2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup final

The 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup final, also known simply as the 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup,^[5] was the final match of the 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup, an international club football tournament. It was the first final of the FIFA Intercontinental Cup, a FIFA-organised tournament between the club champions from each of the six continental confederations.^[6]

2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup final

The Lusail Stadium in Lusail hosted the final.
Event	2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup
Real Madrid Pachuca 3 0
Date	18 December 2024 (2024-12-18)
Venue	Lusail Stadium, Lusail
Man of the Match	Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid)[1]
Referee	Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)[2]
Attendance	67,249[3]
Weather	Clear 18 °C (64 °F) 64% humidity[4]
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The match took place at Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, on 18 December 2024 between Spanish club Real Madrid, the winners of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League, and Mexican club Pachuca, the winners of play-offs contested by the other five confederations.^[7]

Real Madrid won the match 3–0 to win the inaugural FIFA Intercontinental Cup, which was also its sixth FIFA trophy and ninth club world championship title.^[8][9]

Teams

In the following table, the finals until 2005 were in the FIFA Club World Championship era, and between 2006 and 2023 in the FIFA Club World Cup era.

Team	Confederation	Qualification for tournament	Previous club world championship finals (bold indicates winners)
Real Madrid	UEFA	Winners of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League	IC: 5 (1960, 1966, 1998, 2000, 2002) FCWC: 5 (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022)
Pachuca	CONCACAF	Winners of the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup	None

Note: On 27 October 2017, FIFA officially recognised all the champions of the Intercontinental Cup as club world champions, in equal status to the FIFA Club World Cup.^[10]

• IC: Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004)
• FCWC: FIFA Club World Cup finals (2000, 2005–2023)

Route to the final

As the winners of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League, Real Madrid qualified directly for the final of the tournament.^[6] Pachuca advanced as the winners of the play-off match, known as the FIFA Challenger Cup, played on 14 December 2024.^[11][12]

Match

Details

Real Madrid	3–0	Pachuca
Mbappé 37' Rodrygo 53' Vinícius 84' (pen.)	Report

18 December 2024 (2024-12-18)

20:00 AST

Lusail Stadium, Lusail

Attendance: 67,249^[3]

Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)

Real Madrid[2]

Pachuca[2]

GK 1 Thibaut Courtois RB 17 Lucas Vázquez (c)  88' CB 14 Aurélien Tchouaméni CB 22 Antonio Rüdiger LB 20 Fran García CM 8 Federico Valverde CM 6 Eduardo Camavinga  61' RW 11 Rodrygo  70' AM 5 Jude Bellingham  88' LW 7 Vinícius Júnior CF 9 Kylian Mbappé  61' Substitutes: GK 13 Andriy Lunin GK 26 Fran González DF 18 Jesús Vallejo DF 29 Yusi DF 35 Raúl Asencio  88' DF 39 Lorenzo Aguado MF 10 Luka Modrić  70' MF 15 Arda Güler  88' MF 19 Dani Ceballos  61' FW 16 Endrick FW 21 Brahim Díaz  61' Manager: Carlo Ancelotti

GK 25 Carlos Moreno RB 24 Luis Rodríguez  75' CB 2 Sergio Barreto CB 33 Andrés Micolta LB 8 Bryan González CM 28 Elías Montiel CM 5 Pedro Pedraza  51' RW 6 Nelson Deossa  88' AM 26 Alán Bautista  75' LW 11 Oussama Idrissi  88' CF 23 Salomón Rondón (c)  90+3' Substitutes: GK 12 David Shrem GK 31 José Eulogio DF 3 Alonso Aceves DF 22 Gustavo Cabral DF 32 Carlos Sánchez  75' DF 35 Jorge Berlanga MF 10 Ángel Mena  75' MF 14 Alfonso González MF 30 Sergio Hernández  88' MF 40 José Saldívar FW 7 Faber Gil FW 9 Borja Bastón FW 18 Alexéi Domínguez  88' FW 27 Owen González FW 29 Sergio Aguayo Manager: Guillermo Almada

Man of the Match: Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid)[1] Assistant referees:[2] Jorge Urrego (Venezuela) Tulio Moreno (Venezuela) Fourth official:[2] Iván Barton (El Salvador) Reserve assistant referee:[2] David Moran (El Salvador) Video assistant referee:[2] Juan Soto (Venezuela) Assistant video assistant referee:[2] Tatiana Guzmán (Nicaragua) Support video assistant referee:[2] Rob Dieperink (Netherlands)

Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Maximum of fifteen named substitutes Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time Maximum of three substitution opportunities, with a fourth allowed in extra time Maximum of one concussion substitution, granting the opposition an additional standalone substitution

Statistics

Overall^[3]

Statistic	Real Madrid	Pachuca
Goals scored	3	0
Total shots	12	10
Shots on target	4	4
Ball possession	65%	35%
Corner kicks	6	5
Fouls committed	14	13
Offsides	1	1
Yellow cards	0	2
Red cards	0	0