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The FIFA Club World Cup is an international men ‘s association football competition organised by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association ( FIFA ), the mutant ‘s global govern consistency. The competition was first contested in 2000 as the FIFA Club World Championship. It was not held from 2001 to 2004 due to a combination of factors, most importantly the collapse of FIFA ‘s marketing spouse International Sport and Leisure ( ISL ), but since 2005 it has been held every year, and has been hosted by Brazil, Japan, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco and Qatar. Views differ as to the cup ‘s prestige : it struggles to attract pastime in most of Europe, and is the aim of heat consider in South America. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The beginning FIFA Club World Championship took place in Brazil in 2000. It ran in parallel with the Intercontinental Cup, a competition played by the winners of the UEFA Champions League and the Copa Libertadores, from 2000 to 2004, with the champions of each tournament both recognised ( in 2017 ) by FIFA as cabaret earth champions. In 2005, the Intercontinental Cup was merged with the FIFA Club World Championship, and in 2006, the tournament was renamed as the FIFA Club World Cup. The winner of the Club World Cup receives the FIFA Club World Cup trophy and a FIFA World Champions certificate. The current format of the tournament involves seven teams competing for the style at venues within the host state over a period of about two weeks ; the winners of that year ‘s AFC Champions League ( Asia ), CAF Champions League ( Africa ), CONCACAF Champions League ( North America ), Copa Libertadores ( South America ), OFC Champions League ( Oceania ) and UEFA Champions League ( Europe ), along with the master of ceremonies state ‘s home champions, participate in a straight knock-out tournament. The master of ceremonies state ‘s national champions contest a play-off against the Oceania champions, from which the winner joins the champions of Asia, Africa and North America in the quarter-finals. The quarter-final winners go on to face the European and South american champions, who enter at the semi-final stage, for a place in the final. substantial Madrid hold the record for most victories, winning the competition four times. Corinthians ‘ inaugural address victory remains the best result from a master of ceremonies state ‘s home league champions. Teams from Spain have won the tournament seven times, the most for any nation. The current worldly concern champions are Germany ‘s Bayern Munich, who defeated Mexico ‘s Tigres UANL 1–0 in the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup Final .
history [edit ]
Las Vegas, Nevada saw the birth of the competition during FIFA’s executive committee in December 1993
lineage [edit ]
The first club tournament to be billed as the Football World Championship was held in 1887, in which FA Cup winners Aston Villa beat scottish Cup winners Hibernian, the winners of the only national competitions at the time. The first clock time when the champions of two european leagues met was in what was nicknamed the 1895 World Championship, when english champions Sunderland beat scottish champions Heart of Midlothian 5–3. [ 3 ] Ironically, the Sunderland batting order in the 1895 World Championship consisted entirely of scottish players – scottish players who moved to England to play professionally in those days were known as the Scotch Professors. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The first try at creating a global club football tournament, according to FIFA, was in 1909, 21 years before the first gear FIFA World Cup. [ 5 ] The Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy was held in Italy in 1909 and 1911, and contested by English, Italian, German and Swiss clubs. [ 6 ] English amateur team West Auckland won on both occasions. [ 7 ] The mind that FIFA should organise international club competitions dates from the beginning of the 1950s. [ 8 ] In 1951, FIFA President Jules Rimet was asked about FIFA ‘s affair in Copa Rio, the rival created by the brazilian FA with a opinion to being a Club World Cup ( a “ club version ” of the FIFA World Cup ), and Rimet stated that it was not under FIFA ‘s jurisdiction since it was organised and sponsored by the brazilian FA. [ 9 ] FIFA control panel officials Stanley Rous and Ottorino Barassi participated personally, albeit not as FIFA assignees, in the constitution of Copa Rio in 1951. brazilian side Palmeiras pulsate italian side Juventus in Maracanã Stadium with over 200 thousand spectators, being considered by many the first Club World Cup Champion. [ 10 ] Rous ‘ function was the negotiations with european clubs, whereas Barassi did the lapp and besides helped form the model of the rival. The italian weight-lift regarded the contest as an “ impressive project ” that “ was greeted so sky-high by FIFA officials Stanley Rous and Jules Rimet to the extent of about giving it an official FIFA postage. ” [ 11 ] Because of the difficulty the brazilian FA found in bringing european clubs to the rival, the O Estado de S. Paulo newspaper suggested that there should be FIFA involvement in the program of external club competitions saying that, “ ideally, external tournaments, here or overseas, should be played with a agenda set by FIFA ”. [ 12 ] even in the 1950s, the Pequeña Copa del Mundo ( spanish for Small World Cup ) was a tournament hold in Venezuela between 1952 and 1957, with some other cabaret tournaments held in Caracas from 1958 onwards besides much referred to by the name of the original 1952-1957 tournament. [ 13 ] It was normally played by four participants, half from Europe and one-half from South America. [ 13 ]
Obstacles to creation [edit ]
We want to win the style, not so much for ourselves but to prevent Racing from being champions .
