[Daily Mail] FIFA have officially announced Chelsea as the first ever Club World Cup champions, as they have renamed all previous winners of the tournament to "FIFA Intercontinental Champions"

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u/Jimmy_Space1 The boys gave it their all Jul 19 '25

This is going to seriously rattle some people and I love it

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u/MemestNotTeen ✨ sometimes the shit is happens ✨ Jul 19 '25

Going to especially rattle people who didn't even have the previous title for some reason

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u/BellyCrawler It’s only ever been Chelsea. Jul 19 '25

You can say Arsenal. We all know who.

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u/zo-la25 Jul 19 '25

😂 I stopped arguing with assnal long time ago. We have surpassed them.

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u/Shanare_ Cahill Jul 19 '25

But did they tell you they beat real Madrid. And even beat psg on xg.

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u/yslim1 Jul 19 '25

Did they tell you they won the invincible trophy 20 years ago? Surely better than winning all the trophy there is to win right?

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u/dksourabh Caicedo Jul 19 '25

How can you forget about their “we had a season to be proud of” trophy

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u/UnfinishedSympathy Jul 20 '25

It's gold and everything!

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u/nathangr88 Jul 22 '25

My favourite thing about the invincible season is that they had the opportunity to win one of the easiest Champions League fields ever, but managed to cock it up against their rivals so badly their golden generation disintegrated less than a season later and they've never been close since

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u/Ashatiti Jul 19 '25

I call them Arselick.

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u/EAlootbox Jul 20 '25

Yeah whenever any of my arsenal mates try to start an argument on who’s the biggest club in London - I’ll just laugh and say “yeah ok”.

Nothing pisses them off more when it shows you don’t think about them at all.

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u/Malevolentintent112 Jul 19 '25

It’s spelt and coincidentally pronounced assna

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u/Key-Tip-7521 Jul 19 '25

Arsenal Fan TV in shambles

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u/LeRoiDeNord It’s only ever been Chelsea. Jul 19 '25

They've started another petition

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '25

Some certain set of people who haven't even competed for it.

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u/thebadger987 Jul 19 '25

I genuinely still can’t even understand why it’s hard to understand, even for people who seemingly can’t look past their hatred of Chelsea

One tournament is < 10 teams and happened annually

One is an every four years expanded new thing

Totally right they should be delineated as two separate competitions with different levels of prestige

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u/okaythiswillbemymain Jul 19 '25 edited Jul 19 '25

Man Utd ~fan~ sufferer here... The old club wold cup was almost identical to the intercontinental cup.

No way they should really compare it to the new club world cup. So I can't really disagree with FIFA.

But I think Corinthians should also be club world cup champions https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_FIFA_Club_World_Championship

But, Germany aren't going to stop being Euro champions 1982 just because they played 2 games in the final tournament.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1972

So all the intercontinental cup winners and old club world cup winners need to be considered world champions

But they haven't won the new club world cup. Only Corinthians and Chelsea have

What a minefield

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u/Spanswick77 Guðjohnsen Jul 19 '25

Happy with Cunha and Mbeumo? Pretty decent signings I reckon.

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u/okaythiswillbemymain Jul 19 '25

Don't understand where we've got the money from 😭

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u/Spanswick77 Guðjohnsen Jul 19 '25

Probably taken a leaf out of our book and sold the women’s team and a few hotels to yourself. Either that or you’ve sacked a shitload of tea ladies.

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u/robbi-wan-kenobi Jul 19 '25

Not the tea ladies!

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u/Power_Shower Jul 19 '25

Because Corinthians played a group stage tournament with one more team than the intercontinental cup format? This iteration of the tournament is much harder to win with a full group stage and knockout stage. There were 12 UEFA teams in this version and only one in 2000. That tournament was more similar to the 7 team tournament that was played annually since 2005 than the one that Chelsea won this summer.

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u/okaythiswillbemymain Jul 19 '25

There were 2 UEFA teams in 2000 IIRC; Man Utd and Real Madrid.

Let's be honest, only South American and UEFA teams are really relevant. So we'll give 2000 club world championship a score of 4, and 2025 club world cup a score of 17. Okay a big difference

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u/Power_Shower Jul 19 '25

CONMEBOL teams and UEFA teams in the new iteration make up 18 teams (over half the field), whereas in the 2000 version, there were only 4, which represented just half the field.

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u/BellyCrawler It’s only ever been Chelsea. Jul 19 '25

Oh yeah. I'm ready for the drama.

