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FIFA Club World Cup

A gold and silver trophy with the phrase "FIFA Club World Championship Toyota Cup" visible at the pedestal.The current FIFA Club World Cup Trophy
Founded	2000 (2006 in its current format)
Number of teams	7
Current champions	Corinthians (2nd title)
Most successful club(s)	Barcelona Corinthians (2 titles each)
Television broadcasters	List of broadcasters
Website	Club World Cup
2013 FIFA Club World Cup

The FIFA Club World Cup, commonly referred to as the Club World Cup, is an international association football competition organised by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship was first contested as the FIFA Club World Championship in 2000. It was not held between 2001 and 2004 due to a combination of factors, most importantly the collapse of FIFA's marketing partner International Sport and Leisure. Since 2005, the competition has been held every year, hosted so far by Japan and the United Arab Emirates. Morocco is due to host the 2013 and 2014 editions. The reigning champions of the competition are Brazilian club Corinthians after defeating English side Chelsea 1–0 at the 2012 final.

The first FIFA Club World Championship took place in Brazil in January 2000. It ran in parallel with the Toyota Cup, a friendly competition first disputed in 1960 by the winners of the European Cup and the Copa Libertadores. It was also commonly referred to as the Intercontinental Cup. Previously called the European/South American Cup, the competition has been officially known as the Toyota Cup since the 1980 season, following a change in format which saw Toyota become the main sponsor of the competition until it was discontinued in 2004. In 2005, the FIFA Club World Championship absorbed the Toyota Cup and the competition's pilot edition and in 2006 took its current name.

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 edition of the Asian AFC Champions League, African CAF Champions League, North American CONCACAF Champions League, South American Copa Libertadores, Oceanian OFC Champions League and European UEFA Champions League, along with the host nation's national champions, participate in a straight knock-out tournament. The host nation's national champions dispute a play-off against the Oceania champions in which the winner joins the champions of Asia, Africa and North America at the quarterfinals. The quarterfinal winners would go on to face the European and South American champions, who enter at the semifinal stage, for a place in the final.

The nine FIFA Club World Cup tournaments have been won by seven different club teams. Corinthians and Spanish outfit Barcelona have won a record two titles. The other Club World Cup winners are Brazilian sides São Paulo and Internacional, Italian clubs A.C. Milan and Internazionale, as well as English club Manchester United, with one victory each in the competition. Brazil has been the most successful national league with four titles while Barcelona have the record of most final appearances with three.

History

Genesis

According to FIFA, the first attempt at creating a global club football tournament was in 1909, 21 years before the first FIFA World Cup. The Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy was held in Italy in 1909 and 1911 and played by English, Italian, German and Swiss clubs. It was won by English amateur site West Auckland on both occasions. The idea that FIFA should organize international club competitions dates from the beginning of the 1950s. In 1951, FIFA President Jules Rimet was asked about FIFA's involvement of the Copa Rio, stating that it was not under FIFA's jurisdiction since it was organized and sponsored by the Confederação Brasileira de Futebol or CBF (Brazilian Football Confederation). The competition was succeeded by another tournament, named Torneio Octogonal Rivadavia Corrêa Meyer, which was won by Vasco da Gama. This tournament had five Brazilian sides, and three foreign clubs, thus, losing half of its intercontinental aspect. In December 2007, FIFA turned down Palmeiras' request to recognize the tournament as a Club World Cup since the participants were limited to two continents.

Although the tournament was discontinued, the competition was highly regarded. FIFA boardmembers Stanley Rous and Ottorino Barassi participated personally, without using their status as FIFA members, in the organization of the competition in 1951. Rous' role was attributed to the negotiations with European clubs, whereas Barassi helped form the framework of the competition. Commenting on Juventus' acceptance to participate in the tournament, the Italian press stated that "an Italian club could not be missing in such an important and worldwide-reaching event".

Because of the difficulty the CBF found in bringing European clubs to the competition, newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo suggested that there should be FIFA involvement in the programming of international club competitions saying that "ideally, international tournaments, here or abroad, should be played at times set by FIFA". However, no response was received. The Pequeña Copa del Mundo was a tournament held in Venezuela between 1952 and 1957, with a two short revivals in 1963 and in 1965. It was usually played by eight participants, half from Europe and half from South America. After the late 1950s, the tournament rapidly lost status as the pedigree of its participants decreased. This competition, along with the creation of the European Cup and the Copa Libertadores, created the groundwork of the eventual Intercontinental Cup.

