2022 FIFA Club World Cup

For the Club World Cup tournament planned for 2021 and postponed to early 2022, see 2021 FIFA Club World Cup.

The 2022 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2022 presented by Visit Saudi for sponsorship reasons) was the 19th 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 held from 1 to 11 February 2023 in Morocco.^[1]

2022 FIFA Club World Cup

FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2022 presented by Visit Saudi كأس العالم للأندية لكرة القدم المغرب 2022
Tournament details
Host country	Morocco
Dates	1–11 February 2023
Teams	7 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Real Madrid (5th title)
Runners-up	Al Hilal
Third place	Flamengo
Fourth place	Al Ahly
Tournament statistics
Matches played	7
Goals scored	30 (4.29 per match)
Attendance	282,276 (40,325 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Pedro (Flamengo) 4 goals
Best player(s)	Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid)
Fair play award	Real Madrid
← 2021 2023 →

Chelsea were the defending champions, but they were not able to defend their title as they did not qualify after being eliminated in the quarter-finals of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League by eventual winners Real Madrid. The Spanish side went on to win the Club World Cup for a record fifth time, beating Al Ahly of Egypt 4–1 in the semi-finals before a 5–3 win over Saudi Arabian side Al Hilal in the final.

This edition also marked the first time a club from the United States (Seattle Sounders FC) took part in the tournament.

Background and host appointment

While the Club World Cup was typically played annually in December, the 2022 tournament could not take place during this period due to the scheduling of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar in November and December 2022. This, in conjunction with FIFA's planned future expansion of the Club World Cup, resulted in few public details on whether the 2022 tournament would take place.^[2] However, US$20 million was allocated for the Club World Cup in FIFA's 2023 budget.^[3][4] In December 2022, CONCACAF president Victor Montagliani implied the Club World Cup would take place in 2023, but would not be hosted by the United States.^[5] On 14 December, FIFA announced the host and tournament dates would be confirmed at the FIFA Council meeting in Doha, Qatar, on 16 December.^[6][7]

In May 2022, UOL Esporte reported that Japan were interested in hosting the tournament, having won hosting rights for the previous tournament before backing out due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.^[8] UOL Esporte also reported in August that China were interested in holding the tournament, having originally been chosen to host an expanded Club World Cup in 2021 which was postponed due to scheduling issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.^[9] In September, Diario AS reported that the United States and the United Arab Emirates, hosts of the previous tournament, were also interested in staging the tournament.^[10] In December, Diario AS reported that Morocco, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates were the final contenders to host the tournament.^[11] On 16 December 2022, the FIFA Council appointed Morocco as the host for the tournament, and confirmed it would take place from 1 to 11 February 2023.^[12][1] Diario AS also reported that the final of the 2022 AFC Champions League, which had been pushed back to finish in May 2023 due to scheduling issues,^[13] would be moved forward to facilitate the scheduling of the 2022 FIFA Club World Cup.^[11] However, the AFC confirmed on 23 December 2022 that as the 2022 AFC Champions League would not be completed in time, Al Hilal would be their representative at the 2022 FIFA Club World Cup as the reigning champions from the 2021 AFC Champions League.^[14]

Qualified teams

Flamengo

Real Madrid

Al Hilal

Wydad Casablanca

Seattle Sounders FC

Auckland City

Al Ahly

Location of the teams participating in the 2022 FIFA Club World Cup

Team	Confederation	Qualification	Qualified date	Participation (bold indicates winners)
Entering in the semi-finals
Flamengo	CONMEBOL	Winners of the 2022 Copa Libertadores	29 October 2022	2nd (Previous: 2019)
Real Madrid	UEFA	Winners of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League	28 May 2022	6th (Previous: 2000, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018)
Entering in the second round
Al Hilal	AFC	Nominated by AFC and runner-up of the 2022 AFC Champions League[note 1]	23 December 2022	3rd (Previous: 2019, 2021)
Wydad Casablanca	CAF	Winners of the 2021–22 CAF Champions League[note 2]	30 May 2022	2nd (Previous: 2017)
Seattle Sounders FC	CONCACAF	Winners of the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League	4 May 2022	1st
Entering in the first round
Auckland City	OFC	Winners of the 2022 OFC Champions League	17 August 2022	10th (Previous: 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
Al Ahly	CAF (host)[note 3]	Runners-up of the 2021–22 CAF Champions League[note 3]	16 December 2022[note 4]	8th (Previous: 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2020, 2021)

