2012 FIFA Club World Cup

The 2012 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2012 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was a football tournament that was played from 6 to 16 December 2012.[1] It was the ninth 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. The tournament was hosted by Japan.[2][3]

2012 FIFA Club World Cup
FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2012
presented by Toyota
Toyota プレゼンツ
FIFAクラブワールドカップ ジャパン2012
Tournament details
Host countryJapan
Dates6–16 December
Teams7 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Corinthians (2nd title)
Runners-up Chelsea
Third place Monterrey
Fourth place Al-Ahly
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored21 (2.63 per match)
Attendance283,063 (35,383 per match)
Top scorer(s) César Delgado
Hisato Satō
(3 goals each)
Best player(s) Cássio
Fair play award Monterrey

Barcelona were the defending champions, but could not defend their title after being eliminated in the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League semi-finals.

Corinthians won the title for the second time after defeating Chelsea 1–0 in the final.[4][5]

Qualified teams
Location of teams of the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup.
Team Confederation Qualification Participation¹
Entered in the semi-finals
Corinthians CONMEBOL Winners of the 2012 Copa Libertadores 2nd (Previous: 2000)
Chelsea UEFA Winners of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League 1st
Entered in the quarter-finals
Ulsan Hyundai AFC Winners of the 2012 AFC Champions League 1st
Al-Ahly CAF Winners of the 2012 CAF Champions League 4th (Previous: 2005, 2006, 2008)
Monterrey CONCACAF Winners of the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League 2nd (Previous: 2011)
Entered in the play-off for quarter-finals
Auckland City OFC Winners of the 2011–12 OFC Champions League 4th (Previous: 2006, 2009, 2011)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima AFC (Host) Winners of the 2012 J. League Division 1 1st

1 In bold: Previous tournament winners

Match officials

The appointed referees are:[6]

Confederation Referee Assistant referees
AFC Nawaf Shukralla Ebrahim Saleh
Yaser Tulefat
Alireza Faghani (reserve) Hassan Kamranifar (reserve)
Reza Sokhandan (reserve)
CAF Djamel Haimoudi Abdelhak Etchiali
Redouane Achik
CONCACAF Marco Antonio Rodríguez Marvin Torrentera
Marcos Quintero
CONMEBOL Carlos Vera Christian Lescano
Byron Romero
OFC Peter O'Leary Mark Rule
Ravinesh Kumar
UEFA Cüneyt Çakır Bahattin Duran
Tarık Ongun

Squads
Main article: 2012 FIFA Club World Cup squads

Each team submitted a squad of 23 players, three of them goalkeepers.[7] The squads were announced on 29 November 2012.[8]

Venues

The venues for the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup were Yokohama and Toyota.[1]

Toyota
Yokohama
Toyota Stadium International Stadium Yokohama
35°05′05″N 137°10′15″E 35°30′35″N 139°36′20″E
Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 72,327

Goal-line technology

The 2012 FIFA Club World Cup was the first FIFA tournament to use goal-line technology following its approval by the International Football Association Board (IFAB) in July 2012.[9] The two systems approved by FIFA, GoalRef (installed in Yokohama) and Hawk-Eye (installed in Toyota), were used in the two stadiums.[10]

Matches

The draw for the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup was held at the FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland, on 24 September 2012 at 11:30 CEST (UTC+02:00).[11] The draw decided the "positions" in the bracket for the three representatives which entered the quarter-finals (AFC/CAF/CONCACAF).[12]

If a match was tied after normal playing time:[13]

  • For elimination matches, extra time was played. If still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out was held to determine the winner.
  • For the matches for fifth place and third place, no extra time was played, and a penalty shoot-out was held to determine the winner.
Play-off Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
 6 December – Yokohama                        
  Sanfrecce Hiroshima  1   9 December – Toyota        
  Auckland City  0       Sanfrecce Hiroshima  1
12 December – Toyota
    Al-Ahly  2    
  Al-Ahly  0
      Corinthians  1  
16 December – Yokohama
  Corinthians  1
9 December – Toyota
    Chelsea  0
  Ulsan Hyundai  1
13 December – Yokohama
  Monterrey  3    
  Monterrey  1
Fifth place Third place
      Chelsea  3  
  Ulsan Hyundai  2   Al-Ahly  0
  Sanfrecce Hiroshima  3   Monterrey  2
12 December – Toyota 16 December – Yokohama

