The 2010 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2010 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was a football tournament that was played from 8 to 18 December 2010. It was the seventh FIFA Club World Cup and was hosted by the United Arab Emirates.
Defending champions Barcelona did not qualify as they were eliminated in the semi-finals of the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League by eventual champions Internazionale. African representatives TP Mazembe of DR Congo defeated South America's Internacional of Brazil in the semi-finals to become the first team from outside Europe or South America to reach a Club World Cup final. However, Mazembe were unable to pass the final hurdle, as they lost 3–0 to Internazionale in the final. It was Inter's third world title, having won the Club World Cup's predecessor – the Intercontinental Cup – in 1964 and 1965.
Host bids The FIFA Executive Committee appointed the United Arab Emirates as hosts for the 2009 and 2010 tournaments on 27 May 2008 during their meeting in Sydney, Australia. Other countries that placed bids were Australia and Japan. Portugal had initially placed a bid, but later withdrew from the process.
Qualified teams
Internacional were the first previous winners to participate in another season of the Club World Cup.
TeamConfederationQualificationParticipation (bold indicates winners)Entering in the semi-finals InternacionalCONMEBOLWinners of the 2010 Copa Libertadores2nd (Previous: 2006) InternazionaleUEFAWinners of the 2009–10 UEFA Champions LeagueDebutEntering in the quarter-finals Seongnam Ilhwa ChunmaAFCWinners of the 2010 AFC Champions LeagueDebut TP MazembeCAFWinners of the 2010 CAF Champions League2nd (Previous: 2009) PachucaCONCACAF Winners of the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League3rd (Previous: 2007, 2008)Entering in the play-off for quarter-finals Hekari UnitedOFCWinners of the 2009–10 OFC Champions LeagueDebut Al-WahdaAFC (host)Winners of the 2009–10 UAE Pro-LeagueDebut
Match officials ConfederationRefereeAssistant refereesAFC Ben Williams Rodney Allen Mohammadreza Abolfazli Yuichi Nishimura Toshiyuki Nagi Toru SagaraCAF Daniel Bennett Evarist Menkouande Redouane AchikCONCACAF Roberto Moreno Leonel Leal Daniel WilliamsonCONMEBOL Víctor Hugo Carrillo Jonny Bossio Jorge YupanquiOFC Michael Hester Jan-Hendrik Hintz Tevita MakasiniUEFA Björn Kuipers Berry Simons Sander van Roekel
Squads
Venues Abu Dhabi was the only city to serve as a venue for the 2010 FIFA Club World Cup.
Abu Dhabi Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium Zayed Sports City Stadium Capacity: 42,056 Capacity: 50,000
Matches A draw was held on 27 October 2010 at the FIFA Headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland to decide the matchups for the two quarter-finals.
If a match was tied after normal playing time, 30 minutes of extra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out would be held to determine the winner. However, for the fifth-place and third-place matches, no extra time would be played, and if tied the match would go straight to a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.
All times are local, GST (UTC+4).
Play-off for quarter-finals
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Match for fifth place
Match for third place
Final
Goalscorers
RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Mauricio Molina Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma32 Fernando Baiano Al-Wahda2 Alecsandro Internacional Darío Cvitanich Pachuca5 Hugo Al-Wahda1 Abdulrahim Jumaa Al-Wahda Mahmoud Khamees Al-Wahda Ismail Matar Al-Wahda Andrés D'Alessandro Internacional Tinga Internacional Jonathan Biabiany Internazionale Samuel Eto'o Internazionale Diego Milito Internazionale Goran Pandev Internazionale Dejan Stanković Internazionale Javier Zanetti Internazionale Cho Dong-Geon Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Choi Sung-Kuk Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Saša Ognenovski Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Mbenza Bedi TP Mazembe Mulota Kabangu TP Mazembe Dioko Kaluyituka TP Mazembe
Awards
Adidas Golden BallToyota AwardAdidas Silver BallAdidas Bronze Ball Samuel Eto'o(Internazionale) Dioko Kaluyituka(TP Mazembe) Andrés D'Alessandro(Internacional)FIFA Fair Play Award Internazionale
References
External links FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2010, FIFA.com 2010 FIFA Club World Cup Official Site (Archived) FIFA Technical Report