The 2000 FIFA Club World Championship was the inaugural FIFA Club World Championship held in Brazil from 5 January to 14 January 2000.

Qualifying teams

The clubs that qualified for the tournament were:

Al Nassr	Saudi Arabia	Asian Super Cup 1998 winners
Corinthians	Brazil	Brazilian Championship 1998 winners
Manchester United	England	UEFA Champions League 1998–99 winners
Necaxa	Mexico	CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1999 winners
Raja Casablanca	Morocco	CAF Champions League 1999 winners
Real Madrid	Spain	Intercontinental Cup 1998 winners
South Melbourne	Australia	Oceania Club Championship 1999 winners
Vasco da Gama	Brazil	Copa Libertadores 1998 winners

Squads

For a list of the squads at the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship, see 2000 FIFA Club World Championship squads.

Referees

Africa

• Daouda N'Doye
• Ali Tomusangue

Asia

• Saad Mane
• Serguey Ufimtsev

North, Central America and Caribbean

• William Mattus
• Haseeb Mohammed

Oceania

• Derek Rugg
• Lavetala Siuamoa

South America

• Horacio Elizondo
• Oscar Ruiz
• Miguel Giacomuzzi
• Fernando Cresci

Europe

• Stefano Braschi
• Dick Jol
• Jens Larsen
• Frederic Arnault
• Vincent Texier
• Jacek Pociegiel

Format

Matches were played in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. The teams were organised in two groups of four teams, with the top team in each group going through to the final and the two second-placed teams contesting a third-place play-off.

First stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Corinthians	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
Real Madrid	3	2	1	0	8	5	+3	7
Al Nassr	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	3
Raja Casablanca	3	0	0	3	5	9	−4	0

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Vasco da Gama	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	9
Necaxa	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
Manchester United	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
South Melbourne	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

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Second stage

Match for 3rd place

Final

FIFA Club World Cup 2000 Winners
Corinthians First Title

Tournament round-up

Final standings

Pos	Team	Nation	Confederation
1	Corinthians		CONMEBOL
2	Vasco da Gama		CONMEBOL
3	Necaxa		CONCACAF
4	Real Madrid		UEFA
5	Manchester United		UEFA
6	Al-Nasr		AFC
7	Raja Casablanca		CAF
8	South Melbourne		OFC

Awards

Scorers

3 goals

• Nicolas Anelka (Real Madrid)
• Romário (Vasco da Gama)

2 goals

• Fahad Al-Husseini (Al-Nassr)
• Agustin Delgado (Necaxa)
• Edilson (Corinthians)
• Edmundo (Vasco da Gama)
• Quinton Fortune (Manchester United)
• Cristian Montecinos (Necaxa)
• Raúl (Real Madrid)

1 goal

• Youssef Achami (Raja Casablanca)
• Alex Aguinaga (Necaxa)
• Fuad Amin (Al-Nassr)
• John Anastasiadis (South Melbourne)

• Ahmed Bahja (Al-Nassr)
• Nicky Butt (Manchester United)
• Salvador Cabrera (Necaxa)
• Talal El Karkouri (Raja Casablanca)
• Bouchaib El Moubarki (Raja Casablanca)
• Felipe (Vasco da Gama)
• Geremi (Real Madrid)
• Fernando Hierro (Real Madrid)
• Fábio Luciano (Corinthians)
• Luizão (Corinthians)
• Fernando Morientes (Real Madrid)
• Mustapha Moustaoudia (Raja Casablanca)
• Omar Nejjary (Raja Casablanca)
• Odvan (Vasco da Gama)
• Freddy Rincón (Corinthians)
• Moussa Saïb (Al-Nassr)
• Sávio (Real Madrid)
• Dwight Yorke (Manchester United)

See also

• FIFA Club World Cup

External links

• Info about tournament on FIFA site
• Info about Corinthians season 2000 and FIFA Club World Championshiop