20/07/2025
FIFA Announce Chelsea As 'First-ever' World Champions.
Previous winners of the Club World Cup are now labelled by FIFA as "FIFA Intercontinental Champions." As such, though, the likes of Liverpool, Man City, Man United, Real Madrid and Barcelona are no longer considered world champions.
A change in trophy appears to have brought with it an official change in who can claim to have won the Club World Cup. However, the previous editions haven’t been completely erased - suggesting a revamp similar to the 1992 transformation of the old European Cup into what we now know as the Champions League.