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The Mexican clubs Amrica and UNAM, and the Mexican Football Association, demanded participation in the Intercontinental Cup (either as the American-continent representantives in the Intercontinental Cup or as part of a UEFA-CONMEBOL-CONCACAF new Intercontinental Cup) after winning the 1977/1978 and 1980/1981 editions of the Interamerican Cup against the South American champions; the request was unsuccessful. The host nation's national champions contest a play-off against the Oceania champions, from which the winner joins the champions of Asia, Africa and North America in the quarter-finals. [21] FIFA stated that they would prohibit the 1961 edition to be played out unless the organisers regarded the competition as a friendly or a private match between two organisations. [13] It was usually played by four participants, half from Europe and half from South America.[13]. The draw for the 2005 edition of the competition took place in Tokyo on 30 July 2005 at The Westin Tokyo. Corinthians won 43 on penalties. Ren Courte, FIFA's General Sub-Secretary, wrote in 1967 an article shortly afterwards stating that FIFA viewed the Intercontinental Cup as a "European-South American friendly match". [111] 2014 again had a decision between South America and Europe, and Real Madrid beat San Lorenzo 20. [31] This was confirmed by FIFA President Sir Stanley Rous. These five clubs are the only sides from outside Europe and South America to reach the final. The Dutch team AFC Ajax claimed a victory without any problems and this match was no more difficult than a banal encounter at the European Cup. [9] FIFA board officials Stanley Rous and Ottorino Barassi participated personally, albeit not as FIFA assignees, in the organisation of Copa Rio in 1951. [64] However, it was cancelled on 18 May, due to a combination of factors, most importantly the collapse of FIFA's marketing partner International Sport and Leisure. [67][68] FIFA agreed with UEFA, CONMEBOL and Toyota to merge the Intercontinental Cup and Club World Championship into one event. The reintroduction of the match for fifth place for the 2008 competition also prompted an increase in prize money by US$500,000 to a total of US$16.5million. ", "El ridculo premio por ganar el Mundial de clubes", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=FIFA_Club_World_Cup&oldid=1097763011, World championships in association football, Recurring sporting events established in 2000, Multi-national professional sports leagues, CS1 Brazilian Portuguese-language sources (pt-br), Articles with dead external links from October 2021, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia neutral point of view disputes from November 2021, All Wikipedia neutral point of view disputes, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 12 July 2022, at 15:21. [112], The 2015 and 2016 editions once again saw Japan as hosts for the 7th and 8th time respectively in the 12th and 13th editions of the FIFA Club World Cup. With the Intercontinental Cup in danger of being dissolved,[37] West Nally, a British marketing company, was hired by UEFA and CONMEBOL to find a viable solution in 1980;[38][39][40] Toyota Motor Corporation, via West Nally, took the competition under its wing and rebranded it as the Toyota Cup, a one-off match played in Japan. Two of the four pillars had inscriptions on them; one contained the phrase, "FIFA Club World Championship" imprinted across. Score was 00 after 120 minutes. "[11] Because of the difficulty the Brazilian FA found in bringing European clubs to the competition, the O Estado de S. Paulo newspaper suggested that there should be FIFA involvement in the programming of international club competitions saying that, "ideally, international tournaments, here or abroad, should be played with a schedule set by FIFA". 
[28] The first of these requests was made in 1967, after a play-off match labelled The Battle of Montevideo. [76] The 2005 edition saw So Paulo pushed to the limit by Saudi side Al-Ittihad to reach the final. Unlike most larger tournaments, such as the FIFA World Cup, the songs consist mainly of J-pop, as most of the FIFA Club World Cups were held in Japan.[188][189][190].
