# 2014 FIFA Club World Cup

The 2014 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2014 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was the 11th 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. It was hosted by Morocco for the second consecutive season, and played from 10 to 20 December 2014.
Bayern Munich could not defend their title having been eliminated in the semi-finals of the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League by eventual winners Real Madrid. The Spanish side went on to beat Mexico's Cruz Azul 4–0 in the Club World Cup semi-finals, before defeating San Lorenzo 2–0 in the final to give them their first Club World Cup title. Including the 1960, 1998 and 2002 Intercontinental Cups, it was Real Madrid's fourth world club title, equalling Milan's record.

## Host bids

There were four countries bidding to host the 2013 and 2014 tournaments (same host for both tournaments):
* Iran
* Morocco
* South Africa
* United Arab Emirates (which hosted the 2009 and 2010 editions in Abu Dhabi)
In October 2011, FIFA said that Iran, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates all withdrew their bids, leaving Morocco as the only bidder. The FIFA Executive Committee officially confirmed Morocco as host on 17 December 2011 during their meeting in Tokyo, Japan.
On 21 August 2014, FIFA issued a statement reconfirming Morocco as the host, despite recent rumours that a change in venue might be sought due to the 2014 West Africa Ebola virus outbreak. Morocco had cancelled its hosting of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations due to fears of Ebola, but vowed to host the Club World Cup as no entrants would be from the countries with the most severe Ebola outbreaks.

## Qualified teams

| Team | Confederation | Qualification | Participation |
| Entering in the semi-finals ||||
| Real Madrid | UEFA | Winners of the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League | 2nd (Previous: 2000) |
| San Lorenzo | CONMEBOL | Winners of the 2014 Copa Libertadores | 1st |
| Entering in the quarter-finals ||||
| Cruz Azul | CONCACAF | Winners of the 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League | 1st |
| ES Sétif | CAF | Winners of the 2014 CAF Champions League | 1st |
| Western Sydney Wanderers | AFC | Winners of the 2014 AFC Champions League | 1st |
| Entering in the play-off for quarter-finals ||||
| Auckland City | OFC | Winners of the 2013–14 OFC Champions League | 6th (Previous: 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013) |
| Moghreb Tétouan | CAF (hosts) | Winners of the 2013–14 Botola | 1st |

## Venues

The venues for the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup were in Rabat and Marrakesh.
| RabatMarrakesh | Rabat | Marrakesh |
| RabatMarrakesh | Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium | Stade de Marrakesh |
| RabatMarrakesh | 33°57′35.55″N 6°53′20.81″W﻿ / ﻿33.9598750°N 6.8891139°W﻿ / 33.9598750; -6.8891139﻿ (Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium) | 31°42′24″N 7°58′50″W﻿ / ﻿31.70667°N 7.98056°W﻿ / 31.70667; -7.98056﻿ (Stade de Marrakech) |
| RabatMarrakesh | Capacity: 52,000 | Capacity: 41,245 |

## Match officials

The appointed match officials were:
| Confederation | Referee | Assistant referees |
| AFC | Benjamin Williams | Matthew Cream Paul Cetrangolo |
| CAF | Noumandiez Doué | Songuifolo Yéo Jean-Claude Birumushahu |
| CONCACAF | Walter López | Leonel Leal Gerson López |
| CONMEBOL | Enrique Osses | Carlos Astroza Sergio Román |
| OFC | Norbert Hauata | Tevita Makasini Paul Ahupu |
| UEFA | Pedro Proença | Bertino Miranda Tiago Trigo |
Notes
* ↑ The Chilean officiating team from CONMEBOL replaced the original Colombian trio of Wilmar Roldán, Eduardo Díaz and Alexander Guzmán.

## Squads

Each team named a 23-man squad (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline of 28 November 2014. Injury replacements were allowed until 24 hours before the team's first match. The squads were announced by FIFA on 4 December 2014.

