List of world champion football clubs

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Trophy of the FIFA Club World Cup.

This list includes the official (de jure)world champion football clubs recognised by FIFA. The official competitions that grant this title are the Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004) and the FIFA Club World Cup (2000, 2005–present).

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Competitions

Intercontinental Cup

The Intercontinental Cup, also known as European/South American Cup, was an official international football competition endorsed by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and the Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL), [1] [2] [3] contested between representative clubs from these confederations, usually the winners of the European Champions' Cup (now known as the UEFA Champions League), and the South American Copa Libertadores. The competition was played by representatives clubs of most developed continents in the football world; has since been replaced by the FIFA Club World Cup. All editions were official UEFA and CONMEBOL competitions, [4] [5] and indirectly also of FIFA. [6] [7] [8] [9]

Sign at Arena do Gremio saying "Gremio - Campeao do Mundo" (Gremio - World Champion), celebrating Gremio's 1983 Intercontinental Cup as a world championship. Letreiro Arena do Gremio.jpg
Sign at Arena do Grêmio saying " Grêmio - Campeão do Mundo" (Grêmio - World Champion), celebrating Grêmio's 1983 Intercontinental Cup as a world championship.

From its formation in 1960 to 1979, the competition was contested over a two legged tie, with a playoff if necessary until 1968, and penalty kicks later. During the 1970s, European participation in the Intercontinental Cup became a running question due to controversial events in the 1969 final, [10] and some European Champions Club' winner teams withdrew. [11] From 1980 until 2004, the competition was contested over a single match held in Japan and sponsored by multinational automaker Toyota, which offered a secondary trophy (that flanked the original), the Toyota Cup. [12]

Throughout the history of football, various attempts have been made to organise a tournament that identifies "the best club team in the world" – such as the Football World Championship, the Lipton Trophy, the Pequeña Copa del Mundo - due to FIFA's lack of interest or inability to organise club competitions. [13] The Intercontinental Cup is considered by FIFA as the official predecessor [14] [6] to the FIFA Club World Cup, which was held for the first time in 2000. [15]

All the winning teams were regarded by worldwide mass media and the football community, FIFA included (as News Center productions and not catalogued on the FIFA website as official entity documents), [16] as "world champions" de facto. [17] [18] [19] [20] On 27 October 2017, the FIFA Council, while not promoting statistical unification between the Intercontinental Cup and the Club World Cup, in respect to the history of the two tournaments [21] (which merged in 2005), [22] has officialised ( de jure ) the title of the Intercontinental Cup, recognising all the winners as official club world champions, [23] [24] [25] [26] with the same title of the FIFA Club World Cup winners, or "FIFA Club World Champions". [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33]

FIFA Club World Cup

FIFA Club World Cup is an international men's association football competition organised by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The tournament officially assigns the world title. [34] The competition was first contested in 2000 as the FIFA Club World Championship. It was not held between 2001 and 2004 due to a combination of factors, most importantly the collapse of FIFA's marketing partner International Sport and Leisure. [35] Since 2005, the competition has been held every year, and has been hosted by Brazil, Japan, the United Arab Emirates and Morocco. The FIFA Club World Cup's prestige is perceived quite differently in different parts of the football world; while it is widely regarded as the most distinguished club level trophy in South America, [36] [37] it struggles to attract interest in most of Europe compared to the UEFA Champions League and commonly lacks recognition as a high-ranking contest. [38] [39]

The first FIFA Club World Championship took place in Brazil in 2000. but the failure of ISL caused FIFA to discontinue the tournament and cancel the following year competition to be held in Spain. This first failed instalment ran parallel with the Intercontinental Cup (also known as European/South American Cup), a competition organised jointly by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and the Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL) first disputed in 1960 by the winners of the European Champions' Cup and the Copa Libertadores. FIFA finally managed to buy the prestigious Japanese Event and in 2005, after the Intercontinental Cup's last edition, that competition was merged with FIFA. The failed FIFA Club World Cup's first edition was renamed as "FIFA Club World Championship" and a new Trophy replaced the Intercontintenal Cup Thophy as well as the Toyota Cup. In 2006, the tournament took its current name.

