FIFA officially confirmed the date and location of the first two matches of the 2025 Intercontinental Cup. This global club event allows champions of the six continents to compete on the global stage every year. The 2025 game will continue to adopt an updated match system, that is, clubs participating in the initial stage will compete for the FIFA Africa-Asia-Pacific Cup in their homeland, giving these teams the opportunity to participate in FIFA events in front of local fans.
The home teams of the FIFA Africa-Asia-Pacific Cup are rotated by the year, with AFC and AFC taking turns, which gives clubs the opportunity to host global events at home, allowing more people to watch the clubs they support participate in FIFA events.
In the FIFA Africa-Asia-Pacific Cup playoff (first match), the 2024-2025 African Champions League champion Pyramid FC will face the 2025 Oceania Champions League champion Auckland City FC at 9 pm (local time) at the June 30th Stadium in Cairo, Egypt.
winners will compete with the 2024-2025 Asian Champions League champion Jeddah Nationals at Kings Abdullah Stadium for the FIFA Africa-Asia-Pacific Cup (Game 2), which will be held at 9 pm on September 23, 2025 (local time).
The winner of the FIFA Africa-Asia-Pacific Cup will enter the next stage of the match, first of which will be a third game, which will be an American derby on December 10, 2025, against both sides, the 2025 champions of the Central and North American and Caribbean Champions League Blue Cross and the 2025 Liberators Cup (the latter will be confirmed on November 29, 2025).
On December 13, 2025, the winners of the second and third matches will compete for the FIFA Challengers Cup (Game 4) to qualify for the final. The winner of the fourth match will face 2024-25 Champions League champion Paris Saint-Germain in the FIFA Intercontinental Cup final on December 17, 2025.