FIFA Club World Cup

association football tournament for clubs

The FIFA Club World Cup is a competition in the sport of Club football. The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) organizes the World Cup every one year. The tournament officially assigns the world title.[1][2][3] It is normally contested between the Champions of each continent, and the champion of the host country. Real Madrid is the most successful team in the tournament, with 5 titles.

FIFA Club World Cup
Founded2000; 24 years ago (2000)
RegionInternational (FIFA)
Number of teams7 (from 6 confederations)
Current championsSpain Real Madrid
(5th title)
Most successful club(s)Spain Real Madrid
(5 titles)
WebsiteOfficial website
2023 FIFA Club World Cup

List of champions and statistics

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See also: Clubs of football world champions

Year Winner Final
score
Runner-up
2000   Corinthians 0–0
(4–3)p
  Vasco da Gama
2005   São Paulo 1–0   Liverpool
2006   Internacional 1–0   Barcelona
2007   AC Milán 4–2   Boca Juniors
2008   Manchester United 1–0   LDU Quito
2009   Barcelona 2–1aet   Estudiantes
2010   Internazionale 3–0   TP Mazembe
2011   Barcelona 4–0   Santos
2012   Corinthians 1–0   Chelsea
2013   Bayern Munich 2–0   Raja Casablanca
2014   Real Madrid 2–0   San Lorenzo
2015   Barcelona 3–0   River Plate
2016   Real Madrid 4-2   Kashima
2017   Real Madrid 1-0   Grêmio

Results by country

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Team Champions Runners-up
  Brazil 4 3
  Spain 6 1
  Italy 2 0
  England 1 2
  Germany 1 0
  Argentina 0 4
  Morocco 0 1
  DR Congo 0 1
  Ecuador 0 1

Results by continent

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Team Champions Runners-up
  Europe 10 3
  South America 4 8
  Africa 0 2
  Asia 0 1

Pre Fifa Club World Cup Competition

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  • Intercontinental Cup (1960-2004); in 2017 FIFA officially recognized all of them as official[4] club world champions (de jure) with the same status to the FIFA Club World Cup winners or world champions FIFA.[5][6][7] In synthesis FIFA has two types of world champions, those deriving from the Intercontinental Cup and those deriving from the Club World Cup, the two competitions confer the same title.[8][9]
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References

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  1. "FIFA Club World Championship TOYOTA Cup 2005" (PDF). FIFA Report 2005. Zurich: Fédération Internationale de Football Association: 5, 19. December 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-08. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  2. "FIFA Club World Cup 2017" (PDF). FIFA Report 2017. Zurich: Fédération Internationale de Football Association: 15, 40, 41, 42. December 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-12-30. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  3. "FIFA Club World Cup 2017" (PDF). FIFA Regulation CWC 2017 Page 37. Zurich: Fédération Internationale de Football Association. December 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-12-15. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  4. "Official (plural officials), from the Latin officiālis.1. The official word is also used to refer to what is recognized or derives from an authority. cfr. dictionary.com. "Official, definition". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) 2. Approved by the government or someone in power. cfr. dictionary.cambridge.org. "official". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) It is synonymous with legal, legitimate, approved. cfr. thesaurus.com. "Synonyms for official". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. “While it does not promote the statistical unification of tournaments, that is, has not absorbed to the Intercontinental Cup (merged with FIFA Club World Cup in 2005), the title was conferred by an official document from the world federation so it is legally a FIFA world title" cfr. "FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019™" (PDF). p. 12. cfr.
  6. FIFA Council approves key organisational elements of the FIFA World Cup Archived 2017-10-27 at the Wayback Machine - Recognition of all European and South American teams that won the Intercontinental Cup – played between 1960 and 2004 – as club world champions./ www.fifa.com
  7. "FIFA Club World Cup 2017" (PDF). FIFA Report 2017. Zurich: Fédération Internationale de Football Association: 15, 40, 41, 42. December 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-12-30. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  8. “While it does not promote the statistical unification of tournaments, that is, has not absorbed to the Intercontinental Cup, FIFA is the only organization with worldwide jurisdiction over continental confederations and, then, the only one that can confer a title on that level, indeed the title was assigned by FIFA and therefore, the title awarded by the same world federation to the winners of the Intercontinental Cup is legally a FIFA world title. cfr. "FIFA Statutes, April 2016 edition" (PDF). p. 19. cfr.
  9. "FIFA Club World Cup 2017" (PDF). FIFA Report 2017. Zurich: Fédération Internationale de Football Association: 15, 40, 41, 42. December 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-12-30. Retrieved 2018-01-31.

Other websites

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  NODES
Association 7
INTERN 9
Note 1