2022 FIFA Club World Cup

2022 FIFA Club World Cup

FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2022
Tournament details
Host country	Morocco
Dates	1–11 February 2023
Teams	7 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Real Madrid (5th title)
Runner-up	Al-Hilal
Third place	Flamengo
Fourth place	Al Ahly
Tournament statistics
Matches played	7
Goals scored	30 (4.29 per match)
Attendance	282,276 (40,325 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Pedro (Flamengo) 4 goals
Best player	Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid)
Fair play award	Real Madrid
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The 2022 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2022 presented by Visit Saudi for sponsorship reasons) was the 19th edition of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised international club football tournament between the winners of the six continental confederations, as well as the host nation's league champions. The tournament was held from 1 to 11 February 2023 in Morocco.

Chelsea were the defending champions, but they were not able to defend their title as they did not qualify after being eliminated in the quarter-finals of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League by eventual winners Real Madrid. The Spanish side went on to win the Club World Cup for a record fifth time, beating Al Ahly of Egypt 4–1 in the semi-finals before a 5–3 win over Saudi Arabian side Al-Hilal in the final.

Background and host appointment

While the Club World Cup is typically played annually in December, the 2022 tournament could not take place during this period due to the scheduling of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in November and December 2022. This, in conjunction with FIFA's planned future expansion of the Club World Cup, resulted in few public details on whether the 2022 tournament would take place. However, US$20 million was allocated for the Club World Cup in FIFA's 2023 budget. In December 2022, CONCACAF president Victor Montagliani implied the Club World Cup would take place in 2023, but would not be hosted by the United States. On 14 December, FIFA announced the host and tournament dates would be confirmed at the FIFA Council meeting in Doha, Qatar, on 16 December.

In May 2022, UOL Esporte reported that Japan were interested in hosting the tournament, having won hosting rights for the previous tournament before backing out due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan. UOL Esporte also reported in August that China were interested in holding the tournament, having originally been chosen to host an expanded Club World Cup in 2021 which was postponed due to scheduling issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In September, Diario AS reported that the United States and the United Arab Emirates, hosts of the previous tournament, were also interested in staging the tournament. In December, Diario AS reported that Morocco, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates were the final contenders to host the tournament. On 16 December 2022, the FIFA Council appointed Morocco as the host for the tournament, and confirmed it would take place from 1 to 11 February 2023. Diario AS also reported that the final of the 2022 AFC Champions League, which had been pushed back to finish in May 2023 due to scheduling issues, would be moved forward to facilitate the scheduling of the 2022 FIFA Club World Cup. However, the AFC confirmed on 23 December 2022 that as the 2022 AFC Champions League would not be completed in time, Al-Hilal would be their representative at the 2022 FIFA Club World Cup as the reigning champions from the 2021 AFC Champions League.

Qualified teams

Team	Confederation	Qualification	Qualified date	Participation (bold indicates winners)
Entering in the semi-finals
Flamengo	CONMEBOL	Winners of the 2022 Copa Libertadores	29 October 2022	2nd (Previous: 2019)
Real Madrid	UEFA	Winners of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League	28 May 2022	6th (Previous: 2000, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018)
Entering in the second round
Al-Hilal	AFC	Nominated by AFC	23 December 2022	3rd (Previous: 2019, 2021)
Wydad Casablanca	CAF	Winners of the 2021–22 CAF Champions League	30 May 2022	2nd (Previous: 2017)
Seattle Sounders FC	CONCACAF	Winners of the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League	4 May 2022	1st
Entering in the first round
Auckland City	OFC	Winners of the 2022 OFC Champions League	17 August 2022	10th (Previous: 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
Al Ahly	CAF (host)	Runners-up of the 2021–22 CAF Champions League	16 December 2022	8th (Previous: 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2020, 2021)

Venues

The matches will be played at two venues, the Ibn Batouta Stadium in Tangier and the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat.

Tangier	Rabat
Ibn Batouta Stadium	Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium
Capacity: 65,000	Capacity: 60,000

Match officials

On 14 January 2023, FIFA announced that six referees, twelve assistant referees and eight video assistant referees were appointed for the tournament.

Confederation	Referees	Assistant referees	Video assistant referees
AFC	Ma Ning (China)	Zhou Fei (China) Zhang Cheng (China)	Fu Ming (China)
CAF	Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)	Mokrane Gourari (Algeria) Khalil Hassani (Tunisia)	Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)
CONCACAF	Iván Barton (El Salvador)	David Morán (El Salvador) Kathryn Nesbitt (United States)	Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)
CONMEBOL	Andrés Matonte (Uruguay)	Nicolás Taran (Uruguay) Martín Soppi (Uruguay)	Nicolás Gallo (Colombia) Juan Soto (Venezuela)
UEFA	István Kovács (Romania)	Vasile Marinescu (Romania) Ovidiu Artene (Romania)	Jérôme Brisard (France) Massimiliano Irrati (Italy) Juan Martínez Munuera (Spain)
	Anthony Taylor (England)	Gary Beswick (England) Adam Nunn (England)

Squads

Main article:2022 FIFA Club World Cup squads

Each team will name a 23-man squad (three of whom have to be goalkeepers). Injury replacements are allowed until 24 hours before the team's first match.

