2017 FIFA Club World Cup

The 2017 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2017 presented by Alibaba Cloud for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the 14th edition of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised international club football tournament between the winners of the six continental confederations, as well as the host nation's league champions.[2] The tournament was hosted by the United Arab Emirates.[3]

2017 FIFA Club World Cup
FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2017
presented by Alibaba Cloud
كأس العالم للأندية لكرة القدم
الإمارات العربية المتحدة 2017
Tournament details
Host countryUnited Arab Emirates
Dates6–16 December
Teams7 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Real Madrid (3rd title)
Runners-up Grêmio
Third place Pachuca
Fourth place Al-Jazira
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored18 (2.25 per match)
Attendance132,565 (16,571 per match)
Top scorer(s) Maurício Antônio
Romarinho
Cristiano Ronaldo
(2 goals each)
Best player(s) Luka Modrić
Fair play award Real Madrid

Real Madrid were the defending champions. They qualified for the tournament as the winners of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League, becoming the first defending champions to qualify for the subsequent tournament, and after defeating Grêmio 1–0 in the final, became the first team to successfully defend the title.[4]

Host bids

The application process for the 2017–2018 as well as the 2015–2016 editions, i.e. two hosts, each hosting two years, began in February 2014.[5] Member associations interested in hosting must submit a declaration of interest by 30 March 2014, and provide the complete set of bidding documents by 25 August 2014.[6] The FIFA Executive Committee was to select the hosts at their meeting in Morocco in December 2014,[7] but the final decision was delayed until the FIFA's executive committee meetings on 19–20 March 2015.[8]

The following countries expressed an interest in bidding to host the tournament:[9]

The United Arab Emirates were officially announced as hosts of the 2017 and 2018 tournaments on 21 March 2015.[3]

Qualified teams

The following seven teams qualified for the tournament.[10]

Location of teams of the 2017 FIFA Club World Cup.
Team Confederation Qualification Qualified date Participation (bold indicates winners)
Entering in the semi-finals
Grêmio CONMEBOL Winners of the 2017 Copa Libertadores[11] 29 November 2017 1st
Real MadridTH UEFA Winners of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League[12] 3 June 2017 4th (Previous: 2000, 2014, 2016)
Entering in the second round
Urawa Red Diamonds AFC Winners of the 2017 AFC Champions League[13] 25 November 2017 2nd (Previous: 2007)
Wydad Casablanca CAF Winners of the 2017 CAF Champions League[14] 4 November 2017 1st
Pachuca CONCACAF Winners of the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League[15] 26 April 2017 4th (Previous: 2007, 2008, 2010)
Entering in the first round
Auckland City OFC Winners of the 2017 OFC Champions League[16] 7 May 2017 9th (Previous: 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
Al-Jazira AFC (Hosts) Winners of the 2016–17 UAE Pro-League[17] 11 September 2017[note 1] 1st
Notes
  1. Al-Jazira won the 2016–17 UAE Pro-League on 29 April 2017. Their participation in the 2017 FIFA Club World Cup was officially confirmed on 11 September 2017 after Al-Ain became the last team from UAE to be eliminated from the 2017 AFC Champions League.

Venues

The two venues were the Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi and the Hazza bin Zayed Stadium in Al Ain.[18]

Abu Dhabi Al Ain
Zayed Sports City Stadium Hazza bin Zayed Stadium
24°24′57.92″N 54°27′12.93″E 24°14′44.14″N 55°42′59.7″E
Capacity: 43,000 Capacity: 22,717
2017 FIFA Club World Cup (United Arab Emirates)

Match officials

A total of six referees, twelve assistant referees, and eight video assistant referees were appointed for the tournament.[19][20]

Confederation Referee Assistant referees Video assistant referee
AFC Ravshan Irmatov Abdukhamidullo Rasulov
Jakhongir Saidov		 Abdulrahman Al-Jassim
CAF Malang Diedhiou Djibril Camara
El Hadji Malick Samba
CONCACAF César Arturo Ramos Marvin Torrentera
Miguel Ángel Hernández		 Mark Geiger
CONMEBOL Sandro Ricci Emerson de Carvalho
Marcelo van Gasse		 Andrés Cunha
Wilton Sampaio
Mauro Vigliano
OFC Matthew Conger Simon Lount
Tevita Makasini
UEFA Felix Brych Mark Borsch
Stefan Lupp		 Artur Soares Dias
Clément Turpin
Felix Zwayer

