[19] On October 8th 1958, the Brazilian FA President João Havelange announced, at a UEFA meeting he attended as an invitee, the decision to create the Copa Libertadores and the Intercontinental Cup, the latter being a UEFA/CONMEBOL-endorsed "best club of the world" contest between the champion clubs of both confederations. [8] The idea that FIFA should organise international club competitions dates from the beginning of the 1950s. When it was rescheduled, the competition had eight new participants from the continental champions of 1999: Brazilian clubs Corinthians and Vasco da Gama, English side Manchester United, Mexican club Necaxa, Moroccan club Raja Casablanca, Spanish side Real Madrid, Saudi club Al-Nassr, and Australian club South Melbourne. [6] The Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy was held in Italy in 1909 and 1911, and contested by English, Italian, German and Swiss clubs.
[163], The maiden edition of this competition was separated into two rounds. 2008 Brésil - 11 Janvier 2000 - 14 Janvier 2000, © Copyright Info Média Conseil 2007-2020 - Tous droits réservés, Championnat D1 Féminin - Ligue Butagaz Énergie, https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coupe_du_monde_des_clubs_de_la_FIFA, © Info Média Conseil : 419 Rue Lemelin, St-François QC G0A3S0, Canada. With the Asian and North American club competitions in place in 1967, FIFA opened the idea of supervising the Intercontinental Cup if it included those confederations, with Stanley Rous saying that CONCACAF and the Asian Football Confederation had requested in 1967 participation of their champions in the Intercontinental Cup; the proposal was met with a negative response from UEFA and CONMEBOL. A Gaku Shibasaki inspired Kashima attempted to win their first FIFA Club World Cup (a feat never done by any club outside of Europe and South America), but were denied by Real Madrid, who won 4-2 in extra time, thanks to a hat-trick by Cristiano Ronaldo. Real Madrid also have the record of most wins (8) without losses, and for most goals scored in the competition (32). The current format of the tournament involves seven teams competing for the title at venues within the host nation over a period of about two weeks; the winners of that year's AFC Champions League (Asia), CAF Champions League (Africa), CONCACAF Champions League (North America), Copa Libertadores (South America), OFC Champions League (Oceania) and UEFA Champions League (Europe), along with the host nation's national champions, participate in a straight knock-out tournament. The current world champions are England's Liverpool, who defeated Brazil's Flamengo 1–0 after extra time in the final of the 2019 event. [113][114] 2017 involved the likes of Real Madrid becoming the first team in Club World Cup history to return to the tournament to defend their title. [14], —Jock Stein, Celtic Football Club's manager, 1965–1978, commenting before the play-off match of the 1967 Intercontinental Cup known as The Battle of Montevideo; Evening Times, 3 November 1967. [101] In 2011, Barcelona comfortably won their semi-final match 4–0 against Qatari club Al Sadd. The trophy itself is gold plated. 2012 [180] Auckland City has played the most games (15), over nine different tournaments. [7] English amateur team West Auckland won on both occasions. [87][88], United Arab Emirates applied, with success, for the right to host the FIFA Club World Cup in 2009 and 2010. Atlético Nacional won 4–3 on penalties. [35] The same newspaper tried once again in 1975 to create a Club World Cup, in which participants would have been the four semi-finalists of the European Cup, both finalists of the Copa Libertadores, as well as the African and Asian champions; once more, the proposal was to no avail. The winner of the Club World Cup receives the FIFA Club World Cup trophy and a FIFA World Champions certificate. In 2005, the Intercontinental Cup was merged with the FIFA Club World Championship, and in 2006, the tournament was renamed as the FIFA Club World Cup. 2009 The other had the letters "FIFA" inscribed on it. [48] In 1983, the English Football Association tried organising a Club World Cup to be played in 1985 and sponsored by West Nally, only to be denied by UEFA.
[163], The maiden edition of this competition was separated into two rounds. 2008 Brésil - 11 Janvier 2000 - 14 Janvier 2000, © Copyright Info Média Conseil 2007-2020 - Tous droits réservés, Championnat D1 Féminin - Ligue Butagaz Énergie, https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coupe_du_monde_des_clubs_de_la_FIFA, © Info Média Conseil : 419 Rue Lemelin, St-François QC G0A3S0, Canada. With the Asian and North American club competitions in place in 1967, FIFA opened the idea of supervising the Intercontinental Cup if it included those confederations, with Stanley Rous saying that CONCACAF and the Asian Football Confederation had requested in 1967 participation of their champions in the Intercontinental Cup; the proposal was met with a negative response from UEFA and CONMEBOL. A Gaku Shibasaki inspired Kashima attempted to win their first FIFA Club World Cup (a feat never done by any club outside of Europe and South America), but were denied by Real Madrid, who won 4-2 in extra time, thanks to a hat-trick by Cristiano Ronaldo. Real Madrid also have the record of most wins (8) without losses, and for most goals scored in the competition (32). The current format of the tournament involves seven teams competing for the title at venues within the host nation over a period of about two weeks; the winners of that year's AFC Champions League (Asia), CAF Champions League (Africa), CONCACAF Champions League (North America), Copa Libertadores (South America), OFC Champions League (Oceania) and UEFA Champions League (Europe), along with the host nation's national champions, participate in a straight knock-out tournament. The current world champions are England's Liverpool, who defeated Brazil's Flamengo 1–0 after extra time in the final of the 2019 event. [113][114] 2017 involved the likes of Real Madrid becoming the first team in Club World Cup history to return to the tournament to defend their title. [14], —Jock Stein, Celtic Football Club's manager, 1965–1978, commenting before the play-off match of the 1967 Intercontinental Cup known as The Battle of Montevideo; Evening Times, 3 November 1967. [101] In 2011, Barcelona comfortably won their semi-final match 4–0 against Qatari club Al Sadd. The trophy itself is gold plated. 2012 [180] Auckland City has played the most games (15), over nine different tournaments. [7] English amateur team West Auckland won on both occasions. [87][88], United Arab Emirates applied, with success, for the right to host the FIFA Club World Cup in 2009 and 2010. Atlético Nacional won 4–3 on penalties. [35] The same newspaper tried once again in 1975 to create a Club World Cup, in which participants would have been the four semi-finalists of the European Cup, both finalists of the Copa Libertadores, as well as the African and Asian champions; once more, the proposal was to no avail. The winner of the Club World Cup receives the FIFA Club World Cup trophy and a FIFA World Champions certificate. In 2005, the Intercontinental Cup was merged with the FIFA Club World Championship, and in 2006, the tournament was renamed as the FIFA Club World Cup. 2009 The other had the letters "FIFA" inscribed on it. [48] In 1983, the English Football Association tried organising a Club World Cup to be played in 1985 and sponsored by West Nally, only to be denied by UEFA.