2000 FIFA Club World Championship

2000 FIFA Club World Championship
Campeonato Mundial de Clubes da FIFA; Brasil 2000
	2000 FIFA Club World Championship ; official logo[1]
Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
Dates	5–14 January
Teams	8 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Corinthians (1st title)
Runners-up	Vasco da Gama
Third place	Necaxa
Fourth place	Real Madrid
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	43 (3.07 per match)
Attendance	514,000 (36,714 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Romário; Nicolas Anelka; (3 goals each)
Best player(s)	Edílson
Fair play award	Al-Nassr

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 January to 14 January 2000. FIFA as football's international governing body selected Brazil as the host nation on 3 September 1997 as the bid was found to be the strongest among nine candidates. The draw was made at the Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro on 14 October 1999.[2] All matches were played in Rio de Janeiro's Estádio do Maracanã and São Paulo's Estádio do Morumbi.

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 was won by Spanish club Real Madrid. Nicolas Anelka of France scored the first goal in Club World Cup history, while Brazilian champions Corinthians' goalkeeper Dida posted the first official clean sheet in the tournament.

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 that Corinthians won 4–3. As winners, Corinthians received $6 million in prize money, while Vasco da Gama received $5 million. Necaxa beat Real Madrid in the third-place play-off to claim $4 million. Real Madrid received $3 million, and the other remaining teams were awarded $2.5 million.[3]

Participating teams

The clubs that played in the tournament were:

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

Venues

São Paulo	Rio de Janeiro 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.

Referees

Eight referees were appointed from the six continental confederations, each along with an accompanying assistant referee.[4]

Confederation	Referee(s)	Assistant(s)
AFC	Saad Mane	Serguey Ufimtsev
CAF	Daouda N'Doye	Ali Tomusangue
CONCACAF	William Mattus	Haseeb Mohammed
CONMEBOL	Horacio Elizondo Óscar Ruiz	Miguel Giacomuzzi Fernando Cresci
OFC	Derek Rugg	Lavetala Siuamoa
UEFA	Stefano Braschi Dick Jol	Jens Larsen 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 third-place play-off.

First stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Corinthians	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
Real Madrid	3	2	1	0	8	5	+3	7
Al-Nassr	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	3
Raja Casablanca	3	0	0	3	5	9	−4	0

Source:

5 January 2000

18:45

Real Madrid	3–1	Al-Nassr
Anelka 21' Raúl 61' Sávio 69' (pen.)	Report	Al-Husseini 45+1' (pen.)

Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

5 January 2000