2011 FIFA Club World Cup
International football competition
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The 2011 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2011 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was a football tournament that was played from 8 to 18 December 2011.[1] It was the eighth 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.
| FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2011 presented by Toyota Toyota プレゼンツ FIFAクラブワールドカップ ジャパン2011 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Japan |
| Dates | 8–18 December |
| Teams | 7 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Barcelona (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Santos |
| Third place |  Al-Sadd |
| Fourth place |  Kashiwa Reysol |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 8 |
| Goals scored | 24 (3 per match) |
| Attendance | 305,333 (38,167 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Adriano (Barcelona) Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 2 goals each |
| Best player | Lionel Messi (Barcelona) |
| Fair play award | Barcelona |
← 2010 2012 → | |
After the United Arab Emirates hosted the tournament in 2009 and 2010, hosting rights for the 2011 edition returned to Japan.[2][3] During a visit to Japan on 23 May 2011, FIFA President Sepp Blatter confirmed that Japan would remain as hosts of the tournament despite the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.[4]
Defending champions Internazionale did not qualify as they were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League. The eventual winners of that competition, Spanish club Barcelona, went on to win the Club World Cup, winning 4–0 in the semi-finals against Qatari club Al-Sadd before another victory by the same margin against Brazilian club Santos in the final.[5][6]
Host bids
Qualified teams
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| Team | Confederation | Qualification | Participation (bold indicates winners) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entering in the semi-finals | |||
| Barcelona |
UEFA | Winners of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League[7] | 3rd (Previous: 2006, 2009) |
| Santos |
CONMEBOL | Winners of the 2011 Copa Libertadores[8] | Debut |
| Entering in the quarter-finals | |||
| Al-Sadd |
AFC | Winners of the 2011 AFC Champions League[9] | Debut |
 Espérance de Tunis |
CAF | Winners of the 2011 CAF Champions League[10] | Debut |
 Monterrey |
CONCACAF | Winners of the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League[11] | Debut |
| Entering in the play-off for quarter-finals | |||
 Auckland City |
OFC | Winners of the 2010–11 OFC Champions League[12] | 3rd (Previous: 2006, 2009) |
| Kashiwa Reysol |
AFC (host) | Winners of the 2011 J.League Division 1[13] | Debut |
Match officials
Appointed referees are:[14]
| Confederation | Referee | Assistant referees |
|---|---|---|
| AFC |  Ravshan Irmatov |
Abdukhamidullo Rasulov  Bakhadyr Kochkarov |
| Yuichi Nishimura |
Toshiyuki Nagi Toru Sagara | |
| CAF |  Noumandiez Doué |
Songuifolo Yeo  Djibril Camara |
| CONCACAF |  Joel Aguilar |
William Torres Mejia Juan Francisco Zumba |
| CONMEBOL |  Enrique Osses |
Francisco Mondria Carlos Alexis Astroza |
| OFC | Peter O'Leary |
Jan-Hendrik Hintz  Ravinesh Kumar |
| UEFA |  Nicola Rizzoli |
Renato Faverani Andrea Stefani |
Squads
Each team had to submit a squad of 23 players, three of them goalkeepers.[15]
Venues
Yokohama and Toyota were the two cities that served as venues for the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup.
| Toyota | Yokohama |
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| Toyota Stadium[16] | International Stadium Yokohama[17] |
| 35°05′05″N 137°10′15″E | 35°30′35″N 139°36′20″E |
| Capacity: 45,000 | Capacity: 72,327 |
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Matches
A draw was held on 17 November in Nagoya (Japan) to decide the "positions" of the three teams entering the quarter-finals: Al-Sadd (AFC), Espérance de Tunis (CAF), and Monterrey (CONCACAF).[18]
If a match was tied after normal playing time:[15]
- For elimination matches, extra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out would be held to determine the winner.
- For the matches for fifth place and third place, no extra time would be played, and the match would go straight to a penalty shootout to determine the winner.
| Play-off for quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| 8 December – Toyota | ||||||||||||||
| Kashiwa Reysol | 2 | 11 December – Toyota | ||||||||||||
| Auckland City | 0 | Kashiwa Reysol (p) | 1 (4) | 14 December – Toyota | ||||||||||
| Monterrey | 1 (3) | Kashiwa Reysol | 1 | |||||||||||
| Santos | 3 | 18 December – Yokohama | ||||||||||||
| 11 December – Toyota | Santos | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Espérance de Tunis | 1 | 15 December – Yokohama | Barcelona | 4 | ||||||||||
| Al-Sadd | 2 | Al-Sadd | 0 | |||||||||||
| Barcelona | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Match for fifth place | Match for third place | |||||||||||||
| 14 December – Toyota | 18 December – Yokohama | |||||||||||||
| Monterrey | 3 | Kashiwa Reysol | 0 (3) | |||||||||||
| Espérance de Tunis | 2 | Al-Sadd (p) | 0 (5) | |||||||||||
All times Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
Play-off for quarter-finals
| Kashiwa Reysol | 2–0 | Auckland City |
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Tanaka  37'Kudo 40' |
Report |
