2001 FIFA Club World Championship

2001 FIFA Club World Championship
Campeonato Mundial de Clubes de la FIFA España 2001
2001 FIFA Club World Championship
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Tournament details
Host countrySpain
Dates28 July – 12 August (cancelled)
Teams12 (from 6 confederations)
2000
2005

The 2001 FIFA Club World Championship was a football tournament arranged by FIFA to take place in Spain from 28 July to 12 August 2001.[1] It was supposed to be the second edition of the FIFA Club World Championship, after the first edition in 2000, but was cancelled owing to a combination of factors such as the collapse of FIFA's marketing partner ISL.[2][3][4] FIFA had originally planned to postpone the tournament until 2003.[5]

  1. ^ "FIFA Club World Championship Spain 2001: Match Schedule" (PDF). FIFA. 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2001. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  2. ^ "World Club Championship axed". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 18 May 2001. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  3. ^ "World Club Championship might grow". USA Today. 10 August 2001. Archived from the original on 22 February 2008. Retrieved 19 January 2007.
  4. ^ Jones, Grahame L. (19 May 2001). "Galaxy's World Is Rocked". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  5. ^ "FIFA decides to postpone 2001 Club World Championship to 2003". FIFA. 18 May 2001. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2021.