2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup final

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2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup final
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The Lusail Stadium in Lusail hosted the final.
Event 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup
Real Madrid Pachuca
Flag of Spain.svg Flag of Mexico.svg
30
Date18 December 2024 (2024-12-18)
Venue Lusail Stadium, Lusail
Man of the Match Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) [1]
Referee Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela) [2]
Attendance67,249 [3]
WeatherClear
18 °C (64 °F)
64% humidity [4]
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The 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup final, also known simply as the 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup, [5] was the final match of the 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup, an international club football tournament. It was the first final of the FIFA Intercontinental Cup, a FIFA-organised tournament between the club champions from each of the six continental confederations. [6]

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The match took place at Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, on 18 December 2024 between Spanish club Real Madrid, the winners of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League, and Mexican club Pachuca, the winners of play-offs contested by the other five confederations. [7]

Real Madrid won the match 3–0 to win the inaugural FIFA Intercontinental Cup, which was also its sixth FIFA trophy and ninth club world championship title. [8] [9]

Teams

In the following table, the finals until 2005 were in the FIFA Club World Championship era, and between 2006 and 2023 in the FIFA Club World Cup era.

TeamConfederationQualification for tournamentPrevious club world championship finals
(bold indicates winners)
Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid UEFA Winners of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League IC: 5 ( 1960 , 1966, 1998 , 2000, 2002 )
FCWC: 5 ( 2014 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2022 )
Flag of Mexico.svg Pachuca CONCACAF Winners of the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup None

Note: On 27 October 2017, FIFA officially recognised all the champions of the Intercontinental Cup as club world champions, in equal status to the FIFA Club World Cup. [10]

Route to the final

As the winners of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League, Real Madrid qualified directly for the final of the tournament. [6] Pachuca advanced as the winners of the play-off match, known as the FIFA Challenger Cup, played on 14 December 2024. [11] [12]

Match

Details

Real Madrid Flag of Spain.svg 3–0 Flag of Mexico.svg Pachuca
Report
Lusail Stadium, Lusail
Attendance: 67,249 [3]
Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)
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Real Madrid [2]
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Pachuca [2]
GK1 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thibaut Courtois
RB17 Flag of Spain.svg Lucas Vázquez (c)Sub off.svg 88'
CB14 Flag of France.svg Aurélien Tchouaméni
CB22 Flag of Germany.svg Antonio Rüdiger
LB20 Flag of Spain.svg Fran García
CM8 Flag of Uruguay.svg Federico Valverde
CM6 Flag of France.svg Eduardo Camavinga Sub off.svg 61'
RW11 Flag of Brazil.svg Rodrygo Sub off.svg 70'
AM5 Flag of England.svg Jude Bellingham Sub off.svg 88'
LW7 Flag of Brazil.svg Vinícius Júnior
CF9 Flag of France.svg Kylian Mbappé Sub off.svg 61'
Substitutes:
GK13 Flag of Ukraine.svg Andriy Lunin
GK26 Flag of Spain.svg Fran González
DF18 Flag of Spain.svg Jesús Vallejo
DF29 Flag of Morocco.svg Yusi
DF35 Flag of Spain.svg Raúl Asencio Sub on.svg 88'
DF39 Flag of Spain.svg Lorenzo Aguado
MF10 Flag of Croatia.svg Luka Modrić Sub on.svg 70'
MF15 Flag of Turkey.svg Arda Güler Sub on.svg 88'
MF19 Flag of Spain.svg Dani Ceballos Sub on.svg 61'
FW16 Flag of Brazil.svg Endrick
FW21 Flag of Morocco.svg Brahim Díaz Sub on.svg 61'
Manager:
Flag of Italy.svg Carlo Ancelotti
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GK25 Flag of Mexico.svg Carlos Moreno
RB24 Flag of Mexico.svg Luis Rodríguez Sub off.svg 75'
CB2 Flag of Argentina.svg Sergio Barreto
CB33 Flag of Ecuador.svg Andrés Micolta
LB8 Flag of Mexico.svg Bryan González
CM28 Flag of Mexico.svg Elías Montiel
CM5 Flag of Mexico.svg Pedro Pedraza Yellow card.svg 51'
RW6 Flag of Colombia.svg Nelson Deossa Sub off.svg 88'
AM26 Flag of Mexico.svg Alán Bautista Sub off.svg 75'
LW11 Flag of Morocco.svg Oussama Idrissi Sub off.svg 88'
CF23 Flag of Venezuela (state).svg Salomón Rondón (c)Yellow card.svg 90+3'
Substitutes:
GK12 Flag of Mexico.svg David Shrem
GK31 Flag of Mexico.svg José Eulogio
DF3 Flag of Mexico.svg Alonso Aceves
DF22 Flag of Argentina.svg Gustavo Cabral
DF32 Flag of Mexico.svg Carlos Sánchez Sub on.svg 75'
DF35 Flag of Mexico.svg Jorge Berlanga
MF10 Flag of Ecuador.svg Ángel Mena Sub on.svg 75'
MF14 Flag of Mexico.svg Alfonso González
MF30 Flag of Mexico.svg Sergio Hernández Sub on.svg 88'
MF40 Flag of Mexico.svg José Saldívar
FW7 Flag of Colombia.svg Faber Gil
FW9 Flag of Spain.svg Borja Bastón
FW18 Flag of Mexico.svg Alexéi Domínguez Sub on.svg 88'
FW27 Flag of Mexico.svg Owen González
FW29 Flag of Mexico.svg Sergio Aguayo
Manager:
Flag of Uruguay.svg Guillermo Almada

