2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup

"2024 Intercontinental Cup" and "2024 FIFA Club World Cup" redirect here. For the international football tournament that took place in India in September 2024, see 2024 Intercontinental Cup (India). For the next iteration of the tournament, see 2025 FIFA Club World Cup.

For the final match branded as "2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup", see 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup final.

Not to be confused with 2024 FIBA Intercontinental Cup.

The 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup (officially known as the FIFA Intercontinental Cup Qatar 2024 presented by Aramco for sponsorship reasons)^[1] was the inaugural edition of the FIFA Intercontinental Cup, an annual club association football tournament organised by FIFA. The tournament comprised the six teams that won the previous edition of the continental championships in each FIFA confederation, playing each other in a single-elimination bracket. It was held from 22 September to 18 December 2024. The first two games were played in the stadium of a team involved in each match, and the final three (including the final) were played in Qatar as a neutral venue.^[2]

2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Final stages: Qatar
Dates	22 September – 18 December
Teams	6 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Real Madrid (1st title)
Runners-up	Pachuca
Tournament statistics
Matches played	5
Goals scored	17 (3.4 per match)
Attendance	183,775 (36,755 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Soufiane Rahimi (Al Ain) 2 goals
Best player(s)	Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid)
← 2023 (Club World Cup) 2025 →

The tournament broadly maintains the format of the previous annual versions of the FIFA Club World Cup, which was expanded and reorganised into a quadrennial tournament with more entrants, with the exception of changes to venues for the initial rounds.^[2]

Format

The details were approved by the FIFA Council on 17 December 2023, with the format formally confirmed on 20 September 2024.^[3][4][5][6]

• First round: The winners of the 2023–24 AFC Champions League^[a] hosted the winners of the 2024 OFC Champions League in the "FIFA African–Asian–Pacific Cup play-off".^[7]
• Second round: The winners of the 2023–24 CAF Champions League hosted the winners of the first round for the title of the "FIFA African–Asian–Pacific Cup". In parallel, the winners of the 2024 Copa Libertadores and the winners of the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup played each other in Doha, Qatar, in a match that will be denominated the "FIFA Derby of the Americas".
• Play-off: The winners of the second round matches played each other in Doha, Qatar in the "FIFA Challenger Cup".
• Final: The winners of the play-off (FIFA Challenger Cup) played the winners of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League in Lusail, Qatar.

Venues

United Arab Emirates	Egypt	Qatar
Al Ain	Cairo	Doha	Lusail (Doha Area)
Hazza bin Zayed Stadium	Cairo International Stadium	Stadium 974	Lusail Stadium
Capacity: 25,053	Capacity: 75,000	Capacity: 44,089	Capacity: 88,966
Al Ain	Cairo	Lusail Doha

Qualified teams

Botafogo

Real Madrid

Al Ain

Al Ahly

Pachuca

Auckland City

Location of the teams participating in the 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup.

Team	Confederation	Qualification	Qualified date
Entering in the final
Real Madrid	UEFA	Winners of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League	1 June 2024
Entering in the second round
Al Ahly	CAF	Winners of the 2023–24 CAF Champions League	25 May 2024
Pachuca	CONCACAF	Winners of the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup	1 June 2024
Botafogo	CONMEBOL	Winners of the 2024 Copa Libertadores	30 November 2024
Entering in the first round
Al Ain	AFC	Winners of the 2023–24 AFC Champions League	25 May 2024
Auckland City	OFC	Winners of the 2024 OFC Champions League	24 May 2024

Matches

The match schedule was confirmed on 26 August 2024.^[8][9] If a match was tied after normal playing time, extra time was played. If still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out was held to determine the winner.

Derby of the Americas

Challenger Cup

Intercontinental Cup

11 December – Doha

18 December – Lusail

Botafogo

0

Real Madrid

3

14 December – Doha

Pachuca

3

Pachuca

0

Pachuca (p)

0 (6)

African–Asian–Pacific Cup play-off

African–Asian–Pacific Cup

Al Ahly

0 (5)

29 October – Cairo

22 September – Al Ain

Al Ahly

3

Al Ain

6

Al Ain

0

Auckland City

2

First round

African–Asian–Pacific Cup play-off

22 September 2024 (2024-09-22)

20:00 GST

Al Ain	6–2	Auckland City
Cardoso 6' Gassama 11' Palacios 45+1' Rahimi 78', 90+4' Kaku 90+2'	Report	Lagos 43' Bevan 54'

Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain

Attendance: 13,826

Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)

Second round

African–Asian–Pacific Cup

29 October 2024 (2024-10-29)

20:00 EGY

Al Ahly	3–0	Al Ain
Abou Ali 32' Ashour 55' Magdy 90+2' (pen.)	Report

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 51,602

Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

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Derby of the Americas

11 December 2024 (2024-12-11)

20:00 AST

Botafogo	0–3	Pachuca
	Report	Idrissi 50' Deossa 66' Rondón 80'

Stadium 974, Doha

Attendance: 12,257^[10]

Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

Play-off

Challenger Cup

14 December 2024 (2024-12-14)

20:00 AST

Pachuca	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Al Ahly
	Report
Penalties
Rondón Bastón Cabral Idrissi Deossa Montiel Rodríguez Gil	6–5	Magdy Rabia Attia Kahraba Kamal El Solia Tau Abdelfattah

Stadium 974, Doha

Attendance: 38,841^[11]

Referee: Alireza Faghani (Australia)

Final

Main article: 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup final

18 December 2024 (2024-12-18)

20:00 AST

Real Madrid	3–0	Pachuca
Mbappé 37' Rodrygo 53' Vinícius 84' (pen.)	Report

Lusail Stadium, Lusail

Attendance: 67,249^[12]

Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)

Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Soufiane Rahimi	Al Ain	2
2	Wessam Abou Ali	Al Ahly	1
	Emam Ashour	Al Ahly
	Myer Bevan	Auckland City
	Fábio Cardoso	Al Ain
	Nelson Deossa	Pachuca
	Sékou Gassama	Al Ain
	Oussama Idrissi	Pachuca
	Kaku	Al Ain
	Jerson Lagos	Auckland City
	Mohamed Magdy	Al Ahly
	Kylian Mbappé	Real Madrid
	Matías Palacios	Al Ain
	Rodrygo	Real Madrid
	Salomón Rondón	Pachuca
	Vinícius Júnior	Real Madrid

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, sponsored by Adidas, which was jointly awarded with the Aramco Player of the Tournament to recognise the best player of the Intercontinental Cup.^[13]

Adidas Golden Ball Aramco Player of the Tournament	Adidas Silver Ball	Adidas Bronze Ball
Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid)	Federico Valverde (Real Madrid)	Elías Montiel (Pachuca)

Trophies awarded

For the first time, multiple trophies were awarded to winning teams in the competition. In addition to an updated trophy given to the winners of the Intercontinental Cup final, trophies were awarded to the winning teams of the African–Asian–Pacific Cup (contested by the AFC, CAF and OFC representatives), Derby of the Americas (contested by the CONCACAF and CONMEBOL representatives) and Challenger Cup (contested by the winners of the two aforementioned matches). These trophies are similar to each other, but with different coloured globes.^[5]

• Intercontinental Cup: Real Madrid
• Challenger Cup: Pachuca
• Derby of the Americas: Pachuca
• African–Asian–Pacific Cup: Al Ahly

Notes

1. A draw determined whether the winners of the 2023–24 AFC Champions League or the 2023–24 CAF Champions League would play in the first round. Consequently, the other team entered in the second round.