_crop.jpg) The Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan hosted the final. | |||||||
| Event | 2020 FIFA Club World Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 11 February 2021 (2021-02-11) | ||||||
| Venue | Education City Stadium,Al Rayyan | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Joshua Kimmich(Bayern Munich)[1] | ||||||
| Referee | Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay)[2] | ||||||
| Attendance | 7,411[3] | ||||||
| Weather | Clear night 19 °C (66 °F) 78%humidity[4] | ||||||
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The2020 FIFA Club World Cup final was the final match of the2020 FIFA Club World Cup, an international clubfootball tournament hosted by Qatar. It was the 17th final of theFIFA Club World Cup, aFIFA-organised tournament between the club champions from each of the six continental confederations, as well as the host nation's league champions.
The final was contested by German clubBayern Munich, representingUEFA as the reigning champions of theUEFA Champions League, and Mexican clubUANL, representingCONCACAF as the reigning champions of theCONCACAF Champions League. It was the first time a team from theCONCACAF region played in the final.
The match was played at theEducation City Stadium inAl Rayyan on 11 February 2021.[5] The final was originally scheduled to be played in December 2020, but was moved to February due to the impact of theCOVID-19 pandemic on the scheduling of the various continental club competitions.[6]
Bayern Munich won the match 1–0 for their second FIFA Club World Cup title and fourthtitle at the global level. With the win, Bayern became the second European team to complete a sextuple (six trophies in a year) afterBarcelona in 2009; they had won acontinental treble in the previous season, along with theirdomestic andcontinental super cups in the 2020–21 campaign.[7]
| Team | Confederation | Qualification for tournament | Previous club world championship finals |
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 Bayern Munich | UEFA | Winners of the2019–20 UEFA Champions League | 12013 |
 UANL | CONCACAF | Winners of the2020 CONCACAF Champions League | None |
TheEducation City Stadium inAl Rayyan, Qatar was announced as the final venue on 23 December 2020.[8] The venue finished construction and opened in 2020, and will host matches at the2022 FIFA World Cup.[9] Originally, the stadium was to host the second semi-final, third place play-off andfinal of the2019 FIFA Club World Cup,[10] but the matches were moved to theKhalifa International Stadium after the opening of the Education City Stadium was postponed.[11]
Bayern Munich reached their second Club World Cup Final in two tournament appearances, having done so in2013, which they won againstRaja Casablanca. Overall, it was their fourthclub world championship final, having won theirIntercontinental Cup in1976 and2001.[12] Bayern Munich were seeking their sixth title in a year, having won theBundesliga,DFB-Pokal andUEFA Champions League in the2019–20 season, followed by theUEFA Super Cup andDFL-Supercup so far in the2020–21 campaign. Therefore, a victory would see become the second team to win a sextuple, consisting of a continental treble (domestic league, domestic cup and continental competition), followed by the subsequent domestic and continentalsuper cups and FIFA Club World Cup in the following season. This feat had only previously been achieved byBarcelona in 2009 (end of the2008–09 season and start of the2009–10 season).[13]
UANL became the first side fromCONCACAF to reach the final of the Club World Cup. They were making their debut appearance in the competition, having qualified by winning their firstCONCACAF Champions League title in2020.[14]
| Bayern Munich | Team | UANL | ||
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| Opponent | Result | 2020 FIFA Club World Cup | Opponent | Result |
| Bye | Second round |  Ulsan Hyundai | 2–1 | |
 Al Ahly | 2–0 | Semi-finals |  Palmeiras | 1–0 |
In the 59th minute,Benjamin Pavard got the only goal of the game when he shot into an empty net from six yards out after the ball came to him whenRobert Lewandowski challenged for a ball in the air with UANL goalkeeperNahuel Guzmán. The goal was reviewed byVAR for an offside before eventually being awarded.[15]
          Bayern Munich[16] |      UANL[16] |
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