Obstacles to the creation of the Club World Cup

We want to win the title, not so much for ourselves but to prevent Racing from being champions.

The Dutch team claimed a victory without any problems and this match was no more difficult than a banal encounter at the European Cup.

The indifference of the fans is the only explanation for our financial failure . It would be much better if we had gotten a friendly similar to the one we would do in Tel Aviv, on January 11, for US$255,000.

The Tournoi de Paris is a competition initially meant to bring together the top teams from Europe and South America to determine a de facto "best club in the world"; it was first disputed in 1957 when Vasco da Gama, the Rio de Janeiro champions, beat host club Racing Paris in the semifinals and beat two-time European champions Real Madrid 4–3 in the final at the Parc de Princes, the ground of Real Madrid's inaugural triumph in the European Cup. The victory was lauded in Europe and South America as it was Real Madrid's first international competition as European champions that they did not manage to win. Afterwards, Real Madrid secluded themselves from the competition and argued that it should be seen as a friendly tournament from then on. Real Madrid recovered from this defeat to win the first Intercontinental Cup.

The Spaniards titled themselves world champions until FIFA stepped in and objected citing that the competition did not include any other champions from the other confederations; FIFA stated that they can only claim to be intercontinental champions of a competition played between two organizations in which no one else had the opportunity to participate. FIFA stated that they would prohibit the 1961 edition to be played out unless the organizers regarded the competition as a friendly or a private match between two organizations. That same year the Intercontinental Cup was first played, FIFA authorized the International Soccer League to be contested with ratification from Sir Stanley Rous, who had become the FIFA President at this point. Although FIFA hoped to eventually transform the International Soccer League into a Club World Cup, the Intercontinental Cup had attracted the interest of other continents. The North and Central America confederation, CONCACAF, was created in 1961 in order to organize its intentions of allowing its clubs to participate in the Copa Libertadores and, by extension, the Intercontinental Cup. However, their entry into both competitions was rejected. Subsequently, the CONCACAF Champions' Cup begun in 1962. FIFA was asked to make the Intercontinental Cup official in 1963 by CONMEBOL and UEFA; however, FIFA gave the same response as in 1960 and stated that they would only recognize the competition if the Asian and African champions were included.

Due to the brutality of the Argentine clubs at the Intercontinental Cup, FIFA was asked several times during the late 1960s to assess penalties and regulate the tournament. However, FIFA refused each request. The first of these requests was made in 1967, after a playoff match labeled The Battle of Montevideo. The Scottish Football Association, via President Willie Allan, wanted FIFA to recognize the competition in order to enforce football regulation; FIFA responded that it could not regulate a competition it did not organize. Allan's crusade also suffered after CONMEBOL, with the backing of its President Teofilo Salinas and the Asociación del Fútbol Argentino or AFA, refused to allow FIFA to have any hand in the competition stating:

The CSF is the entity in charge of controlling, in South America, the organization of the tournament between the champions of Europe and America, a competition FIFA considers a friendly. We do not think it's appropriate that FIFA has to meddle in the matter.

René Courte, FIFA's General Sub-Secretary, wrote an article shortly afterwards stating that FIFA viewed the competition as an "European-South American friendly match". This was confirmed by Sir Stanley Rous. With the Asian and North American club competitions in place, FIFA opened the idea of supervising the competition if it included those confederations; the proposal was met with a negative response from UEFA and CONMEBOL. The 1968 and 1969 Intercontinental Cup finished in similar fashion, with Manchester United manager Matt Busby insisting that "the Argentineans should be banned from all competitive football. FIFA should really step in".

In 1973, French newspaper L'Equipe, who helped bring about the birth of the European Cup, volunteered to sponsor a Club World Cup contested by the champions of Europe, South America, North America and Africa, the only continental club tournaments in existence at the time; the competition was to potentially take place in Paris between September and October 1974 with an eventual final to be held at the Parc des Princes. The extreme negativity of the Europeans prevented this from happening. L'Equipe tried once again in 1975 to create a Club World Cup which participants would have been: the four semifinalists of the European Cup, both finalists of the Copa Libertadores, as well as the African and Asian champions. However, UEFA, via its President Artemio Franchi, declined once again and the proposal failed.

