2000 FIFA Club World Championship

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.

2000 FIFA Club World Championship
Campeonato Mundial de Clubes da FIFA
Brasil 2000
2000 FIFA Club World Championship
official logo[1]
Tournament details
Host countryBrazil
Dates5–14 January
Teams8 (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 played14
Goals scored43 (3.07 per match)
Attendance514,000 (36,714 per match)
Top scorer(s) Romário
Nicolas Anelka
(3 goals each)
Best player(s) Edílson
Fair play award Al-Nassr

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
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.[4]

Confederation Referee(s) Assistant(s)
AFC Saad Mane Serguey 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 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:
Real Madrid 3–1 Al-Nassr
Anelka  21'
Raúl  61'
Sávio  69' (pen.)		 Report Al-Husseini  45+1' (pen.)
Attendance: 12,000
Corinthians 2–0 Raja Casablanca
Luizão  50'
Fábio Luciano  64'		 Report
Attendance: 23,000
Real Madrid 2–2 Corinthians
Anelka  19', 71' Report Edílson  28', 64'
Attendance: 55,000
Raja Casablanca 3–4 Al-Nassr
Al Dosari  25' (o.g.)
El Moubarki  67'
El Karkouri  73'		 Report Al Amin  4'
Bahja  49'
Al-Husseini  51'
Saïb  86'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Derek Rugg (New Zealand)
Real Madrid 3–2 Raja Casablanca
Hierro  49'
Morientes  53'
Geremi  88'		 Report Achami  28'
Moustaoudia  59'
Attendance: 18,000
Al-Nassr 0–2 Corinthians
Report Ricardinho  24'
Rincón  81'
Attendance: 31,000

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Vasco da Gama 3 3 0 0 7 2 +5 9
Necaxa 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
Manchester United 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
South Melbourne 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
Source:
Manchester United 1–1 Necaxa
Yorke  81' Report Montecinos  14'
Attendance: 50,000
Vasco da Gama 2–0 South Melbourne
Felipe  53'
Edmundo  86'		 Report
Attendance: 66,000
Manchester United 1–3 Vasco da Gama
Butt  81' Report Romário  24', 26'
Edmundo  43'
Attendance: 73,000
Referee: Saad Mane (Kuwait)
South Melbourne 1–3 Necaxa
Anastasiadis  45+2' Report Montecinos  19' (pen.)
Delgado  29'
Cabrera  79' (pen.)
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Falla Ndoye (Senegal)
Manchester United 2–0 South Melbourne
Fortune  8', 20' Report
Attendance: 25,000
Necaxa 1–2 Vasco da Gama
Aguinaga  5' Report Odvan  14'
Romário  69'
Attendance: 45,000

Second stage

Third place play-off
Real Madrid 1–1 (a.e.t.) Necaxa
Raúl  15' Report Delgado  58'
Penalties
Eto'o
Helguera
McManaman
Morientes
Dorado 		3–4 Vázquez
Cabrera
Pérez
Aguinaga
Delgado
Attendance: 35,000

Final
Main article: 2000 FIFA Club World Championship Final
Corinthians 0–0 (a.e.t.) Vasco da Gama
Report
Penalties
Rincón
Fernando Baiano
Luizão
Edu
Marcelinho 		4–3 Romário
Alex Oliveira
Gilberto
Viola
Edmundo
Attendance: 73,000

Tournament round-up
Pos Confederation Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 CONMEBOL Corinthians 4 2 2 0 6 2 +4 8
2 CONMEBOL Vasco da Gama 4 3 1 0 7 2 +5 10
3 CONCACAF Necaxa 4 1 2 1 6 5 +1 5
4 UEFA Real Madrid 4 2 2 0 9 6 +3 8
5 UEFA Manchester United 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
6 AFC Al-Nassr 3 1 0 2 5 8 −3 3
7 CAF Raja Casablanca 3 0 0 3 5 9 −4 0
8 OFC South Melbourne 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
Source:

Awards
Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball
Edílson
(Corinthians)		 Edmundo
(Vasco da Gama)		 Romário
(Vasco da Gama)
Fair play Al-Nassr

Goalscorers
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

See also

References
  1. http://www.programmes.kiev.ua/EC/fotoprogrammes/FIFA_wcc/WCC00_prg1.jpg
  2. "Draw for the FIFA Club World Championship Brazil 2000". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. October 14, 1999. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
  3. "28 million dollars in prize money on offer". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. January 3, 2000. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
  4. "Officials" (PDF). FIFA. p. 33. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
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