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2001 FIFA Club World Championship
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | 2001 FIFA Club World Championship |
| other_titles | Campeonato Mundial de Clubes de la FIFA España 2001 |
| image | 2001 FIFA Club World Championship.gif |
| caption | 2001 FIFA Club World Championship |
| official logo | |
| country | Spain |
| dates | 28 July – 12 August (cancelled) |
| num_teams | 12 |
| confederations | 6 |
| prevseason | [2000](2000-fifa-club-world-championship) |
| nextseason | [2005](2005-fifa-club-world-championship) |
official logo The 2001 FIFA Club World Championship was a football tournament arranged by FIFA to take place in Spain from 28 July to 12 August 2001. It was supposed to be the second edition of the FIFA Club World Championship, after the first edition in 2000, but was cancelled owing to a combination of factors such as the collapse of FIFA's marketing partner ISL. FIFA had originally planned to postpone the tournament until 2003.
Host bids
The FIFA Executive Committee appointed Spain as tournament hosts on 3 August 2000 during their meeting in Zürich, Switzerland.
Qualified teams
The clubs invited to the 2001 tournament were:
| Team | Confederation | Qualification | Participation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deportivo La Coruña | UEFA (host) | Winners of the [1999–2000 La Liga](1999-2000-la-liga) | 1st |
| Hearts of Oak | CAF | Winners of the [2000 CAF Champions League](2000-caf-champions-league) | 1st |
| Zamalek | CAF | Winners of the [2000 African Cup Winners' Cup](2000-african-cup-winners-cup) | 1st |
| Al-Hilal | AFC | Winners of the [2000 Asian Super Cup](2000-asian-super-cup) | 1st |
| Júbilo Iwata | AFC | Winners of the [1999 Asian Super Cup](1999-asian-super-cup) | 1st |
| Real Madrid | UEFA | Winners of the [1999–2000 UEFA Champions League](1999-2000-uefa-champions-league) | 2nd (Previous: [2000](2000-fifa-club-world-championship)) |
| Galatasaray | UEFA | Winners of the [1999–2000 UEFA Cup](1999-2000-uefa-cup) | 1st |
| Los Angeles Galaxy | CONCACAF | Winners of the [2000 CONCACAF Champions' Cup](2000-concacaf-champions-cup) | 1st |
| Olimpia | CONCACAF | Runners-up of the [2000 CONCACAF Champions' Cup](2000-concacaf-champions-cup) | 1st |
| Wollongong Wolves | OFC | Winners of the [2001 Oceania Club Championship](2001-oceania-club-championship) | 1st |
| Boca Juniors | CONMEBOL | Winners of the [2000 Copa Libertadores](2000-copa-libertadores) | 1st |
| Palmeiras | CONMEBOL | Winners of the [1999 Copa Libertadores](1999-copa-libertadores) | 1st |
Notes
Venues
Matches were to be played in Madrid, A Coruña and Santiago de Compostela.
| Madrid | A Coruña | Santiago de Compostela | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estadio Santiago Bernabéu | Estadio Vicente Calderón | ||||||
| Capacity: **85,000** | Capacity: **54,907** | ||||||
| [[File:Estadio Santiago Bernabéu - 02.jpg | frameless | 200x200px]] | [[File:Aprobado el nuevo ámbito Mahou-Calderón (01).jpg | frameless | 200x200px]] | ||
| {{Location map+ | Spain | float=center | width=400 | caption= | places= | ||
| Estadio Riazor | Estadio Multiusos de San Lazaro | ||||||
| Capacity: **32,660** | Capacity: **12,000** | ||||||
| [[File:Estadio de Riazor.A Corunha.Galiza.jpg | frameless | 200x200px]] | [[File:Estadio Multiusos de San Lazaro.jpg | frameless | 200x200px]] |
Format
Due to the expansion of the tournament to 12 teams, the group stage saw the teams divided into three groups of four. The top team in each group and the best second-placed team qualified for the semi-finals.
Group stage
The group stage draw was held on 6 March 2001 at the Congress Centre in A Coruña; however, on 18 May 2001, FIFA confirmed that the tournament had been cancelled. They made plans to hold an expanded, 16-team tournament in 2003, again in Spain, but it was ultimately not until 2005 in Japan that the tournament was finally resurrected, but with a reduced format.
Group A
- Boca Juniors
- Deportivo La Coruña
- Wollongong Wolves
- Zamalek
Group B
- Al-Hilal
- Galatasaray
- Olimpia
- Palmeiras
Group C
- Hearts of Oak
- Júbilo Iwata
- Los Angeles Galaxy
- Real Madrid
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Match for third place
Final
References
References
- (2001). "FIFA Club World Championship Spain 2001: Match Schedule". [[FIFA]].
- (18 May 2001). "World Club Championship axed". British Broadcasting Corporation.
- (10 August 2001). "World Club Championship might grow". USA Today.
- (19 May 2001). "Galaxy's World Is Rocked".
- (18 May 2001). "FIFA decides to postpone 2001 Club World Championship to 2003". [[FIFA]].
- (3 August 2000). "Fifa agrees World Cup rotation". [[BBC Sport]].
- (27 April 2016). "Arbitration CAS 2014/A/3776 Gibraltar Football Association (GFA) v. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), award of 27 April 2016". [[Court of Arbitration for Sport]].
- (26 February 2001). "Global rights to FIFA's Club World Championship awarded to Brazilian sports marketing agency".
- (6 March 2001). "Spain 2001: results of the draw". [[FIFA]].
- (8 November 2018). "Remembering the ill-fated Club World Cup of 2001". The Football Times.
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