2021 FIFA Club World Cup

18th edition of the FIFA Club World Cup in 2021

Key facts

Host country: United Arab Emirates
Dates: 3–12 February 2022
Teams: 7 (from 6 confederations)
Venue: 2 (in 1 host city)
Champions: Chelsea (1st title)
Runners up: Palmeiras
Third place: Al Ahly
Fourth place: Al-Hilal
Goals scored: 27 (3.38 per match)
Attendance: 100,752 (12,594 per match)
Top scorer s: Romelu Lukaku (Chelsea), Raphael Veiga (Palmeiras), Yasser Ibrahim (Al Ahly), Abdoulay Diaby (Al-Jazira), 2 goals each
Best player: Thiago Silva (Chelsea)

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The 2021 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2021 presented by Alibaba Cloud for sponsorship reasons) was the 18th edition of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised international club football tournament between the winners of the six continental confederations, as well as the host nation's league champions. The tournament was held from 3 to 12 February 2022 in the United Arab Emirates.

Defending champions Bayern Munich did not qualify as they were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League. The eventual winners of that competition, Chelsea, won the Club World Cup for the first time, beating Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia 1–0 in the semi-finals before requiring extra time to claim a 2–1 win over Brazilian side Palmeiras in the final.