2020 FIFA Club World Cup

2020 FIFA Club World Cup

FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2020
Tournament details
Host country	Qatar
City	Doha
Dates	4–11 February 2021
Teams	6 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Bayern Munich (2nd title)
Runner-up	UANL
Third place	Al Ahly
Fourth place	Palmeiras
Tournament statistics
Matches played	7
Goals scored	12 (1.71 per match)
Attendance	24,639 (3,520 per match)
Top scorer(s)	André-Pierre Gignac (3 goals)
Best player	Robert Lewandowski
Fair play award	Al-Duhail
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The 2020 FIFA Club World Cup was the 17th 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 is being hosted by Qatar.

The event was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as the AFC, CONMEBOL, and CONCACAF champions would not have been decided in time for the tournament. Originally to be held in December 2020, on 17 November of the same year FIFA announced that the competition would be played between 1 and 11 February 2021.

Originally seven teams were to compete in the tournament. However, OFC's representatives Auckland City withdrew due to the COVID-19 pandemic and related quarantine measures required by the New Zealand authorities. As a result, only six teams are competing, and the first round match, originally scheduled on 1 February 2021, was awarded as a 3–0 win to their first round opponents, host Qatar's representatives Al-Duhail, who advanced automatically to the second round on 4 February 2021.

Liverpool are the defending champions, but will not defend their title after being eliminated in the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League round of 16.

Bayern Munich won the final 1–0 against UANL for their second FIFA Club World Cup title. By winning the trophy, Bayern Munich became only the second club in European football history (after Barcelona in 2009) to win all six titles (commonly known as a sextuple) on offer in a single calendar year.

Host appointment

With proposals for an expanded Club World Cup, FIFA delayed the announcement of a host. On 28 May 2019, FIFA announced that the 2019 and 2020 tournament host would be appointed at the FIFA Council meeting in Paris, France on 3 June 2019.

Qatar was appointed as the host for the 2019 and 2020 tournaments on 3 June 2019, serving as test events ahead of their hosting of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The tournament will retain its original format ahead of the revamp in 2021.

Host appointment

With proposals for an expanded Club World Cup, FIFA delayed the announcement of a host. On 28 May 2019, FIFA announced that the 2019 and 2020 tournament host would be appointed at the FIFA Council meeting in Paris, France on 3 June 2019.

Qatar was appointed as the host for the 2019 and 2020 tournaments on 3 June 2019, serving as test events ahead of their hosting of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The tournament will retain its original format ahead of the revamp in 2021.

Qualified teams

Team	Confederation	Qualification	Qualified date	Participation (bold indicates winners)
Entering in the semi-finals
Bayern Munich	UEFA	Winners of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League	02020-08-23-23 August 2020	2nd (Previous: 2013)
Palmeiras	CONMEBOL	Winners of the 2020 Copa Libertadores	02021-01-30-30 January 2021	1st
Entering in the second round
Al Ahly	CAF	Winners of the 2019–20 CAF Champions League	02020-11-27-27 November 2020	6th (Previous: 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013)
Ulsan Hyundai	AFC	Winners of the 2020 AFC Champions League	02020-12-19-19 December 2020	2nd (Previous: 2012)
UANL	CONCACAF	Winners of the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League	02020-12-22-22 December 2020	1st
Entering in the first round
Al-Duhail	AFC (Hosts)	Winners of the 2019–20 Qatar Stars League	02020-09-27-27 September 2020	1st
Auckland City (withdrew)	OFC	Nominated by OFC	02020-11-19-19 November 2020	10th (planned) (Previous: 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)

Venues

The matches are being played at two venues in the city of Al Rayyan, both of them to host matches at the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Qatar, attendance is limited to only 30% of the stadiums' seating capacity.

	Al Rayyan
	Ahmed bin Ali Stadium	Education City Stadium
	Capacity: 40,000	Capacity: 40,000

A third stadium, Khalifa International Stadium, would originally host two matches, but following the withdrawal of Auckland City and the subsequent revision of match schedule, it would not be used for the tournament.

