2011 Club World Cup

Starts December 8 and ends December 18. The participating teams are:

Santos
Barcelona
Al-Sadd
Monterrey
Kashiwa Reysol
Esperance
Auckland City


Matches



Bracket

Anything other than a Santos x Barca final.

Hope Santos bags this, I mean it was the only thing they've been playing for.

Give me Liberty, or give me death!

Stupid question, but why are there seven teams? Europe, NA, SA, Asia, Africa, Oceania, and...?

Penguin FC from Antarctica pulled out.

It's going to be a Santos v Barca final and Barca will win. I miss the good old days where Ahly would play every other year in this tournament.

SBSP wrote:Stupid question, but why are there seven teams? Europe, NA, SA, Asia, Africa, Oceania, and...?

Stupid question indeed.

Time to finally watch Neymar.

SBSP wrote:Stupid question, but why are there seven teams? Europe, NA, SA, Asia, Africa, Oceania, and...?

Host

I love the Club World Cup. I look forward to seeing Aucklands match.

Barca have got this.

Neymar vs Messi hopefully.

Pele is supposed to be returning for this.

http://www.goal.com/en/news/584/brazil/2011/10/05/2697436/pele-moves-closer-to-playing-for-santos-at-club-world-cup

I hope he'll play.

There'a s reason that news is two months old. Pele has already declined the offer. He'll only travel as a normal part of the club's delegation.

How exactly are the participants picked for this tournament?

Winners of the premier continental club competition in their respective regions bar one.


Santos: Libertadores winners
Barcelona: CL winners
Al-Sadd: Asian CL Winners
Monterrey: CONCACAF CL winners
Kashiwa Reysol: The exception. They get in as a club from the host country. Won the J-League.
Esperance: African CL winners
Auckland City: Oceania CL winners. Just found out yesterday that such a thing existed.

Fuck how funny would it have been if Pele was playing

Is this going to be on tv in England?

This always has to be in Japan

Santos will play Barca and realise that the best club in Europe is considerably better than the best club in South America

QwertyKirby wrote:This always has to be in Japan

It was in Dubai last year, but the majority of the time its in Japan.

QwertyKirby wrote:This always has to be in Japan

It was in the UAE for the past two years, and it will be returning there next year. Then in 2013 it will be going to Morocco.

Laurencio wrote:Santos will play Barca and realise that the best club in Europe is considerably better than the best club in South America

Internacional-Barcelona 2006
Sao Paulo-Liverpool 2005

Going even further back, Man Utd-Vasco 2000

I don't think a European team has beaten a Brazilian team in the final of this tournament in its current form.

Rei Andros wrote:Winners of the premier continental club competition in their respective regions bar one.


Santos: Libertadores winners
Barcelona: CL winners
Al-Sadd: Asian CL Winners
Monterrey: CONCACAF CL winners
Kashiwa Reysol: The exception. They get in as a club from the host country. Won the J-League.
Esperance: African CL winners
Auckland City: Oceania CL winners. Just found out yesterday that such a thing existed.

How does someone not know about the mighty OFC Champions League?? I think we have a thread about this massive tournament somewhere on here.

Rei Andros wrote:

QwertyKirby wrote:This always has to be in Japan

It was in the UAE for the past two years, and it will be returning there next year. Then in 2013 it will be going to Morocco.

Laurencio wrote:Santos will play Barca and realise that the best club in Europe is considerably better than the best club in South America

Internacional-Barcelona 2006
Sao Paulo-Liverpool 2005

Going even further back, Man Utd-Vasco 2000

I don't think a European team has beaten a Brazilian team in the final of this tournament in its current form.

No European team has ever failed to reach the Final of this tournament in its current format either, unlike Internacional last season.

We near a 2nd tier thing for this... How about the following

Copa Sudamericana winner

Europa League winner

AFC Cup winner

CAF Confederation Cup winner

CONCACAF Champions League runner-up

OFC Champions League runner-up

2nd place host

Weather130 wrote:We near a 2nd tier thing for this... How about the following

Copa Sudamericana winner

Europa League winner

AFC Cup winner

CAF Confederation Cup winner

CONCACAF Champions League runner-up

OFC Champions League runner-up

2nd place host

Or 1 large 16 team tournament, Both the finalists of each federations Champions League + the previous years winner and the host?

LFC_Grunners wrote:

Weather130 wrote:We near a 2nd tier thing for this... How about the following

Copa Sudamericana winner

Europa League winner

AFC Cup winner

CAF Confederation Cup winner

CONCACAF Champions League runner-up

OFC Champions League runner-up

2nd place host

Or 1 large 16 team tournament, Both the finalists of each federations Champions League + the previous years winner and the host?

Yeah, and when are you going to play this?

ResurrectionRooney wrote:

LFC_Grunners wrote:

Or 1 large 16 team tournament, Both the finalists of each federations Champions League + the previous years winner and the host?

Yeah, and when are you going to play this?

That's FIFA's problem to sort out

tbh you could probably get a 16 team knock-out finished in less than a fortnight so it can be played whenever.

The sendoff at the airport for the squad from yesterday.

kashima to be the new mazembe against santos


Santos and Barcelona all-time appearances in WCC


Santos x Benfica - 1962
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5Dw8TWMJik
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1962_Intercontinental_Cup

Santos x Milan - 1963
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbrdnrVz2l0
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963_Intercontinental_Cup

Barcelona x Sao Paulo - 1992
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl6mNCQRn4E
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Intercontinental_Cup

Barcelona x Internacional - 2005
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqL3BxqcsNE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_FIFA_Club_World_Cup_Final

Barcelona x Estudiantes de la Plata - 2009
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZSAcLuU3WY
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_FIFA_Club_World_Cup_Final