We want to win the title, not so much for ourselves but to prevent Racing from being champions. On top, a football based on the 1998 FIFA World Cup ball, the Adidas Tricolore, can be seen. FIFA should really step in. [63] However, it was cancelled on 18 May, due to a combination of factors, most importantly the collapse of FIFA's marketing partner International Sport and Leisure. [14], —Jock Stein, Celtic Football Club's manager, 1965–1978, commenting before the play-off match of the 1967 Intercontinental Cup known as The Battle of Montevideo; Evening Times, 3 November 1967. [18] In 1958, Real Madrid declined to participate in the Paris competition claiming that the final of the 1957/58 European Cup was just 5 days after the Paris Tournoi. [80] One late goal from Adriano Gabiru allowed the trophy to be kept in Brazil once again. The extreme negativity of the Europeans prevented this from happening. [n 1], On June 3, 2019, FIFA selected Qatar as the host of both the 2019 and 2020 events. 2008 [103] Messi also became the first player to score in two different Club World Cup finals. It is also inspired by a classic sense of geometry and architecture, enduring concepts just like the status of a World Champion. Corinthians' inaugural victory remains the best result from a host nation's national league champions. Atlético Nacional won 4–3 on penalties. [30] The Scottish Football Association, via President Willie Allan, wanted FIFA to recognise the competition in order to enforce football regulation; FIFA responded that it could not regulate a competition it did not organise. A Gaku Shibasaki inspired Kashima attempted to win their first FIFA Club World Cup (a feat never done by any club outside of Europe and South America), but were denied by Real Madrid, who won 4-2 in extra time, thanks to a hat-trick by Cristiano Ronaldo. [120], In late 2016, FIFA President Gianni Infantino suggested an expansion of the Club World Cup to 32 teams beginning in 2019 and the reschedule to June to be more balanced and more attractive to broadcasters and sponsors. [55], —Eurico Miranda, Vasco da Gama's vice-president, 1986–2000, commenting on the importance given to the tournament by the British news media, the level of European club football as well as Brazil's after his side's 3–1 win over Manchester United; Independent Online, 11 January 2000. It was not held from 2001 to 2004 due to a combination of factors, most importantly the collapse of FIFA's marketing partner International Sport and Leisure (ISL), but since 2005 it has been held every year, and has been hosted by Brazil, Japan, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco and Qatar. In 2005, the Intercontinental Cup was merged with the FIFA Club World Championship, and in 2006, the tournament was renamed as the FIFA Club World Cup. Teams from Spain have won the tournament seven times, the most for any nation. The winners of those games would go on to the semi-finals to play the UEFA Champions League winners and South America's Copa Libertadores winners. The first stage pits the host nation's national league champions against the Oceanian Champions League winners. On 3 September 1997, FIFA selected Brazil to host the competition, which was initially scheduled to take place in 1999. Real Madrid became the first team to successfully defend their title after defeating Grêmio in the Final, all while eliminating Al Jazira in the Semi-Finals. [11] Rous' role was the negotiations with European clubs, whereas Barassi did the same and also helped form the framework of the competition. [37] The idea for a multicontinental, FIFA-endorsed Club World Cup was also endorsed by João Havelange in his campaigning for FIFA presidency in 1974. The Coupe de France, also known as the Coupe Charles Simon, is the premier knockout cup competition in French football organized by the French Football Federation (FFF). Subsequently, the CONCACAF Champions' Cup began in 1962. "[54] The competition gave away US$28 million in prize money and its TV rights, worth US$40 million, were sold to 15 broadcasters across five continents. Personnalisez-le et profitez-en. [168], The 2000 FIFA Club World Championship was the inaugural edition of this competition; it provided US$28 million in prize money for its participants.