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FIFA Club World Cup
Founded2000
RegionInternational (FIFA)
Number of teams8
Current championsEngland Manchester United
Television broadcastersJapan NTV (host broadcasters)
WebsiteClub 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
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
2000
Details
Corinthians Brazil 0 – 0 a.e.t.
(4 – 3 pen)
Brazil Vasco da Gama Necaxa Mexico 1 – 1 a.e.t.
(4 – 3 pen)
Spain Real Madrid Maracanã Stadium,
Rio de Janeiro
2005
Details
São Paulo Brazil 1 – 0 England Liverpool Saprissa Costa Rica 3 – 2 Saudi Arabia Al Ittihad International Stadium,
Yokohama
2006
Details
Internacional Brazil 1 – 0 Spain Barcelona Al-Ahly Egypt 2 – 1 Mexico América International Stadium,
Yokohama
2007
Details
Milan Italy 4 – 2 Argentina Boca Juniors Urawa Red Diamonds Japan 2 – 2
(4 – 2 pen)
Tunisia Étoile du Sahel International Stadium,
Yokohama
2008
Details
Manchester United England 1 – 0 Ecuador LDU Quito Gamba Osaka Japan 1 – 0 Mexico 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
2000 Brazil Edílson Brazil Edmundo Brazil Romário Brazil Romário (3)
France Nicolas Anelka (3)
Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr Brazil Oswaldo de Oliveira
2005 Brazil Rogério Ceni England Steven Gerrard Costa Rica Cristian Bolaños Brazil Amoroso (2)
England Peter Crouch (2)
Costa Rica Alvaro Saborio (2)
Saudi Arabia Mohammed Noor (2)
England Liverpool Brazil Paulo Autuori
2006 Portugal Deco Brazil Iarley Brazil Ronaldinho Egypt Mohamed Aboutreika (3) Spain Barcelona Brazil Abel Braga
2007 Brazil Kaká Netherlands Clarence Seedorf Argentina Rodrigo Palacio Brazil Washington (3) Japan Urawa Red Diamonds Italy Carlo Ancelotti
2008 England Wayne Rooney Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Argentina Damián Manso England Wayne Rooney (3) Australia Adelaide United Scotland Alex Ferguson

Goalscorers

Performances by team

Team Winners Runners-Up Third Fourth
Brazil Corinthians 2000
Brazil São Paulo 2005
Brazil Internacional 2006
Italy Milan 2007
England Manchester United 2008
Brazil Vasco da Gama 2000
England Liverpool 2005
Spain Barcelona 2006
Argentina Boca Juniors 2007
Ecuador LDU Quito 2008
Mexico Necaxa 2000
Costa Rica Deportivo Saprissa 2005
Egypt Al-Ahly 2006
Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 2007
Japan Gamba Osaka 2008
Spain Real Madrid 2000
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 2005
Mexico Club America 2006
Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 2007
Mexico Pachuca 2008

Performances by country

Nation Winners Runners-Up Third Fourth
Brazil Brazil 2000, 2005, 2006 2000
England England 2008 2005
Italy Italy 2007
Spain Spain 2006 2000
Argentina Argentina 2007
Ecuador Ecuador 2008
Mexico Mexico 2000 2006, 2008
Costa Rica Costa Rica 2005
Egypt Egypt 2006
Japan Japan 2007, 2008
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 2005
Tunisia Tunisia 2007

Performances by confederation

Cofederation Winners Runner-up Third Fourth
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

  1. ^ "FIFA moves Club World Cup to UAE from Japan". Yahoo! Sports. 2008-05-27. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
  2. ^ "FIFA awards special 'Club World Champion' badge to AC Milan". FIFA. 2008-02-07. Retrieved 2008-02-08.
  3. ^ "Organising committee approves tournament format with reintroduction of match for fifth place". FIFA. 2008-03-12. Retrieved 2008-03-13.

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