2020 FIFA Club World Cup final

{{short description|Final of the 2020 edition of Club World Cup}}

{{EngvarB|date=December 2020}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}

{{Infobox football match

| title = 2020 FIFA Club World Cup final

| event = 2020 FIFA Club World Cup

| image = Aerial view of Education City Stadium and Oxygen Park in Al Rayyan (Education City Stadium) crop.jpg

| imagesize = 250

| caption = The Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan hosted the final.

| team1 = Bayern Munich

| team1association = {{fbaicon|GER|size=30px}}

| team1score = 1

| team2 = Tigres UANL

| team2association = {{fbaicon|MEX|size=30px}}

| team2score = 0

| date = {{Start date|2021|2|11|df=y}}

| stadium = Education City Stadium

| city = Al Rayyan

| man_of_the_match1a = Joshua Kimmich {{nowrap|(Bayern Munich)}}{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/matches/match/400154013/#potm |title= Alibaba Cloud Match Award winner: Joshua Kimmich |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=11 February 2021 |access-date=5 March 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210317071405/https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/matches/match/400154013/%23potm |archive-date=17 March 2021}}

| referee = Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay){{cite web |url=https://resources.fifa.com/image/upload/eng-08-1102-bay-tig-start.pdf?cloudid=wbck9b7zrsthdmiqrow6 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211220334/https://resources.fifa.com/image/upload/eng-08-1102-bay-tig-start.pdf?cloudid=wbck9b7zrsthdmiqrow6 |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 February 2021 |title=Start list – Final – FC Bayern München v Tigres UANL |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |format=PDF |date=11 February 2021 |access-date=11 February 2021}}

| attendance = 7,411

| weather = Clear night
{{convert|19|°C|°F|abbr=on}}
78% humidity{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/matches/match/400154013/#match-info |title=Match Facts: Final – FC Bayern München v Tigres UANL |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=11 February 2021 |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210211211853/https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/matches/match/400154013/%23match-info |archive-date=11 February 2021}}

| previous = 2019

| next = 2021

}}

The 2020 FIFA Club World Cup final was the final match of the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup, an international club football tournament hosted by Qatar. It was the 17th 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 final was contested by German club Bayern Munich, representing UEFA as the reigning champions of the UEFA Champions League, and Mexican club Tigres UANL, representing CONCACAF as the reigning champions of the CONCACAF Champions League. It was the first time a team from the CONCACAF region played in the final.

The match was played at the Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan on 11 February 2021.{{cite web |url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/8303a390a2f63f48/original/g8451lwivpdwkfumfyr3-pdf.pdf |title=FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2020: Match schedule |work=FIFA |date=21 January 2021 |access-date=21 January 2021}} The final was originally scheduled to be played in December 2020, but was moved to February due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the scheduling of the various continental club competitions.{{cite news |url=https://www.fifa.com/who-we-are/news/update-on-fifa-club-world-cup-2020-and-women-s-youth-tournaments |title=Update on FIFA Club World Cup 2020 and women's youth tournaments |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association|website=FIFA.com |date=17 November 2020 |access-date=17 November 2020}}

Bayern Munich won the match 1–0 for their second FIFA Club World Cup title and fourth title at the global level. With the win, Bayern became the second European team to complete a sextuple (six trophies in a year) after Barcelona in 2009; they had won a continental treble in the previous season, along with their domestic and continental super cups in the 2020–21 campaign.{{cite news |url=https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/news/pavard-completes-sextuple-for-dominant-bayern |title=Pavard completes sextuple for dominant Bayern |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=11 February 2021 |access-date=11 February 2021}}

Teams

{{Hatnote|In the following table, finals until 2005 were in the FIFA Club World Championship era, since 2006 were in the FIFA Club World Cup era.}}

