2011 FIFA Club World Cup final

2011 FIFA Club World Cup final
Match programme cover
Event2011 FIFA Club World Cup
Santos Barcelona
Brazil Spain
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Date18 December 2011
VenueInternational Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama[1]
RefereeRavshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)[1]
Attendance68,166[1]
WeatherClear night
9 °C (48 °F)
42% humidity
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The 2011 FIFA Club World Cup final was the final match of the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup, an association football tournament hosted by Japan. It was the eighth final of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organized tournament between the winners of the six continental confederations as well as the host nation's league champions.

The final was played between CONMEBOL's champion Santos and UEFA's champion Barcelona.[2][3][4] Barcelona defeated Santos 4–0 and won their second FIFA Club World Cup, two years after they won their first one in 2009.[5]

The match was billed as a showdown between Barcelona forward Lionel Messi and the 19-year-old Santos forward Neymar, who would later go on to become Messi's teammate at both Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain.[6] Messi won the "duel" by scoring two goals in the final and being named man of the match as well as player of the tournament.[7][8]

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference match_report was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Barca cruise into Club World Cup final". ESPN Soccernet. 15 December 2011. Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
  3. ^ "Neymar and co into final". ESPN Soccernet. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
  4. ^ "Lionel Messi v Neymar: how Barcelona and Santos stars compare ahead of Fifa Club World Cup final". Daily Telegraph. London. 14 December 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
  5. ^ "Barcelona v Santos". goal.com. 18 December 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  6. ^ Lawrence, Amy (15 December 2011). "Neymar has chance to justify hype against Lionel Messi's Barcelona". guardian.co.uk. London: Guardian News and Media. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference BBC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ "Barcelona v Santos: Fifa Club World Cup final live". Daily Telegraph. London. 18 December 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2011.