2012 FIFA Club World Cup
FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2012
presented by Toyota
Toyota プレゼンツ
FIFAクラブワールドカップ ジャパン2012
Tournament details
Host countryJapan
Dates6–16 December
Teams7 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsBrazil Corinthians (2nd title)
Runners-upEngland Chelsea
Third placeMexico Monterrey
Fourth placeEgypt Al Ahly
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored21 (2.63 per match)
Attendance283,063 (35,383 per match)
Top scorer(s)César Delgado (Monterrey)
Hisato Satō (Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
3 goals each
Best player(s)Cássio (Corinthians)
Fair play awardMexico Monterrey
← 2011
2013 →

The 2012 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2012 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was a football tournament that was played from 6 to 16 December 2012.[1] It was the ninth edition of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised tournament between the winners of the six continental confederations as well as the host nation's league champions. The tournament was hosted by Japan.[2][3]

Defending champions Barcelona did not qualify as they were eliminated in the semi-finals of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League by eventual champions Chelsea.

Corinthians won the title for the second time (also becoming the last South American and non-European team to win the tournament), winning 1–0 in the semi-finals against Al Ahly before beating Chelsea by the same margin in the final.[4][5]

Host bids

The FIFA Executive Committee appointed Japan as hosts for the 2011 and 2012 tournaments on 27 May 2008 during their meeting in Sydney, Australia.[2][3]

Qualified teams

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Corinthians
Chelsea
Ulsan Hyundai
Al Ahly
Monterrey
Auckland City
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Location of teams of the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup
Team Confederation Qualification Participation (bold indicates winners)
Entering in the semi-finals
Brazil Corinthians CONMEBOL Winners of the 2012 Copa Libertadores 2nd (Previous: 2000)
England Chelsea UEFA Winners of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League 1st
Entering in the quarter-finals
South Korea Ulsan Hyundai AFC Winners of the 2012 AFC Champions League 1st
Egypt Al Ahly CAF Winners of the 2012 CAF Champions League 4th (Previous: 2005, 2006, 2008)
Mexico Monterrey CONCACAF Winners of the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League 2nd (Previous: 2011)
Entering in the play-off for quarter-finals
New Zealand Auckland City OFC Winners of the 2011–12 OFC Champions League 4th (Previous: 2006, 2009, 2011)
Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima AFC (host) Winners of the 2012 J. League Division 1 1st

Match officials

The appointed referees are:[6]

Confederation Referee Assistant referees
AFC Bahrain Nawaf Shukralla Bahrain Ebrahim Saleh
Bahrain Yaser Tulefat
Iran Alireza Faghani (reserve) Iran Hassan Kamranifar (reserve)
Iran Reza Sokhandan (reserve)
CAF Algeria Djamel Haimoudi Algeria Abdelhak Etchiali
Morocco Redouane Achik
CONCACAF Mexico Marco Antonio Rodríguez Mexico Marvin Torrentera
Mexico Marcos Quintero
CONMEBOL Ecuador Carlos Vera Ecuador Christian Lescano
Ecuador Byron Romero
OFC New Zealand Peter O'Leary New Zealand Mark Rule
Fiji Ravinesh Kumar
UEFA Turkey Cüneyt Çakır Turkey Bahattin Duran
Turkey Tarık Ongun

Squads

Main article: 2012 FIFA Club World Cup squads

Each team submitted a squad of 23 players, three of them goalkeepers.[7] The squads were announced on 29 November 2012.[8]

Venues

The venues for the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup were Yokohama and Toyota.[1]

Toyota
Yokohama
Toyota Stadium International Stadium Yokohama
35°05′05″N 137°10′15″E / 35.08472°N 137.17083°E / 35.08472; 137.17083 (Toyota Stadium) 35°30′35″N 139°36′20″E / 35.50972°N 139.60556°E / 35.50972; 139.60556 (International Stadium Yokohama)
Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 72,327

Goal-line technology

The 2012 FIFA Club World Cup was the first FIFA tournament to use goal-line technology following its approval by the International Football Association Board (IFAB) in July 2012.[9] The two systems approved by FIFA, GoalRef (installed in Yokohama) and Hawk-Eye (installed in Toyota), were used in the two stadiums.[10]

Matches

The draw for the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup was held at the FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland, on 24 September 2012 at 11:30 CEST (UTC+02:00).[11] The draw decided the "positions" in the bracket for the three representatives which entered the quarter-finals (AFC/CAF/CONCACAF).[12]

If a match was tied after normal playing time:[13]

Play-off for quarter-finalsQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
6 December – Yokohama
Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima19 December – Toyota
New Zealand Auckland City0Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima112 December – Toyota
Egypt Al Ahly2Egypt Al Ahly0
Brazil Corinthians116 December – Yokohama
9 December – ToyotaBrazil Corinthians1
South Korea Ulsan Hyundai113 December – YokohamaEngland Chelsea0
Mexico Monterrey3Mexico Monterrey1
England Chelsea3
Match for fifth placeMatch for third place
12 December – Toyota16 December – Yokohama
South Korea Ulsan Hyundai2Egypt Al Ahly0
Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima3Mexico Monterrey2