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Team

!Confederation

!Qualification for tournament

!Previous club world championship finals

{{fbaicon|GER}} Bayern Munich

|UEFA

|Winners of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League

|1 2013

{{fbaicon|MEX}} Tigres UANL

|CONCACAF

|Winners of the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League

|None

Venue

The Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar was announced as the final venue on 23 December 2020.{{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 |work=FIFA |date=23 December 2020 |access-date=23 December 2020}} The venue finished construction and opened in 2020, and will host matches at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.{{cite news |url=https://www.gulf-times.com/story/664827/Education-City-Stadium-completed |title=Education City Stadium completed |work=Gulf Times |date=4 June 2020 |access-date=28 December 2020}} Originally, the stadium was to host the second semi-final, third place play-off and final of the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup,{{cite news |url=https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/news/education-city-stadium-to-host-fifa-club-world-cup-qatar-2020tm-final |title=Education City Stadium to host FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2020 final |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=30 September 2020 |access-date=30 September 2020}}{{dead link|date=October 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} but the matches were moved to the Khalifa International Stadium after the opening of the Education City Stadium was postponed.{{cite web |title=New FIFA Club World Cup champions to be crowned at Khalifa International Stadium |url=https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/news/new-fifa-club-world-cuptm-champions-to-be-crowned-at-khalifa-international-stadi |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=7 December 2020 |accessdate=7 December 2020}}

Background

Bayern Munich reached their second Club World Cup Final in two tournament appearances, having done so in 2013, which they won against Raja Casablanca. Overall, it was their fourth club world championship final, having won their Intercontinental Cup in 1976 and 2001.{{cite web |last1=Magnani |first1=Loris |last2=Stokkermans |first2=Karel |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablest/toyota.html |title=Intercontinental Club Cup |work=RSSSF |date=17 September 2020 |access-date=11 February 2021}} Bayern Munich were seeking their sixth title in a year, having won the Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal and UEFA Champions League in the 2019–20 season, followed by the UEFA Super Cup and DFL-Supercup so far in the 2020–21 campaign. Therefore, a victory would see become the second team to win a sextuple, consisting of a continental treble (domestic league, domestic cup and continental competition), followed by the subsequent domestic and continental super cups and FIFA Club World Cup in the following season. This feat had only previously been achieved by Barcelona in 2009 (end of the 2008–09 season and start of the 2009–10 season).{{cite news |url=https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/news/lewandowski-bayern-can-complete-one-of-football-s-biggest-achievements |title=Lewandowski: Bayern can complete one of football's biggest achievements |work=FIFA |date=7 February 2021 |access-date=11 February 2021}}

Tigres UANL became the first side from CONCACAF to reach the final of the Club World Cup. They were making their debut appearance in the competition, having qualified by winning their first CONCACAF Champions League title in 2020.{{cite web |last1=Leme de Arruda |first1=Marcelo |last2=Di Maggio |first2=Roberto |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/fifawcc.html |title=FIFA Club World Cup |website=RSSSF |date=10 January 2020 |access-date=7 February 2021}}

Route to the final

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width=350 colspan=2|{{fbaicon|GER}} Bayern Munich

!Team

!width=350 colspan=2|{{fbaicon|MEX}} Tigres UANL

style="background:#C1E0FF"

|align=center|Opponent

|align=center|Result

|align=center|2020 FIFA Club World Cup

|align=center|Opponent

|align=center|Result

align=center colspan=2|Bye

|align=center style="background:#C1E0FF"|Second round

|{{fbaicon|KOR}} Ulsan Hyundai

|align=center|2–1

{{fbaicon|EGY}} Al Ahly

|align=center|2–0

|align=center style="background:#C1E0FF"|Semi-finals

|{{fbaicon|BRA}} Palmeiras

|align=center|1–0

Match

=Summary=

In the 59th minute, Benjamin Pavard got the only goal of the game when he shot into an empty net from six yards out after the ball came to him when Robert Lewandowski challenged for a ball in the air with Tigres UANL goalkeeper Nahuel Guzmán. The goal was reviewed by VAR for an offside before eventually being awarded.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/feb/11/bayern-beat-tigres-in-club-world-cup-final-to-earn-sixth-trophy-in-nine-months|title=Bayern beat Tigres in Club World Cup final to earn sixth trophy in nine months|date=11 February 2021|work=Guardian|accessdate=10 February 2022}}

