2023 FIFA Club World Cup

2023 FIFA Club World Cup

FIFA Club World Cup Saudi Arabia 2023
Tournament details
Host country	Saudi Arabia
Dates	12–22 December
Teams	7 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Manchester City (1st title)
Runner-up	Fluminense
Third place	Al Ahly
Fourth place	Urawa Red Diamonds
Tournament statistics
Matches played	7
Goals scored	23 (3.29 per match)
Attendance	246,888 (35,270 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Julián Álvarez (Manchester City) Karim Benzema (Al-Ittihad) Ali Maâloul (Al Ahly) 2 goals each
Best player	Rodri (Manchester City)
Fair play award	Al-Ittihad
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The 2023 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Saudi Arabia 2023 presented by Visit Saudi for sponsorship reasons) was the 20th 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 played in Saudi Arabia from 12 to 22 December 2023. It was the last seven-team Club World Cup before the tournament is expanded to 32 teams in 2025.

Real Madrid were the defending champions, but were not able to defend their title after being eliminated in the semi-finals of the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League by eventual winners Manchester City The English team won the edition by beating the Brazilian team Fluminense 4–0 in the final, claiming its first title.

Host appointment

Although an expanded, quadrennial Club World Cup is planned for 2025, FIFA confirmed on 13 February 2023 that a 2023 tournament would be held using the previous seven-team format. Earlier that month, UOL Esporte reported that Saudi Arabia were interested in hosting the 2023 and 2024 Club World Cup tournaments. On 14 February, the FIFA Council confirmed Saudi Arabia as the host for the 2023 tournament.

Qualified teams

Team	Confederation	Qualification	Qualified date	Participation
Entering in the semi-finals
Fluminense	CONMEBOL	Winners of the 2023 Copa Libertadores	4 November 2023
Manchester City	UEFA	Winners of the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League	10 June 2023	1st
Entering in the second round
Urawa Red Diamonds	AFC	Winners of the 2022 AFC Champions League	26 February 2023	3rd (Previous: 2007, 2017)
Al Ahly	CAF	Winners of the 2022–23 CAF Champions League	11 June 2023
León	CONCACAF	Winners of the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League	4 June 2023	1st
Entering in the first round
Auckland City	OFC	Winners of the 2023 OFC Champions League	27 May 2023	11th (Previous: 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2022)
Al-Ittihad	AFC (host)	Winners of the 2022–23 Saudi Professional League	27 May 2023	2nd (Previous: 2005)

Venues

On 26 June 2023, FIFA and the Saudi Arabian Football Federation confirmed that all matches in the tournament would be played in the city of Jeddah in two stadiums.

Jeddah
King Abdullah Sports City	Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City
Capacity: 62,345	Capacity: 27,000

Match officials

On 3 November 2023, FIFA announced that five referees, ten assistant referees and eight video assistant referees were appointed for the tournament.

Confederation	Referees	Assistant referees	Video assistant referees
AFC	Mohammed Al Hoish (Saudi Arabia)	Khalaf Al Shammari (Saudi Arabia) Yasir Al Sultan (Saudi Arabia)	Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)
CAF	Jean-Jacques Ndala (Congo DR)	Elvis Noupue (Cameroon) Arsenio Maringule (Mozambique)	Adil Zourak (Morocco)
CONCACAF	Tori Penso (United States)	Brooke Mayo (United States) Kathryn Nesbitt (United States)	Tatiana Guzmán (Nicaragua)
CONMEBOL	Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)	Jorge Urrego (Venezuela) Tulio Moreno (Venezuela)	Juan Soto (Venezuela) Juan Lara (Chile)
UEFA	Szymon Marciniak (Poland)	Tomasz Listkiewicz (Poland) Adam Kupsik (Poland)	Tomasz Kwiatkowski (Poland) Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain) Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

One support referee was also named for the tournament.

Confederation	Support referee
OFC	Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand)

Squads

Main article:2023 FIFA Club World Cup squads

Each team has to 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

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

18 December – Jeddah (KASC)

15 December – Jeddah (KASC)

Fluminense

2

12 December – Jeddah (KASC)

Al Ahly

3

Al Ahly

0

22 December – Jeddah (KASC)

Al-Ittihad

3

Al-Ittihad

1

Fluminense

0

Auckland City

0

19 December – Jeddah (KASC)

Manchester City

4

15 December – Jeddah (PAASC)

Urawa Red Diamonds

0

León

0

Manchester City

3

Match for third place

Urawa Red Diamonds

1

22 December – Jeddah (PAASC)

Al Ahly

4

Urawa Red Diamonds

2

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

First round

12 December 2023 (2023-12-12) 21:00	Al-Ittihad	3–0	Auckland City	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah Attendance: 50,248 Referee: Tori Penso (United States)
	Romarinho  29' Kanté  34' Benzema  40'	Report

Second round

15 December 2023 (2023-12-15) 17:30	León	0–1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City, Jeddah Attendance: 2,525 Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala (Congo DR)
		Report	Schalk  78'

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15 December 2023 (2023-12-15) 21:00	Al Ahly	3–1	Al-Ittihad	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah Attendance: 56,111 Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)
	Maâloul  21' (pen.) El Shahat  59' Ashour  62'	Report	Benzema  90+2'

Semi-finals

18 December 2023 (2023-12-18) 21:00	Fluminense	2–0	Al Ahly	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah Attendance: 34,986 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
	Arias  71' (pen.) Kennedy  90'	Report

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19 December 2023 (2023-12-19) 21:00	Urawa Red Diamonds	0–3	Manchester City	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah Attendance: 40,127 Referee: Mohammed Al Hoish (Saudi Arabia)
		Report	Høibråten  45+1' (o.g.) Kovačić  52' Silva  59'

Match for third place

22 December 2023 (2023-12-22) 17:30	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–4	Al Ahly	Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City, Jeddah Attendance: 10,290 Referee: Tori Penso (United States)
	Kanté  43' Scholz  54' (pen.)	Report	Ibrahim  19' Tau  25' Koizumi  60' (o.g.) Maâloul  90+8'

Final

Main article:2023 FIFA Club World Cup Final

22 December 2023 (2023-12-22) 21:00	Manchester City	4–0	Fluminense	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah Attendance: 52,601 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
	Álvarez  1', 88' Nino  27' (o.g.) Foden  72'	Report

External links

• Official website