FIFA unveils stunning FIFA Club World Cup trophy crafted in collaboration with luxury jeweller Tiffany & Co. ahead of new tournament in 2025

FIFA have revealed a number of inspirations behind the design of the new trophy. These include the Voyager Golden Records carried on NASA’s Voyager deep-space missions in the 1970s, the periodic table, maps of pioneering journeys and astronomy. The trophy features celestial symbols showing the positions of planets at the time FIFA was founded more than 120 years ago, and of the 2025 Club World Cup’s opening match in Miami.

An inspiring message also features on the new design. It reads: “To those who hold this trophy, history belongs to you! You are witness to a moment in time that represents the pinnacle of club football, bestowed upon few but celebrated by many.”

The winners of each FIFA Club World Cup will receive a replica of the trophy featuring special engravings that mark their victory. The replicas are an exact match of the official trophy and come with nameplates featuring club emblems and the dates of their triumph.

The new-look FIFA Club World Cup begins in the summer of 2025 and will take place every four years after that. Previously the tournament took place annually and involved just seven clubs, whereas there will be 32 involved in each competition going forward. They are divided into eight groups of four clubs, with the top two progressing through to the last-16. Each knockout stage is played over one leg and there is no third-place play-off for the losing semi-finalists.

Replacing the annual event will be a new Intercontinental Cup featuring the Champions League winners facing play-off winners in the final. Real Madrid will feature in this year’s final, which takes place in Qatar on December 18.

Speaking about the new trophy, FIFA President Gianni Infantino said: “Innovative, inclusive, groundbreaking and truly global, the new 32-team FIFA Club World Cup deserves a trophy that represents all of this. It is both prestigious and timeless – a golden trophy that is a symbol of the future and inspired by the past.

“The team who lift this trophy will hold the world of club football in their hands. To the players who win it, history belongs to you! Let’s take it to the world and celebrate it as we look forward to the start of a new era for football when the one and only FIFA club world champions lift the FIFA Club World Cup Trophy in New York New Jersey on 13 July 2025.”

The President and Chief Executive Officer of Tiffany & Co., Anthony Ledru, added: “With a legacy dating back 160 years, Tiffany & Co. has crafted some of the most iconic championship trophies in history, setting the standard for craft and design. The FIFA Club World Cup Trophy is the next chapter in our long history of creating the world’s most revered symbols of athletic achievement.”

Fans will get an even better look at the new trophy when it’s presented to the world during FIFA’s Club World Cup draw on Thursday, December 5. The draw takes place in Miami, the host city of the opening game in 2025, and will see all 32 clubs find out their group-stage opponents.