2019 FIFA Club World Cup

2019 FIFA Club World Cup

FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019 presented by Alibaba كأس العالم للأندية لكرة القدم قطر 2019
Tournament details
Host country	Qatar
City	Al Rayyan
Dates	11–21 December
Teams	7 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Liverpool (1st title)
Runners-up	Flamengo
Third place	Monterrey
Fourth place	Al-Hilal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	30 (3.75 per match)
Attendance	166,426 (20,803 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Baghdad Bounedjah Hamdou Elhouni (3 goals each)
Best player(s)	Mohamed Salah
Fair play award	Espérance de Tunis
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The 2019 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019 presented by Alibaba for sponsorship reasons) ^[1] was the 16th 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 between 11 and 21 December 2019, taking place at two venues in Al Rayyan. ^[2]

Real Madrid, winners of the last three Club World Cup titles, were unable to defend their title, having been eliminated in the round of 16 of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League. The eventual winners of that competition, Liverpool, went on to win the Club World Cup for the first time, beating Mexican side Monterrey 2–1 in the semi-finals, before requiring extra time to claim a 1–0 win over Flamengo in the final. ^[3]

Host appointment

With proposals for an expanded Club World Cup, FIFA delayed the announcement of a host. A host was to be announced by FIFA on 15 March 2019, though this was later delayed. ^[4] On 28 May 2019, ^[5] FIFA announced that the 2019 and 2020 tournament host would be appointed at the FIFA Council meeting in Paris, France, on 3 June 2019. ^[6]

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 Club World Cup retained its original format ahead of the expected revamp in 2021. ^[7]

Qualified teams

Flamengo

Liverpool

Al-Hilal

Espérance de Tunis

Monterrey

Hienghène Sport

Al-Sadd

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Location of teams of the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup.

Team	Confederation	Qualification	Qualified date	Participation
Entering in the semi-finals
Flamengo	CONMEBOL	Winners of the 2019 Copa Libertadores	23 November 2019 [8]	1st
Liverpool	UEFA	Winners of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League	1 June 2019 [9]	2nd (Previous: 2005)
Entering in the second round
Al-Hilal	AFC	Winners of the 2019 AFC Champions League	24 November 2019 [10]	1st
Espérance de Tunis	CAF	Winners of the 2018–19 CAF Champions League	7 August 2019 [note 1]	3rd (Previous: 2011, 2018)
Monterrey	CONCACAF	Winners of the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League	1 May 2019 [11]	4th (Previous: 2011, 2012, 2013)
Entering in the first round
Hienghène Sport	OFC	Winners of the 2019 OFC Champions League	11 May 2019 [12]	1st
Al-Sadd	AFC (host)	Winners of the 2018–19 Qatar Stars League	13 August 2019 [note 2]	2nd (Previous: 2011)

Notes

1. The second leg of the final was played on 31 May 2019. However, the match was abandoned and Espérance de Tunis were initially declared champions by the referee. However, on 5 June 2019 the CAF Executive Committee ordered the match to be replayed, until a decision by CAS on 31 July 2019 ordered the decision to be taken by the CAF Disciplinary Board, who on 7 August 2019 restored the title to Espérance de Tunis.
2. Al-Sadd won the 2018–19 Qatar Stars League on 4 April 2019. Their participation in the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup was officially confirmed on 13 August 2019 after Al-Duhail became the last team from Qatar other than Al-Sadd to be eliminated from the 2019 AFC Champions League. Al-Sadd themselves were eliminated from the 2019 AFC Champions League on 22 October 2019, confirming their first round entrance.

