2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup

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2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup
2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup.svg
Tournament details
Host countriesFinal stages:
Qatar
Early rounds:
Egypt
United Arab Emirates
Dates22 September – 18 December
Teams6 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid (1st title)
Runners-up Flag of Mexico.svg Pachuca
Tournament statistics
Matches played5
Goals scored17 (3.4 per match)
Attendance183,775 (36,755 per match)
Top scorer(s) Soufiane Rahimi (Al Ain)
2 goals
Best player(s) Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid)
2025→

The 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup (officially known as the FIFA Intercontinental Cup Qatar 2024 presented by Aramco for sponsorship reasons) [1] was the inaugural edition of the FIFA Intercontinental Cup, an annual club association football tournament organised by FIFA. The tournament comprised the six teams that won the previous edition of the continental championships in each FIFA confederation, playing each other in a single-elimination bracket. It was held from 22 September to 18 December 2024. The first two games were played in the stadium of a team involved in each match, and the final three (including the final) were played in Qatar as a neutral venue. [2]

Contents

The tournament broadly maintains the format of the previous annual versions of the FIFA Club World Cup, which was expanded and reorganised into a quadrennial tournament with more entrants, with the exception of changes to venues for the initial rounds. [2]

Format

The details were approved by the FIFA Council on 17 December 2023, with the format formally confirmed on 20 September 2024. [3] [4] [5] [6]

Venues

Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab EmiratesFlag of Egypt.svg EgyptFlag of Qatar.svg Qatar
Al Ain Cairo Doha Lusail
(Doha Area)
Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Cairo International Stadium Stadium 974 Lusail Stadium
Capacity: 25,053Capacity: 75,000Capacity: 44,089Capacity: 88,966
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Qualified teams

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Location of the teams participating in the 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup.
TeamConfederationQualificationQualified date
Entering in the final
Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid UEFA Winners of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League 1 June 2024
Entering in the second round
Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly CAF Winners of the 2023–24 CAF Champions League 25 May 2024
Flag of Mexico.svg Pachuca CONCACAF Winners of the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup 1 June 2024
Flag of Brazil.svg Botafogo CONMEBOL Winners of the 2024 Copa Libertadores 30 November 2024
Entering in the first round
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al Ain AFC Winners of the 2023–24 AFC Champions League 25 May 2024
Flag of New Zealand.svg Auckland City OFC Winners of the 2024 OFC Champions League 24 May 2024

Matches

The match schedule was confirmed on 26 August 2024. [8] [9] If a match was tied after normal playing time, extra time was played. If still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out was held to determine the winner.

Derby of the Americas Challenger Cup Intercontinental Cup
11 December – Doha 18 December – Lusail
Flag of Brazil.svg Botafogo 0 Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid 3
14 December – Doha
Flag of Mexico.svg Pachuca 3 Flag of Mexico.svg Pachuca 0
Flag of Mexico.svg Pachuca (p)0 (6)
African–Asian–Pacific Cup play-off African–Asian–Pacific Cup Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly 0 (5)
29 October – Cairo
22 September – Al Ain Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly 3
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al Ain 6 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al Ain 0
Flag of New Zealand.svg Auckland City 2

First round

African–Asian–Pacific Cup play-off
Al Ain Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg 6–2 Flag of New Zealand.svg Auckland City
Report
Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
Attendance: 13,826
Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)

Second round

African–Asian–Pacific Cup
Al Ahly Flag of Egypt.svg 3–0 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al Ain
Report
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 51,602
Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)
Derby of the Americas
Botafogo Flag of Brazil.svg 0–3 Flag of Mexico.svg Pachuca
Report
Stadium 974, Doha
Attendance: 12,257 [10]
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

Play-off

Challenger Cup
Pachuca Flag of Mexico.svg 0–0 (a.e.t.) Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly
Report
Penalties
6–5
Stadium 974, Doha
Attendance: 38,841 [11]
Referee: Alireza Faghani (Australia)

