The first edition, although held in early January of 2000 and thus the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship, it must be noted that it really should be the 1999 championship as all of the teams gained entrance due to certain titles in 19.įIFA decided to hold the inaugural tournament in Brazil, splitting games between the nations two largest cities, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Vasco da Gama (Brazil) winners of the 1998 Copa Libertadores South Melbourne (Australia) winners of 1999 Oceanic Club Championship Real Madrid (Spain) winners of 1998 Intercontinental Cup Raja Casablanca (Morocco) winners of 1999 CAF Champions League Necaxa (Mexico) winners of 1999 CONCACAF Champions Cup Manchester United (England) winners of 1998-1999 UEFA Champions League This time however, FIFA got it right, the 2005 edition became the first official tournament after the merger of the historic Intercontinental Cup and FIFA’s newly re-created World Club Cup, assuring the existence of what we now know as the yearly tournament which crows our world club champion.Īl-Nassr (Saudi Arabia) winners of the 1998 Asian Super CupĬorinthians (Brazil) winners of 1998 Campeonato Brasileiro Despite the year postponement, the second edition was not held in 2003 but was again penciled in for 2005. FIFA had brought on a partner with ISL, a Swiss firm, but due to its bankruptcy just prior to the event plans were scrapped and a new edition was penciled in for 2003. After a surprise result there was much controversy as to the actual validity of the new championship, especially since in the year 2000 the world saw two separate clubs be crowned world champions, Corinthians of Brazil and Boca Juniors of Argentina.įIFA scheduled the second tournament for the summer of 2001 to be held in Spain this go around. It stayed that way until early in the 21 st century when FIFA realized the potential benefit of merging it into the family of FIFA World Championships.įIFA decided to hold the newly formed FIFA World Club Championship in Brazil just after the turn of the new millennium. Not an official tournament recognized by FIFA, the Intercontinental Cup became the sole important international soccer tournament not over seen by FIFA. The history of how FIFA came to take over the Intercontinental Cup is a bit sketchy for many and so my goal here is to explain how it came to be and the corresponding results of each years tournament.įrom 1960 until 2004 the yearly world champion of club soccer came from the end of year match-up between the winners of both the South American Copa Libertadores and the European Champions League as it is now known. Don’t be too quick to assume the European side will win, Internacional is the first team with the opportunity to win a second FIFA Club World Cup. If the brackets play out the way we all think they will we will see yet again another Europe versus South America final, in which case Inter will be 100% guaranteed a victory, which Inter however still remains to be seen. 13 th) and the 2010 CAF Champions League (final on Nov.
There are two slots yet to be filled, the 2010 AFC Champions League (final on Nov. Internacional (Brazil) winners of the 2010 Copa Libertadores Internazionale (Italy) winners of 2009-2010 UEFA Champions League Pachuca (Mexico) winners of the 2009-2010 CONCACAF Champions League Hekari United (Papua New Guinea) winners of 2009-2010 OFC Champions League This year is the seventh holding of the tournament from FIFA and it will take place in Abu Dhabi between the dates of December 8 th to December 16 th.Īt the current moment the current teams have already qualified:Īl-Wahda (United Arab Emirates) winners of 2009-2010 UAE Premier League
It is mid October and with the soccer season in South America wrapping up and the European leagues are getting into mid season stride which means only one thing for the global soccer world, the 2010 FIFA Club World Cup.
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