2001 FIFA Club World Championship
Campeonato Mundial de Clubes de la FIFA España 2001
2001 FIFA Club World Championship
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Tournament details
Host countrySpain
Dates28 July – 12 August (cancelled)
Teams12 (from 6 confederations)
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The 2001 FIFA Club World Championship was a football tournament arranged by FIFA to take place in Spain from 28 July to 12 August 2001.[1] It was supposed to be the second edition of the FIFA Club World Championship, after the first edition in 2000, but was cancelled owing to a combination of factors such as the collapse of FIFA's marketing partner ISL.[2][3][4] FIFA had originally planned to postpone the tournament until 2003.[5]

Host bids

The FIFA Executive Committee appointed Spain as tournament hosts on 3 August 2000 during their meeting in Zürich, Switzerland.[6][7]

Qualified teams

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Al-Hilal
Júbilo Iwata
Hearts of Oak
Zamalek
Los Angeles Galaxy
Olimpia
Boca Juniors
Palmeiras
Wollongong Wolves
Real Madrid
Galatasaray
Deportivo La Coruña
Location of the teams intending to participate in the 2001 FIFA Club World Championship

The clubs invited to the 2001 tournament were:[8]

Team Confederation Qualification Participation[note 1]
Spain Deportivo La Coruña UEFA (host) Winner of the 1999–2000 La Liga 1st
Spain Real Madrid UEFA Winner of the 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League 2nd (Previous: 2000)
Turkey Galatasaray UEFA Winner of the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup 1st
Argentina Boca Juniors CONMEBOL Winner of the 2000 Copa Libertadores 1st
Brazil Palmeiras CONMEBOL Winner of the 1999 Copa Libertadores 1st
United States Los Angeles Galaxy CONCACAF Winner of the 2000 CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1st
Honduras Olimpia CONCACAF Runner-up of the 2000 CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1st
Ghana Hearts of Oak CAF Winner of the 2000 CAF Champions League 1st
Egypt Zamalek CAF Winner of the 2000 African Cup Winners' Cup 1st
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal AFC Winner of the 2000 Asian Super Cup 1st
Japan Júbilo Iwata AFC Winner of the 1999 Asian Super Cup 1st
Australia Wollongong Wolves OFC Winner of the 2001 Oceania Club Championship 1st

Notes

  1. ^ Participation number if the tournament would have been played

Venues

Matches were to be played in Madrid, A Coruña and Santiago de Compostela.[citation needed]

Madrid
Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Estadio Vicente Calderón
Capacity: 85,000 Capacity: 54,907
A Coruña Santiago de Compostela
Estadio Riazor Estadio Multiusos de San Lazaro
Capacity: 32,660 Capacity: 12,000

Format

Due to the expansion of the tournament to 12 teams, the group stage saw the teams divided into three groups of four. The top team in each group and the best second-placed team qualified for the semi-finals.[1]

Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 6 March 2001 at the Congress Centre in A Coruña;[9] however, on 18 May 2001, FIFA confirmed that the tournament had been cancelled. They made plans to hold an expanded, 16-team tournament in 2003, again in Spain, but it was ultimately not until 2005 in Japan that the tournament was finally resurrected.[10]

Group A

Boca Juniors ArgentinaCancelledSpain Deportivo La Coruña
Estadio Riazor, A Coruña
Wollongong Wolves AustraliaCancelledEgypt Zamalek
Estadio Riazor, A Coruña
Deportivo La Coruña SpainCancelledAustralia Wollongong Wolves
Estadio Riazor, A Coruña
Zamalek EgyptCancelledArgentina Boca Juniors
Estadio Riazor, A Coruña
Boca Juniors ArgentinaCancelledAustralia Wollongong Wolves
Estadio Multiusos de San Lázaro, Santiago de Compostela
Deportivo La Coruña SpainCancelledEgypt Zamalek
Estadio Riazor, A Coruña

Group B

Palmeiras BrazilCancelledHonduras Olimpia
Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid
Galatasaray TurkeyCancelledSaudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid
Olimpia HondurasCancelledTurkey Galatasaray
Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid
Al-Hilal Saudi ArabiaCancelledBrazil Palmeiras
Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid
Palmeiras BrazilCancelledTurkey Galatasaray
Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid
Olimpia HondurasCancelledSaudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid

Group C

Real Madrid SpainCancelledJapan Júbilo Iwata
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
Hearts of Oak GhanaCancelledUnited States Los Angeles Galaxy
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
Júbilo Iwata JapanCancelledGhana Hearts of Oak
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
Los Angeles Galaxy United StatesCancelledSpain Real Madrid
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
Real Madrid SpainCancelledGhana Hearts of Oak
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
Júbilo Iwata JapanCancelledUnited States Los Angeles Galaxy
Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Winner of Group ACancelledWinner of Group B
Estadio Riazor, A Coruña
Winner of Group CCancelledBest 2nd place
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid

Match for third place

Loser of Match 19CancelledLoser of Match 20
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid

Final

Winner of Match 19CancelledWinner of Match 20
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid

References

  1. ^ a b "FIFA Club World Championship Spain 2001: Match Schedule" (PDF). FIFA. 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2001. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  2. ^ "World Club Championship axed". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 18 May 2001. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  3. ^ "World Club Championship might grow". USA Today. 10 August 2001. Archived from the original on 22 February 2008. Retrieved 19 January 2007.
  4. ^ Jones, Grahame L. (19 May 2001). "Galaxy's World Is Rocked". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  5. ^ "FIFA decides to postpone 2001 Club World Championship to 2003". FIFA. 18 May 2001. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Fifa agrees World Cup rotation". BBC Sport. 3 August 2000. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Arbitration CAS 2014/A/3776 Gibraltar Football Association (GFA) v. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), award of 27 April 2016" (PDF). Court of Arbitration for Sport. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  8. ^ "Global rights to FIFA's Club World Championship awarded to Brazilian sports marketing agency". PR Newswire. 26 February 2001. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  9. ^ "Spain 2001: results of the draw". FIFA. 6 March 2001. Archived from the original on 20 May 2007. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  10. ^ "Remembering the ill-fated Club World Cup of 2001". The Football Times. 8 November 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2023.

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