2012 FIFA Club World Cup
The 2012 FIFA Club World Cup was a football tournament that was played from 6 to 16 December 2012. It was the ninth edition of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised tournament between the winners of the six continental confederations as well as the host nation's league champions. The tournament was hosted by Japan.
Corinthians won the title for the second time after defeating Chelsea 1–0 in the final.
Qualified teams
1 In bold: Previous tournament winnersReferees
The appointed referees are:| Confederation | Referee | Assistant referees |
| AFC |  Nawaf Shukralla | Ebrahim Saleh Yaser Tulefat |
| AFC |  Alireza Faghani ' | Hassan Kamranifar ' Reza Sokhandan |
| CAF |  Djamel Haimoudi | Abdelhak Etchiali Redouane Achik |
| CONCACAF |  Marco Antonio Rodríguez | Marvin Torrentera Marcos Quintero |
| CONMEBOL |  Carlos Vera | Christian Lescano Byron Romero |
| OFC |  Peter O'Leary | Jan-Hendrik Hintz Ravinesh Kumar |
| UEFA |  Cüneyt Çakır | Bahattin Duran Tarık Ongun |
Squads
Each team submitted a squad of 23 players, three of them goalkeepers. The squads were announced on 29 November 2012.Venues
The venues for the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup were Yokohama and Toyota.| Toyota | Yokohama | |
| Toyota Stadium | International Stadium Yokohama | |
| Capacity: 45,000 | Capacity: 72,327 | |
Goal-line technology
The 2012 FIFA Club World Cup was the first FIFA tournament to use goal-line technology following its approval by the International Football Association Board in July 2012. The two systems approved by FIFA, GoalRef and Hawk-Eye, were used in the two stadiums.Matches
The draw for the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup was held at the FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland, on 24 September 2012 at 11:30 CEST. The draw decided the "positions" in the bracket for the three representatives which entered the quarter-finals.If a match was tied after normal playing time:
- For elimination matches, extra time was played. If still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out was held to determine the winner.
- For the matches for fifth place and third place, no extra time was played, and a penalty shoot-out was held to determine the winner.
All times Japan Standard Time.
Play-off for quarter-finals
A minute's silence was held before the match to commemorate Dutch linesman Richard Nieuwenhuizen, who had died following a violent incident at a youth competition four days before the match.Quarter-finals
----Match for fifth place
Semi-finals
----Match for third place
Final
Goalscorers
;Own goals- Dárvin Chávez
- Hiroki Mizumoto
Tournament round-up
Final standings
, Cássio and Paolo Guerrero accepting their individual awards after the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup Final.