2011 FIFA Club World Cup

The 2011 FIFA Club World Cup was a football tournament that was played from 8 to 18 December 2011. It was the 8th edition of the FIFA Club World Cup. After UAE hosted the tournament in 2009 and 2010, hosting rights for the 2011 edition returned to Japan.

During a visit to Japan on 23 May 2011, FIFA President Sepp Blatter confirmed that Japan would remain as hosts of the tournament despite the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

Qualified teams

Team	Confederation	Qualification	Participation1
Enter in the semi-finals
Barcelona	UEFA	Winner of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League	3rd (Previous: 2006, 2009)
Santos	CONMEBOL	Winner of the 2011 Copa Libertadores	1st
Enter in the quarter-finals
Al-Sadd	AFC	Winner of the 2011 AFC Champions League	1st
Espérance	CAF	Winner of the 2011 CAF Champions League	1st
Monterrey	CONCACAF	Winner of the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League	1st
Enter in the play-off for quarter-finals
Auckland City	OFC	Winner of the 2010–11 OFC Champions League	3rd (Previous: 2006, 2009)
Kashiwa Reysol	AFC (Host)	Winner of the 2011 J. League Division 1	1st

¹ In bold: Previous tournament winners

Referees

Appointed referees are:

Squads

Each team has to submit a squad of 23 players, three of them goalkeepers.

Venues

Yokohama and Toyota are the two cities to serve as venues for the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup.

Toyota	Yokohama
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
Toyota Yokohama 2011 FIFA Club World Cup (Japan)

Matches

A draw was held on 17 November in Nagoya to decide the "positions" of the three teams entering the quarterfinals: Al-Sadd (AFC), Espérance (CAF), and Monterrey (CONCACAF).

If a match was tied after normal playing time:

• For elimination matches, extra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, a penalty shootout would be held to determine the winner.
• For the matches for fifth place and third place, no extra time would be played, and the match would go straight to a penalty shootout to determine the winner.

Play-off

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

8 December – Toyota

Kashiwa Reysol

2

11 December – Toyota

Auckland City

0

Kashiwa Reysol (p)

1 (4)

14 December – Toyota

Monterrey

1 (3)

Kashiwa Reysol

1

Santos

3

18 December – Yokohama

Santos

0

11 December – Toyota

Barcelona

4

Espérance

1

15 December – Yokohama

Al-Sadd

2

Al-Sadd

0

Fifth place

Third place

Barcelona

4

Monterrey

3

Kashiwa Reysol

0 (3)

Espérance

2

Al-Sadd (p)

0 (5)

14 December – Toyota

18 December – Yokohama

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

Play-off for Quarter-finals

8 December 2011 19:45	Kashiwa Reysol	2 – 0	Auckland City	Toyota Stadium, Toyota Attendance: 18,754 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
	Tanaka  37' Kudo  40'	Report

Quarter-finals

11 December 2011 16:00	Espérance	1 – 2	Al-Sadd	Toyota Stadium, Toyota Attendance: 21,251 Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)
	Darragi  60'	Report	Khalfan  33' Koni  49'

11 December 2011 19:30	Kashiwa Reysol	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Monterrey	Toyota Stadium, Toyota Attendance: 27,525 Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)
	Leandro Domingues  53'	Report	Suazo  58'
		Penalties
	Leandro Domingues Jorge Wagner Kurisawa Tanaka Hayashi	4 – 3	L. Pérez Suazo Ayoví Orozco Delgado

Match for fifth place

14 December 2011 16:30	Monterrey	3 – 2	Espérance	Toyota Stadium, Toyota Attendance: 13,639 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
	Mier  39' de Nigris  44' Zavala  47'	Report	N'Djeng  31' Mouelhi  76' (pen.)

Semi-finals

14 December 2011 19:30	Kashiwa Reysol	1 – 3	Santos	Toyota Stadium, Toyota Attendance: 29,173 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
	Sakai  54'	Report	Neymar  19' Borges  24' Danilo  63'

15 December 2011 19:30	Al-Sadd	0 – 4	Barcelona	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Attendance: 66,298 Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
		Report	Adriano  25', 43' Keita  64' Maxwell  81'

Match for third place

18 December 2011 16:30	Kashiwa Reysol	0 – 0	Al-Sadd	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Attendance: 60,527 Referee: Noumandiez Doue (Côte d'Ivoire)
		Report
		Penalties
	Jorge Wagner Sawa Hayashi Otani	3 – 5	Niang Keïta Majid Al Haidos Belhadj

Final

18 December 2011 19:30	Santos	0 – 4	Barcelona	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Attendance: 68,166 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
		Report	Messi  17', 82' Xavi  24' Fàbregas  45'

Scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	2
	Adriano	Barcelona	2
2	Khalfan Ibrahim	Al-Sadd	1
	Abdulla Koni	Al-Sadd	1
	Maxwell	Barcelona	1
	Seydou Keita	Barcelona	1
	Fàbregas	Barcelona	1
	Xavi	Barcelona	1
	Oussama Darragi	Espérance	1
	Khaled Mouelhi	Espérance	1
	Yannick N'Djeng	Espérance	1
	Leandro Domingues	Kashiwa Reysol	1
	Masato Kudo	Kashiwa Reysol	1
	Hiroki Sakai	Kashiwa Reysol	1
	Junya Tanaka	Kashiwa Reysol	1
	Aldo de Nigris	Monterrey	1
	Hiram Mier	Monterrey	1
	Humberto Suazo	Monterrey	1
	Jesús Zavala	Monterrey	1
	Borges	Santos	1
	Danilo	Santos	1
	Neymar	Santos	1

Updated to 18 December 2011

Tournament round-up

Final standings

Pos Team Confederation Pld W D L GF GA GD 1 Barcelona UEFA 2 2 0 0 8 0 +8 2 Santos CONMEBOL 2 1 0 1 3 5 −2 3 Al-Sadd AFC 3 1 1 1 2 5 −3 4 Kashiwa Reysol AFC (Host) 4 1 2 1 4 4 0 5 Monterrey CONCACAF 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1 6 Espérance CAF 2 0 0 2 3 5 −2 7 Auckland City OFC 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 Awards Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball Messi Xavi Neymar Fair play Barcelona

( Source : wikipedia.com )