2011 FIFA Club World Cup

2011 FIFA Club World Cup
FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2011

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Tournament details
Host country Japan
Dates 8–18 December 2011
Teams 7 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Spain Barcelona (2nd title)
Runners-up Brazil Santos
Third place Qatar Al-Sadd
Fourth place Japan Kashiwa Reysol
Tournament statistics
Matches played 8
Goals scored 24 (3 per match)
Attendance 305,333 (38,167 per match)
Top scorer(s) Brazil Adriano
Argentina Lionel Messi
(2 goals each)
Best player Argentina Lionel Messi

The 2011 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2011 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was a football tournament that was played from 8 to 18 December 2011.[1] It was the eighth edition of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised tournament between the champion clubs from each of the six continental confederations as well as the league winner from the host nation.

After the United Arab Emirates hosted the tournament in 2009 and 2010, hosting rights for the 2011 edition returned to Japan.[2][3] During a visit to Japan on 23 May 2011, FIFA President Sepp Blatter confirmed that Japan would remain as hosts of the tournament despite the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.[4]

The tournament was won by Spanish club Barcelona, who defeated Brazilian club Santos 4–0 in the final.[5][6]

Qualified teams

Location of teams of the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup.
Team Confederation Qualification Participation1
Entered in the semi-finals
Spain Barcelona UEFA Winners of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League[7] 3rd (Previous: 2006, 2009)
Brazil Santos CONMEBOL Winners of the 2011 Copa Libertadores[8] 1st
Entered in the quarter-finals
Qatar Al-Sadd AFC Winners of the 2011 AFC Champions League[9] 1st
Tunisia Espérance CAF Winners of the 2011 CAF Champions League[10] 1st
Mexico Monterrey CONCACAF Winners of the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League[11] 1st
Entered in the play-off for quarter-finals
New Zealand Auckland City OFC Winners of the 2010–11 OFC Champions League[12] 3rd (Previous: 2006, 2009)
Japan Kashiwa Reysol AFC (Host) Winners of the 2011 J. League Division 1[13] 1st

1 In bold: Previous tournament winners

Referees

Appointed referees are:[14]

Confederation Referee Assistant referees
AFC Uzbekistan Ravshan Irmatov Uzbekistan Abdukhamidullo Rasulov
Kyrgyzstan Bakhadyr Kochkarov
Japan Yuichi Nishimura Japan Toshiyuki Nagi
Japan Toru Sagara
CAF Ivory Coast Noumandiez Doue Ivory Coast Songuifolo Yeo
Senegal Djibril Camara
CONCACAF El Salvador Joel Aguilar El Salvador William Torres Mejia
El Salvador Juan Francisco Zumba
CONMEBOL Chile Enrique Osses Chile Francisco Mondria
Chile Carlos Alexis Astroza
OFC New Zealand Peter O'Leary New Zealand Jan-Hendrik Hintz
Fiji Ravinesh Kumar
UEFA Italy Nicola Rizzoli Italy Renato Faverani
Italy Andrea Stefani

Squads

Each team had to submit a squad of 23 players, three of them goalkeepers.[15]

Venues

Yokohama and Toyota were the two cities that served as venues for the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup.

Toyota Yokohama
Toyota Stadium[16] International Stadium Yokohama[17]
35°05′05″N 137°10′15″E / 35.08472°N 137.17083°E / 35.08472; 137.17083 (Toyota Stadium) 35°30′35″N 139°36′20″E / 35.50972°N 139.60556°E / 35.50972; 139.60556 (International Stadium Yokohama)
Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 72,327
2011 FIFA Club World Cup (Japan)

Matches

A draw was held on 17 November in Nagoya to decide the "positions" of the three teams entering the quarterfinals: Al-Sadd (AFC), Espérance (CAF), and Monterrey (CONCACAF).[18]

If a match was tied after normal playing time:[15]

Play-off Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
 8 December – Toyota                          
 Japan Kashiwa Reysol  2   11 December – Toyota        
 New Zealand Auckland City  0      Japan Kashiwa Reysol (p)  1 (4)
14 December – Toyota
   Mexico Monterrey  1 (3)    
 Japan Kashiwa Reysol  1
     Brazil Santos  3  
18 December – Yokohama
 Brazil Santos  0
11 December – Toyota
   Spain Barcelona  4
 Tunisia Espérance  1
15 December – Yokohama
 Qatar Al-Sadd  2    
 Qatar Al-Sadd  0
Fifth place Third place
     Spain Barcelona  4  
 Mexico Monterrey  3  Japan Kashiwa Reysol  0 (3)
 Tunisia Espérance  2  Qatar Al-Sadd (p)  0 (5)
14 December – Toyota 18 December – Yokohama

All times Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

Play-off for quarter-finals

8 December 2011
19:45
Kashiwa Reysol Japan 2–0 New Zealand Auckland City
Tanaka  37'
Kudo  40' 		Report
Toyota Stadium, Toyota
Attendance: 18,754
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Quarter-finals