Final

Real Madrid Flag of Spain.svg 3–0 Flag of Mexico.svg Pachuca
Report
Lusail Stadium, Lusail
Attendance: 67,249 [12]
Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)

Goalscorers

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Flag of Morocco.svg Soufiane Rahimi Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al Ain 2
2 Flag of Palestine.svg Wessam Abou Ali Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly 1
Flag of Egypt.svg Emam Ashour Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly
Flag of New Zealand.svg Myer Bevan Flag of New Zealand.svg Auckland City
Flag of Portugal.svg Fábio Cardoso Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al Ain
Flag of Colombia.svg Nelson Deossa Flag of Mexico.svg Pachuca
Flag of Mali.svg Sékou Gassama Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al Ain
Flag of Morocco.svg Oussama Idrissi Flag of Mexico.svg Pachuca
Flag of Paraguay.svg Kaku Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al Ain
Flag of Colombia.svg Jerson Lagos Flag of New Zealand.svg Auckland City
Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Magdy Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly
Flag of France.svg Kylian Mbappé Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid
Flag of Argentina.svg Matías Palacios Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al Ain
Flag of Brazil.svg Rodrygo Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid
Flag of Venezuela.svg Salomón Rondón Flag of Mexico.svg Pachuca
Flag of Brazil.svg Vinícius Júnior Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. Vinícius Júnior of Real Madrid won the Golden Ball award, sponsored by Adidas, which was jointly awarded with the Aramco Player of the Tournament to recognise the best player of the Intercontinental Cup. [13]

Adidas Golden Ball
Aramco Player of the Tournament		 Adidas Silver Ball Adidas Bronze Ball
Flag of Brazil.svg Vinícius Júnior
(Real Madrid)		 Flag of Uruguay.svg Federico Valverde
(Real Madrid)		 Flag of Mexico.svg Elías Montiel
(Pachuca)

Trophies awarded

In addition to the Intercontinental Cup final, trophies were awarded to the winning teams of the African–Asian–Pacific Cup (contested by the AFC, CAF and OFC representatives), Derby of the Americas (contested by the CONCACAF and CONMEBOL representatives) and Challenger Cup (contested by the winners of the two aforementioned matches). [5]

Notes

  1. ↑ A draw determined whether the winners of the 2023–24 AFC Champions League or the 2023–24 CAF Champions League would play in the first round. Consequently, the other team entered in the second round.

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA Intercontinental Cup 2024 stadiums revealed". FIFA. 12 November 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  2. 1 2 "FIFA Council confirms key details for FIFA Club World Cup 2025" (Press release). FIFA. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  3. ↑ Bonn, Kyle (17 December 2023). "Club World Cup 2025 in USA: Confirmed teams, format, schedule, dates for FIFA tournament with expanded field". The Sporting News . Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  4. ↑ Nair, Rohith (17 December 2023). "Club World Cup set for June–July 2025, new Intercontinental Cup in 2024 –FIFA". Reuters . Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  5. 1 2 "FIFA Intercontinental Cup: Key information". FIFA . 20 September 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  6. ↑ "Bureau of the Council update on FIFA Intercontinental Cup 2024". FIFA. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  7. ↑ @AucklandCity_FC (26 August 2024). "Intercontinental Cup: City to face AFC Champs" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ↑ Al Ain FC [@alainfcae_en] (26 August 2024). "Official | The match schedule for the 2024 Intercontinental Cup has been confirmed" (Tweet). Retrieved 18 September 2024– via Twitter.
  9. ↑ "Match Schedule FIFA Intercontinental Cup Qatar 2024" (PDF). FIFA . Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  10. ↑ "Match Report: Botafogo v. CF Pachuca" (PDF). FIFA. 11 December 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  11. ↑ "Match Report: CF Pachuca v. Al Ahly FC" (PDF). FIFA. 14 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  12. ↑ "Match Report: Real Madrid CF v. CF Pachuca" (PDF). FIFA. 18 December 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  13. ↑ "Real Madrid beat Pachuca to win Intercontinental Cup". FIFA. 18 December 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
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