# 2020 FIFA Club World Cup

The 2020 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2020 presented by Alibaba Cloud for sponsorship reasons) was the 17th 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 Qatar.
The event was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as the AFC, CONMEBOL, and CONCACAF champions would not have been decided in time for the tournament. Originally to be held in December 2020, on 17 November of the same year FIFA announced that the competition would be played between 1 and 11 February 2021.
Originally seven teams were to compete in the tournament. However, OFC's representatives Auckland City withdrew due to the COVID-19 pandemic and related quarantine measures required by the New Zealand authorities. As a result, only six teams competed, and the first round match, originally scheduled on 1 February 2021, was awarded as a 3–0 win to their first round opponents, host Qatar's representatives Al-Duhail, who advanced automatically to the second round on 4 February 2021.
Defending champions Liverpool did not qualify as they were eliminated in the round of 16 of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League. The eventual winners of that competition, Bayern Munich, went on to win the Club World Cup for a second time, beating Al Ahly 2–0 in the semi-finals, before a 1–0 win over Tigres UANL in the final. In winning the title, Bayern Munich became only the second club in European football history (after Barcelona in 2009) to win all six competitions they entered (commonly known as a sextuple) in a single calendar year.

## Host appointment

With proposals for an expanded Club World Cup, FIFA delayed the announcement of a host. On 28 May 2019, FIFA announced that the 2019 and 2020 tournament host would be appointed at the FIFA Council meeting in Paris, France, on 3 June 2019.
Qatar was appointed as the host for the 2019 and 2020 tournaments on 3 June 2019, serving as test events ahead of their hosting of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The tournament retained its original format ahead of the scheduled revamp.

## Qualified teams

| Team | Confederation | Qualification | Qualified date | Participation (bold indicates winners) |
| Entering in the semi-finals |||||
| Bayern Munich | UEFA | Winners of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League | 23 August 2020 | 2nd (Previous: 2013) |
| Palmeiras | CONMEBOL | Winners of the 2020 Copa Libertadores | 30 January 2021 | 1st |
| Entering in the second round |||||
| Al Ahly | CAF | Winners of the 2019–20 CAF Champions League | 27 November 2020 | 6th (Previous: 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013) |
| Ulsan Hyundai | AFC | Winners of the 2020 AFC Champions League | 19 December 2020 | 2nd (Previous: 2012) |
| Tigres UANL | CONCACAF | Winners of the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League | 22 December 2020 | 1st |
| Entering in the first round |||||
| Al-Duhail | AFC (host) | Winners of the 2019–20 Qatar Stars League | 27 September 2020 | 1st |
| Auckland City (withdrew) | OFC | Nominated by OFC | 19 November 2020 | 10th (planned) (Previous: 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017) |
Notes
* ↑ Al-Duhail won the 2019–20 Qatar Stars League on 21 August 2020. Their participation was officially confirmed on 27 September 2020 after Al-Sadd became the last team from Qatar to be eliminated from the 2020 AFC Champions League.
* ↑ On 15 January 2021, FIFA announced that Auckland City had withdrawn from the competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic and related quarantine measures required by the New Zealand authorities.
* ↑ On 4 September 2020, the Oceania Football Confederation announced that the 2020 OFC Champions League was abandoned due to the border and travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and no champions would be awarded. The OFC representative at the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup, which would have originally been the winners of the 2020 OFC Champions League, was confirmed to be Auckland City on 19 November 2020. The team was chosen by the OFC Executive Committee based on the principles within the competition regulations of the OFC Champions League, which established a ranking of each team after the group stage, where Auckland City were ranked first.

## Venues

The matches were played in the city of Al Rayyan, at the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium and Education City Stadium; both 40,000-seat venues which would later host matches at the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Qatar, attendance was limited to only 30% of the stadiums' seating capacity. A third stadium in Al Rayyan, Khalifa International Stadium, would originally have hosted two matches, but following the withdrawal of Auckland City and the subsequent revision of the match schedule, it was not used for the tournament.
| Al Rayyan (Doha Area) | Al Rayyan (Doha Area) | Al Rayyanclass=notpageimage| Location of the host city of the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup. |
| Ahmad bin Ali Stadium | Education City Stadium | Al Rayyanclass=notpageimage| Location of the host city of the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup. |
| Capacity: 45,032 | Capacity: 44,667 | Al Rayyanclass=notpageimage| Location of the host city of the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup. |

