2025 Kings World Cup Clubs

In an introductory video for the campaign uploaded on 7 September 2024, the 2025 edition of the Kings World Cup, was announced to happen at the end of the season. Spain would send Porcinos FC, the defending champions of the competition, alongside four other teams. They were to be joined by four teams from the Americas Kings League and teams from the Kings Leagues of Italy, Brazil, France, and Germany, as well as "wildcard" teams from other countries, for a 32-team tournament. The first wildcard team was announced on 16 February 2025, Moroccan side Ultra Chmicha (led by content creator Ilyas El Maliki) after the country's semi-final performance at the 2025 Kings World Cup Nations. France would be announced as the hosts for the competition on 24 March 2025, during the Kings League France team introduction and draft. ==Slot allocation==

The slot allocation will be as follows: • Title holders: Porcinos FC • Kings League Spain: 4 teams • Kings League Americas: 4 teams • Kings League Italy: 4 teams • Kings League France: 4 teams • Kings League Germany: 3 teams (originally 4, then 2) • Wildcards: 8 teams (originally 7, then 9) ==Format==

The 2025 Kings World Cup Clubs retained the format of the 2024 tournament, which included features of a Swiss-system tournament. ;First stage • 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. ;Knockout Stage • The knockout phase will then consist of a round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals and a final. ==Qualified teams==

Kings League Spain President: Gerard Piqué • Following the elimination of Saiyans FC in the 5th Split playoff semifinals, all remaining teams - Ultimate Móstoles, Jijantes FC and Los Troncos FC - had already qualified for the World Cup. xBuyer Team advances to the World Cup as the best team on combined points not already qualified. Américas Kings League President: Miguel Layún • Los Chamos FC won the Split 3 having already qualified. Galácticos del Caribe, their opponents in the final, were also the best team on aggregate points not already qualified, so they automatically advanced to the World Cup before the match. Kings League Italy President: Zlatan IbrahimovićCompetition Director: Claudio Marchisio Kings League Brazil President: Kaká Kings League France Kings League Germany President: Bastian Schweinsteiger • The Kings League Germany, initially scheduled to have two teams in the World Cup, was granted a third spot after their qualifiers had already ended. Wildcards • (New club) ― Denotes that the World Cup is the team's first official Kings tournament. • Kunisports is no longer listed as a Spanish club because it is set to relocate from the Kings League Spain to the Américas Kings League after the World Cup; ==Schedule==

As usual in the Kings League, teams will field a regular roster of ten drafted players, plus guest 11th, 12th and 13th Players. A system of international loans was set up so players from teams that had not qualified for the World Cup could play the tournament on loan in teams that had qualified. ; Boomers Manager: Gabriele Canella ; Dendele FC Manager: Wellington de Oliveira ; Desimpedidos Goti Manager: Fábio Ferreira ; ERA Colonia Manager: Marius Duhnke ; FC Zeta Manager: Cristian Brocchi ; Fluxo FC Manager: Paulo Neto ; Foot2Rue Manager: Samir Nasri ; Furia FC Manager: Carlos Barbosa de Oliveira ; Futbolistas Locos FC Manager: Simon Seferings ; G2 FC Manager: Malik Hadziavdic ; Galácticos del Caribe Manager: Fernando Espinosa ; Gear7 FC Manager: Pol Font ; Jijantes FC Manager: David Biosca ; Jynxzi FC Manager: Robert Cornfield ; Karasu Manager: Sabry Bezahaf ; Kunisports Manager: Juan Manuel Miranda ; La Capital CF Manager: Arnau Jariod ; Los Chamos FC Manager: Jos Gartland ; Los Troncos FC Manager: Èric Bartra ; Miami 7 Manager: Daniel Romo ; Murash FC Manager: Kensuke Nakai ; Olimpo United Manager: Alejandro Castro ; PANAM All Starz Manager: Saïd Dorbani ; Persas FC Manager: Gabriela Batocletti ; Porcinos FC Manager: Nacho Castro ; SXB FC Manager: Abdullah Al-Shehri ; TRM FC Manager: Marco Bertoni ; Ultimate Móstoles Manager: Álex Martínez ; Ultra Chmicha Manager: Majid El Khal ; Unit3d Manager: Campi Grégory ; xBuyer Team Manager: Víctor González ; Zaytouna FC Manager: Mustapha Ahouaqui ==Broadcast==

The entire tournament will be livestreamed on Twitch, YouTube and Kick, both from the official Kings League channels and individual feeds from the teams' chairpersons. On 29 May 2025, it was also announced that DAZN would be broadcasting the entire tournament for free in Spain. ==First stage==

First round The first-round pairings were drawn on 26 May 2025. ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Second round Winners' bracket Losers' bracket ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Last-chance round ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ==Knockout stage==

;Qualified teams Round of 16 pairings were drawn on 8 June, before the start of the last-chance round. ;Bracket Round of 16 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Quarter-finals ---- ---- ---- Semi-finals ---- Final ;Pre-Match On 26 May 2025, before the draw, Congolese singer GIMS was named as the headline act of the opening ceremony (branded as the Music Show) ==External links==