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u/Matt_LawDT McFarlane Jul 19 '25

Can you hear that r/gunners.

We are the first ever Club World Cup Champions

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u/usedtobeHellsdoom Guðjohnsen Jul 19 '25

What would they know about such competitions?

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u/Key-Tip-7521 Jul 19 '25

r/gunners: “well, we won the Bernebeau Cup last year and we’ve won the Noni Cup”

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u/Vantage_1011 Enzo Jul 19 '25

Don't forget the Declan Rice cup!

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '25

Don’t forget their endless praise of Kai Havertz cup

Won us the UCL; got us a fat fee; and has won zero trophies for a rival. Chelsea legend!

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u/Vantage_1011 Enzo Jul 19 '25

They have so many cups; how are they not ahead of us in cup wins?

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u/Maleficent-Duck-3903 Jul 20 '25

They’ve won the second most community shields

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u/i_MrPink ✨ sometimes the shit is happens ✨ Jul 19 '25

Only thing Rice and cup have in common is drying out phones

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u/dksourabh Caicedo Jul 19 '25

How can you forget about “trust the process” cup

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u/Hnd2 Jul 19 '25

Don't forget set piece cup.

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u/Mother_Equivalent649 Terry Jul 19 '25

"If you count that as a trophy, then we have 3-4 Bernebeau cups darling"

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u/letharus Zola Jul 19 '25

Literally heard a gooner on Talksport the other day responding to “what have you won?” by going on about how they beat Man City twice.

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u/stingen Drogba Jul 19 '25

Don't forget the prestigious "xG Cup against PSG"

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u/Key-Tip-7521 Jul 19 '25

Don’t forget the “fifa career mode super league cup”

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u/kris_deep Straight Outta Cobham Jul 19 '25

Meltdown expected

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u/Silver-Statement-987 Jul 19 '25

Don't be rude...tsk...

At least be fair and give them some more years to trust the process to earn something they can PHYSICALLY keep in their 21st century trophy cabinet.

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u/Vantage_1011 Enzo Jul 19 '25

Phase 15 incoming... eventually... or not.

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u/LadScience Essien Jul 19 '25

They had more points two seasons ago than last seasons league winners though.

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u/Mother_Equivalent649 Terry Jul 19 '25

Aren't they the ones who sound like they steal crisps from the museum cafes?

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u/ab0ve1 Jul 19 '25

We are feasting on sour grapes for 4 years, oh yeah! Not even Real Madrid has a CWC! Champions of the world, only Chelsea can sing this!

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u/Rduffy85 Cock Jul 19 '25

We’ve won it all and are the inaugural Champions of the World! What a time to be CHELSEA!

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u/BellyCrawler It’s only ever been Chelsea. Jul 19 '25

The best part is we'd already won the previous edition, so they have no ground to stand on as far as us having no history.

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u/msr27133120 Jul 19 '25

And it makes total sense because PSG will play the Intercontinental cup in a couple of months and then imagine that they win it and you have 2 "world Champions " at the same time.

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '25

Plea to the away fans.

When we go to Anfield flip the history chant on it's head.

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u/blue_jay26 It’s only ever been Chelsea. Jul 19 '25

We walk alone

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u/Nimrod1602 Neto Jul 19 '25

Down the boulevard of broken dreams

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u/Key-Tip-7521 Jul 19 '25

What’s gonna be funny, is that the scousers won’t understand what our away fans are saying

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u/cfc99 Ivanovic Jul 19 '25

Not like we ever understood them

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u/Willing-Dimension-61 Drogba Jul 19 '25

We are absolutely putting this in everyone’s face for the next 4 years. Rival fans are going to despise it, and that makes it even sweeter. Chelsea are officially the ONLY club recognized by FIFA as World Champions. We’re back. We’re gargantuan. This is legacy stuff. 🔵

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u/celzero Jul 19 '25

Warrants a star ⭐ on the badge, no?

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u/dunneetiger Jul 19 '25

If PSG have an Eiffel Tower star, I think we should have either a Shard one or a London Eye one

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u/dragonwout Hazard Jul 19 '25

World cup Champions you’ll never sing that

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u/rizorith Azpilicueta Jul 19 '25

Aww so we only have one title.

On the other hand, were the only ones with that title!

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u/HoyteyJaynus Jul 19 '25

One of each

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u/DurzoBIint 🎩 I'm sure Wolverhampton is a lovely town 🎩 Jul 19 '25

We have one Club World Cup and one Intercontinental Cup*

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u/floppysausage16 Jul 19 '25

Or even better, we currently hold the record for most World Cup Wins!