## Matches

If a match was tied after normal playing time:
* For elimination matches, extra time was played. If still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out was held to determine the winner.
* For the matches for fifth place and third place, no extra time was played, and a penalty shoot-out was held to determine the winner.
| Play-off for quarter-finals | Play-off for quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| | | 13 December – Rabat | 13 December – Rabat | | | | |
| | | Cruz Azul (a.e.t.) | 3 | 16 December – Marrakesh | | | |
| | | Western Sydney Wanderers | 1 | Cruz Azul | 0 | | |
| | | | | Real Madrid | 4 | 20 December – Marrakesh | 20 December – Marrakesh |
| | | | | | | Real Madrid | 2 |
| | | | | 17 December – Marrakesh | 17 December – Marrakesh | San Lorenzo | 0 |
| | | 13 December – Rabat | 13 December – Rabat | San Lorenzo (a.e.t.) | 2 | | |
| 10 December – Rabat | 10 December – Rabat | ES Sétif | 0 | Auckland City | 1 | | |
| Moghreb Tétouan | 0 (3) | Auckland City | 1 | | | | |
| Auckland City (p) | 0 (4) | | | Match for fifth place | Match for fifth place | Match for third place | Match for third place |
| | | | | 17 December – Marrakesh | 17 December – Marrakesh | 20 December – Marrakesh | 20 December – Marrakesh |
| | | | | Western Sydney Wanderers | 2 (4) | Cruz Azul | 1 (2) |
| | | | | ES Sétif (p) | 2 (5) | Auckland City (p) | 1 (4) |
All times are local, WET (UTC±0).

### Quarter-finals

A draw was held on 11 October 2014 at 19:00 WEST (UTC+1), at the La Mamounia Hotel in Marrakesh, to determine the pairings of the four quarter-finalists.

### Semi-finals

The first semi-final was originally to be played at Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, but was moved to Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh due to difficult pitch conditions.

### Final
## Goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Gareth Bale | Real Madrid | 2 |
| 1 | Sergio Ramos | Real Madrid | 2 |
| 1 | Gerardo Torrado | Cruz Azul | 2 |
| 4 | Ángel Berlanga | Auckland City | 1 |
| 4 | Ryan De Vries | Auckland City | 1 |
| 4 | John Irving | Auckland City | 1 |
| 4 | Mariano Pavone | Cruz Azul | 1 |
| 4 | Joao Rojas | Cruz Azul | 1 |
| 4 | Karim Benzema | Real Madrid | 1 |
| 4 | Isco | Real Madrid | 1 |
| 4 | Pablo Barrientos | San Lorenzo | 1 |
| 4 | Mauro Matos | San Lorenzo | 1 |
| 4 | Abdelmalek Ziaya | ES Sétif | 1 |
| 4 | Romeo Castelen | Western Sydney Wanderers | 1 |
| 4 | Iacopo La Rocca | Western Sydney Wanderers | 1 |
| 4 | Vítor Saba | Western Sydney Wanderers | 1 |
1 own goal
* Daniel Mullen (Western Sydney Wanderers, against ES Sétif)

## Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
| Adidas Golden Ball Toyota Award | Adidas Silver Ball | Adidas Bronze Ball |
| Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) | Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) | Ivan Vicelich (Auckland City) |
| FIFA Fair Play Award |||
| Real Madrid |||
FIFA also named a man of the match for the best player in each game at the tournament.
Toyota Match Award :
| Match | Man of the match | Club | Opponent |
| 1 | Ivan Vicelich | Auckland City | Moghreb Tétouan |
| 2 | John Irving | Auckland City | ES Sétif |
| 3 | Gerardo Torrado | Cruz Azul | Western Sydney Wanderers |
| 4 | Karim Benzema | Real Madrid | Cruz Azul |
| 5 | Ahmed Gasmi | ES Sétif | Western Sydney Wanderers |
| 6 | Pablo Barrientos | San Lorenzo | Auckland City |
| 7 | Tim Payne | Auckland City | Cruz Azul |
| 8 | Sergio Ramos | Real Madrid | San Lorenzo |