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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = 2001 FIFA Club World Championship
| other_titles = {{lang|es|Campeonato Mundial de Clubes de la FIFA España 2001}}
| image = 2001 FIFA Club World Championship.gif
| alt = 
| caption = 2001 FIFA Club World Championship <br>official logo
| country = Spain
| dates = 28 July – 12 August (cancelled)
| num_teams = 12
| confederations = 6
| venues = 
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| champion_other = 
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| fourth_other = 
| matches = 
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| prevseason = [[2000 FIFA Club World Championship|2000]]
| nextseason = [[2005 FIFA Club World Championship|2005]]
}}
The '''2001 FIFA Club World Championship''' was a [[Association football|football]] tournament arranged by [[FIFA]] to take place in Spain from 28 July to 12 August 2001.<ref name="FIFAschedule">{{cite web |url=http://www.fifa2.com/cwc/2001/CWCScheduleSpain2001.pdf |title=FIFA Club World Championship Spain 2001: Match Schedule |work=[[FIFA]] |year=2001 |access-date=4 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010614072022/http://www.fifa2.com/cwc/2001/CWCScheduleSpain2001.pdf |archive-date=14 June 2001}}</ref> It was supposed to be the second edition of the [[FIFA Club World Championship]], after the [[2000 FIFA Club World Championship|first edition]] in 2000, but was cancelled owing to a combination of factors such as the collapse of FIFA's marketing partner [[International Sport and Leisure|ISL]].<ref>{{cite news |title=World Club Championship axed |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/1338289.stm |work=BBC Sport |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=18 May 2001 |access-date=26 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826234427/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/1338289.stm |archive-date=26 August 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/world/2001-08-10-world-cup-championships.htm |title=World Club Championship might grow |work=USA Today |date=10 August 2001 |access-date=19 January 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080222234741/https://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/world/2001-08-10-world-cup-championships.htm |archive-date=22 February 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Jones |first1=Grahame L. |title=Galaxy's World Is Rocked |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-may-19-sp-65535-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=10 October 2023 |date=19 May 2001}}</ref> FIFA had originally planned to postpone the tournament until 2003.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://de.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=107/edition=4735/releases/newsid=91574.html |title=FIFA decides to postpone 2001 Club World Championship to 2003 |work=[[FIFA]] |date=18 May 2001 |access-date=4 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109023834/http://de.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament%3D107/edition%3D4735/releases/newsid%3D91574.html |archive-date=9 November 2013}}</ref>

==Host bids==
The [[FIFA Executive Committee]] appointed Spain as tournament hosts on 3 August 2000 during their meeting in [[Zürich]], Switzerland.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/864791.stm |title=Fifa agrees World Cup rotation |work=[[BBC Sport]] |date=3 August 2000 |access-date=28 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://jurisprudence.tas-cas.org/Shared%20Documents/3776.pdf |title=Arbitration CAS 2014/A/3776 Gibraltar Football Association (GFA) v. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), award of 27 April 2016 |publisher=[[Court of Arbitration for Sport]] |date=27 April 2016 |access-date=28 December 2022}}</ref>

==Qualified teams==
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The clubs invited to the 2001 tournament were:<ref>{{cite news |title=Global rights to FIFA's Club World Championship awarded to Brazilian sports marketing agency |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/GLOBAL+RIGHTS+TO+FIFA'S+CLUB+WORLD+CHAMPIONSHIP+AWARDED+TO+BRAZILIAN...-a070873183 |agency=PR Newswire |date=26 February 2001 |access-date=26 August 2014 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305063641/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/GLOBAL%20RIGHTS%20TO%20FIFA%27S%20CLUB%20WORLD%20CHAMPIONSHIP%20AWARDED%20TO%20BRAZILIAN...-a070873183 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Team
!Confederation
!Qualification
!Participation{{refn|group=note|Participation number if the tournament had been played}}
|-
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[Deportivo de La Coruña|Deportivo La Coruña]]
|[[UEFA]] ([[Royal Spanish Football Federation|host]])
|Winners of the [[1999–2000 La Liga]]
|Debut
|-
|{{fbaicon|GHA}} [[Accra Hearts of Oak S.C.|Hearts of Oak]]
|[[Confederation of African Football|CAF]]
|Winners of the [[2000 CAF Champions League]]
|Debut
|-
|{{fbaicon|EGY}} [[Zamalek SC|Zamalek]]
|[[Confederation of African Football|CAF]]
|Winners of the [[2000 African Cup Winners' Cup]]
|Debut
|-
|{{fbaicon|KSA}} [[Al Hilal SFC|Al-Hilal]]
|[[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]
|Winners of the [[2000 Asian Super Cup]]
|Debut
|-
|{{fbaicon|JPN}} [[Júbilo Iwata]]
|[[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]
|Winners of the [[1999 Asian Super Cup]]
|Debut
|-
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|[[UEFA]]
|Winners of the [[1999–2000 UEFA Champions League]]
|2nd {{small|(Previous: [[2000 FIFA Club World Championship|2000]])}}
|-
|{{fbaicon|TUR}} [[Galatasaray S.K. (football)|Galatasaray]]
|[[UEFA]]
|Winners of the [[1999–2000 UEFA Cup]]
|Debut
|-
|{{fbaicon|USA}} [[LA Galaxy|Los Angeles Galaxy]]
|[[CONCACAF]]
|Winners of the [[2000 CONCACAF Champions' Cup]]
|Debut
|-
|{{fbaicon|HON|1949}} [[C.D. Olimpia|Olimpia]]
|[[CONCACAF]]
|Runners-up of the [[2000 CONCACAF Champions' Cup]]
|Debut
|-
|{{fbaicon|AUS}} [[Wollongong Wolves FC|Wollongong Wolves]]
|[[Oceania Football Confederation|OFC]]
|Winners of the [[2001 Oceania Club Championship]]
|Debut
|-
|{{fbaicon|ARG}} [[Boca Juniors]]
|[[CONMEBOL]]
|Winners of the [[2000 Copa Libertadores]]
|Debut
|-
|{{fbaicon|BRA}} [[Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras|Palmeiras]]
|[[CONMEBOL]]
|Winners of the [[1999 Copa Libertadores]]
|Debut
|}
'''Notes'''
{{reflist|group=note}}