[61][62], The second edition of the competition was planned for Spain in 2001, and would have featured 12 clubs. [60] Vasco da Gama could not take advantage of its local support, losing to Corinthians 43 on penalties following a 00 draw after extra time. Eurico Miranda, Vasco da Gama's vice-president, 19862000, commenting on the importance given to the tournament by the British news media, the level of European club football as well as Brazil's after his side's 31 win over Manchester United; Independent Online, 11 January 2000. With the Asian and North American club competitions in place in 1967, FIFA opened the idea of supervising the Intercontinental Cup if it included those confederations, with Stanley Rous saying that CONCACAF and the Asian Football Confederation had requested in 1967 participation of their champions in the Intercontinental Cup; the proposal was met with a negative response from UEFA and CONMEBOL. Al Ahly won 32 on penalties. Martin Edwards, Manchester United's chairman, 19802002, commenting on the FIFA Club World Championship; British Broadcasting Corporation News, 30 June 1999. It featured six clubs competing over a two-week period.There were three stages: the quarter-final round, the semi-final round and the final. [12] Still in the 1950s, the Pequea Copa del Mundo (Spanish for Small World Cup) was a tournament held in Venezuela between 1952 and 1957, with some other club tournaments held in Caracas from 1958 onwards also often referred to by the name of the original 19521957 tournament. [26], Due to the brutality of the Argentine and Uruguayan clubs at the Intercontinental Cup, FIFA was asked several times during the late 1960s to assess penalties and regulate the tournament. [174], The 2000 FIFA Club World Championship was the inaugural edition of this competition; it provided US$28million in prize money for its participants. [6] English amateur team West Auckland won on both occasions. [110] Like Mazembe, Raja also lost to the European champion, this time a 20 defeat to Bayern Munich. [82][83] It was in 2007 when Brazilian hegemony was finally broken: AC Milan won a close match against Japan's Urawa Red Diamonds, who were pushed by over 67,000 fans at Yokohama's International Stadium, and won 10 to reach the final. The original laurel was created by Sawaya & Moroni, an Italian designer company that produces contemporary designs with cultural backgrounds and design concepts. [43] The Toyota Cup, with its new format, was received with scepticism, as the sport was unfamiliar in the Far East. [181] Because Toyota was an automobile manufacturer and the main sponsor of the tournament, Hyundai-Kia's status as a FIFA partner was not active with respect to the Club World Cup prior to 2015. [3][4], The first attempt at creating a global club football tournament, according to FIFA, was in 1909, 21 years before the first FIFA World Cup. The current world champions are England's Chelsea, who defeated Brazil's Palmeiras 21 after extra time in the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup Final. [177], Each tournament's top three teams receives a set of gold, silver or bronze medals to distribute to their players. [191][192] In South America, however, it is widely considered the highest point in the career of a footballer, coach and/or team at international club level. The fully silver-coloured trophy had a weight of 4kg (8.8lb) and a height of 37.5cm (14.8in). [171], At the end of each Club World Cup, awards are presented to the players and teams for accomplishments other than their final team positions in the tournament. [105] The 2012 edition saw Europe's dominance come to an end as Corinthians, boasting over 30,000 travelling fans which was dubbed the "Invaso da Fiel", travelled to Japan to join Barcelona in being two-time winners of the competition. [103] In the final, Barcelona would repeat their performance against Santos; this is, to date, the largest winning margin in the final of the competition. [59] The final was an all-Brazilian affair, as well as the only one which saw one side have home advantage.
The first FIFA Club World Championship took place in Brazil in 2000. No extra time was played in the third-place match. It was presented for the first time at Sheraton Hotels and Resorts in Rio de Janeiro on 4 January 2000.[170][171][172][173]. [100][101], The FIFA Club World Cup returned to Japan for the 2011 and 2012 edition. This shows that it was the most important competition that they have taken part in in their history. [175][176] All four previous champions were allowed to wear the badge until the 2008 final, where Manchester United gained the sole right to wear the badge by winning the trophy. [102] In 2011, Barcelona comfortably won their semi-final match 40 against Qatari club Al Sadd. 
