The
FIFA Club World Cup is an international
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
competition organised by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (
FIFA), the sport's global governing body.
The championship was first contested as the FIFA Club World Championship in 2000. It was not held between
2001 and 2004 due to a combination of factors, most importantly the collapse of FIFA's marketing partner
International Sport and Leisure
International Sport and Leisure (ISL) was a Swiss sports marketing company that was closely bound to FIFA.
History
ISL was established by former Adidas boss Horst Dassler, and was associated with FIFA, the International Olympic Committee and t ...
.
Following a change in format which saw the FIFA Club World Championship absorb the
Intercontinental Cup, it was relaunched in 2005 and took its current name the season afterwards.
The current format of the tournament involves seven teams competing for the title at venues within the host nation over a period of about two weeks; the winners of that year's edition of the
Asian AFC Champions League,
African CAF Champions League,
North American
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Ca ...
CONCACAF Champions League,
South American
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Copa Libertadores,
Oceanian OFC Champions League
The OFC Champions League, also known as the O-League, is the premier men's club soccer competition in Oceania. It is organised by the OFC, Oceania's football governing body. Beginning as the Oceania Club Championship (1987–2006), it has been ...
and
European UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competi ...
, along with the host nation's national champion, participate in a straight
knockout tournament
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.
At the end of each
FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the ' ( FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The tournament ha ...
final tournament, several awards are attributed to the players and teams which have distinguished themselves from the rest in different aspects of the game.
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Can ...
club
Barcelona
Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...
has been the only club to earn every award in one edition, a feat accomplished during the
2015 FIFA Club World Cup. Barcelona, along with
Real Madrid, are also the only sides to have earned three FIFA Fair Play Trophies.
Lionel Messi
Lionel Andrés Messi (; born 24 June 1987), also known as Leo Messi, is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Paris Saint-Germain and captains the Argentina national team. Widely regarded as one of the ...
is also the only player to have won two Golden Ball awards.
Uruguay
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...
an player
Luis Suárez
Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz (; born 24 January 1987) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Uruguayan Primera División club Nacional and the Uruguay national team. Nicknamed ''El Pistolero'' ('The Gunman'), he is ...
holds the record for the most goals scored in one edition (five in
2015).
Awards
There are currently three awards:
*the Golden Ball for best player;
*the Player of the Match (formerly known as the "Man of the Match") for the best player in each tournament match; first awarded in
2013
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;
*the FIFA Fair Play Trophy for the team with the best record of fair play.
The following two awards are no longer given:
*the Golden Shoe for best player; only awarded in
2000
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;
*the FIFA All-Star Team for the best squad of players of the tournament; only awarded in
2000
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.
The winners of the competition also receive the FIFA Club World Cup Champions Badge; it features an image of the trophy, which the reigning champion is entitled to display on its kit until the final of the next championship.
The badge was first presented to Milan, the winners of the
2007 final. Initially, all four previous champions were allowed to wear the badge until the
2008 final, where
Manchester United gained the sole right to wear the badge by winning the trophy.
Each player from the clubs finishing third, second and first also receive one bronze, silver and gold medal each, respectively.
Golden Ball
The Golden Ball award is presented to the best player at each FIFA Club World Cup, with a shortlist drawn up by the FIFA technical committee and the winner voted for by representatives of the media.
Those who finish as runners-up in the vote receive the ''Silver Ball'' and ''Bronze Ball'' awards as the second and third most outstanding players in the tournament respectively.
*
Barcelona
Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...
(
Deco
Anderson Luís de Souza (born 27 August 1977), known as Deco (), is a retired professional footballer who primarily played as an attacking or central midfielder. Born and raised in Brazil, he acquired Portuguese citizenship and played for P ...
– 2006,
Lionel Messi
Lionel Andrés Messi (; born 24 June 1987), also known as Leo Messi, is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Paris Saint-Germain and captains the Argentina national team. Widely regarded as one of the ...
– 2009 and 2011,
Luis Suárez
Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz (; born 24 January 1987) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Uruguayan Primera División club Nacional and the Uruguay national team. Nicknamed ''El Pistolero'' ('The Gunman'), he is ...