— Jock Stein, Celtic Football Club ‘s coach, 1965–1978, commenting before the play-off catch of the 1967 Intercontinental Cup known as The Battle of Montevideo ; Evening Times, 3 November 1967. [ 14 ]
The Dutch team [ Ajax ] claimed a victory without any problems and this match was no more unmanageable than a banal brush at the european Cup .
—A Dutch newspaper diarist from Amsterdam, commenting on the quality of the competition and Ajax ‘s opponents after the 1972 Intercontinental Cup ; De Telegraaf, 30 September 1972. [ 15 ]
The emotionlessness of the fans is the lone explanation for our fiscal failure [ at the Intercontinental Cup ]. It would be much better if we had gotten a friendly alike to the one we would do in Tel Aviv, on 11 January, for US $ 255,000 .
— Dettmar Cramer, Bayern Munich ‘s coach, 1975–1977, commenting on the gloomy relevance, prestige and rewards of the Intercontinental Cup after his team ‘s victory in 1976 ; Jornal do Brasil, 22 December 1976. [ 16 ]
The Tournoi de Paris was a contest initially meant to bring together the top teams from Europe and South America ; it was first played in 1957 when Vasco district attorney Gama, the Rio de Janeiro champions, beat european champions Real Madrid 4–3 in the final at the Parc des Princes. The victory was hailed in France and Brazil as a “ best of Europe X best of confederacy american english ” clubhouse match as it was Real Madrid ‘s inaugural intercontinental competition as european champions ( the Madrid team played the 1956 Pequeña Copa del Mundo, but confirmed their participation in the Venezuelan tournament before becoming european champions ). [ 17 ] In 1958, Real Madrid declined to participate in the Paris rival claiming that the concluding of the 1957/58 european Cup was just 5 days after the Paris Tournoi. [ 18 ] On October 8, 1958, the brazilian FA President João Havelange announced, at a UEFA meet he attended as an guest, the decision to create the Copa Libertadores and the Intercontinental Cup, the latter being a UEFA / CONMEBOL -endorsed “ best cabaret of the earth ” contest between the champion club of both confederations. real Madrid won the first Intercontinental Cup in 1960, [ 19 ] [ 20 ] and titled themselves world champions until FIFA stepped in and objected, citing that the contest did not include any other champions from the other confederations ; FIFA stated that they can only claim to be intercontinental champions of a competition played between two continental organisations in which no other continents had the opportunity to participate. [ 21 ] FIFA stated that they would prohibit the 1961 edition to be played out unless the organisers regarded the contest as a friendly or a individual couple between two organisations. [ 22 ] The same year the Intercontinental Cup was beginning played, 1960, FIFA authorised the International Soccer League, created ( along the lines of the 1950s Copa Rio ) with a horizon to creating a Club World Cup, with ratification from Sir Stanley Rous, who then had become FIFA President. [ 23 ] The Intercontinental Cup attracted the interest of other continents. [ 24 ] The North and Central America alliance, CONCACAF, was created in 1961 in order to, among other reasons, try to include its clubs in the Copa Libertadores and, by extension, the Intercontinental Cup. [ 25 ] however, their entrance into both competitions was rejected. subsequently, the CONCACAF Champions ‘ Cup began in 1962. [ 26 ] due to the brutality of the Argentine and Uruguayan clubs at the Intercontinental Cup, FIFA was asked several times during the recently 1960s to assess penalties and regulate the tournament. [ 27 ] however, FIFA refused each request. [ 28 ] The first of these requests was made in 1967, after a play-off match labelled The Battle of Montevideo. [ 29 ] The Scottish Football Association, via President Willie Allan, wanted FIFA to recognise the rival in arrange to enforce football regulation ; FIFA responded that it could not regulate a competition it did not organise. [ 14 ] Allan ‘s campaign besides suffered after CONMEBOL, with the backing of its President Teofilo Salinas and the Argentine Football Association ( Asociación del Fútbol Argentino ; AFA ), refused to allow FIFA to have any hand in the competition express : [ 30 ]
The CSF is the entity in charge of controlling, in South America, the organisation of the tournament between the champions of Europe and [South] America, a competition FIFA considers a friendly. We do not think it’s appropriate that FIFA has to meddle in the matter.
