# 2016 FIFA Club World Cup

The 2016 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2016 presented by Alibaba YunOS Auto for sponsorship reasons) was the 13th edition of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised international club football tournament between the winners of the six continental confederations, as well as the host nation's league champions. The tournament was hosted by Japan.
This edition marked the second time and first since 2008 in which the CONMEBOL representative did not feature any clubs from Argentina or Brazil.
Barcelona could not defend their title as they were eliminated in the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals.
Real Madrid won their second Club World Cup, defeating hosts Kashima Antlers 4–2 after extra time in the final.

## Host bids

The application process for the 2015–16 as well as the 2017–18 editions, i.e. two hosts, each hosting two years, began in February 2014. Member associations interested in hosting had to submit a declaration of interest by 30 March 2014, and provide the complete set of bidding documents by 25 August 2014. The FIFA Executive Committee was to select the hosts at their meeting in Morocco in December 2014. However, no such decision regarding the 2015–2016 host was made until 2015.
The following countries expressed an interest in bidding to host the tournament:
* India (withdrew interest in November 2014)
* Japan
Japan was officially confirmed as hosts of the 2015 and 2016 tournaments on 23 April 2015.

## Qualified teams

| Team | Confederation | Qualification | Qualified date | Participation (bold indicates winners) |
| Entering in the semi-finals |||||
| Atlético Nacional | CONMEBOL | Winners of the 2016 Copa Libertadores | 27 July 2016 | 1st |
| Real Madrid | UEFA | Winners of the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League | 28 May 2016 | 3rd (Previous: 2000, 2014) |
| Entering in the second round |||||
| Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | AFC | Winners of the 2016 AFC Champions League | 26 November 2016 | 2nd (Previous: 2006) |
| Mamelodi Sundowns | CAF | Winners of the 2016 CAF Champions League | 23 October 2016 | 1st |
| América | CONCACAF | Winners of the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League | 27 April 2016 | 3rd (Previous: 2006, 2015) |
| Entering in the first round |||||
| Auckland City | OFC | Winners of the 2016 OFC Champions League | 23 April 2016 | 8th (Previous: 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015) |
| Kashima Antlers | AFC (host) | Winners of the 2016 J1 League | 3 December 2016 | 1st |

## Venues

On 9 June 2016, Suita City Football Stadium in Osaka and International Stadium Yokohama in Yokohama were named as the two venues of the tournament.
| Osaka | OsakaYokohama | Yokohama |
| Suita City Football Stadium | OsakaYokohama | International Stadium Yokohama |
| 34°48′41.04″N 135°32′27.24″E﻿ / ﻿34.8114000°N 135.5409000°E﻿ / 34.8114000; 135.5409000﻿ (Suita City Football Stadium) | OsakaYokohama | 35°30′35″N 139°36′20″E﻿ / ﻿35.50972°N 139.60556°E﻿ / 35.50972; 139.60556﻿ (International Stadium Yokohama) |
| Capacity: 39,694 | OsakaYokohama | Capacity: 72,327 |

## Match officials

The appointed match officials were:
| Confederation | Referee | Assistant referees | Video assistant referee |
| AFC | Nawaf Shukralla | Yaser Tulefat Taleb Al Marri | Ravshan Irmatov |
| CAF | Janny Sikazwe | Jerson dos Santos Marwa Range | Bakary Gassama |
| CONCACAF | Roberto García | José Camargo Alberto Morín | Mark Geiger |
| CONMEBOL | Enrique Cáceres | Eduardo Cardozo Juan Zorrilla | Andrés Cunha |
| OFC | Abdelkader Zitouni | Philippe Revel | Nick Waldron |
| UEFA | Viktor Kassai | György Ring Vencel Tóth | Damir Skomina Danny Makkelie |
Video assistant referees were tested during the tournament. The system was used for the first time when a penalty was awarded by referee Viktor Kassai in the first half of the semi-final between Atlético Nacional and Kashima Antlers after a review of video replay.