11 December 2011
16:00
Espérance Tunisia 1–2 Qatar Al-Sadd
Darragi  60' Report Khalfan  33'
Koni  49'
Toyota Stadium, Toyota
Attendance: 21,251
Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)

Match for fifth place

14 December 2011
16:30
Monterrey Mexico 3–2 Tunisia Espérance
Mier  39'
de Nigris  44'
Zavala  47' 		Report N'Djeng  31'
Mouelhi  76' (pen.)
Toyota Stadium, Toyota
Attendance: 13,639
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Semi-finals

14 December 2011
19:30
Kashiwa Reysol Japan 1–3 Brazil Santos
Sakai  54' Report Neymar  19'
Borges  24'
Danilo  63'
Toyota Stadium, Toyota
Attendance: 29,173
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

15 December 2011
19:30
Al-Sadd Qatar 0–4 Spain Barcelona
Report Adriano  25', 43'
Keita  64'
Maxwell  81'

Match for third place

Final

18 December 2011
19:30
Santos Brazil 0–4 Spain Barcelona
Report Messi  17', 82'
Xavi  24'
Fàbregas  45'

Goalscorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Brazil Adriano Spain Barcelona 2
Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona 2
3 Qatar Khalfan Ibrahim Qatar Al-Sadd 1
Qatar Abdulla Koni Qatar Al-Sadd 1
Brazil Maxwell Spain Barcelona 1
Mali Seydou Keita Spain Barcelona 1
Spain Cesc Fàbregas Spain Barcelona 1
Spain Xavi Spain Barcelona 1
Tunisia Oussama Darragi Tunisia Espérance 1
Tunisia Khaled Mouelhi Tunisia Espérance 1
Cameroon Yannick N'Djeng Tunisia Espérance 1
Brazil Leandro Domingues Japan Kashiwa Reysol 1
Japan Masato Kudo Japan Kashiwa Reysol 1
Japan Hiroki Sakai Japan Kashiwa Reysol 1
Japan Junya Tanaka Japan Kashiwa Reysol 1
Mexico Aldo de Nigris Mexico Monterrey 1
Mexico Hiram Mier Mexico Monterrey 1
Chile Humberto Suazo Mexico Monterrey 1
Mexico Jesús Zavala Mexico Monterrey 1
Brazil Borges Brazil Santos 1
Brazil Danilo Brazil Santos 1
Brazil Neymar Brazil Santos 1

Tournament round-up

Final standings

Pos Team Confederation Pld W D L GF GA GD
1 Spain Barcelona UEFA 220080+8
2 Brazil Santos CONMEBOL 210135−2
3 Qatar Al-Sadd AFC 311125−3
4 Japan Kashiwa Reysol AFC 4121440
5 Mexico Monterrey CONCACAF 211043+1
6 Tunisia Espérance CAF 200235−2
7 New Zealand Auckland City OFC 100102−2

Awards

Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball
Argentina Lionel Messi
(Barcelona)		 Spain Xavi
(Barcelona)		 Brazil Neymar
(Santos)
Fair play Spain Barcelona

References

Bibliography
Notes
  1. ↑ "Match Schedule - FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2011" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 5 December 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  2. ↑ "Unanimous support for 6+5, FIFA Club World Cup hosts revealed". FIFA.com (Fédération Internationale de Football Association). 27 May 2008. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
  3. ↑ "FIFA moves Club World Cup to UAE from Japan". ESPN Soccernet (ESPN Internet Ventures). 27 May 2008. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
  4. ↑ "Blatter reveals double boost for Japan". FIFA.com (Fédération Internationale de Football Association). 23 May 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  5. ↑ "Magic Messi helps Barca conquer the world". ESPN Soccernet (ESPN Internet Ventures). 18 December 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  6. ↑ "Barcelona 4 Santos 0". Daily Telegraph (Telegraph Media Group). 18 December 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  7. ↑ Hart, Simon (28 May 2011). "Barça crowned as Messi and Villa see off United". UEFA.com (Union of European Football Associations). Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  8. ↑ "¡Santos FC campeón de América!". CONMEBOL.com (Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol). 22 June 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  9. ↑ "Al Sadd win AFC Champions League". the-afc.com (The Asian Football Confederation). 5 November 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  10. ↑ "Esperance conquer Africa thanks to Afful goal". Cafonline.com (Confederation of African Football). 12 November 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  11. ↑ "Monterrey claims CCL title with 1-0 victory". concacaf.com (Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football). 27 April 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  12. ↑ "Auckland City book place at FIFA Club World Cup". oceaniafootball.com (Oceania Football Confederation). 17 April 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  13. ↑ "Kashiwa lift title, reach Club World Cup". FIFA.com (Fédération Internationale de Football Association). 3 December 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  14. ↑ Technical Report, p. 78
  15. 1 2 "Regulations - FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2011" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  16. ↑ "Toyota Stadium". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association.
  17. ↑ "International Stadium Yokohama". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association.
  18. ↑ "Teams react to Japan 2011 draw". FIFA.com (Fédération Internationale de Football Association). 17 November 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2012.

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