2001 FIFA Club World Championship

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)

Host bids

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

Qualified teams
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]
Spain Deportivo La Coruña UEFA (host) Winner of the 1999–2000 La Liga 1st
Spain Real Madrid UEFA Winner of the 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League 2nd (Previous: 2000)
Turkey Galatasaray UEFA Winner of the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup 1st
Argentina Boca Juniors CONMEBOL Winner of the 2000 Copa Libertadores 1st
Brazil Palmeiras CONMEBOL Winner of the 1999 Copa Libertadores 1st
United States Los Angeles Galaxy CONCACAF Winner of the 2000 CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1st
Honduras Olimpia CONCACAF Runner-up of the 2000 CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1st
Ghana Hearts of Oak CAF Winner of the 2000 CAF Champions League 1st
Egypt Zamalek CAF Winner of the 2000 African Cup Winners' Cup 1st
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal AFC Winner of the 2000 Asian Super Cup 1st
Japan Júbilo Iwata AFC Winner of the 1999 Asian Super Cup 1st
Australia Wollongong Wolves OFC Winner of the 2001 Oceania Club Championship 1st

Notes

  1. Participation number if the tournament would have been played

Venues

Matches were to be played in Madrid, A Coruña and Santiago de Compostela.

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

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

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
Boca Juniors ArgentinaCancelledSpain Deportivo La Coruña
Wollongong Wolves AustraliaCancelledEgypt Zamalek
Deportivo La Coruña SpainCancelledAustralia Wollongong Wolves
Zamalek EgyptCancelledArgentina Boca Juniors
Deportivo La Coruña SpainCancelledEgypt Zamalek

Group B
Palmeiras BrazilCancelledHonduras Olimpia
Galatasaray TurkeyCancelledSaudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Olimpia HondurasCancelledTurkey Galatasaray
Al-Hilal Saudi ArabiaCancelledBrazil Palmeiras
Palmeiras BrazilCancelledTurkey Galatasaray
Olimpia HondurasCancelledSaudi Arabia Al-Hilal

Group C
Real Madrid SpainCancelledJapan Júbilo Iwata
Hearts of Oak GhanaCancelledUnited States Los Angeles Galaxy
Júbilo Iwata JapanCancelledGhana Hearts of Oak
Los Angeles Galaxy United StatesCancelledSpain Real Madrid
Real Madrid SpainCancelledGhana Hearts of Oak
Júbilo Iwata JapanCancelledUnited States Los Angeles Galaxy

Knockout stage

Semi-finals
Winner of Group ACancelledWinner of Group B
Winner of Group CCancelledBest 2nd place

Match for third place
Loser of Match 19CancelledLoser of Match 20

Final
Winner of Match 19CancelledWinner of Match 20

References
  1. "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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