The 2014 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2014 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was the 11th edition of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised international club football tournament between the winners of the six continental confederations as well as the host nation's league champions. It was hosted by Morocco for the second consecutive season, and played from 10 to 20 December 2014.
Bayern Munich could not defend their title having been eliminated in the semi-finals of the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League by eventual winners Real Madrid. The Spanish side went on to beat Mexico's Cruz Azul 4–0 in the Club World Cup semi-finals, before defeating San Lorenzo 2–0 in the final to give them their first Club World Cup title. Including the 1960, 1998 and 2002 Intercontinental Cups, it was Real Madrid's fourth world club title, equalling Milan's record.Regarding it as world club title de facto, cf.
Host bids There were four countries bidding to host the 2013 and 2014 tournaments (same host for both tournaments):
(which hosted the 2009 and 2010 editions in Abu Dhabi)
In October 2011, FIFA said that Iran, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates all withdrew their bids, leaving Morocco as the only bidder. The FIFA Executive Committee officially confirmed Morocco as host on 17 December 2011 during their meeting in Tokyo, Japan.
On 21 August 2014, FIFA issued a statement reconfirming Morocco as the host, despite recent rumours that a change in venue might be sought due to the 2014 West Africa Ebola virus outbreak. Morocco had cancelled its hosting of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations due to fears of Ebola, but vowed to host the Club World Cup as no entrants would be from the countries with the most severe Ebola outbreaks.
Qualified teams
TeamConfederationQualificationParticipationEntering in the semi-finals Real MadridUEFAWinners of the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League2nd San LorenzoCONMEBOLWinners of the 2014 Copa LibertadoresDebutEntering in the quarter-finals Cruz AzulCONCACAFWinners of the 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions LeagueDebut ES SétifCAFWinners of the 2014 CAF Champions LeagueDebut Western Sydney WanderersAFCWinners of the 2014 AFC Champions LeagueDebutEntering in the play-off for quarter-finals Auckland CityOFCWinners of the 2013–14 OFC Champions League6th Moghreb TétouanCAF (hosts)Winners of the 2013–14 BotolaDebut
Venues The venues for the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup were in Rabat and Marrakesh.
RabatMarrakeshPrince Moulay Abdellah Stadium Stade de MarrakeshCapacity: 52,000Capacity: 41,245
Match officials The appointed match officials were:
ConfederationRefereeAssistant refereesAFC Benjamin Williams Matthew Cream Paul CetrangoloCAF Noumandiez Doué Songuifolo Yéo Jean-Claude BirumushahuCONCACAF Walter López Leonel Leal Gerson LópezCONMEBOL Enrique Osses Carlos Astroza Sergio RománOFC Norbert Hauata Tevita Makasini Paul AhupuUEFA Pedro Proença Bertino Miranda Tiago Trigo Notes
Squads
Each team named a 23-man squad (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline of 28 November 2014. Injury replacements were allowed until 24 hours before the team's first match. The squads were announced by FIFA on 4 December 2014.
Matches If a match was tied after normal playing time: For elimination matches, extra time was played. If still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out was held to determine the winner. For the matches for fifth place and third place, no extra time was played, and a penalty shoot-out was held to determine the winner.
All times are local, WET (UTC±0).
Play-off for quarter-finals
Quarter-finals A draw was held on 11 October 2014 at 19:00 WEST (UTC+1), at the La Mamounia Hotel in Marrakesh, to determine the pairings of the four quarter-finalists.
Semi-finals The first semi-final was originally to be played at Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, but was moved to Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh due to difficult pitch conditions.
Match for fifth place
Match for third place
Final
Goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Gareth Bale Real Madrid2 Sergio Ramos Real Madrid Gerardo Torrado Cruz Azul4 Ángel Berlanga Auckland City1 Ryan De Vries Auckland City John Irving Auckland City Mariano Pavone Cruz Azul Joao Rojas Cruz Azul Karim Benzema Real Madrid Isco Real Madrid Pablo Barrientos San Lorenzo Mauro Matos San Lorenzo Abdelmalek Ziaya ES Sétif Romeo Castelen Western Sydney Wanderers Iacopo La Rocca Western Sydney Wanderers Vítor Saba Western Sydney Wanderers
1 own goal Daniel Mullen (Western Sydney Wanderers, against ES Sétif)
Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
Adidas Golden BallToyota AwardAdidas Silver BallAdidas Bronze Ball Sergio Ramos(Real Madrid) Cristiano Ronaldo(Real Madrid) Ivan Vicelich(Auckland City)FIFA Fair Play Award Real Madrid
FIFA also named a man of the match for the best player in each game at the tournament.
+ Toyota Match Award Match Man of the match Club Opponent1 Ivan Vicelich Auckland City Moghreb Tétouan2 John Irving Auckland City ES Sétif3 Gerardo Torrado Cruz Azul Western Sydney Wanderers4 Karim Benzema Real Madrid Cruz Azul5 Ahmed Gasmi ES Sétif Western Sydney Wanderers6 Pablo Barrientos San Lorenzo Auckland City7 Tim Payne Auckland City Cruz Azul8 Sergio Ramos Real Madrid San Lorenzo
References
External links FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2014, FIFA.com FIFA Technical Report