## Squads

Each team had to name a 23-man squad (three of whom must be goalkeepers). Injury replacements were allowed until 24 hours before the team's first match. The official squads (excluding the host team, who was yet to be determined) were announced on 1 December 2016.

## Matches

The schedule of the tournament was announced on 15 July 2016.
A draw was held on 21 September 2016, 11:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland, to determine the positions in the bracket for the three teams which enter the second round.
If a match was tied after normal playing time:
* For elimination matches, extra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out would be held to determine the winner.
* For the matches for fifth place and third place, no extra time would be played, and a penalty shoot-out would be held to determine the winner.
On 18 March 2016, the FIFA Executive Committee agreed that the competition would be part of the International Football Association Board's trial to allow a fourth substitute to be made during extra time.
| First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| | | 11 December – Osaka | 11 December – Osaka | | | | |
| | | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 1 | 15 December – Yokohama | | | |
| | | América | 2 | América | 0 | | |
| | | | | Real Madrid | 2 | 18 December – Yokohama | 18 December – Yokohama |
| | | | | | | Real Madrid (a.e.t.) | 4 |
| | | | | 14 December – Osaka | 14 December – Osaka | Kashima Antlers | 2 |
| | | 11 December – Osaka | 11 December – Osaka | Atlético Nacional | 0 | | |
| 8 December – Yokohama | 8 December – Yokohama | Mamelodi Sundowns | 0 | Kashima Antlers | 3 | | |
| Kashima Antlers | 2 | Kashima Antlers | 2 | | | | |
| Auckland City | 1 | | | Match for fifth place | Match for fifth place | Match for third place | Match for third place |
| | | | | 14 December – Osaka | 14 December – Osaka | 18 December – Yokohama | 18 December – Yokohama |
| | | | | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 4 | América | 2 (3) |
| | | | | Mamelodi Sundowns | 1 | Atlético Nacional (p) | 2 (4) |
All times are local, JST (UTC+9).

### Final
## Goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid | 4 |
| 2 | Silvio Romero | América | 2 |
| 2 | Kim Bo-kyung | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 2 |
| 2 | Yasushi Endo | Kashima Antlers | 2 |
| 2 | Mu Kanazaki | Kashima Antlers | 2 |
| 2 | Gaku Shibasaki | Kashima Antlers | 2 |
| 2 | Karim Benzema | Real Madrid | 2 |
| 8 | Michael Arroyo | América | 1 |
| 8 | Oribe Peralta | América | 1 |
| 8 | Alejandro Guerra | Atlético Nacional | 1 |
| 8 | Kim Dae-wook | Auckland City | 1 |
| 8 | Kim Shin-wook | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 1 |
| 8 | Lee Jong-ho | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 1 |
| 8 | Shuhei Akasaki | Kashima Antlers | 1 |
| 8 | Shoma Doi | Kashima Antlers | 1 |
| 8 | Yuma Suzuki | Kashima Antlers | 1 |
| 8 | Percy Tau | Mamelodi Sundowns | 1 |
1 own goal
* Ricardo Nascimento (Mamelodi Sundowns, against Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors)
* Miguel Samudio (América, against Atlético Nacional)

## Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
| Adidas Golden Ball Alibaba YunOS Auto Award | Adidas Silver Ball | Adidas Bronze Ball |
| Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) | Luka Modrić (Real Madrid) | Gaku Shibasaki (Kashima Antlers) |
| FIFA Fair Play Award |||
| Kashima Antlers |||
FIFA also named a man of the match for the best player in each game at the tournament.
Alibaba YunOS Auto Match Award :
| Match | Man of the match | Club | Opponent |
| 1 | Ryota Nagaki | Kashima Antlers | Auckland City |
| 2 | Silvio Romero | América | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
| 3 | Mu Kanazaki | Kashima Antlers | Mamelodi Sundowns |
| 4 | Lee Jae-sung | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | Mamelodi Sundowns |
| 5 | Hitoshi Sogahata | Kashima Antlers | Atlético Nacional |
| 6 | Luka Modrić | Real Madrid | América |
| 7 | Orlando Berrío | Atlético Nacional | América |
| 8 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid | Kashima Antlers |