With the Intercontinental Cup in danger of being dissolved, West Nally, a British marketing company, was hired by UEFA and CONMEBOL to find a viable solution in 1980; Toyota Motor Corporation, via West Nally, took the competition under its wing and redesigned it into the Toyota Cup, a one-match final played in Japan. Toyota invested over US$700,000 in the 1980 edition to take place in Tokyo's National Olympic Stadium (国立霞ヶ丘陸上競技場), with over US$200,000 awarded to each participant. The Toyota Cup, with its new format, was received with skepticism as the sport was unfamiliar in the Far East. However, it was a welcomed financial incentive as European and South American clubs were suffering financial difficulties. To protect themselves against the possibility of European withdrawals, Toyota, UEFA and every European Cup participant signed annual contracts requiring the eventual winners of the European Cup to participate at the Toyota Cup, as a condition UEFA stipulated to the clubs' participation in the European Cup, or risk facing an international lawsuit from UEFA and Toyota. In 1983, the English Football Association tried organizing a Club World Cup to be played in 1985 abd sponsored by West Nally, only to be denied by UEFA.

The Interamerican Cup and the Afro-Asian Club Championship were tournaments created to allow those regions their own Club competitions, in large part due to the refusal of UEFA and CONMEBOL to allow CONCACAF, AFC and CAF clubs to compete in the Intercontinental Cup.

Birth of the FIFA Club World Cup

Manchester United see this as an opportunity to compete for the ultimate honour of being the very first world club champions.

The framework of the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship was laid years in advance. According to Sepp Blatter, the idea of the tournament was presented to the Executive Committee in December 1993 in Las Vegas, United States by Silvio Berlusconi, AC Milan's president. Since every confederation had, by then, a stable, continental championship, FIFA felt it was prudent and relevant to have a Club World Championship tournament. Initially there were nine candidates to host the competition: China, Brazil, Mexico, Paraguay, Saudi Arabia, Tahiti, Turkey, United States, and Uruguay; of the nine, only Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Brazil and Uruguay confirmed their interest to FIFA. On September 3, 1997, FIFA selected Brazil to host the competition, which was initially scheduled to take place in 1999. Manchester United legend Bobby Charlton, a pillar of England's victorious campaign in the 1966 FIFA World Cup, stated that the Club World Championship provided "a fantastic chance of becoming the first genuine world champions." The competition gave away US$28,000,000 in prize money and its TV rights, worth US$40,000,000, were sold to 15 broadcasters across five continents. The final draw of the first Club World Championship was done on October 19, 1999 at the Copacabana Palace Hotel in Rio de Janeiro.

The inaugural competition was planned to be contested in 1999 by the continental club winners of 1998, the Toyota Cup winners and the host nation's national club champions. The tournament was postponed one year. 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. The first goal of the competition was scored by Real Madrid's Nicolas Anelka against Al-Nassr; Real Madrid went on to win the match 3–1. The final was an all-Brazilian affair, as well as the only one which saw one side have home advantage. Vasco da Gama could not take advantage of its local support, being beaten by Corinthians 4–3 on penalties after a 0–0 draw in extra time.

The second edition of the competition was planned for Spain in 2001, and it was supposed to feature 12 clubs. The draw was performed at La Coruña on March 6, 2001. However, it was canceled on May 18, due to a combination of factors, most importantly the collapse of FIFA's marketing partner International Sport and Leisure. The participants of the canceled edition received US$750,000 each in compensation; the Real Federación Española de Fútbol (RFEF) also received US$1,000,000 from FIFA. Another attempt to stage the competition in 2003, in which 17 countries were looking to be the host nation, also failed to happen. FIFA agreed with UEFA, CONMEBOL and Toyota to merge the Toyota Cup and Club World Championship into one event. The final Toyota Cup was in 2004, with a relaunched Club World Championship held in Japan in December 2005.

The 2005 version was shorter than the previous World Championship, reducing the problem of scheduling the tournament around the different club seasons across each continent. It contained just the six reigning continental champions, with the CONMEBOL and UEFA representatives receiving byes to the semi-finals. A new trophy was introduced replacing the Intercontinental trophy, the Toyota trophy and the trophy of 2000. The draw for the 2005 edition of the competition took place in Tokyo on July 30, 2005 at The Westin Tokyo. The 2005 edition saw São Paulo pushed to the limit by Saudi side Al-Ittihad to reach the final. In the final, one goal from Mineiro was enough to dispatch English club Liverpool; Mineiro became the first player to score in a Club World Cup final.

