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Barcelona and three more Club World Cup snubs who benefit from missing out
Arsenal, along with another entry on this list, were left out by virtue of England simply having too many Premier League clubs who ranked highly: Chelsea (2021) and Manchester City (2023) have both earned major international trophies in recent years, and that made them very tough to beat for these purposes.
Why Liverpool, Barcelona are not playing in the FIFA Club World Cup 2025
Opaque nature of Club World Cup qualifying criteria means Liverpool, Barcelona and Napoli won’t feature in tournament.
Why are Chelsea in the Club World Cup, but not Liverpool?
Champions League winnersReal Madrid (Spain) - 2022 and 2024 Champions League winnersManchester City (England) - 2023 Champions League winnersBayern Munich (Germany) - Best non-Champions League winnersParis St-Germain (France) - Second best non-Champions League winnersBorussia Dortmund (Germany) - Third best non-Champions League winnersInter Milan (Italy) - Fourth best non-Champions League winnersPorto (Portugal) - Fifth best non-Champions League winners*Atletico Madrid (Spain) - Sixth best non-Champions League winners*Benfica (Portugal) - Seventh best non-Champions League winners*Juventus (Italy) - Eighth best non-Champions League winners*Red Bull Salzburg - (Austria) Ninth best non-Champions League winners* *denotes where other teams finished higher but were ineligible to qualifyThis article is the latest from BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team.
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