FIFA Reveals Information About Officiating at the FIFA Club World Cup 2025
The tournament will feature 32 clubs from AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, OFC, and UEFA. And the tournament will feature some of the biggest clubs in the sport. Some of the teams that qualified for the Club World Cup are Chelsea, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Borussia Dortmund, Manchester City, Juventus, and Inter Miami.
The sportsbooks have already posted odds for the tournament. The sportsbooks are taking bets on the tournament winner, winner of each group, teams to reach the final, and more right now. So it's safe to expect that a ton of people will place bets on the 2025 Club World Cup if they haven't already. The betting favourites are Real Madrid, Manchester City, and Bayern Munich. Their odds will depend on which sportsbook you look at, but Real Madrid, Manchester City, and Bayern Munich will have great odds regardless of what site you choose to bet with. The odds are likely to change over the next few weeks leading up to the start of the event in June. If you’re planning on betting on the tournament, the list of sports betting bonuses for the Club World Cup will likely get bigger during that time.
With some of the best players in the sport — Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe — expected to compete at the inaugural Club World Cup this year and bettors potentially betting a ton of money on the event, ensuring the integrity of the games is important for a lot of fans. In soccer and pretty much any sport, how the games are officiated is a huge part of that.
Match officials and body cameras at inaugural FIFA Club World Cup
On Monday, FIFA revealed some information about how the upcoming games will be officiated. 117 match officials were chosen for the tournament. 35 referees, 58 assistant referees, and 24 video match officials from 41 member associations will participate in the tournament. The names of all the chosen referees, assistant referees, and video match officials were revealed by FIFA. You can view the names of the match officials and their respective member associations.
FIFA also revealed that referees at the 2025 Club World Cup will be equipped with body cameras on a trial basis. Fans subscribed to DAZN can see live footage from the body cameras, offering a unique perspective on the game. It’s currently unknown whether the body cameras will be used throughout the tournament or in future events; they are being tested on a trial basis.
For FIFA, the body cameras may help improve officiating. The chairman of the FIFA referees committee, Pierluigi Collina, claims the body cameras may help them evaluate how calls were made by their referees and coach referees. Having the ability to talk about calls with a referee while watching the body camera footage seems like a step in the right direction.
As another step to ensure the integrity of the Club World Cup, FIFA revealed that it has held seminars to prepare referees for the tournament. It looks like FIFA is putting a lot of effort into ensuring the games are officiated well, which is a great sign for soccer fans and bettors planning on watching or betting on the games. With the rise of sports betting, having great officiating is probably more important than ever.
When does the tournament start and where will games be played?
The tournament will be held in the US from June 14 to July 13. The games will be played in Atlanta, Cincinnati, Charlotte, Los Angeles, Miami, Nashville, New Jersey, Orlando, Philadelphia, Seattle, and Washington. The final is scheduled to be played at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. FIFA has already released the groups. Four teams will be in group A, group B, group C, group D, group E, group F, group G, and group H. Inter Miami is in group A. You can see which teams are in the rest of the groups right now. The winning team will be awarded the FIFA Club World Cup Trophy that was designed by FIFA and crafted in collaboration with Tiffany & Co.