Internacional defeated defending World and South American champions São Paulo in the 2006 Copa Libertadores finals in order to qualify for the 2006 tournament. At the semifinals, Internacional beat Egyptian side Al-Ahly in order to meet Barcelona in the final. One late goal from Adriano Gabiru allowed the trophy to be kept in Brazil once again. It was in 2007 when Brazilian hegemony was finally broken: AC Milan disputed a close match against Japan's Urawa Red Diamonds, who were pushed by over 67,000 fans at Yokohama's International Stadium, and won 1–0 to reach the final. In the final, Milan crushed Boca Juniors 4–2, in a match that saw the first player sent off in a Club World Cup final: Milan's Kakha Kaladze from Georgia at the 77th minute. Eleven minutes later, Boca Junior's Pablo Ledesma would join Kaladze as he too was sent off. The following year, Manchester United would emulate Milan by beating their semifinal opponents, Japan's Gamba Osaka, 5–3. They saw off Ecuadorian club LDU Quito 1-0 to become world champions in 2008.

United Arab Emirates applied, with success, for the right to host the FIFA Club World Cup in 2009 and 2010. Ruing from their defeat three years earlier, Barcelona dethroned World and European champions Manchester United in the 2009 UEFA Champions League final to qualify for the 2009 edition of the Club World Cup. Barcelone beat Mexican club Atlante in the semifinals 3–1 and met Estudiantes in the final. After a very close encounter which saw the need for extra-time, Lionel Messi scored from a header to snatch victory for Barcelona and complete an unprecedented sextuple. The 2010 edition saw the first non-European and non-South American side to reach the final: Congo's Mazembe defeated Brazil's Internacional 2–0 in the semifinal to face Internazionale, who beat South Korean club Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 3–0 to reach that instance. Internazionale would go on to beat Mazembe with the same scoreline to complete their quintuple.

The FIFA Club World Cup returned to Japan for the 2011 and 2012 edition. In 2011, Barcelona would once again show its class after winning their semifinal match 4–0 against Quatari club Al-Sadd. In the final, Barcelona would repeat its performance against Santos; this is, to date, the largest winning margin by any victor of the competition. Messi also became the first player to score in two different Club World Cup finals. The 2012 edition saw Europe's dominance come to an end as Corinthians, boasting over 30,000 traveling fans which was dubbed the "Invasão da Fiel", traveled to Japan to join Barcelona in being two-time winners of the competition. In the semifinals, Al-Ahly managed to keep the scoreline close as Corinthians' Paolo Guerrero scored to send the Timão into their second final. Guerrero would once again come through for Corinthians as the Timão saw off English side Chelsea 1–0 in order to bring the trophy back to Brazil.

Performances

Key to the FIFA Club World Cup performances table

†	Match was won during extra time			‡	Match was won on a penalty shoot-out
	Argentina		Brazil		Costa Rica		DR Congo
	Egypt		Ecuador		England		Mexico
	Italy		Korea Republic		Japan		Qatar
	Saudi Arabia		Spain		Tunisia		United Arab Emirates

Corinthians and Barcelona hold the record for most victories, with each club winning the competition twice. Africa's best representative, to date, is Congolese club Mazembe; they remain the only non-European and non-South American side to play in a Club World Cup final. Mexican clubs Necaxa and Monterrey, as well as Costa Rica's Saprissa, have each earned third place, North America's best results. The bronze medals by Japanese clubs Urawa Red Diamonds, Gamba Osaka, South Korean club Pohang Steelers and Qatari side Al Sadd remains as Asia's best results in the tournament. No Oceanian club has ever reached the semi-finals. Corinthians' inaugural victory remains as the best result from a host nation's national league champions. Teams from Brazil have won the tournament four times, the most for any one nation.