No extra time was played in the third-place match. In Europe the tournament is almost ignored by the mass media. [66] Another attempt to stage the competition in 2003, in which 17 countries were looking to be the host nation, also failed to happen. In 2005, the Intercontinental Cup was merged with the FIFA Club World Championship, and in 2006, the tournament was renamed as the FIFA Club World Cup. [53] Manchester United legend Bobby Charlton, a pillar of England's victorious campaign in the 1966 FIFA World Cup, stated that the Club World Championship provided "a fantastic chance of becoming the first genuine world champions. [169], The trophy used during the inaugural competition was called the FIFA Club World Championship Cup. [36] The idea for a multicontinental, FIFA-endorsed Club World Cup was also endorsed by Joo Havelange in his campaigning for FIFA presidency in 1974. Urawa Red Diamonds won 42 on penalties. [69] The final Intercontinental Cup, played by representatives clubs of most developed continents in the football world, was in 2004, with a relaunched Club World Championship held in Japan in December 2005. The quarter-final stage pitted the Oceanian Champions League winners, the African Champions League winners, the Asian Champions League winners and the North American Champions League winners against each other. Just as the [FIFA] women's [World Cup] trophy had a distinct feminine note to it, so this new trophy is more masculine. The first stage pits the host nation's national league champions against the Oceanian Champions League winners. Toyota Motor Corporation, a Japanese multinational automaker headquartered in Toyota, Aichi, Japan, was the Presenting Partner of the FIFA Club World Cup until its sponsorship agreement expired at the end of December 2014 and was not renewed. No extra time was played in the third-place match. From 2015 to 2022, the tournament will be presented by Alibaba Cloud of the Alibaba Group.
The victory was hailed in France and Brazil as a "best of Europe X best of South American" club match as it was Real Madrid's first intercontinental competition as European champions (the Madrid team played the 1956 Pequea Copa del Mundo, but confirmed their participation in the Venezuelan tournament before becoming European champions). The 1968 and 1969 Intercontinental Cups finished in similarly violent fashion, with Manchester United manager Matt Busby insisting that "the Argentineans should be banned from all competitive football. [106][107] In the semi-finals, Al-Ahly managed to keep the scoreline close as Corinthians' Paolo Guerrero scored to send the Timo into their second final. [193][194] In Brazil and Argentina, the tournament is seen as a continuity of the Intercontinental Cup, creating a tension point around the year when both cups were held, 2000. We do not think it's appropriate that FIFA has to meddle in the matter. A new trophy was introduced replacing the Intercontinental trophy, the Toyota trophy and the trophy of 2000. Necaxa won 43 on penalties.
The first edition of the badge was presented to Milan, the winners of the 2007 final. The trophy itself is gold plated. The golden pedestal has the phrase, "FIFA Club World Cup", imprinted at the bottom. 
