The 2001 FIFA Club World Championship was a football tournament arranged by FIFA to take place in Spain from 28 July to 12 August 2001. It was supposed to be the second edition of the

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, after the first edition in 2000, but was cancelled owing to a combination of factors such as the collapse of FIFA's marketing partner ISL. FIFA had originally planned to postpone the tournament until 2003.

Teams

The clubs invited to the 2001 tournament were:

Venues

The following cities/venues were planned to be used for the tournament:

Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 6 March 2001 at the Congress Centre in

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, Spain.

Group A

* Boca Juniors *

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Group B

* Al-Hilal *

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* Olimpia *

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Group C

* Hearts of Oak * Júbilo Iwata *

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

References

External links

2001 FIFA Club World Championship
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