Season	Host		Winners	Score	Runners-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place		Ref
2000	Brazil		Corinthians	0–0‡	Vasco da Gama		Necaxa	1–1‡	Real Madrid
2005	Japan		São Paulo	1–0	Liverpool		Saprissa	3–2	Ittihad
2006	Japan		Internacional	1–0	Barcelona		Al Ahly	2–1	América
2007	Japan		Milan	4–2	Boca Juniors		Urawa Red Diamonds	2–2‡	Étoile du Sahel
2008	Japan		Manchester United	1–0	LDU Quito		Gamba Osaka	1–0	Pachuca
2009	United Arab Emirates		Barcelona	2–1	Estudiantes		Pohang Steelers	1–1‡	Atlante
2010	United Arab Emirates		Internazionale	3–0	Mazembe		Internacional	4–2	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
2011	Japan		Barcelona	4–0	Santos		Al Sadd	0–0‡	Kashiwa Reysol
2012	Japan		Corinthians	1–0	Chelsea		Monterrey	2–0	Al Ahly

Format and rules

As of 2012, most teams qualify to the FIFA Club World by winning their continental competitions, be it the Asian AFC Champions League, African CAF Champions League, North American CONCACAF Champions League, South American Copa Libertadores, Oceanian OFC Champions League or European UEFA Champions League. Aside from these, the host nation's national league champions qualify as well.

The maiden edition of this competition was separated into two rounds. The eight participants were split into two groups of four teams. The winner of each group met in the final while the runners-up played for third place. The competition changed its format during the 2005 relaunch into a single-elimination tournament in which teams play each other in one-off matches, with extra time and penalty shootouts used to decide the winner if necessary. It featured six clubs competing over a two-week period.There were three stages: the quarterfinal round, the semifinal round and the final. The quarterfinal stage pitted the Oceanian Champions League winners, the African Champions League winners, the Asian Champions League winners and the North American Champions League winners against each other. Afterwards, the winners of those games would go on to the semifinals to play the European Champions League winners and South America's Copa Libertadores winners. The victors of each semifinal would play go on to play in the final.

With the introduction of the current format, which now has a fifth place match and a place for the host nation's national league champions, the format slightly changed. There are now four stages: the playoff round, the quarterfinal round, the semifinal round and the final. The first stage pits the host nation's national league champions against the Oceanian Champions League winners. The winner of that stage would go on the quarterfinals to join the African Champions League winners, the AFC Champions League winners and the CONCACAF Champions League winners. The winners of those games would go on to the semifinals to play the UEFA Champions League winners and South America's Copa Libertadores winners. The winners of each semifinal play each other in the final.

Trophy

Just as the women's trophy had a distinct feminine note to it, so this new trophy is more masculine. It is also inspired by a classic sense of geometry and architecture, enduring concepts just like the status of a World Champion.

The trophy used during the inaugural competition was called the FIFA Club World Championship Cup. The original laurel was created by Sawaya & Moroni, an Italian designer company that produces contemporary designs with cultural backgrounds and design concepts. The designing firm is based in Milan. The fully silver-coloured trophy had a weight of 4 kg (8.8 lb) and a height of 37.5 cm (14.8 in). Its base and widest points are 10 cm (3.9 in) long. The trophy had a base of two pedestals which had four rectangular pillars. Two of the four pillars had inscriptions on them; one contained the phrase, "FIFA Club World Championship" imprinted across. The other had the letters "FIFA" inscribed on it. On top, a football based on the 1998 FIFA World Cup ball, the Adidas Tricolore, can be seen. The production costs of the laurel was US$25,000. It was presented for the first time at Sheraton Hotels and Resorts in Rio de Janeiro on January 4, 2000.

The tournament, in its present format, shares its name with the current trophy, also called the FIFA Club World Cup or simply la Copa, which is awarded to the FIFA Club World Cup winner. It was unveiled at Tokyo in July 30, 2005 during the draw of that year's edition of the competition. The laurel was designed in 2005 in Birmingham, United Kingdom at the Thomas Fattorini jewellery shop by English designer Jane Powell, alongside his assistant Dawn Forbesat, at the behest of FIFA. The gold-and-silver-coloured trophy, weighing 5.2 kg (11 lb), has a height of 50 cm (20 in). Its base and widest points are also measured at exactly 20 cm (7.9 in). It is made out of a combination of brass, copper, sterling silver, gilding metal, aluminium, chrome and rhodium. The trophy itself is gold plated.

The design, according to FIFA, shows six staggered pillars, representing the six participating teams from the respective six confederations, and one separate metal structure referencing the winner of the competition. They hold up a globe in the shape of a football – a consistent feature amongst almost all of FIFA's event trophies. The graceful curves and inherent strength of the trophy evoke the balletic and athletic qualities necessary to successfully compete in the FIFA Club World Cup and the tension and movement describe the competitive energy amongst the participants. The golden pedestal has the phrase, "FIFA Club World Cup Toyota ", imprinted at the bottom.

