2000 FIFA Club World Championship

Initially, there were nine candidates to host the competition: China, Brazil, Mexico, Paraguay, Saudi Arabia, Tahiti, Turkey, the United States and Uruguay; of the nine, only Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Brazil and Uruguay confirmed their interest to FIFA.{{cite news |last=Bose |first=Mihir |author-link=Mihir Bose |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115288447/england-spurned-chance-to-host-key/ |title=England spurned chance to host key world event |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |page=S1 |department=Sport |number=44,815 |date=17 July 1999 |access-date=28 December 2022}} On 7 June 1999, the FIFA Emergency Committee appointed Brazil as hosts of the competition during their meeting in Cairo, Egypt.{{cite news |last=Rangel |first=Sérgio |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/esporte/fk08069901.htm |title=Brasil recebe o 1º Mundial de clubes |trans-title=Brazil hosts the 1st Club World Cup |work=Folha de S.Paulo |date=8 June 1999 |access-date=28 December 2022 |language=pt}}

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The clubs that played in the tournament were:

For a list of the squads at the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship, see 2000 FIFA Club World Championship squads.

Eight referees were appointed from the six continental confederations, each along with an accompanying assistant referee.{{cite web |title=Officials |url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/footballdevelopment/technicalsupport/02/25/81/21/115816-statistics-fifaclubworldchampionshipbrazil2000_neutral.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140712134918/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/footballdevelopment/technicalsupport/02/25/81/21/115816-statistics-fifaclubworldchampionshipbrazil2000%5fneutral.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 July 2014 |page=33 |publisher=FIFA |access-date=28 April 2015 }}

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 match for third place.

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|date=5 January 2000

|time=18:45

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|goals1=Anelka {{goal|21}}
Raúl {{goal|61}}
Sávio {{goal|69|pen.}}

|goals2=Al-Bishi {{goal|45+1|pen.}}

|stadium=Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo

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|date=5 January 2000

|time=21:15

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|score=2–0

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|team2={{fbaicon|MAR}} Raja Casablanca

|goals1=Luizão {{goal|50}}
Fábio Luciano {{goal|64}}

|stadium=Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo

|attendance=23,000

|referee=Stefano Braschi (Italy) }}

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|date=7 January 2000

|time=18:45

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|score=2–2

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|team2={{fbaicon|BRA}} Corinthians

|goals1=Anelka {{goal|19||71}}

|goals2=Edílson {{goal|28||64}}

|stadium=Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo

|attendance=55,000

|referee=William Mattus (Costa Rica) }}

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|date=7 January 2000

|time=21:15

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|goals1=Al-Bishi {{goal|25|o.g.}}{{efn|name=Own goal|Some sources credit Raja Casablanca's first goal to Omar Nejjary.{{cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/soccer/news/2000/0107/275864.html |title=Dida saves Corinthians' draw with Real |website=ESPN |agency=Reuters |date=11 January 2000 |access-date=27 December 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fol/esp/ult08012000003.htm |title=Al Nassr vence Raja Casablanca pelo Mundial |trans-title=Al Nassr defeats Raja Casablanca at the World Cup |work=Folha de S.Paulo |date=8 January 2000 |access-date=27 December 2022 |language=pt}} However, the FIFA Technical Study Group awarded it as an own goal, as Nejjary's free kick deflected off Al-Nassr's Fahad Al-Bishi.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2000/jan/08/worldclubchampionship2 |title=Casablanca crash out to late winner |work=The Guardian |date=8 January 2000 |access-date=27 December 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/imported/football-super-saib-stoops-to-conquer-28322224.html |title=Football: Super Saib stoops to conquer |work=Belfast Telegraph |date=January 2000 |access-date=27 December 2022}}{{cite web |last=Arbilla |first=Mauricio |url=https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/sport/thrilling-draw-causes-group-a-deadlock-332842 |title=Thrilling draw causes Group A deadlock |work=Independent Online |date=8 January 2000 |access-date=27 December 2022}} Some sources mistakenly credit the own goal to Mahdi Al-Dosari (who was not on the pitch) or Mohaisen Al-Jam'an.{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/clubworldcup/brazil2000/match-center/18617 |title=FIFA Club World Championship Brazil 2000: Raja Casablanca – Al Nassr FC |publisher=FIFA |access-date=27 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221227104446/https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/clubworldcup/brazil2000/match-center/18617 |archive-date=27 December 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/report/klub-wm-2000-gruppe-a-raja-casablanca-al-nassr/ |title=Club World Cup 2000 » Group A » Raja Casablanca – Al Nassr 3:4 |website=WorldFootball.net |access-date=27 December 2022}}}}
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El Karkouri {{goal|73}}

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Bahja {{goal|49}}
Al-Bishi {{goal|51}}
Saïb {{goal|86}}

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|attendance=3,000

|referee=Derek Rugg (New Zealand) }}

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|stadium=Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo

|attendance=31,000

|referee=Dick Jol (Netherlands) }}

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|team2={{fbaicon|AUS}} South Melbourne

|goals1=Felipe {{goal|53}}
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|attendance=66,000

|referee=Dick Jol (Netherlands) }}

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|goals2=Romário {{goal|24||26}}
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|stadium=Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

|attendance=73,000

|referee=Saad Mane (Kuwait) }}

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|goals1=Anastasiadis {{goal|45+2}}

|goals2=Montecinos {{goal|19|pen.}}
Delgado {{goal|29}}
Cabrera {{goal|79|pen.}}

|stadium=Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

|attendance=5,000

|referee=Falla Ndoye (Senegal) }}

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|id = Manchester United v South Melbourne

|date=11 January 2000

|time=18:15

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|score=2–0

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|team2={{fbaicon|AUS}} South Melbourne

|goals1=Fortune {{goal|8||20}}

|stadium=Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

|attendance=25,000

|referee=Stefano Braschi (Italy) }}

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|score=1–2

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|team2={{fbaicon|BRA}} Vasco da Gama

|goals1=Aguinaga {{goal|5}}

|goals2=Odvan {{goal|14}}
Romário {{goal|69}}

|stadium=Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

|attendance=45,000

|referee=Óscar Ruiz (Colombia) }}

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|date=14 January 2000

|time=17:00

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|score=1–1

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|team2={{fbaicon|MEX}} Necaxa