Notes

1. Due to scheduling issues, it was confirmed that the final of the 2022 AFC Champions League, originally scheduled for October 2022, would not be completed until May 2023.^[13] As the 2022 FIFA Club World Cup would already be held by that time, the AFC confirmed on 23 December 2022 that Al-Hilal would be their representative at the 2022 FIFA Club World Cup as the reigning champions from the 2021 AFC Champions League.^[14]
2. Wydad Casablanca also won the 2021–22 Botola, the host domestic league, on 29 June 2022.
3. Al Ahly took the host Morocco's slot as Wydad Casablanca won the 2021–22 CAF Champions League.
4. While Al Ahly were confirmed as finalists of the 2021–22 CAF Champions League with Moroccan club Wydad Casablanca on 14 May 2022, and finished as runners-up on 30 May 2022, their participation was not confirmed until Morocco were appointed as tournament hosts on 16 December 2022.

Venues

The matches were played at two venues, the Ibn Batouta Stadium in Tangier and the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat.^[15]

Tangier Rabat Location of the host cities of the 2022 FIFA Club World Cup.	Tangier	Rabat
	Ibn Batouta Stadium	Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium
	Capacity: 65,000	Capacity: 53,000

Match officials

On 14 January 2023, FIFA announced that six referees, twelve assistant referees and eight video assistant referees were appointed for the tournament.^[16][17]

Confederation	Referees	Assistant referees	Video assistant referees
AFC	Ma Ning (China)	Zhou Fei (China) Zhang Cheng (China)	Fu Ming (China)
CAF	Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)	Mokrane Gourari (Algeria) Khalil Hassani (Tunisia)	Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)
CONCACAF	Iván Barton (El Salvador)	David Morán (El Salvador) Kathryn Nesbitt (United States)	Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)
CONMEBOL	Andrés Matonte (Uruguay)	Nicolás Taran (Uruguay) Martín Soppi (Uruguay)	Nicolás Gallo (Colombia) Juan Soto (Venezuela)
UEFA	István Kovács (Romania)	Vasile Marinescu (Romania) Ovidiu Artene (Romania)	Jérôme Brisard (France) Massimiliano Irrati (Italy) Juan Martínez Munuera (Spain)
	Anthony Taylor (England)	Gary Beswick (England) Adam Nunn (England)

Squads

Main article: 2022 FIFA Club World Cup squads

Each team named a 23-man squad (three of whom had to be goalkeepers). Injury replacements were allowed until 24 hours before the team's first match.^[18]

Matches

The draw of the tournament was held on 13 January 2023, 12:00 CET, at the Mohammed VI Football Academy in Salé, Morocco, to decide the matchups of the second round (between the first round winner and teams from AFC, CAF and CONCACAF), and the opponents of the two second round winners in the semi-finals (against teams from CONMEBOL and UEFA).^[19] In the second round draw, Wydad Casablanca and the winner of the first round match were pre-allocated to separate fixtures, with their opponents selected from the draw pot.^[20] The match kick-off times and venues were confirmed after the draw.^[21]

If a match was tied after normal playing time:^[18]

• For elimination matches, extra time was played. If still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out was held to determine the winner.
• For the match for third place, no extra time would be played, and a penalty shoot-out would be held to determine the winner.

First round

Second round

Semi-finals

Final

4 February – Tangier

1 February – Tangier

Seattle Sounders FC

0

8 February – Rabat

Al Ahly

3

Al Ahly

1

Al Ahly

1

Auckland City

0

Real Madrid

4

11 February – Rabat

Real Madrid

5

7 February – Tangier

Al Hilal

3

4 February – Rabat

Flamengo

2

Wydad Casablanca

1 (3)

Al Hilal

3

Match for third place

Al Hilal (p)

1 (5)

11 February – Tangier

Al Ahly

2

Flamengo

4

All times are local, CET (UTC+1).^[22]

First round

Al Ahly	3–0	Auckland City
El Shahat 45+2' Sherif 56' Tau 86'	Report

1 February 2023 (2023-02-01)

20:00

Ibn Batouta Stadium, Tangier

Attendance: 47,137

Referee: Ma Ning (China)

Second round

Wydad Casablanca	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Al Hilal
El Amloud 52'	Report	Kanno 90+4' (pen.)
Penalties
Attiyat Allah El Amloud Ounajem Daoudi	3–5	Marega Vietto Al-Shehri Al-Hamdan Al-Juwayr

4 February 2023 (2023-02-04)

15:30

Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat

Attendance: 43,891

Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)