René Courte, FIFA ‘s General Sub-Secretary, wrote in 1967 an article shortly afterwards stating that FIFA viewed the Intercontinental Cup as a “ European-South american friendly equal ”. [ 31 ] This was confirmed by FIFA President Sir Stanley Rous. With the Asian and North American cabaret competitions in position in 1967, FIFA opened the idea of supervising the Intercontinental Cup if it included those confederations, with Stanley Rous saying that CONCACAF and the Asian Football Confederation had requested in 1967 participation of their champions in the Intercontinental Cup ; the marriage proposal was met with a negative answer from UEFA and CONMEBOL. The 1968 and 1969 Intercontinental Cups finished in similarly fierce fashion, with Manchester United coach Matt Busby insistence that “ the Argentineans should be banned from all competitive football. FIFA should actually step in. ” [ 32 ] In 1970, the FIFA Executive Committee proposed the creation of a multicontinental Club World Cup, not limited to Europe and South America but including besides the other confederations ; the idea did not go forward due to UEFA immunity. In 1973, french newspaper L’Equipe, who helped bring about the parentage of the european Cup, [ 33 ] volunteered to sponsor a Club World Cup contested by the champions of Europe, South America, North America and Africa, the only continental golf club tournaments in universe at the clock ; the competition was to potentially take place in Paris between September and October 1974, with an eventual final to be held at the Parc des Princes. The extreme negativity of the Europeans prevented this from happening. [ 34 ] The same newspaper tried once again in 1975 to create a Club World Cup, in which participants would have been the four semi-finalists of the european Cup, both finalists of the Copa Libertadores, a well as the African and asian champions ; once more, the proposal was to no avail. [ 35 ] UEFA, via its president of the united states, Artemio Franchi, declined once again and the proposal failed. [ 36 ] The idea for a multicontinental, FIFA-endorsed Club World Cup was besides endorsed by João Havelange in his campaign for FIFA presidency in 1974. The mexican clubs América and UNAM, and the Mexican Football Association, demanded engagement in the Intercontinental Cup ( either as the American-continent representantives in the Intercontinental Cup or as part of a UEFA-CONMEBOL-CONCACAF new Intercontinental Cup ) after winning the 1977/1978 and 1980/1981 editions of the Interamerican Cup against the south american champions ; the request was abortive. With the Intercontinental Cup in danger of being dissolved, [ 37 ] West Nally, a british commercialize company, was hired by UEFA and CONMEBOL to find a feasible solution in 1980 ; [ 38 ] [ 39 ] [ 40 ] Toyota Motor Corporation, via West Nally, took the competition under its wing and rebranded it as the Toyota Cup, a one-off match played in Japan. [ 41 ] [ 42 ] Toyota invested over US $ 700,000 in the 1980 version to take target in Tokyo ‘s National Olympic Stadium, with over US $ 200,000 awarded to each participant. [ 43 ] The Toyota Cup, with its newly format, was received with agnosticism, as the sport was unfamiliar in the Far East. [ 44 ] [ 45 ] however, the fiscal bonus was welcomed, as european and south american clubs were suffering fiscal difficulties. [ 46 ] To protect themselves against the possibility of european withdrawals, Toyota, UEFA and every european Cup player signed annual contracts requiring the eventual winners of the european Cup to participate at the Intercontinental Cup, as a condition UEFA stipulated to the clubs ‘ engagement in the european Cup, or gamble facing an international lawsuit from UEFA and Toyota. [ 47 ] In 1983, the English Football Association tried organising a Club World Cup to be played in 1985 and sponsored by West Nally, only to be denied by UEFA. [ 48 ]
Inauguration ( 2000–2001 ) [edit ]
manchester United see this as an opportunity to compete for the ultimate honor of being the very first world baseball club champions .
— Martin Edwards, Manchester United ‘s president, 1980–2002, commenting on the FIFA Club World Championship ; British Broadcasting Corporation News, 30 June 1999. [ 49 ]
The model of the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship was laid years in advance. [ 50 ] According to Sepp Blatter, the estimate of the tournament was presented to the executive committee in December 1993 in Las Vegas, United States by Silvio Berlusconi, AC Milan ‘s president. [ 51 ] Since every confederation had, by then, a stable, continental championship, FIFA felt it was prudent and relevant to have a Club World Championship tournament. initially, there were nine candidates to host the competition : China, Brazil, Mexico, Paraguay, Saudi Arabia, Tahiti, Turkey, the United States and Uruguay ; of the nine, only Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Brazil and Uruguay confirmed their sake to FIFA. On 3 September 1997, FIFA selected Brazil to host the contest, which was initially scheduled to take topographic point in 1999. [ 52 ] Manchester United legend Bobby Charlton, a pillar of England ‘s victorious campaign in the 1966 FIFA World Cup, stated that the Club World Championship provided “ a fantastic chance of becoming the beginning actual world champions. ” [ 53 ] The contest gave off US $ 28 million in respect money and its television receiver rights, deserving US $ 40 million, were sold to 15 broadcasters across five continents. [ 53 ] The final draw of the beginning Club World Championship was done on 19 October 1999 at the Copacabana Palace Hotel in Rio de Janeiro. [ 54 ]
There they were claiming that the English were n’t matter to in the worldly concern backing, yet the BBC sent 60 people to cover the tournament. This shows that it was the most important contest that they have taken separate in in their history. They came hera thinking they were going to win well but they did n’t count on the strength of Vasco. No Manchester player would get a place in the Vasco team at the here and now. The Brazilians are the best players in the universe, the Europeans do not evening come stopping point .
