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2022 FIFA Club World Cup
FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2022
presented by Visit Saudi
كأس العالم للأندية لكرة القدم
المغرب 2022
Tournament details
Host countryMorocco
Dates1–11 February 2023
Teams7 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsSpain Real Madrid (5th title)
Runners-upSaudi Arabia Al Hilal
Third placeBrazil Flamengo
Fourth placeEgypt Al Ahly
Tournament statistics
Matches played7
Goals scored30 (4.29 per match)
Attendance282,276 (40,325 per match)
Top scorer(s)Pedro (Flamengo)
4 goals
Best player(s)Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid)
Fair play awardSpain Real Madrid
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The 2022 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2022 presented by Visit Saudi for sponsorship reasons) was the 19th 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. The tournament was held from 1 to 11 February 2023 in Morocco.[1]

Chelsea were the defending champions, but they were not able to defend their title as they did not qualify after being eliminated in the quarter-finals of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League by eventual winners Real Madrid. The Spanish side went on to win the Club World Cup for a record fifth time, beating Al Ahly of Egypt 4–1 in the semi-finals before a 5–3 win over Saudi Arabian side Al Hilal in the final.

This edition also marked the first time a club from the United States (Seattle Sounders FC) took part in the tournament.

Background and host appointment

While the Club World Cup was typically played annually in December, the 2022 tournament could not take place during this period due to the scheduling of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar in November and December 2022. This, in conjunction with FIFA's planned future expansion of the Club World Cup, resulted in few public details on whether the 2022 tournament would take place.[2] However, US$20 million was allocated for the Club World Cup in FIFA's 2023 budget.[3][4] In December 2022, CONCACAF president Victor Montagliani implied the Club World Cup would take place in 2023, but would not be hosted by the United States.[5] On 14 December, FIFA announced the host and tournament dates would be confirmed at the FIFA Council meeting in Doha, Qatar, on 16 December.[6][7]

In May 2022, UOL Esporte reported that Japan were interested in hosting the tournament, having won hosting rights for the previous tournament before backing out due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.[8] UOL Esporte also reported in August that China were interested in holding the tournament, having originally been chosen to host an expanded Club World Cup in 2021 which was postponed due to scheduling issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[9] In September, Diario AS reported that the United States and the United Arab Emirates, hosts of the previous tournament, were also interested in staging the tournament.[10] In December, Diario AS reported that Morocco, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates were the final contenders to host the tournament.[11] On 16 December 2022, the FIFA Council appointed Morocco as the host for the tournament, and confirmed it would take place from 1 to 11 February 2023.[12][1] Diario AS also reported that the final of the 2022 AFC Champions League, which had been pushed back to finish in May 2023 due to scheduling issues,[13] would be moved forward to facilitate the scheduling of the 2022 FIFA Club World Cup.[11] However, the AFC confirmed on 23 December 2022 that as the 2022 AFC Champions League would not be completed in time, Al Hilal would be their representative at the 2022 FIFA Club World Cup as the reigning champions from the 2021 AFC Champions League.[14]

Qualified teams

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Location of the teams participating in the 2022 FIFA Club World Cup
Team Confederation Qualification Qualified date Participation (bold indicates winners)
Entering in the semi-finals
Brazil Flamengo CONMEBOL Winners of the 2022 Copa Libertadores 29 October 2022 2nd (Previous: 2019)
Spain Real Madrid UEFA Winners of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League 28 May 2022 6th (Previous: 2000, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018)
Entering in the second round
Saudi Arabia Al Hilal AFC Nominated by AFC and runner-up of the 2022 AFC Champions League[note 1] 23 December 2022 3rd (Previous: 2019, 2021)
Morocco Wydad Casablanca CAF Winners of the 2021–22 CAF Champions League[note 2] 30 May 2022 2nd (Previous: 2017)
United States Seattle Sounders FC CONCACAF Winners of the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League 4 May 2022 1st
Entering in the first round
New Zealand Auckland City OFC Winners of the 2022 OFC Champions League 17 August 2022 10th (Previous: 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
Egypt Al Ahly CAF (host)[note 3] Runners-up of the 2021–22 CAF Champions League[note 3] 16 December 2022[note 4] 8th (Previous: 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2020, 2021)

Notes

  1. ^ Due to scheduling issues, it was confirmed that the final of the 2022 AFC Champions League, originally scheduled for October 2022, would not be completed until May 2023.[13] As the 2022 FIFA Club World Cup would already be held by that time, the AFC confirmed on 23 December 2022 that Al-Hilal would be their representative at the 2022 FIFA Club World Cup as the reigning champions from the 2021 AFC Champions League.[14]
  2. ^ Wydad Casablanca also won the 2021–22 Botola, the host domestic league, on 29 June 2022.
  3. ^ a b Al Ahly took the host Morocco's slot as Wydad Casablanca won the 2021–22 CAF Champions League.
  4. ^ While Al Ahly were confirmed as finalists of the 2021–22 CAF Champions League with Moroccan club Wydad Casablanca on 14 May 2022, and finished as runners-up on 30 May 2022, their participation was not confirmed until Morocco were appointed as tournament hosts on 16 December 2022.

