# 2012 FIFA Club World Cup

The 2012 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2012 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was a football tournament that was played from 6 to 16 December 2012. It was the ninth edition of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised tournament between the winners of the six continental confederations as well as the host nation's league champions. The tournament was hosted by Japan.
Defending champions Barcelona did not qualify as they were eliminated in the semi-finals of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League by eventual champions Chelsea.
Corinthians won the title for the second time (also becoming the last South American and non-European team to win the tournament), winning 1–0 in the semi-finals against Al Ahly before beating Chelsea by the same margin in the final.

## Host bids

The FIFA Executive Committee appointed Japan as hosts for the 2011 and 2012 tournaments on 27 May 2008 during their meeting in Sydney, Australia.

## Qualified teams

| Team | Confederation | Qualification | Participation (bold indicates winners) |
| Entering in the semi-finals ||||
| Corinthians | CONMEBOL | Winners of the 2012 Copa Libertadores | 2nd (Previous: 2000) |
| Chelsea | UEFA | Winners of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League | 1st |
| Entering in the quarter-finals ||||
| Ulsan Hyundai | AFC | Winners of the 2012 AFC Champions League | 1st |
| Al Ahly | CAF | Winners of the 2012 CAF Champions League | 4th (Previous: 2005, 2006, 2008) |
| Monterrey | CONCACAF | Winners of the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League | 2nd (Previous: 2011) |
| Entering in the play-off for quarter-finals ||||
| Auckland City | OFC | Winners of the 2011–12 OFC Champions League | 4th (Previous: 2006, 2009, 2011) |
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | AFC (host) | Winners of the 2012 J. League Division 1 | 1st |

## Match officials

The appointed referees are:
| Confederation | Referee | Assistant referees |
| AFC | Nawaf Shukralla | Ebrahim Saleh Yaser Tulefat |
| AFC | Alireza Faghani (reserve) | Hassan Kamranifar (reserve) Reza Sokhandan (reserve) |
| CAF | Djamel Haimoudi | Abdelhak Etchiali Redouane Achik |
| CONCACAF | Marco Antonio Rodríguez | Marvin Torrentera Marcos Quintero |
| CONMEBOL | Carlos Vera | Christian Lescano Byron Romero |
| OFC | Peter O'Leary | Mark Rule Ravinesh Kumar |
| UEFA | Cüneyt Çakır | Bahattin Duran Tarık Ongun |

## Squads

Each team submitted a squad of 23 players, three of them goalkeepers. The squads were announced on 29 November 2012.

## Venues

The venues for the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup were Yokohama and Toyota.
| Toyota | ToyotaYokohama | Yokohama |
| Toyota Stadium (Japan) | ToyotaYokohama | Nissan Stadium (Yokohama) |
| 35°05′05″N 137°10′15″E﻿ / ﻿35.08472°N 137.17083°E﻿ / 35.08472; 137.17083﻿ (Toyota Stadium) | ToyotaYokohama | 35°30′35″N 139°36′20″E﻿ / ﻿35.50972°N 139.60556°E﻿ / 35.50972; 139.60556﻿ (International Stadium Yokohama) |
| Capacity: 45,000 | ToyotaYokohama | Capacity: 72,327 |

## Goal-line technology

The 2012 FIFA Club World Cup was the first FIFA tournament to use goal-line technology following its approval by the International Football Association Board (IFAB) in July 2012. The two systems approved by FIFA, GoalRef (installed in Yokohama) and Hawk-Eye (installed in Toyota), were used in the two stadiums.

## Matches

The draw for the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup was held at the FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland, on 24 September 2012 at 11:30 CEST (UTC+02:00). The draw decided the "positions" in the bracket for the three representatives which entered the quarter-finals (AFC/CAF/CONCACAF).
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 |
| 6 December – Yokohama | 6 December – Yokohama | | | | | | |
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 1 | 9 December – Toyota | 9 December – Toyota | | | | |
| Auckland City | 0 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 1 | 12 December – Toyota | 12 December – Toyota | | |
| | | Al Ahly | 2 | Al Ahly | 0 | | |
| | | | | Corinthians | 1 | 16 December – Yokohama | 16 December – Yokohama |
| | | 9 December – Toyota | 9 December – Toyota | | | Corinthians | 1 |
| | | Ulsan Hyundai | 1 | 13 December – Yokohama | 13 December – Yokohama | Chelsea | 0 |
| | | Monterrey | 3 | Monterrey | 1 | | |
| | | | | Chelsea | 3 | | |
| | | | | Match for fifth place | Match for fifth place | Match for third place | Match for third place |
| | | | | 12 December – Toyota | 12 December – Toyota | 16 December – Yokohama | 16 December – Yokohama |
| | | | | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 3 | Al Ahly | 0 |
| | | | | Ulsan Hyundai | 2 | Monterrey | 2 |
All times Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

### Play-off for quarter-finals

A minute's silence was held before the match to commemorate Dutch linesman Richard Nieuwenhuizen, who had died following a violent incident at a youth competition four days before the match.

### Final
## Goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | César Delgado | Monterrey | 3 |
| 1 | Hisato Satō | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 3 |
| 3 | Paolo Guerrero | Corinthians | 2 |
| 3 | Jesús Corona | Monterrey | 2 |
| 5 | Mohamed Aboutrika | Al Ahly | 1 |
| 5 | Al-Sayed Hamdy | Al Ahly | 1 |
| 5 | Juan Mata | Chelsea | 1 |
| 5 | Fernando Torres | Chelsea | 1 |
| 5 | Aldo de Nigris | Monterrey | 1 |
| 5 | Toshihiro Aoyama | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 1 |
| 5 | Satoru Yamagishi | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 1 |
| 5 | Lee Keun-Ho | Ulsan Hyundai | 1 |
| 5 | Lee Yong | Ulsan Hyundai | 1 |
1 own goal
* Dárvin Chávez (Monterrey, against Chelsea)
* Hiroki Mizumoto (Sanfrecce Hiroshima, against Ulsan Hyundai)

## Awards

The following awards were given for the tournament.
| Adidas Golden Ball Toyota Award | Adidas Silver Ball | Adidas Bronze Ball |
| Cássio (Corinthians) | David Luiz (Chelsea) | Paolo Guerrero (Corinthians) |
| FIFA Fair Play Award |||
| Monterrey |||