2014 FIFA Club World Cup


The 2014 FIFA Club World Cup was the 11th 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. It was hosted by Morocco for the second year in a row, and played from 10 to 20 December 2014.
Real Madrid won their first FIFA Club World Cup after defeating San Lorenzo 2–0 in the final, and their fourth world club title counting the 1960, 1998 and 2002 Intercontinental Cups, equaling Milan's record.

Host bids

There were four countries bidding to host the 2013 and 2014 tournaments :
In October 2011, FIFA said that Iran, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates all withdrew their bids, leaving Morocco as the only bidder. FIFA officially announced Morocco as host on 17 December 2011.
On 21 August 2014, FIFA issued a statement reconfirming Morocco as the host, despite recent rumours that a change in venue might be sought due to the 2014 West Africa Ebola virus outbreak. Morocco had cancelled its hosting of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations due to fears of Ebola, but vowed to host the Club World Cup as no entrants would be from the countries with the most severe Ebola outbreaks.

Qualified teams

Venues

The venues for the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup were in Rabat and Marrakesh.

RabatMarrakesh
Prince Moulay Abdellah StadiumStade de Marrakech
Capacity: 52,000Capacity: 45,240

Match officials

The appointed match officials were:
ConfederationRefereeAssistant referees
AFC Benjamin Williams Matthew Cream
Paul Cetrangolo
CAF Noumandiez Doué Songuifolo Yéo
Jean-Claude Birumushahu
CONCACAF Walter López Leonel Leal
Gerson López
CONMEBOL Enrique Osses Carlos Astroza
Sergio Román
OFC Norbert Hauata Tevita Makasini
Paul Ahupu
UEFA Pedro Proença Bertino Miranda
Tiago Trigo

Replaced Colombian trio Wilmar Roldán, Eduardo Díaz and Alexander Guzmán.

Squads

Each team named a 23-man squad by the FIFA deadline of 28 November 2014. Injury replacements were allowed until 24 hours before the team's first match. The squads were announced by FIFA on 4 December 2014.

Matches

If a match was tied after normal playing time:
All times are local, WET.

Play-off for quarter-finals

Quarter-finals

A draw was held on 11 October 2014 at 19:00 WEST, at the La Mamounia Hotel in Marrakesh, to determine the pairings of the four quarter-finalists.
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Semi-finals

The first semi-final was originally to be played at Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, but was moved to Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh due to difficult pitch conditions.
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Match for fifth place

Match for third place

Final

Goalscorers

;Own goal

Final standings

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.