The current format of the tournament involves seven teams competing for the title at venues within the host nation over a period of about two weeks; the winners of that year's AFC Champions League (Asia), CAF Champions League (Africa), CONCACAF Champions League (North America), Copa Libertadores (South America), OFC Champions League (Oceania) and UEFA Champions League (Europe), along with the host nation's national champions, participate in a straight knock-out tournament. The host nation's national champions dispute a play-off against the Oceania champions, from which the winner joins the champions of Asia, Africa and North America at the quarter-finals. The quarter-final winners go on to face the European and South American champions, who enter at the semi-final stage, for a place in the final. In Europe the tournament is almost ignored by the mass media, also because of its sporting level, considered inferior to the Intercontinental Cup, [40] indeed when the sides used to meet in a one-off game in Japan (and even before), this was still a fair fight. The opening up of the global market in football has changed the balance. These days the best South Americans (and the stars from all the other continents) are usually playing in Europe. [41] [42]

Results by year

Intercontinental Cup

YearCountryWinnersScoreRunners-upCountryVenueLocationRefs
1960 Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  ESP Real Madrid 0–0 Peñarol Flag of Uruguay.svg  URU Estadio Centenario Montevideo, Uruguay [43]
5–1 Santiago Bernabéu Madrid, Spain
1961 Flag of Uruguay.svg  URU Peñarol 0–1 Benfica Flag of Portugal.svg  POR Estádio da Luz Lisbon, Portugal [44]
5–0 Estadio Centenario Montevideo, Uruguay
2–1 Montevideo, Uruguay
1962 Flag of Brazil (1960-1968).svg  BRA Santos 3–2 Benfica Flag of Portugal.svg  POR Estádio do Maracanã Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [45]
5–2 Estádio da Luz Lisbon, Portugal
1963 Flag of Brazil (1960-1968).svg  BRA Santos 2–4 Milan Flag of Italy.svg  ITA San Siro Milan, Italy [46]
4–2 Estádio do Maracanã Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1–0
1964 Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Internazionale 0–1 Independiente Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG La Doble Visera Avellaneda, Argentina [47]
2–0 San Siro Milan, Italy
1–0 ( a.e.t. ) Santiago Bernabéu Madrid, Spain
1965 Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Internazionale 3–0 Independiente Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG San Siro Milan, Italy [48]
0–0 La Doble Visera Avellaneda, Argentina
1966 Flag of Uruguay.svg  URU Peñarol 2–0 Real Madrid Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  ESP Estadio Centenario Montevideo, Uruguay [49]
2–0 Santiago Bernabéu Madrid, Spain
1967 Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Racing 0–1 Celtic Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Hampden Park Glasgow, Scotland [50]
2–1 El Cilindro Avellaneda, Argentina
1–0 Estadio Centenario Montevideo, Uruguay
1968 Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Estudiantes 1–0 Manchester United Flag of England.svg  ENG Estadio Boca Juniors Buenos Aires, Argentina [51]
1–1 Old Trafford Manchester, England
1969 Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Milan 3–0 Estudiantes Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG San Siro Milan, Italy [52]
1–2 Estadio Boca Juniors Buenos Aires, Argentina
1970 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Feyenoord 2–2 Estudiantes Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Estadio Boca Juniors Buenos Aires, Argentina [53]
1–0 De Kuip Rotterdam, Netherlands
1971 Flag of Uruguay.svg  URU Nacional 1–1 Panathinaikos #1Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg  GRE Karaiskakis Stadium Piraeus, Greece [54]
2–1 Estadio Centenario Montevideo, Uruguay
1972 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Ajax 1–1 Independiente Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG La Doble Visera Avellaneda, Argentina [55]
3–0 Olympic Stadium Amsterdam, Netherlands
1973 Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Independiente 1–0 Juventus #2Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Stadio Olimpico Rome, Italy [56]
