He Club World Cup 2025 It will be a milestone in the history of football. It will be the first with 32 teamssimilar to how the World Cup for men’s teams was known until Qatar 2022. And that’s where it wants to go Boca, which appeals to the ranking that FIFA created especially to determine some places for each confederation, because they did not qualify for the current edition of the Copa Libertadores. This Thursday, Nacional of Uruguay put an obstacle to that illusion, because it advanced to the group stage, which could mean that it will reach that ranking, if it achieves a performance that would be historic.
El Bolso had to suffer until the penalties against Always Ready from Bolivia. They had lost 1-0 as a visitor and won 2-1 in Uruguay in injury time and with one less player due to the expulsion of Diego Polenta, and then won the definition from twelve steps (5-4) with the last conversion by Rubén Bentancourt.
Why is this ‘bad’ news for Boca? It has to do with this already famous ranking. Conmebol has six places for this event that will be held in the United States. For its assembly, the score obtained between the Copa Libertadores of 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 is taken into account.
Palm trees, Flamengo y Fluminense They are already classified as the champions of the last three editions of the tournament. The champion of this edition will win a place, while the other two will be awarded by position in the CONMEBOL ranking.
By ranking they can only be classified two teams from each country unless that of the Libertadores winning team is repeated, as is the case with the three Brazilian champions of the last three editions.
The others that would be classified so far are Boca (71 points), River (64) and Olimpia (57) although the 2024 edition has yet to be played.
Far away, for now, come Nacional of Uruguay (40), Independiente del Valle (38), Barcelona of Ecuador (37) and Cerro Porteño of Paraguay (37).