Pause, repeat after me: The FIFA Club World Cup 2012 (formally known as the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2012 presented by Toyota due to sponsorship considerations) was a football competition held from December 6 to 16, 2012. Japan hosted the tournament... The winner of the tournament earned $1 million (100,000,000 yen), with second place receiving $500,000 and third place receiving $300,000. In addition, the champion received an automatic berth into the next year's FIFA Club World Cup Brazil 2013. Furthermore, if they had not already qualified, the two best performing countries at the end of the qualifying stage will also qualify for the FIFA Club World Cup Brazil 2013. They will be determined by a series of play-offs between the remaining countries. These play-offs will be two-legged matches with the highest ranked country hosting the first leg and the other country hosting the second leg. If the aggregate score is tied after both halves of the match, then extra time will be played. If still tied, then a penalty shoot-out will be used to determine who wins. There has never been a nation outside of the six confederations of world football able to claim victory in the Club World Cup. However, Japan's success in securing the right to host the tournament made them the first non-confederation to do so.