— Eurico Miranda, Vasco da Gama ‘s vice-president, 1986–2000, commenting on the importance given to the tournament by the british news media, the flush of european club football ampere well as Brazil ‘s after his side ‘s 3–1 succeed over Manchester United ; Independent Online, 11 January 2000. [ 55 ]
The inaugural competition was planned to be contested in 1999 by the continental golf club winners of 1998, the Intercontinental Cup winners and the host nation ‘s national clubhouse champions, but it was postponed by one year. When it was rescheduled, the contest had eight new participants from the continental champions of 1999 : brazilian clubs Corinthians and Vasco da Gama, English side Manchester United, Mexican club Necaxa, Moroccan cabaret Raja Casablanca, spanish english Real Madrid, Saudi club Al-Nassr, and australian cabaret South Melbourne. [ 56 ] The first finish of the competition was scored by Real Madrid ‘s Nicolas Anelka against Al-Nassr ; Real Madrid went on to win the match 3–1. [ 57 ] The concluding was an all-Brazilian affair, vitamin a well as the lone one which saw one side have home advantage. [ 58 ] Vasco district attorney Gama could not take advantage of its local subscribe, being beaten by Corinthians 4–3 on penalties after a 0–0 draw in supernumerary time. [ 59 ] [ 60 ] The irregular edition of the competition was planned for Spain in 2001, and would have featured 12 clubs. [ 61 ] The tie was performed at A Coruña on 6 March 2001. [ 62 ] however, it was cancelled on 18 May, due to a combination of factors, most importantly the collapse of FIFA ‘s marketing partner International Sport and Leisure. [ 63 ] The participants of the cancel edition received US $ 750,000 each in compensation ; the Real Federación Española de Fútbol ( RFEF ) besides received US $ 1 million from FIFA. [ 64 ] Another undertake to stage the competition in 2003, in which 17 countries were looking to be the host nation, besides failed to happen. [ 65 ] [ 66 ] FIFA agreed with UEFA, CONMEBOL and Toyota to merge the Intercontinental Cup and Club World Championship into one event. [ 67 ] The final Intercontinental Cup, played by representatives clubs of most evolve continents in the football world, was in 2004, with a relaunched Club World Championship held in Japan in December 2005. [ 68 ] All the winning teams of the Intercontinental Cup were regarded by worldwide mass media and football ‘s residential district as de facto “ global champions “ [ 69 ] [ 70 ] [ 71 ] until 2017 when FIFA officially ( de jure ) recognised all of them as official clubhouse world champions in equal condition to the FIFA Club World Cup winners. [ 72 ] [ 73 ]
Play-off tournaments ( 2005–2021 ) [edit ]
The 2005 version was shorter than the previous World Championship, reducing the trouble of scheduling the tournament around the different clubhouse seasons across each continent. It contained just the six reigning continental champions, with the CONMEBOL and UEFA representatives receiving byes to the semi-finals. A new trophy was introduced replacing the Intercontinental trophy, the Toyota trophy and the trophy of 2000. The draw for the 2005 edition of the competition took place in Tokyo on 30 July 2005 at The Westin Tokyo. [ 74 ] The 2005 edition saw São Paulo pushed to the specify by Saudi side Al-Ittihad to reach the final. [ 75 ] In the final, one goal from Mineiro was enough to dispatch English clubhouse Liverpool ; [ 76 ] Mineiro became the first player to score in a Club World Cup final. [ 77 ] Internacional defeated defending World and South american champions São Paulo in the 2006 Copa Libertadores finals in order to qualify for the 2006 tournament. [ 78 ] At the semi-finals, Internacional beat egyptian side Al Ahly in order to meet Barcelona in the final examination. [ 79 ] One recently goal from Adriano Gabiru allowed the trophy to be kept in Brazil once again. [ 80 ] [ 81 ] It was in 2007 when brazilian hegemony was ultimately broken : AC Milan disputed a close pit against Japan ‘s Urawa Red Diamonds, who were pushed by over 67,000 fans at Yokohama ‘s International Stadium, and won 1–0 to reach the final. [ 82 ] In the concluding, Milan crushed Boca Juniors 4–2, in a match that saw the first player sent off in a Club World Cup final : milan ‘s Kakha Kaladze from Georgia at the 77th infinitesimal. [ 83 ] Eleven minutes by and by, Boca Junior ‘s Pablo Ledesma would join Kaladze as he excessively was sent off. [ 84 ] The take after class, Manchester United would emulate Milan by beating their semi-final opponents, Japan ‘s Gamba Osaka, 5–3. [ 85 ] They saw off ecuadorian clubhouse LDU Quito 1–0 to become populace champions in 2008. [ 86 ] [ 87 ]
United Arab Emirates applied, with achiever, for the properly to host the FIFA Club World Cup in 2009 and 2010. [ 88 ] Ruing from their frustration three years earlier, Barcelona dethroned World and european champions Manchester United in the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final to qualify for the 2009 Club World Cup. [ 89 ] Barcelona beat Mexican club Atlante in the semi-finals 3–1 and met Estudiantes in the final examination. [ 90 ] After a very close up encounter which saw the need for extra-time, Lionel Messi scored from a header to snatch victory for Barcelona and complete an unprecedented sextuple. [ 91 ] [ 92 ] [ 93 ] [ 94 ] [ 95 ] The 2010 edition saw the first non-European and non-South american side to reach the final : TP Mazembe from the democratic Republic of Congo defeated Brazil ‘s Internacional 2–0 in the semi-final to face Internazionale, who beat confederacy korean club Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 3–0 to reach that exemplify. [ 96 ] [ 97 ] Internazionale would go on to beat Mazembe with the same scoreline to complete their quintuple. [ 98 ] [ 99 ] The FIFA Club World Cup returned to Japan for the 2011 and 2012 edition. [ 100 ] In 2011, Barcelona comfortably won their semi-final match 4–0 against Qatari golf club Al Sadd. [ 101 ] In the final, Barcelona would repeat their performance against Santos ; this is, to date, the largest winning margin in the final of the competition. [ 102 ] Messi besides became the beginning player to score in two unlike Club World Cup finals. [ 103 ] The 2012 edition saw Europe ‘s dominance arrive to an end as Corinthians, boasting over 30,000 travel fans which was dubbed the “Invasão da Fiel”, travelled to Japan to join Barcelona in being two-time winners of the competition. [ 104 ] [ 105 ] In the semi-finals, Al-Ahly managed to keep the scoreline close as Corinthians ‘ Paolo Guerrero scored to send the Timão into their irregular final examination. [ 106 ] Guerrero would once again come through for Corinthians as the Timão saw off english side Chelsea 1–0 in order to bring the trophy second to Brazil. [ 59 ] [ 107 ]