Venues

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Venues of the tournament in Al Rayyan

1

Jassim bin Hamad Stadium

2

Khalifa International Stadium

The tournament was held in the city of Al Rayyan, at Jassim bin Hamad Stadium and Khalifa International Stadium, which previously hosted matches at the 2011 AFC Asian Cup, including the final for the latter. A third venue in Al Rayyan, Education City Stadium, was also originally planned to host matches during the tournament, including the final. ^[13] In December 2019, FIFA moved all three matches (the second semi-final on 18 December and the third place match and final on 21 December) that were due to be played at the Education City Stadium to Khalifa International Stadium after the opening of the Education City Stadium was postponed to early 2020. ^[14]

Match officials

Five referees, ten assistant referees, and six video assistant referees were appointed for the tournament. ^{[15] [16]}

Confederation	Referee	Assistant referees	Video assistant referee
AFC	Abdulrahman Al-Jassim	Taleb Al-Marri Saoud Al-Maqaleh	Fu Ming
CAF	Mustapha Ghorbal	Mahmoud Abouelregal Mokrane Gourari	Bakary Gassama
CONCACAF	Ismail Elfath	Kyle Atkins Corey Parker	Alan Kelly
CONMEBOL	Roberto Tobar	Christian Schiemann Claudio Ríos Ortiz	Esteban Ostojich
UEFA	Ovidiu Hațegan	Octavian Șovre Sebastian Gheorghe	Juan Martínez Munuera Benoît Millot

One support referee was also named for the tournament.

Confederation	Support referee
OFC	Abdelkader Zitouni

Squads

Main article: 2019 FIFA Club World Cup 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. ^[17]

Matches

The draw of the tournament was held on 16 September 2019, 14:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the FIFA headquarters in Zürich, 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). ^[18] At the time of the draw, the identity of the teams from AFC and CONMEBOL were not known. ^{[19] [20]}

If a match was tied after normal playing time: ^[17]

• 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

Second round

Semi-finals

Final

14 December – Al Rayyan (JBH)

11 December – Al Rayyan (JBH)

Monterrey

3

18 December – Al Rayyan (Khalifa)

Al-Sadd (a.e.t.)

3

Al-Sadd

2

Monterrey

1

Hienghène Sport

1

Liverpool

2

21 December – Al Rayyan (Khalifa)

Liverpool (a.e.t.)

1

17 December – Al Rayyan (Khalifa)

Flamengo

0

14 December – Al Rayyan (JBH)

Flamengo

3

Al-Hilal

1

Al-Hilal

1

Espérance de Tunis

0

Match for fifth place

Match for third place

17 December – Al Rayyan (Khalifa)

21 December – Al Rayyan (Khalifa)

Al-Sadd

2

Monterrey (p)

2 (4)

Espérance de Tunis

6

Al-Hilal

2 (3)

All times are local, AST (UTC+3). ^[21]

First round

11 December 2019 (2019-12-11)

20:30

Al-Sadd	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Hienghène Sport
Bounedjah 26' Hassan 100' Ró-Ró 114'	Report	Roïné 46'

Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 7,047 ^[22]

Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)

Second round

14 December 2019 (2019-12-14)

17:00

Al-Hilal	1–0	Espérance de Tunis
Gomis 73'	Report

Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 7,726 ^[23]

Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)

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14 December 2019 (2019-12-14)

20:30

Monterrey	3–2	Al-Sadd
Vangioni 23' Funes Mori 45+1' Rodríguez 77'	Report	Bounedjah 66' Hassan 89'

Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 4,878 ^[24]

Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

Match for fifth place

17 December 2019 (2019-12-17)

17:30

Al-Sadd	2–6	Espérance de Tunis
Bounedjah 32' (pen.) Al-Haydos 49' (pen.)	Report	Elhouni 6', 42', 74' Badri 13', 25' (pen.) Derbali 87'

Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 15,037 ^[25]

Referee: Abdelkader Zitouni (Tahiti)

Semi-finals

17 December 2019 (2019-12-17)

20:30

Flamengo	3–1	Al-Hilal
De Arrascaeta 49' Bruno Henrique 78' Al-Bulaihi 82' (o.g.)	Report	Al-Dawsari 18'

Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 21,588 ^[26]

Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)

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18 December 2019 (2019-12-18)

20:30

Monterrey	1–2	Liverpool
Funes Mori 14'	Report	Keïta 12' Firmino 90+1'

Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 45,416 ^[27]

Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)

