The FIFA Club World Cup, formerly known as the FIFA Club World Championship, is a football competition contested between the champion clubs from all six continental confederations, although, since 2007, the champions of Oceania must play a qualifying play-off against the champion club of the host country.
The first competition took place in Brazil in January 2000. It was intended by FIFA to be a replacement for the Intercontinental Cup (also known as the Toyota Cup), which was contested annually in Tokyo, Japan by the champions of Europe via the Champions League and South America via the Copa Libertadores.
The second edition was penciled in for Spain in 2001, to feature 12 teams. This was canceled owing to a combination of factors, most importantly the collapse of FIFA's marketing partner ISL. It was then intended to hold the event in 2003, but this also failed to happen. FIFA eventually agreed terms with the Toyota Cup to merge the two competitions, with the first installment of the relaunched Club World Championship held in Japan between December 11 and December 18 2005.
The 2009 and 2010 will be hosted by the United Arab Emirates, with the 2011 and 2012 editions returning to Japan.
In February 2008, FIFA introduced a Club World Champion Badge of Honour, featuring an image of the trophy, which the reigning champion is entitled to display on its kit until the final of the next championship. Initially, all four previous champions can wear the badge until the 2008 final.
The fifth-place match, dropped for the 2007 edition, will be reintroduced for the 2008 edition. The reintroduction of the match for fifth place has also prompted an increase in prize money by USD $500,000 to a total of USD $16.5 million. The winners will take away $5 million, second-placed team receives $4 million, the third-placed team $2.5 million, the fourth-placed team $2 million, the fifth-placed team $1.5 million, the sixth-placed team $1 million and the seventh-placed team will receive $500,000.
Champions
For finals including both Intercontinental Cup and FIFA Club World Cup, see Intercontinental Cup and FIFA Club World Cup statistics.| Year | Final | Third Place | Venue | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||
| 2000 Details | Corinthians | 0 – 0 (4 – 3 pen) | Vasco da Gama | Necaxa | 1 – 1 (4 – 3 pen) | Real Madrid | Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro |
| 2001 Details | Cancelled | Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid | |||||
| 2005 Details | São Paulo | 1 – 0 | Liverpool | Saprissa | 3 – 2 | Al Ittihad | International Stadium, Yokohama |
| 2006 Details | Internacional | 1 – 0 | Barcelona | Al-Ahly | 2 – 1 | Club América | International Stadium, Yokohama |
| 2007 Details | Milan | 4 – 2 | Boca Juniors | Urawa Red Diamonds | 2 – 2 (4 – 2 pen) | Étoile du Sahel | International Stadium, Yokohama |
| 2008 Details | To be played | International Stadium, Yokohama | |||||
| 2009 Details | To be played | Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi | |||||
| 2010 Details | To be played | Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi | |||||
Honours
| Year | Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball | Top Goalscorer | Fair Play Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Edílson | Edmundo | Romário | Romário (3) Nicolas Anelka (3) | Al-Nassr |
| 2005 | Rogério Ceni | Steven Gerrard | Cristian Bolaños | Amoroso (2) Peter Crouch (2) Alvaro Saborio (2) Mohammed Noor (2) | Liverpool |
| 2006 | Deco | Iarley | Ronaldinho | Mohamed Aboutreika (3) | Barcelona |
