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 either Rio de Janeiro's Estádio do Maracanã or 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
Best goalkeeper Dida
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 which Corinthians won 4–3.[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.[4]

Participating teams
Location of teams of the 2000 FIFA Club World Cup

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.[5]

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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Corinthians 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7 Advance to final
2 Real Madrid 3 2 1 0 8 5 +3 7 Advance to third place play-off
3 Al-Nassr 3 1 0 2 5 8 −3 3
4 Raja Casablanca 3 0 0 3 5 9 −4 0
Source: FIFA
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

Goalscorers
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

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
See also: FIFA Club World Cup awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[6]

Adidas Golden Ball Adidas Silver Ball Adidas Bronze Ball
Edílson
(Corinthians)		 Edmundo
(Vasco da Gama)		 Romário
(Vasco da Gama)
Adidas Golden Shoe Adidas Bronze Shoe
Nicolas Anelka (Real Madrid)
Romário (Vasco da Gama)		 Agustín Delgado (Necaxa)
Edílson (Corinthians)
Edmundo (Vasco da Gama)
3 goals, 0 assists 2 goals, 1 assist
FIFA Fair Play Award
Al-Nassr

Additionally, FIFA named an all-star team consisting of eleven starters and seven substitutes.[6]

FIFA All-Star Team
Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Dida (Corinthians)
Substitutes
Helton (Vasco da Gama) José Milián (Necaxa)

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. Archived from the original on August 26, 2014. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
  3. "Corinthians crowned world champions". BBC Sport. January 15, 2000. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  4. "28 million dollars in prize money on offer". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. January 3, 2000. Archived from the original on August 26, 2014. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
  5. "Officials" (PDF). FIFA. p. 33. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 12, 2014. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
  6. "Statistics: FIFA Club World Championship Brazil 2000" (PDF). FIFA. 2000. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
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