Twelve European clubs will play in the next edition of the Club World Cup.
The winners of the Champions League in the 2025-26, 2026-27, and 2027-28 seasons will join Paris St-Germain in qualifying.
They will be joined by the next eight best-ranked teams competing in the Champions League over the next four years. Those are likely to be clubs who reach the latter stages of the competition without winning it.
If a team wins the Champions League twice, then the next highest club in the rankings will qualify, and so on.
Each European nation is restricted to two participating clubs only. That means that if, for example, two English teams qualify by winning the Champions League, no more can be added, regardless of their position in the rankings.
There would be an exception if three different winners of the Champions League came from the same country.
The winners of the 2028-29 do not qualify for the 2029 edition, unless they have already done so by winning the tournament previously or through the ranking system. The 2029 winners would qualify for the 2033 tournament.
