2001 FIFA Club World Championship
The 2001 FIFA Club World Championship was a football tournament arranged by FIFA to take place in Spain from 28 July to 12 August 2001. It was supposed to be the second edition of the FIFA Club World Championship, after the first edition in 2000, but was cancelled owing to a combination of factors such as the collapse of FIFA's marketing partner ISL. FIFA had originally planned to postpone the tournament until 2003.
Host bids
The FIFA Executive Committee appointed Spain as tournament hosts on 3 August 2000 during their meeting in Zürich, Switzerland.Qualified teams
The clubs invited to the 2001 tournament were:| Team | Confederation | Qualification | Participation |
| Deportivo La Coruña | UEFA | Winners of the 1999–2000 La Liga | 1st |
| Hearts of Oak | CAF | Winners of the 2000 CAF Champions League | 1st |
| Zamalek | CAF | Winners of the 2000 African Cup Winners' Cup | 1st |
| Al-Hilal | AFC | Winners of the 2000 Asian Super Cup | 1st |
| Júbilo Iwata | AFC | Winners of the 1999 Asian Super Cup | 1st |
| Real Madrid | UEFA | Winners of the 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League | 2nd |
| Galatasaray | UEFA | Winners of the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup | 1st |
| Los Angeles Galaxy | CONCACAF | Winners of the 2000 CONCACAF Champions' Cup | 1st |
| Olimpia | CONCACAF | Runners-up of the 2000 CONCACAF Champions' Cup | 1st |
| Wollongong Wolves | OFC | Winners of the 2001 Oceania Club Championship | 1st |
| Boca Juniors | CONMEBOL | Winners of the 2000 Copa Libertadores | 1st |
| Palmeiras | CONMEBOL | Winners of the 1999 Copa Libertadores | 1st |
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Venues
Matches were to be played in Madrid, A Coruña and Santiago de Compostela.Format
Due to the expansion of the tournament to 12 teams, the group stage saw the teams divided into three groups of four. The top team in each group and the best second-placed team qualified for the semi-finals.Group stage
The group stage draw was held on 6 March 2001 at the Congress Centre in A Coruña; however, on 18 May 2001, FIFA confirmed that the tournament had been cancelled. They made plans to hold an expanded, 16-team tournament in 2003, again in Spain, but it was ultimately not until 2005 in Japan that the tournament was finally resurrected, but with a reduced format.Group A
- Boca Juniors
- Deportivo La Coruña
- Wollongong Wolves
- Zamalek
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Group B
- Al-Hilal
- Galatasaray
- Olimpia
- Palmeiras
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Group C
- Hearts of Oak
- Júbilo Iwata
- Los Angeles Galaxy
- Real Madrid
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