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Sunday, December 16, 2012

' FIFA Club World Cup '

The FIFA Club World Cup, often simply called the Club World Cup, is an International Association Football Competition organized by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the Sport's Global Governing Body.
The championship was first awarded as FIFA Club World Championship in 2000, hosted by Brazil.
The championship was not held between 2001 and 2004 due to a combination of factors, most importantly the collapse of FIFA's Marketing Partner ISL.
Since 2005, the competition has been held every year, so far hosted by Japan and the UAE.

The 9 Club World Cup Titles have been won by 7 different Club Teams.

Brazil's Corinthians and Spain's FC Barcelona have won Twice
The other Club World Cup winners are-
Brazilian sides Sao Paulo and Internacional
Italian Clubs AC Milan and Internazionale
English Club Manchester United
 with one victory each in the competition.

2012 FIFA Club World Cup

 

The Championship was hosted by Japan during Dec 6-16,2012 where clubs from each of the six continental confederations as well as the league winner from the Host Nation participated.The venues for the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup were Yokohama and Toyota.The details of the teams that particpated are -

1) Corinthians

2)Chelsea

3)Ulsan Hyundai

4)Al-Ahly

5)Monterrey

6)Auckland City

7)Sanfrecce Hiroshima 

Finals on Sunday Dec 16,2012

 

Peruvian striker Paolo Guerrero scored in the 69th minute on Sunday Dec 16,2012to give Corinthians a 1-0 victory over Chelsea in the final of the Club World Cup

Corinthians,the Copa Libertadores champions joined Barcelona as the only teams to win the tournament twice, adding to their first title in 2000.







 

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