| FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2020 presented by Alibaba Cloud كأس العالم للأندية لكرة القدم قطر 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Qatar |
| Dates | 4–11 February 2021 |
| Teams | 6 (from 5 confederations) |
| Venue | 2 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Third place | |
| Fourth place | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 8 |
| Goals scored | 12 (1.5 per match) |
| Attendance | 24,639 (3,080 per match) |
| Top scorer | |
| Best player | |
| Fair play award | |
←2019 2021 → | |
The2020 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as theFIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2020 presented by Alibaba Cloud for sponsorship reasons) was the 17th 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.
The event was postponed to 2021 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic,[1] 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.[2]
Originally seven teams were to compete in the tournament. However,OFC's representativesAuckland City withdrew due to the COVID-19 pandemic and related quarantine measures required by theNew Zealand authorities. As a result, only six teams competed, and the first round match, originally scheduled on 1 February 2021, was awarded as a 3–0 win to their first round opponents, hostQatar's representativesAl-Duhail, who advanced automatically to the second round on 4 February 2021.[3]
Defending championsLiverpool did not qualify as they were eliminated in the round of 16 of the2019–20 UEFA Champions League. The eventual winners of that competition,Bayern Munich, went on to win the Club World Cup for a second time, beatingAl Ahly 2–0 in the semi-finals, before a 1–0 win overUANL in thefinal. In winning the title, Bayern Munich became only the second club in European football history (afterBarcelona in 2009) to win all six competitions they entered (commonly known as asextuple) in a single calendar year.[4]
With proposals for an expanded Club World Cup, FIFA delayed the announcement of a host. 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 tournament retained its original format ahead of the scheduled revamp.[7]
| Team | Confederation | Qualification | Qualified date | Participation (bold indicates winners) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entering in thesemi-finals | ||||
| UEFA | Winners of the2019–20 UEFA Champions League | 23 August 2020[8] | 2nd(Previous:2013) | |
| CONMEBOL | Winners of the2020 Copa Libertadores | 30 January 2021[9] | 1st | |
| Entering in thesecond round | ||||
| CAF | Winners of the2019–20 CAF Champions League | 27 November 2020[10] | 6th(Previous:2005,2006,2008,2012,2013) | |
| AFC | Winners of the2020 AFC Champions League | 19 December 2020[11] | 2nd(Previous:2012) | |
| CONCACAF | Winners of the2020 CONCACAF Champions League | 22 December 2020[12] | 1st | |
| Entering in thefirst round | ||||
| AFC (host) | Winners of the2019–20 Qatar Stars League | 27 September 2020[note 1] | 1st | |
| OFC | Nominated by OFC[note 3] | 19 November 2020 | 10th (planned)(Previous:2006,2009,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017) | |
Notes
The matches were played in the city ofAl Rayyan, at theAhmad bin Ali Stadium andEducation City Stadium; both 40,000-seat venues which would later host matches at the2022 FIFA World Cup.[15] Due to theCOVID-19 pandemic in Qatar, attendance was limited to only 30% of the stadiums' seating capacity.[16] A third stadium in Al Rayyan,Khalifa International Stadium, would originally have hosted two matches, but following the withdrawal ofAuckland City and the subsequent revision of the match schedule, it was not used for the tournament.[17][15][18]
| Al Rayyan (Doha Area) | Location of the host city of the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup. | |
|---|---|---|
| Ahmad bin Ali Stadium | Education City Stadium | |
| Capacity:45,032 | Capacity:44,667 | |
Sevenreferees, twelveassistant referees, and sevenvideo assistant referees were appointed for the tournament.[19][20] Brazilian refereeEdina Alves Batista became the first woman to officiate at a senior FIFA men's tournament.[21]
| Confederation | Referees | Assistant referees | Video assistant referees |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFC | |||
| CAF | |||
| CONCACAF | |||
| CONMEBOL |
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| OFC | |||
| UEFA |
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.[23]
The match schedule was announced on 23 December 2020,[17] with a revised schedule with change of venues announced on 18 January 2021.[15] The draw of the tournament was held on 19 January 2021, 16:00CET (UTC+1), at the FIFA headquarters inZürich, 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.[24][25]
If a match was tied after normal playing time:[23]
| First round | Second round | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| 1 February –Al Rayyan (ABAS) | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | 4 February –Al Rayyan (ECS) | |||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 8 February –Al Rayyan (ABAS) | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | 11 February –Al Rayyan (ECS) | |||||||||||||
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 7 February –Al Rayyan (ECS) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 4 February –Al Rayyan (ABAS) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Match for fifth place | Match for third place | |||||||||||||
| 7 February –Al Rayyan (ABAS) | 11 February –Al Rayyan (ECS) | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 0 (3) | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 0 (2) | |||||||||||||
All times are listed inAST (UTC+3).[26]
| Al Ahly | 0–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 | |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 |
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.Robert Lewandowski ofBayern Munich won theGolden Ball award, sponsored byAdidas, which is jointly awarded with theAlibaba Cloud Award to recognise the player of the tournament.[33][34]
| Adidas Golden Ball Alibaba Cloud Award | Adidas Silver Ball | Adidas Bronze Ball |
|---|---|---|
(Bayern Munich) | (UANL) | (Bayern Munich) |
| FIFA Fair Play Award | ||
FIFA also named aman of the match for the best player in each game at the tournament.[35]