2020 version of the FIFA Club World Cup
International football competition
The 2020 FIFA Club World Cup ( officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2020 presented by Alibaba Cloud for sponsorship reasons ) was the seventeenth edition of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA -organised international cabaret football tournament between the winners of the six continental confederations, equally well as the master of ceremonies nation ‘s league champions. The tournament was hosted by Qatar. The event was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, [ 1 ] as the AFC, CONMEBOL, and CONCACAF champions would not have been decided in time for the tournament. originally to be held in December 2020, on 17 November of the same year FIFA announced that the contest would be played between 1 and 11 February 2021. [ 2 ]

in the first place seven teams were to compete in the tournament. however, OFC ‘s representatives Auckland City withdrew due to the COVID-19 pandemic and related quarantine measures required by the New Zealand authorities. As a leave, alone six teams competed, and the first round meet, originally scheduled on 1 February 2021, was awarded as a 3–0 acquire to their first circle opponents, host Qatar ‘s representatives Al-Duhail, who advanced mechanically to the second round off on 4 February 2021. [ 3 ] Liverpool were the defend champions, but could not defend their title after being eliminated in the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League round of 16. Bayern Munich won the final 1–0 against UANL for their second FIFA Club World Cup title. By winning the trophy, Bayern Munich became merely the second base clubhouse in european football history ( after Barcelona in 2009 ) to win all six titles ( normally known as a sextuple ) on offer in a single calendar year. [ 4 ]

Host appointment [edit ]

With proposals for an expanded Club World Cup, FIFA delayed the announcement of a host. On 28 May 2019, [ 5 ] FIFA announced that the 2019 and 2020 tournament server would be appointed at the FIFA Council meet in Paris, France, on 3 June 2019. [ 6 ] qatar was appointed as the horde for the 2019 and 2020 tournaments on 3 June 2019, serving as trial events ahead of their host of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The tournament retained its original format ahead of the schedule vamp. [ 7 ]

Qualified teams [edit ]

Notes

Venues [edit ]

The matches were played at two venues in the city of Al Rayyan, with both of them set to host matches at the 2022 FIFA World Cup. [ 15 ] ascribable to the COVID-19 pandemic in Qatar, attendance was limited to only 30 % of the stadiums ‘ seat capacity. [ 16 ]
A third gear stadium, Khalifa International Stadium in the capital city Doha, would originally have hosted two matches, but following the coitus interruptus of Auckland City and the subsequent revision of the match agenda, it was not used for the tournament. [ 17 ] [ 15 ] [ 18 ]

match officials [edit ]

Seven referees, twelve adjunct referees, and seven video adjunct referees were appointed for the tournament. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] brazilian referee Edina Alves Batista became the first woman to officiate at a senior FIFA men ‘s tournament. [ 21 ]

Squads [edit ]

Each team had to name a 23-man team ( three of whom must be goalkeepers ). injury replacements were allowed until 24 hours before the team ‘s beginning equal. [ 23 ]

Matches [edit ]

The match schedule was announced on 23 December 2020, [ 17 ] with a revised schedule with change of venues announced on 18 January 2021. [ 15 ] The draw of the tournament was held on 19 January 2021, 16:00 CET ( UTC+1 ), at the FIFA headquarter in Zürich, Switzerland, to decide the matchups of the moment cycle ( between the first round winner and teams from AFC, CAF and CONCACAF ), and the opponents of the two second round winners in the semi-finals ( against teams from CONMEBOL and UEFA ). At the time of the puff, the identity of the CONMEBOL team was not known. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] If a match was tied after normal dally time : [ 23 ]

  • For elimination matches, extra time was played. If still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out was held to determine the winner.
  • For the matches for fifth place and third place, no extra time was played, and a penalty shoot-out was held to determine the winner.

[26] All times are listed in AST UTC+3 ) .

first base round of golf [edit ]

irregular round [edit ]

match for one-fifth home [edit ]

equal for one-third place [edit ]

final examination [edit ]

Goalscorers [edit ]

Final ranking [edit ]

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra fourth dimension were counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by punishment shoot-out were counted as draw .
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Awards [edit ]

The follow awards were given at the decision of the tournament. Robert Lewandowski of Bayern Munich won the Golden Ball award, sponsored by Adidas, which is jointly awarded with the Alibaba Cloud Award to recognise the actor of the tournament. [ 33 ] [ 34 ]
FIFA besides named a man of the equal for the best player in each bet on at the tournament. [ 35 ]

Notes [edit ]

  1. ^[22] Uruguayan referee Leodán González was replaced by Esteban Ostojich due to health reasons.

  2. a b[3] The Al-Duhail v Auckland City match was awarded as a 3–0 winnings to Al-Duhail after Auckland City withdrew due to the COVID-19 pandemic and relate quarantine measures required by the New Zealand authorities .

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