Who: Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) vs Flamengo
What: FIFA Intercontinental Cup 2025 last
When: Wednesday, December 17, 2025, at 8pm (17:00 GMT)
The place: Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Doha, Qatar
The way to comply with: We may have all of the build-up on Al Jazeera Sport from 14:00 GMT, earlier than our dwell textual content commentary streams.
European heavyweights PSG and South American giants Flamengo conflict within the FIFA Intercontinental Cup last, with both sides eyeing one other main trophy to cap off a stellar yr.
Flamengo arrive contemporary from a historic double, lifting the Copa Libertadores and the Brazilian Serie A title, a feat achieved solely 4 occasions earlier than, whereas PSG added 4 crowns, together with the UEFA Champions League trophy, to their assortment this yr.
The revamped Intercontinental Cup brings collectively the winners of every confederation’s prime membership competitors in a shorter format designed to enrich FIFA’s expanded 32-team Membership World Cup.
Right here’s the whole lot you’ll want to know concerning the last:
What’s the FIFA Intercontinental Cup 2025?
It’s the second version of the Intercontinental Cup, an annual knockout event organised by FIFA.
The event includes the six continental champions from every of the six FIFA confederations: PSG (UEFA), Al Ahli FC (AFC), Cruz Azul (CONCACAF), Flamengo (CONMEBOL), Pyramids FC (CAF) and Auckland Metropolis FC (OFC).
The event started in September, with groups going through one another in a single-elimination bracket.
Right here’s how the matches ended:
- First spherical, September 14: Pyramids 3-0 Auckland Metropolis (African-Asian-Pacific Cup playoff)
- Second spherical, September 23: Al Ahli 1-3 Pyramids (African-Asian-Pacific Cup)
- Second spherical, December 10: Cruz Azul 1-2 Flamengo (Derby of the Americas)
- Playoff, December 13: Flamengo 2-0 Pyramids (Challenger Cup)
The primary two matches of the event had been held in Cairo, Egypt, and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The subsequent two had been held in Al-Rayyan, Qatar.
How is the Intercontinental Cup completely different from the FIFA Membership World Cup?
From 1960 to 2004, the Intercontinental Cup was held yearly and pitted the champions of Europe and South America towards one another.
In 2005, it was renamed the FIFA Membership World Cup to incorporate different continental champions. Nevertheless, the competitors was relaunched this yr as a quadrennial event expanded to 32 groups, with Chelsea named the inaugural winners of the brand new format.
Equally, the Intercontinental Cup was additionally relaunched in its new format in 2024 when Actual Madrid beat Mexican membership Pachuca.
Whereas the Intercontinental Cup carries the honorary tag of annual “world champions”, it nonetheless ranks under the expanded Membership World Cup by way of status and significance.
The place is the ultimate being held?
Al-Rayyan’s Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, named after a former emir of Qatar, will host the Intercontinental Cup last. The 45,032-capacity venue hosted seven matches in the course of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
How did PSG and Flamengo attain the ultimate?
As per the format confirmed in September 2024, PSG acquired an automatic bye to the ultimate after profitable the 2024-25 UEFA Champions League title. The Parisians thrashed Inter Milan 5-0 to be topped European champions.
In the meantime, Flamengo’s highway to the ultimate was removed from easy. The Rio de Janeiro aspect first lifted the Copa Libertadores title, then edged Cruz Azul 2-1 within the Derby of the Americas, earlier than defeating Pyramids 2-0 within the Challenger Cup to arrange their showdown with PSG.
Kind information
All competitions, most up-to-date end result final:
PSG: W-D-W-L-W
Flamengo: W-W-D-W-W
Head-to-head: PSG-Flamengo
This would be the first aggressive assembly between PSG and Flamengo.
PSG’s group information
PSG head coach Luis Enrique rested lots of his standard starters – together with Bradley Barcola, Joao Neves and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia – of their final Ligue 1 recreation earlier than their journey to Qatar.
All three gamers will characteristic on Wednesday; nonetheless, the Parisians can be with out Achraf Hakimi (ankle damage) and Marquinhos (hip damage), whereas star striker Ousmane Dembele is listed as uncertain because of sickness.
PSG’s potential lineup
Lucas Chevalier (goalkeeper); Warren Zaire-Emery, Ilya Zabarnyi, Willian Pacho, Nuno Mendes; Joao Neves, Vitinha, Fabian Ruiz; Bradley Barcola, Senny Mayulu, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
Flamengo’s group information
Head coach Filipe Luis didn’t title Allan in his squad that flew to Qatar. Other than that, he has a completely match squad to select from for Wednesday’s last.
Flamengo’s potential lineup
Agustin Rossi (goalkeeper); Guillermo Varela, Danilo, Leo Pereira, Alex Sandro; Erick Pulgar, Jorginho; Jorge Carrascal, Giorgian de Arrascaeta, Everton; Gonzalo Plata
Are tickets nonetheless out there for the ultimate?
Tickets for the match went on sale on November 21 on the official FIFA platform throughout three categories, starting from about $14 to $69. Some are nonetheless up for grabs.
The place to observe the ultimate
FIFA+ and DAZN will livestream the ultimate at no cost.
