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 year in a row, and played from 10 to 20 December 2014. Bayern Munich were the defending champions, but could not defend their title after being eliminated in the 2013–14 UEFA  Champions League semi-finals. Real Madrid won their first FIFA Club World Cup after defeating San Lorenzo 2–0 in the final, and their fourth world club title counting the 1960, 1998 and 2002 Intercontinental Cups, equaling Milan's record. Host bids. There were four countries bidding to host the 2013 and 2014 tournaments (same host for both tournaments): In October 2011, FIFA said that Iran, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates all withdrew their bids, leaving Morocco as the only bidder. FIFA officially announced Morocco as host on 17 December 2011. 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. Venues. The venues for the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup were in Rabat and Marrakesh. Match officials. The appointed match officials were: 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: All times are local, WET (). Quarter-finals. A draw was held on 11 October 2014 at 19:00 WEST (), 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. Awards. The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. FIFA also named a man of the match for the best player in each game at the tournament.