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Revision as of 16:57, 30 May 2011

2012 FIFA Club World Cup
FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2012
Tournament details
Host countryJapan
DatesDecember
Teams7 (from 6 confederations)
← 2011
2013 →

The 2012 FIFA Club World Cup is a football tournament planned for December 2012. It will be the 9th edition of the FIFA Club World Cup. The tournament will be hosted by Japan.[1][2]

Qualified teams

Team Confederation Qualification Participation
Enter in the semifinals
Spain Barcelona (19 May 2012) UEFA Winner of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League
TBD (~Jun 2012) CONMEBOL Winner of the 2012 Copa Libertadores
Enter in the quarterfinals
TBD (~Apr 2012) CONCACAF Winner of the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League
TBD (~Nov 2012) AFC Winner of the 2012 AFC Champions League
TBD (~Nov 2012) CAF Winner of the 2012 CAF Champions League
Enter in the qualifying round
TBD (~Apr 2012) OFC Winner of the 2011–12 OFC Champions League
Japan TBD (by Dec 2012) Host* Winner of the 2012 J. League Division 1

* - If the AFC Champions League winner is from Japan, then the highest placed non-Japanese team of the AFC Champions League will be invited in place of the J. League winner.

Teams in contention

UEFA Berth

Winner of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League

Group stage
Spain Barcelona Italy Milan France Marseille Portugal Porto
England Manchester United Italy Internazionale Russia Zenit St. Petersburg Netherlands Ajax
England Chelsea Italy Napoli Russia CSKA Moscow Turkey Fenerbahçe
England Manchester City Germany Borussia Dortmund Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk Greece Olympiacos
Spain Real Madrid Germany Bayer Leverkusen Romania Oţelul Galaţi Switzerland Basel
Spain Valencia France Lille
Play-off round
Champions Non-champions
England Arsenal Italy Udinese France Lyon
Spain Villarreal Germany Bayern Munich
Third qualifying round
Champions Non-champions
Belgium Genk Russia Rubin Kazan Netherlands Twente Switzerland Zürich
Denmark Copenhagen Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv Turkey Trabzonspor Belgium Standard Liège
Scotland Rangers Romania Politehnica Timişoara Greece Panathinaikos Denmark Odense
Portugal Benfica
Second qualifying round
Bulgaria Litex Lovech Serbia Partizan Latvia Skonto Kazakhstan Tobol Kostanay
Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň Poland Wisła Kraków Moldova Dacia Chişinău Estonia Flora Tallinn
Austria Sturm Graz Croatia Dinamo Zagreb Slovenia Maribor Albania Skënderbeu Korçë
Israel Maccabi Haifa Belarus BATE Borisov Hungary Videoton Armenia Pyunik
Cyprus APOEL Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers Georgia (country) Zestafoni Wales Bangor City
Norway Rosenborg Finland HJK Helsinki Azerbaijan Neftchi Baku Montenegro Mogren
Slovakia Slovan Bratislava Bosnia and Herzegovina Borac Banja Luka Iceland Breiðablik Faroe Islands HB Tórshavn
Sweden Malmö FF Lithuania Ekranas North Macedonia Škendija Northern Ireland Linfield
First qualifying round
Luxembourg F91 Dudelange Andorra FC Santa Coloma Malta Valletta San Marino Tre Fiori

CONMEBOL Berth

Winner of the 2012 Copa Libertadores†

† Mexican teams, as invitees to the Copa Libertadores, are not allowed to be CONMEBOL's representatives in the Club World Cup. Should a Mexican team win the Copa Libertadores, the best-placed team outside Mexico will represent CONMEBOL.

(Competition scheduled to start in January 2012. For a provisional entry list of competing teams, see here.)

CONCACAF Berth

Winner of the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League

Group stage
United States Los Angeles Galaxy Costa Rica Alajuelense
United States Colorado Rapids Honduras Real España
Mexico UNAM Panama Tauro
Mexico Monterrey Guatemala Comunicaciones
Preliminary round
Mexico Morelia Haiti Tempête Honduras Motagua Guatemala Municipal
Mexico Santos Laguna Honduras Olimpia El Salvador Isidro Metapán Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Islanders
El Salvador Alianza United States FC Dallas Canada Canada 1 Nicaragua Real Esteli
Panama San Francisco United States Seattle Sounders Costa Rica Herediano Guyana Alpha United

AFC Berth

Winner of the 2012 AFC Champions League

‡ If the AFC Champions League winner is from Japan, then the highest placed non-Japanese team of the AFC Champions League will be invited in place of the J. League winner.

(Competition scheduled to start in February 2012. For a provisional entry list of competing teams, see here.)

CAF Berth

Winner of the 2012 CAF Champions League

(Competition scheduled to start in January 2012. For a provisional entry list of competing teams, see here.)

OFC Berth

Winner of the 2011–12 OFC Champions League

(Competition scheduled to start in October 2011. For a provisional entry list of competing teams, see here.)

Host Nation Berth

Winner of the 2012 J. League Division 1

‡ If the AFC Champions League winner is from Japan, then the highest placed non-Japanese team of the AFC Champions League will be invited in place of the J. League winner.

(Competition scheduled to start in March 2012. Competing teams will be the top 15 teams of 2011 J. League Division 1 and the top 3 teams of 2011 J. League Division 2.)

References

  1. ^ "Unanimous support for 6+5, FIFA Club World Cup hosts revealed". fifa.com. 2008-05-27. Retrieved 2010-04-01. Another major decision taken by the Executive Committee was to award the organisation of the 2009 and 2010 editions of the FIFA Club World Cup for the first time to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the following two events, in 2011 and 2012, to Japan, where it has been played since 2005 and will be again in December this year.
  2. ^ "FIFA moves Club World Cup to UAE from Japan". soccernet.espn.com. 2008-05-27. Retrieved 2010-04-02. Japan were given some consolation for their loss when they awarded the tournament in 2011 and 2012 while Australia, which had been hoping to use the event to boost their chances of staging the World Cup in 2018, were overlooked altogether.
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