Second leg was not played. Flag of Argentina.svg Independiente declared winner.
1974 Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  ESP Atlético Madrid #30–1 Independiente Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG La Doble Visera Avellaneda, Argentina [57]
2–0 Estadio Vicente Calderón Madrid, Spain
1975 Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich and Flag of Argentina.svg Independiente did not find compatible schedule to play. [58]
1976 Flag of Germany.svg  FRG Bayern Munich 2–0 Cruzeiro Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  BRA Olympiastadion Munich, West Germany [59]
0–0 Mineirão Belo Horizonte, Brazil
1977 Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Boca Juniors 2–2 Borussia Mönchengladbach #4Flag of Germany.svg  FRG Estadio Boca Juniors Buenos Aires, Argentina [60]
3–0 Wildparkstadion Karlsruhe, West Germany
1978 Flag of England.svg Liverpool declined to play the match against Flag of Argentina.svg Boca Juniors due to scheduling problems. [58]
1979 Flag of Paraguay (1954-1988).svg  PAR Olimpia 1–0 Malmö FF #5Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Malmö Stadion Malmö, Sweden [61]
2–1 Defensores del Chaco Asunción, Paraguay
1980 Flag of Uruguay.svg  URU Nacional 1–0 Nottingham Forest Flag of England.svg  ENG National Stadium Tokyo, Japan [62]
1981 Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Flamengo 3–0 Liverpool [63]
1982 Flag of Uruguay.svg  URU Peñarol 2–0 Aston Villa [64]
1983 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  BRA Grêmio 2–1 ( a.e.t. ) Hamburger SV Flag of Germany.svg  FRG [65]
1984 Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Independiente 1–0 Liverpool Flag of England.svg  ENG [66]
1985 Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Juventus 2–2 ( a.e.t. )(4–2 p ) Argentinos Juniors Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG [67]
1986 Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG River Plate 1–0 Steaua București Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  ROU [68]
1987 Flag of Portugal.svg  POR Porto 2–1 ( a.e.t. ) Peñarol Flag of Uruguay.svg  URU [69]
1988 Flag of Uruguay.svg  URU Nacional 2–2 ( a.e.t. )(7–6 p ) PSV Eindhoven Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED [70]
1989 Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Milan 1–0 ( a.e.t. ) Atlético Nacional Flag of Colombia.svg  COL [71]
1990 Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Milan 3–0 Olimpia Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg  PAR [72]
1991 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  YUG Red Star Belgrade 3–0 Colo-Colo Flag of Chile.svg  CHI [73]
1992 Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA São Paulo 2–1 Barcelona Flag of Spain.svg  ESP [74]
1993 Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA São Paulo 3–2 Milan #6Flag of Italy.svg  ITA [75]
1994 Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Vélez Sársfield 2–0 Milan [76]
1995 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Ajax 0–0 ( a.e.t. )(4–3 p ) Grêmio Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA [77]
1996 Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Juventus 1–0 River Plate Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG [78]
1997 Flag of Germany.svg  GER Borussia Dortmund 2–0 Cruzeiro Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA [79]
1998 Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Real Madrid 2–1 Vasco da Gama [80]
1999 Flag of England.svg  ENG Manchester United 1–0 Palmeiras [81]
2000 Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Boca Juniors 2–1 Real Madrid Flag of Spain.svg  ESP [82]
2001 Flag of Germany.svg  GER Bayern Munich 1–0 ( a.e.t. ) Boca Juniors Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG [83]
2002 Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Real Madrid 2–0 Olimpia Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg  PAR International Stadium Yokohama, Japan [84]
2003 Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Boca Juniors 1–1 ( a.e.t. )(3–1 p ) Milan Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  ITA [85]
2004 Flag of Portugal.svg  POR Porto 0–0 (a.e.t.) (8–7 p) Once Caldas Flag of Colombia.svg  COL [86]

