2020 FIFA Club World Cup Final

The 2020 FIFA Club World Cup Final will be the final match of the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup, an international club football tournament hosted by Qatar. It will be the 17th final of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised tournament between the club champions from each of the six continental confederations, as well as the host nation's league champions.

2020 FIFA Club World Cup Final
The Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan will host the final.
Event2020 FIFA Club World Cup
Bayern Munich UANL
Date11 February 2021 (2021-02-11)
VenueEducation City Stadium, Al Rayyan
RefereeEsteban Ostojich (Uruguay)

The final will be contested by German club Bayern Munich, representing UEFA as the reigning champions of the UEFA Champions League, and Mexican club UANL, representing CONCACAF as the reigning champions of the CONCACAF Champions League. It is the first time a team from the CONCACAF region will play in the final.

The match will be played at the Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan on 11 February 2021.[1] The final was originally scheduled to be played in December 2020, but was moved to February due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the scheduling of the various continental club competitions.[2]

Teams
Team Confederation Qualification for tournament Previous club world championship finals
(bold indicates winners)
Bayern Munich UEFA Winners of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League IC: 2 (1976, 2001)[note 1]
FCWC: 1 (2013)
UANL CONCACAF Winners of the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League None

Note: On 27 October 2017, FIFA officially recognised all the champions of the Intercontinental Cup as club world champions, in equal status to the FIFA Club World Cup.[4]

Venue

The Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar was announced as the final venue on 23 December 2020.[5] The venue finished construction and opened in 2020, and will host matches at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[6] Originally, the stadium was to host the second semi-final, third place play-off and final of the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup,[7] but the matches were moved to the Khalifa International Stadium after the opening of the Education City Stadium was postponed.[8]

Background

UANL became the first CONCACAF side to reach the final of the FIFA Club World Cup.[9]

Route to the final
Bayern Munich Team UANL
Opponent Result 2020 FIFA Club World Cup Opponent Result
Bye Second round Ulsan Hyundai 2–1
Al Ahly 2–0 Semi-finals Palmeiras 1–0

Match

Details
Bayern Munich Match 8 UANL
Report
Referee: Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay)

Assistant referees:
Nicolás Taran (Uruguay)
Richard Trinidad (Uruguay)
Fourth official:
Edina Alves Batista (Brazil)
Reserve assistant referee:
Neuza Back (Brazil)
Video assistant referee:
Nicolás Gallo (Colombia)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Julio Bascuñán (Chile)

Match rules[10][11]

Notes
  1. Bayern Munich also qualified for the 1974 and 1975 Intercontinental Cup, but declined to participate.[3]
  2. Each team will be given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.

References
  1. "FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2020: Match schedule" (PDF). FIFA. 21 January 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  2. "Update on FIFA Club World Cup 2020 and women's youth tournaments". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  3. Lawrence, Jeff (11 February 2015). "The decline, fall and rebirth of the Intercontinental Cup". These Football Times. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  4. "FIFA Council approves key organisational elements of the FIFA World Cup" (Press release). FIFA. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  5. "Education City, Ahmad Bin Ali and Khalifa International to host FIFA Club World Cup matches". FIFA. 23 December 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  6. "Education City Stadium completed". Gulf Times. 4 June 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  7. "Education City Stadium to host FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2020 final". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 30 September 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  8. "New FIFA Club World Cup champions to be crowned at Khalifa International Stadium". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 7 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  9. Leme de Arruda, Marcelo; Di Maggio, Roberto (10 January 2020). "FIFA Club World Cup". RSSSF.com. RSSSF. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  10. "FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2020 Regulations" (PDF).
  11. "FIFA to trial concussion substitutes at FIFA Club World Cup". FIFA. 8 January 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
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