2013 and 2014 had the Club World Cup moving to Morocco. The first edition saw a Cinderella run of master of ceremonies team Raja Casablanca, who had to start in the play-off beat and became the second gear African team to reach the final examination, after defeating Brazil ‘s Atlético Mineiro in the semi-final. [ 108 ] Like Mazembe, Raja besides lost to the european champion, this time a 2–0 frustration to Bayern Munich. [ 109 ] 2014 again had a decision between South America and Europe, and Real Madrid beat San Lorenzo 2–0. [ 110 ] The 2015 and 2016 editions once again interpret Japan as hosts for the 7th and 8th time respectively in the 12th and 13th editions of the FIFA Club World Cup. The 2015 edition saw a final examination between River Plate and FC Barcelona. FC Barcelona lifted their third FIFA Club World Cup, with Suarez scoring two goals and Lionel Messi scoring one goal in the Final. One luminary matter that occurred in the 2015 tournament was that Sanfrecce Hiroshima made it to third topographic point, the farthest ever achieved by a japanese club. This record would not last though, as the 2016 edition saw J1 League winners Kashima Antlers making it to the Final ( outscoring rivals 7–1 ), against Real Madrid. A Gaku Shibasaki inspired Kashima attempted to win their beginning FIFA Club World Cup ( a feat never done by any baseball club away of Europe and South America ), but were denied by Real Madrid, who won 4–2 in extra time, thanks to a hat-trick by Cristiano Ronaldo. [ 111 ] The UAE returned to host the event in 2017 and 2018. [ 112 ] [ 113 ] 2017 involved the likes of Real Madrid becoming the first team in Club World Cup history to return to the tournament to defend their title. actual madrid became the inaugural team to successfully defend their title after defeating Grêmio in the Final, all while eliminating Al Jazira in the Semi-Finals. Al-Ain was the first gear Emirati team to reach the Club World Cup final examination, [ 114 ] american samoa good as the second asian team to reach the final in the 2018 edition. real number Madrid defeated Al-Ain 4–1 in the final, to win their fourth title in the rival and to become the first team ever to win it three years in a row and four times in total in the tournament ‘s history. frankincense, Real Madrid extended their international titles to seven after winning the 2018 edition ( counting their three Intercontinental Cup titles and four Club World Cup titles ). [ n 1 ] On June 3, 2019, FIFA selected Qatar as the server of both the 2019 and 2020 events. [ 116 ] [ 117 ] Gonzalo Belloso, the Deputy Secretary General and development conductor of CONMEBOL, had said earlier that the 2019 and 2020 editions will both be held in Japan. [ 118 ] The 2019 edition saw Liverpool frustration Flamengo to win the competition for the beginning time. [ 119 ] In the 2020 edition Bayern Munich had beaten Tigres UANL by 1–0 en route to their sextuple completion. [ 120 ]
expansion [edit ]
In deep 2016, FIFA President Gianni Infantino suggested an expansion of the Club World Cup to 32 teams beginning in 2019 and the reschedule to June to be more balance and more attractive to broadcasters and sponsors. [ 121 ] In former 2017, FIFA discussed proposals to expand the competition to 24 teams and have it be played every four years by 2021, replacing the FIFA Confederations Cup. [ 122 ] The new tournament, planned to start in 2021, would be held every four years rather of annually, would feature 24 teams and 31 matches. It would include all UEFA Champions League winners, UEFA Champions League runner-up, UEFA Europa League winners and Copa Libertadores winners from the four seasons up to and including the year of the event, with the remainder qualifying from the other four confederations. [ 123 ] Along with a new UEFA Nations League rival, revenues of $ 25 billion would be expected during the period from 2021 to 2033. [ 124 ] In March 2019, FIFA decided to expand the Club World Cup starting in 2021, with the inaugural tournament to be played in China. [ 125 ] however, the tournament will be rescheduled to a belated class ascribable to scheduling issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. [ 126 ]
Results [edit ]
Finals [edit ]
For a full list of universe champions, see List of global champion football clubs
Key to the table
Match was won after extra time
Match was won via a penalty shoot-out
Performances by club [edit ]
Performances by state [edit ]
Performances by alliance [edit ]
Africa ‘s best representatives were TP Mazembe from the democratic Republic of the Congo and Moroccan baseball club Raja Casablanca, which finished second in 2010 and 2013, respectively. Asia ‘s best representatives were Kashima Antlers from Japan and Al-Ain from the United Arab Emirates, finishing second in 2016 and 2018, respectively. North America ‘s best result was Mexican team UANL, which earned a second-place finish in 2020. These five clubs are the only sides from outside Europe and South America to reach the final. Auckland City from New Zealand earned one-third place in 2014, the entirely time to date that an Oceanian team reached the semi-finals of the tournament.
