# 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup final

The 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup final, also known simply as the 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup, was the final match of the 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup, an international club football tournament. It was the first final of the FIFA Intercontinental Cup, a FIFA-organised tournament between the club champions from each of the six continental confederations.
The match took place at Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, on 18 December 2024 between Spanish club Real Madrid, the winners of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League, and Mexican club Pachuca, the winners of play-offs contested by the other five confederations.
Real Madrid won the match 3–0 to win the inaugural FIFA Intercontinental Cup, which was also its sixth FIFA trophy and ninth club world championship title.

## Teams

In the following table, the finals until 2005 were in the FIFA Club World Championship era, and between 2006 and 2023 in the FIFA Club World Cup era.
| Team | Confederation | Qualification for tournament | Previous club world championship finals (bold indicates winners) |
| Real Madrid | UEFA | Winners of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League | IC: 5 (1960, 1966, 1998, 2000, 2002) FCWC: 5 (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022) |
| Pachuca | CONCACAF | Winners of the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup | None |
Note: On 27 October 2017, FIFA officially recognised all the champions of the Intercontinental Cup as club world champions, in equal status to the FIFA Club World Cup.
* IC: Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004)
* FCWC: FIFA Club World Cup finals (2000, 2005–2023)

## Route to the final

As the winners of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League, Real Madrid qualified directly for the final of the tournament. Pachuca advanced as the winners of the play-off match, known as the FIFA Challenger Cup, played on 14 December 2024.

## Match
### Details

| Real Madrid | Pachuca |
| GK | 1 | Thibaut Courtois |
| RB | 17 | Lucas Vázquez (c) | 88' |
| CB | 14 | Aurélien Tchouaméni |
| CB | 22 | Antonio Rüdiger |
| LB | 20 | Fran García |
| CM | 8 | Federico Valverde |
| CM | 6 | Eduardo Camavinga | 61' |
| RW | 11 | Rodrygo | 70' |
| AM | 5 | Jude Bellingham | 88' |
| LW | 7 | Vinícius Júnior |
| CF | 9 | Kylian Mbappé | 61' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 13 | Andriy Lunin |
| GK | 26 | Fran González |
| DF | 18 | Jesús Vallejo |
| DF | 29 | Yusi |
| DF | 35 | Raúl Asencio | 88' |
| DF | 39 | Lorenzo Aguado |
| MF | 10 | Luka Modrić | 70' |
| MF | 15 | Arda Güler | 88' |
| MF | 19 | Dani Ceballos | 61' |
| FW | 16 | Endrick |
| FW | 21 | Brahim Díaz | 61' |
| Manager: ||
| Carlo Ancelotti ||
| GK | 25 | Carlos Moreno |
| RB | 24 | Luis Rodríguez | | 75' |
| CB | 2 | Sergio Barreto |
| CB | 33 | Andrés Micolta |
| LB | 8 | Bryan González |
| CM | 28 | Elías Montiel |
| CM | 5 | Pedro Pedraza | 51' |
| RW | 6 | Nelson Deossa | | 88' |
| AM | 26 | Alán Bautista | | 75' |
| LW | 11 | Oussama Idrissi | | 88' |
| CF | 23 | Salomón Rondón (c) | 90+3' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 12 | David Shrem |
| GK | 31 | José Eulogio |
| DF | 3 | Alonso Aceves |
| DF | 22 | Gustavo Cabral |
| DF | 32 | Carlos Sánchez | | 75' |
| DF | 35 | Jorge Berlanga |
| MF | 10 | Ángel Mena | | 75' |
| MF | 14 | Alfonso González |
| MF | 30 | Sergio Hernández | | 88' |
| MF | 40 | José Saldívar |
| FW | 7 | Faber Gil |
| FW | 9 | Borja Bastón |
| FW | 18 | Alexéi Domínguez | | 88' |
| FW | 27 | Owen González |
| FW | 29 | Sergio Aguayo |
| Manager: ||
| Guillermo Almada ||
| Man of the Match: Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) Assistant referees: Jorge Urrego (Venezuela) Tulio Moreno (Venezuela) Fourth official: Iván Barton (El Salvador) Reserve assistant referee: David Moran (El Salvador) Video assistant referee: Juan Soto (Venezuela) Assistant video assistant referee: Tatiana Guzmán (Nicaragua) Support video assistant referee: Rob Dieperink (Netherlands) | Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Maximum of fifteen named substitutes Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time Maximum of three substitution opportunities, with a fourth allowed in extra time Maximum of one concussion substitution, granting the opposition an additional standalone substitution |

### Statistics

Overall :
| Statistic | Real Madrid | Pachuca |
| Goals scored | 3 | 0 |
| Total shots | 12 | 10 |
| Shots on target | 4 | 4 |
| Ball possession | 65% | 35% |
| Corner kicks | 6 | 5 |
| Fouls committed | 14 | 13 |
| Offsides | 1 | 1 |
| Yellow cards | 0 | 2 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |