| FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019 presented by Alibaba Cloud كأس العالم للأندية لكرة القدم قطر 2019 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Qatar |
| Dates | 11–21 December |
| Teams | 7 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue | 2 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Liverpool (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Flamengo |
| Third place |  Monterrey |
| Fourth place |  Al-Hilal |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 8 |
| Goals scored | 30 (3.75 per match) |
| Attendance | 166,426 (20,803 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Baghdad Bounedjah Hamdou Elhouni(3 goals each) |
| Best player |  Mohamed Salah |
| Fair play award |  Espérance de Tunis |
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The2019 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as theFIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019 presented by Alibaba Cloud for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the 16th edition of theFIFA Club World Cup, aFIFA-organised international clubfootball tournament between the winners of the six continental confederations, as well as the host nation's league champions. The tournament was hosted byQatar between 11 and 21 December 2019, taking place at two venues in the city ofAl Rayyan.[2]
Real Madrid, winners of the last three Club World Cup titles, were unable to defend their title, having been eliminated in the round of 16 of the2018–19 UEFA Champions League. The eventual winners of that competition,Liverpool, went on to win the Club World Cup for the first time, beating Mexican sideMonterrey 2–1 in the semi-finals, before requiringextra time to claim a 1–0 win overFlamengo in thefinal.[3]
With proposals for anexpanded Club World Cup, FIFA delayed the announcement of a host. A host was to be announced by FIFA on 15 March 2019, though this was later delayed.[4] On 28 May 2019,[5] FIFA announced that the 2019 and 2020 tournament host would be appointed at theFIFA Council meeting inParis, France, on 3 June 2019.[6]
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 the2022 FIFA World Cup. The Club World Cup retained its original format ahead of the expected revamp in2021.[7]
| Team | Confederation | Qualification | Qualified date | Participation |
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| Entering in thesemi-finals | ||||
| Flamengo | CONMEBOL | Winners of the2019 Copa Libertadores | 23 November 2019[8] | Debut |
| Liverpool | UEFA | Winners of the2018–19 UEFA Champions League | 1 June 2019[9] | 2nd(Previous:2005) |
| Entering in thesecond round | ||||
| Al-Hilal | AFC | Winners of the2019 AFC Champions League | 24 November 2019[10] | Debut |
| Espérance de Tunis | CAF | Winners of the2018–19 CAF Champions League | 7 August 2019[note 1] | 3rd(Previous:2011,2018) |
| Monterrey | CONCACAF | Winners of the2019 CONCACAF Champions League | 1 May 2019[11] | 4th(Previous:2011,2012,2013) |
| Entering in thefirst round | ||||
 Hienghène Sport | OFC | Winners of the2019 OFC Champions League | 11 May 2019[12] | Debut |
 Al-Sadd | AFC (host) | Winners of the2018–19 Qatar Stars League | 13 August 2019[note 2] | 2nd(Previous:2011) |
Notes
The tournament was held in the city ofAl Rayyan, atJassim bin Hamad Stadium andKhalifa International Stadium, which previously hosted matches at the2011 AFC Asian Cup, including thefinal for the latter. A third venue in Al Rayyan,Education City Stadium, was also originally planned to host matches during the tournament, including the final.[13] In December 2019, FIFA moved all three matches (the second semi-final on 18 December and the third place match and final on 21 December) that were due to be played at the Education City Stadium to Khalifa International Stadium after the opening of the Education City Stadium was postponed to early 2020.[14]
| Al Rayyan (Doha Area) | Location of the host city of the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup. | |
|---|---|---|
| Jassim bin Hamad Stadium | Khalifa International Stadium | |
| Capacity:15,000 | Capacity:45,857 | |
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Fivereferees, tenassistant referees, and sixvideo assistant referees were appointed for the tournament.[15][16]
| Confederation | Referee | Assistant referees | Video assistant referee |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFC | Abdulrahman Al-Jassim | Taleb Al-Marri Saoud Al-Maqaleh |  Fu Ming |
| CAF | Mustapha Ghorbal | Mahmoud Abouelregal Mokrane Gourari |  Bakary Gassama |
| CONCACAF |  Ismail Elfath | Kyle Atkins Corey Parker |  Alan Kelly |
| CONMEBOL |  Roberto Tobar | Christian Schiemann Claudio Ríos Ortiz |  Esteban Ostojich |
| UEFA |  Ovidiu Hațegan | Octavian Șovre Sebastian Gheorghe |  Juan Martínez Munuera Benoît Millot |
One support referee was also named for the tournament.
