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2012 FIFA Club World Cup

FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2012 presented by Toyota Toyota プレゼンツ FIFAクラブワールドカップ ジャパン2012
Tournament details
Host country	Japan
Dates	6–16 December
Teams	7 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Corinthians (2nd title)
Runners-up	Chelsea
Third place	Monterrey
Fourth place	Al Ahly
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	21 (2.63 per match)
Attendance	283,063 (35,383 per match)
Top scorer(s)	César Delgado (Monterrey) Hisato Satō (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) 3 goals each
Best player(s)	Cássio (Corinthians)
Fair play award	Monterrey
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The 2012 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2012 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was a football tournament that was played from 6 to 16 December 2012. It was the ninth 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. The tournament was hosted by Japan.

Defending champions Barcelona did not qualify as they were eliminated in the semi-finals of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League by eventual champions Chelsea.

Corinthians won the title for the second time (also becoming the last South American and non-European team to win the tournament), winning 1–0 in the semi-finals against Al Ahly before beating Chelsea by the same margin in the final.

Host bids

The FIFA Executive Committee appointed Japan as hosts for the 2011 and 2012 tournaments on 27 May 2008 during their meeting in Sydney, Australia.

Qualified teams

Team	Confederation	Qualification	Participation (bold indicates winners)
Entering in the semi-finals
Corinthians	CONMEBOL	Winners of the 2012 Copa Libertadores	2nd (Previous: 2000)
Chelsea	UEFA	Winners of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League	1st
Entering in the quarter-finals
Ulsan Hyundai	AFC	Winners of the 2012 AFC Champions League	1st
Al Ahly	CAF	Winners of the 2012 CAF Champions League	4th (Previous: 2005, 2006, 2008)
Monterrey	CONCACAF	Winners of the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League	2nd (Previous: 2011)
Entering in the play-off for quarter-finals
Auckland City	OFC	Winners of the 2011–12 OFC Champions League	4th (Previous: 2006, 2009, 2011)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	AFC (host)	Winners of the 2012 J. League Division 1	1st

Match officials

The appointed referees are:

Confederation	Referee	Assistant referees
AFC	Nawaf Shukralla	Ebrahim Saleh Yaser Tulefat
	Alireza Faghani (reserve)	Hassan Kamranifar (reserve) Reza Sokhandan (reserve)
CAF	Djamel Haimoudi	Abdelhak Etchiali Redouane Achik
CONCACAF	Marco Antonio Rodríguez	Marvin Torrentera Marcos Quintero
CONMEBOL	Carlos Vera	Christian Lescano Byron Romero
OFC	Peter O'Leary	Mark Rule Ravinesh Kumar
UEFA	Cüneyt Çakır	Bahattin Duran Tarık Ongun

Squads

Each team submitted a squad of 23 players, three of them goalkeepers. The squads were announced on 29 November 2012.

Venues

The venues for the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup were Yokohama and Toyota.

Toyota	ToyotaYokohama	Yokohama
Toyota Stadium (Japan)		Nissan Stadium (Yokohama)
35°05′05″N 137°10′15″E / 35.08472°N 137.17083°E / 35.08472; 137.17083 (Toyota Stadium)		35°30′35″N 139°36′20″E / 35.50972°N 139.60556°E / 35.50972; 139.60556 (International Stadium Yokohama)
Capacity: 45,000		Capacity: 72,327

Goal-line technology

The 2012 FIFA Club World Cup was the first FIFA tournament to use goal-line technology following its approval by the International Football Association Board (IFAB) in July 2012. The two systems approved by FIFA, GoalRef (installed in Yokohama) and Hawk-Eye (installed in Toyota), were used in the two stadiums.

Matches

The draw for the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup was held at the FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland, on 24 September 2012 at 11:30 CEST (UTC+02:00). The draw decided the "positions" in the bracket for the three representatives which entered the quarter-finals (AFC/CAF/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.

Play-off for quarter-finals

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

6 December – Yokohama

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

1

9 December – Toyota

Auckland City

0

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

1

12 December – Toyota

Al Ahly

2

Al Ahly

0

Corinthians

1

16 December – Yokohama

9 December – Toyota

Corinthians

1

Ulsan Hyundai

1

13 December – Yokohama

Chelsea

0

Monterrey

3

Monterrey

1

Chelsea

3

Match for fifth place

Match for third place

12 December – Toyota

16 December – Yokohama

Ulsan Hyundai

2

Al Ahly

0

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

3

Monterrey

2

All times Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

Play-off for quarter-finals

Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–0	Auckland City
Aoyama 66'	Report

A minute's silence was held before the match to commemorate Dutch linesman Richard Nieuwenhuizen, who had died following a violent incident at a youth competition four days before the match.

