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2001 FIFA Club World Championship

Summary

The 2001 FIFA Club World Championship was a football tournament arranged by FIFA to take place in Spain from 28 July to 12 August 2001.[1] It was supposed to be the second edition of the FIFA Club World Championship, after the first edition in 2000, but was cancelled owing to a combination of factors such as the collapse of FIFA's marketing partner ISL.[2][3][4] FIFA had originally planned to postpone the tournament until 2003.[5]

2001 FIFA Club World Championship
Campeonato Mundial de Clubes de la FIFA España 2001
2001 FIFA Club World Championship
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Tournament details
Host countrySpain
Dates28 July – 12 August (cancelled)
Teams12 (from 6 confederations)
← 2000
2005 →

Host bids edit

The FIFA Executive Committee appointed Spain as tournament hosts on 3 August 2000 during their meeting in Zürich, Switzerland.[6][7]

Qualified teams edit

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Location of the teams intending to participate in the 2001 FIFA Club World Championship

The clubs invited to the 2001 tournament were:[8]

Team Confederation Qualification Participation[note 1]
  Deportivo La Coruña UEFA (host) Winner of the 1999–2000 La Liga 1st
  Real Madrid UEFA Winner of the 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League 2nd (Previous: 2000)
  Galatasaray UEFA Winner of the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup 1st
  Boca Juniors CONMEBOL Winner of the 2000 Copa Libertadores 1st
  Palmeiras CONMEBOL Winner of the 1999 Copa Libertadores 1st
  Los Angeles Galaxy CONCACAF Winner of the 2000 CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1st
  Olimpia CONCACAF Runner-up of the 2000 CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1st
  Hearts of Oak CAF Winner of the 2000 CAF Champions League 1st
  Zamalek CAF Winner of the 2000 African Cup Winners' Cup 1st
  Al-Hilal AFC Winner of the 2000 Asian Super Cup 1st
  Júbilo Iwata AFC Winner of the 1999 Asian Super Cup 1st
  Wollongong Wolves OFC Winner of the 2001 Oceania Club Championship 1st

Notes

  1. ^ Participation number if the tournament would have been played

Venues edit

Matches were to be played in Madrid, A Coruña and Santiago de Compostela.[citation needed]

Madrid
Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Estadio Vicente Calderón
Capacity: 85,000 Capacity: 54,907
   
A Coruña Santiago de Compostela
Estadio Riazor Estadio Multiusos de San Lazaro
Capacity: 32,660 Capacity: 12,000
   

Format edit

Due to the expansion of the tournament to 12 teams, the group stage saw the teams divided into three groups of four. The top team in each group and the best second-placed team qualified for the semi-finals.[1]

Group stage edit

The group stage draw was held on 6 March 2001 at the Congress Centre in A Coruña;[9] however, on 18 May 2001, FIFA confirmed that the tournament had been cancelled. They made plans to hold an expanded, 16-team tournament in 2003, again in Spain, but it was ultimately not until 2005 in Japan that the tournament was finally resurrected.[10]

Group A edit

Boca Juniors  Cancelled  Deportivo La Coruña
Wollongong Wolves  Cancelled  Zamalek
Deportivo La Coruña  Cancelled  Wollongong Wolves
Zamalek  Cancelled  Boca Juniors
Deportivo La Coruña  Cancelled  Zamalek

Group B edit

Palmeiras  Cancelled  Olimpia
Galatasaray  Cancelled  Al-Hilal
Olimpia  Cancelled  Galatasaray
Al-Hilal  Cancelled  Palmeiras
Palmeiras  Cancelled  Galatasaray
Olimpia  Cancelled  Al-Hilal

Group C edit

Real Madrid  Cancelled  Júbilo Iwata
Hearts of Oak  Cancelled  Los Angeles Galaxy
Júbilo Iwata  Cancelled  Hearts of Oak
Los Angeles Galaxy  Cancelled  Real Madrid
Real Madrid  Cancelled  Hearts of Oak
Júbilo Iwata  Cancelled  Los Angeles Galaxy

Knockout stage edit

Semi-finals edit

Winner of Group ACancelledWinner of Group B
Winner of Group CCancelledBest 2nd place

Match for third place edit

Loser of Match 19CancelledLoser of Match 20

Final edit

Winner of Match 19CancelledWinner of Match 20

References edit

  1. ^ a b "FIFA Club World Championship Spain 2001: Match Schedule" (PDF). FIFA. 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2001. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  2. ^ "World Club Championship axed". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 18 May 2001. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  3. ^ "World Club Championship might grow". USA Today. 10 August 2001. Archived from the original on 22 February 2008. Retrieved 19 January 2007.
  4. ^ Jones, Grahame L. (19 May 2001). "Galaxy's World Is Rocked". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  5. ^ "FIFA decides to postpone 2001 Club World Championship to 2003". FIFA. 18 May 2001. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Fifa agrees World Cup rotation". BBC Sport. 3 August 2000. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Arbitration CAS 2014/A/3776 Gibraltar Football Association (GFA) v. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), award of 27 April 2016" (PDF). Court of Arbitration for Sport. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  8. ^ "Global rights to FIFA's Club World Championship awarded to Brazilian sports marketing agency". PR Newswire. 26 February 2001. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  9. ^ "Spain 2001: results of the draw". FIFA. 6 March 2001. Archived from the original on 20 May 2007. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  10. ^ "Remembering the ill-fated Club World Cup of 2001". The Football Times. 8 November 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2023.

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