FIFA Club World Cup 2018 Champions, matches and achievements

Club World Cup 2018 was the 15th edition of the tournament, a FIFA-organized international club football tournament between the winners of the six continental confederations, as well as the host nation’s league champions. The tournament was hosted by the United Arab Emirates from 12 to 22 December 2018. Real Madrid entered the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup as the defending champions, having won the previous two editions. They qualified for the 2018 tournament and successfully defended their title for the third consecutive time by defeating Al Ain 4–1 in the final. This victory made Real Madrid the outright record holders of the competition, surpassing their rivals Barcelona.

Champions	Runners- Up	Third Place	Fourth Place	FIFA Fair Play Award
Real Madrid (4th title)	Al Ain	River Plate	Kashima Antlers	Real Madrid

Club World Cup 2018 awards

Award	Player Name	Team
Adidas Golden Ball Alibaba Cloud Award	Gareth Bale	Real Madrid
Adidas Silver Ball	Caio Lucas	Al Ain
Adidas Bronze Ball	Rafael Santos Borré	River Plate

Club World Cup 2018 Qualified Teams

Team	Confederation	Achivement	Qualification
River Plate	CONMEBOL	Winners of the 2018 Copa Libertadores	Entering in the semi-finals
Real Madrid	UEFA	Winners of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League	Entering in the semi-finals
Kashima Antlers	AFC	Winners of the 2018 AFC Champions League	Entering in the second round
Espérance de Tunis	CAF	Winners of the 2018 CAF Champions League	Entering in the second round
Guadalajara	CONCACAF	Winners of the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League	Entering in the second round
Team Wellington	OFC	Winners of the 2018 OFC Champions League	Entering in the first round
Al Ain	AFC (host)	Winners of the 2017–18 UAE Pro League	Entering in the first round

First round match
12 December 2018 19:30, GST (UTC+4) | Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain

Al Ain	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Team Wellington
Shiotani 45′ Doumbia 49′ Berg 85′		Barcia 11′ Clapham 15′ Ilich 44′
Diaky Berg El Shahat Shiotani Caio	Penalties 4–3	Allen Kilkolly Ilich Watson Gulley

Second round matches
15 December 2018 17:00, GST (UTC+4) | Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain

Kashima Antlers	3–2	Guadalajara
Nagaki 49′ Serginho 69′ (pen.) Abe 84′		Zaldívar 3′ Léo Silva 90+4′ (o.g.)

15 December 2018 20:30, GST (UTC+4) | Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain

Espérance de Tunis	0–3	Al Ain
		Ahmed 2′ El Shahat 16′ Al-Ahbabi 60′

Fifth place match
18 December 2018 17:30, GST (UTC+4) | Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain

Espérance de Tunis	1–1	Guadalajara
Belaïli 38′ (pen.)		Sandoval 5′ (pen.)
Belaïli Machani Chemmam Bguir Khenissi Derbali Coulibaly Dhaouadi	Penalties 6–5	Zaldívar Marín Godínez Rankin Salcido Pineda Ponce Brizuela

Club World Cup 2018 semi finals
18 December 2018 20:30, GST (UTC+4) | Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain

River Plate	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Al Ain
Borré 11′, 16′		Berg 3′ Caio 51′
Scocco Quintero Pratto Borré Pérez	Penalties 4–5	Caio Shiotani Al-Ahbabi Abdulrahman Yaslam

19 December 2018 20:30, GST (UTC+4) | Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Kashima Antlers	1–3	Real Madrid
Shoma Doi 78′		Gareth Bale 44′, 53′, 55′

Third place match
22 December 2018 17:30, GST (UTC+4) | Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Kashima Antlers	0–4	River Plate
		Zuculini 24′ G. Martínez 73′, 90+3′ Borré 89′ (pen.)

Club World Cup 2018 final match
22 December 2018 17:30, GST (UTC+4) | Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Real Madrid	4–1	Al Ain
Modrić 14′ Llorente 60′ Ramos 79′ Nader 90+1′ (o.g.)		Shiotani 86′

Club World Cup 2018 top goal scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Gareth Bale	Real Madrid	3
2	Rafael Santos Borré	River Plate	3
3	Marcus Berg	Al Ain	2
4	Gonzalo Martínez	River Plate	2
5	Tsukasa Shiotani	Al Ain	2