FIFA Club World Cup semifinals: Qualified teams and full schedule

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An epic all-European clash and an upstart Brazilian broadside takes connected London’s finest successful the last four.

Published On 6 Jul 2025

Three European teams and 1 from South America person their sights acceptable connected the FIFA Club World Cup (CWC) 2025 trophy arsenic the tourney enters the semifinal signifier connected Tuesday.

The last 2 clubs qualified for the last 4 connected Saturday. UEFA Champions League holders Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) spectacularly defeated Bayern Munich 2-0 successful the quarterfinals contempt being reduced to 9 men. Five-time CWC winners Real Madrid played retired a five-goal thriller to bushed Borussia Dortmund 3-2 to seal their semifinal spot.

Here’s however the Club World Cup semifinals enactment up:

⚽ First semifinal : Fluminense vs Chelsea

When: Tuesday astatine 3pm (19:00 GMT)
Where: MetLife Stadium, New Jersey

The opening semifinal pitches Brazil’s Fluminense against English Premier League broadside Chelsea.

Fluminense proceed to impressment astatine the CWC with goals from Matheus Martinelli and Hercules securing their spot successful the past 4 with a 2-1 triumph against Al Hilal successful Orlando, Florida.

Chelsea scored the go-ahead extremity connected Malo Gusto’s 83rd-minute shot, which went successful aft a brace of deflections, beating Palmeiras 2-1 connected Friday nighttime to unafraid their spot successful the semifinals.

Cole Palmer enactment Chelsea up successful the 16th minute, but Estevao, an 18-year-old who volition transportation to Chelsea aft the CWC, tied the people against his aboriginal nine successful the 53rd. Gusto’s match-winning changeable aft a abbreviated country footwear that appeared to deflect disconnected defender Agustin Giay and goalkeeper Weverton sent the Chelsea fans among the 65,782 spectators into a frenzy.

The lucifer volition instrumentality spot astatine the 88,000-seat MetLife Stadium conscionable extracurricular New York City.

⚽ Second semifinal: PSG vs Real Madrid

When: Wednesday astatine 3pm (19:00 GMT)
Where: MetLife Stadium, New Jersey

The 2nd semifinal features a mouthwatering European heavyweight matchup betwixt PSG and Real Madrid.

Nine-man Paris Saint-Germain precocious aft defeating Bayern Munich 2-0 with goals from Desire Doue and Ousmane Dembele keeping the French broadside connected way to execute a historical quadruple of large titles successful 1 season.

Luis Enrique’s broadside needed to excavation heavy successful beforehand of 67,000 fans astatine the Mercedes-Benz Stadium successful Atlanta, Georgia, aft precocious reddish cards for Willian Pacho and Lucas Hernandez.

Meanwhile, Gonzalo Garcia scored his 4th extremity of the Club World Cup and Kylian Mbappe his archetypal arsenic Real Madrid bushed Borussia Dortmund 3-2 successful the last quarterfinal connected Saturday.

Garcia enactment Madrid up from adjacent scope aboriginal connected during a blistery day astatine the MetLife Stadium, and Fran Garcia past doubled their pb earlier the midway point.

Dortmund ne'er earnestly threatened a comeback earlier a singular precocious flurry of enactment with Maximilian Beier pulling 1 backmost successful the 93rd infinitesimal and superstar guardant Mbappe registering Madrid’s 3rd extremity with a stunning overhead kick.

Mbappe, who has battled unwellness for astir of the CWC, volition look his erstwhile nine PSG for the archetypal clip since helium departed the Paris-based broadside for Real Madrid successful June 2024.