The 2009 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2009 presented by

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for sponsorship reasons) was a football tournament played from 9 to 19 December 2009. It was the sixth

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and was played in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Australia, Japan and Portugal also placed bids to host the tournament, but Portugal later withdrew from the process. Defending champions

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did not qualify as they lost the

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, who went on to win the Club World Cup for the first time. After coming from behind to beat Mexican side

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in the semi-finals, they did the same against the South American entrants, Estudiantes, in the final, winning 2–1 after

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. Mauro Boselli put Estudiantes ahead in the 37th minute, but Pedro equalised with a minute left in normal time before

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scored the winning goal five minutes into the second half of extra time. This win made Barcelona the first Spanish side to win the Club World Cup, and it also meant that they had won six competitions in the 2009 calendar year, beating

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's European record of five trophies won in 2001.

Qualified teams

Venues

All of the matches at the tournament were played in Abu Dhabi, with three matches at the Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium and five at the Zayed Sports City Stadium, including the final and the play-offs for third and fifth place.

Match ball

The Adidas Jabulani, the official match ball of the

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, served as the match ball of the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup.

Match officials

Squads

Matches

The official draw was held in Abu Dhabi on 12 November 2009 to decide the opposition to be faced by the three teams that begin the tournament at the quarter-final stage. ''All times are UAE Time (

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)''

Play-off for quarter-finals

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Match for fifth place

Match for third place

Final

Scorers

;4 goals * Denílson (Pohang Steelers) ;2 goals *

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(Estudiantes) *

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(Auckland City) *

(Barcelona) * Pedro (Barcelona) ;1 goal * Daniel Arreola (Atlante) *

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(TP Mazembe) * Christian Bermúdez (Atlante) * Mauro Boselli (Estudiantes) *

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(Auckland City) *

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(Auckland City) *

Ngandu Kasongo Isaac Ngandu Kasongo (born 6 December 1979 in Kinshasa) is a retired Congolese football player, who played most of his career for TP Mazembe. International career Ngandu was a member of the Congolese 2006 African Nations Cup team, who progres ...

(TP Mazembe) * Jean Kasusula (TP Mazembe) *

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(Atlante) *

Guillermo Rojas Guillermo Rojas Rumilla (born 29 March 1983) is a Mexican former association football, football Winger (association football), winger. He last played for Cafetaleros de Tapachula of the Liga MX. Rojas made his professional debut with Puebla in 2 ...

(Atlante) * Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) * Lucas Silva (Atlante) *

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(Auckland City)

Prize money

* Winners: $5 million * Runners-up: $4 million * Third place: $2.5 million * Fourth place: $2 million * Fifth place: $1.5 million * Sixth place: $1 million * Seventh place: $0.5 million * Total: $16.5 million

Awards

References

External links

FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2009
FIFA.com

(Archived)
FIFA Technical Report
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