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. 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.
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.
Host bids The FIFA Executive Committee appointed Japan as hosts for the 2011 and 2012 tournaments on 27 May 2008 during their meeting in Sydney, Australia.
Qualified teams
TeamConfederationQualificationParticipation (bold indicates winners)Entering in the semi-finals CorinthiansCONMEBOLWinners of the 2012 Copa Libertadores2nd (Previous: 2000) ChelseaUEFAWinners of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions LeagueDebutEntering in the quarter-finals Ulsan HyundaiAFCWinners of the 2012 AFC Champions LeagueDebut Al AhlyCAFWinners of the 2012 CAF Champions League4th (Previous: 2005, 2006, 2008) MonterreyCONCACAFWinners of the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League2nd (Previous: 2011)Entering in the play-off for quarter-finals Auckland CityOFCWinners of the 2011–12 OFC Champions League4th (Previous: 2006, 2009, 2011) Sanfrecce HiroshimaAFC (host)Winners of the 2012 J. League Division 1Debut
Match officials The appointed referees are:
ConfederationRefereeAssistant refereesAFC Nawaf Shukralla Ebrahim Saleh Yaser Tulefat Alireza Faghani (reserve) Hassan Kamranifar (reserve) Reza Sokhandan (reserve)CAF Djamel Haimoudi Abdelhak Etchiali Redouane AchikCONCACAF Marco Antonio Rodríguez Marvin Torrentera Marcos QuinteroCONMEBOL Carlos Vera Christian Lescano Byron RomeroOFC Peter O'Leary Mark Rule Ravinesh KumarUEFA Cüneyt Çakır Bahattin Duran Tarık Ongun
Squads
Each team submitted a squad of 23 players, three of them goalkeepers. The squads were announced on 29 November 2012.
Venues The venues for the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup were Yokohama and Toyota.
Toyota Yokohama Toyota Stadium (Japan) Nissan Stadium (Yokohama) Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 72,327
Goal-line technology 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. The two systems approved by FIFA, GoalRef (installed in Yokohama) and Hawk-Eye (installed in Toyota), were used in the two stadiums.
Matches 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). The draw decided the "positions" in the bracket for the three representatives which entered the quarter-finals (AFC/CAF/CONCACAF).
If a match was tied after normal playing time: 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.
All times Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
Play-off for quarter-finals
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.Blatter shocked at Dutch linesman death, Reuters (6 December 2012)
Quarter-finals
Match for fifth place
Semi-finals
Match for third place
Final
Goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoals1 César Delgado Monterrey3 Hisato Satō Sanfrecce Hiroshima3 Paolo Guerrero Corinthians2 Jesús Corona Monterrey5 Mohamed Aboutrika Al Ahly1 Al-Sayed Hamdy Al Ahly Juan Mata Chelsea Fernando Torres Chelsea Aldo de Nigris Monterrey Toshihiro Aoyama Sanfrecce Hiroshima Satoru Yamagishi Sanfrecce Hiroshima Lee Keun-Ho Ulsan Hyundai Lee Yong Ulsan Hyundai
1 own goal Dárvin Chávez (Monterrey, against Chelsea) Hiroki Mizumoto (Sanfrecce Hiroshima, against Ulsan Hyundai)
Awards
The following awards were given for the tournament.
Adidas Golden BallToyota AwardAdidas Silver BallAdidas Bronze Ball Cássio(Corinthians) David Luiz(Chelsea) Paolo Guerrero(Corinthians)FIFA Fair Play Award Monterrey
References
External links
FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2012, FIFA.com 2012 FIFA Club World Cup Official Site (Archived) FIFA Technical Report