2014 FIFA Club World Cup

The 2014 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2014 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the 11th 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] It was hosted by Morocco for the second year in a row,[3] and played from 10 to 20 December 2014.[1]

2014 FIFA Club World Cup
FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2014
presented by Toyota
كأس العالم للأندية لكرة القدم
المغرب 2014
Tournament details
Host countryMorocco
Dates10–20 December
Teams7 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Real Madrid (1st title)
Runners-up San Lorenzo
Third place Auckland City
Fourth place Cruz Azul
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored20 (2.5 per match)
Attendance228,021 (28,503 per match)
Top scorer(s) Gareth Bale
Sergio Ramos
Gerardo Torrado
(2 goals each)
Best player(s) Sergio Ramos
Fair play award Real Madrid

Bayern Munich were the defending champions, but could not defend their title after being eliminated in the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League semi-finals.

Real Madrid won their first FIFA Club World Cup after defeating San Lorenzo 2–0 in the final,[4] and their fourth world club title counting the 1960, 1998 and 2002 Intercontinental Cups, equaling Milan's record.[5]

Host bids

There were four countries bidding to host the 2013 and 2014 tournaments (same host for both tournaments):[6]

In October 2011, FIFA said that Iran, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates all withdrew their bids, leaving Morocco as the only bidder.[7] FIFA officially announced Morocco as host on 17 December 2011.[8]

On 21 August 2014, FIFA issued a statement reconfirming Morocco as the host, despite recent rumours that a change in venue might be sought due to the 2014 West Africa Ebola virus outbreak.[9] Morocco had cancelled its hosting of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations due to fears of Ebola, but vowed to host the Club World Cup as no entrants would be from the countries with the most severe Ebola outbreaks.[10]

Qualified teams
Location of teams of the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup.
Team Confederation Qualification Participation
Enter in the semi-finals
San Lorenzo CONMEBOL Winners of the 2014 Copa Libertadores 1st
Real Madrid UEFA Winners of the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League 2nd (Previous: 2000)
Enter in the quarter-finals
Western Sydney Wanderers AFC Winners of the 2014 AFC Champions League 1st
ES Sétif CAF Winners of the 2014 CAF Champions League 1st
Cruz Azul CONCACAF Winners of the 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League 1st
Enter in the play-off for quarter-finals
Auckland City OFC Winners of the 2013–14 OFC Champions League 6th (Previous: 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013)
Moghreb Tétouan CAF (Hosts) Winners of the 2013–14 Botola 1st

Venues

The venues for the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup were in Rabat and Marrakesh.[11]

Rabat
Marrakesh
Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium Stade de Marrakech
33°57′35.55″N 6°53′20.81″W 31°42′24″N 7°58′50″W
Capacity: 52,000 Capacity: 45,240

Match officials

The appointed match officials were:[12]

Confederation Referee Assistant referees
AFC Benjamin Williams Matthew Cream
Paul Cetrangolo
CAF Noumandiez Doué Songuifolo Yéo
Jean-Claude Birumushahu
CONCACAF Walter López Leonel Leal
Gerson López
CONMEBOL Enrique Osses† Carlos Astroza†
Sergio Román†
OFC Norbert Hauata Tevita Makasini
Paul Ahupu
UEFA Pedro Proença Bertino Miranda
Tiago Trigo

† Replaced Colombian trio Wilmar Roldán, Eduardo Díaz and Alexander Guzmán.[13]

Squads
Main article: 2014 FIFA Club World Cup squads

Each team named a 23-man squad (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline of 28 November 2014. Injury replacements were allowed until 24 hours before the team's first match.[2] The squads were announced by FIFA on 4 December 2014.[14]

Matches

If a match was tied after normal playing time:[2]

  • 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 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
 10 December – Rabat                        
  Moghreb Tétouan  0 (3)   13 December – Rabat        
  Auckland City (pen.)  0 (4)       Auckland City  1
17 December – Marrakesh
    ES Sétif  0    
  Auckland City  1
      San Lorenzo (a.e.t.)  2  
20 December – Marrakesh
  San Lorenzo  0
13 December – Rabat
    Real Madrid  2
  Cruz Azul (a.e.t.)  3
16 December – Marrakesh
  Western Sydney Wanderers  1    
  Cruz Azul  0
Fifth place Third place
      Real Madrid  4  
  ES Sétif (pen.)  2 (5)   Auckland City (pen.)  1 (4)
  Western Sydney Wanderers  2 (4)   Cruz Azul  1 (2)
17 December – Marrakesh 20 December – Marrakesh

All times are local, WET (UTC±0).

