The 2000 FIFA Club World Championship was the inaugural FIFA Club World Cup, the world club championship for men's club

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teams. It took place in

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from 5 January to 14 January 2000. FIFA as football's international

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selected Brazil as the host nation on 8 June 1999 as the bid was found to be the strongest among four candidates. The draw was made at the Copacabana Palace in

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on 14 October 1999. All matches were played in either Rio de Janeiro's Estádio do Maracanã or

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's Estádio do Morumbi. Eight teams, two from South America, two from Europe and one each from North America, Africa, Asia and Oceania entered the tournament. The first Club World Cup match took place in São Paulo, and saw Spanish club Real Madrid beat Saudi Arabian side Al Nassr 3–1; Real Madrid's Nicolas Anelka scored the first goal in Club World Cup history in the 21st minute. Later the same day, Corinthians goalkeeper Dida kept the first clean sheet in the tournament as his team beat Moroccan side Raja Casablanca 2–0. Corinthians and Vasco da Gama each won their respective groups to qualify for the

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. In front of a crowd of 73,000, the final finished as a 0–0 draw after extra time. The title was decided by a penalty shoot-out which Corinthians won 4–3. As winners, Corinthians received $6 million in prize money, while Vasco da Gama received $5 million. Necaxa beat Real Madrid in the third-place play-off to claim $4 million. Real Madrid received $3 million, and the other remaining teams were awarded $2.5 million.

Participating teams

The clubs that played in the tournament were:

Venues

Squads

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Match officials

Eight referees were appointed from the six continental confederations, each along with an accompanying assistant referee.

Format

Matches were played in

and

. The teams were organised in two groups of four teams, with the top team in each group going through to the final and the two second-placed teams contesting a third-place play-off.

First stage

Group A

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Group B

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Second stage

Third place play-off

Final

Goalscorers

;3 goals * Nicolas Anelka (Real Madrid) *

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(Vasco da Gama) ;2 goals * Fahad Al-Bishi (Al Nassr) * Agustín Delgado (Necaxa) * Edílson (Corinthians) * Edmundo (Vasco da Gama) * Quinton Fortune (Manchester United) * Cristian Montecinos (Necaxa) * Raúl (Real Madrid) ;1 goal * Youssef Achami (Raja Casablanca) * Álex Aguinaga (Necaxa) * Fuad Amin (Al Nassr) * John Anastasiadis (South Melbourne) * Ahmed Bahja (Al Nassr) * Nicky Butt (Manchester United) *

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(Necaxa) * Talal El Karkouri (Raja Casablanca) * Bouchaib El Moubarki (Raja Casablanca) * Felipe (Vasco da Gama) * Geremi (Real Madrid) * Fernando Hierro (Real Madrid) *

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(Corinthians) * Luizão (Corinthians) * Fernando Morientes (Real Madrid) * Mustapha Moustaoudia (Raja Casablanca) * Odvan (Vasco da Gama) * Ricardinho (Corinthians) * Freddy Rincón (Corinthians) * Moussa Saïb (Al Nassr) * Sávio (Real Madrid) * Dwight Yorke (Manchester United)

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. Additionally, FIFA named an all-star team consisting of eleven starters and seven substitutes.

References

External links

FIFA Club World Championship Brazil 2000
FIFA.com
FIFA Technical ReportFIFA Statistics
at the Rec.Sports.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) {{DEFAULTSORT:World Championship

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