– 2015) and
Real Madrid (
Sergio Ramos – 2014,
Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro (; born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward and captains the Portugal national team. He is currently a free agent. Widely regarded as one of the greatest p ...
– 2016,
Luka Modrić
Luka Modrić (; born 9 September 1985) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Real Madrid and captains the Croatia national team. He plays mainly as a central midfielder, but can also play as an a ...
– 2017,
Gareth Bale – 2018) are the only clubs to have earned the Golden Ball award four times.
*
Barcelona
Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...
is also the only club to have earned every award in one edition (
2015 Japan).
*
Lionel Messi
Lionel Andrés Messi (; born 24 June 1987), also known as Leo Messi, is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Paris Saint-Germain and captains the Argentina national team. Widely regarded as one of the ...
is the only player to have won two Golden Balls.
*
Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro (; born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward and captains the Portugal national team. He is currently a free agent. Widely regarded as one of the greatest p ...
has won most awards (4), one Golden Ball and three Silver Balls.
* Brazilian players have won the most Golden Balls, amassing five.
They also hold the record for the most Silver and Bronze Balls with six and five, respectively.
*
Cristian Bolaños,
Dioko Kaluyituka,
Mouhcine Iajour
Mouhcine Iajour ( ar, محسن ياجور; born 14 June 1986) is a Moroccan football Forward (association football)#Striker, striker who currently plays for RS Berkane and the Morocco national football team, Moroccan national team.
In 2013, Iaj ...
,
Gaku Shibasaki
is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish club Leganés and the Japanese national team.
Club career Early career
Born in Noheji, Aomori, Japan, Shibasaki began playing in his first year at elementary school. O ...
and
Ivan Vicelich
Ivan Robert Vicelich ( hr, Vicelić, ; ; born 3 September 1976) is a former New Zealand professional footballer who is currently assistant coach at Auckland City FC in the ASB Premiership.
He is his country and Oceania's most-capped interna ...
are the only non-European and non-South American players who have earned the Silver Ball or the Bronze Ball while playing for a club that doesn't come from the aforementioned continents.
Since 2005, the winner of the Golden Ball has also been presented with a separate trophy by the tournament sponsor. The name of the award has varied:
* 2005–2014:
Toyota
is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan. It was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda and incorporated on . Toyota is one of the largest automobile manufacturers in the world, producing about 10 ...
Award (also known as the Toyota Golden Key)
** During this period, the winner of the Toyota Award received a Toyota-made
automobile
A car or automobile is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of ''cars'' say that they run primarily on roads, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport people instead of goods.
The year 1886 is regarde ...
as a prize or an equivalent amount in cash.
* 2015:
Alibaba E-Auto Award
* 2016:
Alibaba YunOS
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Auto Award
* 2017–present:
Alibaba Cloud
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Award (also known as the Alibaba Cloud Trophy or Alibaba Cloud Player of the Tournament)
Player of the Match
The
Player of the Match
In team sport, a player of the match or man of the match or woman of the match award is often given to the most outstanding player in a particular match. This can be a player from either team, although the player is generally chosen from the winn ...
(POTM) award was introduced with the name "Man of the Match" in
2013 FIFA Club World Cup
The 2013 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2013 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was the 10th edition of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised international club football tournament betwe ...
in Morocco. It was rechristened "Player of the Match" in 2023. The award is given to the best player in each tournament match by the FIFA Technical Study Group.
Five players have won two player of the match awards:
* Three players won them in the same tournament:
Luis Suárez
Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz (; born 24 January 1987) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Uruguayan Primera División club Nacional and the Uruguay national team. Nicknamed ''El Pistolero'' ('The Gunman'), he is ...
(2015),
Jonathan Urretaviscaya (2017) and
Khalid Eisa
Khalid Eisa Mohammed Bilal Saeed Al Mesmari ( ar, خالد عيسى محمد بلال سعيد المسماري; born 15 September 1989) is an Emirati professional association football goalkeeper who plays for Emirati club Al Ain and the United ...
(2018).
