FIFA Club World Cup Wikipedia. The FIFA Club World Cup is an international mens association football competition organised by the Fdration Internationale de Football Association FIFA, the sports global governing body. The competition was first contested in 2. FIFA Club World Championship. It was not held between 2. FIFAs marketing partner International Sport and Leisure. Since 2. 00. 5, the competition has been held every year, and has been hosted by Brazil, Japan, the United Arab Emirates and Morocco. The FIFA Club World Cups prestige is perceived quite differently in different parts of the football world while it is widely regarded as the most distinguished club level trophy in South America, it struggles to attract interest in most of Europe. The first FIFA Club World Championship took place in Brazil in 2. It ran in parallel with the Intercontinental Cup also known as EuropeanSouth American Cup, a competition organised jointly by the Union of European Football Associations UEFA and the Confederacin Sudamericana de Ftbol CONMEBOL first disputed in 1. European Champions Cup and the Copa Libertadores. In 2. 00. 5, after the Intercontinental Cups last edition, that competition was merged with the Club World Cups pilot edition and renamed the FIFA Club World Championship. In 2. 00. 6, the tournament took its current name. The current format of the tournament involves seven teams competing for the title at venues within the host nation over a period of about two weeks the winners of that years AFC Champions League Asia, CAF Champions League Africa, CONCACAF Champions League North America, Copa Libertadores South America, OFC Champions League Oceania and UEFA Champions League Europe, along with the host nations national champions, participate in a straight knock out tournament. The host nations national champions dispute a play off against the Oceania champions, from which the winner joins the champions of Asia, Africa and North America at the quarter finals. The quarter final winners go on to face the European and South American champions, who enter at the semi final stage, for a place in the final. The current champions are Spains Real Madrid, who defeated Japans Kashima Antlers 42 in the final of the 2. European teams have been the most successful, with nine titles. enspenspExternal links Soccer at Find a Grave Soccer at the Internet Movie Database Wishbone on DVD World Wide Wishbone Soccer. Soccer dog topic. Soccer. eleven. Cheap, reliable, practical, fun for years weve been extolling the virtues of the Scion xB, the rolling box on wheels. Has the rest of the world finally caught onHistoryeditThe first club tournament to be billed as the Football World Championship was held in 1. Scottish Cup champions Hibernian defeated English FA Cup semi finalists Preston North End. 1 According to FIFA, the first attempt at creating a global club football tournament was in 1.
FIFA World Cup. 2 The Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy was held in Italy in 1. English, Italian, German and Swiss clubs. 3 It was won by English amateur side West Auckland on both occasions. 4The idea that FIFA should organise international club competitions dates from the beginning of the 1. In 1. 95. 1, FIFA President Jules Rimet was asked about FIFAs involvement in the Copa Rio, and stated that it was not under FIFAs jurisdiction since it was organised and sponsored by the Brazilian Football Confederation Confederao Brasileira de Futebol CBF. 6 The competition was succeeded by another tournament, named Torneio Octogonal Rivadavia Corra Meyer, which was won by Vasco da Gama. 7 This tournament had five Brazilian sides, and three foreign clubs,8 thus, losing half of its intercontinental aspect. In December 2. 00. FIFA turned down Palmeiras request to recognise the tournament as a Club World Cup since the participants were limited to two continents. 9Although the competition was discontinued, it was held in high regard. FIFA board members Stanley Rous and Ottorino Barassi participated personally, albeit not in their capacity as FIFA members, in the organisation of the competition in 1. Rous role was attributed to the negotiations with European clubs, whereas Barassi helped form the framework of the competition. Commenting on Juventus acceptance to participate in the tournament, the Italian press stated that an Italian club could not be missing in such an important and worldwide reaching event. 1. Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 PES 2012, also known as Winning Eleven 2012, is the sequel to PES 2011 that is developed and published by. Official website for the USL organization. News, schedules, standings for each league, statistics, award information. Because of the difficulty the CBF found in bringing European clubs to the competition, the O Estado de S. Paulo newspaper suggested that there should be FIFA involvement in the programming of international club competitions saying that, ideally, international tournaments, here or abroad, should be played at times set by FIFA. However, no response was received. 1. The Pequea Copa del Mundo was a tournament held in Venezuela between 1. It was usually played by eight participants, half from Europe and half from South America. After the late 1. This competition, along with the creation of the European Cup and the Copa Libertadores, created the groundwork of the eventual Intercontinental Cup. 1. Obstacles to the creation of the Club World CupeditAfter winning the Intercontinental Cup, Real Madrid titled themselves world champions until FIFA stepped in and objected, citing that the competition did not include any other champions from the other confederations FIFA stated that they can only claim to be intercontinental champions of a competition played between two organisations in which no one else had the opportunity to participate. 1. FIFA failed to authorise the competition in the 1. FIFA stated that they would prohibit the 1. That same year the Intercontinental Cup was first played, FIFA authorised the International Soccer League to be contested with ratification from Sir Stanley Rous, who had become the FIFA President by that point. 1. Although FIFA hoped to eventually transform the International Soccer League into a Club World Cup, the Intercontinental Cup had attracted the interest of other continents. 1. The North and Central America confederation, CONCACAF, was created in 1. Copa Libertadores and, by extension, the Intercontinental Cup. 2. However, their entry into both competitions was rejected. Subsequently, the CONCACAF Champions Cup began in 1. FIFA was asked by CONMEBOL and UEFA in 1. Intercontinental Cup official however, FIFA gave the same response as in 1. Asian and African champions were included. 2. Due to the brutality of the Argentine and Uruguayan clubs at the Intercontinental Cup, FIFA was asked several times during the late 1. However, FIFA refused each request. 2. The first of these requests was made in 1. The Battle of Montevideo. 2. 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. 2. Allans crusade also suffered after CONMEBOL, with the backing of its President Teofilo Salinas and the Argentine Football Association Asociacin del Ftbol Argentino AFA, refused to allow FIFA to have any hand in the competition, stating 2. The CSF is the entity in charge of controlling, in South America, the organisation of the tournament between the champions of Europe and South America, a competition FIFA considers a friendly. We do not think its appropriate that FIFA has to meddle in the matter. Ren Courte, FIFAs General Sub Secretary, wrote an article shortly afterwards stating that FIFA viewed the competition as a European South American friendly match. 2. This was confirmed by Sir Stanley Rous, who then stated that FIFA saw the Intercontinental Cup as a friendly match. 2. However, with the Asian and North American club competitions in place, FIFA opened the idea of supervising the competition if it included those confederations, which was met with a negative response from its participating confederations, UEFA and CONMEBOL. According to Stanley Rous, CONCACAF and the Asian Football Confederation had requested their participation in the Intercontinental Cup, which was rejected by UEFA and CONMEBOL. 3. Madrid newspaper ABC then pointed out that, though the Intercontinental Cup was not officially endorsed by FIFA, it was endorsed by UEFA and CONMEBOL, therefore being an intercontinental jurisdiction cup. 3. The 1. 96. 8 and 1. Intercontinental Cups finished in similar fashion, with Manchester United manager Matt Busby insisting that the Argentineans should be banned from all competitive football. FIFA should really step in. 3.