2001 FIFA Club World Championship
The 2001 FIFA Club World Championship was a football tournament arranged by FIFA to take place in Spain from 28 July to 12 August 2001.[1] It was supposed to be the second edition of the FIFA Club World Championship, after the first edition in 2000, but was cancelled owing to a combination of factors such as the collapse of FIFA's marketing partner ISL.[2][3][4] FIFA had originally planned to postpone the tournament until 2003.[5]
Host bids
[edit]The FIFA Executive Committee appointed Spain as tournament hosts on 3 August 2000 during their meeting in Zürich, Switzerland.[6][7]
Qualified teams
[edit]The clubs invited to the 2001 tournament were:[8]
Team | Confederation | Qualification | Participation[note 1] |
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![]() | UEFA (host) | Winner of the 1999–2000 La Liga | 1st |
![]() | UEFA | Winner of the 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League | 2nd (Previous: 2000) |
![]() | UEFA | Winner of the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup | 1st |
![]() | CONMEBOL | Winner of the 2000 Copa Libertadores | 1st |
![]() | CONMEBOL | Winner of the 1999 Copa Libertadores | 1st |
![]() | CONCACAF | Winner of the 2000 CONCACAF Champions' Cup | 1st |
![]() | CONCACAF | Runner-up of the 2000 CONCACAF Champions' Cup | 1st |
![]() | CAF | Winner of the 2000 CAF Champions League | 1st |
![]() | CAF | Winner of the 2000 African Cup Winners' Cup | 1st |
![]() | AFC | Winner of the 2000 Asian Super Cup | 1st |
![]() | AFC | Winner of the 1999 Asian Super Cup | 1st |
![]() | OFC | Winner of the 2001 Oceania Club Championship | 1st |
Notes
- ^ Participation number if the tournament would have been played
Venues
[edit]Matches were to be played in Madrid, A Coruña and Santiago de Compostela.[citation needed]
Madrid | |
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Estadio Santiago Bernabéu | Estadio Vicente Calderón |
Capacity: 85,000 | Capacity: 54,907 |
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A Coruña | Santiago de Compostela |
Estadio Riazor | Estadio Multiusos de San Lazaro |
Capacity: 32,660 | Capacity: 12,000 |
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Format
[edit]Due to the expansion of the tournament to 12 teams, the group stage saw the teams divided into three groups of four. The top team in each group and the best second-placed team qualified for the semi-finals.[1]
Group stage
[edit]The group stage draw was held on 6 March 2001 at the Congress Centre in A Coruña;[9] however, on 18 May 2001, FIFA confirmed that the tournament had been cancelled. They made plans to hold an expanded, 16-team tournament in 2003, again in Spain, but it was ultimately not until 2005 in Japan that the tournament was finally resurrected.[10]
Group A
[edit]Boca Juniors ![]() | Cancelled | ![]() |
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Wollongong Wolves ![]() | Cancelled | ![]() |
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Zamalek ![]() | Cancelled | ![]() |
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Deportivo La Coruña ![]() | Cancelled | ![]() |
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Group B
[edit]Galatasaray ![]() | Cancelled | ![]() |
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Olimpia ![]() | Cancelled | ![]() |
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Palmeiras ![]() | Cancelled | ![]() |
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Group C
[edit]Real Madrid ![]() | Cancelled | ![]() |
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Júbilo Iwata ![]() | Cancelled | ![]() |
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Real Madrid ![]() | Cancelled | ![]() |
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Knockout stage
[edit]Semi-finals
[edit]Winner of Group A | Cancelled | Winner of Group B |
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Winner of Group C | Cancelled | Best 2nd place |
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Match for third place
[edit]Loser of Match 19 | Cancelled | Loser of Match 20 |
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Final
[edit]Winner of Match 19 | Cancelled | Winner of Match 20 |
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "FIFA Club World Championship Spain 2001: Match Schedule" (PDF). FIFA. 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2001. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- ^ "World Club Championship axed". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 18 May 2001. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
- ^ "World Club Championship might grow". USA Today. 10 August 2001. Archived from the original on 22 February 2008. Retrieved 19 January 2007.
- ^ Jones, Grahame L. (19 May 2001). "Galaxy's World Is Rocked". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ "FIFA decides to postpone 2001 Club World Championship to 2003". FIFA. 18 May 2001. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- ^ "Fifa agrees World Cup rotation". BBC Sport. 3 August 2000. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- ^ "Arbitration CAS 2014/A/3776 Gibraltar Football Association (GFA) v. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), award of 27 April 2016" (PDF). Court of Arbitration for Sport. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- ^ "Global rights to FIFA's Club World Championship awarded to Brazilian sports marketing agency". PR Newswire. 26 February 2001. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
- ^ "Spain 2001: results of the draw". FIFA. 6 March 2001. Archived from the original on 20 May 2007. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- ^ "Remembering the ill-fated Club World Cup of 2001". The Football Times. 8 November 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2023.