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2013 FIFA Club World Cup

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Host country
  
Morocco

Runners-up
  
Raja Casablanca

Matches played
  
8

Dates
  
11 Dec 2013 – 21 Dec 2013

Teams
  
7

Attendance
  
277,330

Venue(s)
  
2 (in 2 host cities)

Fourth place
  
Guangzhou Evergrande

Champion
  
FC Bayern Munich

Best player
  
Franck Ribéry

Third place
  
Clube Atlético Mineiro

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Champions
  
Bayern Munich (1st title)

Similar
  
2014 FIFA Club World Cup, 2012 FIFA Club World Cup, 2011 FIFA Club World Cup, 2015 FIFA Club World Cup, 2010 FIFA Club World Cup

The 2013 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2013 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was the 10th edition of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised international club football tournament between the champion clubs from each of the six continental confederations, as well as the national league champion from the host country. It was hosted by Morocco, and played from 11 to 21 December 2013.

Contents

Bayern Munich won the title for the first time after defeating Raja Casablanca 2–0 in the final.

Host bids

There were four countries bidding to host the 2013 and 2014 tournaments (same host for both tournaments):

  •  Iran
  •  Morocco
  •  South Africa
  •  United Arab Emirates (which hosted the 2009 and 2010 editions in Abu Dhabi)
  • In October 2011, FIFA said that Iran, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates all withdrew their bids, leaving Morocco as the only bidder. FIFA officially announced Morocco as host on 17 December 2011.

    Venues

    The venues for the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup were in Marrakesh and Agadir.

    Emblem

    The official emblem of the tournament was unveiled in Casablanca on 2 September 2013.

    Ticketing

    Pre-sale tickets were available from 14 to 27 October 2013, while the open sales phase began on 28 October 2013.

    Trophy tour

    A tour of the FIFA Club World Cup Trophy took place from October to December 2013, starting from Yokohama, the site of the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup Final, before visiting the cities of each participating team, and ending at Casablanca before the start of the tournament.

    Match officials

    The appointed match officials were:

    Goal-line technology

    For the second year in a row, goal-line technology was used for the tournament. GoalControl GmbH was chosen as the official goal-line technology provider.

    Vanishing spray

    Following successful trials at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup and 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup, FIFA approved the vanishing spray to be used by the tournament referees to mark the ten-yard line for the defending team during a free kick.

    Squads

    Each team named a 23-man squad (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline of 29 November 2013. Injury replacements were allowed until 24 hours before the team's first match.

    A total of 31 nationalities were represented in the squads of the seven teams.

    Matches

    The draw was held on 9 October 2013 at 19:00 WEST (UTC+1), at the La Mamounia Hotel in Marrakesh, to decide the "positions" in the bracket for the three teams which entered the quarter-finals (champions of AFC, CAF, and CONCACAF).

    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 are local, WET (UTC±0).

    Final standings

    Note: As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

    References

    2013 FIFA Club World Cup Wikipedia