Quarter-finals

Ulsan Hyundai	1–3	Monterrey
Lee Keun-ho 88'	Report	Corona 9' Delgado 77', 84'

Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–2	Al Ahly
Satō 32'	Report	Hamdy 15' Aboutrika 57'

Match for fifth place

Ulsan Hyundai	2–3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Mizumoto 17' (o.g.) Lee Yong 90+5'	Report	Yamagishi 35' Satō 56', 72'

Semi-finals

Al Ahly	0–1	Corinthians
	Report	Guerrero 30'

Monterrey	1–3	Chelsea
De Nigris 90+1'	Report	Mata 17' Torres 46' Chávez 48' (o.g.)

Match for third place

Al Ahly	0–2	Monterrey
	Report	Corona 3' Delgado 66'

Final

Corinthians	1–0	Chelsea
Guerrero 69'	Report

Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	César Delgado	Monterrey	3
	Hisato Satō	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
3	Paolo Guerrero	Corinthians	2
	Jesús Corona	Monterrey
5	Mohamed Aboutrika	Al Ahly	1
	Al-Sayed Hamdy	Al Ahly
	Juan Mata	Chelsea
	Fernando Torres	Chelsea
	Aldo de Nigris	Monterrey
	Toshihiro Aoyama	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
	Satoru Yamagishi	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
	Lee Keun-Ho	Ulsan Hyundai
	Lee Yong	Ulsan Hyundai

1 own goal

• Dárvin Chávez (Monterrey, against Chelsea)
• Hiroki Mizumoto (Sanfrecce Hiroshima, against Ulsan Hyundai)

Awards

The following awards were given for the tournament.

Adidas Golden Ball Toyota Award	Adidas Silver Ball	Adidas Bronze Ball
Cássio (Corinthians)	David Luiz (Chelsea)	Paolo Guerrero (Corinthians)
FIFA Fair Play Award
Monterrey

References

1. ^ "Match Schedule – FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2012" (PDF). FIFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2012.
2. ^ "Unanimous support for 6+5, FIFA Club World Cup hosts revealed". FIFA. 27 May 2008. Archived from the original on 14 October 2009. Retrieved 1 April 2010. Another major decision taken by the Executive Committee was to award the organisation of the 2009 and 2010 editions of the FIFA Club World Cup for the first time to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the following two events, in 2011 and 2012, to Japan, where it has been played since 2005 and will be again in December this year.
3. ^ "FIFA moves Club World Cup to UAE from Japan". ESPN. 27 May 2008. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2010. Japan were given some consolation for their loss when they awarded the tournament in 2011 and 2012 while Australia, which had been hoping to use the event to boost their chances of staging the World Cup in 2018, were overlooked altogether.
4. "World is lost for Chelsea". ESPNFC.com. 16 December 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
5. "Chelsea 0 Corinthians 1". Daily Telegraph. 16 December 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
6. "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2012 – Appointment of Match Officials" (PDF). FIFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2012.
7. "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2012 presented by TOYOTA – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 29 November 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
8. "Continents' finest prepare for Japan". FIFA. 29 November 2012. Archived from the original on 3 December 2012.
9. "Goal-line tech to debut at Club World Cup". supersport.com. 5 July 2012.
10. "FIFA Club World Cup: GLT project agreements signed". FIFA. 27 November 2012. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013.
11. "Follow the draw LIVE on FIFA.com". FIFA. 23 September 2012. Archived from the original on 25 September 2012.
12. "Intriguing quarter-final pairings drawn". FIFA. 24 September 2012. Archived from the original on 26 September 2012.
13. "Regulations – FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2012" (PDF). FIFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 March 2013.
14. Blatter shocked at Dutch linesman death, Reuters (6 December 2012)
15. "Double joy for Corinthians stars". FIFA. 16 December 2012. Archived from the original on 19 December 2012.

External links

• FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2012, FIFA.com
• 2012 FIFA Club World Cup Official Site (Archived)
• FIFA Technical Report

• 2012 FIFA Club World Cup
• International club association football competitions hosted by Japan
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• December 2012 sports events in Japan
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