The 2000 FIFA Club World Championship was the inaugural FIFA Club World Cup, the world club championship for men's club association football teams. It took place in Brazil from 5 to 14 January 2000. FIFA as football's international governing body selected Brazil as the host nation on 8 June 1999 as the bid was found to be the strongest among four candidates. The draw was made at the Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro on 14 October 1999. All matches were played in either Rio de Janeiro's Estádio do Maracanã or São Paulo's Estádio do Morumbi.
Eight teams, two from South America, two from Europe and one each from North America, Africa, Asia and Oceania entered the tournament. The first Club World Cup match took place in São Paulo and saw Spanish club Real Madrid beat Saudi Arabian side Al-Nassr 3–1; Real Madrid's Nicolas Anelka scored the first goal in Club World Cup history in the 21st minute. Later the same day, Corinthians goalkeeper Dida kept the first clean sheet in the tournament as his team beat Moroccan side Raja Casablanca 2–0.
Corinthians and Vasco da Gama each won their respective groups to qualify for the final. In front of a crowd of 73,000, the final finished as a 0–0 draw after extra time. The title was decided by a penalty shoot-out which Corinthians won 4–3. As winners, Corinthians received $6 million in prize money, while Vasco da Gama received $5 million. Necaxa beat Real Madrid in the match for third place to claim $4 million. Real Madrid received $3 million, and the other remaining teams were awarded $2.5 million.
Host bids Initially, there were nine candidates to host the competition: China, Brazil, Mexico, Paraguay, Saudi Arabia, Tahiti, Turkey, the United States and Uruguay; of the nine, only Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Brazil and Uruguay confirmed their interest to FIFA. On 7 June 1999, the FIFA Emergency Committee appointed Brazil as hosts of the competition during their meeting in Cairo, Egypt.
Qualified teams
The clubs that played in the tournament were: TeamConfederationQualificationParticipation CorinthiansCONMEBOL (host)Winners of the 1998 Campeonato BrasileiroDebut Raja CasablancaCAFWinners of the 1999 CAF Champions LeagueDebut Al-NassrAFCWinners of the 1998 Asian Super CupDebut Manchester UnitedUEFAWinners of the 1998–99 UEFA Champions LeagueDebut NecaxaCONCACAFWinners of the 1999 CONCACAF Champions' CupDebut South MelbourneOFCWinners of the 1999 Oceania Club ChampionshipDebut Vasco da GamaCONMEBOLWinners of the 1998 Copa LibertadoresDebut Real MadridUEFAWinners of the 1998 Intercontinental CupDebut
Venues São PauloRio de JaneiroMorumbiMaracanãCapacity: 80,000Capacity: 103,022
Squads For a list of the squads at the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship, see 2000 FIFA Club World Championship squads.
Match officials Eight referees were appointed from the six continental confederations, each along with an accompanying assistant referee.
ConfederationReferee(s)Assistant(s)AFC Saad Mane Sergei UfimtsevCAF Falla N'Doye Ali TomusangueCONCACAF William Mattus Haseeb MohammedCONMEBOL Horacio Elizondo Óscar Ruiz Miguel Giacomuzzi Fernando CresciOFC Derek Rugg Lavetala SiuamoaUEFA Stefano Braschi Dick Jol Jens Larsen Jacek Pociegiel
Format Matches were played in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. The teams were organised in two groups of four teams, with the top team in each group going through to the final and the two second-placed teams contesting a match for third place.
Group stage Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Match for third place
Final
Goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Nicolas Anelka Real Madrid3 Romário Vasco da Gama3 Fahad Al-Bishi Al-Nassr2 Agustín Delgado Necaxa Edílson Corinthians Edmundo Vasco da Gama Quinton Fortune Manchester United Cristian Montecinos Necaxa Raúl Real Madrid10 Youssef Achami Raja Casablanca1 Álex Aguinaga Necaxa Fuad Amin Al-Nassr John Anastasiadis South Melbourne Ahmed Bahja Al-Nassr Nicky Butt Manchester United Salvador Cabrera Necaxa Talal El Karkouri Raja Casablanca Bouchaib El Moubarki Raja Casablanca Felipe Vasco da Gama Geremi Real Madrid Fernando Hierro Real Madrid Fábio Luciano Corinthians Luizão Corinthians Fernando Morientes Real Madrid Mustapha Moustaoudia Raja Casablanca Odvan Vasco da Gama Ricardinho Corinthians Freddy Rincón Corinthians Moussa Saïb Al-Nassr Sávio Real Madrid Dwight Yorke Manchester United
1 own goal Fahad Al-Bishi (Al-Nassr, against Raja Casablanca)
Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
Adidas Golden BallAdidas Silver BallAdidas Bronze Ball Edílson(Corinthians) Edmundo(Vasco da Gama) Romário(Vasco da Gama)Adidas Golden ShoeAdidas Bronze Shoe Nicolas Anelka (Real Madrid) Romário (Vasco da Gama) Agustín Delgado (Necaxa) Edílson (Corinthians) Edmundo (Vasco da Gama)3 goals, 0 assists2 goals, 1 assistFIFA Fair Play Award Al-Nassr
Additionally, FIFA named an all-star team consisting of eleven starters and seven substitutes.
+ FIFA All-Star Team Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards Dida (Corinthians) Substitutes Helton (Vasco da Gama) José Milián (Necaxa)
Aftermath and legacy Following the inaugural Club World Cup, FIFA pledged further editions of the tournament. The first of these was slated for Spain in 2001, with an expected 12 participants. By March of that year, group draws had even taken place. However, the second edition of the tournament was called off due to a range of factors involving partners and sponsorships, with the collapse of International Sport and Leisure, FIFA's marketing partner at the time, being the most significant. The event was then rescheduled for 2003, but it didn't come to fruition either. It wasn't until 2004 that FIFA was able to officially announce the second edition of the tournament.
From the 2005 edition onwards, the competition has been held continuously but under a new format, featuring single-elimination tournament instead of a group stage plus final, and with a shorter duration, addressing scheduling concerns for national federations and continental confederations. While the two subsequent editions, 2005 and 2006, included only the six continental champions, from the 2007 edition onwards, the number of participants increased to seven – the seventh spot was typically reserved for the national champion of the host country. However, to prevent the recurrence of two clubs from the same country, as happened in 2000, FIFA introduced a mechanism: if the continental champion hailed from the host country, the national champion of that country would forfeit its spot, which would then go to the highest-ranked team from another country in the continental competition.
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References
External links FIFA Club World Championship Brazil 2000, FIFA.com FIFA Technical Report FIFA Statistics Tournament details at the Rec.Sports.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF)