2012 FIFA Club World Cup
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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.[1] 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.[2][3]
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 | |
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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 |
← 2011 2013 → |
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.[4][5]
The FIFA Executive Committee appointed Japan as hosts for the 2011 and 2012 tournaments on 27 May 2008 during their meeting in Sydney, Australia.[2][3]
Team | Confederation | Qualification | Participation (bold indicates winners) |
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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 |
The appointed referees are:[6]
Confederation | Referee | Assistant referees |
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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 |
Each team submitted a squad of 23 players, three of them goalkeepers.[7] The squads were announced on 29 November 2012.[8]
The venues for the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup were Yokohama and Toyota.[1]
Toyota | Yokohama | |
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Toyota Stadium | International Stadium Yokohama | |
35°05′05″N 137°10′15″E | 35°30′35″N 139°36′20″E | |
Capacity: 45,000 | Capacity: 72,327 | |
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.[9] The two systems approved by FIFA, GoalRef (installed in Yokohama) and Hawk-Eye (installed in Toyota), were used in the two stadiums.[10]
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).[11] The draw decided the "positions" in the bracket for the three representatives which entered the quarter-finals (AFC/CAF/CONCACAF).[12]
If a match was tied after normal playing time:[13]
- 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 |
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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.[14]
Quarter-finals
Ulsan Hyundai | 1–3 | Monterrey |
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Lee Keun-ho 88' | Report | Corona 9' Delgado 77', 84' |
Match for fifth place
Ulsan Hyundai | 2–3 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
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Mizumoto 17' (o.g.) Lee Yong 90+5' |
Report | Yamagishi 35' Satō 56', 72' |
Semi-finals
Match for third place
Final
1 own goal
- Dárvin Chávez (Monterrey, against Chelsea)
- Hiroki Mizumoto (Sanfrecce Hiroshima, against Ulsan Hyundai)