2000 FIFA Club World Championship

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.[2] The draw was made at the Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro on 14 October 1999.[3] All matches were played in either Rio de Janeiro's Estádio do Maracanã or São Paulo's Estádio do Morumbi.

2000 FIFA Club World Championship
Campeonato Mundial de Clubes da FIFA
Brasil 2000
Poster depicting a multicolored ball in a blue background. The lower half contains writing in a heavily stylised font: "FIFA Club World Championship 2000 Brazil".
2000 FIFA Club World Championship
official logo[1]
Tournament details
Host countryBrazil
Dates5–14 January
Teams8 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsBrazil Corinthians (1st title)
Runners-upBrazil Vasco da Gama
Third placeMexico Necaxa
Fourth placeSpain Real Madrid
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored43 (3.07 per match)
Attendance514,000 (36,714 per match)
Top scorer(s)Romário (Vasco da Gama)
Nicolas Anelka (Real Madrid)
3 goals each
Best player(s)Edílson (Corinthians)
Best goalkeeperDida (Corinthians)
Fair play awardSaudi Arabia Al-Nassr

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.[4] 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.[5]

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.[6] On 7 June 1999, the FIFA Emergency Committee appointed Brazil as hosts of the competition during their meeting in Cairo, Egypt.[7]

Qualified teams
Location of teams of the 2000 FIFA Club World Cup

The clubs that played in the tournament were:

Team Confederation Qualification
Brazil Corinthians CONMEBOL (host) Winners of the 1998 Campeonato Brasileiro
Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr AFC Winners of the 1998 Asian Super Cup
England Manchester United UEFA Winners of the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League
Mexico Necaxa CONCACAF Winners of the 1999 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Morocco Raja Casablanca CAF Winners of the 1999 CAF Champions League
Spain Real Madrid UEFA Winners of the 1998 Intercontinental Cup
Australia South Melbourne OFC Winners of the 1999 Oceania Club Championship
Brazil Vasco da Gama CONMEBOL Winners of the 1998 Copa Libertadores

Venues
São Paulo
Rio de Janeiro
Morumbi Maracanã
23°36′0″S 46°43′12″W 22°54′42″S 43°13′49″W
Capacity: 80,000 Capacity: 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.[8]

Confederation Referee(s) Assistant(s)
AFC Kuwait Saad Mane Kazakhstan Sergei Ufimtsev
CAF Senegal Falla N'Doye Uganda Ali Tomusangue
CONCACAF Costa Rica William Mattus Trinidad and Tobago Haseeb Mohammed
CONMEBOL Argentina Horacio Elizondo
Colombia Óscar Ruiz		 Paraguay Miguel Giacomuzzi
Uruguay Fernando Cresci
OFC New Zealand Derek Rugg Samoa Lavetala Siuamoa
UEFA Italy Stefano Braschi
Netherlands Dick Jol		 Denmark Jens Larsen
Poland 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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Brazil Corinthians (H) 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7 Advance to final
2 Spain Real Madrid 3 2 1 0 8 5 +3 7 Advance to match for third place
3 Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr 3 1 0 2 5 8 −3 3
4 Morocco Raja Casablanca 3 0 0 3 5 9 −4 0
Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts
Real Madrid Spain3–1Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
Anelka 21'
Raúl 61'
Sávio 69' (pen.)		 Report Al-Bishi 45+1' (pen.)
Attendance: 12,000
Corinthians Brazil2–0Morocco Raja Casablanca
Luizão 50'
Fábio Luciano 64'		 Report
Attendance: 23,000
Real Madrid Spain2–2Brazil Corinthians
Anelka 19', 71' Report Edílson 28', 64'
Attendance: 55,000
Raja Casablanca Morocco3–4Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
Al-Bishi 25' (o.g.)[lower-alpha 1]
El Moubarki 67'
El Karkouri 73'		 Report Al-Amin 4'
Bahja 49'
Al-Bishi 51'
Saïb 86'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Derek Rugg (New Zealand)
Real Madrid Spain3–2Morocco Raja Casablanca
Hierro 49'
Morientes 53'
Geremi 88'		 Report Achami 28'
Moustaoudia 59'
Attendance: 18,000
Al-Nassr Saudi Arabia0–2Brazil Corinthians
Report Ricardinho 24'
Rincón 81'
Attendance: 31,000

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Brazil Vasco da Gama 3 3 0 0 7 2 +5 9 Advance to final
2 Mexico Necaxa 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4 Advance to match for third place
3 England Manchester United 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
4 Australia South Melbourne 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
Source: FIFA
Manchester United England1–1Mexico Necaxa
Yorke 81' Report Montecinos 14'
Attendance: 50,000
Vasco da Gama Brazil2–0Australia South Melbourne
Felipe 53'
Edmundo 86'		 Report
Attendance: 66,000
Manchester United England1–3Brazil Vasco da Gama
Butt 81' Report Romário 24', 26'
Edmundo 43'
Attendance: 73,000
Referee: Saad Mane (Kuwait)
South Melbourne Australia1–3Mexico Necaxa
Anastasiadis 45+2' Report Montecinos 19' (pen.)
Delgado 29'
Cabrera 79' (pen.)
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Falla Ndoye (Senegal)
Manchester United England2–0Australia South Melbourne
Fortune 8', 20' Report
Attendance: 25,000
Necaxa Mexico1–2Brazil Vasco da Gama
Aguinaga 5' Report Odvan 14'
Romário 69'
Attendance: 45,000

