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2001 FIFA Club World Championship
Cancelled
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Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Dates	July 28 - August 12
Teams	12 (from 6 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	0

The 2001 FIFA Club World Championship was a football tournament arranged by FIFA to take place in Spain during 2001 but which ended up being cancelled without any matches being played.

[edit] Cancellation

This championship was planned to be the second edition after the inaugural competition which was held in Brazil the year before. This time, Spain was chosen to be the venue. However, due to the bankruptcy of ISL, a Swiss FIFA partner, this event was never realised.

On 18 May 2001, FIFA announced the tournament would be postponed to 2003, citing 3 reasons: national and international fixtures, economic problems of some of the participants' home countries and, crucially, the financial problems of ISL Worldwide, FIFA's marketing partner, which is factually bankrupt. The 2003 edition was never held.

Consequently, the second edition of the FIFA Club World Championship was postponed to 2005, in Japan.

[edit] Teams

The clubs invited to the 2001 tournament were:

Al-Hilal	Saudi Arabia	AFC Champions League 2000 winners
Boca Juniors	Argentina	Copa Libertadores 2000 winners
Palmeiras	Brazil	Copa Libertadores 1999 winners
Hearts of Oak	Ghana	CAF Champions League 2000 winners
Los Angeles Galaxy	USA	CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2000 winners
Jubilo Iwata	Japan	Asian Super Cup 1999 winners
Wollongong Wolves	Australia	Oceania Club Championship 2000-01 winners
Zamalek	Egypt	CAF Cup 2000 winners
Galatasaray	Turkey	UEFA Cup 1999-00 winners
Real Madrid	Spain	UEFA Champions League 1999-2000 winners
Deportivo de La Coruña	Spain	La Liga 1999-00 winners
CD Olimpia	Honduras	CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2000 runner-up

[edit] Matches

[edit] Group A

Date	Venue	Match	Teams
28 July 2001	Riazor, A Coruña	1	Boca Juniors – Deportivo La Coruña
29 July 2001	Riazor, A Coruña	2	Zamalek – Wollongong Wolves
1 August 2001	Riazor, A Coruña	3	Boca Juniors – Zamalek
1 August 2001	Riazor, A Coruña	4	Deportivo La Coruña – Wollongong Wolves
4 August 2001	San Lázaro Stadium, Santiago de Compostela	5	Wollongong Wolves – Boca Juniors
4 August 2001	San Lázaro Stadium, Santiago de Compostela	6	Deportivo La Coruña – Zamalek

[edit] Group B

Date	Venue	Match	Teams
29 July 2001	Vicente Calderón, Madrid	7	Palmeiras – Olimpia
30 July 2001	Vicente Calderón, Madrid	8	Galatasaray – Al-Hilal
2 August 2001	Vicente Calderón, Madrid	9	Olimpia – Galatasaray
2 August 2001	Vicente Calderón, Madrid	10	Palmeiras – Al-Hilal
5 August 2001	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid	11	Al-Hilal – Olimpia
5 August 2001	Vicente Calderón, Madrid	12	Galatasaray – Palmeiras

[edit] Group C

Date	Venue	Match	Teams
31 July 2001	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid	13	Real Madrid – Júbilo Iwata
31 July 2001	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid	14	Hearts of Oak – Los Angeles Galaxy
2 August 2001	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid	15	Júbilo Iwata – Hearts of Oak
2 August 2001	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid	16	Los Angeles Galaxy – Real Madrid
5 August 2001	Vicente Calderón, Madrid	17	Los Angeles Galaxy – Júbilo Iwata
5 August 2001	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid	18	Real Madrid – Hearts of Oak

[edit] Semi-finals

Date	Venue	Match	Teams
9 August 2001	Riazor, A Coruña	19	1st Group A – 1st Group B
9 August 2001	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid	20	1st Group C – Best 2nd Place

[edit] Final

Date	Venue	Match	Teams
12 August 2001	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid	21	Winner 19 – Winner 20

[edit] See also

FIFA Club World Cup

[edit] References

Stokkermans, Karel. "FIFA Club World Championship 2001 - CANCELLED". http://www.rsssf.com/tablesf/fifa-wcc01.html. Retrieved 2007-01-19.
"World Club Championship might grow". USA Today. 2001-08-10. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/world/2001-08-10-world-cup-championships.htm. Retrieved 2007-01-19.

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