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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | France |
| Dates | 1 June 2025– 14 June 2025 |
| Teams | 32 |
← 2024 | |
The 2025 Kings World Cup Clubs (formerly Kings World Cup, renamed to distinguish it from the Kings World Cup Nations) is an upcoming international seven-a-side football tournament based on the Kings League format. 32 teams, including clubs from all active versions of the Kings League and other unaffiliated clubs that will compete as wildcards, will be taking part. Spain's Porcinos FC are automatically qualified as the defending world champions, having won the inaugural tournament in 2024.[1]
In March 2025, France was announced as the tournament's host nation, coinciding with the launch of the Kings League France. The World Cup is set to take place from 1 to 14 June 2025.[2][3]
Format
[edit]The 2025 Kings World Cup Clubs retains the format of the 2024 tournament, which included features of a Swiss-system tournament.
- 5 teams will represent the Kings League, including defending world champions Porcinos FC. The Américas Kings League, Kings League Brazil, Kings League France and Kings League Italy will field 4 teams apiece. The Kings League Germany will have 2 teams representing it. The remaining nine spots will be filled by wildcards.
- In the first round, the 32 teams each play one match, with the pairings decided by a random draw, with no restrictions based on nation coincidence.
- All teams advance to the second round, with the teams that won their first-round match going to a 'winner bracket' and the teams that lost going to a 'loser bracket'.
- The teams of the 'winner bracket' that win their second round match will immediately qualify for the knockout stage, while the losing teams will face the winning teams from the 'loser bracket' in a last-chance round. The winners of the last-chance round will join the 'winner bracket' second-round winners in the knockout stage.
- The knockout phase will then consist of a round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals and a final.[4]
Qualified teams
[edit]| Team | Qualification | Qualified date | Chairperson(s) | Participation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Porcinos FC
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2024 Kings World Cup champions | June 9, 2024 | Ibai Llanos
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2nd (Previous: 2024) |
| Jijantes FC
|
Kings League 4th Split champions[5] | December 21, 2024 | Gerard Romero
|
2nd (Previous: 2024) |
 Olimpo United
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Américas Kings League 2nd Split champions[6] | Javier Hernández (Chicharito)
|
2nd (Previous: 2024) | |
 Ultra Chmicha
|
Wildcard[7] | February 16, 2025 | Ilyas El Maliki
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1st (New club) |
 Kunisports
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Wildcard[8] | March 31, 2025 | Sergio Agüero
|
2nd (Previous: 2024) |
| La Capital CF
|
Wildcard[9] | Lamine Yamal and Lautaro del Campo (La Cobra)
|
1st (New club) | |
 Miami 7
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Wildcard[10] | Jake Paul and Adin Ross
|
1st (New club) | |
| 25 more teams TBD | ||||
- (New club) ― Denotes that the team will be making its competitive Kings debut in the World Cup.
- Kunisports is no longer listed as a Spanish club because it is set to relocate from the Kings League to the Américas Kings League after the World Cup;[8] La Capital CF will be its replacement in the Kings League.[11]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Municio, Pablo (9 June 2024). "Porcinos hace historia y es el primer ganador de la Kings World Cup". 3D Juegos (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 March 2025.
- ^ Díaz, Carlos 'Liber' (25 March 2025). "La Kings World Cup Clubs 2025 se disputará en Francia". Movistar eSports (in Spanish). As. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
- ^ "La Kings World Cup Clubs 2025 se déroulera en France". RMC Sport (in French). 24 March 2025. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
- ^ "La Kings World Cup Clubs 2025 traza su camino al trono: Descubre el formato". Kings League (in Spanish). 31 March 2025. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ Calvo, Daniel (23 December 2024). "Jijantes culmina su 'remontada' como club y consigue su primer título en la Kings League". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 March 2025.
- ^ Quezada, Jesús (21 December 2024). "Olimpo United de 'Chicharito' Hernández se proclama campeón de la Kings League Américas en el 'Infierno'". Milenio (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 March 2025.
- ^ Ayora, Víctor (17 February 2025). "La Kings League descubre al primer equipo invitado de un conocido streamer para el próximo mundial". Movistar eSports (in Spanish). As. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
- ^ a b Calvo, Daniel (31 March 2025). "¡Bombazo en la Kings League! El Kun Agüero abandona la liga española para 'aterrizar' en Latinoamérica". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 March 2025.
- ^ González, Víctor (31 March 2025). "Lamine Yamal anuncia su nuevo equipo en la Kings League". Sport (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 March 2025.
- ^ Ayora, Víctor (1 April 2025). "El primer club de Estados Unidos entra en la Kings League con dos mediáticos presidentes". Movistar eSports (in Spanish). As. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ Calvo, Daniel (31 March 2025). "Lamine Yamal toma el relevo del Kun Agüero y tendrá su propio equipo en la Kings y Queens League España". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 April 2025.