2021 FIFA Club World Cup

2021 FIFA Club World Cup

FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2021 presented by Alibaba كأس العالم للأندية لكرة القدم الإمارات العربية المتحدة 2021
Tournament details
Host country	United Arab Emirates
City	Abu Dhabi
Dates	3–12 February 2022
Teams	7 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Chelsea (1st title)
Runners-up	Palmeiras
Third place	Al Ahly
Fourth place	Al-Hilal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	27 (3.38 per match)
Attendance	100,752 (12,594 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Romelu Lukaku (Chelsea) Raphael Veiga (Palmeiras) Yasser Ibrahim (Al Ahly) Abdoulay Diaby (Al-Jazira) 2 goals each
Best player(s)	Thiago Silva (Chelsea)
Fair play award	Chelsea
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The 2021 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2021 presented by Alibaba for sponsorship reasons) was the 18th 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. The tournament was held from 3 to 12 February 2022 in the United Arab Emirates.^[1]

Defending champions Bayern Munich did not qualify as they were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League. The eventual winners of that competition, Chelsea, won the Club World Cup for the first time, beating Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia 1–0 in the semi-finals before requiring extra time to claim a 2–1 win over Brazilian side Palmeiras in the final.