=Details=

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|date={{Start date|2021|2|11|df=y}}

|time=21:00 AST

|team1=Bayern Munich {{fbaicon|GER}}

|score=1–0

|report=https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/matches/match/400154013/

|team2={{fbaicon|MEX}} Tigres UANL

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan

|attendance=7,411{{cite web |url=https://api.fifa.com/api/v1/live/football/2/0/0/400154013 |title=Bayern Munich vs. Tigres UANL |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=11 February 2021 |access-date=17 March 2021 |archive-date=20 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820091734/https://api.fifa.com/api/v1/live/football/2/0/0/400154013 |url-status=dead }}

|referee=Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay)

}}

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{| style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"

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GK1{{flagicon|GER}} Manuel Neuer (c)
RB5{{flagicon|FRA}} Benjamin Pavard
CB4{{flagicon|GER}} Niklas Süle
CB21{{flagicon|FRA}} Lucas Hernandez
LB19{{flagicon|CAN}} Alphonso Davies
CM6{{flagicon|GER}} Joshua Kimmich
CM27{{flagicon|AUT}} David Alaba
RW10{{flagicon|GER}} Leroy Sané{{suboff|73}}
AM29{{flagicon|FRA}} Kingsley Coman{{suboff|73}}
LW7{{flagicon|GER}} Serge Gnabry{{suboff|64}}
CF9{{flagicon|POL}} Robert Lewandowski{{suboff|73}}
colspan=3|Substitutes:
GK34{{flagicon|GER}} Lukas Schneller
GK39{{flagicon|GER}} Ron-Thorben Hoffmann
DF20{{flagicon|FRA}} Bouna Sarr
MF22{{flagicon|ESP}} Marc Roca
MF24{{flagicon|FRA}} Corentin Tolisso{{subon|64}}
MF28{{flagicon|POR}} Tiago Dantas
MF42{{flagicon|ENG}} Jamal Musiala{{subon|73}}
FW11{{flagicon|BRA}} Douglas Costa{{subon|73}}
FW13{{flagicon|CMR}} Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting{{subon|73}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|{{flagicon|GER}} Hansi Flick

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GK1{{flagicon|ARG}} Nahuel Guzmán
RB28{{flagicon|MEX}} Luis Rodríguez{{yel|69}}{{suboff|80}}
CB13{{flagicon|MEX}} Diego Reyes
CB3{{flagicon|MEX}} Carlos Salcedo
LB29{{flagicon|MEX}} Jesús Dueñas{{yel|42}}
RM20{{flagicon|MEX}} Javier Aquino
CM5{{flagicon|BRA}} Rafael Carioca{{yel|90}}
CM19{{flagicon|ARG}} Guido Pizarro (c)
LM23{{flagicon|COL}} Luis Quiñones
CF32{{flagicon|PAR}} Carlos González
CF10{{flagicon|FRA}} André-Pierre Gignac
colspan=3|Substitutes:
GK35{{flagicon|MEX}} Juan Pablo Chávez
GK50{{flagicon|MEX}} Arturo Delgado
DF4{{flagicon|MEX}} Hugo Ayala
DF14{{flagicon|MEX}} Juan Sánchez
DF18{{flagicon|MEX}} Aldo Cruz
DF21{{flagicon|COL}} Francisco Meza
DF43{{flagicon|MEX}} Érick Ávalos
MF8{{flagicon|ECU}} Jordan Sierra
MF17{{flagicon|URU}} Leonardo Fernández
MF22{{flagicon|MEX}} Raymundo Fulgencio
FW33{{flagicon|COL}} Julián Quiñones{{subon|80}}
FW52{{flagicon|MEX}} Patrick Ogama
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|{{flagicon|BRA}} Ricardo Ferretti

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Man of the Match:


Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich)

Assistant referees:


Nicolás Taran (Uruguay)


Richard Trinidad (Uruguay)


Fourth official:


Edina Alves Batista (Brazil)


Reserve assistant referee:


Neuza Back (Brazil)


Video assistant referee:


