawa Red Diamonds 12' Colidio (R), 48' Driussi (R), 58' pen. Matsuo (U), 73' Meza (R)).

Monterrey 1-1 INTER (25' S. Ramos (M), 42' Lautaro (I)).

GROUP E MATCHDAY 2

21 June INTER 2-1 Urawa Red Diamonds (12' Watanabe (U), 78' Lautaro (I), 90+2' Carboni (I))

21 June River Plate 0-0 Monterrey

GROUP E MATCHDAY 3

25 June, 18:00 (local time, 03:00 CEST 26 June) INTER vs. River Plate - Lumen Field, Seattle

25 June, 18:00 (local time, 03:00 CEST 26 June) Urawa Red Diamonds vs. Monterrey - Rose Bowl, Los Angeles

The top two in each group will advance to the direct elimination phase of the tournament, which will conclude with the Final at the MetLife Stadium in New York, New Jersey, 13 July, where the winners will receive the new trophy for the FIFA Club World Cup .

Here are the current groups:

THE STADIUMS

Here are the 12 stadiums that will host the 63 games of the tournament in the USA: Mercedes-Benz Stadium – Atlanta, GA TQL Stadium – Cincinnati, OH Bank of America Stadium – Charlotte, NC Rose Bowl Stadium – Los Angeles, CA Hard Rock Stadium – Miami, FL GEODIS Park – Nashville, TN MetLife Stadium – New Jersey (final) Camping World Stadium – Orlando, FL Inter&Co Stadium – Orlando, FL Lincoln Financial Field – Philadelphia, PA Lumen Field – Seattle, WA Audi Field – Washington, D.C.

THE FORMAT

The newest addition of the Club World Cup will be played in the United States from 15 June until 13 July 2025, one year before the World Cup 2026, which will also be hosted by the USA (in collaboration with Canada and Mexico).

The tournament will see the participation of 32 teams, divided in eight groups of four teams each. The top two of each group will proceed to the direct elimination phase, which will follow the classic structure of last-16, quarter finals, semi finals and final, for a total of 63 games. A match for the third place play-off will not be played.