2018 FIFA Club World Cup

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2018 FIFA Club World Cup
FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2018
presented by Alibaba Cloud
كأس العالم للأندية لكرة القدم
الإمارات العربية المتحدة 2018
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Tournament details
Host country United Arab Emirates
Dates 12–22 December
Teams 7 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Spain Real Madrid (4th title)
Runners-up United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Third place Argentina River Plate
Fourth place Japan Kashima Antlers
Tournament statistics
Matches played 8
Goals scored 33 (4.13 per match)
Attendance 152,675 (19,084 per match)
Top scorer(s) Wales Gareth Bale
Colombia Rafael Santos Borré
(3 goals each)
Best player Wales Gareth Bale
Fair play award Spain Real Madrid
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2019 →

The 2018 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2018 presented by Alibaba Cloud for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the 15th edition of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised international club football tournament between the winners of the six continental confederations, as well as the host nation's league champions.[2] The tournament was hosted by the United Arab Emirates from 12 to 22 December 2018.[3][4]

Real Madrid were the defending champions, having won the previous two editions, and qualified for the 2018 edition as well. They successfully defended their title (their third consecutive) after defeating Al-Ain 4–1 in the final. With the win, they broke the tie with their club rivals Barcelona to become the outright record winners of the competition.

Host bids

The application process for the 2017–2018 as well as the 2015–2016 editions, i.e. two hosts, each hosting two years, began in February 2014.[5] Member associations interested in hosting must submit a declaration of interest by 30 March 2014, and provide the complete set of bidding documents by 25 August 2014.[6] The FIFA Executive Committee was to select the hosts at their meeting in Morocco in December 2014,[7] but the final decision was delayed until the FIFA Executive Committee meetings on 19–20 March 2015.[8]

The following countries expressed an interest in bidding to host the tournament:[9]

The United Arab Emirates was officially announced as hosts of the 2017 and 2018 tournaments on 21 March 2015.[3]

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament.

Location of teams of the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup.
Team Confederation Qualification Qualified date Participation (bold indicates winners)
Entering in the semi-finals
Argentina River Plate CONMEBOL Winners of the 2018 Copa Libertadores[10] 9 December 2018[note 1] 2nd (Previous: 2015)
Spain Real MadridTH UEFA Winners of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League[11] 26 May 2018 5th (Previous: 2000, 2014, 2016, 2017)
Entering in the second round
Japan Kashima Antlers AFC Winners of the 2018 AFC Champions League[12] 10 November 2018 2nd (Previous: 2016)
Tunisia Espérance de Tunis CAF Winners of the 2018 CAF Champions League[13] 9 November 2018 2nd (Previous: 2011)
Mexico Guadalajara CONCACAF Winners of the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League[14] 25 April 2018 1st
Entering in the first round
New Zealand Team Wellington OFC Winners of the 2018 OFC Champions League[15] 20 May 2018 1st
United Arab Emirates Al-Ain AFC (Hosts) Winners of the 2017–18 UAE Pro-League[16] 14 May 2018[note 2] 1st
Notes
  1. ↑ The second leg of the Copa Libertadores Finals, originally scheduled on 24 November 2018, was postponed to 9 December 2018 due to an attack on the Boca Juniors team bus when several players were injured.
  2. ↑ Al-Ain won the 2017–18 UAE Pro-League on 21 April 2018. Their participation in the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup was officially confirmed on 14 May 2018 after Al-Jazira became the last team from UAE other than Al-Ain to be eliminated from the 2018 AFC Champions League. Al-Ain themselves were eliminated from the 2018 AFC Champions League on 15 May 2018, thereby confirming them entering the first round.

Venues

The two venues were the Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi and the Hazza bin Zayed Stadium in Al Ain.

Abu Dhabi Al Ain
Zayed Sports City Stadium Hazza bin Zayed Stadium
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2018 FIFA Club World Cup (United Arab Emirates)

Match officials

A total of six referees, twelve assistant referees, and six video assistant referees were appointed for the tournament.[17][18] FIFA announced on 22 November 2018 that the trio of referees and assistant referees from CAF were changed.[19][20]

Confederation Referee Assistant referees Video assistant referee
AFC Japan Ryuji Sato Japan Toru Sagara
Japan Hiroshi Yamauchi		 United Arab Emirates Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed
CAF Ethiopia Bamlak Tessema Weyesa South Africa Zakhele Thusi Siwela
Sudan Waleed Ahmed
CONCACAF United States Jair Marrufo United States Frank Anderson
United States Corey Rockwell		 United States Mark Geiger
CONMEBOL Brazil Wilton Sampaio Brazil Rodrigo Figueiredo
Brazil Bruno Boschilia		 Argentina Mauro Vigliano
OFC New Zealand Matthew Conger Tonga Tevita Makasini
New Zealand Mark Rule
UEFA Italy Gianluca Rocchi Italy Elenito Di Liberatore
Italy Mauro Tonolini		 Poland Paweł Gil
Italy Massimiliano Irrati
Netherlands Danny Makkelie

