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2019 FIFA Club World Cup

The 2019 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019 presented by Alibaba Cloud for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the 16th 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. The tournament was hosted by Qatar between 11 and 21 December 2019, taking place at two venues in the city of Al Rayyan.[2]

2019 FIFA Club World Cup
FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019
presented by Alibaba Cloud
كأس العالم للأندية لكرة القدم قطر 2019
Tournament details
Host countryQatar
Dates11 – 21 December
Teams7 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsEngland Liverpool (1st title)
Runners-upBrazil Flamengo
Third placeMexico Monterrey
Fourth placeSaudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored30 (3.75 per match)
Attendance166,426 (20,803 per match)
Top scorer(s)Algeria Baghdad Bounedjah
Libya Hamdou Elhouni
(3 goals each)
Best player(s)Egypt Mohamed Salah
Fair play awardTunisia Espérance de Tunis
2018
2020

Real Madrid, winners of the last three Club World Cup titles, were unable to defend their title, having been eliminated in the round of 16 of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League. The eventual winners of that competition, Liverpool, went on to win the Club World Cup for the first time, beating Mexican side Monterrey 2–1 in the semi-finals, before requiring extra time to claim a 1–0 win over Flamengo in the final.[3]

Host appointment

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With proposals for an expanded Club World Cup, FIFA delayed the announcement of a host. A host was to be announced by FIFA on 15 March 2019, though this was later delayed.[4] On 28 May 2019,[5] FIFA announced that the 2019 and 2020 tournament host would be appointed at the FIFA Council meeting in Paris, France, on 3 June 2019.[6]

Qatar was appointed as the host for the 2019 and 2020 tournaments on 3 June 2019, serving as test events ahead of their hosting of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The Club World Cup retained its original format ahead of the expected revamp in 2021.[7]

Qualified teams

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Team Confederation Qualification Qualified date Participation
Entering in the semi-finals
Brazil  Flamengo CONMEBOL Winners of the 2019 Copa Libertadores 23 November 2019[8] 1st
England  Liverpool UEFA Winners of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League 1 June 2019[9] 2nd (Previous: 2005)
Entering in the second round
Saudi Arabia  Al-Hilal AFC Winners of the 2019 AFC Champions League 24 November 2019[10] 1st
Tunisia  Espérance de Tunis CAF Winners of the 2018–19 CAF Champions League 7 August 2019[note 1] 3rd (Previous: 2011, 2018)
Mexico  Monterrey CONCACAF Winners of the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League 1 May 2019[11] 4th (Previous: 2011, 2012, 2013)
Entering in the first round
New Caledonia  Hienghène Sport OFC Winners of the 2019 OFC Champions League 11 May 2019[12] 1st
Qatar  Al-Sadd AFC (host) Winners of the 2018–19 Qatar Stars League 13 August 2019[note 2] 2nd (Previous: 2011)

Notes

  1. ^ The second leg of the final was played on 31 May 2019. However, the match was abandoned and Espérance de Tunis were initially declared champions by the referee. However, on 5 June 2019 the CAF Executive Committee ordered the match to be replayed, until a decision by CAS on 31 July 2019 ordered the decision to be taken by the CAF Disciplinary Board, who on 7 August 2019 restored the title to Espérance de Tunis.
  2. ^ Al-Sadd won the 2018–19 Qatar Stars League on 4 April 2019. Their participation in the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup was officially confirmed on 13 August 2019 after Al-Duhail became the last team from Qatar other than Al-Sadd to be eliminated from the 2019 AFC Champions League. Al-Sadd themselves were eliminated from the 2019 AFC Champions League on 22 October 2019, confirming their first round entrance.

Venues

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The tournament was held in the city of Al Rayyan, at Jassim bin Hamad Stadium and Khalifa International Stadium, which previously hosted matches at the 2011 AFC Asian Cup, including the final for the latter. A third venue in Al Rayyan, Education City Stadium, was also originally planned to host matches during the tournament, including the final.[13] In December 2019, FIFA moved all three matches (the second semi-final on 18 December and the third place match and final on 21 December) that were due to be played at the Education City Stadium to Khalifa International Stadium after the opening of the Education City Stadium was postponed to early 2020.[14]

Match officials

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Five referees, ten assistant referees, and six video assistant referees were appointed for the tournament.[15][16]

Confederation Referee Assistant referees Video assistant referee
AFC Qatar  Abdulrahman Al-Jassim Qatar  Taleb Al-Marri
Qatar  Saoud Al-Maqaleh
China  Fu Ming
CAF Algeria  Mustapha Ghorbal Egypt  Mahmoud Abouelregal
Algeria  Mokrane Gourari
The Gambia  Bakary Gassama
CONCACAF United States  Ismail Elfath United States  Kyle Atkins
United States  Corey Parker
Republic of Ireland  Alan Kelly
CONMEBOL Chile  Roberto Tobar Chile  Christian Schiemann
Chile  Claudio Ríos Ortiz
Uruguay  Esteban Ostojich
UEFA Romania  Ovidiu Hațegan Romania  Octavian Șovre
Romania  Sebastian Gheorghe
Spain  Juan Martínez Munuera
France  Benoît Millot

One support referee was also named for the tournament.

