2020 FIFA Club World Cup#Semi-finals

With proposals for an expanded Club World Cup, FIFA delayed the announcement of a host. On 28 May 2019,{{cite news |url=https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/who-we-are/news/fifa-council-meeting-agenda-now-available-x4052 |title=FIFA Council meeting agenda now available |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=28 May 2019 |access-date=3 June 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603070653/https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/who-we-are/news/fifa-council-meeting-agenda-now-available-x4052 |archive-date=3 June 2019}} FIFA announced that the 2019 and 2020 tournament host would be appointed at the FIFA Council meeting in Paris, France, on 3 June 2019.{{cite web |url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/2b1118e9af8c4648/original/jajzpnwxmur1ru2szoo6-pdf.pdf |title=Agenda of meeting no. 10 of the FIFA Council |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=28 May 2019 |access-date=3 June 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603070936/https://resources.fifa.com/image/upload/agenda-of-meeting-no10-of-the-fifa-council.pdf?cloudid=jajzpnwxmur1ru2szoo6 |archive-date=3 June 2019}}

Qatar was appointed as the host for the 2019 and 2020 tournaments on 3 June 2019, serving as test events ahead of their hosting of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The tournament retained its original format ahead of the scheduled revamp.{{cite press release |url=https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/who-we-are/news/fifa-council-appoints-qatar-as-host-of-the-fifa-club-world-cup-in-2019-and-2020 |title=FIFA Council appoints Qatar as host of the FIFA Club World Cup in 2019 and 2020 |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |website=FIFA.com |date=3 June 2019 |access-date=3 June 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603160422/https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/who-we-are/news/fifa-council-appoints-qatar-as-host-of-the-fifa-club-world-cup-in-2019-and-2020 |archive-date=3 June 2019}}

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Notes

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The matches were played in the city of Al Rayyan, at the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium and Education City Stadium; both 40,000-seat venues which would later host matches at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.{{cite news |url=https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/news/education-city-and-ahmad-bin-ali-stadiums-to-host-fifa-club-world-cup-2020tm |title=Education City and Ahmad Bin Ali stadiums to host FIFA Club World Cup 2020 |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |website=FIFA.com |date=18 January 2021 |access-date=18 January 2021}} Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Qatar, attendance was limited to only 30% of the stadiums' seating capacity.{{cite news |url=https://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/04/02/2021/Security-preparations-for-FIFA-Club-World-Cup-complete |title=Security preparations for FIFA Club World Cup complete |work=The Peninsula |date=4 February 2021 |access-date=5 February 2021}} A third stadium in Al Rayyan, Khalifa International Stadium, would originally have hosted two matches, but following the withdrawal of Auckland City and the subsequent revision of the match schedule, it was not used for the tournament.{{cite news |url=https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/news/education-city-ahmad-bin-ali-and-khalifa-international-to-host-fifa-club-world-c |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201223120141/https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/news/education-city-ahmad-bin-ali-and-khalifa-international-to-host-fifa-club-world-c |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 December 2020 |title=Education City, Ahmad Bin Ali and Khalifa International to host FIFA Club World Cup matches |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |website=FIFA.com |date=23 December 2020 |access-date=23 December 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://resources.fifa.com/image/upload/fifa-club-world-cup-qatar-2020-match-schedule.pdf?cloudid=dstjfb5efrfyajf8zvxn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228085304/https://resources.fifa.com/image/upload/fifa-club-world-cup-qatar-2020-match-schedule.pdf?cloudid=dstjfb5efrfyajf8zvxn |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 December 2020 |title=FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2020: Match schedule |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |website=FIFA.com |format=PDF |date=23 December 2020 |access-date=23 December 2020}}

Seven referees, twelve assistant referees, and seven video assistant referees were appointed for the tournament.{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/news/match-officials-for-the-fifa-club-world-cup-qatar-2020tm-appointed |title=Match officials for the FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2020 appointed |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |website=FIFA.com |date=4 January 2021|access-date=4 January 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/8f3804ead8636d44/original/ccvozk06oenutj7pafjr-pdf.pdf |title=FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2020 – List of Appointed Match Officials |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |website=FIFA.com |date=26 January 2021|access-date=1 February 2021}} Brazilian referee Edina Alves Batista became the first woman to officiate at a senior FIFA men's tournament.{{cite news |title=Groundbreaking Edina Alves calls Club World Cup selection 'dream come true' |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2021/01/09/soccer/edina-alves-world-cup-selection/ |work=The Japan Times |date=9 January 2021 |accessdate=11 February 2021}}

{{main|2020 FIFA Club World Cup squads}}

Each team had to name a 23-man squad (three of whom must be goalkeepers). Injury replacements were allowed until 24 hours before the team's first match.{{cite web |url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/4a92db447a7fd1be/original/i7wininfprqxol6ylkpr-pdf.pdf |title=FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2020 Regulations}}

The match schedule was announced on 23 December 2020, with a revised schedule with change of venues announced on 18 January 2021. The draw of the tournament was held on 19 January 2021, 16:00 CET (UTC+1), at the FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland, to decide the matchups of the second round (between the first round winner and teams from AFC, CAF and CONCACAF), and the opponents of the two second round winners in the semi-finals (against teams from CONMEBOL and UEFA). At the time of the draw, the identity of the CONMEBOL team was not known.{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/news/watch-live-fifa-club-world-cup-official-draw |title=Watch LIVE: FIFA Club World Cup Official Draw |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |website=FIFA.com |date=18 January 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/news/draw-lays-out-path-to-fifa-club-world-cup-glory |title=Draw lays out path to FIFA Club World Cup glory |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |website=FIFA.com |date=19 January 2021}}

If a match was tied after normal playing time:

• For elimination matches, extra time was played. If still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out was held to determine the winner.
• For the matches for fifth place and third place, no extra time was played, and a penalty shoot-out was held to determine the winner.

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• Ali {{goal|82}}

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|attendance=1,854{{cite web |url=https://api.fifa.com/api/v1/live/football/2/0/0/400154011 |title=Palmeiras vs. Tigres UANL |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=7 February 2021 |access-date=17 March 2021 |archive-date=20 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420215022/https://api.fifa.com/api/v1/live/football/2/0/0/400154011 |url-status=dead }}

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• {{penmiss}} Luiz Adriano
• {{pengoal}} Gustavo Scarpa
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Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time were counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out were counted as draws.

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

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. Robert Lewandowski of Bayern Munich won the Golden Ball award, sponsored by Adidas, which is jointly awarded with the Alibaba Cloud Award to recognise the player of the tournament.{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/awards/ |title=Awards |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |website=FIFA.com |date=11 February 2021 |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211214025/https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/awards/ |archive-date=11 February 2021}}{{cite news |url=https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/news/lewandowski-named-tournament-s-best-player |title=Lewandowski named tournament's best player |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |website=FIFA.com |date=11 February 2021 |access-date=11 February 2021}}

FIFA also named a man of the match for the best player in each game at the tournament.{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/awards/player-of-the-match |title=Alibaba Cloud Match Award winners |work=FIFA |date=11 February 2021 |access-date=12 February 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210317071404/https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/awards/player-of-the-match |archive-date=17 March 2021}}

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