Organization

The following were key milestones in the organization of the tournament:

  • The official emblem of the tournament, as well as the match schedule, was unveiled on 11 April 2017.[18]

Squads
Main article: 2017 FIFA Club World Cup squads

Each team had to name a 23-man squad (three of whom must be goalkeepers). Injury replacements were allowed until 24 hours before the team's first match.[2] The official squads were confirmed by FIFA on 30 November 2017.[21][22]

Matches

The draw was held on 9 October 2017, 12:00 GST (UTC+4), at Abu Dhabi to determine the matchups of the second round, and which teams the two second round winners would play in the semi-finals.[23][24] At the time of the draw, the identity of the teams representing AFC, CAF, and CONMEBOL were not known.[25]

If a match was tied after normal playing time:[2]

  • For elimination matches, extra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out would be held to determine the winners.
  • For matches for fifth place and third place, extra time would not be played, and a penalty shoot-out would be held to determine the winners.
First round Second round Semi-finals Final
 6 December – Al Ain                        
  Al-Jazira  1   9 December – Abu Dhabi        
  Auckland City  0       Al-Jazira  1
13 December – Abu Dhabi
    Urawa Red Diamonds  0    
  Al-Jazira  1
      Real Madrid  2  
16 December – Abu Dhabi
  Real Madrid  1
9 December – Abu Dhabi
    Grêmio  0
  Pachuca (a.e.t.)  1
12 December – Al Ain
  Wydad Casablanca  0    
  Grêmio (a.e.t.)  1
Fifth place Third place
      Pachuca  0  
  Wydad Casablanca  2   Al-Jazira  1
  Urawa Red Diamonds  3   Pachuca  4
12 December – Al Ain 16 December – Abu Dhabi

All times were local, GST (UTC+4).[26]

First round
Al-Jazira 1–0 Auckland City
Romarinho  38' Report
Attendance: 4,246[27]

Second round
Pachuca 1–0 (a.e.t.) Wydad Casablanca
Guzmán  112' Report
Attendance: 12,488[28]
Al-Jazira 1–0 Urawa Red Diamonds
Mabkhout  52' Report
Attendance: 15,593[29]

Match for fifth place
Wydad Casablanca 2–3 Urawa Red Diamonds
 Report
Attendance: 4,281[30]

Semi-finals
Grêmio 1–0 (a.e.t.) Pachuca
Everton  95' Report
Attendance: 6,428[31]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Al-Jazira 1–2 Real Madrid
 Report
Attendance: 36,650[32]
Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

Match for third place
Al-Jazira 1–4 Pachuca
 Report
Attendance: 11,785[33]

Final
Main article: 2017 FIFA Club World Cup Final
Real Madrid 1–0 Grêmio
 Report
Attendance: 41,094[34]

Goalscorers
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Maurício Antônio Urawa Red Diamonds 2
Romarinho Al-Jazira
Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid
4 Gareth Bale Real Madrid 1
Roberto de la Rosa Pachuca
Éverton Grêmio
Víctor Guzmán Pachuca
Ismail Haddad Wydad Casablanca
Reda Hajhouj Wydad Casablanca
Franco Jara Pachuca
Yōsuke Kashiwagi Urawa Red Diamonds
Ali Mabkhout Al-Jazira
Khalfan Mubarak Al-Jazira
Ángelo Sagal Pachuca
Jonathan Urretaviscaya Pachuca

Source: FIFA[35]

Final ranking

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time were counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out were counted as draws.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Real Madrid (UEFA) 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2 6
Grêmio (CONMEBOL) 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 3
Pachuca (CONCACAF) 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
4 Al-Jazira (AFC) (H) 4 2 0 2 4 6 −2 6
5 Urawa Red Diamonds (AFC) 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
6 Wydad Casablanca (CAF) 2 0 0 2 2 4 −2 0
7 Auckland City (OFC) 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 0
Source: FIFA
(H) Host.

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

Adidas
Golden Ball		 Adidas
Silver Ball		 Adidas
Bronze Ball
Luka Modrić
(Real Madrid)
Cristiano Ronaldo
(Real Madrid)
Jonathan Urretaviscaya
(Pachuca)
FIFA Fair Play Award
Real Madrid

Broadcasting rights

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