Knockout stage

Match for third place
Real Madrid Spain1–1 (a.e.t.)Mexico Necaxa
Raúl 15' Report Delgado 58'
Penalties
Eto'o soccer ball with check mark
Helguera soccer ball with check mark
McManaman soccer ball with red X
Morientes soccer ball with check mark
Dorado soccer ball with red X		 3–4 soccer ball with check mark Vázquez
soccer ball with red X Cabrera
soccer ball with check mark Pérez
soccer ball with check mark Aguinaga
soccer ball with check mark Delgado
Attendance: 35,000

Final
Main article: 2000 FIFA Club World Championship Final
Corinthians Brazil0–0 (a.e.t.)Brazil Vasco da Gama
Report
Penalties
Rincón soccer ball with check mark
Fernando Baiano soccer ball with check mark
Luizão soccer ball with check mark
Edu soccer ball with check mark
Marcelinho soccer ball with red X		 4–3 soccer ball with check mark Romário
soccer ball with check mark Alex Oliveira
soccer ball with red X Gilberto
soccer ball with check mark Viola
soccer ball with red X Edmundo
Attendance: 73,000

Goalscorers
Rank Player Team Goals
1 France Nicolas Anelka Spain Real Madrid 3
Brazil Romário Brazil Vasco da Gama
3 Saudi Arabia Fahad Al-Bishi Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr 2
Ecuador Agustín Delgado Mexico Necaxa
Brazil Edílson Brazil Corinthians
Brazil Edmundo Brazil Vasco da Gama
South Africa Quinton Fortune England Manchester United
Chile Cristian Montecinos Mexico Necaxa
Spain Raúl Spain Real Madrid
10 Morocco Youssef Achami Morocco Raja Casablanca 1
Ecuador Álex Aguinaga Mexico Necaxa
Saudi Arabia Fuad Amin Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
Australia John Anastasiadis Australia South Melbourne
Morocco Ahmed Bahja Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
England Nicky Butt England Manchester United
Mexico Salvador Cabrera Mexico Necaxa
Morocco Talal El Karkouri Morocco Raja Casablanca
Morocco Bouchaib El Moubarki Morocco Raja Casablanca
Brazil Felipe Brazil Vasco da Gama
Cameroon Geremi Spain Real Madrid
Spain Fernando Hierro Spain Real Madrid
Brazil Fábio Luciano Brazil Corinthians
Brazil Luizão Brazil Corinthians
Spain Fernando Morientes Spain Real Madrid
Morocco Mustapha Moustaoudia Morocco Raja Casablanca
Brazil Odvan Brazil Vasco da Gama
Brazil Ricardinho Brazil Corinthians
Colombia Freddy Rincón Brazil Corinthians
Algeria Moussa Saïb Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
Brazil Sávio Spain Real Madrid
Trinidad and Tobago Dwight Yorke England Manchester United

1 own goal

Awards
See also: FIFA Club World Cup awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[11]

Adidas Golden Ball Adidas Silver Ball Adidas Bronze Ball
Brazil Edílson
(Corinthians)		 Brazil Edmundo
(Vasco da Gama)		 Brazil Romário
(Vasco da Gama)
Adidas Golden Shoe Adidas Bronze Shoe
France Nicolas Anelka (Real Madrid)
Brazil Romário (Vasco da Gama)		 Ecuador Agustín Delgado (Necaxa)
Brazil Edílson (Corinthians)
Brazil Edmundo (Vasco da Gama)
3 goals, 0 assists 2 goals, 1 assist
FIFA Fair Play Award
Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr

Additionally, FIFA named an all-star team consisting of eleven starters and seven substitutes.[11]

FIFA All-Star Team
Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Brazil Dida (Corinthians)
Substitutes
Brazil Helton (Vasco da Gama) Mexico José Milián (Necaxa)

Notes
  1. Some sources credit Raja Casablanca's first goal to Omar Nejjary.[9][10] However, the FIFA Technical Study Group awarded it as an own goal,[11] as Nejjary's free kick deflected off Al-Nassr's Fahad Al-Bishi.[12][13][14] Some sources mistakenly credit the own goal to Mahdi Al-Dosari (who was not on the pitch) or Mohaisen Al-Jam'an.[15][16]

References
  1. Programa Oficial- Official Program
  2. "Brasil recebe o primeiro mundial de clubes". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 8 June 1999. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
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  4. "Corinthians crowned world champions". BBC Sport. 15 January 2000. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  5. "28 million dollars in prize money on offer". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 3 January 2000. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  6. Bose, Mihir (17 July 1999). "England spurned chance to host key world event". Sport. The Daily Telegraph. No. 44, 815. p. S1. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  7. Rangel, Sérgio (8 June 1999). "Brasil recebe o 1º Mundial de clubes" [Brazil hosts the 1st Club World Cup]. Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  8. "Officials" (PDF). FIFA. p. 33. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  9. "Dida saves Corinthians' draw with Real". ESPN. Reuters. 11 January 2000. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  10. "Al Nassr vence Raja Casablanca pelo Mundial" [Al Nassr defeats Raja Casablanca at the World Cup]. Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). 8 January 2000. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  11. "Statistics: FIFA Club World Championship Brazil 2000" (PDF). FIFA. 2000. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 October 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  12. "Casablanca crash out to late winner". The Guardian. 8 January 2000. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  13. "Football: Super Saib stoops to conquer". Belfast Telegraph. January 2000. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  14. Arbilla, Mauricio (8 January 2000). "Thrilling draw causes Group A deadlock". Independent Online. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  15. "FIFA Club World Championship Brazil 2000: Raja Casablanca – Al Nassr FC". FIFA. Archived from the original on 27 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  16. "Club World Cup 2000 » Group A » Raja Casablanca – Al Nassr 3:4". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
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