| 2007 | Kaká | Clarence Seedorf | Rodrigo Palacio | Washington (3) | Urawa Red Diamonds |
Goalscorers
3 goals- Nicolas Anelka (Real Madrid)
- Romário (Vasco da Gama)
- Mohamed Aboutreika (Al-Ahly)
- Washington (Urawa Red Diamonds)2 goals
- Alex Aguinaga (Necaxa)
- Fahad Al-Husseini (Al Nassr)
- Edilson (Corinthians)
- Edmundo (Vasco da Gama)
- Quinton Fortune (Manchester United)
- Cristian Montecinos (Necaxa)
- Raúl (Real Madrid)
- Amoroso (São Paulo)
- Peter Crouch (Liverpool)
- Mohammed Noor (Al Ittihad)
- Alvaro Saborio (Saprissa)
- Flávio (Al-Ahly)
- Filippo Inzaghi (Milan)
- Emad Mohammed (Sepahan)
- Dwight Yorke (Manchester United/Sydney FC)
- Youssef Achami (Raja Casablanca)
- Fuad Amin (Al Nassr)
- John Anastasiadis (South Melbourne)
- Ahmed Bahja (Al Nassr)
- Nicky Butt (Manchester United)
- Salvador Cabrera (Necaxa)
- Agustin Delgado (Necaxa)
- Talal El Karkouri (Raja Casablanca)
- Bouchaib El Moubarki (Raja Casablanca)
- Felipe (Vasco da Gama)
- Geremi (Real Madrid)
- Fernando Hierro (Real Madrid)
- Fábio Luciano (Corinthians)
- Luizão (Corinthians)
- Fernando Morientes (Real Madrid)
- Mustapha Moustaoudia (Raja Casablanca)
- Omar Nejjary (Raja Casablanca)
- Odvan (Vasco da Gama)
- Freddy Rincón (Corinthians)
- Moussa Saïb (Al Nassr)
- Sávio (Real Madrid)
- Hamad Al-Montashari (Al Ittihad)
- Christian Bolaños (Deportivo Saprissa)
- David Carney (Sydney FC)
- Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
- Rónald Gómez (Deportivo Saprissa)
- Joseph-Désiré Job (Al Ittihad)
- Mohammed Kallon (Al Ittihad)
- Mineiro (São Paulo)
- Emad Moteab (Al-Ahly)
- Rogério Ceni (São Paulo)
- Adriano (SC Internacional)
1 goal
- Luiz Adriano (Internacional)
- Salvador Cabañas (Club América)
- Deco (Barcelona)
- Eiður Guðjohnsen (Barcelona)
- Kim Hyeung-Bum (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors)
- Lee Hyun-Seung (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors)
- Rafael Márquez (Barcelona)
- Alexandre Pato (Internacional)
- Ricardo Francisco Rojas (Club América)
- Ronaldinho (Barcelona)
- Zé Carlo (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors)
- Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail (Sepahan)
- Saber Ben Frej (Étoile du Sahel)
- Neri Cardozo (Boca Juniors)
- Mohamed Amine Chermiti (Étoile du Sahel)
- Kaká (Milan)
- Mahmoud Karimi (Sepahan)
- Yuichiro Nagai (Urawa Red Diamonds)
- Moussa Narry (Étoile du Sahel)
- Alessandro Nesta (Milan)
- Rodrigo Palacio (Boca Juniors)
- Clarence Seedorf (Milan)Own goal1 own goal
- Massimo Ambrosini (Milan)2 own goals
- Hadi Aghily (Sepahan)
Cups by team
| Team | Cups | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Corinthians | 1 | (2000) |
| São Paulo | 1 | (2005) |
| Internacional | 1 | (2006) |
| Milan | 1 | (2007) |
Cups by country
| Country | Teams | Cups | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 3 | 3 | (2000, 2005, 2006) |
| Italy | 1 | 1 | (2007) |
Cups by Confederation
| Cofederation | Winner | Runner-up | Third place |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONMEBOL | 3 (2000, 2005, 2006) | 2 (2000, 2007) | 0 |
| UEFA | 1 (2007) | 2 (2005, 2006) | 0 |
| CONCACAF | 0 | 0 | 2 (2000, 2005) |
| CAF | 0 | 0 | 1 (2006) |
| AFC | 0 | 0 | 1 (2007) |
| OFC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Participations by country
see FIFA Club World Cup participantsSee also
References
External links
- FIFA Club World Cup official site
- Sports Illustrated coverage of the FIFA World Club Championship
- History of FIFA Club World Cup
- Stats of FIFA Club World Cup
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