| FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2017 presented by Alibaba Cloud كأس العالم للأندية لكرة القدم الإمارات العربية المتحدة 2017 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | United Arab Emirates |
| Dates | 6–16 December |
| Teams | 7 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Real Madrid (3rd title) |
| Runners-up |  Grêmio |
| Third place |  Pachuca |
| Fourth place |  Al-Jazira |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 8 |
| Goals scored | 18 (2.25 per match) |
| Attendance | 132,565 (16,571 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Maurício AntônioRomarinho Cristiano Ronaldo(2 goals each) |
| Best player |  Luka Modrić |
| Fair play award | Real Madrid |
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The2017 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as theFIFA Club World Cup UAE 2017 presented by Alibaba Cloud for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the 14th 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.[2] The tournament was hosted by theUnited Arab Emirates.[3]
Real Madrid were the defending champions. They qualified for the tournament as the winners of the2016–17 UEFA Champions League, becoming the first defending champions to qualify for the subsequent tournament, and after defeatingGrêmio 1–0 in thefinal, became the first team to successfully defend the title.[4]
The application process for the 2017–2018 as well as the 2015–2016 editions, i.e. two hosts, each hosting two years, began in February 2014.[5] Member associations interested in hosting must submit a declaration of interest by 30 March 2014, and provide the complete set of bidding documents by 25 August 2014.[6] TheFIFA Executive Committee was to select the hosts at their meeting inMorocco in December 2014,[7] but the final decision was delayed until the FIFA's executive committee meetings on 19–20 March 2015.[8]
The following countries expressed an interest in bidding to host the tournament:[9]
TheFIFA Executive Committee officially confirmed the United Arab Emirates as hosts of the 2017 and2018 tournaments on 20 March 2015 during their meeting inZürich, Switzerland.[3]
| Team | Confederation | Qualification | Qualified date | Participation (bold indicates winners) |
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| Entering in thesemi-finals | ||||
| Grêmio | CONMEBOL | Winners of the2017 Copa Libertadores[10] | 29 November 2017 | Debut |
| Real MadridTH | UEFA | Winners of the2016–17 UEFA Champions League[11] | 3 June 2017 | 4th(Previous:2000,2014,2016) |
| Entering in thesecond round | ||||
 Urawa Red Diamonds | AFC | Winners of the2017 AFC Champions League[12] | 25 November 2017 | 2nd(Previous:2007) |
 Wydad Casablanca | CAF | Winners of the2017 CAF Champions League[13] | 4 November 2017 | Debut |
| Pachuca | CONCACAF | Winners of the2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League[14] | 26 April 2017 | 4th(Previous:2007,2008,2010) |
| Entering in thefirst round | ||||
 Auckland City | OFC | Winners of the2017 OFC Champions League[15] | 7 May 2017 | 9th(Previous:2006,2009,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016) |
| Al-Jazira | AFC (host) | Winners of the2016–17 UAE Pro League[16] | 11 September 2017[note 1] | Debut |
Notes
The two venues were theZayed Sports City Stadium inAbu Dhabi and theHazza bin Zayed Stadium inAl Ain.[17]
| Al Ain | Abu Dhabi | Location of the host cities of the 2017 FIFA Club World Cup. |
|---|---|---|
| Hazza bin Zayed Stadium | Zayed Sports City Stadium | |
| 24°14′44.14″N55°42′59.7″E / 24.2455944°N 55.716583°E /24.2455944; 55.716583 (Hazza bin Zayed Stadium) | 24°24′57.92″N54°27′12.93″E / 24.4160889°N 54.4535917°E /24.4160889; 54.4535917 (Zayed Sports City Stadium) | |
| Capacity:22,717 | Capacity:43,000 | |
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A total of sixreferees, twelveassistant referees, and eightvideo assistant referees were appointed for the tournament.[18][19]
| Confederation | Referee | Assistant referees | Video assistant referee |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFC |  Ravshan Irmatov | Abdukhamidullo Rasulov Jakhongir Saidov |  Abdulrahman Al-Jassim |
| CAF |  Malang Diedhiou | Djibril Camara El Hadji Malick Samba | |
| CONCACAF | César Ramos | Marvin Torrentera Miguel Ángel Hernández |  Mark Geiger |
| CONMEBOL | Sandro Ricci | Emerson de Carvalho Marcelo van Gasse |  Andrés CunhaWilton Sampaio Mauro Vigliano |
| OFC | Matthew Conger | Simon Lount Tevita Makasini | |
| UEFA |  Felix Brych | Mark Borsch Stefan Lupp | Artur Soares Dias Clément TurpinFelix Zwayer |
The following were key milestones in the organization of the tournament:
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.[2] The official squads were confirmed by FIFA on 30 November 2017.[20][21]
The draw was held on 9 October 2017, 12:00GST (UTC+4), atAbu Dhabi to determine the matchups of the second round, and which teams the two second round winners would play in the semi-finals.[22][23] At the time of the draw, the identity of the teams representing AFC, CAF, and CONMEBOL were not known.[24]
If a match was tied after normal playing time:[2]
| First round | Second round | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| 6 December –Al Ain | ||||||||||||||
| Al-Jazira | 1 | 9 December –Abu Dhabi | ||||||||||||
| Auckland City | 0 | Al-Jazira | 1 | 13 December –Abu Dhabi | ||||||||||
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 0 | Al-Jazira | 1 | |||||||||||
| Real Madrid | 2 | 16 December –Abu Dhabi | ||||||||||||
| Real Madrid | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 12 December –Al Ain | Grêmio | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 9 December –Abu Dhabi | Grêmio(a.e.t.) | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Pachuca(a.e.t.) | 1 | Pachuca | 0 | |||||||||||
| Wydad Casablanca | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Match for fifth place | Match for third place | |||||||||||||
| 12 December –Al Ain | 16 December –Abu Dhabi | |||||||||||||
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 3 | Al-Jazira | 1 | |||||||||||
| Wydad Casablanca | 2 | Pachuca | 4 | |||||||||||
All times were local,GST (UTC+4).[25]
| Pachuca | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Wydad Casablanca |
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Guzmán 112' | Report |
| Al-Jazira | 1–4 | Pachuca |
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| Report |
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The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
| Adidas Golden Ball Alibaba Cloud Award | Adidas Silver Ball | Adidas Bronze Ball |
|---|---|---|
| Luka Modrić (Real Madrid) | Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) | Jonathan Urretaviscaya (Pachuca) |
| FIFA Fair Play Award | ||
| Real Madrid | ||
FIFA also named aman of the match for the best player in each game at the tournament.[35][32][33]
Brazil:Rede Globo,SporTV andFox Sports
China:CCTV-5,[36]PPTV[37] andYouku[37]
Hong Kong:i-Cable andFantastic TV
India:Neo Prime andNeo Sports[38]Japan:Nippon TVSpain:La 1[39]United States:Fox Sports andTelemundo[40]
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