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2009 FIFA Club World Cup

2009 FIFA Club World Cup
كأس العالم للأندية لكرة القدم 2009
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2009 FIFA Club World Cup Logo
Tournament details
Host country United Arab Emirates
Dates 9 December – 19 December
Teams 7 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Spain Barcelona (1st title)
Runners-up Argentina Estudiantes
Third place South Korea Pohang Steelers
Fourth place Mexico Atlante
Tournament statistics
Matches played 8
Goals scored 25 (3.13 per match)
Attendance 156,350 (19,544 per match)
Top scorer(s) Brazil Denilson (4 goals)
Best player Argentina Lionel Messi
2008
2010

The 2009 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2009 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was a football tournament played from 9 December to 19 December 2009. It was the sixth FIFA Club World Cup and was played in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.Australia, Japan and Portugal also placed bids to host the tournament, but Portugal later withdrew from the process.

The final was played on 19 December 2009 and was won by European champions Barcelona, who came from behind to defeat the South American entrants, Estudiantes, 2–1 after extra time.Mauro Boselli put Estudiantes ahead in the 37th minute, but Pedro equalised with one minute left in normal time before Lionel Messi scored the winning goal five minutes into the second half of extra time. This made Barcelona the first Spanish side to win the FIFA Club World Cup, and it also meant that they had won a total of six competitions in the 2009 calendar year, beating Liverpool's record five trophies won in 2001.

Abu Dhabi was the only city to serve as a venue for the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup.

The Adidas Jabulani, the official match ball of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, served as the match ball of the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup.

The official draw was held in Abu Dhabi on 12 November 2009 to decide the opposition to be faced by the three teams that begin the tournament at the quarter-final stage.

All times are UAE Time (UTC+4)


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