==Venues==
Matches were to be played in [[Madrid]], [[A Coruña]] and [[Santiago de Compostela]].{{fact|date=September 2023}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!colspan="2"|[[Madrid]]
|-
|[[Santiago Bernabéu Stadium|Estadio Santiago Bernabéu]]
|[[Vicente Calderón Stadium|Estadio Vicente Calderón]]
|-
|Capacity: '''85,000'''
|Capacity: '''54,907'''
|-
|[[File:Estadio Santiago Bernabéu - 02.jpg|frameless|200x200px]]
|[[File:Aprobado el nuevo ámbito Mahou-Calderón (01).jpg|frameless|200x200px]]
|-
|colspan="2"|{{Location map+|Spain|float=center|width=400|caption=|places=
{{Location map~|Spain|lat_deg=43.371491|lon_deg=-8.39597|position=top|label=[[A Coruña]]}}
{{Location map~|Spain|lat_deg=40.4|lon_deg=-3.683333|position=top|label=[[Madrid]]}}
{{Location map~|Spain|lat_deg=42.8782|lon_deg=-8.5448|position=right|label=[[Santiago de Compostela]]}}
}}
|-
![[A Coruña]]
![[Santiago de Compostela]]
|-
|[[Estadio Riazor]]
|[[Estadio Multiusos de San Lazaro]]
|-
|Capacity: '''32,660'''
|Capacity: '''12,000'''
|-
|[[File:Estadio de Riazor.A Corunha.Galiza.jpg|frameless|200x200px]]
|[[File:Estadio Multiusos de San Lazaro.jpg|frameless|200x200px]]
|}

==Format==
Due to the expansion of the tournament to 12 teams, the group stage saw the teams divided into three groups of four. The top team in each group and the best second-placed team qualified for the semi-finals.<ref name="FIFAschedule"/>

==Group stage==
The group stage draw was held on 6 March 2001 at the Congress Centre in A Coruña;<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/index/0,2442,22592,00.html?comp=CWC&year=2005&articleid=22592 |title=Spain 2001: results of the draw |work=[[FIFA]] |date=6 March 2001 |access-date=4 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070520175245/http://fifa.com/en/comp/index/0,2442,22592,00.html?comp=CWC&year=2005&articleid=22592#selection-889.1-770.135 |archive-date=20 May 2007 }}</ref> however, on 18 May 2001, FIFA confirmed that the tournament had been cancelled. They made plans to hold an expanded, 16-team tournament in 2003, again in Spain, but it was ultimately not until [[2005 FIFA Club World Championship|2005]] in Japan that the tournament was finally resurrected, but with a reduced format.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://thesefootballtimes.co/2018/11/08/remembering-the-ill-fated-club-world-cup-of-2001/ |title=Remembering the ill-fated Club World Cup of 2001 |publisher=The Football Times |date=8 November 2018 |access-date=11 September 2023 }}</ref>

===Group A===
*{{fbaicon|ARG}} [[Boca Juniors]]
*{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[Deportivo de La Coruña|Deportivo La Coruña]]
*{{fbaicon|AUS}} [[Wollongong Wolves FC|Wollongong Wolves]]
*{{fbaicon|EGY}} [[Zamalek SC|Zamalek]]