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Seattle Sounders FC	0–1	Al Ahly
	Report	Magdy 88'

4 February 2023 (2023-02-04)

18:00

Ibn Batouta Stadium, Tangier

Attendance: 30,589

Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

Semi-finals

Flamengo	2–3	Al Hilal
Pedro 20', 90+1'	Report	S. Al-Dawsari 4' (pen.), 45+9' (pen.) Vietto 70'

7 February 2023 (2023-02-07)

20:00

Ibn Batouta Stadium, Tangier

Attendance: 42,496

Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

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Al Ahly	1–4	Real Madrid
Maâloul 65' (pen.)	Report	Vinícius 42' Valverde 46' Rodrygo 90+2' Arribas 90+8'

8 February 2023 (2023-02-08)

20:00

Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat

Attendance: 43,508

Referee: Andrés Matonte (Uruguay)

Match for third place

The match for third place, originally scheduled to be played at Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, was moved on 9 February 2023 to Ibn Batouta Stadium, Tangier, in order to preserve the pitch for the final.^[23]

Al Ahly	2–4	Flamengo
Abdel Kader 38', 60'	Report	Gabriel Barbosa 11' (pen.), 85' (pen.) Pedro 77', 90+1'

11 February 2023 (2023-02-11)

16:30

Ibn Batouta Stadium, Tangier

Attendance: 30,216

Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)

Final

Main article: 2022 FIFA Club World Cup final

Real Madrid	5–3	Al Hilal
Vinícius 13', 69' Valverde 18', 58' Benzema 54'	Report	Marega 26' Vietto 63', 79'

11 February 2023 (2023-02-11)

20:00

Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat

Attendance: 44,439

Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Pedro	Flamengo	4
2	Federico Valverde	Real Madrid	3
	Luciano Vietto	Al Hilal
	Vinícius Júnior	Real Madrid
5	Ahmed Abdel Kader	Al Ahly	2
	Salem Al-Dawsari	Al Hilal
	Gabriel Barbosa	Flamengo
8	Ayoub El Amloud	Wydad Casablanca	1
	Sergio Arribas	Real Madrid
	Karim Benzema	Real Madrid
	Mohamed Kanno	Al Hilal
	Ali Maâloul	Al Ahly
	Mohamed Magdy	Al Ahly
	Moussa Marega	Al Hilal
	Rodrygo	Real Madrid
	Hussein El Shahat	Al Ahly
	Mohamed Sherif	Al Ahly
	Percy Tau	Al Ahly

Awards

See also: FIFA Club World Cup awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. Vinícius Júnior of Real Madrid won the Golden Ball award.^[24]

Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball
Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid)	Federico Valverde (Real Madrid)	Luciano Vietto (Al Hilal)
FIFA Fair Play Award
Real Madrid

FIFA also named a man of the match for the best player in each game at the tournament.

Man of the Match

Match	Man of the match	Club	Opponent	Ref.
1	Mohamed Sherif	Al Ahly	Auckland City	[25]
2	Mohamed Magdy	Al Ahly	Seattle Sounders FC	[26]
3	Gustavo Cuéllar	Al Hilal	Wydad Casablanca	[27]
4	Salem Al-Dawsari	Al Hilal	Flamengo	[28]
5	Vinícius Júnior	Real Madrid	Al Ahly	[29]
6	Pedro	Flamengo	Al Ahly	[30]
7	Vinícius Júnior	Real Madrid	Al Hilal	[31]

Sponsorship

Presenting Partner^[32]

• Visit Saudi

FIFA Partners^[32]

• Adidas
• Wanda Group

Tournament Supporter^[32]

• Orange Morocco
• Betano
• OCP Group
• ONCF

Broadcasters

Territory	Broadcaster	Ref.
Australia	SBS Sport	[33]
Brazil	SporTV, TV Globo, CazéTV	[34]
France	Canal+	[35]
Indonesia	Moji, Vidio, SPOTV	[35]
Italy	Sky Italia	[35]
Mexico	Vix	[36]
Morocco	SNRT	[37]
Philippines	SPOTV	[38]
Spain	Mediaset España	[39]
United States	FOX Sports	[40]
Armenia  Azerbaijan  Belarus  Estonia  Georgia  Ireland  Kazakhstan  Kyrgyzstan  Latvia  Lithuania  Moldova  Tajikistan  Turkey  Turkmenistan  Ukraine  Uzbekistan	Saran Media	[41]
Argentina  Chile  Colombia  Ecuador  Peru  Uruguay  Venezuela	DSports	[42]

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External links

• Official website