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Who: Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) vs Flamengo
What: FIFA Intercontinental Cup 2025 final
When: Wednesday, December 17, 2025, astatine 8pm (17:00 GMT)
Where: Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Doha, Qatar
How to follow: We volition person each the build-up connected Al Jazeera Sport from 14:00 GMT, earlier our unrecorded substance commentary streams.
European heavyweights PSG and South American giants Flamengo clash successful the FIFA Intercontinental Cup final, with each broadside eyeing different large trophy to headdress disconnected a stellar year.
Flamengo get caller from a historical double, lifting the Copa Libertadores and the Brazilian Serie A title, a feat achieved lone 4 times before, portion PSG added 4 crowns, including the UEFA Champions League trophy, to their postulation this year.
The revamped Intercontinental Cup brings unneurotic the winners of each confederation’s apical nine contention successful a shorter format designed to complement FIFA’s expanded 32-team Club World Cup.
Here’s everything you request to cognize astir the final:
What is the FIFA Intercontinental Cup 2025?
It is the 2nd variation of the Intercontinental Cup, an yearly knockout tourney organised by FIFA.
The tourney comprises the six continental champions from each of the six FIFA confederations: PSG (UEFA), Al Ahli FC (AFC), Cruz Azul (CONCACAF), Flamengo (CONMEBOL), Pyramids FC (CAF) and Auckland City FC (OFC).
The tourney began successful September, with teams facing each different successful a single-elimination bracket.
Here’s however the matches ended:
- First round, September 14: Pyramids 3-0 Auckland City (African-Asian-Pacific Cup playoff)
- Second round, September 23: Al Ahli 1-3 Pyramids (African-Asian-Pacific Cup)
- Second round, December 10: Cruz Azul 1-2 Flamengo (Derby of the Americas)
- Playoff, December 13: Flamengo 2-0 Pyramids (Challenger Cup)
The archetypal 2 matches of the tourney were held successful Cairo, Egypt, and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The adjacent 2 were held successful Al-Rayyan, Qatar.
Flamengo, the winners of the Copa Libertadores, are unbeaten successful their past 7 matches [Ricardo Moraes/Reuters]How is the Intercontinental Cup antithetic from the FIFA Club World Cup?
From 1960 to 2004, the Intercontinental Cup was held annually and pitted the champions of Europe and South America against each other.
In 2005, it was renamed the FIFA Club World Cup to see different continental champions. However, the contention was relaunched this twelvemonth arsenic a quadrennial tourney expanded to 32 teams, with Chelsea named the inaugural winners of the caller format.
Similarly, the Intercontinental Cup was besides relaunched successful its caller format successful 2024 erstwhile Real Madrid beat Mexican nine Pachuca.
While the Intercontinental Cup carries the honorary tag of yearly “world champions”, it inactive ranks beneath the expanded Club World Cup successful presumption of prestige and significance.
Where is the last being held?
Al-Rayyan’s Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, named aft a erstwhile emir of Qatar, volition big the Intercontinental Cup final. The 45,032-capacity venue hosted 7 matches during the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
The Ahmad bin Ali Stadium successful Al-Rayyan was 1 of the 8 venues astatine the 2022 World Cup successful Qatar [File: Manu Fernandez/AP Photo]How did PSG and Flamengo scope the final?
As per the format confirmed successful September 2024, PSG received an automatic bye to the last aft winning the 2024-25 UEFA Champions League title. The Parisians thrashed Inter Milan 5-0 to beryllium crowned European champions.
Meanwhile, Flamengo’s roadworthy to the last was acold from straightforward. The Rio de Janeiro broadside archetypal lifted the Copa Libertadores title, past edged Cruz Azul 2-1 successful the Derby of the Americas, earlier defeating Pyramids 2-0 successful the Challenger Cup to acceptable up their showdown with PSG.
Form guide
All competitions, astir caller effect last:
PSG: W-D-W-L-W
Flamengo: W-W-D-W-W
Head-to-head: PSG-Flamengo
This volition beryllium the archetypal competitory gathering betwixt PSG and Flamengo.
PSG are the defending European and French champions [File: Albert Gea/Reuters]PSG’s squad news
PSG caput manager Luis Enrique rested galore of his accustomed starters – including Bradley Barcola, Joao Neves and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia – in their past Ligue 1 crippled earlier their travel to Qatar.
All 3 players volition diagnostic connected Wednesday; however, the Parisians volition beryllium without Achraf Hakimi (ankle injury) and Marquinhos (hip injury), portion prima striker Ousmane Dembele is listed arsenic doubtful owed to illness.
PSG’s imaginable lineup
Lucas Chevalier (goalkeeper); Warren Zaire-Emery, Ilya Zabarnyi, Willian Pacho, Nuno Mendes; Joao Neves, Vitinha, Fabian Ruiz; Bradley Barcola, Senny Mayulu, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
Flamengo’s squad news
Head manager Filipe Luis did not sanction Allan successful his squad that flew to Qatar. Apart from that, helium has a afloat acceptable squad to take from for Wednesday’s final.
Flamengo’s imaginable lineup
Agustin Rossi (goalkeeper); Guillermo Varela, Danilo, Leo Pereira, Alex Sandro; Erick Pulgar, Jorginho; Jorge Carrascal, Giorgian de Arrascaeta, Everton; Gonzalo Plata
Are tickets inactive disposable for the final?
Tickets for the lucifer went connected merchantability connected November 21 connected the authoritative FIFA level crossed three categories, ranging from astir $14 to $69. Some are inactive up for grabs.
Where to ticker the final
FIFA+ and DAZN volition livestream the last for free.
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