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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Final stages: Qatar |
| Dates | 22 September – 18 December |
| Teams | 6 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Real Madrid (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Pachuca |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 5 |
| Goals scored | 17 (3.4 per match) |
| Attendance | 183,775 (36,755 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Soufiane Rahimi (Al Ain) 2 goals |
| Best player | Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) |
←2023 (FIFA Club World Cup) 2025 → | |
The2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup (officially known as theFIFA Intercontinental Cup Qatar 2024 presented byAramco for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the inaugural edition of theFIFA Intercontinental Cup, an annual clubassociation football tournament organised byFIFA. The tournament comprised the six teams that won the previous edition of the continental championships in each FIFA confederation, playing each other in asingle-elimination bracket. It was held from 22 September to 18 December 2024. The first two games were played in the stadium of a team involved in each match, and the final three (including thefinal) were played in Qatar as a neutral venue.[2]
The tournament broadly maintains the format of the previous annual versions of theFIFA Club World Cup, which was expanded and reorganised into a quadrennial tournament with more entrants, with the exception of changes to venues for the initial rounds.[2]
The details were approved by theFIFA Council on 17 December 2023, with the format formally confirmed on 20 September 2024.[3][4][5][6]
 United Arab Emirates |  Egypt |  Qatar | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al Ain | Cairo | Doha | Lusail (Doha Area) |
| Hazza bin Zayed Stadium | Cairo International Stadium | Stadium 974 | Lusail Stadium |
| Capacity:25,053 | Capacity:75,000 | Capacity:44,089 | Capacity:88,966 |
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Location of the host city of the 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup in the United Arab Emirates. | Location of the host city of the 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup in Egypt. | Location of the host cities of the 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup in Qatar. | |
| Team | Confederation | Qualification | Qualified date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entering in the final | |||
| Real Madrid | UEFA | Winners of the2023–24 UEFA Champions League | 1 June 2024 |
| Entering in the second round | |||
| Al Ahly | CAF | Winners of the2023–24 CAF Champions League | 25 May 2024 |
| Pachuca | CONCACAF | Winners of the2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup | 1 June 2024 |
 Botafogo | CONMEBOL | Winners of the2024 Copa Libertadores | 30 November 2024 |
| Entering in the first round | |||
| Al Ain | AFC | Winners of the2023–24 AFC Champions League | 25 May 2024 |
 Auckland City | OFC | Winners of the2024 OFC Champions League | 24 May 2024 |
The match schedule was confirmed on 26 August 2024.[8][9] If a match was tied after normal playing time,extra time was played. If still tied after extra time, apenalty shoot-out was held to determine the winners.
| Derby of the Americas | Challenger Cup | Intercontinental Cup | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 December –Doha | 18 December –Lusail | |||||||||||||||||
| Botafogo | 0 | Real Madrid | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| 14 December –Doha | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pachuca | 3 | Pachuca | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Pachuca(p) | 0(6) | |||||||||||||||||
| African–Asian–Pacific Cup play-off | African–Asian–Pacific Cup | Al Ahly | 0 (5) | |||||||||||||||
| 29 October –Cairo | ||||||||||||||||||
| 22 September –Al Ain | Al Ahly | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Al Ain | 6 | Al Ain | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Auckland City | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Al Ain | 6–2 | Auckland City |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.Vinícius Júnior ofReal Madrid won the Golden Ball award, sponsored byAdidas, which was jointly awarded with theAramco Player of the Tournament to recognise the best player of the Intercontinental Cup.[13]
| Adidas Golden Ball Aramco Player of the Tournament | Adidas Silver Ball | Adidas Bronze Ball |
|---|---|---|
| Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) |  Federico Valverde(Real Madrid) | Elías Montiel (Pachuca) |
For the first time, multiple trophies were awarded to winning teams in the competition. In addition to an updated trophy given to the winners of the Intercontinental Cupfinal, trophies were awarded to the winning teams of the African–Asian–Pacific Cup (contested by the AFC, CAF and OFC representatives), Derby of the Americas (contested by the CONCACAF and CONMEBOL representatives) and Challenger Cup (contested by the winners of the two aforementioned matches). These trophies are similar to each other, but with different coloured globes.[5]
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