2017 FIFA Club World Cup


The 2017 FIFA Club World Cup was the 14th 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 hosted by the United Arab Emirates.
Real Madrid were the defending champions. They qualified for the tournament as the winners of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League, becoming the first defending champions to qualify for the subsequent tournament, and after winning it, they were the first team to successfully defend the title.

Host bids

The application process for the 2017–2018 as well as the 2015–2016 editions, i.e. two hosts, each hosting two years, began in February 2014. Member associations interested in hosting must submit a declaration of interest by 30 March 2014, and provide the complete set of bidding documents by 25 August 2014. The FIFA Executive Committee was to select the hosts at their meeting in Morocco in December 2014, but the final decision was delayed until the FIFA's executive committee meetings on 19–20 March 2015.
The following countries expressed an interest in bidding to host the tournament:
The United Arab Emirates were officially announced as hosts of the 2017 and 2018 tournaments on 21 March 2015.

Qualified teams

The following seven teams qualified for the tournament.
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Venues

The two venues were the Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi and the Hazza bin Zayed Stadium in Al Ain.

Match officials

A total of six referees, twelve assistant referees, and eight video assistant referees were appointed for the tournament.
ConfederationRefereeAssistant refereesVideo assistant referee
AFC Ravshan Irmatov Abdukhamidullo Rasulov
Jakhongir Saidov		 Abdulrahman Al-Jassim
CAF Malang Diedhiou Djibril Camara
El Hadji Malick Samba
CONCACAF César Arturo Ramos Marvin Torrentera
Miguel Ángel Hernández		 Mark Geiger
CONMEBOL Sandro Ricci Emerson de Carvalho
Marcelo van Gasse		 Andrés Cunha
Wilton Sampaio
Mauro Vigliano
OFC Matthew Conger Simon Lount
Tevita Makasini
UEFA Felix Brych Mark Borsch
Stefan Lupp		 Artur Soares Dias
Clément Turpin
Felix Zwayer

Organization

The following were key milestones in the organization of the tournament:
Each team had to name a 23-man squad. Injury replacements were allowed until 24 hours before the team's first match. The official squads were confirmed by FIFA on 30 November 2017.

Matches

The draw was held on 9 October 2017, 12:00 GST, at Abu Dhabi to determine the matchups of the second round, and which teams the two second round winners would play in the semi-finals. At the time of the draw, the identity of the teams representing AFC, CAF, and CONMEBOL were not known.
If a match was tied after normal playing time:
All times were local, GST.

First round

Second round

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Match for fifth place

Semi-finals

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Match for third place

Final

Goalscorers

Final ranking

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time were counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out were counted as draws.

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

Broadcasting rights