The
FIFA Club World Cup is an international
association football
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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
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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
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AFC Champions League,
African CAF Champions League,
North American
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CONCACAF Champions League,
South American
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Copa Libertadores,
Oceanian OFC Champions League
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and
European
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UEFA Champions League
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, along with the host nation's national champion, participate in a straight
knockout tournament
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.
Spanish
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club
Real Madrid leads the table in most titles, most wins and most points.
Auckland City have the most tournament appearances with ten, while
Al Ahly
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have played the most matches (22), also holding the dubious record of the most losses with a total of thirteen. There are four teams who have won all of their games in the competition on the quest to their respective title or titles, those being
Internazionale
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,
Milan
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,
São Paulo
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(two wins each) and
Bayern Munich (four wins).
Key legend
* Nat. = Nationality
* Apps = Appearances
* Pld = Played
* W = Games won
* D = Games drawn
* L = Games lost
* PPG = Points per game
* GF = Goals for
* GA = Goals against
* GD = Goal difference
* % = Points percentage
All-time table
Correct after the
2022 tournament:
References
External links
*
All-time tableat weltfussball.de
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All-time football league tables