Man of the Match:
Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) [1]

Assistant referees: [2]
Jorge Urrego (Venezuela)
Tulio Moreno (Venezuela)
Fourth official: [2]
Iván Barton (El Salvador)
Reserve assistant referee: [2]
David Moran (El Salvador)
Video assistant referee: [2]
Juan Soto (Venezuela)
Assistant video assistant referee: [2]
Tatiana Guzmán (Nicaragua)
Support video assistant referee: [2]
Rob Dieperink (Netherlands)

Match rules

Statistics

Overall [3]
StatisticReal MadridPachuca
Goals scored30
Total shots1210
Shots on target44
Ball possession65%35%
Corner kicks65
Fouls committed1413
Offsides11
Yellow cards02
Red cards00

References

  1. 1 2 Pike, Christopher (18 December 2024). "Vinicius Junior of Real Madrid poses for a photo after being presented with the aramco Player of the Match award at the end of the FIFA Intercontinental Cup between Real Madrid and CF Pachuca at Lusail Stadium on December 18, 2024 in Doha, Qatar". Doha: FIFA . Retrieved 18 December 2024– via Getty Images.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Tactical Line-up: Real Madrid CF v. CF Pachuca" (PDF). FIFA. 18 December 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 "Match Report: Real Madrid CF v. CF Pachuca" (PDF). FIFA. 18 December 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  4. ↑ "Doha, Qatar Weather History". Weather Underground. 18 December 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  5. ↑ "FIFA Intercontinental Cup: Key information". FIFA . 20 September 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  6. 1 2 Nair, Rohith (17 December 2023). "Club World Cup set for June-July 2025, new Intercontinental Cup in 2024 –FIFA". Reuters. Archived from the original on 6 February 2024.
  7. ↑ 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 . Archived from the original on 23 January 2024.
  8. ↑ "Real Madrid beat Pachuca to win Intercontinental Cup". FIFA. 18 December 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  9. ↑ "Real Madrid 3 Pachuca 0". BBC Sport. 18 December 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  10. ↑ "FIFA Council approves key organisational elements of the FIFA World Cup" (Press release). FIFA. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  11. ↑ "FIFA Intercontinental Cup: Key information". FIFA . 20 September 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  12. ↑ "Bureau of the Council update on FIFA Intercontinental Cup 2024". FIFA. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
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