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Confederation
Winners
Runners-up
Third place
UEFA
13
3
—
CONMEBOL
4
9
4
AFC
—
2
5
CAF
—
2
2
CONCACAF
—
1
5
OFC
—
—
1
Total
17
17
17
Format and rules [edit ]
As of 2012, most teams qualify to the FIFA Club World Cup by winning their continental competitions, be it the AFC Champions League, CAF Champions League, CONCACAF Champions League, Copa Libertadores, OFC Champions League or UEFA Champions League. aside from these, the master of ceremonies nation ‘s national league champions qualify deoxyadenosine monophosphate well. [ 164 ] The inaugural edition of this rival was separated into two rounds. The eight participants were split into two groups of four teams. The achiever of each group met in the final examination while the runner-up play for third plaza. The competition changed its format during the 2005 relaunch into a single-elimination tournament in which teams play each other in one-off matches, with extra time and penalty shoot-outs used to decide the winner if necessary. It featured six clubs competing over a two-week period.There were three stages : the quarter-final round, the semi-final polish and the final. The quarter-final stagecoach pitted the Oceanian Champions League winners, the african Champions League winners, the asian Champions League winners and the north american english Champions League winners against each other. Afterwards, the winners of those games would go on to the semi-finals to play the european Champions League winners and South America ‘s Copa Libertadores winners. The victors of each semi-final would play go on to play in the final. [ 164 ] With the introduction of the stream format, which now has a fifth invest match and a invest for the server nation ‘s home league champions, the format slenderly changed. There are immediately four stages : the play-off attack, the quarter-final round, the semi-final round and the final examination. The first stage pits the horde nation ‘s national league champions against the Oceanian Champions League winners. The winner of that stage would go on the quarter-finals to join the african Champions League winners, the AFC Champions League winners and the CONCACAF Champions League winners. The winners of those games would go on to the semi-finals to play the UEFA Champions League winners and South America ‘s Copa Libertadores winners. The winners of each semi-final play each other in the concluding. [ 164 ]
trophy [edit ]
The trophy used during the inaugural address rival was called the FIFA Club World Championship Cup. The original laurel was created by Sawaya & Moroni, an italian graphic designer company that produces contemporaneous designs with cultural backgrounds and design concepts. The design firm is based in Milan. The in full silver-coloured trophy had a burden of 4 kg ( 8.8 pound ) and a stature of 37.5 centimeter ( 14.8 in ). Its base and widest points are 10 cm ( 3.9 in ) retentive. The trophy had a basal of two pedestals which had four rectangular pillars. Two of the four pillars had inscriptions on them ; one contained the phrase, “ FIFA Club World Championship ” imprinted across. The early had the letters “ FIFA ” code on it. On top, a football based on the 1998 FIFA World Cup ball, the Adidas Tricolore, can be seen. The production costs of the laurel was US $ 25,000. It was presented for the first time at Sheraton Hotels and Resorts in Rio de Janeiro on 4 January 2000. [ 165 ] [ 166 ] [ 167 ] [ 168 ]
just as the [ FIFA ] women ‘s [ World Cup ] trophy had a distinct womanly note to it, thus this modern trophy is more masculine. It is besides inspired by a classical smell of geometry and architecture, enduring concepts precisely like the condition of a World Champion .
