2001 FIFA Club World Championship

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2001 FIFA Club World Championship
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2001 FIFA Club World Championship
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Tournament details
Host countrySpain
Dates28 July – 12 August (cancelled)
Teams12 (from 6 confederations)
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The 2001 FIFA Club World Championship was a football tournament arranged by FIFA to take place in Spain from 28 July to 12 August 2001. It was supposed to be the second edition of the FIFA Club World Championship, after the first edition in 2000, but was cancelled owing to a combination of factors such as the collapse of FIFA's marketing partner ISL.[1][2]

Teams

The clubs invited to the 2001 tournament were:[3]

Team Confederation Qualification
Spain Deportivo La Coruña (Host) UEFA Winner of the 1999–2000 La Liga
Spain Real Madrid UEFA Winner of the 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League
Turkey Galatasaray UEFA Winner of the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup and 2000 UEFA Super Cup
Argentina Boca Juniors CONMEBOL Winner of the 2000 Copa Libertadores
Brazil Palmeiras CONMEBOL Runner-up of the 2000 Copa Libertadores
United States Los Angeles Galaxy CONCACAF Winner of the 2000 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Honduras Olimpia CONCACAF Runner-up of the 2000 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Ghana Hearts of Oak CAF Winner of the 2000 CAF Champions League
Egypt Zamalek CAF Winner of the 2000 African Cup Winners' Cup
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal AFC Winner of the 2000 Asian Super Cup
Japan Júbilo Iwata AFC Winner of the 1999 Asian Super Cup
Australia Wollongong Wolves OFC Winner of the 2001 Oceania Club Championship

Venues

The following cities/venues were planned to be used for the tournament:

Madrid
Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Estadio Vicente Calderón
Capacity: 85,000 Capacity: 54,907
A Coruña Santiago de Compostela
Estadio Riazor Estadio Multiusos de San Lazaro
Capacity: 32,660 Capacity: 12,000

Matches

Group A

Date Venue Match Teams
28 July 2001 Estadio Riazor, A Coruña 1 Argentina Boca Juniors – Spain Deportivo La Coruña
29 July 2001 Estadio Riazor, A Coruña 2 Egypt Zamalek – Australia Wollongong Wolves
1 August 2001 Estadio Riazor, A Coruña 7 Argentina Boca Juniors – Egypt Zamalek
1 August 2001 Estadio Riazor, A Coruña 8 Spain Deportivo La Coruña – Australia Wollongong Wolves
4 August 2001 Estadio Multiusos de San Lázaro, Santiago de Compostela 13 Australia Wollongong Wolves – Argentina Boca Juniors
4 August 2001 Estadio Riazor, A Coruña 14 Spain Deportivo La Coruña – Egypt Zamalek

Group B

Date Venue Match Teams
29 July 2001 Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid 3 Brazil Palmeiras – Honduras Olimpia
30 July 2001 Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid 4 Turkey Galatasaray – Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
2 August 2001 Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid 9 Honduras Olimpia – Turkey Galatasaray
2 August 2001 Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid 10 Brazil Palmeiras – Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
5 August 2001 Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid 15 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal – Honduras Olimpia
5 August 2001 Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid 16 Turkey Galatasaray – Brazil Palmeiras

Group C

Date Venue Match Teams
31 July 2001 Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid 5 Spain Real Madrid – Japan Júbilo Iwata
31 July 2001 Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid 6 Ghana Hearts of Oak – United States Los Angeles Galaxy
3 August 2001 Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid 11 Japan Júbilo Iwata – Ghana Hearts of Oak
3 August 2001 Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid 12 United States Los Angeles Galaxy – Spain Real Madrid
6 August 2001 Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid 17 United States Los Angeles Galaxy – Japan Júbilo Iwata
6 August 2001 Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid 18 Spain Real Madrid – Ghana Hearts of Oak

Semi-finals

Date Venue Match Teams
9 August 2001 Estadio Riazor, A Coruña 19 Winner Group A – Winner Group B
9 August 2001 Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid 20 Winner Group C – Best 2nd Place

Third place play-off

Date Venue Match Teams
12 August 2001 Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid 21 Loser 19 – Loser 20

Final

Date Venue Match Teams
12 August 2001 Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid 22 Winner 19 – Winner 20

See also

References

  1. ^ "World Club Championship axed". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 18 May 2001. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  2. ^ "World Club Championship might grow". USA Today. 10 August 2001. Retrieved 19 January 2007.
  3. ^ "Global rights to FIFA's Club World Championship awarded to Brazilian sports marketing agency". PR Newswire. 26 February 2001. Retrieved 26 August 2014.

External links

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