Venues

The matches were played at two venues, the Ibn Batouta Stadium in Tangier and the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat.[15]

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Location of the host cities of the 2022 FIFA Club World Cup.
 Tangier Rabat
Ibn Batouta Stadium Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium
Capacity: 65,000 Capacity: 53,000

Match officials

On 14 January 2023, FIFA announced that six referees, twelve assistant referees and eight video assistant referees were appointed for the tournament.[16][17]

Confederation Referees Assistant referees Video assistant referees
AFC Ma Ning (China)
Fu Ming (China)
CAF Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)
Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)
CONCACAF Iván Barton (El Salvador)
Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)
CONMEBOL Andrés Matonte (Uruguay)
UEFA István Kovács (Romania)
Anthony Taylor (England)

Squads

Main article: 2022 FIFA Club World Cup squads

Each team named a 23-man squad (three of whom had to be goalkeepers). Injury replacements were allowed until 24 hours before the team's first match.[18]

Matches

The draw of the tournament was held on 13 January 2023, 12:00 CET, at the Mohammed VI Football Academy in Salé, Morocco, to decide the matchups of the second round (between the first round winner and teams from AFC, CAF and CONCACAF), and the opponents of the two second round winners in the semi-finals (against teams from CONMEBOL and UEFA).[19] In the second round draw, Wydad Casablanca and the winner of the first round match were pre-allocated to separate fixtures, with their opponents selected from the draw pot.[20] The match kick-off times and venues were confirmed after the draw.[21]

If a match was tied after normal playing time:[18]

  • 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 match for third place, no extra time would be played, and a penalty shoot-out would be held to determine the winner.

All times are local, CET (UTC+1).[22]

First round

Al Ahly Egypt3–0New Zealand Auckland City
 Report
Attendance: 47,137
Referee: Ma Ning (China)

Second round

Seattle Sounders FC United States0–1Egypt Al Ahly
Report
Attendance: 30,589

Semi-finals

Flamengo Brazil2–3Saudi Arabia Al Hilal
 Report
Attendance: 42,496
Al Ahly Egypt1–4Spain Real Madrid
 Report
Attendance: 43,508

Match for third place

The match for third place, originally scheduled to be played at Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, was moved on 9 February 2023 to Ibn Batouta Stadium, Tangier, in order to preserve the pitch for the final.[23]

Al Ahly Egypt2–4Brazil Flamengo
 Report
Attendance: 30,216

Final

Main article: 2022 FIFA Club World Cup final
Real Madrid Spain5–3Saudi Arabia Al Hilal
 Report
Attendance: 44,439

Goalscorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Brazil Pedro Brazil Flamengo 4
2 Uruguay Federico Valverde Spain Real Madrid 3
Argentina Luciano Vietto Saudi Arabia Al Hilal
Brazil Vinícius Júnior Spain Real Madrid
5 Egypt Ahmed Abdel Kader Egypt Al Ahly 2
Saudi Arabia Salem Al-Dawsari Saudi Arabia Al Hilal
Brazil Gabriel Barbosa Brazil Flamengo
8 Morocco Ayoub El Amloud Morocco Wydad Casablanca 1
Spain Sergio Arribas Spain Real Madrid
France Karim Benzema Spain Real Madrid
Saudi Arabia Mohamed Kanno Saudi Arabia Al Hilal
Tunisia Ali Maâloul Egypt Al Ahly
Egypt Mohamed Magdy Egypt Al Ahly
Mali Moussa Marega Saudi Arabia Al Hilal
Brazil Rodrygo Spain Real Madrid
Egypt Hussein El Shahat Egypt Al Ahly
Egypt Mohamed Sherif Egypt Al Ahly
South Africa Percy Tau Egypt Al Ahly

Awards

See also: FIFA Club World Cup awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. Vinícius Júnior of Real Madrid won the Golden Ball award.[24]

Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball
Brazil Vinícius Júnior
(Real Madrid) 		Uruguay Federico Valverde
(Real Madrid) 		Argentina Luciano Vietto
(Al Hilal)
FIFA Fair Play Award
Spain Real Madrid

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

Man of the Match
Match Man of the match Club Opponent Ref.
1 Egypt Mohamed Sherif Egypt Al Ahly New Zealand Auckland City [25]
2 Egypt Mohamed Magdy Egypt Al Ahly United States Seattle Sounders FC [26]
3 Colombia Gustavo Cuéllar Saudi Arabia Al Hilal Morocco Wydad Casablanca [27]
4 Saudi Arabia Salem Al-Dawsari Saudi Arabia Al Hilal Brazil Flamengo [28]
5 Brazil Vinícius Júnior Spain Real Madrid Egypt Al Ahly [29]
6 Brazil Pedro Brazil Flamengo Egypt Al Ahly [30]
7 Brazil Vinícius Júnior Spain Real Madrid Saudi Arabia Al Hilal [31]

Sponsorship

Presenting Partner[32]

FIFA Partners[32]

Tournament Supporter[32]

Broadcasters

Territory Broadcaster Ref.
 Australia SBS Sport [33]
 Brazil SporTV, TV Globo, CazéTV [34]
 France Canal+ [35]
 Indonesia Moji, Vidio, SPOTV [35]
 Italy Sky Italia [35]
 Mexico Vix [36]
 Morocco SNRT [37]
 Philippines SPOTV [38]
 Spain Mediaset España [39]
 United States FOX Sports [40]
 Armenia
 Azerbaijan
 Belarus
 Estonia
 Georgia
 Ireland
 Kazakhstan
 Kyrgyzstan
 Latvia
 Lithuania
 Moldova
 Tajikistan
 Turkey
 Turkmenistan
 Ukraine
 Uzbekistan 		Saran Media [41]
 Argentina
 Chile
 Colombia
 Ecuador
 Peru
 Uruguay
 Venezuela 		DSports [42]

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