On top, a football based on the 1998 FIFA World Cup ball, the Adidas Tricolore, can be seen. Real Madrid have won the FIFA Club World Cup a record four times, achieving seven club world championships in total, also a record. The Italian press regarded the competition as an "impressive project" that "was greeted so enthusiastically by FIFA officials Stanley Rous and Jules Rimet to the extent of almost giving it an official FIFA stamp. [187] Auckland City have participated in the most different tournaments (9), while Al Ahly have played the most matches in the competition (18). [125] Along with a new UEFA Nations League competition, revenues of $25 billion would be expected during the period from 2021 to 2033. [46] To protect themselves against the possibility of European withdrawals, Toyota, UEFA and every European Cup participant signed annual contracts requiring the eventual winners of the European Cup to participate at the Intercontinental Cup, as a condition UEFA stipulated to the clubs' participation in the European Cup, or risk facing an international lawsuit from UEFA and Toyota. The designing firm is based in Milan. Atltico Nacional won 43 on penalties. [179], For the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup, a play-off match between the OFC champions and the host-nation champions for entry into the quarter-final stage was introduced in order to increase home interest in the tournament. [18] On October 8, 1958, the Brazilian FA President Joo Havelange announced, at a UEFA meeting he attended as an invitee, the decision to create the Copa Libertadores and the Intercontinental Cup, the latter being a UEFA/CONMEBOL-endorsed "best club of the world" contest between the champion clubs of both confederations. [57], The inaugural competition was planned to be contested in 1999 by the continental club winners of 1998, the Intercontinental Cup winners and the host nation's national club champions, but it was postponed by one year. No extra time was played in the third-place match. Al Sadd won 53 on penalties. [86] The following year, Manchester United would emulate Milan by beating their semi-final opponents, Japan's Gamba Osaka, 53. It is hotly debated whether the title of "2000 World Champion" is rightfully Corinthians' (Brazil) or Boca Juniors' (Argentina). [44][45] However, the financial incentive was welcomed, as European and South American clubs were suffering financial difficulties. No extra time was played in the third-place match. [196][197] It is also criticised for its poor organisation, the poor reception among the local fans for the matches not featuring any European or South American team, FIFA's decision to select the competition's host based on economic deals and not on their footballing merit on the international stage (with the exception of Brazil which hosted the first edition) such as Japan, Morocco, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar (the latter two also causing concern for non-sport related reasons, such as human rights records),[198] and the poor economic benefits for the winning team, regarded as inferior than any Super Cup prizes. Real Madrid also have the most wins (8) without losses, and most total goals scored in the competition (32). Dettmar Cramer, Bayern Munich's manager, 19751977, commenting on the low relevance, prestige and rewards of the Intercontinental Cup after his team's victory in 1976; Jornal do Brasil, 22 December 1976.[16]. [49], The framework of the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship was laid years in advance.
It would be much better if we had gotten a friendly similar to the one we would do in Tel Aviv, on 11 January, for US$255,000. They came here thinking they were going to win easily but they didn't count on the strength of Vasco. [182], The inaugural competition had six event sponsors: Fujifilm, Hyundai, JVC, McDonald's, Budweiser and MasterCard. The Brazilians are the best players in the world, the Europeans do not even come close. [186] Cristiano Ronaldo holds the record of being the overall top goalscorer in FIFA Club World Cup history (7 goals). [169], The maiden edition of this competition was separated into two rounds. The 2015 edition saw a final between River Plate and FC Barcelona. [3] Ironically, the Sunderland lineup in the 1895 World Championship consisted entirely of Scottish players Scottish players who moved to England to play professionally in those days were known as the Scotch Professors. A Gaku Shibasaki inspired Kashima attempted to win their first FIFA Club World Cup (a feat never done by any club outside of Europe and South America), but were denied by Real Madrid, who won 42 in extra time, thanks to a hat-trick by Cristiano Ronaldo. [77] In the final, one goal from Mineiro was enough to dispatch English club Liverpool;[78] Mineiro became the first player to score in a Club World Cup final. Teams from Spain have won the tournament seven times, the most for any nation. [n 1], On June 3, 2019, FIFA selected Qatar as the host of both the 2019 and 2020 events. [24] The North and Central America confederation, CONCACAF, was created in 1961 in order to, among other reasons, try to include its clubs in the Copa Libertadores and, by extension, the Intercontinental Cup. [93][94][95][96][97] The 2010 edition saw the first non-European and non-South American side to reach the final: TP Mazembe from the Democratic Republic of