2022 FIFA Club World Cup final
The Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat hosted the final.
Event2022 FIFA Club World Cup
Real Madrid Al-Hilal
Spain Saudi Arabia
5 3
Date11 February 2023 (2023-02-11)
VenuePrince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat
Man of the MatchVinícius Júnior (Real Madrid)[1]
RefereeAnthony Taylor (England)
Attendance44,439
WeatherClear night
16 °C (61 °F)
52% humidity[2]
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The 2022 FIFA Club World Cup final was the final match of the 2022 FIFA Club World Cup, an international club football tournament hosted by Morocco. It was the 19th final of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised tournament between the club champions from each of the six continental confederations, as well as the host nation's league champions.

The match was played at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat on 11 February 2023.[3] It was contested by Spanish club Real Madrid, representing UEFA as the reigning champions of the UEFA Champions League, and Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal, representing the AFC.[note 1]

Real Madrid won the match 5–3 for their fifth FIFA Club World Cup title and eighth club world championship.[1] With eight goals, the match was the highest scoring final in Club World Cup history.[4][5]

Teams

In the following table, the finals until 2005 were in the FIFA Club World Championship era, and since 2006 in the FIFA Club World Cup era.

Team Confederation Qualification for tournament Previous club world championship finals
(bold indicates winners)
Spain Real Madrid UEFA Winners of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League IC: 5 (1960, 1966, 1998, 2000, 2002)
FCWC: 4 (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018)
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal AFC Nominated by AFC[note 1] None

Al-Hilal became the third Asian club to reach the Club World Cup final in the 19th edition of the tournament. They are also the first AFC nominee to do so, as the Asian appearances in the 2016 and 2018 finals were both the club of the host association.[4]

Note: On 27 October 2017, FIFA officially recognised all the champions of the Intercontinental Cup as club world champions, in equal status to the FIFA Club World Cup.[8]

Route to the final

Spain Real Madrid Team Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Opponent Result 2022 FIFA Club World Cup Opponent Result
Bye Second round Morocco Wydad Casablanca 1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)
Egypt Al Ahly 4–1 Semi-finals Brazil Flamengo 3–2

Match

Details

Real Madrid Spain5–3Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
 Report
Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat
Attendance: 44,439
Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)
Real Madrid
Al-Hilal
GK 13 Ukraine Andriy Lunin
RB 2 Spain Dani Carvajal downward-facing red arrow 79'
CB 22 Germany Antonio Rüdiger
CB 4 Austria David Alaba
LB 12 France Eduardo Camavinga
DM 18 France Aurélien Tchouaméni downward-facing red arrow 62'
CM 10 Croatia Luka Modrić downward-facing red arrow 74'
CM 8 Germany Toni Kroos downward-facing red arrow 74'
RF 15 Uruguay Federico Valverde
CF 9 France Karim Benzema (c) downward-facing red arrow 62'
LF 20 Brazil Vinícius Júnior
Substitutes:
GK 26 Spain Luis López
GK 30 Spain Lucas Cañizares
DF 3 Brazil Éder Militão
DF 5 Spain Jesús Vallejo upward-facing green arrow 79'
DF 6 Spain Nacho upward-facing green arrow 74'
DF 16 Spain Álvaro Odriozola
MF 19 Spain Dani Ceballos upward-facing green arrow 62'
MF 31 Spain Mario Martín
MF 33 Spain Sergio Arribas
FW 11 Spain Marco Asensio upward-facing green arrow 74'
FW 21 Brazil Rodrygo upward-facing green arrow 62'
FW 24 Dominican Republic Mariano
Manager:
Italy Carlo Ancelotti
GK 1 Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Mayouf (c)
RB 66 Saudi Arabia Saud Abdulhamid
CB 20 South Korea Jang Hyun-soo
CB 5 Saudi Arabia Ali Al-Bulaihi
LB 4 Saudi Arabia Khalifah Al-Dawsari
CM 28 Saudi Arabia Mohamed Kanno
CM 6 Colombia Gustavo Cuéllar
RW 19 Peru André Carrillo downward-facing red arrow 74'
AM 10 Argentina Luciano Vietto downward-facing red arrow 86'
LW 29 Saudi Arabia Salem Al-Dawsari downward-facing red arrow 74'
CF 17 Mali Moussa Marega downward-facing red arrow 86'
Substitutes:
GK 21 Saudi Arabia Mohammed Al-Owais
GK 31 Saudi Arabia Habib Al-Wotayan
DF 42 Saudi Arabia Muath Faqihi
DF 67 Saudi Arabia Mohammed Al-Khaibari
DF 70 Saudi Arabia Mohammed Jahfali
MF 8 Saudi Arabia Abdullah Otayf
MF 16 Saudi Arabia Nasser Al-Dawsari upward-facing green arrow 74'
MF 43 Saudi Arabia Musab Al-Juwayr
MF 96 Brazil Michael upward-facing green arrow 74'
FW 9 Nigeria Odion Ighalo upward-facing green arrow 86'
FW 11 Saudi Arabia Saleh Al-Shehri
FW 14 Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Hamdan upward-facing green arrow 86'
Manager:
Argentina Ramón Díaz

Man of the Match:
Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid)[1]

Assistant referees:
Gary Beswick (England)
Adam Nunn (England)
Fourth official:
Ma Ning (China)
Reserve assistant referee:
Zhou Fei (China)
Video assistant referee:
Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Fu Ming (China)
Kathryn Nesbitt (United States)
Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)

Match rules[9]

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Maximum of twelve named substitutes.
  • Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time.[note 2]

Statistics

Notes

  1. ^ a b Due to scheduling issues, it was confirmed that the final of the 2022 AFC Champions League, originally scheduled for October 2022, would not be completed until May 2023.[6] As the 2022 FIFA Club World Cup would already be held by that time, the AFC confirmed on 23 December 2022 that Al-Hilal would be their representative at the 2022 FIFA Club World Cup as the reigning champions from the 2021 AFC Champions League.[7]
  2. ^ Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Vinicius and Valverde dazzle as five-star Madrid conquer". FIFA. 11 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Salé, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, Morocco Weather History". Weather Underground. 11 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Draw determines seven sides' paths to Club World Cup glory". FIFA. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  4. ^ a b Leme de Arruda, Marcelo; Di Maggio, Roberto (27 January 2023). "FIFA Club World Cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Real Madrid5 Al-Hilal 3". BBC Sport. 11 February 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Latest update on the AFC Champions League 2022". Asian Football Confederation. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Thailand recommended as host of the AFC U17 Asian Cup 2023". Asian Football Confederation. 23 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  8. ^ "FIFA Council approves key organisational elements of the FIFA World Cup" (Press release). FIFA. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  9. ^ "Regulations for the FIFA Club World Cup 2022" (PDF). FIFA. 23 December 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  10. ^ a b c "Real Madrid – Al-Hilal Saudi". SofaScore. 11 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.

External links

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