The FIFA Club World Cup 2025 exceeded expectations.

(Dan Tri Newspaper) - The FIFA Club World Cup 2025™, broadcast live and exclusively on FPT Play in Vietnam, is the newest and most successful version of the tournament to date.

In the group stage, the stands at the FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ were quite sparse. FIFA explained that the problem wasn't due to the quality of play, but rather the weather and inconvenient match times for fans. This is not wrong, as attendance increased in the round of 16. Admittedly, the round of 16 matches were played at more convenient times and were more exciting.

Financial success and charisma

The massive increase in attendance from the round of 16 onwards helped boost the tournament's average attendance to 40,000 per match. FIFA President Gianni Infantino proudly declared: "No tournament in the world has a higher average attendance than the FIFA Club World Cup™, except for the English Premier League."

The FIFA president stated that the FIFA Club World Cup™ attracted 2 to 3 billion viewers globally. These figures demonstrateFPT Play's sound strategy in investing in sports content, as it successfully negotiated to become the sole broadcaster of this tournament in Vietnam.

The FIFA Club World Cup™ attracts an average audience of 40,000 people per match (Photo: Reuters).

This is an incredible number that not every tournament can achieve. Many former world football legends such as Alessandro Del Piero, Hristo Stoichkov, Ronaldo De Lima, and Roberto Baggio have praised FIFA and affirmed that the FIFA Club World Cup™ was a success, at least in the context of being held for the first time with the participation of 32 teams.

Another success of the FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ is in terms of revenue. President Infantino claims the tournament generated $2 billion in revenue. If this amount is divided among the 63 matches of the FIFA Club World Cup 2025™, each match is worth approximately $33 million. This makes the FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ the most financially successful cup tournament in the world.

The FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ was a financial success (Photo: Reuters).

Many will doubt the figures FIFA has announced, but the reality is that the most powerful football organization on the planet has spent a staggering €1 billion on prize money for the participating teams. At this point, criticisms of the tournament have only come from outsiders. The clubs participating in the tournament have not criticized the FIFA Club World Cup 2025™.

Chelsea – the FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ champions – pocketed nearly £90 million in a single month. With that amount, they could buy at least two quality players to upgrade their squad. Even a team eliminated in the round of 16 like Man City earned tens of millions of dollars. These figures are so impressive that other teams feel their efforts were worthwhile.

Chelsea unexpectedly won the FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ (Photo: Reuters).

Impressive expertise

The FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ features a significant difference in skill level between European teams and the rest of the world. Initially, experts predicted many lopsided matches. However, in reality, the games were quite dramatic, with weaker teams proving difficult to overcome.

The FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ also held many surprises, true to the nature of football. Brazilian teams impressed with their strong performances and overwhelming dominance in the knockout rounds. Surprises also occurred when Manchester City and Inter Milan were eliminated by weaker teams. Manchester City's biggest shock was their unbelievable 3-4 defeat to Al Hilal in the round of 16.

The FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ was a successful tournament for President Infantino (Photo: Reuters).

But the biggest surprise was the dramatic ending to the tournament. PSG stormed into the final, sweeping aside strong opponents like Atletico Madrid, Bayern Munich, and Real Madrid… On the other hand, Chelsea were fortunate to be in a weaker bracket and their progress to the final wasn't exactly easy. This led fans to mistakenly believe that PSG would easily win the FIFA Club World Cup 2025™. However, the opposite happened when Chelsea unexpectedly defeated PSG 3-0 to claim the championship.

The FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ concluded in the most dramatic fashion possible. All of this helped to solidify the tournament's image among fans. Four years from now, the FIFA Club World Cup will return, by which time its status will have been significantly elevated.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/the-thao/fifa-club-world-cup-2025-vuot-mong-doi-20250716074913452.htm