2013 FIFA Club World Cup

Host bids

There were four countries bidding to host the 2013 and 2014 tournaments (same host for both tournaments):

• (which hosted the 2009 and 2010 editions in Abu Dhabi)

In October 2011, FIFA said that Iran, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates all withdrew their bids, leaving Morocco as the only bidder. The FIFA Executive Committee officially confirmed Morocco as host on 17 December 2011 during their meeting in Tokyo, Japan.

Qualified teams

Venues

The venues for the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup were in Marrakesh and Agadir.

Organisation

Emblem

The official emblem of the tournament was unveiled in Casablanca on 2 September 2013.

Ticketing

Pre-sale tickets were available from 14 to 27 October 2013, while the open sales phase began on 28 October 2013.

Trophy tour

A tour of the FIFA Club World Cup Trophy took place from October to December 2013, starting from Yokohama, the site of the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup Final, before visiting the cities of each participating team, and ending at Casablanca before the start of the tournament.

Refereeing

Match officials

The appointed match officials were:

Goal-line technology

For the second year in a row, goal-line technology was used for the tournament. GoalControl GmbH was chosen as the official goal-line technology provider.

Vanishing spray

Following successful trials at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup and 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup, FIFA approved the vanishing spray to be used by the tournament referees to mark the ten-yard line for the defending team during a free kick.

Squads

Main article: 2013 FIFA Club World Cup squads

Each team named a 23-man squad (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline of 29 November 2013. Injury replacements were allowed until 24 hours before the team's first match.

A total of 31 nationalities were represented in the squads of the seven teams.

Matches

The draw was held on 9 October 2013 at 19:00 WEST (UTC+1), at the La Mamounia Hotel in Marrakesh, to decide the "positions" in the bracket for the three teams which entered the quarter-finals (champions of AFC, CAF, and CONCACAF).

If a match was tied after normal playing time:

• 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. | team-width = 180 | score-width = 40

| RD1-text1 = 11 December – Agadir | RD1-team1 = Raja Casablanca | RD1-score1 = 2 | RD1-team2 = Auckland City | RD1-score2 = 1

| RD2-text1 = 14 December – Agadir | RD2-team1 = Guangzhou Evergrande | RD2-score1 = 2 | RD2-team2 = Al Ahly | RD2-score2 = 0

| RD2-text2 = 14 December – Agadir | RD2-team3 = Raja Casablanca | RD2-score3 = 2 | RD2-team4 = Monterrey | RD2-score4 = 1

| RD3-text1 = 17 December – Agadir | RD3-team1 = Guangzhou Evergrande | RD3-score1 = 0 | RD3-team2 = Bayern Munich | RD3-score2 = 3

| RD3-text2 = 18 December – Marrakesh | RD3-team3 = Raja Casablanca | RD3-score3 = 3 | RD3-team4 = Atlético Mineiro | RD3-score4 = 1

| RD4-text1 = 21 December – Marrakesh | RD4-team1 = Bayern Munich | RD4-score1 = 2 | RD4-team2 = Raja Casablanca | RD4-score2 = 0

| RD3-text3 = 18 December – Marrakesh | RD3-team5 = Al Ahly | RD3-score5 = 1 | RD3-team6 = Monterrey | RD3-score6 = 5

| RD4-text2 = 21 December – Marrakesh | RD4-team3 = Guangzhou Evergrande | RD4-score3 = 2 | RD4-team4 = Atlético Mineiro | RD4-score4 = 3

All times are local, WET (UTC±0).

Play-off for quarter-finals

Hafidi

Quarter-finals

Conca

Guehi

Semi-finals

Mandžukić Götze

Moutouali Mabidé

Match for fifth place

Delgado López Suazo

Match for third place

Conca Ronaldinho Luan

Final

Main article: 2013 FIFA Club World Cup Final

Goalscorers

Awards

FIFA also named a man of the match for the best player in each game at the tournament.

References

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