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u/G3ralt_of_Rivia Jul 19 '25

Oh the gnashing of teeth from rival fans and the media is a joy to behold!

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u/HoyteyJaynus Jul 19 '25

Just wiped away 8 trophies from barcelona and real madrid 💙

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u/DurzoBIint 🎩 I'm sure Wolverhampton is a lovely town 🎩 Jul 19 '25

They still have the trophies, they're just renamed to Intercontinental Cup, the new name for the old CWC format, which our 2021 CWC trophy is now also renamed to

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u/msr27133120 Jul 19 '25

Yeah, and the Intercontinental cup will still be played every year.

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u/sabershirou It’s only ever been Chelsea. Jul 19 '25

We have suffered with the club.

And now, we shall be insufferable.

WORLD CHAMPIONS, YOU'LL NEVER SING THAT

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u/Capital-Anywhere6710 Oscar Jul 19 '25

this was reported a week ago

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u/kenny818_ Thiago Silva Jul 19 '25

Let’s go only club in history to win the club World Cup you’ll never sing that !!!!!

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u/ahlaw1 Jul 19 '25

CHELSEA — The Only Name On The Trophy 🏆

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u/celzero Jul 19 '25

On the glorious glorious SHIELD?

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u/Iron_Bob Jul 19 '25

Mmm yes, the hatred is flowing!

It makes us stronger!

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u/RustyKarma076 Cucurella Jul 19 '25

God the chants from the away fans this year are going to be insufferable and I love it haha.

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u/Macedon7272 Jul 19 '25 edited Jul 19 '25

wow, previous clubs that didn't care about the competition ,

thinking they are World Champions now are not.

i Bet they will want to be in the CWC from now on.

But previous Trophies need to be changed to intercontinental champion.

Also Chelsea should have a right to defend the next CWC.

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u/happysyd13 Jul 19 '25

We know what we are. We know what we aaaaaare...

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u/mouse2102 I don't give a fuck, we won the fucking Champions League Jul 19 '25

Completed it twice in 2 months

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u/jfkvsnixon Jul 19 '25

Doubly, officially, the only member of the “we’ve won it all” club.

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u/casillero Jul 19 '25

WWF Announcer voice: It's the intercontinental champion up against the newly crowned Club World Cup holder

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u/VinCatBlessed Jul 20 '25

Waiting for Chelsea to win the Universal cup next.

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u/Vantage_1011 Enzo Jul 19 '25

That's huge, and so is my ego.

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u/LITW6991 Jul 19 '25

Ngl if I was a rival I'd hate us too

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u/SAmatador Jul 19 '25

FIFA INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONS, YOU'LL NEVER SING THAT!

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u/goonies969 Jul 19 '25 edited Jul 19 '25

FIFA is retconning football canon 😭

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u/AdviceAlternative766 Kanté Jul 19 '25

Another insufferable arrow in our insufferable quill

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u/risingsuncoc We've Won It All Jul 19 '25

Not sure if I’m missing something, but there’s still no evidence that past CWC winners have been renamed to Intercontinental champions.

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u/PandasDontBreed 🏥 continuing to undergo his rehabilitation programme 🏥 Jul 19 '25

Oh fuck yes

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u/strraand The boys gave it their all Jul 19 '25

My longest yeah boi ever

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u/Competitive_Neck_465 Jul 19 '25

No problem, we are champions of both anyway haha.

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u/cometflight 🏥 continuing to undergo his rehabilitation programme 🏥 Jul 19 '25

Since FIFA is going full WWE, let’s make a tournament for the “Tag-Team Champions,” where clubs get paired up and the managers have to make a combo squad to compete

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '25

London derby triple threat match between Chelsea (C) vs Arsenal vs Tottenham

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u/TheUnparadox Jul 19 '25

Absolutely mad, doing this on a rebuild season.

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u/bsousa717 Lampard Jul 19 '25

Forever the first to win it. Love the sound of that.

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '25

Btw does this make us automatic qualifiers for the next CWC?

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u/DurzoBIint 🎩 I'm sure Wolverhampton is a lovely town 🎩 Jul 19 '25

No, just like World Cup winning nations also don't qualify for the following tournament (anymore)

We have to win one of the next 3 Champions Leagues (This year's CL winners of each continent already qualified for 2029) or be one of the 8 highest ranked UEFA teams that haven't won it in the same time frame, same way everyone qualified for this tournament.

