The 2011 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2011 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was a football tournament that was played from 8 to 18 December 2011. It was the eighth edition of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised tournament between the winners of the six continental confederations as well as the host nation's league champions.
After the United Arab Emirates hosted the tournament in 2009 and 2010, hosting rights for the 2011 edition returned to Japan. During a visit to Japan on 23 May 2011, FIFA President Sepp Blatter confirmed that Japan would remain as hosts of the tournament despite the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
Defending champions Internazionale did not qualify as they were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League. The eventual winners of that competition, Spanish club Barcelona, went on to win the Club World Cup, winning 4–0 in the semi-finals against Qatari club Al-Sadd before another victory by the same margin against Brazilian club Santos in the final.
Host bids Tournament host bids for both 2011 and 2012 FIFA Club World Cups were announced on 27 May 2008 during their meeting in Sydney, Australia.
Qualified teams
TeamConfederationQualificationParticipation (bold indicates winners)Entering in the semi-finals BarcelonaUEFAWinners of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League3rd (Previous: 2006, 2009) SantosCONMEBOL Winners of the 2011 Copa LibertadoresDebutEntering in the quarter-finals Al-SaddAFCWinners of the 2011 AFC Champions LeagueDebut Espérance de TunisCAFWinners of the 2011 CAF Champions LeagueDebut MonterreyCONCACAF Winners of the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions LeagueDebutEntering in the play-off for quarter-finals Auckland CityOFCWinners of the 2010–11 OFC Champions League3rd (Previous: 2006, 2009) Kashiwa ReysolAFC (host)Winners of the 2011 J.League Division 1Debut
Match officials Appointed referees are:Technical Report, p. 78
ConfederationRefereeAssistant refereesAFC Ravshan Irmatov Abdukhamidullo Rasulov Bakhadyr Kochkarov Yuichi Nishimura Toshiyuki Nagi Toru SagaraCAF Noumandiez Doué Songuifolo Yeo Djibril CamaraCONCACAF Joel Aguilar William Torres Mejia Juan Francisco ZumbaCONMEBOL Enrique Osses Francisco Mondria Carlos Alexis AstrozaOFC Peter O'Leary Jan-Hendrik Hintz Ravinesh KumarUEFA Nicola Rizzoli Renato Faverani Andrea Stefani
Squads
Each team had to submit a squad of 23 players, three of them goalkeepers.
Venues Yokohama and Toyota were the two cities that served as venues for the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup.
Toyota Yokohama Toyota Stadium International Stadium Yokohama Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 72,327
Matches A draw was held on 17 November in Nagoya (Japan) to decide the "positions" of the three teams entering the quarter-finals: Al-Sadd (AFC), Espérance de Tunis (CAF), and Monterrey (CONCACAF).
If a match was tied after normal playing time: For elimination matches, extra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out would be held to determine the winner. For the matches for fifth place and third place, no extra time would be played, and the match would go straight to a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.
All times Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
Play-off for quarter-finals
Quarter-finals
Match for fifth place
Semi-finals
Match for third place
Final
Goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Adriano Barcelona2 Lionel Messi Barcelona3 Khalfan Ibrahim Al-Sadd1 Abdulla Koni Al-Sadd Maxwell Barcelona Seydou Keita Barcelona Cesc Fàbregas Barcelona Xavi Barcelona Oussama Darragi Espérance de Tunis Khaled Mouelhi Espérance de Tunis Yannick N'Djeng Espérance de Tunis Leandro Domingues Kashiwa Reysol Masato Kudo Kashiwa Reysol Hiroki Sakai Kashiwa Reysol Junya Tanaka Kashiwa Reysol Aldo de Nigris Monterrey Hiram Mier Monterrey Humberto Suazo Monterrey Jesús Zavala Monterrey Borges Santos Danilo Santos Neymar Santos
Awards
Adidas Golden BallToyota AwardAdidas Silver BallAdidas Bronze Ball Lionel Messi(Barcelona) Xavi(Barcelona) Neymar(Santos)FIFA Fair Play Award Barcelona
References Bibliography
Notes
External links
FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2011, FIFA.com 2011 FIFA Club World Cup Official Site (Archived) FIFA Technical Report