Awards

At the end of each Club World Cup, awards are presented to the players and teams for accomplishments other than their final team positions in the tournament. There are currently four awards:

• The Golden Ball for the best player, determined by a vote of media members; the Silver Ball and the Bronze Ball are awarded to the players finishing second and third in the voting respectively;
• The Golden Boot (sometimes called the Golden Shoe) for the top goalscorer; the Silver Boot and the Bronze Boot have been awarded to the second and third top goalscorers respectively;
• The FIFA Fair Play Trophy for the team with the best record of fair play, according to the points system and criteria established by the FIFA Fair Play Committee.
• The Most Valuable Player of the Final Match Trophy for the best performing player in the FIFA Club World Cup final. It was first awarded in 2005. The MVP of the Final Match is also rewarded with an automobile by Toyota, the presenting sponsor of the FIFA Club World Cup.

The winners of the competition also receive the FIFA Club World Cup Champions Badge; it features an image of the trophy, which the reigning champion is entitled to display on its kit until the final of the next championship. Initially, all four previous champions were allowed to wear the badge until the 2008 final, where Manchester United gained the sole right to wear the badge by winning the trophy.

Each player from the clubs finishing third, second and first will also receive one bronze, silver and gold medal each, respectively.

Prize money

The 2000 FIFA Club World Championship was the inaugural edition of this competition; it provided US$28 million in prize money for its participants. The prize money received by the clubs participating was divided into fixed payments based on participation and results. Clubs finishing the tournament from fifth to eighth place received US$2.5 million. The club who would eventually finish in fourth place received US$3 million while the third-place team received US$4 million. The runner-up earned US$5 million while the eventual champions would gain US$6 million.

The relaunch of the tournament in 2005 FIFA Club World Championship saw different amounts of prize money given and some changes in the criteria of receiving certain amounts. The total amount of prize money given dropped to US$16 million. The winners received US$5 million and the runners-up US$4 million, with $2.5 million for third place, US$2 million for fourth, US$1.5 million for fifth and US$1 million for sixth.

For the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup, a play-off match between the OFC champions and the host-nation champions for entry into the quarterfinal stage was introduced in order to increase home interest in the tournament. The reintroduction of the match for fifth place for the 2008 competition also prompted an increase in prize money by US$500,000 to a total of US$16.5 million.

Sponsorship

Like the FIFA World Cup, the FIFA Club World Cup is sponsored by a group of multinational corporations. Toyota Motor Corporation, a Japanese multinational automaker headquartered in Toyota, Aichi, Japan, is the presenting partner of the FIFA Club World Cup. Because Toyota is an automobile manufacturer and the main sponsor of the tournament, Hyundai-Kia's status as a FIFA partner is not active with respect to the Club World Cup. The five other FIFA partners – Adidas, Coca-Cola, Emirates, Sony, and Visa – retain full sponsorship rights, however. The inaugural competition had six event sponsors: Fujifilm, Hyundai, JVC, McDonald's, Budweiser, and MasterCard.

Individual clubs may wear jerseys with advertising, even if such sponsors conflict with those of the FIFA Club World Cup. However, only one main sponsor is permitted per jersey in addition to that of the kit manufacturer.

The tournament's current event sponsors and brands advertised (in italic) are:

• Aderans
• Adidas
• Coca-Cola
  • Coca-Cola Zero
• Emirates
• FIFA
  • FIFA.com
  • Football for Hope
• JTB Corporation

• Lawson
• Komatsu Limited
• Makita
• Mynavi
• Rigaos
• Sony
• Visa
• Yomiuri Shimbun

Records and statistics

A total of fifteen players have won the FIFA Club World Cup on two occasions: Dida, Fábio Santos, Danilo, Eric Abidal, Dani Alves, Sergio Busquets, Andres Iniesta, Seydou Keita, Maxwell, Lionel Messi, Pedro, Gerard Pique, Carles Puyol, Victor Valdes and Xavi.

Messi shares with Denilson and Mohamed Aboutrika the record of being the overall top goalscorers in FIFA Club World Cup history with four conquests each. Nicolas Anelka, Flávio, César Delgado, Mauricio Molina, Romário, Wayne Rooney, Hisato Satō and Washington share second place with two goals each.

Denilson holds the record for the most goals scored in a single FIFA Club World Cup. All four of his goals were scored in the 2009 tournament.

Puyol, Valdes, Xavi and Iniesta are players with most appearances in the competition, six matches each (winning two finals), all of them in Barcelona.

