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 country	Morocco
Dates	10–20 December
Teams	7 (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 played	8
Goals scored	20 (2.5 per match)
Attendance	228,021 (28,503 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Gareth Bale (Real Madrid) Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) Gerardo Torrado (Cruz Azul) 2 goals each
Best player(s)	Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)
Fair play award	Real Madrid
← 2013 2015 →

Defending champions Bayern Munich did not qualify as they were eliminated in the semi-finals of the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League by eventual winners Real Madrid. The Spanish side went on to beat Mexico's Cruz Azul 4–0 in the Club World Cup semi-finals, before defeating San Lorenzo 2–0 in the final to give them their first Club World Cup title.^[4] Including the 1960, 1998 and 2002 Intercontinental Cups, it was Real Madrid's fourth world club title, equalling Milan's record.^[5]

Host bids

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

•   Iran
•   Morocco
•   South Africa
•   United Arab Emirates (which hosted the 2009 and 2010 editions in Abu Dhabi)

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] The FIFA Executive Committee officially confirmed Morocco as host on 17 December 2011 during their meeting in Tokyo, Japan.^[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

 

 

San Lorenzo

 

Real Madrid

 

Western Sydney Wanderers

 

ES Sétif

 

Cruz Azul

 

Auckland City

 

Moghreb Tétouan

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Location of teams of the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup

Team	Confederation	Qualification	Participation
Entering in the semi-finals
Real Madrid	UEFA	Winners of the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League	2nd (Previous: 2000)
San Lorenzo	CONMEBOL	Winners of the 2014 Copa Libertadores	1st
Entering in the quarter-finals
Cruz Azul	CONCACAF	Winners of the 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League	1st
ES Sétif	CAF	Winners of the 2014 CAF Champions League	1st
Western Sydney Wanderers	AFC	Winners of the 2014 AFC Champions League	1st
Entering 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	Rabat	Marrakesh
	Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium	Stade de Marrakech
	33°57′35.55″N 6°53′20.81″W / 33.9598750°N 6.8891139°W / 33.9598750; -6.8891139 (Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium)	31°42′24″N 7°58′50″W / 31.70667°N 7.98056°W / 31.70667; -7.98056 (Stade de Marrakech)
	Capacity: 52,000	Capacity: 41,245

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^[a]	Enrique Osses	Carlos Astroza   Sergio Román
OFC	Norbert Hauata	Tevita Makasini   Paul Ahupu
UEFA	Pedro Proença	Bertino Miranda   Tiago Trigo

Notes

1. The Chilean officiating team from CONMEBOL replaced the original Colombian trio of 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 for quarter-finals

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

13 December – Rabat

Cruz Azul (a.e.t.)

3

16 December – Marrakesh

Western Sydney Wanderers

1

Cruz Azul

0

Real Madrid

4

20 December – Marrakesh

Real Madrid

2

17 December – Marrakesh

San Lorenzo

0

13 December – Rabat

San Lorenzo (a.e.t.)

2

10 December – Rabat

ES Sétif

0

Auckland City

1

Moghreb Tétouan

0 (3)

Auckland City

1

Auckland City (p)

0 (4)

Match for fifth place

Match for third place

17 December – Marrakesh

20 December – Marrakesh

ES Sétif (p)

2 (5)

Cruz Azul

1 (2)

Western Sydney Wanderers

2 (4)

Auckland City (p)

1 (4)

All times are local, WET (UTC±0).

Play-off for quarter-finals

10 December 2014

19:30

Moghreb Tétouan	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Auckland City
	Report
Penalties
Jahouh   Krouch   Fall   Naïm   Khallati	3–4	Payne   Irving   White   Bilen   Issa

Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat

Attendance: 35,247

Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

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]

13 December 2014

16:00

ES Sétif	0–1	Auckland City
	Report	Irving   52'

Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat

Attendance: 22,153

Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

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13 December 2014

19:30

Cruz Azul	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Western Sydney Wanderers
Torrado   89' (pen.), 118' (pen.) Pavone   108'	Report	La Rocca   65'

Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat

Attendance: 22,153

Referee: Noumandiez Doué (Ivory Coast)

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]

16 December 2014

19:30

Cruz Azul	0–4	Real Madrid
	Report	Ramos   15' Benzema   36' Bale   50' Isco   72'

Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh

Attendance: 34,862

Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)

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17 December 2014

19:30

San Lorenzo	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Auckland City
Barrientos   45+2' Matos   93'	Report	Berlanga   67'

Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh

Attendance: 18,458

Referee: Benjamin Williams (Australia)

Match for fifth place

17 December 2014

16:30

ES Sétif	2–2	Western Sydney Wanderers
Mullen   50' (o.g.) Ziaya   57'	Report	Castelen   5' Saba   89'
Penalties
Djahnit   Gasmi   Belameiri   Ziaya   Mellouli   Arroussi   Megateli   Zerara	5–4	Saba   Haliti   Trifiro   Juric   Bouzanis   Mullen   Fofanah   Adeleke

Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh

Attendance: 18,458

Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

Match for third place

20 December 2014

16:30

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

Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh

Attendance: 38,345

Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

Final

Main article: 2014 FIFA Club World Cup Final

20 December 2014

19:30

Real Madrid	2–0	San Lorenzo
Ramos   37' Bale   51'	Report

Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh

Attendance: 38,345

Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

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

1 own goal

•   Daniel Mullen (Western Sydney Wanderers, against ES Sétif)

Awards

See also: FIFA Club World Cup awards

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

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

FIFA also named a man of the match for the best player in each game at the tournament.^[19]

Toyota Match Award

Match	Man of the match	Club	Opponent
1	Ivan Vicelich	Auckland City	Moghreb Tétouan
2	John Irving	Auckland City	ES Sétif
3	Gerardo Torrado	Cruz Azul	Western Sydney Wanderers
4	Karim Benzema	Real Madrid	Cruz Azul
5	Ahmed Gasmi	ES Sétif	Western Sydney Wanderers
6	Pablo Barrientos	San Lorenzo	Auckland City
7	Tim Payne	Auckland City	Cruz Azul
8	Sergio Ramos	Real Madrid	San Lorenzo

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External links

• FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2014, FIFA.com