The confetti may have just settled on Paris Saint-Germain’s thrilling, history-making Champions League triumph on Saturday afternoon, but the football world is already moving ahead to the next event on the calendar: the first-ever revamped FIFA Club World Cup.
32 teams will participate in the monthlong tournament, which will be held between 11 cities across the United States between June 13 and July 14. Like the traditional 32-team World Cup format, they’ve been placed in eight groups of four — no more than two teams in each group hail from the same continent — with the top two teams in each group advancing to the knockout stages. The prizes are massive, so teams will be incentivized to field strong sides: the tournament purse is $1 billion, and the winner is guaranteed at least $125 million.
Below, I’ll break down each group, along with every team’s odds to advance out of the group at DraftKings Sportsbook. Teams will receive three points for a win and one for a draw, with ties being broken as follows: head-to-head record, goal difference in head-to-head matches, goals scored in head-to-head matches, goal difference in all group stage matches, goals scored in all group stage matches, fair play record, random lots.
FIFA Club World Cup groups, odds to advance at DraftKings Sportsbook
Group A
Porto (-200)
Palmieras (-175)
Inter Miami (-105)
Al Ahly (+200)
Group B
Paris Saint-Germain (-340)
Atletico Madrid (-230)
Botafogo (+130)
Seattle Sounders (+350)
Group C
Bayern München (-900)
Benfica (-190)
Boca Juniors (-115)
Auckland City (+3000)
Group D
Chelsea (-900)
Flamengo (-250)
Los Angeles FC (+130)
Esperance de Tunis (+1000)
Group E
Inter Milan (-900)
River Plate (-310)
Urawa Red Diamonds (+275)
Monterrey (+350)
Group F
Dortmund (-1000)
Fluminense (-400)
Ulsan HD FC (+300)
Mamelodi Sundowns (+500)
Group G
Manchester City (-2500)
Juventus (-750)
Al Ain (+450)
Wydad Casablanca (+1100)
Group H
Real Madrid (-3500)
Al-Hilal (+110)
RB Salzburg (+120)
Pachuca (+330)
Inter Miami, as the host nation representative, will play the opening match against Al Ahly, the 12-time CAF Champions League winners and the current title-holders in the Egyptian Premier League. The match will take place at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami on June 14th at 8 p.m. ET.
