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2018 FIFA Club World Cup
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The 2018 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2018 presented by Alibaba Cloud for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the 15th 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.[2] The tournament was hosted by the United Arab Emirates from 12 to 22 December 2018.[3][4]
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Real Madrid were the defending champions, having won the previous two editions, and qualified for the 2018 edition as well. They successfully defended their title (their third consecutive) after defeating Al Ain 4–1 in the final. With the win, they broke the tie with their club rivals Barcelona to become the outright record winners of the competition.
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Host bids
The application process for the 2017–2018 as well as the 2015–2016 editions, i.e. two hosts, each hosting two years, began in February 2014.[5] Member associations interested in hosting must submit a declaration of interest by 30 March 2014, and provide the complete set of bidding documents by 25 August 2014.[6] The FIFA Executive Committee was to select the hosts at their meeting in Morocco in December 2014,[7] but the final decision was delayed until the FIFA Executive Committee meetings on 19–20 March 2015.[8]
The following countries expressed an interest in bidding to host the tournament:[9]
The FIFA Executive Committee officially confirmed the United Arab Emirates as hosts of the 2017 and 2018 tournaments on 20 March 2015 during their meeting in Zürich, Switzerland.[3]
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Qualified teams
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The following teams qualified for the tournament.
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Location of teams of the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup.
- Notes
- The second leg of the Copa Libertadores Finals, originally scheduled on 24 November 2018, was postponed to 9 December 2018 due to an attack on the Boca Juniors team bus when several players were injured.
- Al Ain won the 2017–18 UAE Pro League on 21 April 2018. Their participation in the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup was officially confirmed on 14 May 2018 after Al-Jazira became the last team from the United Arab Emirates other than Al Ain to be eliminated from the 2018 AFC Champions League. Al Ain themselves were eliminated from the 2018 AFC Champions League on 15 May 2018, thereby confirming them entering the first round.
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Venues
The two venues were the Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi and the Hazza bin Zayed Stadium in Al Ain.
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Match officials
A total of six referees, twelve assistant referees, and six video assistant referees were appointed for the tournament.[17][18] FIFA announced on 22 November 2018 that the trio of referees and assistant referees from CAF were changed.[19][20]
Notes
- The officiating team from CAF replaced the original trio of Mehdi Abid Charef, Abdelhak Etchiali (both from Algeria) and Anouar Hmila (from Tunisia).
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Squads
Each team had to name a 23-man squad (three of whom must be goalkeepers). Injury replacements were allowed until 24 hours before the team's first match.[2]
Matches
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The draw of the tournament was held on 4 September 2018, 10:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the FIFA Headquarters in Zürich, 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 (teams from CONMEBOL and UEFA).[21] At the time of the draw, the identity of the teams from AFC, CAF and CONMEBOL were not known.[22][23]
If a match was tied after normal playing time:[2]
- 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 a penalty shoot-out would be held to determine the winner.
| First round | Second round | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| 15 December – Al Ain | ||||||||||||||
 Kashima Antlers | 3 | 19 December – Abu Dhabi | ||||||||||||
 Guadalajara | 2 | Kashima Antlers | 1 | |||||||||||
 Real Madrid | 3 | 22 December – Abu Dhabi | ||||||||||||
| Real Madrid | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 18 December – Al Ain |  Al Ain | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 15 December – Al Ain |  River Plate | 2 (4) | ||||||||||||
| 12 December – Al Ain |  Espérance de Tunis | 0 | Al Ain (p) | 2 (5) | ||||||||||
| Al Ain (p) | 3 (4) | Al Ain | 3 | |||||||||||
 Team Wellington | 3 (3) | Match for fifth place | Match for third place | |||||||||||
| 18 December – Al Ain | 22 December – Abu Dhabi | |||||||||||||
| Guadalajara | 1 (5) | Kashima Antlers | 0 | |||||||||||
| Espérance de Tunis (p) | 1 (6) | River Plate | 4 | |||||||||||
All times are local, GST (UTC+4).[24]
First round
Second round
Match for fifth place
Semi-finals
Match for third place
Final
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Goalscorers
1 own goal
Léo Silva (Kashima Antlers, against Guadalajara)
Yahya Nader (Al Ain, against Real Madrid)
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Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[33]
FIFA also named a man of the match for the best player in each game at the tournament.[34][31][32]
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References
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