Play-off for quarter-finals
Moghreb Tétouan 0–0 (a.e.t.) Auckland City
Report
Penalties
Jahouh
Krouch
Fall
Naïm
Khallati 		3–4 Payne
Irving
White
Bilen
Issa
Attendance: 35,247

Quarter-finals

A draw was held on 11 October 2014 at 19:00 WEST (UTC+1), at the La Mamounia Hotel in Marrakesh,[15] to determine the pairings of the four quarter-finalists.[16]

ES Sétif 0–1 Auckland City
Report Irving  52'
Attendance: 22,153
Cruz Azul 3–1 (a.e.t.) Western Sydney Wanderers
Torrado  89' (pen.), 118' (pen.)
Pavone  108'		 Report La Rocca  65'
Attendance: 22,153

Semi-finals

The first semi-final was originally to be played at Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, but was moved to Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh due to difficult pitch conditions.[17]

Cruz Azul 0–4 Real Madrid
Report Ramos  15'
Benzema  36'
Bale  50'
Isco  72'
Attendance: 34,862
Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)
San Lorenzo 2–1 (a.e.t.) Auckland City
Barrientos  45+2'
Matos  93'		 Report Berlanga  67'
Attendance: 18,458

Match for fifth place

Match for third place
Cruz Azul 1–1 Auckland City
Rojas  57' Report De Vries  45+2'
Penalties
Giménez
Formica
Rodríguez
Valadéz 		2–4 Payne
Irving
White
Pritchett
Issa
Attendance: 38,345

Final
Main article: 2014 FIFA Club World Cup Final
Real Madrid 2–0 San Lorenzo
Ramos  37'
Bale  51'		 Report
Attendance: 38,345

Goalscorers
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Gareth Bale Real Madrid 2
Sergio Ramos Real Madrid
Gerardo Torrado Cruz Azul
4 Ángel Berlanga Auckland City 1
Ryan De Vries Auckland City
John Irving Auckland City
Mariano Pavone Cruz Azul
Joao Rojas Cruz Azul
Karim Benzema Real Madrid
Isco Real Madrid
Pablo Barrientos San Lorenzo
Mauro Matos San Lorenzo
Abdelmalek Ziaya ES Sétif
Romeo Castelen Western Sydney Wanderers
Iacopo La Rocca Western Sydney Wanderers
Vítor Saba Western Sydney Wanderers
Own goal

Tournament round-up

Final standings
Pos. TeamConfed. Pld W D L Pts GF GA GD
1 Real MadridUEFA 2 2 0 0 6 6 0 +6
2 San LorenzoCONMEBOL 2 1 0 1 3 2 3 -1
3 Auckland CityOFC 4 1 2 1 5 3 3 0
4 Cruz AzulCONCACAF 3 1 1 1 4 4 6 -2
5 ES SétifCAF 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 -1
6 Western Sydney WanderersAFC 2 0 1 1 1 3 5 -2
7 Moghreb TétouanCAF 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0

Note: As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[18]

adidas
Golden Ball		 adidas
Silver Ball		 adidas
Bronze Ball
Sergio Ramos
(Real Madrid)
Cristiano Ronaldo
(Real Madrid)
Ivan Vicelich
(Auckland City)
FIFA Fair Play Award
Real Madrid

References
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  2. "Regulations – FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2014" (PDF). FIFA.
  3. "Morocco to host 2013-2014 Club World Cup". Google News. Agence France-Presse. 17 December 2011.
  4. "Real Madrid coast to Morocco 2014 title". FIFA. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  5. Regarding it as world club title de facto, cf. "Real Madrid turn winning run into a world title". FIFA. Retrieved 21 December 2014. In terms of making history, Real, who have now equalled Milan’s record of four World and Intercontinental Cup wins, ...
    "Real Madrid claim FIFA Club World Cup". UEFA. Retrieved 20 December 2014. Madrid equal AC Milan's record of four world club titles, having both also lifted the old European-South American Cup three times before clinching the successor trophy, each under Carlo Ancelotti.
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  8. "Reform road map speeds up". FIFA. 17 December 2011.
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  10. "Africa Cup of Nations: Morocco will not host finals over Ebola fears". BBC Sport. 11 November 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  11. "Ex-Co backs FIFA's work to help improve working conditions in Qatar". FIFA.com. 21 March 2014.
  12. "Referees & Assistant referees for FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2014" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  13. "Wilmar Roldán y su grupo ya no harán parte del Mundial de Clubes" (in Spanish). antena2.com.co. 24 November 2014. Archived from the original on 15 December 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  14. "161 stars aiming to finish 2014 on a high". FIFA.com. 4 December 2014.
  15. "Club delegations set for Morocco 2014 draw". FIFA.com. 10 October 2014.
  16. "Path set for Morocco 2014 finalists". FIFA.com. 11 October 2014.
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