LISTEN: The 2025 FIFA Club World Cup and 2026 FIFA World Cup will have several matches in Atlanta over the next year, with the Club World Cup set to begin in a few weeks. GPB's Orlando Montoya and Jon Nelson discuss what the matches mean for the city and what to expect.

FIFA Club World Cup

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It’s World Cup time!

 And 2025 FIFA Club World Cup soccer games have arrived in Atlanta.

FIFA’s continental confederations—UEFA (Europe), CONMEBOL (South America), AFC (Asia), CAF (Africa), Concacaf (North and Central America), and OFC (Oceania) compete in the Club World Cup taking place between June 15 and July 5, with 6 of those matchings taking place at Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

GPB's Jon Nelson said cities like Atlanta hosting Club World Cup matches allows for "a great learning experience" ahead of next year's main FIFA World Cup tournament.

"When it comes to the venues that are going to be there as your host venues for the clubs themselves (for example) —Mercer University down in Macon to be a host for LAFC," he said. "It's going to be a great learning experience for Macon, for Charlotte, for Greensboro: all of these different little pockets that get to learn and get those boosts of the economy... I'm looking forward to the empirical evidence on the flip side of this that they have to turn quickly and get ready for '26."

Check this World Cup blog often for updates from Nelson and follow along for recaps from the Atlanta matches on June 16,19,22,29 and July 1 and 5.

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