Matches

The draw of the tournament was held on 13 January 2023, 12:00 CET, at the Mohammed VI Football Academy in Salé, Morocco, to decide the matchups of the second round (between the first round winner and teams from AFC, CAF and CONCACAF), and the opponents of the two second round winners in the semi-finals (against teams from CONMEBOL and UEFA). In the second round draw, Wydad Casablanca and the winner of the first round match were pre-allocated to separate fixtures, with their opponents selected from the draw pot. The match kick-off times and venues were confirmed after the draw.

If a match is tied after normal playing time:

• For elimination matches, extra time is played. If still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out is held to determine the winner.
• For the match for third place, no extra time is played, and a penalty shoot-out is held to determine the winner.

First round

Second round

Semi-finals

Final

4 February – Tangier

1 February – Tangier

Seattle Sounders FC

0

8 February – Rabat

Al Ahly

3

Al Ahly

1

Al Ahly

1

Auckland City

0

Real Madrid

4

11 February – Rabat

Real Madrid

5

7 February – Tangier

Al-Hilal

3

4 February – Rabat

Flamengo

2

Wydad Casablanca

1 (3)

Al-Hilal

3

Match for third place

Al-Hilal

1 (5)

11 February – Tangier

Al Ahly

2

Flamengo

4

All times are local, CET (UTC+1).

First round

1 February 2023 (2023-02-01) 20:00	Al Ahly	3–0	Auckland City	Ibn Batouta Stadium, Tangier Attendance: 47,137 Referee: Ma Ning (China)
	El Shahat  45+2' Sherif  56' Tau  86'	Report

Second round

4 February 2023 (2023-02-04) 15:30	Wydad Casablanca	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Al-Hilal	Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat Attendance: 43,891 Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)
	El Amloud  52'	Report	Kanno  90+4' (pen.)
		Penalties
	Attiyat Allah El Amloud Ounajem Daoudi	3–5	Marega Vietto Al-Shehri Al-Hamdan Al-Juwayr

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4 February 2023 (2023-02-04) 18:30	Seattle Sounders FC	0–1	Al Ahly	Ibn Batouta Stadium, Tangier Attendance: 30,589 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)
		Report	Magdy  88'

Semi-finals

7 February 2023 (2023-02-07) 20:00	Flamengo	2–3	Al-Hilal	Ibn Batouta Stadium, Tangier Attendance: 42,496 Referee: István Kovács (Romania)
	Pedro  20', 90+1'	Report	S. Al-Dawsari  4' (pen.), 45+9' (pen.) Vietto  70'

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8 February 2023 (2023-02-08) 20:00	Al Ahly	1–4	Real Madrid	Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat Attendance: 43,508 Referee: Andrés Matonte (Uruguay)
	Maâloul  65' (pen.)	Repot	Vinícius  42' Valverde  46' Rodrygo  90+2' Arribas  90+8'

Match for third place

The match for third place, originally scheduled to be played at Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, was moved on 9 February 2023 to Ibn Batouta Stadium, Tangier, in order to preserve the pitch for the final.

11 February 2023 (2023-02-11) 16:30	Al Ahly	2–4	Flamengo	Ibn Batouta Stadium, Tangier Attendance: 30,216 Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)
	Abdel Kader  38', 60'	Report	Gabriel Barbosa  11' (pen.), 85' (pen.) Pedro  77', 90+1'

Final

Main article:2022 FIFA Club World Cup final

11 February 2023 (2023-02-11) 20:00	Real Madrid	5–3	Al-Hilal	Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat Attendance: 44,439 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)
	Vinícius  13', 69' Valverde  18', 58' Benzema  54'	Report	Marega  26' Vietto  63', 79'

Goalscorers

Table correct as of 1 February 2023.

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Pedro	Flamengo	4
2	Federico Valverde	Real Madrid	3
	Luciano Vietto	Al-Hilal
	Vinícius Júnior	Real Madrid
5	Ahmed Abdel Kader	Al Ahly	2
	Salem Al-Dawsari	Al-Hilal
	Gabriel Barbosa	Flamengo
8	Ayoub El Amloud	Wydad Casablanca	1
	Sergio Arribas	Real Madrid
	Karim Benzema	Real Madrid
	Mohamed Kanno	Al-Hilal
	Ali Maâloul	Al Ahly
	Mohamed Magdy	Al Ahly
	Moussa Marega	Al-Hilal
	Rodrygo	Real Madrid
	Hussein El Shahat	Al Ahly
	Mohamed Sherif	Al Ahly
	Percy Tau	Al Ahly

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. Vinícius Júnior of Real Madrid won the Golden Ball award, sponsored by Adidas.

Adidas Golden Ball	Adidas Silver Ball	Adidas Bronze Ball
Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid)	Federico Valverde (Real Madrid)	Luciano Vietto (Al-Hilal)
FIFA Fair Play Award
Real Madrid

FIFA also named a man of the match for the best player in each game at the tournament.

Man of the Match presented by Visit Saudi

Match	Man of the match	Club	Opponent	Ref.
1	Mohamed Sherif	Al Ahly	Auckland City
2	Mohamed Magdy	Al Ahly	Seattle Sounders FC
3	Gustavo Cuéllar	Al-Hilal	Wydad Casablanca
4	Salem Al-Dawsari	Al-Hilal	Flamengo
5	Vinícius Júnior	Real Madrid	Al Ahly
6	Pedro	Flamengo	Al Ahly
7	Vinícius Júnior	Real Madrid	Al-Hilal

External links

• Official website