Match for third place

21 December 2019 (2019-12-21)

17:30

Monterrey	2–2	Al-Hilal
A. González 55' Meza 60'	Report	Carlos Eduardo 35' Gomis 66'
Penalties
J. González Medina Funes Mori Vásquez Cárdenas	4–3	Gomis Giovinco Carlos Eduardo Jang Hyun-soo Kanno

Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 19,318 ^[28]

Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

Final

Main article: 2019 FIFA Club World Cup final

21 December 2019 (2019-12-21)

20:30

Liverpool	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Flamengo
Firmino 99'	Report

Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 45,416 ^[29]

Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Baghdad Bounedjah	Al-Sadd	3
	Hamdou Elhouni	Espérance de Tunis
3	Anice Badri	Espérance de Tunis	2
	Roberto Firmino	Liverpool
	Rogelio Funes Mori	Monterrey
	Bafétimbi Gomis	Al-Hilal
	Abdelkarim Hassan	Al-Sadd
8	Bruno Henrique	Flamengo	1
	Carlos Eduardo	Al-Hilal
	Salem Al-Dawsari	Al-Hilal
	Giorgian De Arrascaeta	Flamengo
	Sameh Derbali	Espérance de Tunis
	Alfonso González	Monterrey
	Hassan Al-Haydos	Al-Sadd
	Naby Keïta	Liverpool
	Maximiliano Meza	Monterrey
	Carlos Rodríguez	Monterrey
	Antoine Roïné	Hienghène Sport
	Ró-Ró	Al-Sadd
	Leonel Vangioni	Monterrey

1 own goal

• Ali Al-Bulaihi (Al-Hilal, against Flamengo)

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
	Liverpool (UEFA)	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	6
	Flamengo (CONMEBOL)	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3
	Monterrey (CONCACAF)	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
4	Al-Hilal (AFC)	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
5	Espérance de Tunis (CAF)	2	1	0	1	6	3	+3	3
6	Al-Sadd (AFC)(H)	3	1	0	2	7	10	−3	3
7	Hienghène Sport (OFC)	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	0

Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts

Awards

See also: FIFA Club World Cup awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. Mohamed Salah of Liverpool won the Golden Ball award, sponsored by Adidas, which is jointly awarded with the Alibaba Cloud Award to recognise the player of the tournament. ^[30]

Adidas Golden Ball Alibaba Cloud Award	Adidas Silver Ball	Adidas Bronze Ball
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)	Bruno Henrique (Flamengo)	Carlos Eduardo (Al-Hilal)
FIFA Fair Play Award
Espérance de Tunis

FIFA also named a man of the match for the best player in each game at the tournament. ^[31]

Alibaba Cloud Match Award

Match	Man of the match	Club	Opponent
1	Baghdad Bounedjah	Al-Sadd	Hienghène Sport
2	Rodolfo Pizarro	Monterrey	Al-Sadd
3	André Carrillo	Al-Hilal	Espérance de Tunis
4	Hamdou Elhouni	Espérance de Tunis	Al-Sadd
5	Bruno Henrique	Flamengo	Al-Hilal
6	Mohamed Salah	Liverpool	Monterrey
7	Luis Cárdenas	Monterrey	Al-Hilal
8	Roberto Firmino	Liverpool	Flamengo

Criticism

In 2017, three member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council along with Egypt cut diplomatic ties with Qatar and criminalised trips for their citizens to the country. In October, FIFA sold 200 Club World Cup tickets to fans from Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, and 500 to those from the United Arab Emirates and Egypt. In November 2019, Human Rights Watch (HRW) criticised FIFA for neglecting fan welfare and selling tickets for the Club World Cup to those banned by their governments. HRW stated that FIFA should be aware of the risks that the football supporters can face in their countries and ensure that they are not exposed to the risk of harassment or prosecution. ^[32]

On 5 November 2019, Liverpool Chief Executive Peter Moore assured that the Qatari authorities had permitted LGBT football fans to attend the FIFA Club World Cup matches in December 2019. ^[33]

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External links

• FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019, FIFA.com
• Official website (Archived)