William Sawaya, designer of the FIFA Club World Championship trophy, commenting on the laurel ; Fédération Internationale de Football Association, 3 January 2000. [ 165 ]
The tournament, in its deliver format, shares its diagnose with the current trophy, besides called the FIFA Club World Cup or simply la Copa, which is awarded to the FIFA Club World Cup winner. It was unveiled at Tokyo on 30 July 2005 during the draw of that year ‘s edition of the competition. The laurel was designed in 2005 in Birmingham, United Kingdom, at Thomas Fattorini Ltd, by English architect Jane Powell, alongside her adjunct Dawn Forbes, at the behest of FIFA. The gold-and-silver-coloured trophy, weighing 5.2 kilogram ( 11 pound ), has a stature of 50 centimeter ( 20 in ). Its base and widest points are besides measured at precisely 20 centimeter ( 7.9 in ). It is made out of a combination of brass, copper, sterling silver, gilding alloy, aluminum, chrome and rhodium. The trophy itself is aureate plated. [ 74 ] [ 166 ] The invention, according to FIFA, shows six stagger pillars, representing the six participating teams from the respective six confederations, and one disjoined metallic element structure referencing the achiever of the competition. They hold up a ball in the shape of a football – a coherent feature of speech in about all of FIFA ‘s trophies. The golden pedestal has the phrase, “ FIFA Club World Cup ”, imprinted at the bottom. [ 166 ]
Awards [edit ]
At the end of each Club World Cup, awards are presented to the players and teams for accomplishments early than their final examination team positions in the tournament. There are presently three awards : [ 169 ]
- The Golden Ball for the best player, determined by a vote of media members, who is also awarded the Alibaba Cloud Award (the presenting sponsor of the FIFA Club World Cup); the Silver Ball and the Bronze Ball are awarded to the players finishing second and third in the voting respectively;[169]
- The FIFA Fair Play Award for the team with the best record of fair play, according to the points system and criteria established by the FIFA Fair Play Committee.[169]
- The Man of the Match Award for the best performing player in each tournament match. It was first awarded in 2013.
The winners of the competition are besides entitled to receive the FIFA Champions Badge ; it features an effigy of the trophy, which the regnant champion is entitled to display on its first-team kit alone, up until and including, the concluding of the following championship. The beginning edition of the badge was presented to Milan, the winners of the 2007 final examination. [ 170 ] [ 171 ] All four previous champions were allowed to wear the badge until the 2008 final, where Manchester United gained the sole right to wear the badge by winning the trophy. [ 172 ] Each tournament ‘s top three teams receives a plant of gold, silver or tan medals to distribute to their players. [ 169 ]
Prize money [edit ]
Prize money (USD)
Winner
$10 million
Runner-up
$4 million
Third place
$2.5 million
Fourth place
$2 million
Fifth place
$1.5 million
Sixth place
$1 million
Seventh place
$0.5 million
The 2000 FIFA Club World Championship was the inaugural edition of this competition ; it provided US $ 28 million in respect money for its participants. The choice money received by the clubs participating was divided into sterilize payments based on participation and results. Clubs finishing the tournament from one-fifth to eighth place received US $ 2.5 million. The cabaret who would finally finish in fourthly identify received US $ 3 million while the third-place team received US $ 4 million. The runner-up earned US $ 5 million while the eventual champions would gain US $ 6 million. [ 173 ] The relaunch of the tournament in 2005 FIFA Club World Championship saw different amounts of pry money given and some changes in the criteria of receiving certain amounts. The sum sum of trophy money given dropped to US $ 16 million. The winners received US $ 5 million and the runner-up US $ 4 million, with $ 2.5 million for third target, US $ 2 million for fourth, US $ 1.5 million for fifth and US $ 1 million for one-sixth. [ 174 ] For the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup, a play-off match between the OFC champions and the host-nation champions for entrance into the quarter-final stage was introduced in order to increase home sake in the tournament. The reintroduction of the catch for fifth place for the 2008 rival besides prompted an increase in loot money by US $ 500,000 to a total of US $ 16.5 million. [ 175 ]
Like the FIFA World Cup, the FIFA Club World Cup is sponsored by a group of multinational corporations. Toyota Motor Corporation, a japanese multinational car manufacturer headquartered in Toyota, Aichi, Japan, was the Presenting Partner of the FIFA Club World Cup until its sponsorship agreement expired at the end of December 2014 and was not renewed. [ 176 ] Because Toyota was an car manufacturer and the main sponsor of the tournament, Hyundai-Kia ‘s condition as a FIFA partner was not active agent with respect to the Club World Cup anterior to 2015. however, the other FIFA partners – Adidas, Coca-Cola and Visa – retained full sponsorship rights. From 2015 to 2022, the tournament will be presented by Alibaba Cloud of the Alibaba Group. [ 177 ] The inaugural competition had six consequence sponsors : Fujifilm, Hyundai, JVC, McDonald ‘s, Budweiser and MasterCard. [ 53 ] [ 178 ] individual clubs may wear jerseys with ad, even if such sponsors conflict with those of the FIFA Club World Cup. however, only one main sponsor is permitted per new jersey in accession to that of the kit out manufacturer. [ 164 ] The tournament ‘s stream event sponsors and brands advertised ( in italic ) are : FIFA Partners
National Supporters
Records and statistics [edit ]
Toni Kroos has won the FIFA Club World Cup five times, which is the record for the most by any musician. [ 180 ] Cristiano Ronaldo holds the record of being the overall top goalscorer in FIFA Club World Cup history ( 7 goals ). Mohamed Aboutrika, Hossam Ashour and Wael Gomaa are the players with the most appearances in the competition ( 11 games each ). actual Madrid has won the FIFA Club World Cup four times ( record ), achieving a record seven club world championships in entire. very Madrid besides have the record of most wins ( 8 ) without losses, and for most sum goals scored in the competition ( 32 ). [ 181 ] Auckland City has participated in the most different tournaments ( 9 ), and along with Al Ahly have besides played the most matches in the rival ( 15 each ) .