Match officials

Seven referees, twelve assistant referees, and seven video assistant referees were appointed for the tournament.

Confederation	Referees	Assistant referees	Video assistant referees
AFC	Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed	Mohamed Al Hammadi Hasan Al Mahri	Khamis Al-Marri
CAF	Maguette N'Diaye	Djibril Camara El Hadji Malick Samba	Rédouane Jiyed
CONCACAF	Mario Escobar	Nicholas Anderson Humberto Panjoj	Drew Fischer
CONMEBOL	Edina Alves Batista	Neuza Back Mariana de Almeida	Julio Bascuñán Nicolás Gallo
	Esteban Ostojich	Nicolás Taran Richard Trinidad
OFC	Abdelkader Zitouni
UEFA	Danny Makkelie	Mario Diks Hessel Steegstra	Kevin Blom Jochem Kamphuis

Squads

Main article: 2020 FIFA Club World Cup squads

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

Matches

The match schedule was announced on 23 December 2020, with a revised schedule with change of venues announced on 18 January 2021. The draw of the tournament was held on 19 January 2021, 16:00 CET (UTC+1), at the FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland, 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). At the time of the draw, the identity of the CONMEBOL team was not known.

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 matches for fifth place and third place, no extra time is played, and a penalty shoot-out is held to determine the winner.

Play-off

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

1 February – Ahmed bin Ali

Al-Duhail (awd.)

3

4 February – Education City

Auckland City

0

Al-Duhail

0

8 February – Ahmed bin Ali

Al Ahly

1

Al Ahly

0

Bayern Munich

11 February – Education City

'UANL

0 (3)

4 February – Ahmed bin Ali

Al Ahly

0 (2)

UANL

2

7 February 2– Education City

Ulsan Hyundai

1

Palmeiras

Fifth place

Third place

UANL

Ulsan Hyundai

2

Palmeiras

2

Al-Duhail

1

Bayern Munich

4

7 February – Ahmed bin Ali

11 February – Education City

All times are listed in AST (UTC+3).

First round

1 February 2021 (2021-02-01) 20:30	Al-Duhail	3–0	Auckland City	Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan
		Report

Second round

4 February 2021 (2021-02-04) 17:00	UANL	2–1	Ulsan Hyundai	Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan Referee: Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay)
	Gignac  38', 45+5' (pen.)	Report	Kim Kee-hee  24'

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4 February 2021 (2021-02-04) 20:30	Al-Duhail	0–1	Al Ahly	Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)
		Report	El Shahat  30'

Match for fifth place

7 February 2021 (2021-02-07) 18:00	Ulsan Hyundai	2-1	Al-Duhail	Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan
	Yoon Bit-garam 69' Kim Ji-hyeon 77'	Report	Ismaeel Mohammad 15'

Semi-finals

7 February 2021 (2021-02-07) 21:00	Palmeiras	2–0	UANL	Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan
	Gustavo Gómez 16' Zé Rafael 38'	Report

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8 February 2021 (2021-02-08) 21:00	Al Ahly	0–2	Bayern Munich	Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan
		Report	Robert Lewandowski 16' Kingsley Coman 74'

Match for third place

11 February 2021 (2021-02-11) 18:00	UANL	1-1	Al Ahly	Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan
	Guido Pizarro 40'	Report	Mohamed Magdy 55'
		Penalties
	Benoun El Solia M. Mohsen Hany Ajayi	3–2	Rony Luiz Adriano Gustavo Scarpa Gómez Felipe Melo

Final

Main article: 2020 FIFA Club World Cup Final

11 February 2021 (2021-02-11) 21:00 AST	Palmeiras	2–4	Bayern Munich	Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan
	Patrick de Paula 80' Luiz Adriano 81'	Report	Robert Lewandowski 3' Leroy Sané 51' Joshua Kimmich 74', 90'

Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	André-Pierre Gignac	UANL	2
2	Hussein El Shahat	Al Ahly	1
	Kim Kee-hee	Ulsan Hyundai

External links

• Official website