Confederation Support referee
OFC French Polynesia  Abdelkader Zitouni

Squads

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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.[17]

Matches

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The draw of the tournament was held on 16 September 2019, 14:00 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 (against teams from CONMEBOL and UEFA).[18] At the time of the draw, the identity of the teams from AFC and CONMEBOL were not known.[19][20]

If a match was tied after normal playing time:[17]

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

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).[21]

First round

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Al-Sadd Qatar 3–1 (a.e.t.)New Caledonia  Hienghène Sport
Report

Second round

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Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia 1–0Tunisia  Espérance de Tunis
Report

Monterrey Mexico 3–2Qatar  Al-Sadd
Report

Match for fifth place

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Al-Sadd Qatar 2–6Tunisia  Espérance de Tunis
Report

Semi-finals

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Flamengo Brazil 3–1Saudi Arabia  Al-Hilal
Report

Monterrey Mexico 1–2England  Liverpool
Report

Match for third place

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Monterrey Mexico 2–2Saudi Arabia  Al-Hilal
Report
Penalties
4–3

Final

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Liverpool England 1–0 (a.e.t.)Brazil  Flamengo
Report

Goalscorers

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Rank Player Team Goals
1 Algeria  Baghdad Bounedjah Qatar  Al-Sadd 3
Libya  Hamdou Elhouni Tunisia  Espérance de Tunis
3 Tunisia  Anice Badri Tunisia  Espérance de Tunis 2
Brazil  Roberto Firmino England  Liverpool
Argentina  Rogelio Funes Mori Mexico  Monterrey
France  Bafétimbi Gomis Saudi Arabia  Al-Hilal
Qatar  Abdelkarim Hassan Qatar  Al-Sadd
8 Brazil  Bruno Henrique Brazil  Flamengo 1
Brazil  Carlos Eduardo Saudi Arabia  Al-Hilal
Saudi Arabia  Salem Al-Dawsari Saudi Arabia  Al-Hilal
Uruguay  Giorgian De Arrascaeta Brazil  Flamengo
Tunisia  Sameh Derbali Tunisia  Espérance de Tunis
Mexico  Alfonso González Mexico  Monterrey
Qatar  Hassan Al-Haydos Qatar  Al-Sadd
Guinea  Naby Keïta England  Liverpool
Argentina  Maximiliano Meza Mexico  Monterrey
Mexico  Carlos Rodríguez Mexico  Monterrey
New Caledonia  Antoine Roïné New Caledonia  Hienghène Sport
Qatar  Ró-Ró Qatar  Al-Sadd
Argentina  Leonel Vangioni Mexico  Monterrey

1 own goal

Final ranking

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Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time were counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out were counted as draws.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1st place, gold medalist(s)  England  Liverpool (UEFA) 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2 6
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Brazil  Flamengo (CONMEBOL) 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Mexico  Monterrey (CONCACAF) 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 4
4 Saudi Arabia  Al-Hilal (AFC) 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
5 Tunisia  Espérance de Tunis (CAF) 2 1 0 1 6 3 +3 3
6 Qatar  Al-Sadd (AFC) (H) 3 1 0 2 7 10 −3 3
7 New Caledonia  Hienghène Sport (OFC) 1 0 0 1 1 3 −2 0
Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts

Awards

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The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. Mohamed Salah of Liverpool won the Golden Ball award, sponsored by Adidas, which is jointly awarded with the Alibaba Cloud Award to recognise the player of the tournament.[30]

Adidas Golden Ball
Alibaba Cloud Award
Adidas Silver Ball Adidas Bronze Ball
Egypt  Mohamed Salah
(Liverpool)
Brazil  Bruno Henrique
(Flamengo)
Brazil  Carlos Eduardo
(Al-Hilal)
FIFA Fair Play Award
Tunisia  Espérance de Tunis

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

Alibaba Cloud Match Award
Match Man of the match Club Opponent
1 Algeria  Baghdad Bounedjah Qatar  Al-Sadd New Caledonia  Hienghène Sport
2 Mexico  Rodolfo Pizarro Mexico  Monterrey Qatar  Al-Sadd
3 Peru  André Carrillo Saudi Arabia  Al-Hilal Tunisia  Espérance de Tunis
4 Libya  Hamdou Elhouni Tunisia  Espérance de Tunis Qatar  Al-Sadd
5 Brazil  Bruno Henrique Brazil  Flamengo Saudi Arabia  Al-Hilal
6 Egypt  Mohamed Salah England  Liverpool Mexico  Monterrey
7 Mexico  Luis Cárdenas Mexico  Monterrey Saudi Arabia  Al-Hilal
8 Brazil  Roberto Firmino England  Liverpool Brazil  Flamengo

Criticism

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In 2017, three member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council along with Egypt cut diplomatic ties with Qatar and criminalised trips for their citizens to the country. In October, FIFA sold 200 Club World Cup tickets to fans from Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, and 500 to those from the United Arab Emirates and Egypt. In November 2019, Human Rights Watch (HRW) criticised FIFA for neglecting fan welfare and selling tickets for the Club World Cup to those banned by their governments. HRW stated that FIFA should be aware of the risks that the football supporters can face in their countries and ensure that they are not exposed to the risk of harassment or prosecution.[32]

On 5 November 2019, Liverpool Chief Executive Peter Moore assured that the Qatari authorities had permitted LGBT football fans to attend the FIFA Club World Cup matches in December 2019.[33]

References

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