FIFA Club World Championship 2000 Champions, matches, final

Club World Championship 2000 was the 1st edition of FIFA Club World Cup, the world club championship for men’s club association football teams. It took place in Brazil from 5 to 14 January 2000. FIFA as football’s international governing body selected Brazil as the host nation on 8 June 1999 as the bid was found to be the strongest among four candidates. The draw was made at the Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro on 14 October 1999. All matches were played in either Rio de Janeiro’s Estádio do Maracanã or São Paulo’s Estádio do Morumbi.
The inaugural FIFA Club World Cup featured eight teams: two from South America, two from Europe, and one each from North America, Africa, Asia, and Oceania. The tournament’s first match, held in São Paulo, saw Spanish club Real Madrid defeat Saudi Arabia’s Al-Nassr 3–1, with Real Madrid’s Nicolas Anelka scoring the competition’s first goal in the 21st minute. Later that day, Corinthians’ goalkeeper Dida achieved the first clean sheet of the tournament as his team defeated Moroccan side Raja Casablanca 2–0. Corinthians and Vasco da Gama each won their respective groups to qualify for the final. In front of a crowd of 73,000, the final finished as a 0–0 draw after extra time. The title was decided by a penalty shoot-out which Corinthians won 4–3.

Champions	Runners- Up	Third Place	Fourth Place	Fair Play Award
Corinthians (1st title)	Vasco da Gama	Necaxa	Real Madrid	Al-Nassr

Club World Championship 2000 Awards

Award	Player	Team
Adidas Golden Ball	Edílson	Corinthians
Adidas Silver Ball	Edmundo	Vasco da Gama
Adidas Bronze Ball	Romário	Vasco da Gama
Adidas Golden Shoe	Nicolas Anelka Romário	Real Madrid Vasco da Gama
Adidas Bronze Shoe	Agustín Delgado Edílson Edmundo	Necaxa Corinthians Vasco da Gama

Club World Championship 2000 Qualified Teams

Team	Confederation	Achivement
Corinthians	CONMEBOL (host)	Winners of the 1998 Campeonato Brasileiro
Raja Casablanca	CAF	Winners of the 1999 CAF Champions League
Al-Nassr	AFC	Winners of the 1998 Asian Super Cup
Manchester United	UEFA	Winners of the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League
Necaxa	CONCACAF	Winners of the 1999 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
South Melbourne	OFC	Winners of the 1999 Oceania Club Championship
Vasco da Gama	CONMEBOL	Winners of the 1998 Copa Libertadores
Real Madrid	UEFA	Winners of the 1998 Intercontinental Cup

Club World Championship 2000 format, group stage
The tournament matches were held in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, with the teams divided into two groups of four. The top team from each group advanced to the final, while the teams finishing in second place competed in a play-off for third place.

Group A

Position	Team	Played	Win	Draw	Loss	GF	GA	GD	Points	Qualification
1	Corinthians	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Advance to final
2	Real Madrid	3	2	1	0	8	5	+3	7	Advance to match for third place
3	Al-Nassr	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	3
4	Raja Casablanca	3	0	0	3	5	9	−4	0

Group B

Position	Team	Played	Win	Draw	Loss	GF	GA	GD	Points	Qualification
1	Vasco da Gama	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	9	Advance to final
2	Necaxa	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4	Advance to match for third place
3	Manchester United	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
4	South Melbourne	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

Third place match
14 January 2000 17:00, Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Real Madrid	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Necaxa
Raúl 15′		Delgado 58′
Eto’o Helguera McManaman Morientes Dorado	3–4 Penalties	Vázquez Cabrera Pérez Aguinaga Delgado

Club World Championship 2000 final match
14 January 2000 20:00, Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Corinthians	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Vasco da Gama
Rincón Fernando Baiano Luizão Edu Marcelinho	4–3 Penalties	Romário Alex Oliveira Gilberto Viola Edmundo

Club World Championship 2000 Top Goal scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Romário	Vasco da Gama	3
2	Nicolas Anelka	Real Madrid	3
5	Edílson	Corinthians	2
3	Fahad Al-Bishi	Al-Nassr	2
4	Raúl	Real Madrid	2