FIFA Club World Cup
Founded | 2000 |
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Region | International (FIFA) |
Number of teams | 8 |
Current champions | Manchester United |
Television broadcasters | NTV (host broadcasters) |
Website | Club World Cup |
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 competition 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 competitions returning to Japan.[1]
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 were allowed to wear the badge until the 2008 final[2], where Manchester United gained the sole right to wear the badge by winning the trophy.
The fifth-place match, dropped in 2007, will be reintroduced for the 2008 competition. The reintroduction of the match for fifth place has also prompted an increase in prize money by US$500,000 to a total of US$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.[3]
The team with the most appearances in the competition is Al-Ahly of Egypt, which has been involved in three out of the five tournaments held - 2005, 2006 and 2008.
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 | ||||
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Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||
2000 Details |
Corinthians | 0 – 0 a.e.t. (4 – 3 pen) |
Vasco da Gama | Necaxa | 1 – 1 a.e.t. (4 – 3 pen) |
Real Madrid | Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro |
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 | 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 |
Manchester United | 1 – 0 | LDU Quito | Gamba Osaka | 1 – 0 | Pachuca | 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 | Winning Manager |
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2000 | Edílson | Edmundo | Romário | Romário (3) Nicolas Anelka (3) |
Al-Nassr | Oswaldo de Oliveira |
2005 | Rogério Ceni | Steven Gerrard | Cristian Bolaños | Amoroso (2) Peter Crouch (2) Alvaro Saborio (2) Mohammed Noor (2) |
Liverpool | Paulo Autuori |
2006 | Deco | Iarley | Ronaldinho | Mohamed Aboutreika (3) | Barcelona | Abel Braga |
2007 | Kaká | Clarence Seedorf | Rodrigo Palacio | Washington (3) | Urawa Red Diamonds | Carlo Ancelotti |
2008 | Wayne Rooney | Cristiano Ronaldo | Damián Manso | Wayne Rooney (3) | Adelaide United | Alex Ferguson |
Goalscorers
Performances by team
Team | Winners | Runners-Up | Third | Fourth |
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Corinthians | 2000 | |||
São Paulo | 2005 | |||
Internacional | 2006 | |||
Milan | 2007 | |||
Manchester United | 2008 | |||
Vasco da Gama | 2000 | |||
Liverpool | 2005 | |||
Barcelona | 2006 | |||
Boca Juniors | 2007 | |||
LDU Quito | 2008 | |||
Necaxa | 2000 | |||
Deportivo Saprissa | 2005 | |||
Al-Ahly | 2006 | |||
Urawa Red Diamonds | 2007 | |||
Gamba Osaka | 2008 | |||
Real Madrid | 2000 | |||
Al-Ittihad | 2005 | |||
Club America | 2006 | |||
Étoile du Sahel | 2007 | |||
Pachuca | 2008 |
Performances by country
Nation | Winners | Runners-Up | Third | Fourth |
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Brazil | 2000, 2005, 2006 | 2000 | ||
England | 2008 | 2005 | ||
Italy | 2007 | |||
Spain | 2006 | 2000 | ||
Argentina | 2007 | |||
Ecuador | 2008 | |||
Mexico | 2000 | 2006, 2008 | ||
Costa Rica | 2005 | |||
Egypt | 2006 | |||
Japan | 2007, 2008 | |||
Saudi Arabia | 2005 | |||
Tunisia | 2007 |
Performances by confederation
Cofederation | Winners | Runner-up | Third | Fourth |
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CONMEBOL | 2000, 2005, 2006 | 2000, 2007,2008 | ||
UEFA | 2007, 2008 | 2005, 2006 | 2000 | |
CONCACAF | 2000, 2005 | 2006, 2008 | ||
CAF | (2006) | 2005, 2007 | ||
OFC |
See also
References
- ^ "FIFA moves Club World Cup to UAE from Japan". Yahoo! Sports. 2008-05-27. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
- ^ "FIFA awards special 'Club World Champion' badge to AC Milan". FIFA. 2008-02-07. Retrieved 2008-02-08.
- ^ "Organising committee approves tournament format with reintroduction of match for fifth place". FIFA. 2008-03-12. Retrieved 2008-03-13.