## Match officials

Seven referees, twelve assistant referees, and seven video assistant referees were appointed for the tournament. Brazilian referee Edina Alves Batista became the first woman to officiate at a senior FIFA men's tournament.
| Confederation | Referees | Assistant referees | Video assistant referees |
| AFC | Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed | Mohamed Al Hammadi Hasan Al Mahri | Khamis Al-Marri |
| CAF | Maguette Ndiaye | Djibril Camara El Hadji Malick Samba | Rédouane Jiyed |
| CONCACAF | Mario Escobar | Nicholas Anderson Humberto Panjoj | Drew Fischer |
| CONMEBOL | Edina Alves Batista | Neuza Back Mariana de Almeida | Julio Bascuñán Nicolás Gallo |
| CONMEBOL | Esteban Ostojich | Nicolás Taran Richard Trinidad | Julio Bascuñán Nicolás Gallo |
| OFC | Abdelkader Zitouni | | |
| UEFA | Danny Makkelie | Mario Diks Hessel Steegstra | Kevin Blom Jochem Kamphuis |

## 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.

## Matches

The match schedule was announced on 23 December 2020, with a revised schedule with change of venues announced on 18 January 2021. The draw of the tournament was held on 19 January 2021, 16:00 CET (UTC+1), at the FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland, to decide the matchups of the second round (between the first round winner and teams from AFC, CAF and CONCACAF), and the opponents of the two second round winners in the semi-finals (against teams from CONMEBOL and UEFA). At the time of the draw, the identity of the CONMEBOL team was not known.
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.
| First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 1 February – Al Rayyan (ABAS) | 1 February – Al Rayyan (ABAS) | | | | | | | |
| Al-Duhail (awd.) | 3 | 4 February – Al Rayyan (ECS) | 4 February – Al Rayyan (ECS) | | | | | |
| Auckland City | 0 | Al-Duhail | 0 | 8 February – Al Rayyan (ABAS) | 8 February – Al Rayyan (ABAS) | | | |
| | | Al Ahly | 1 | Al Ahly | 0 | | | |
| | | | | Bayern Munich | 2 | | 11 February – Al Rayyan (ECS) | 11 February – Al Rayyan (ECS) |
| | | | | | | | Bayern Munich | 1 |
| | | | | 7 February – Al Rayyan (ECS) | 7 February – Al Rayyan (ECS) | | Tigres UANL | 0 |
| | | 4 February – Al Rayyan (ABAS) | 4 February – Al Rayyan (ABAS) | Palmeiras | 0 | | | |
| | | Tigres UANL | 2 | Tigres UANL | 1 | | | |
| | | Ulsan Hyundai | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | | Match for fifth place | Match for third place | Match for third place | |
| | | | | 7 February – Al Rayyan (ABAS) | 7 February – Al Rayyan (ABAS) | | 11 February – Al Rayyan (ECS) | 11 February – Al Rayyan (ECS) |
| | | | | Al-Duhail | 3 | | Al Ahly (p) | 0 (3) |
| | | | | Ulsan Hyundai | 1 | | Palmeiras | 0 (2) |
All times are listed in AST (UTC+3).

### Final
## Goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | André-Pierre Gignac | Tigres UANL | 3 |
| 2 | Robert Lewandowski | Bayern Munich | 2 |
| 3 | Almoez Ali | Al-Duhail | 1 |
| 3 | Edmilson | Al-Duhail | 1 |
| 3 | Hussein El Shahat | Al Ahly | 1 |
| 3 | Kim Kee-hee | Ulsan Hyundai | 1 |
| 3 | Mohammed Muntari | Al-Duhail | 1 |
| 3 | Benjamin Pavard | Bayern Munich | 1 |
| 3 | Yoon Bit-garam | Ulsan Hyundai | 1 |

## Final ranking

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time were counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out were counted as draws.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| | Bayern Munich (UEFA) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 6 |
| | Tigres UANL (CONCACAF) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 |
| | Al Ahly (CAF) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 |
| 4 | Palmeiras (CONMEBOL) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 |
| 5 | Al-Duhail (AFC) (H) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 |
| 6 | Ulsan Hyundai (AFC) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 |

## Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. Robert Lewandowski of Bayern Munich won the Golden Ball award, sponsored by Adidas, which is jointly awarded with the Alibaba Cloud Award to recognise the player of the tournament.
| Adidas Golden Ball Alibaba Cloud Award | Adidas Silver Ball | Adidas Bronze Ball |
| Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) | André-Pierre Gignac (Tigres UANL) | Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich) |
| FIFA Fair Play Award |||
| Al-Duhail |||
FIFA also named a man of the match for the best player in each game at the tournament.
Alibaba Cloud Match Award :
| Match | Man of the match | Club | Opponent |
| 2 | André-Pierre Gignac | Tigres UANL | Ulsan Hyundai |
| 3 | Ayman Ashraf | Al Ahly | Al-Duhail |
| 4 | Edmilson | Al-Duhail | Ulsan Hyundai |
| 5 | Luis Quiñones | Tigres UANL | Palmeiras |
| 6 | Robert Lewandowski | Bayern Munich | Al Ahly |
| 7 | Mohamed El Shenawy | Al Ahly | Palmeiras |
| 8 | Joshua Kimmich | Bayern Munich | Tigres UANL |