All times Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

Play-off for quarter-finals

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Japan1–0New Zealand Auckland City
Aoyama 66' Report
International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama
Attendance: 25,174
Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)

A minute's silence was held before the match to commemorate Dutch linesman Richard Nieuwenhuizen, who had died following a violent incident at a youth competition four days before the match.[14]

Quarter-finals

Ulsan Hyundai South Korea1–3Mexico Monterrey
Lee Keun-ho 88' Report Corona 9'
Delgado 77', 84'
Toyota Stadium, Toyota
Attendance: 20,353
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Japan1–2Egypt Al Ahly
Satō 32' Report Hamdy 15'
Aboutrika 57'
Toyota Stadium, Toyota
Attendance: 27,314
Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)

Match for fifth place

Ulsan Hyundai South Korea2–3Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Mizumoto 17' (o.g.)
Lee Yong 90+5'		 Report Yamagishi 35'
Satō 56', 72'
Toyota Stadium, Toyota
Attendance: 17,581
Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

Semi-finals

Al Ahly Egypt0–1Brazil Corinthians
Report Guerrero 30'
Toyota Stadium, Toyota
Attendance: 31,417
Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)
Monterrey Mexico1–3England Chelsea
De Nigris 90+1' Report Mata 17'
Torres 46'
Chávez 48' (o.g.)
International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama
Attendance: 36,648
Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)

Match for third place

Al Ahly Egypt0–2Mexico Monterrey
Report Corona 3'
Delgado 66'
International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama
Attendance: 56,301
Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)

Final

Main article: 2012 FIFA Club World Cup final
Corinthians Brazil1–0England Chelsea
Guerrero 69' Report
International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama
Attendance: 68,275
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Goalscorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Argentina César Delgado Mexico Monterrey 3
Japan Hisato Satō Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima
3 Peru Paolo Guerrero Brazil Corinthians 2
Mexico Jesús Corona Mexico Monterrey
5 Egypt Mohamed Aboutrika Egypt Al Ahly 1
Egypt Al-Sayed Hamdy Egypt Al Ahly
Spain Juan Mata England Chelsea
Spain Fernando Torres England Chelsea
Mexico Aldo de Nigris Mexico Monterrey
Japan Toshihiro Aoyama Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Japan Satoru Yamagishi Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima
South Korea Lee Keun-Ho South Korea Ulsan Hyundai
South Korea Lee Yong South Korea Ulsan Hyundai

1 own goal

Awards

See also: FIFA Club World Cup awards

The following awards were given for the tournament.[15]

Adidas Golden Ball
Toyota Award 		Adidas Silver Ball Adidas Bronze Ball
Brazil Cássio
(Corinthians) 		Brazil David Luiz
(Chelsea) 		Peru Paolo Guerrero
(Corinthians)
FIFA Fair Play Award
Mexico Monterrey

References

  1. ^ a b "Match Schedule – FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2012" (PDF). FIFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Unanimous support for 6+5, FIFA Club World Cup hosts revealed". FIFA. 27 May 2008. Archived from the original on 14 October 2009. Retrieved 1 April 2010. Another major decision taken by the Executive Committee was to award the organisation of the 2009 and 2010 editions of the FIFA Club World Cup for the first time to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the following two events, in 2011 and 2012, to Japan, where it has been played since 2005 and will be again in December this year.
  3. ^ a b "FIFA moves Club World Cup to UAE from Japan". ESPN. 27 May 2008. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2010. Japan were given some consolation for their loss when they awarded the tournament in 2011 and 2012 while Australia, which had been hoping to use the event to boost their chances of staging the World Cup in 2018, were overlooked altogether.
  4. ^ "World is lost for Chelsea". ESPNFC.com. 16 December 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  5. ^ "Chelsea 0 Corinthians 1". Daily Telegraph. 16 December 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  6. ^ "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2012 – Appointment of Match Officials" (PDF). FIFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2012.
  7. ^ "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2012 presented by TOYOTA – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 29 November 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  8. ^ "Continents' finest prepare for Japan". FIFA. 29 November 2012. Archived from the original on 3 December 2012.
  9. ^ "Goal-line tech to debut at Club World Cup". supersport.com. 5 July 2012.
  10. ^ "FIFA Club World Cup: GLT project agreements signed". FIFA. 27 November 2012. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013.
  11. ^ "Follow the draw LIVE on FIFA.com". FIFA. 23 September 2012. Archived from the original on 25 September 2012.
  12. ^ "Intriguing quarter-final pairings drawn". FIFA. 24 September 2012. Archived from the original on 26 September 2012.
  13. ^ "Regulations – FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2012" (PDF). FIFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 March 2013.
  14. ^ Blatter shocked at Dutch linesman death, Reuters (6 December 2012)
  15. ^ "Double joy for Corinthians stars". FIFA. 16 December 2012. Archived from the original on 19 December 2012.

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