Now that the FIFA Club World Cup officially ended to give space to the UEFA Champions League: Summer Edition what are your final thoughts?

I learned most places in the world don’t have lightning meters

>>149695593 (OP)
>red cards
>broken legs
>no racism
>environmental psychosis
>ice raids
>real fans attendance
>adds everywhere
>some great games
best club tournament after champions league
it could be even better if teams out of europe could have a chance

>>149695593 (OP)
Garbage format with many flaws, fuck FIFA
But: South Americans made it fun with their passion. A tournament with only the Europeans would be useless, we already have that. I understand the hype generated by having all these big names in one tournament, but I still prefer the old format for its clarity

>>149695751
>old format for its clarity
Yeah, it was so fun to know who was the champion 7 months before the tournamnet started

>>149702135
Cool, now you can choose between various European clubs, amazing. Just what everyone needed, woah. CL? Never heard of her. And hey, having four-year-cycles makes it even better! After all, who wants clubs to be there because of actual team merit instead of things won by completely different teams? Guess you have to be lucky to still be on your high when this super event takes place. Oh, you were the best three years ago, but now you are in an overhaul phase? And there was no epic CWC that year? Hm, too bad. Bonus points for the amazing selection of participants, Salzburg really was an asset, as opposed to *checks notes* Burcaluni? Lawerpol? No idea. And the additional transfer window really was great as well, wow
Seriously now: yearly tournament. All the continental champions. That’s it. That’s how it is supposed to be. Who is supposed to be there? The continental champions. Easy. You get the best of the confederations, that’s what intercontinental competition is there for. No need for „hey, here’s some more clubs for you, just don’t ask us about the sporting value, okay? Have fun with UEFA finals forever“

pretty soulless because america and euro teams didn't give a shit. south american games were good though especially when they caused an upset. hilal caused an upset too but fuck them anyway

>>149695593 (OP)
It's been more entertaining than the champions league honestly

>>149695593 (OP)
Call it the International Champions Cup 2 and make it officially a preseason event
sponsored by TikTok. Then it’s fine. Just don’t pretend it‘s an actual sports tournament
And how about more burger stuff? Let’s make star players throw chalk into the air like LeBron

>>149695593 (OP)
Just call it for what it is, a mickey mouse cup

>group stage upsets
>boca conceding to a teacher
>ACK Hilal
>fluminense dark horse run
>america doesn't have lightning rods
>UEFA-Conmebol shitposting
It was fun.

>>149695593 (OP)
Change it to 8 groups of 5 teams
>UEFA (12 teams)
- Last finalists from the past 2 finals (4 teams), directly
- Next best 8 by ranking, limited 2 per country ignoring the first 4 (8 teams)
>CONMEBOL (8 teams)
- Last finalists from the past 2 finals (4 teams), directly
- Next best 4 by ranking, limited 2 per country ignoring the first 4 (4 teams)
>CONCACAF (4 teams)
- Last finalists from the past final, directly
- Next best 2 teams by ranking
>CAF, AFC (3 teams each, 6 in total)
- Last finalists from the past final (2 teams), directly
- Next best team by ranking
>OFC, Host (1 team each, 2 teams in total)
- Last champion

>>149704139
Next 10 by pre-Club World Cup 1 match tournament with the next 20 teams from the world by ranking

it'll be seen as the biggest club tournament within 2 cycles.

the biggest thing it's done, outside of making South American and Saudi teams look half-decent, is re-establish Chelsea on the world stage. putting the financial rewards to one side, the world, especially South America, is perceiving Chelsea as globally relevant again. players from South America see Chelsea as arguably the biggest club in England. very few people remember Liverpool are English Champions, Arsenal are completely irrelevant, United basically don't even exist.

>>149702135
Yeah as opposed to knowing that one of the multiple European teams is gonna win it anyways

>>149702383
I disliked the old format because SA and Euro teams basically were having a glorified training session as a Semi-Final, and then the Euro Team dogwalks the final. At the very least the original 8 team CWC should've been an 2 groups of 4, runner up and second place for the Semi-Final and then the final.

Old club world cup was better
no filler, just champions + host country's club that won the league
it was during the season, in december
quick and easy

Current one is retarded because of the criteria to get in.

>Boca and River Plate are 100% in with convenient criteria. Realistically, they are in no way the best teams in Argentina.
>Inter Miami in because of the MLS Supporters' Shield instead of the MLS cup...lol
>then you remember Inter Miami didn't win the MLS Cup. TOP KEK.
>the MLS teams fucking sucked too
>numerous group stage matches drew like shit, even Boca struggled when moved out of Miami
The real kino was in the knockout stages, but that just makes the main point stronger: just skip the bullshit and go back to the old format. Knockout rounds.

>>149702383
>Guess you have to be lucky to still be on your high when this super event takes place. Oh, you were the best three years ago, but now you are in an overhaul phase? And there was no epic CWC that year? Hm, too bad.
You are completely right, that's what everyone said about Chelsea. They were in the Cup for something they won 4 years ago, and now they aren't a shadow of that team.
Remind me again, in which round they were eliminated
>All the continental champions. That’s it. That’s how it is supposed to be.
Again, right in the money. I'm sure you can ask every Fluminense fan which one they enjoyed the most, 2023 where they were runnerups or 2025 were they were only semifinalists.
10 out of 10 will tell you the 2023 had more value, bacause obviously playing a final is better than not playing it
And the PSG, what is more valuable, this cup or the intercontinental in december? I'm sure they will tell you the intercontinental because they only had to play continental champions and the competition wasn't diluted by non-continental champion shittera like Bayern or Real Madrid

>>149704139
>Change it to 8 groups of 5 teams
40 teams then?
>UEFA (12 teams) + CONMEBOL (8 teams) + CONCACAF (4 teams) + CAF, AFC (6 in total) + OFC, Host (2 teams in total) + Last champion = 33
???????

>>149695593 (OP)
that euros are scared of clouds

>>149695593 (OP)
that teachers are never off the clock

>>149704509
I planned 40 teams in the beginning and layed out 32 spots. On the 2nd post I added the remaining part >>149704183 but I still forgot to add "by conference" to it. Sorry I was sleepy.

Also, not the last champion, but the last champion of OFC and host nation

>>149695593 (OP)
Latinoamerican leagues need investment to improve and deliver entertaining games against firsties

>several games every day off season
>unique matchups
>sovl teams like mamelodi putting on a show
>actual competitive games
it's been pretty good. usa being a shit host is the only stain, but it's cool that it's a one time thing cuz if it was every year it'd lose relevance

>>149695593 (OP)
I don't think I like brazilians anymore.

shit tournament

>>149704347
that makes it a mickey mouse cup, same as the community shield or euro super cup. 32 teams makes it a 'proper' tournament, albeit with not the best teams

The previous format made more sense, even though it was another irrelevant tournament for Europeans.
I think it would be a good idea to keep the old format but do it every two years with two clubs from each federation.

>>149707173
took you long enough

>>149695593 (OP)
Europeans couldn't handle hot weather and spicy foods.

>>149704347
>>Boca and River Plate are 100% in with convenient criteria. Realistically, they are in no way the best teams in Argentina.
They didn't have to be the best in Argentina, only the best non-brazilians over a four-year period.

>>149695593 (OP)
Didn't watch any of it
Didn't see anybody mention it outside /sp/
Shan't be watching the final