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

Play-off for quarter-finals
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–0 Auckland City
Aoyama  66' Report
Attendance: 25,174

A minute's silence was held before the match to commemorate Dutch linesman Richard Nieuwenhuizen, who had died following a violent incident at a youth competition four days before the match.[14]

Quarter-finals
Ulsan Hyundai 1–3 Monterrey
Lee Keun-ho  88' Report Corona  9'
Delgado  77', 84'
Attendance: 20,353
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–2 Al-Ahly
Satō  32' Report Hamdy  15'
Aboutrika  57'
Attendance: 27,314
Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)

Match for fifth place
Ulsan Hyundai 2–3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Mizumoto  17' (o.g.)
Lee Yong  90+5'		 Report Yamagishi  35'
Satō  56', 72'
Attendance: 17,581

Semi-finals
Al-Ahly 0–1 Corinthians
Report Guerrero  30'
Attendance: 31,417
Monterrey 1–3 Chelsea
De Nigris  90+1' Report Mata  17'
Torres  46'
Chávez  48' (o.g.)
Attendance: 36,648
Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)

Match for third place
Al-Ahly 0–2 Monterrey
Report Corona  3'
Delgado  66'
Attendance: 56,301

Final
Main article: 2012 FIFA Club World Cup Final
Corinthians 1–0 Chelsea
Guerrero  69' Report
Attendance: 68,275

Goalscorers
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 César Delgado Monterrey 3
Hisato Satō Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3
3 Paolo Guerrero Corinthians 2
Jesús Corona Monterrey 2
5 Mohamed Aboutrika Al-Ahly 1
Al-Sayed Hamdy Al-Ahly 1
Juan Mata Chelsea 1
Fernando Torres Chelsea 1
Aldo de Nigris Monterrey 1
Toshihiro Aoyama Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1
Satoru Yamagishi Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1
Lee Keun-Ho Ulsan Hyundai 1
Lee Yong Ulsan Hyundai 1
Own goals

Tournament round-up

Final standings
Pos Confederation Team Pld W D L GF GA GD
1 CONMEBOL Corinthians 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2
2 UEFA Chelsea 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1
3 CONCACAF Monterrey 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2
4 CAF Al-Ahly 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2
5 AFC Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1
6 AFC Ulsan Hyundai 2 0 0 2 3 6 −3
7 OFC Auckland City 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1
Source:
David Luiz, Cássio and Paolo Guerrero (from left to right) accepting their individual awards after the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup Final.

Awards

The following awards were given for the tournament.[15]

Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball
Cássio
(Corinthians)		 David Luiz
(Chelsea)		 Paolo Guerrero
(Corinthians)
Fair play
Monterrey

References
  1. "Match Schedule – FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2012" (PDF). FIFA.
  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. Another major decision taken by the Executive Committee was to award the organisation of the 2009 and 2010 editions of the FIFA Club World Cup for the first time to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the following two events, in 2011 and 2012, to Japan, where it has been played since 2005 and will be again in December this year.
  3. "FIFA moves Club World Cup to UAE from Japan". ESPN. 27 May 2008. Retrieved 2 April 2010. Japan were given some consolation for their loss when they awarded the tournament in 2011 and 2012 while Australia, which had been hoping to use the event to boost their chances of staging the World Cup in 2018, were overlooked altogether.
  4. "World is lost for Chelsea". ESPNFC.com. 16 December 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  5. "Chelsea 0 Corinthians 1". Daily Telegraph. 16 December 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  6. "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2012 – Appointment of Match Officials" (PDF). FIFA.
  7. "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2012 presented by TOYOTA – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 29 November 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  8. "Continents' finest prepare for Japan". FIFA. 29 November 2012.
  9. "Goal-line tech to debut at Club World Cup". supersport.com. 5 July 2012.
  10. "FIFA Club World Cup: GLT project agreements signed". FIFA. 27 November 2012.
  11. "Follow the draw LIVE on FIFA.com". FIFA. 23 September 2012.
  12. "Intriguing quarter-final pairings drawn". FIFA. 24 September 2012.
  13. "Regulations – FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2012" (PDF). FIFA.
  14. Blatter shocked at Dutch linesman death, Reuters (6 December 2012)
  15. "Double joy for Corinthians stars". FIFA. 16 December 2012.
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