Congo defeated Brazil's Internacional 20 in the semi-final to face Internazionale, who beat South Korean club Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 30 to reach the final. FIFA should really step in. Thus, Real Madrid extended their international titles to seven after winning the 2018 edition (counting their three Intercontinental Cup titles and four Club World Cup titles). [14] Allan's crusade also suffered after CONMEBOL, with the backing of its President Teofilo Salinas and the Argentine Football Association (Asociacin del Ftbol Argentino; AFA), refused to allow FIFA to have any hand in the competition stating:[30]. On 6 June 1999, FIFA selected Brazil to host the competition,[52] which was initially scheduled to take place in 1999. They hold up a globe in the shape of a football a consistent feature in almost all of FIFA's trophies. The production costs of the laurel was US$25,000. North America's best result was Mexican team UANL, which earned a second-place finish in 2020. The victors of each semi-final would play go on to play in the final. One notable thing that occurred in the 2015 tournament was that Sanfrecce Hiroshima made it to third place, the farthest ever achieved by a Japanese club. [178], The relaunch of the tournament in 2005 FIFA Club World Championship saw different amounts of prize money given and some changes in the criteria of receiving certain amounts. It was unveiled at Tokyo on 30 July 2005 during the draw of that year's edition of the competition. [5] The Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy was held in Italy in 1909 and 1911, and contested by English, Italian, German and Swiss clubs. It contained just the six reigning continental champions, with the CONMEBOL and UEFA representatives receiving byes to the semi-finals. Subsequently, the CONCACAF Champions' Cup began in 1962. [55] The final draw of the first Club World Championship was done on 19 October 1999 at the Copacabana Palace Hotel in Rio de Janeiro.[56]. The competition is also criticised, mainly by the European press and fans among others, for its format, which favours the UEFA and CONMEBOL teams, since their representatives start in the semi-finals and can only meet each other in the final match. "[32] In 1970, the FIFA Executive Committee proposed the creation of a multicontinental Club World Cup, not limited to Europe and South America but including also the other confederations; the idea did not go forward due to UEFA resistance. [88][89], United Arab Emirates successfully applied for the right to host the FIFA Club World Cup in 2009 and 2010. [169], With the introduction of the current format, which now has a fifth place match and a place for the host nation's national league champions, the format slightly changed. [79], Internacional defeated defending World and South American champions So Paulo in the 2006 Copa Libertadores finals in order to qualify for the 2006 tournament. In most of Europe it struggles to find broad media attention compared to the UEFA Champions League and commonly lacks recognition as a high-ranking contest. [98][99] Internazionale went on to beat Mazembe with the same scoreline to complete their quintuple. The first time when the champions of two European leagues met was in what was nicknamed the 1895 World Championship, when English champions Sunderland beat Scottish champions Heart of Midlothian 53. The winner of each group met in the final while the runners-up played for third place. The quarter-final winners go on to face the European and South American champions, who enter at the semi-final stage, for a place in the final. [80] At the semi-finals, Internacional beat Egyptian side Al Ahly in order to meet Barcelona in the final. [81] A late goal from Adriano Gabiru kept the trophy in Brazil. [108] Guerrero would once again come through for Corinthians as the Timo saw off English side Chelsea 10 in order to bring the trophy back to Brazil. [34] The same newspaper tried once again in 1975 to create a Club World Cup, in which participants would have been the four semi-finalists of the European Cup, both finalists of the Copa Libertadores, as well as the African and Asian champions; once more, the proposal was to no avail. The winners of those games would go on to the semi-finals to play the UEFA Champions League winners and South America's Copa Libertadores winners. [127] However, the tournament was postponed due to scheduling issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[128]. The laurel was designed in 2005 in Birmingham, United Kingdom, at Thomas Fattorini Ltd, by English designer Jane Powell, alongside her assistant Dawn Forbes, at the behest of FIFA. 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Jock Stein, Celtic Football Club's manager, 19651978, commenting before the play-off match of the 1967 Intercontinental Cup known as The Battle of Montevideo; Evening Times, 3 November 1967.[14]. [27] However, FIFA refused each request. [7] The idea that FIFA should organise international club competitions dates from the beginning of the 1950s. Al-Ain was the first Emirati team to reach the Club World Cup final,[116] as well as the second Asian team to reach the final in the 2018 edition. [170], The tournament, in its present format, shares its name with the current trophy, also called the FIFA Club World Cup or simply la Copa, which is awarded to the FIFA Club World Cup winner.