Club World Cup 2010

Club World Championship 2010

FIFA Club World Cup. The FIFA Club World Cup supercedes the annual World Club Championship (Toyota Cup) between the champions of Europe and South America.

The eighth edition of the Club World Cup will be held in Abu Dhabi in the UAE in December 2010. In the Club World Cup 2009 Barcelona were the winners beating Estudiantes 2-1 after extra time.

The 2010 tournament will run from December 8-18 2010.

Club champions from Europe (Champions League winners), South America (Libertadores Cup winners), Oceania (OFC Club Championship winners), Asia (Asian Champions League winners), Africa (CAF Champions League winners) and Central and North America (CONCACAF Champions Cup winners) will compete along with Al Ahli FC representing the host nation.

The tournament will return to Japan for 2011 and 2012.

Teams

Internazionale (Italy; Europe/UEFA)
Internacional (Brazil; South America/CONMEBOL)
Pachuca (Mexico; CONCACAF)
Hekari United (Papua New Guinea; Oceania)
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma (South Korea; Asia/AFC)
Al-Wahda (UAE; Asia/AFC)
Tout-Puissant Mazembe Englebert (Congo; Africa/CAF).

Match Schedule

FIFA Club World Championship TOYOTA CUP 2010 tournament schedule
Play Off Match
Match	Date	KO	Teams	Venue
1	Wed 8 Dec	20:00	Al Wahda 3 v Hekari United 0	Mohammed Bin Zayed
Quarterfinals
2	Fri 10 Dec	20:00	TP Mazembe 1 v Pachuca 0	Mohammed Bin Zayed
3	Sat 12 Dec	20:00	Al Wahda 1 v Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 4	Zayed Sports City

Semifinals
	Date	KO	Teams	Venue
4	Tues 14 Dec	20:00	TP Mazembe 2 v Internacional 0	Mohammed Bin Zayed
5	Wed 15 Dec	21:00	Seongnam Ilwha Chunma 0 v Internazionale 3	Zayed Sports City

Fifth Place Play-Off
	Date	KO	Teams	Venue
6	Wed 15 Dec	18:00	Al Wahda 2 v Pachuca 2 Pachuca win 4-2 on pens.	Zayed Sports City

Third Place Play-Off
	Date	KO	Teams	Venue
7	Sat 18 Dec	18:00	Internacional 4 v Seongnam 2	Zayed Sports City

Final
	Date	KO	Teams	Venue
8	Sat 18 Dec	21:00	TP Mazembe 0 v Internazionale 3	Zayed Sports City

Stadiums

The matches will be played at the 42,056-capacity Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium and the 45,000-capacity Zayed Sports City both in Abu Dhabi.

Predictions

Inter, who defeated Bayern in the 2009 Champions League final start as favorites, though they are now coached by Rafa Benitez not Jose Mourinho and have slipped in Serie A this season. Inter will look to Samuel Eto'o and Diego Milito for goals up front and Wesley Sneijder for inspiration in midfield.

2010 Copa Libertadores holders Internacional won the 2006 Club World Cup in Japan shocking Barcelona in the final and we fancy them to repeat the feat in the Middle East against a less than formidable Inter side. Celso Roth's Internacional have a strong Argentinian presence in the side with Andrés D'Alessandro in midfield and Roberto Abbondanzieri in goal.

Seongnam Ilhwa are a powerhouse of South Korean football and Shin Tae-yong's team will look for good displays from their three foreign stars Australian Sasa Ognenovski, Dzenan Radoncic of Montenegro and Colombia's Mauricio Molina.

Flying the flag for Oceania and Papua New Guinea soccer are unknowns Hekari United.

Mexican side Pachuca from Hilgado state are making their third appearance at the World Club Cup but have not performed well so far on the big stage. Los Tuzos will be hoping for better this time around.

TP Mazembe Englebert from Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo were an African powerhouse in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Founded by Benedictine monks back in 1939, the team reached the Club World Cup last year losing both its matches.

Home side Al Wahda, are coached by Romanian Laszlo Boloni who replaced the Austrian Josef Hickersberger. The team will look to its Brazilian duo of Fernando Baiano and Magrao.

Year	Hosts	Winners
2000	Brazil	Corinthians
2005	Japan	Sao Paulo
2006	Japan	Internacional
2007	Japan	AC Milan
2008	Japan	Manchester United
2009	Abu Dhabi	Barcelona