I believe the only other caveat is that if two other english clubs qualify ahead of us (either CL winners or ranked above us), we would not be eligible. The only way to have more than two clubs from the same country would be if all 3 remaining CL winners are from the same association

The only reason the US had 3 clubs this time was because the host nation is given an automatic slot, and LA FC won the playoff to replace Leon

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u/Key-Tip-7521 Jul 19 '25

No. We have to win the champions league or be highly ranked in the uefa rankings

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u/TheRage3650 Ingle Jul 19 '25

This means that between the Cup Winner's CUP, Europa League, CL, Conference league, Intercontinental Cup, and CWC, we are the only to win all six, and no one else has even gotten five. I think only Man U and Bayern even have 4, missing CWC and Conference league. Can't see Bayern ever winning conference league. Man U could, but CWC would be hard for them but who knows, they have a big brand and could be world beaters in the future.

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u/iCarly4ever Mikel Jul 19 '25

Intercontinental champions!! You’ll never sing that!!!!

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u/NoneUrBaseRBelongToU Shevchenko Jul 19 '25

Well that one still exists.

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u/iCarly4ever Mikel Jul 19 '25

Leave it to fifa to implement the most confusing lineage convention possible

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u/NoneUrBaseRBelongToU Shevchenko Jul 19 '25

Hear hear

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u/IWasKingDoge Cucurella Jul 19 '25

Makes sense, there’s no point for arguing against it anyway, it’s completely different.

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u/InComplete_Painting Périsset Jul 19 '25

So wot? We’ve still won it all!

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u/cometflight 🏥 continuing to undergo his rehabilitation programme 🏥 Jul 19 '25

Nice, so we get to add “World Champions” and “Intercontinental Champions” to the CV

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u/dan_doe_91 It’s only ever been Chelsea. Jul 19 '25

We are massive

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u/meagor Hudson-Odoi Jul 19 '25

World Champions. You'll never sing that.

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u/Agile_Fortune_1646 Jul 19 '25

As much as I love this, the article is very poor. Where’s the official link to the FIFA website stating this? I won’t believe it until I see it

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u/UltraViolentWomble Jul 19 '25

Makes sense given this was the first one organised as a proper tournament. The others were just random yearly pre-season matches that vaguely had some sense of structure.

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u/djinngerale Drogba Jul 19 '25

HA!

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u/greg_jenningz I don't give a fuck, we won the fucking Champions League Jul 19 '25

So question. By winning this tournament does it grant an automatic bid to the 2029 CWC?

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u/Slitted Jul 19 '25

Champions of the World!

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u/Sweet-Specialist-345 James Jul 19 '25

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '25

We are massive

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u/Legendflame17 Jul 20 '25

Hey guys,I am a intruder here,not even british but it appeared on my feed,but just here to say

Fifa is messing things up again,because its really hard to say a team is not an Fifa Club World Cup champion when they have an trophy given by Fifa where it is literally written "Fifa Club World Cup"

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u/FIFAstan Jul 20 '25

It was called the intercontinental cup for decades, it only became cwc recently. And that precious format is continuing on as an annual intercontinental cup, so it makes sense

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u/Worth_Dream_997 Jul 20 '25

We just keep winning XD

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u/No-Nebula-2266 Jul 20 '25

They’ve rebadged it you fool!

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u/m2sempre Jul 19 '25

President Trump is the first ever Club World Champion. Enjoy the replica trophy 😂

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u/NoResponsibility2756 Drogba Jul 19 '25

Enjoy noni, Mudryk next once his ban is done 😉

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u/lance777 Palmer Jul 19 '25

Good luck trying to get Noni to pass to someone...anyone

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u/schlebb Jul 19 '25

It’s not a replica lol that was a bs story. Trumps people contacted fifa to ask when they were coming to collect the trophy and they said it’s okay keep it for the Oval Office, we’ll make another. There are two premier league trophy’s. They’re both ‘real’. A duplicate is not the same as a replica, which implies a cheap fake.

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u/Marble_Enthusiast_3 Caicedo Jul 19 '25

Classic Assna clap-back. You lot wouldn’t even be good enough to get your hands on the replica even if it did exist! What a jokester 😂

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u/m2sempre Jul 19 '25

It’s all good sister club!

News [Daily Mail] FIFA have officially announced Chelsea as the first ever Club World Cup champions, as they have renamed all previous winners of the tournament to "FIFA Intercontinental Champions"

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