| FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2020 presented by Alibaba كأس العالم للأندية لكرة القدم قطر 2020 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Qatar |
| City | Al Rayyan |
| Dates | 4–11 February 2021 |
| Teams | 6 (from 5 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Bayern Munich (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  UANL |
| Third place |  Al Ahly |
| Fourth place |  Palmeiras |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 8 |
| Goals scored | 12 (1.5 per match) |
| Attendance | 24,639 (3,080 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  André-Pierre Gignac (3 goals) |
| Best player(s) |  Robert Lewandowski |
| Fair play award |  Al-Duhail |
The 2020 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2020 presented by Alibaba for sponsorship reasons) was the 17th edition of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised international club football tournament between the winners of the six continental confederations, as well as the host nation's league champions. The tournament was hosted by Qatar.
The event was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[1] as the AFC, CONMEBOL, and CONCACAF champions would not have been decided in time for the tournament. Originally to be held in December 2020, on 17 November of the same year FIFA announced that the competition would be played between 1 and 11 February 2021.[2]
Originally seven teams were to compete in the tournament. However, OFC's representatives Auckland City withdrew due to the COVID-19 pandemic and related quarantine measures required by the New Zealand authorities. As a result, only six teams competed, and the first round match, originally scheduled on 1 February 2021, was awarded as a 3–0 win to their first round opponents, host Qatar's representatives Al-Duhail, who advanced automatically to the second round on 4 February 2021.[3]
Defending champions Liverpool did not qualify as they were eliminated in the round of 16 of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League. The eventual winners of that competition, Bayern Munich, went on to win the Club World Cup for a second time, beating Al Ahly 2–0 in the semi-finals, before a 1–0 win over UANL in the final. In winning the title, Bayern Munich became only the second club in European football history (after Barcelona in 2009) to win all six competitions they entered (commonly known as a sextuple) in a single calendar year.[4]
- ^ Dunbar, Graham (19 September 2020). "Pandemic disrupting FIFA's World Cup, Club World Cup program". Associated Press News. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^ "Update on FIFA Club World Cup 2020 and women's youth tournaments". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
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