| Confederation | Support referee |
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| OFC |  Abdelkader Zitouni |
Each team had to name a 23-man squad (three of whom must be goalkeepers). Injury replacements were allowed until 24 hours before the team's first match.[17]
The draw of the tournament was held on 16 September 2019, 14:00CEST (UTC+2), at the FIFA headquarters inZürich, 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).[18] At the time of the draw, the identity of the teams from AFC and CONMEBOL were not known.[19][20]
If a match was tied after normal playing time:[17]
| First round | Second round | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| 14 December –Al Rayyan (JBHS) | ||||||||||||||
| 11 December –Al Rayyan (JBHS) | Monterrey | 3 | 18 December –Al Rayyan (KIS) | |||||||||||
| Al-Sadd(a.e.t.) | 3 | Al-Sadd | 2 | Monterrey | 1 | |||||||||
| Hienghène Sport | 1 | Liverpool | 2 | 21 December –Al Rayyan (KIS) | ||||||||||
| Liverpool(a.e.t.) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 17 December –Al Rayyan (KIS) | Flamengo | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 14 December –Al Rayyan (JBHS) | Flamengo | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Al-Hilal | 1 | Al-Hilal | 1 | |||||||||||
| Espérance de Tunis | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Match for fifth place | Match for third place | |||||||||||||
| 17 December –Al Rayyan (KIS) | 21 December –Al Rayyan (KIS) | |||||||||||||
| Al-Sadd | 2 | Monterrey(p) | 2 (4) | |||||||||||
| Espérance de Tunis | 6 | Al-Hilal | 2 (3) | |||||||||||
All times are local,AST (UTC+3).[21]
| Al-Sadd | 3–1 (a.e.t.) | Hienghène Sport |
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| Flamengo | 3–1 | Al-Hilal |
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| Report |
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| Monterrey | 2–2 | Al-Hilal |
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| Penalties | ||
| 4–3 | ||
1 own goal
Ali Al-Bulaihi (Al-Hilal, againstFlamengo)Per statistical convention in football, matches decided inextra time were counted as wins and losses, while matches decided bypenalty shoot-out were counted as draws.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Liverpool(UEFA) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 6 |
 | Flamengo(CONMEBOL) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 |
 | Monterrey(CONCACAF) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Al-Hilal(AFC) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 |
| 5 | Espérance de Tunis(CAF) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 3 |
| 6 | Al-Sadd(AFC)(H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 3 |
| 7 | Hienghène Sport(OFC) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0 |
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.Mohamed Salah ofLiverpool won theGolden Ball award, sponsored byAdidas, which is jointly awarded with theAlibaba Cloud Award to recognise the player of the tournament.[30]
| Adidas Golden Ball Alibaba Cloud Award | Adidas Silver Ball | Adidas Bronze Ball |
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| Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) | Bruno Henrique (Flamengo) | Carlos Eduardo (Al-Hilal) |
| FIFA Fair Play Award | ||
| Espérance de Tunis | ||
FIFA also named aman of the match for the best player in each game at the tournament.[31]
In 2017, three member countries of theGulf Cooperation Council along with Egyptcut diplomatic ties with Qatar and criminalised trips for their citizens to the country. In October, FIFA sold 200 Club World Cup tickets to fans from Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, and 500 to those from the United Arab Emirates and Egypt. In November 2019,Human Rights Watch (HRW) criticised FIFA for neglecting fan welfare and selling tickets for the Club World Cup to those banned by their governments. HRW stated that FIFA should be aware of the risks that the football supporters can face in their countries and ensure that they are not exposed to the risk of harassment or prosecution.[32]
On 5 November 2019,Liverpool Chief ExecutivePeter Moore assured that the Qatari authorities had permittedLGBT football fans to attend the FIFA Club World Cup matches in December 2019.[33]
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