Notes

FIFA Club World Cup

Key to the table
Match was won after extra time
Match was won via a penalty shoot-out
EditionSeasonHostsChampionsScoreRunners-upThird placeScoreFourth placeRef.
1 2000 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Flag of Brazil.svg Corinthians [lower-alpha 1] 0–0 Flag of Brazil.svg Vasco da Gama Flag of Mexico.svg Necaxa [lower-alpha 2] 1–1 Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid [91] [92]
2 2005 Flag of Japan.svg Japan Flag of Brazil.svg São Paulo 1–0 Flag of England.svg Liverpool Flag of Costa Rica.svg Saprissa 3–2 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al Ittihad [93] [94]
3 2006 Flag of Brazil.svg Internacional 1–0 Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly 2–1 Flag of Mexico.svg América [95] [96]
4 2007 Flag of Italy.svg Milan 4–2 Flag of Argentina.svg Boca Juniors Flag of Japan.svg Urawa Red Diamonds [lower-alpha 3] 2–2 Flag of Tunisia.svg Étoile du Sahel [98] [99]
5 2008 Flag of England.svg Manchester United 1–0 Flag of Ecuador.svg LDU Quito Flag of Japan.svg Gamba Osaka 1–0 Flag of Mexico.svg Pachuca [100] [101]
6 2009 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg UAE Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona [lower-alpha 4] 2–1 Flag of Argentina.svg Estudiantes Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Pohang Steelers [lower-alpha 5] 1–1 Flag of Mexico.svg Atlante [104] [105]
7 2010 Flag of Italy.svg Internazionale 3–0 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg TP Mazembe Flag of Brazil.svg Internacional 4–2 Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma [106] [107]
8 2011 Flag of Japan.svg Japan Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona 4–0 Flag of Brazil.svg Santos Flag of Qatar.svg Al Sadd [lower-alpha 6] 0–0 Flag of Japan.svg Kashiwa Reysol [109] [110]
9 2012 Flag of Brazil.svg Corinthians 1–0 Flag of England.svg Chelsea Flag of Mexico.svg Monterrey 2–0 Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly [111] [112]
10 2013 Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich 2–0 Flag of Morocco.svg Raja Casablanca Flag of Brazil.svg Atlético Mineiro 3–2 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guangzhou Evergrande [113] [114]
11 2014 Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid 2–0 Flag of Argentina.svg San Lorenzo Flag of New Zealand.svg Auckland City [lower-alpha 7] 1–1 Flag of Mexico.svg Cruz Azul [116] [117]
12 2015 Flag of Japan.svg Japan Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona 3–0 Flag of Argentina.svg River Plate Flag of Japan.svg Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guangzhou Evergrande [118] [119]
13 2016 Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid [lower-alpha 8] 4–2 Flag of Japan.svg Kashima Antlers Flag of Colombia.svg Atlético Nacional [lower-alpha 9] 2–2 Flag of Mexico.svg América [122] [123]
14 2017 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg UAE Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid 1–0 Flag of Brazil.svg Grêmio Flag of Mexico.svg Pachuca 4–1 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al Jazira [124]
15 2018 Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid 4–1 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al Ain Flag of Argentina.svg River Plate 4–0 Flag of Japan.svg Kashima Antlers [125]
16 2019 Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar Flag of England.svg Liverpool [lower-alpha 10] 1–0 Flag of Brazil.svg Flamengo Flag of Mexico.svg Monterrey [lower-alpha 11] 2–2 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al Hilal [126]
17 2020 Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich 1–0 Flag of Mexico.svg UANL Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly [lower-alpha 12] 0–0 Flag of Brazil.svg Palmeiras [126]
18 2021 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg UAE Flag of England.svg Chelsea [lower-alpha 13] 2–1 Flag of Brazil.svg Palmeiras Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly 4–0 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al Hilal [127]
19 2022 Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid 5–3 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al Hilal Flag of Brazil.svg Flamengo 4–2 Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly [128]
20 2023 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia Flag of England.svg Manchester City 4–0 Flag of Brazil.svg Fluminense Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly 4–2 Flag of Japan.svg Urawa Red Diamonds [129]
21 2025 Flag of the United States.svg United States [130]

FIFA Intercontinental Cup

Key to the table
Match was won after extra time
Match was won via a penalty shoot-out
EditionSeasonHostsChampionsScoreRunners-upVenueLocationRef.
1 2024 Flag placeholder.svg Flag placeholder.svgFlag placeholder.svg [131]

Winners

By club

In synthesis FIFA has two types of world champions Intercontinental Cup and those deriving from the Club World Cup (the two competitions, albeit different, confer the same title, that of FIFA club world champions) [132] [133] [134] so in accordance to what is officially communicated by FIFA, the total count of official [135] [6] [136] [133] world titles is as follows: [137] [138] [139] [140] [141] [142] [134] [132]

