2011 FIFA Club World Cup

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 winners of the six continental confederations as well as the host nation's league champions.

2011 FIFA Club World Cup
FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2011
presented by Toyota
Toyota プレゼンツ
FIFAクラブワールドカップ ジャパン2011
Tournament details
Host countryJapan
Dates8–18 December
Teams7 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Barcelona (2nd title)
Runners-up Santos
Third place Al-Sadd
Fourth place Kashiwa Reysol
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored24 (3 per match)
Attendance305,333 (38,167 per match)
Top scorer(s) Adriano
Lionel Messi
(2 goals each)
Best player(s) Lionel Messi
Fair play award Barcelona

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]

Internazionale were the defending champions, but could not defend their title after being eliminated in the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals.

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
Barcelona UEFA Winners of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League[7] 3rd (Previous: 2006, 2009)
Santos CONMEBOL Winners of the 2011 Copa Libertadores[8] 1st
Entered in the quarter-finals
Al-Sadd AFC Winners of the 2011 AFC Champions League[9] 1st
Espérance de Tunis CAF Winners of the 2011 CAF Champions League[10] 1st
Monterrey CONCACAF Winners of the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League[11] 1st
Entered in the play-off for quarter-finals
Auckland City OFC Winners of the 2010–11 OFC Champions League[12] 3rd (Previous: 2006, 2009)
Kashiwa Reysol AFC (Host) Winners of the 2011 J.League Division 1[13] 1st

1 In bold: Previous tournament winners

Match officials

Appointed referees are:[14]

Confederation Referee Assistant referees
AFC Ravshan Irmatov Abdukhamidullo Rasulov
Bakhadyr Kochkarov
Yuichi Nishimura Toshiyuki Nagi
Toru Sagara
CAF Noumandiez Doué Songuifolo Yeo
Djibril Camara
CONCACAF Joel Aguilar William Torres Mejia
Juan Francisco Zumba
CONMEBOL Enrique Osses Francisco Mondria
Carlos Alexis Astroza
OFC Peter O'Leary Jan-Hendrik Hintz
Ravinesh Kumar
UEFA Nicola Rizzoli Renato Faverani
Andrea Stefani

Squads
Main article: 2011 FIFA Club World Cup 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°30′35″N 139°36′20″E
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 quarter-finals: Al-Sadd (AFC), Espérance de Tunis (CAF), and Monterrey (CONCACAF).[18]

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

  • For elimination matches, extra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out would be held to determine the winner.
  • For the matches for fifth place and third place, no extra time would be played, and the match would go straight to a penalty shootout to determine the winner.
Play-off Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
 8 December – Toyota                        
  Kashiwa Reysol  2   11 December – Toyota        
  Auckland City  0       Kashiwa Reysol (p)  1 (4)
14 December – Toyota
    Monterrey  1 (3)    
  Kashiwa Reysol  1
      Santos  3  
18 December – Yokohama
  Santos  0
11 December – Toyota
    Barcelona  4
  Espérance de Tunis  1
15 December – Yokohama
  Al-Sadd  2    
  Al-Sadd  0
Fifth place Third place
      Barcelona  4  
  Monterrey  3   Kashiwa Reysol  0 (3)
  Espérance de Tunis  2   Al-Sadd (p)  0 (5)
14 December – Toyota 18 December – Yokohama

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

Play-off for quarter-finals
Kashiwa Reysol 2–0 Auckland City
Tanaka  37'
Kudo  40'		 Report
Attendance: 18,754

Quarter-finals
Espérance de Tunis 1–2 Al-Sadd
Darragi  60' Report Khalfan  33'
Koni  49'
Attendance: 21,251
Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)
Kashiwa Reysol 1–1 (a.e.t.) Monterrey
Domingues  53' Report Suazo  58'
Penalties
Leandro Domingues
Jorge Wagner
Kurisawa
Tanaka
Hayashi 		4–3 L. Pérez
Suazo
Ayoví
Orozco
Delgado
Attendance: 27,525

Match for fifth place
Monterrey 3–2 Espérance de Tunis
Mier  39'
De Nigris  44'
Zavala  47'		 Report N'Djeng  31'
Mouelhi  76' (pen.)
Attendance: 13,639

Semi-finals
Kashiwa Reysol 1–3 Santos
Sakai  54' Report Neymar  19'
Borges  24'
Danilo  63'
Attendance: 29,173
Al-Sadd 0–4 Barcelona
Report Adriano  25', 43'
Keita  64'
Maxwell  81'
Attendance: 66,298

Match for third place
Kashiwa Reysol 0–0 Al-Sadd
Report
Penalties
Jorge Wagner
Sawa
Hayashi
Otani 		3–5 Niang
Keïta
Majid
Al-Haydos
Belhadj
Attendance: 60,527

Final
Main article: 2011 FIFA Club World Cup Final
Santos 0–4 Barcelona
Report Messi  17', 82'
Xavi  24'
Fàbregas  45'
Attendance: 68,166

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

Tournament round-up

Final standings
Pos Team Confederation Pld W D L GF GA GD
1 Barcelona UEFA 220080+8
2 Santos CONMEBOL 210135−2
3 Al-Sadd AFC 311125−3
4 Kashiwa Reysol AFC 4121440
5 Monterrey CONCACAF 211043+1
6 Espérance de Tunis CAF 200235−2
7 Auckland City OFC 100102−2

Awards
Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball
Lionel Messi
(Barcelona)		 Xavi
(Barcelona)		 Neymar
(Santos)
Fair play
Barcelona

References
Bibliography
  • "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2011 – Technical Report and Statistics" (PDF). FIFA. 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
Notes
  1. "Match Schedule – FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2011" (PDF). FIFA. 5 December 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  2. "Unanimous support for 6+5, FIFA Club World Cup hosts revealed". FIFA. 27 May 2008. Archived from the original on 14 October 2009. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
  3. "FIFA moves Club World Cup to UAE from Japan". ESPN Soccernet. 27 May 2008. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
  4. "Blatter reveals double boost for Japan". FIFA. 23 May 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  5. "Magic Messi helps Barca conquer the world". ESPN Soccernet. 18 December 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  6. "Barcelona 4 Santos 0". The Daily Telegraph. 18 December 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  7. Hart, Simon (28 May 2011). "Barça crowned as Messi and Villa see off United". UEFA. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  8. "¡Santos FC campeón de América!". CONMEBOL.com. Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol. 22 June 2011. Archived from the original on 16 December 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  9. "Al Sadd win AFC Champions League". the-afc.com. The Asian Football Confederation. 5 November 2011. Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  10. "Esperance conquer Africa thanks to Afful goal". Cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 12 November 2011. Archived from the original on 16 December 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. Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  12. "Auckland City book place at FIFA Club World Cup". oceaniafootball.com. Oceania Football Confederation. 17 April 2011. Archived from the original on 20 August 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  13. "Kashiwa lift title, reach Club World Cup". FIFA. 3 December 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  14. Technical Report, p. 78
  15. "Regulations – FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2011" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  16. "Toyota Stadium". FIFA. Archived from the original on 2 December 2011.
  17. "International Stadium Yokohama". FIFA.
  18. "Teams react to Japan 2011 draw". FIFA. 17 November 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
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