Julio Bascuñán (Chile){{efn|group=note|name=VAR|Nicolás Gallo (Colombia) was originally appointed as the video assistant referee for the final, with Julio Bascuñán (Chile) serving as the assistant video assistant referee.{{cite tweet |author=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |author-link=FIFA |user=fifamedia |number=1359425981187055616 |date=10 February 2021 |title=Referee designations FCWC 2020 – Final |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211211834/https://twitter.com/fifamedia/status/1359425981187055616 |archive-date=11 February 2021}} However, Gallo was later removed from the match, with Bascuñán changed to the video assistant referee, and Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar) appointed as the assistant video assistant referee.}}


Assistant video assistant referee:


Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar){{efn|group=note|name=VAR}}

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Match rules{{cite web |url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/4a92db447a7fd1be/original/i7wininfprqxol6ylkpr-pdf.pdf |title=FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2020 Regulations}}{{cite news |url=https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/news/fifa-to-trial-concussion-substitutes-at-fifa-club-world-cuptm |title=FIFA to trial concussion substitutes at FIFA Club World Cup |work=FIFA |date=8 January 2021 |access-date=1 February 2021}}

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Maximum of twelve named substitutes
  • Maximum of five normal substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time{{refn|group=note|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.}}
  • Maximum of one concussion substitute

=Statistics=

{{col-begin}}

{{col-3}}

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|+First half{{cite web |url=https://resources.fifa.com/image/upload/eng-08-1102-bay-tig-halftime.pdf?cloudid=rkx9ivroagmxkhm2b7cr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211220238/https://resources.fifa.com/image/upload/eng-08-1102-bay-tig-halftime.pdf?cloudid=rkx9ivroagmxkhm2b7cr |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 February 2021 |title=Match report, half-time – Final – FC Bayern München v Tigres UANL |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |format=PDF |date=11 February 2021 |access-date=11 February 2021}}

scope="col" style="width:100px"|Statistic

! scope="col" style="width:70px"|Bayern Munich

! scope="col" style="width:70px"|Tigres UANL

scope=row|Goals scored

|0

|0

scope=row|Total shots

|8

|3

scope=row|Shots on target

|4

|1

scope=row|Saves

|1

|4

scope=row|Ball possession

|58%

|42%

scope=row|Corner kicks

|3

|2

scope=row|Fouls committed

|6

|6

scope=row|Offsides

|2

|0

scope=row|Yellow cards

|0

|1

scope=row|Red cards

|0

|0

{{col-3}}

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|+Second half{{cite web |url=https://resources.fifa.com/image/upload/eng-08-1102-bay-tig-fulltime.pdf?cloudid=tko7fkg8biyfrgfdmjle |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211220202/https://resources.fifa.com/image/upload/eng-08-1102-bay-tig-fulltime.pdf?cloudid=tko7fkg8biyfrgfdmjle |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 February 2021 |title=Match report – Final – FC Bayern München v Tigres UANL |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |format=PDF |date=11 February 2021 |access-date=11 February 2021}}

scope="col" style="width:100px"|Statistic

! scope="col" style="width:70px"|Bayern Munich

! scope="col" style="width:70px"|Tigres UANL

scope=row|Goals scored

|1

|0

scope=row|Total shots

|11

|0

scope=row|Shots on target

|5

|0

scope=row|Saves

|0

|4

scope=row|Ball possession

|52%

|48%

scope=row|Corner kicks

|1

|0

scope=row|Fouls committed

|6

|5

scope=row|Offsides

|0

|3

scope=row|Yellow cards

|0

|2

scope=row|Red cards

|0

|0

{{col-3}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+Overall

scope="col" style="width:100px"|Statistic

! scope="col" style="width:70px"|Bayern Munich

! scope="col" style="width:70px"|Tigres UANL

scope=row|Goals scored

|1

|0

scope=row|Total shots

|19

|3

scope=row|Shots on target

|9

|1

scope=row|Saves

|1

|8

scope=row|Ball possession

|55%

|45%

scope=row|Corner kicks

|4

|2

scope=row|Fouls committed

|12

|11

scope=row|Offsides

|2

|3

scope=row|Yellow cards

|0

|3

scope=row|Red cards

|0

|0

{{col-end}}

Notes

{{Reflist|group=note}}

References

{{Reflist}}