FIFA Club World Cup Saudi Arabia 2023 presented by Visit Saudi كأس العالم للأندية لكرة القدم السعودية 2023 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Saudi Arabia |
City | Jeddah |
Dates | 12–22 December 2023 |
Teams | 7 (from 6 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Manchester City (1st title) |
Runners-up | Fluminense |
Third place | Al Ahly |
Fourth place | Urawa Red Diamonds |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 7 |
Goals scored | 23 (3.29 per match) |
Attendance | 246,888 (35,270 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Julián Álvarez (Manchester City) Karim Benzema (Al-Ittihad) Ali Maâloul (Al Ahly) 2 goals each |
Best player(s) | Rodri (Manchester City) |
Fair play award | Al-Ittihad |
The 2023 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Saudi Arabia 2023 presented by Visit Saudi for sponsorship reasons) was the 20th 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 played in Saudi Arabia from 12 to 22 December 2023. [1] It was the last seven-team Club World Cup before the tournament is expanded to 32 teams in 2025. [2]
Real Madrid were the defending champions, but were not able to defend their title after being eliminated in the semi-finals of the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League by eventual winners Manchester City. [3] The English team won the edition by beating the Brazilian team Fluminense 4–0 in the final, claiming its first title.
Although an expanded, quadrennial Club World Cup is planned for 2025, [4] FIFA confirmed on 13 February 2023 that a 2023 tournament would be held using the previous seven-team format. [5] Earlier that month, UOL Esporte reported that Saudi Arabia were interested in hosting the 2023 and 2024 Club World Cup tournaments. [6] On 14 February, the FIFA Council confirmed Saudi Arabia as the host for the 2023 tournament. [7]
Team | Confederation | Qualification | Qualified date | Participation |
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Entering in the semi-finals | ||||
Fluminense | CONMEBOL | Winners of the 2023 Copa Libertadores | 4 November 2023 | 1st |
Manchester City | UEFA | Winners of the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League | 10 June 2023 | 1st |
Entering in the second round | ||||
Urawa Red Diamonds | AFC | Winners of the 2022 AFC Champions League | 26 February 2023 [note 1] | 3rd (Previous: 2007, 2017) |
Al Ahly | CAF | Winners of the 2022–23 CAF Champions League | 11 June 2023 | 9th (Previous: 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2020, 2021, 2022) |
León | CONCACAF | Winners of the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League | 4 June 2023 | 1st |
Entering in the first round | ||||
Auckland City | OFC | Winners of the 2023 OFC Champions League | 27 May 2023 | 11th (Previous: 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2022) |
Al-Ittihad | AFC (host) | Winners of the 2022–23 Saudi Pro League | 27 May 2023 | 2nd (Previous: 2005) |
Notes
On 26 June 2023, FIFA and the Saudi Arabian Football Federation confirmed that all matches in the tournament would be played in the city of Jeddah in two stadiums. [8]
Jeddah | ||
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King Abdullah Sports City | Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City | |
Capacity: 62,345 | Capacity: 27,000 | |
On 3 November 2023, FIFA announced that five referees, ten assistant referees and eight video assistant referees were appointed for the tournament. [9] [10]
Confederation | Referees | Assistant referees | Video assistant referees |
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AFC | Mohammed Al Hoish (Saudi Arabia) |
| Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar) |
CAF | Jean-Jacques Ndala (DR Congo) |
| Adil Zourak (Morocco) |
CONCACAF | Tori Penso (United States) |
| Tatiana Guzmán (Nicaragua) |
CONMEBOL | Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela) | ||
UEFA | Szymon Marciniak (Poland) |
One support referee was also named for the tournament.
Confederation | Support referee |
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OFC | Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand) |
Each team had to name a 23-man squad (three of whom had to be goalkeepers). Injury replacements were allowed until 24 hours before the team's first match. [11]
If a match was tied after normal playing time: [11]
First round | Second round | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
15 December – Jeddah (PAASC) | ||||||||||||||
León | 0 | 19 December – Jeddah (KASC) | ||||||||||||
Urawa Red Diamonds | 1 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 0 | |||||||||||
Manchester City | 3 | 22 December – Jeddah (KASC) | ||||||||||||
Manchester City | 4 | |||||||||||||
18 December – Jeddah (KASC) | Fluminense | 0 | ||||||||||||
15 December – Jeddah (KASC) | Fluminense | 2 | ||||||||||||
12 December – Jeddah (KASC) | Al Ahly | 3 | Al Ahly | 0 | Match for third place | |||||||||
Al-Ittihad | 3 | Al-Ittihad | 1 | 22 December – Jeddah (PAASC) | ||||||||||
Auckland City | 0 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 2 | |||||||||||
Al Ahly | 4 | |||||||||||||
All times are local, AST (UTC+3). [12]
León | 0–1 | Urawa Red Diamonds |
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Al Ahly | 3–1 | Al-Ittihad |
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Fluminense | 2–0 | Al Ahly |
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1 own goal
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. Rodri of Manchester City won the Golden Ball award. [13]
Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball |
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Rodri (Manchester City) | Kyle Walker (Manchester City) | Jhon Arias (Fluminense) |
FIFA Fair Play Award | ||
Al-Ittihad |
FIFA also named a man of the match for the best player in each game at the tournament.
Match | Man of the match | Club | Opponent | Ref. |
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1 | N'Golo Kanté | Al-Ittihad | Auckland City | [14] |
2 | Marwan Attia | Al Ahly | Al-Ittihad | [15] |
3 | Yoshio Koizumi | Urawa Red Diamonds | León | [16] |
4 | André | Fluminense | Al Ahly | [17] |
5 | Rodri | Manchester City | Urawa Red Diamonds | [18] |
6 | Emam Ashour | Al Ahly | Urawa Red Diamonds | [19] |
7 | Julián Álvarez | Manchester City | Fluminense | [20] |
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