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
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 (Vasco da Gama); Nicolas Anelka (Real Madrid); 3 goals each
Best player(s)	Edílson (Corinthians)
Best goalkeeper	Dida (Corinthians)
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 to 14 January 2000. FIFA as football's international governing body selected Brazil as the host nation on 8 June 1999 as the bid was found to be the strongest among four candidates. The draw was made at the Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro on 14 October 1999. All matches were played in either Rio de Janeiro's Estádio do Maracanã or 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 saw Spanish club Real Madrid beat Saudi Arabian side Al-Nassr 3–1; Real Madrid's Nicolas Anelka scored the first goal in Club World Cup history in the 21st minute. Later the same day, Corinthians goalkeeper Dida kept the first clean sheet in the tournament as his team beat Moroccan side Raja Casablanca 2–0.

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 which 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 match for third place to claim $4 million. Real Madrid received $3 million, and the other remaining teams were awarded $2.5 million.

Host bids

Initially, there were nine candidates to host the competition: China, Brazil, Mexico, Paraguay, Saudi Arabia, Tahiti, Turkey, the United States and Uruguay; of the nine, only Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Brazil and Uruguay confirmed their interest to FIFA. On 7 June 1999, the FIFA Emergency Committee appointed Brazil as hosts of the competition during their meeting in Cairo, Egypt.

Qualified teams

The clubs that played in the tournament were:

Team	Confederation	Qualification
Corinthians	CONMEBOL (host)	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.

Match officials

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

Confederation	Referee(s)	Assistant(s)
AFC	Saad Mane	Sergei Ufimtsev
CAF	Falla 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 match for third place.

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Corinthians (H)	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Advance to final
2	Real Madrid	3	2	1	0	8	5	+3	7	Advance to match for third place
3	Al-Nassr	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	3
4	Raja Casablanca	3	0	0	3	5	9	−4	0

Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts

5 January 2000

18:45

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

Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

5 January 2000