Squads

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Main article: 2018 FIFA Club World Cup squads

Each team had to name a 23-man squad (three of whom must be goalkeepers). Injury replacements were allowed until 24 hours before the team's first match.[2]

Matches

The draw of the tournament was held on 4 September 2018, 10:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the FIFA Headquarters in Zürich, to decide the matchups of the second round (between the first round winner and teams from AFC, CAF, and CONCACAF), and the opponents of the two second round winners in the semi-finals (teams from CONMEBOL and UEFA).[21] At the time of the draw, the identity of the teams from AFC, CAF and CONMEBOL were not known.[22][23]

If a match was tied after normal playing time:[2]

  • For elimination matches, extra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out would be held to determine the winner.
  • For the matches for fifth place and third place, no extra time would be played, and a penalty shoot-out would be held to determine the winner.

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All times are local, GST (UTC+4).[24]

First round

12 December 2018 (2018-12-12)
19:30
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates 3–3 (a.e.t.) New Zealand Team Wellington
https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/matches/match/300452761/
  Penalties  
*Diaky Penalty scored 4–3 *Penalty scored Allen
Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
Attendance: 15,279[25]
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Second round

15 December 2018 (2018-12-15)
17:00
Kashima Antlers Japan 3–2 Mexico Guadalajara
https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/matches/match/300452764/

15 December 2018 (2018-12-15)
20:30
Espérance de Tunis Tunisia 0–3 United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/matches/match/300452760/

Match for fifth place

18 December 2018 (2018-12-18)
17:30
Espérance de Tunis Tunisia 1–1 Mexico Guadalajara
https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/matches/match/300452766/
  Penalties  
*Belaïli Penalty missed 6–5 *Penalty scored Zaldívar

Semi-finals

18 December 2018 (2018-12-18)
20:30
River Plate Argentina 2–2 (a.e.t.) United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/matches/match/300452763/
  Penalties  
*Scocco Penalty scored 4–5 *Penalty scored Caio

19 December 2018 (2018-12-19)
20:30
Kashima Antlers Japan 1–3 Spain Real Madrid
https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/matches/match/300452765/
  • Bale Goal 44', 53', 55'

Match for third place

22 December 2018 (2018-12-22)
17:30
Kashima Antlers Japan 0–4 Argentina River Plate
https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/matches/match/300452767/

Final

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Main article: 2018 FIFA Club World Cup Final

22 December 2018 (2018-12-22)
20:30
Real Madrid Spain 4–1 United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/matches/match/300452762/

Goalscorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Wales Gareth Bale Spain Real Madrid 3
Colombia Rafael Santos Borré Argentina River Plate
3 Sweden Marcus Berg United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 2
Argentina Gonzalo Martínez Argentina River Plate
Japan Tsukasa Shiotani United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
6 Japan Hiroki Abe Japan Kashima Antlers 1
United Arab Emirates Mohamed Ahmed United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
United Arab Emirates Bandar Al-Ahbabi United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Argentina Mario Barcia New Zealand Team Wellington
Algeria Youcef Belaïli Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
Brazil Caio United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
New Zealand Aaron Clapham New Zealand Team Wellington
Japan Shoma Doi Japan Kashima Antlers
Mali Tongo Doumbia United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Egypt Hussein El Shahat United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
New Zealand Mario Ilich New Zealand Team Wellington
Spain Marcos Llorente Spain Real Madrid
Croatia Luka Modrić Spain Real Madrid
Japan Ryota Nagaki Japan Kashima Antlers
Spain Sergio Ramos Spain Real Madrid
Mexico Gael Sandoval Mexico Guadalajara
Brazil Serginho Japan Kashima Antlers
Mexico Ángel Zaldívar Mexico Guadalajara
Argentina Bruno Zuculini Argentina River Plate
1 own goal

Awards

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See also: FIFA Club World Cup awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[33]

Adidas Golden Ball
Alibaba Cloud Award		 Adidas Silver Ball Adidas Bronze Ball
Wales Gareth Bale
(Real Madrid)		 Brazil Caio
(Al-Ain)		 Colombia Rafael Santos Borré
(River Plate)
FIFA Fair Play Award
Spain Real Madrid

FIFA also named a man of the match for the best player in each game at the tournament.[34][31][32]

Alibaba Cloud Match Award
Match Man of the match Club Opponent
1 United Arab Emirates Khalid Eisa United Arab Emirates Al-Ain New Zealand Team Wellington
2 Egypt Hussein El Shahat United Arab Emirates Al-Ain Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
3 Japan Shoma Doi Japan Kashima Antlers Mexico Guadalajara
4 Tunisia Rami Jridi Tunisia Espérance de Tunis Mexico Guadalajara
5 United Arab Emirates Khalid Eisa (2) United Arab Emirates Al-Ain Argentina River Plate
6 Wales Gareth Bale Spain Real Madrid Japan Kashima Antlers
7 Colombia Rafael Santos Borré Argentina River Plate Japan Kashima Antlers
8 Spain Marcos Llorente Spain Real Madrid United Arab Emirates Al-Ain

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