* Two players won them in separate tournaments:
Luka Modrić
Luka Modrić (; born 9 September 1985) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Real Madrid and captains the Croatia national team. He plays mainly as a central midfielder, but can also play as an a ...
and
Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro (; born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward and captains the Portugal national team. He is currently a free agent. Widely regarded as one of the greatest p ...
(both 2016 and 2017).
**
Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro (; born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward and captains the Portugal national team. He is currently a free agent. Widely regarded as one of the greatest p ...
is the only player to have won two final player of the match awards.
The name of the award has varied based on the tournament sponsor:
*2013–2014:
Toyota
is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan. It was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda and incorporated on . Toyota is one of the largest automobile manufacturers in the world, producing about 10 ...
Match Award
*2015:
Alibaba E-Auto Match Award
*2016:
Alibaba YunOS
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Auto Match Award
*2017–present:
Alibaba Cloud
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Match Award
FIFA Fair Play Trophy
The FIFA Fair Play Trophy is given to the team with the best record of
fair play during the Club World Cup tournament.
The winners of this award earn the FIFA Fair Play Award, a diploma, a fair play medal for each player and official, and $50,000 worth of football equipment to be used for youth development.
Barcelona
Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...
and
Real Madrid are the only clubs to have won three FIFA Fair Play Trophies.
Golden Shoe
The Golden Shoe award went to the top goalscorer of the FIFA Club World Cup. It was only awarded at the inaugural tournament in
2000
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. If more than one player finishes the tournament with the same number of goals, the tie goes to the player who has contributed the most
assist
Assist or ASSIST may refer to:
Sports
Several sports have a statistic known as an "assist", generally relating to action by a player leading to a score by another player on their team:
*Assist (basketball), a pass by a player that facilitates a ba ...
s (with the FIFA Technical Study Group deciding whether an assist is to be counted as such). ''Silver'' and ''Bronze Boots'' are awarded to the second- and third-placed players.
FIFA All-Star Team
The ''FIFA All-Star Team'' is a squad of the best players of the tournament. It was only awarded at the inaugural tournament in
2000
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. The squad includes eleven starters and seven substitutes.
Hat-tricks
*
Luis Suárez
Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz (; born 24 January 1987) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Uruguayan Primera División club Nacional and the Uruguay national team. Nicknamed ''El Pistolero'' ('The Gunman'), he is ...
,
Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro (; born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward and captains the Portugal national team. He is currently a free agent. Widely regarded as one of the greatest p ...
,
Gareth Bale and
Hamdou Elhouni
Hamdou Mohamed Elhouni ( ar, حمدو محمد الهوني, born 2 February 1994) is a Libyan professional footballer who plays for Tunisian club Espérance de Tunis and the Libya national team as a left winger.
He has previously played for ...
are the only players who have scored a
hat-trick
A hat-trick or hat trick is the achievement of a generally positive feat three times in a match, or another achievement based on the number three.
Origin
The term first appeared in 1858 in cricket, to describe H. H. Stephenson taking three wic ...
in the competition. Suárez did so in the 2015 semi-final against
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao
Guangzhou Football Club, formerly known as Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Football Club, is a professional Chinese football club that participates in the Chinese Super League under the license of the Chinese Football Association. The team is based ...
where he scored all three goals of that match.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick in the
2016 FIFA Club World Cup Final against
Kashima Antlers, an equalizing penalty kick followed by two extra time goals. Gareth Bale scored a hat-trick in the 2018 semi-final against Kashima Antlers, where he scored all three of his team's goals before being substituted in less than an hour. Hamdou Elhouni scored the latest hat-trick in 2019 when
Espérance de Tunis :''See also Esperance (disambiguation)''
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won 6–2 against
Al-Sadd
Al Sadd Sports Club ( ar, نادي السد الرياضي, lit=Dam Sports Club) is a Qatari sports club based in the Al Sadd district of the city of Doha. It is best known for its association football team, which competes in the ...
in the match for fifth place.
References
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Club World Cup
The FIFA Club World Cup is an international men's association football competition organised by the ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The competition was first contested in 200 ...