ZURICH: The final club to qualify for the FIFA Club World Cup will be determined on Saturday, May 31, when US side Los Angeles Football Club face Mexico’s Club América at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles, California.

This follows the recent Court of Arbitration for Sport decisions. Los Angeles wer runners-up to Club León in the 2023 Concacaf Champions League while América were the top-ranked team in the FIFA Club World Cup confederation ranking at the conclusion of the Concacaf Champions Cup staged in 2024, the final year of the qualifying period for the FIFA Club World Cup 2025.

In the event that the match is level after 90 minutes, two 15-minute periods of extra time, with an interval of five minutes, will be contested. If the score is still level at the end of extra time, the winners will be determined by a penalty shoot-out.

The winners of the play-in will claim the final spot at this year’s global club showpiece and will take their place in Group D alongside Brazil’s Flamengo, Tunisian outfit Espérance Sportive de Tunisie and English side Chelsea.

The group-stage matches to be contested by LAFC or Club América will be held in Atlanta (at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on June 16), Nashville (at GEODIS Park on June 20) and Orlando (at Camping World Stadium on June 24).

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