Chelsea set for tough 2025 Club World Cup draw as pots confirmed | OneFootball

The Blues are guaranteed to be drawn against a fellow European giant

Chelsea are in line for a tough Club World Cup draw after being placed in Pot 2 for Thursday’s draw.

United States will host the month-long tournament, which will feature teams from all six confederations.

For the draw, the teams have been split into four pots of eight teams, with rankings based on performances in each continent's top-tier competition across the previous four seasons.

For example, European teams will be judged on their Champions League performances and CONMEBOL teams on their Copa Libertadores displays

Pot 1 consists of the best European and South American teams, Pot 2 is the remaining European teams, Pot 3 is the two best from the remaining confederations and Pot 4 is the remainder and the sole Oceania Football Confederation representative.

The draw will create four groups of eight teams, with no group able to feature more than one team from the same confederation with the exception of UEFA and clubs from the same member association cannot be paired together.

Chelsea have found themselves top of Pot 2, meaning they will get one of Real Madrid, Bayern Munich or Paris Saint-Germain. Manchester City, meanwhile will get one of Borussia Dortmund, Inter Milan, Juventus, Atletico Madrid, Porto, Benfica or FC Salzburg.

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