Key
IC Intercontinental Cup
CWC FIFA Club World Cup
List of world champion football clubs
ClubCountryICCWCTotalYears won
Real Madrid Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 358 1960, 1998, 2002, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022
Milan Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 314 1969, 1989, 1990, 2007
Bayern Munich Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 224 1976, 2001, 2013, 2020
Boca Juniors Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 303 1977, 2000 (IC), 2003
Nacional Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 303 1971, 1980, 1988
Peñarol Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 303 1961, 1966, 1982
Internazionale Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 213 1964, 1965, 2010
São Paulo Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 213 1992, 1993, 2005
Barcelona Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 033 2009, 2011, 2015
Ajax Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 202 1972, 1995
Independiente Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 202 1973, 1984
Juventus Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 202 1985, 1996
Porto Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 202 1987, 2004
Santos Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 202 1962, 1963
Manchester United Flag of England.svg  England 112 1999, 2008
Corinthians Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 022 2000 (CWC), 2012
Atlético Madrid Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 101 1974
Borussia Dortmund Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 101 1997
Estudiantes Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 101 1968
Feyenoord Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 101 1970
Flamengo Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 101 1981
Grêmio Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 101 1983
Olimpia Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 101 1979
Racing Club Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 101 1967
Red Star Belgrade Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 101 1991
River Plate Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 101 1986
Vélez Sarsfield Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 101 1994
Chelsea Flag of England.svg  England 011 2021
Internacional Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 011 2006
Liverpool Flag of England.svg  England 011 2019
Manchester City Flag of England.svg  England 011 2023

By country

CountryICCWCTotal
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 4812
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 6410
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 909
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 729
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 606
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 325
Flag of England.svg  England 145
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 303
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 202
Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 101
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 101

By confederation

ConfederationICCWCTotal
UEFA 211637
CONMEBOL 22426

Vice-world champions in football

Key
IC Intercontinental Cup
CWC FIFA Club World Cup
Football clubs with at least one vice-world championship title
ClubICCWCTotal
Flag of Portugal.svg Benfica
2
1961, 1962
Flag of Brazil.svg Cruzeiro
2
1976, 1997
Flag of Brazil.svg Vasco da Gama
1
1
1998, 2000 (CWC)
Flag of Brazil.svg Palmeiras
1
1
1999, 2021
Flag of Scotland.svg Celtic
1
1967
Flag of Greece.svg Panathinaikos
1
1971
Flag of Germany.svg Borussia Mönchengladbach
1
1977
Flag of Sweden.svg Malmö FF
1
1979
Flag of England.svg Nottingham Forest
1
1980
Flag of England.svg Aston Villa
1
1982
Flag of Germany.svg Hamburger SV
1
1983
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentinos Juniors
1
1985
Flag of Romania.svg Steaua București
1
1986
Flag of the Netherlands.svg PSV Eindhoven
1
1988
Flag of Colombia.svg Atlético Nacional
1
1989
Flag of Chile.svg Colo-Colo
1
1991
Flag of Colombia.svg Once Caldas
1
2004
Flag of Ecuador.svg LDU Quito 1 2008
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg TP Mazembe 1 2010
Flag of Morocco.svg Raja Casablanca 1 2013
Flag of Argentina.svg San Lorenzo 1 2014
Flag of Japan.svg Kashima Antlers 1 2016
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al Ain 1 2018
Flag of Mexico.svg Tigres UANL 1 2020
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al Hilal 1 2022
Flag of Brazil.svg Fluminense 1 2023

By confederation

ConfederationICCWCTotal
CONMEBOL 211132
UEFA 22325
AFC 033
CAF 022
CONCACAF 011

See also

Notes

  1. Score was 0–0 after 120 minutes. Corinthians won 4–3 on penalties. [89]
  2. Extra time was played in the third-place match. Necaxa won 4–3 on penalties. [90]
  3. No extra time was played in the third-place match. Urawa Red Diamonds won 4–2 on penalties. [97]
  4. Score was 1–1 after 90 minutes. [102]
  5. No extra time was played in the third-place match. Pohang Steelers won 4–3 on penalties. [103]
  6. No extra time was played in the third-place match. Al Sadd won 5–3 on penalties. [108]
  7. No extra time was played in the third-place match. Auckland City won 4–2 on penalties. [115]
  8. Score was 2–2 after 90 minutes. [120]
  9. No extra time was played in the third-place match. Atlético Nacional won 4–3 on penalties. [121]
  10. Score was 0–0 after 90 minutes.
  11. No extra time was played in the third-place match. Monterrey won 4–3 on penalties.
  12. No extra time was played in the third-place match. Al Ahly won 3–2 on penalties.
  13. Score was 1–1 after 90 minutes.

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