{{Football box
|id=Boca Juniors v Deportivo La Coruña
|date={{Start date|2001|7|28|df=y}}
|time=20:00
|team1=[[Boca Juniors]] {{fbaicon|ARG}}
|score=Cancelled
|team2={{fbaicon|ESP}} [[Deportivo de La Coruña|Deportivo La Coruña]]
|stadium=[[Estadio Riazor]], [[A Coruña]]
}}
{{Football box
|id=Wollongong Wolves v Zamalek
|date={{Start date|2001|7|29|df=y}}
|time=17:00
|team1=[[Wollongong Wolves FC|Wollongong Wolves]] {{fbaicon|AUS}}
|score=Cancelled
|team2={{fbaicon|EGY}} [[Zamalek SC|Zamalek]]
|stadium=[[Estadio Riazor]], [[A Coruña]]
}}
----
{{Football box
|id=Deportivo La Coruña v Wollongong Wolves
|date={{Start date|2001|8|1|df=y}}
|time=19:30
|team1=[[Deportivo de La Coruña|Deportivo La Coruña]] {{fbaicon|ESP}}
|score=Cancelled
|team2={{fbaicon|AUS}} [[Wollongong Wolves FC|Wollongong Wolves]]
|stadium=[[Estadio Riazor]], [[A Coruña]]
}}
{{Football box
|id=Zamalek v Boca Juniors
|date={{Start date|2001|8|1|df=y}}
|time=22:00
|team1=[[Zamalek SC|Zamalek]] {{fbaicon|EGY}}
|score=Cancelled
|team2={{fbaicon|ARG}} [[Boca Juniors]]
|stadium=[[Estadio Riazor]], [[A Coruña]]
}}
----
{{Football box
|id=Boca Juniors v Wollongong Wolves
|date={{Start date|2001|8|4|df=y}}
|time=20:30
|team1=[[Boca Juniors]] {{fbaicon|ARG}}
|score=Cancelled
|team2={{fbaicon|AUS}} [[Wollongong Wolves FC|Wollongong Wolves]]
|stadium=[[Estadio Verónica Boquete de San Lázaro|Estadio Multiusos de San Lázaro]], [[Santiago de Compostela]]
}}
{{Football box
|id=Deportivo La Coruña v Zamalek
|date={{Start date|2001|8|4|df=y}}
|time=20:30
|team1=[[Deportivo de La Coruña|Deportivo La Coruña]] {{fbaicon|ESP}}
|score=Cancelled
|team2={{fbaicon|EGY}} [[Zamalek SC|Zamalek]]
|stadium=[[Estadio Riazor]], [[A Coruña]]
}}

===Group B===
*{{fbaicon|KSA}} [[Al Hilal SFC|Al-Hilal]]
*{{fbaicon|TUR}} [[Galatasaray S.K. (football)|Galatasaray]]
*{{fbaicon|HON|1949}} [[C.D. Olimpia|Olimpia]]
*{{fbaicon|BRA}} [[Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras|Palmeiras]]

{{Football box
|id=Palmeiras v Olimpia
|date={{Start date|2001|7|29|df=y}}
|time=20:00
|team1=[[Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras|Palmeiras]] {{fbaicon|BRA}}
|score=Cancelled
|team2={{fbaicon|HON|1949}} [[C.D. Olimpia|Olimpia]]
|stadium=[[Vicente Calderón Stadium]], [[Madrid]]
}}
{{Football box
|id=Galatasaray v Al-Hilal
|date={{Start date|2001|7|30|df=y}}
|time=22:00
|team1=[[Galatasaray S.K. (football)|Galatasaray]] {{fbaicon|TUR}}
|score=Cancelled
|team2={{fbaicon|KSA}} [[Al Hilal SFC|Al-Hilal]]
|stadium=[[Vicente Calderón Stadium]], [[Madrid]]
}}
----
{{Football box
|id=Olimpia v Galatasaray
|date={{Start date|2001|8|2|df=y}}
|time=19:30
|team1=[[C.D. Olimpia|Olimpia]] {{fbaicon|HON|1949}}
|score=Cancelled
|team2={{fbaicon|TUR}} [[Galatasaray S.K. (football)|Galatasaray]]
|stadium=[[Vicente Calderón Stadium]], [[Madrid]]
}}
{{Football box
|id=Al-Hilal v Palmeiras
|date={{Start date|2001|8|2|df=y}}
|time=22:00
|team1=[[Al Hilal SFC|Al-Hilal]] {{fbaicon|KSA}}
|score=Cancelled
|team2={{fbaicon|BRA}} [[Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras|Palmeiras]]
|stadium=[[Vicente Calderón Stadium]], [[Madrid]]
}}
----
{{Football box
|id=Palmeiras v Galatasaray
|date={{Start date|2001|8|5|df=y}}
|time=22:00
|team1=[[Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras|Palmeiras]] {{fbaicon|BRA}}
|score=Cancelled
|team2={{fbaicon|TUR}} [[Galatasaray S.K. (football)|Galatasaray]]
|stadium=[[Vicente Calderón Stadium]], [[Madrid]]
}}
{{Football box
|id=Olimpia v Al-Hilal
|date={{Start date|2001|8|5|df=y}}
|time=22:00
|team1=[[C.D. Olimpia|Olimpia]] {{fbaicon|HON|1949}}
|score=Cancelled
|team2={{fbaicon|KSA}} [[Al Hilal SFC|Al-Hilal]]
|stadium=[[Santiago Bernabéu Stadium]], [[Madrid]]
}}

