FIFA Club World Cup awards
The FIFA Club World Cup is an international association football competition organised by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association, the sport's global governing body. The championship was first contested as the FIFA Club World Championship in 2000. It was not held between 2001 and 2004 due to a combination of factors, most importantly the collapse of FIFA's marketing partner International Sport and Leisure. Following a change in format which saw the FIFA Club World Championship absorb the Intercontinental Cup, it was relaunched in 2005 and took its current name the season afterwards.
The current format of the tournament involves seven teams competing for the title at venues within the host nation over a period of about two weeks; the winners of that year's edition of the Asian AFC Champions League, African CAF Champions League, North American CONCACAF Champions League, South American Copa Libertadores, Oceanian OFC Champions League and European UEFA Champions League, along with the host nation's national champion, participate in a straight knockout tournament.
At the end of each FIFA World Cup final tournament, several awards are attributed to the players and teams which have distinguished themselves from the rest in different aspects of the game. Spanish club Barcelona has been the only club to earn every award in one edition, a feat accomplished during the :Category:2015 FIFA Club World Cup|2015 FIFA Club World Cup. Barcelona, along with Real Madrid, are also the only sides to have earned three FIFA Fair Play Trophies. Lionel Messi is also the only player to have won two Golden Balls and two MVP Final awards. Uruguayan player Luis Suárez holds the record for the most goals scored in one edition.
Awards
There are currently three awards:- the Golden Ball for best player;
- the FIFA Fair Play Trophy for the team with the best record of fair play
- the MVP of the Final Match Trophy for the best player in the final; first awarded in 2005.
Each player from the clubs finishing third, second and first also receive one bronze, silver and gold medal each, respectively.
Golden Ball
The Golden Ball award is presented to the best player at each FIFA Club World Cup, with a shortlist drawn up by the FIFA technical committee and the winner voted for by representatives of the media. Those who finish as runners-up in the vote receive the Silver Ball and Bronze Ball awards as the second and third most outstanding players in the tournament respectively.- Barcelona and Real Madrid are the only clubs to have earned the Golden Ball award four times.
- Barcelona is also the only club to have earned every award in one edition.
- Lionel Messi is the only player to have won two Golden Balls.
- Cristiano Ronaldo has won most awards, one Golden Ball and three Silver Balls.
- Brazilian players have won the most Golden Balls amassing four. They also hold the record for the most Silver and Bronze Balls with five and four, respectively.
- Cristian Bolaños, Dioko Kaluyituka, Mouhcine Iajour, Gaku Shibasaki and Ivan Vicelich are the only non-European and non-South American players who have earned the Silver Ball or the Bronze Ball while playing for a club that doesn't come from the aforementioned continents.
| Edition | Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball | |
| 2000 Brazil |  Edílson | Edmundo | Romário | |
| 2005 Japan | Rogério Ceni |  Steven Gerrard |  Christian Bolaños | |
| 2006 Japan |  Deco | Iarley | Ronaldinho | |
| 2007 Japan | Kaká |  Clarence Seedorf |  Rodrigo Palacio | |
| 2008 Japan | Wayne Rooney | Cristiano Ronaldo | Damián Manso | |
| 2009 United Arab Emirates | Lionel Messi | Juan Sebastián Verón |  Xavi | |
| 2010 United Arab Emirates |  Samuel Eto'o |  Dioko Kaluyituka | Andrés D'Alessandro | |
| 2011 Japan | Lionel Messi | Xavi | Neymar | |
| 2012 Japan | Cássio | David Luiz |  Paolo Guerrero | |
| 2013 Morocco |  Franck Ribéry |  Philipp Lahm |  Mouhcine Iajour | |
| 2014 Morocco | Sergio Ramos | Cristiano Ronaldo |  Ivan Vicelich | |
| 2015 Japan |  Luis Suárez | Lionel Messi | Andrés Iniesta | |
| 2016 Japan |  Cristiano Ronaldo |  Luka Modrić |  Gaku Shibasaki | |
| 2017 United Arab Emirates | Luka Modrić | Cristiano Ronaldo | Jonathan Urretaviscaya | |
| 2018 United Arab Emirates |  Gareth Bale |  Caio |  Rafael Santos Borré | |
| 2019 Qatar |  Mohamed Salah | Bruno Henrique | Carlos Eduardo |
Most Valuable Player of the Final Match Trophy
The Most Valuable Player of the Final Match Trophy award was awarded for the first time at the 2005 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan and won by Brazil's Rogério Ceni. The award is given to the best player in the final via the FIFA Technical Study Group. The winner also is rewarded with a Toyota-made automobile.- Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are the only players to have been named the best player of the final on two occasions.
- Brazilian players have earned that distinction the most times with four nominations.
- Deco is the only player to have won the award for the losing side.
| Edition | MVP of the Final Match | |
| 2000 Brazil | Not awarded | |
| 2005 Japan | Rogério Ceni | |
| 2006 Japan | Deco | |
| 2007 Japan | Kaká | |
| 2008 Japan | Wayne Rooney | |
| 2009 United Arab Emirates | Lionel Messi | |
| 2010 United Arab Emirates | Samuel Eto'o | |
| 2011 Japan | Lionel Messi | |
| 2012 Japan | Cássio | |
| 2013 Morocco | Franck Ribéry | |
| 2014 Morocco | Sergio Ramos | |
| 2015 Japan |  Luis Suárez | |
| 2016 Japan | Cristiano Ronaldo | |
| 2017 United Arab Emirates | Cristiano Ronaldo | |
| 2018 United Arab Emirates | Marcos Llorente | |
| 2019 Qatar | Roberto Firmino |
FIFA Fair Play Trophy
The FIFA Fair Play Trophy is given to the team with the best record of fair play during the Club World Cup tournament. The winners of this award earn the FIFA Fair Play Trophy, a diploma, a fair play medal for each player and official, and $50,000 worth of football equipment to be used for youth development.Barcelona and Real Madrid are the only clubs to have won three FIFA Fair Play Trophies.
| Edition | FIFA Fair Play Trophy Winners | |
| 2000 Brazil |  Al-Nassr | |
| 2005 Japan | Liverpool | |
| 2006 Japan | Barcelona | |
| 2007 Japan |  Urawa Red Diamonds | |
| 2008 Japan |  Adelaide United | |
| 2009 United Arab Emirates |  Atlante | |
| 2010 United Arab Emirates |  Internazionale | |
| 2011 Japan | Barcelona | |
| 2012 Japan | Monterrey | |
| 2013 Morocco | Bayern Munich | |
| 2014 Morocco | Real Madrid | |
| 2015 Japan | Barcelona | |
| 2016 Japan | Kashima Antlers | |
| 2017 United Arab Emirates | Real Madrid | |
| 2018 United Arab Emirates | Real Madrid | |
| 2019 Qatar |  Espérance de Tunis |
Hat-tricks
- Luis Suárez, Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Hamdou Elhouni are the only players who have scored a hat-trick in the competition. Suárez did so in the 2015 semi-final against Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao where he scored all three goals of that match. Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick in the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup Final against Kashima Antlers, an equalizing penalty kick followed by two extra time goals. Gareth Bale scored a hat-trick in the 2018 semi-final against Kashima Antlers, where he scored all three of his team's goals before being substituted in less than an hour. Hamdou Elhouni scored the latest hat-trick in 2019 when Espérance de Tunis won 6–2 against Al-Sadd in the match for fifth place.