Cafu stands as the only player to win the three most important national team competitions, pertaining to him, the top three South American club competitions, the top three European club competitions and the world club title, a record that stands today. He has won the FIFA World Cup with Brazil in 1994 and 2002, the Copa América in 1997 and 1999, the FIFA Confederations Cup in 1997, the Copa Libertadores in 1992 and 1993, the Supercopa Libertadores in 1993, the Recopa Sudamericana in 1993 and 1994, the UEFA Champions League in 2006-07, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1994-95, the UEFA Super Cup in 2007, and the FIFA Club World Cup in 2007.

Barcelona claims the record with the most wins with five victories. Corinthians, Necaxa, Real Madrid and Kashiwa Reysol have the most draws, with each having a pair, while Al Ahly have the dubious record of the most losses with a total of seven. The culés also possesses the record for most goals scored on the competition, with 17 goals, while Al Ahly claims the record of most goals conceded with 15. Barcelona also has the best goal average in the history of the competition with a mark of 14+.

Pep Guardiola is the only head coach to ever win two FIFA Club World Cups. All FIFA Club World Cup winning head coaches were natives of the country which is the home of the club they coached to victory except for Sir Alex Ferguson and Rafael Benítez.

As of the end of the 2012 tournament, Barcelona and Corinthians have played the most games with six each. Barcelona holds the record for scoring the most goals, playing six games in three different editions and scoring 17 goals.

See also

• Intercontinental Cup
• Interamerican Cup
• Afro-Asian Club Championship
• List of confederation and inter-confederation club competition winners
• International Women's Club Championship

Notes

1. Score was 0–0 after 120 minutes. Corinthians won 4–3 on penalties.
2. Extra time was played in the third-place match. Necaxa won 4–3 on penalties.
3. No extra time was played in the third-place match. Urawa Red Diamonds won 4–2 on penalties.
4. Score was 1–1 after 90 minutes.
5. No extra time was played in the third-place match. Pohang Steelers won 4–3 on penalties.
6. No extra time was played in the third-place match. Al Sadd won 5–3 on penalties.
7. Xbox 360 was the brand advertised.
8. JAPANiCAN was the brand advertised.
9. Xbox 360 was the brand advertised.
10. JAPANiCAN was the brand advertised.
11. JAPANiCAN was the brand advertised.
12. JAPANiCAN was the brand advertised.
13. Prius was one of the brands advertised.

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Further reading

• Augustyn, Adam (2011). The Britannica Guide to Soccer. The Rosen Publishing Group. ISBN 1-61530-581-5.
• Darby, Paul (2002). Africa, Football and Fifa: Politics, Colonialism and Resistance (Sport in the Global Society. Frank Cass Publishers. ISBN 0-7146-8029-X.
• Dunmore, Tom (2011). Historical Dictionary of Soccer. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-7188-2.
• Fortin, François (2003). Sports: The Complete Visual Reference. Firefly Books. ISBN 1-55297-807-9.
• Goldblatt, David (2008). The Ball Is Round: A Global History of Soccer. Penguin Group. ISBN 1-59448-296-9.
• Jozsa, Frank (2009). Global Sports: Cultures, Markets and Organizations. World Scientific. ISBN 981-283-569-5.
• Mitten, Adam (2010). The Rough Guide to Cult Football. Penguin Group. ISBN 1-4053-8577-4.
• Oliver, Guy (2006). Almanack of World Football 2007. Headline Book Publishing. ISBN 0-7553-1506-5.
• Peterson, Marc (2009). The Integrity of the Game and Shareholdings in European Football Clubs. GRIN Verlag. ISBN 3-640-43109-X.
• Radnedge, Keir (2011). FIFA World Football Records 2012. Carlton Books. ISBN 1-84732-840-7.
• Sugden, John (1998). FIFA and the Contest For World Football. Polity Press. ISBN 0-7456-1661-5.
• Trecker, Jim; Miers, Charles (2008). Whitesell, J. Brett (ed.). Women's Soccer: The Game and the Fifa World Cup (Illustrated ed.). Explorer Publishing. ISBN 9948-8585-3-0.
• Witzig, Richard (2006). The Global Art of Soccer. CusiBoy Publishing. ISBN 0-9776688-0-0.
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• Soccer: The Ultimate Guide. Penguin Group. 2010. ISBN 0-7566-7321-6.

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