official songs [edit ]
Like most external football tournaments, the FIFA Club World Cup has featured official songs for each tournament since 2005. Unlike most larger tournaments, such as the FIFA World Cup, the songs were largely J-Pop ‘s Since most of the FIFA Club World Cups were held in Japan. [ 182 ] [ 183 ] [ 184 ]
List of FIFA Club World Cup official songs and anthems.
Year
Hosts
Official songs/anthems
Languages(s)
Performer(s)
2005
Japan
“Legendary Meadow”
Japanese
CHEMISTRY
2006
“Top of the World”
Japanese
2007
“Shining Night”
Japanese
CHEMISTRY supported by Monkey Majik
2008
“Septenova”
English and Japanese
Gospellers vs. Shintaro Tokita (from Sukima Switch)
2009
UAE
“The River Sings”
Loxian
Enya
2010
2011
Japan
“Never Give Up”
Japanese
Kylee
2012
“World Quest”
Japanese
NEWS
2013
Morocco
“Seven Colors”
English and Japanese
2014
“Come Alive”
English
RedOne feat. Chawki
2015
Japan
“Anthem”
English
NEWS
2016
2017
UAE
“Kingdom”
English and Japanese
2018
“Spirit”
Japanese
2019
Qatar
“Superstar”
Japanese
2020
TBA
TBA
TBA
2021
UAE
TBA
TBA
TBA
reception [edit ]
Since its origin in 2000, the competition, despite its list and the contestants ‘ achievements, has received differing reception. In most of Europe it struggles to find broad media attention compared to the UEFA Champions League and normally lacks recognition as a high-level contest. [ 185 ] [ 186 ] In South America, however, it is wide considered the highest point in the career of a football player, coach and/or team at international club level. [ 187 ] [ 188 ] In Brazil and Argentina, the tournament is seen as a continuity of the Intercontinental Cup, creating a tension point around the year when both cups were held, 2000. It is heatedly debated whether the claim of “ 2000 World Champion ” is rightfully Corinthians ‘ ( Brazil ) or Boca Juniors ‘ ( Argentina ). The argument is far fuelled by the competition between the two countries and club competition within each of two south american nations. The contest is besides criticised, chiefly by the european crush and fans among others, for its format, which favours the UEFA and CONMEBOL teams, since their representatives start in the semi-finals and can only meet each early in the concluding match. In Europe the tournament is about ignored by the mass media. [ 189 ] The opening up of the ball-shaped market in football has changed the proportion. These days the best south Americans ( and the stars from all the other continents ) are normally playing for the european teams. [ 190 ] [ 191 ] It is besides criticised for its poor organization, the poor reception among the local fans for the matches not featuring any european or south american team, FIFA ‘s decision to select the competition ‘s server based on economic deals and not on their footballing merit on the external stage ( with the exception of Brazil which hosted the first version ) such as Japan, Morocco, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar ( the latter two besides causing concern for non-sport associate reasons, such as human rights records ), [ 192 ] and the poor economic benefits for the winning team, regarded as inferior than any Super Cup prizes. [ 193 ] [ 194 ]
See besides [edit ]
Notes [edit ]
- ^[115] The council of FIFA formally recognizes the winners of the Intercontinental Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup as club global champions .
- ^[58] grade was 0–0 after 120 minutes. Corinthians won 4–3 on penalties .
- ^[127] extra time was played in the third-place match. Necaxa won 4–3 on penalties .
- ^[135] No supernumerary time was played in the third-place match. Urawa Red Diamonds won 4–2 on penalties .
- ^[140] score was 1–1 after 90 minutes .
- ^[141] No extra time was played in the third-place pit. Pohang Steelers won 4–3 on penalties .
- ^[146] No extra clock time was played in the third-place catch. Al Sadd won 5–3 on penalties .
- ^[153] No extra time was played in the third-place match. Auckland City won 4–2 on penalties .
- ^[158] score was 2–2 after 90 minutes .
- ^[159] No extra time was played in the third-place match. Atlético Nacional won 4–3 on penalties .
- ^ score was 0–0 after 90 minutes .
- ^ No extra time was played in the third-place pit. Monterrey won 4–3 on penalties .
- ^ No supernumerary clock was played in the third-place match. Al Ahly won 3–2 on penalties .
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