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Friday, December 19, 2014

2014 FIFA Club World Cup Dec 10-20,2014

 
The 2014 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2014 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) is the 11th edition of the FIFA Club World Cup,a FIFA organised international club football tournament between the champion clubs from each of the six continental confederations, as well as the national league champion from the host country.
The FIFA Club World Cup trophy on display at the Marrakesh Stadium in Morocco

It is hosted by Morocco for the second year in a row, and played during December 10-20,2014

Participating Teams
Team Confederation Qualification Participation
Enter in the semi-finals
Argentina San Lorenzo CONMEBOL Winners of the 2014 Copa Libertadores 1st
Spain Real Madrid UEFA Winners of the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League 2nd (Previous: 2000)
Enter in the quarter-finals
Australia Western Sydney Wanderers AFC Winners of the 2014 AFC Champions League 1st
Algeria ES Sétif(Algeria) CAF Winners of the 2014 CAF Champions League 1st
Mexico Cruz  Azul(Mexico) CONCACAF Winners of the 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League 1st
Enter in the play-off for quarter-finals
New Zealand Auckland City OFC Winners of the 2013–14 OFC Champions League 6th (Previous: 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013)
Morocco Moghreb Tétouan CAF (Host) Winners of the 2013–14 Botola 1st


The final of 2014 FIFA Club World Cup is scheduled to be played on Saturday Dec 20,2014 between REal Madrid(Spain) and San Lorenzo(Argentina)

 



Sergio Ramos and Gareth Bale score as Real Madrid win first Club World Cup
Real Madrid Club World Cup
Real Madrid captain Iker Casillas (centre) lifts the FIFA Club World Cup trophy after they beat San Lorenzo 2-0
Real Madrid stars celebrate with their medals after winning their fourth trophy of the year


Sergio Ramos (fourth left) scores the opening goal in the 37th minute during the match between Real Madrid and San Lorenzo

Real Madrid's Sergio Ramos (fourth left) scores the opening goal during the match between Real Madrid and San Lorenzo

Gareth Bale curls one home from just inside the area to make it 2-0 in the 51st minute
Real Madrid's Bale curls one home from just inside the area to make it 2-0 early on in the second half

Real Madrid added the year-ending trophy to the Champions League, Copa del Rey and European Super Cup titles they had already secured in 2014. They will also end the year on top of La Liga.
Saturday's triumph was also their 22nd consecutive win in all competitions, and they now have in their sights the mark of 26 straight wins achieved by Johan Cruyff's Ajax side in 1971-72.

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