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|goals2=Delgado {{goal|58}}

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|attendance=35,000

|referee=Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

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Helguera {{pengoal}}
McManaman {{penmiss}}
Morientes {{pengoal}}
Dorado {{penmiss}}

|penaltyscore=3–4

|penalties2={{pengoal}} Vázquez
{{penmiss}} Cabrera
{{pengoal}} Pérez
{{pengoal}} Aguinaga
{{pengoal}} Delgado }}

{{main|2000 FIFA Club World Championship Final}}

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|date=14 January 2000

|time=20:00

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|score=0–0

|aet=yes

|report=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/clubworldcup/brazil2000/match-center/22236

|team2={{fbaicon|BRA}} Vasco da Gama

|stadium=Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

|attendance=73,000

|referee=Dick Jol (Netherlands)

|penalties1=Rincón {{pengoal}}
Fernando Baiano {{pengoal}}
Luizão {{pengoal}}
Edu {{pengoal}}
Marcelinho {{penmiss}}

|penaltyscore=4–3

|penalties2={{pengoal}} Romário
{{pengoal}} Alex Oliveira
{{penmiss}} Gilberto
{{pengoal}} Viola
{{penmiss}} Edmundo }}

1 own goal

• {{flagicon|KSA}} Fahad Al-Bishi (Al-Nassr, against Raja Casablanca){{efn|name=Own goal}}

{{see also|FIFA Club World Cup awards}}

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.{{cite web |url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/5fc18e27b768671f/original/p1pyn7zf6crhatkpgkwc-pdf.pdf |title=Statistics: FIFA Club World Championship Brazil 2000 |work=FIFA |format=PDF |year=2000 |access-date=12 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211014151203/https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/5fc18e27b768671f/original/p1pyn7zf6crhatkpgkwc-pdf.pdf |archive-date=14 October 2021 |url-status=live }}

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

Following the inaugural Club World Cup, FIFA pledged further editions of the tournament. The first of these was slated for Spain in 2001, with an expected 12 participants.{{cite web |last1=Stokkermans |first1=Karel |date=31 December 2005 |title=2001 FIFA Club World Cup |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/fifa-wcc01.html |access-date=6 March 2013 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}{{cite web |date=7 March 2001 |title=Galaxy to face Real, African and Asian teams |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/world/2001-03-06-world-club-championship.htm |access-date=6 March 2013 |work=USA Today}} By March of that year, group draws had even taken place. However, the second edition of the tournament was called off due to a range of factors involving partners and sponsorships, with the collapse of International Sport and Leisure, FIFA's marketing partner at the time, being the most significant.{{cite news |date=18 May 2001 |title=FIFA decides to postpone 2001 Club World Championship to 2003 |url=http://de.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=107/edition=4735/releases/newsid=91574.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109023834/http://de.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament%3D107/edition%3D4735/releases/newsid%3D91574.html |archive-date=9 November 2013 |access-date=4 January 2021 |publisher=FIFA}} The event was then rescheduled for 2003, but it didn't come to fruition either. It wasn't until 2004 that FIFA was able to officially announce the second edition of the tournament.{{cite web |date=5 April 2005 |title=Logo revealed for top club competition |url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/clubworldcup/japan2005/news/newsid=96919/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506181840/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/clubworldcup/japan2005/news/newsid=96919/index.html |archive-date=6 May 2014 |access-date=6 March 2013 |publisher=FIFA}}

From the 2005 edition onwards, the competition has been held continuously but under a new format, featuring single-elimination tournament instead of a group stage plus final, and with a shorter duration, addressing scheduling concerns for national federations and continental confederations. While the two subsequent editions, 2005 and 2006, included only the six continental champions, from the 2007 edition onwards, the number of participants increased to seven – the seventh spot was typically reserved for the national champion of the host country. However, to prevent the recurrence of two clubs from the same country, as happened in 2000, FIFA introduced a mechanism: if the continental champion hailed from the host country, the national champion of that country would forfeit its spot, which would then go to the highest-ranked team from another country in the continental competition.{{cite web |title=Organising Committee strengthens FIFA Club World Cup format |url=https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/news/newsid=570740.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001145244/http://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/news/newsid%3D570740.html |archive-date=1 October 2007 |access-date=14 August 2007}}

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{{reflist}}

• [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/clubworldcup/brazil2000 FIFA Club World Championship Brazil 2000], FIFA.com
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20140712134851/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/footballdevelopment/technicalsupport/02/25/81/33/115822-technicalreport-fifaclubworldchampionshipbrazil2000%5fneutral.pdf FIFA Technical Report]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20140712134918/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/footballdevelopment/technicalsupport/02/25/81/21/115816-statistics-fifaclubworldchampionshipbrazil2000%5fneutral.pdf FIFA Statistics]
• [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/fifa-wcc00-det.html Tournament details] at the Rec.Sports.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF)

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