===Group C===
*{{fbaicon|GHA}} [[Accra Hearts of Oak S.C.|Hearts of Oak]]
*{{fbaicon|JPN}} [[Júbilo Iwata]]
*{{fbaicon|USA}} [[LA Galaxy|Los Angeles Galaxy]]
*{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]

{{Football box
|id=Real Madrid v Júbilo Iwata
|date={{Start date|2001|7|31|df=y}}
|time=19:30
|team1=[[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]] {{fbaicon|ESP}}
|score=Cancelled
|team2={{fbaicon|JPN}} [[Júbilo Iwata]]
|stadium=[[Santiago Bernabéu Stadium]], [[Madrid]]
}}
{{Football box
|id=Hearts of Oak v Los Angeles Galaxy
|date={{Start date|2001|7|31|df=y}}
|time=22:00
|team1=[[Accra Hearts of Oak S.C.|Hearts of Oak]] {{fbaicon|GHA}}
|score=Cancelled
|team2={{fbaicon|USA}} [[LA Galaxy|Los Angeles Galaxy]]
|stadium=[[Santiago Bernabéu Stadium]], [[Madrid]]
}}
----
{{Football box
|id=Júbilo Iwata v Hearts of Oak
|date={{Start date|2001|8|3|df=y}}
|time=19:30
|team1=[[Júbilo Iwata]] {{fbaicon|JPN}}
|score=Cancelled
|team2={{fbaicon|GHA}} [[Accra Hearts of Oak S.C.|Hearts of Oak]]
|stadium=[[Santiago Bernabéu Stadium]], [[Madrid]]
}}
{{Football box
|id=Los Angeles Galaxy v Real Madrid
|date={{Start date|2001|8|3|df=y}}
|time=22:00
|team1=[[LA Galaxy|Los Angeles Galaxy]] {{fbaicon|USA}}
|score=Cancelled
|team2={{fbaicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|stadium=[[Santiago Bernabéu Stadium]], [[Madrid]]
}}
----
{{Football box
|id=Real Madrid v Hearts of Oak
|date={{Start date|2001|8|6|df=y}}
|time=22:00
|team1=[[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]] {{fbaicon|ESP}}
|score=Cancelled
|team2={{fbaicon|GHA}} [[Accra Hearts of Oak S.C.|Hearts of Oak]]
|stadium=[[Santiago Bernabéu Stadium]], [[Madrid]]
}}
{{Football box
|id=Júbilo Iwata v Los Angeles Galaxy
|date={{Start date|2001|8|6|df=y}}
|time=22:00
|team1=[[Júbilo Iwata]] {{fbaicon|JPN}}
|score=Cancelled
|team2={{fbaicon|USA}} [[LA Galaxy|Los Angeles Galaxy]]
|stadium=[[Vicente Calderón Stadium]], [[Madrid]]
}}

==Knockout stage==

===Semi-finals===
{{Football box
|id=Winner of Group A v Winner of Group B
|date={{Start date|2001|8|9|df=y}}
|time=19:30
|team1=Winner of Group A
|score=Cancelled
|team2=Winner of Group B
|stadium=[[Estadio Riazor]], [[A Coruña]]
}}
----
{{Football box
|id=Winner of Group C v Best 2nd place
|date={{Start date|2001|8|9|df=y}}
|time=22:00
|team1=Winner of Group C
|score=Cancelled
|team2=Best 2nd place
|stadium=[[Santiago Bernabéu Stadium]], [[Madrid]]
}}

===Match for third place===
{{Football box
|id=Loser of Match 19 v Loser of Match 20
|date={{Start date|2001|8|12|df=y}}
|time=19:30
|team1=Loser of Match 19
|score=Cancelled
|team2=Loser of Match 20
|stadium=[[Santiago Bernabéu Stadium]], [[Madrid]]
}}

===Final===
{{Football box
|id=Winner of Match 19 v Winner of Match 20
|date={{Start date|2001|8|12|df=y}}
|time=22:00
|team1=Winner of Match 19
|score=Cancelled
|team2=Winner of Match 20
|stadium=[[Santiago Bernabéu Stadium]], [[Madrid]]
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/fifa-wcc01.html 2001 FIFA Club World Championship] at [[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]]

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