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2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup
Tournament details
Host countriesFinal stages:
Qatar
Early rounds:
Egypt
United Arab Emirates
Dates22 September – 18 December
Teams6 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsSpain Real Madrid (1st title)
Runners-upMexico Pachuca
Tournament statistics
Matches played5
Goals scored17 (3.4 per match)
Attendance183,775 (36,755 per match)
Top scorer(s)Soufiane Rahimi (Al Ain)
2 goals
Best player(s)Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid)
2025

The 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup (officially known as the FIFA Intercontinental Cup Qatar 2024 presented by Aramco for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the inaugural edition of the FIFA Intercontinental Cup, an annual club association football tournament organised by FIFA. The tournament comprised the six teams that won the previous edition of the continental championships in each FIFA confederation, playing each other in a single-elimination bracket. It was held from 22 September to 18 December 2024. The first two games were played in the stadium of a team involved in each match, and the final three (including the final) were played in Qatar as a neutral venue.[2]

The tournament broadly maintains the format of the previous annual versions of the FIFA Club World Cup, which was expanded and reorganised into a quadrennial tournament with more entrants, with the exception of changes to venues for the initial rounds.[2]

Format

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The details were approved by the FIFA Council on 17 December 2023, with the format formally confirmed on 20 September 2024.[3][4][5][6]

Venues

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 United Arab Emirates  Egypt  Qatar
Al Ain Cairo Doha Lusail
(Doha Area)
Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Cairo International Stadium Stadium 974 Lusail Stadium
Capacity: 25,053 Capacity: 75,000 Capacity: 44,089 Capacity: 88,966

Qualified teams

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Location of the teams participating in the 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup.
Team Confederation Qualification Qualified date
Entering in the final
Spain Real Madrid UEFA Winners of the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League 1 June 2024
Entering in the second round
Egypt Al Ahly CAF Winners of the 2023–24 CAF Champions League 25 May 2024
Mexico Pachuca CONCACAF Winners of the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup 1 June 2024
Brazil Botafogo CONMEBOL Winners of the 2024 Copa Libertadores 30 November 2024
Entering in the first round
United Arab Emirates Al Ain AFC Winners of the 2023–24 AFC Champions League 25 May 2024
New Zealand Auckland City OFC Winners of the 2024 OFC Champions League 24 May 2024

Matches

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The match schedule was confirmed on 26 August 2024.[8][9] If a match was tied after normal playing time, extra time was played. If still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out was held to determine the winner.[10]

First round

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African–Asian–Pacific Cup play-off
Al Ain United Arab Emirates6–2New Zealand Auckland City
Report

Second round

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African–Asian–Pacific Cup
Al Ahly Egypt3–0United Arab Emirates Al Ain
Report

Derby of the Americas
Botafogo Brazil0–3Mexico Pachuca
Report
Attendance: 12,257[11]

Play-off

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Final

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Real Madrid Spain3–0Mexico Pachuca
Report

Goalscorers

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Rank Player Team Goals
1 Morocco Soufiane Rahimi United Arab Emirates Al Ain 2
2 State of Palestine Wessam Abou Ali Egypt Al Ahly 1
Egypt Emam Ashour Egypt Al Ahly
New Zealand Myer Bevan New Zealand Auckland City
Portugal Fábio Cardoso United Arab Emirates Al Ain
Colombia Nelson Deossa Mexico Pachuca
Mali Sékou Gassama United Arab Emirates Al Ain
Morocco Oussama Idrissi Mexico Pachuca
Paraguay Kaku United Arab Emirates Al Ain
Colombia Jerson Lagos New Zealand Auckland City
Egypt Mohamed Magdy Egypt Al Ahly
France Kylian Mbappé Spain Real Madrid
Argentina Matías Palacios United Arab Emirates Al Ain
Brazil Rodrygo Spain Real Madrid
Venezuela Salomón Rondón Mexico Pachuca
Brazil Vinícius Júnior Spain Real Madrid

Awards

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The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. Vinícius Júnior of Real Madrid won the Golden Ball award, sponsored by Adidas, which was jointly awarded with the Aramco Player of the Tournament to recognise the best player of the Intercontinental Cup.[14]

Adidas Golden Ball
Aramco Player of the Tournament
Adidas Silver Ball Adidas Bronze Ball
Brazil Vinícius Júnior
(Real Madrid)
Uruguay Federico Valverde
(Real Madrid)
Mexico Elías Montiel
(Pachuca)

Trophies awarded

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In addition to the Intercontinental Cup final, trophies were awarded to the winning teams of the African–Asian–Pacific Cup (contested by the AFC, CAF and OFC representatives), Derby of the Americas (contested by the CONCACAF and CONMEBOL representatives) and Challenger Cup (contested by the winners of the two aforementioned matches).[5]

Notes

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  1. ^ A draw determined whether the winners of the 2023–24 AFC Champions League or the 2023–24 CAF Champions League would play in the first round. Consequently, the other team entered in the second round.

References

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  1. ^ "FIFA Intercontinental Cup 2024 stadiums revealed". FIFA. 12 November 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  2. ^ a b "FIFA Council confirms key details for FIFA Club World Cup 2025" (Press release). FIFA. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  3. ^ Bonn, Kyle (17 December 2023). "Club World Cup 2025 in USA: Confirmed teams, format, schedule, dates for FIFA tournament with expanded field". The Sporting News. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  4. ^ Nair, Rohith (17 December 2023). "Club World Cup set for June–July 2025, new Intercontinental Cup in 2024 –FIFA". Reuters. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  5. ^ a b "FIFA Intercontinental Cup: Key information". FIFA. 20 September 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Bureau of the Council update on FIFA Intercontinental Cup 2024". FIFA. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  7. ^ @AucklandCity_FC (26 August 2024). "Intercontinental Cup: City to face AFC Champs" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ^ Al Ain FC [@alainfcae_en] (26 August 2024). "Official | The match schedule for the 2024 Intercontinental Cup has been confirmed" (Tweet). Retrieved 18 September 2024 – via Twitter.
  9. ^ "Match Schedule FIFA Intercontinental Cup Qatar 2024" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  10. ^ "Media and Marketing Regulations for the FIFA Intercontinental Cup 2024™" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  11. ^ "Match Report: Botafogo v. CF Pachuca" (PDF). FIFA. 11 December 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  12. ^ "Match Report: CF Pachuca v. Al Ahly FC" (PDF). FIFA. 14 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  13. ^ "Match Report: Real Madrid CF v. CF Pachuca" (PDF). FIFA. 18 December 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  14. ^ "Real Madrid beat Pachuca to win Intercontinental Cup". FIFA. 18 December 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
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