FIFA have confirmed Chelsea have qualified for the first expanded version of the Club World Cup, according to The Sun.

Following a meeting in Rwanda, FIFA agreed the qualification format for the expanded version of the Club World Cup which will have 32 teams, starting in 2025 and likely to be held in China.

Europe has been given the largest share with 12 slots with Fifa’s ruling Council agreeing that qualification would run over the four year cycle from the 2020-21 to 2023-24 seasons.

It means the four Champions League winners over those seasons, plus the next eight leading sides on Uefa’s four-year coefficient rankings system, will earn berths for the money-laden new competition.

Chelsea’s 2021 Final win over Manchester City means they are now guaranteed a spot, alongside Real Madrid, to be joined by the next two winners of Europe’s biggest prize.

FIFA is also revamping its current smaller version of the Club World Cup, which will continue to be played annually but rebranded and with the Champions League winner automatically through to the Final.