2014 FIFA Club World Cup
The 2014 FIFA Club World Cup was the 11th 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. It was hosted by Morocco for the second consecutive season, and played from 10 to 20 December 2014.
Bayern Munich could not defend their title having been eliminated in the semi-finals of the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League by eventual winners Real Madrid. The Spanish side went on to beat Mexico's Cruz Azul 4–0 in the Club World Cup semi-finals, before defeating San Lorenzo 2–0 in the 2014 [FIFA Club World Cup Final|final] to give them their first Club World Cup title. Including the 1960, 1998 and 2002 Intercontinental Cups, it was Real Madrid's fourth world club title, equalling Milan's record.
Host bids
There were four countries bidding to host the 2013 and 2014 tournaments :In October 2011, FIFA said that Iran, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates all withdrew their bids, leaving Morocco as the only bidder. The FIFA Executive Committee officially confirmed Morocco as host on 17 December 2011 during their meeting in Tokyo, Japan.
On 21 August 2014, FIFA issued a statement reconfirming Morocco as the host, despite recent rumours that a change in venue might be sought due to the 2014 West Africa Ebola virus outbreak. Morocco had cancelled its hosting of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations due to fears of Ebola, but vowed to host the Club World Cup as no entrants would be from the countries with the most severe Ebola outbreaks.
Venues
The venues for the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup were in Rabat and Marrakesh.| Rabat | Marrakesh | |
| Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium | Stade de Marrakesh | |
| Capacity: 52,000 | Capacity: 41,245 | |
Match officials
The appointed match officials were:| Confederation | Referee | Assistant referees |
| AFC | Benjamin Williams | Matthew Cream Paul Cetrangolo |
| CAF | Noumandiez Doué | Songuifolo Yéo Jean-Claude Birumushahu |
| CONCACAF | Walter López | Leonel Leal Gerson López |
| CONMEBOL | Enrique Osses | Carlos Astroza Sergio Román |
| OFC | Norbert Hauata | Tevita Makasini Paul Ahupu |
| UEFA | Pedro Proença | Bertino Miranda Tiago Trigo |
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Squads
Each team named a 23-man squad by the FIFA deadline of 28 November 2014. Injury replacements were allowed until 24 hours before the team's first match. The squads were announced by FIFA on 4 December 2014.Matches
If a match was tied after normal playing time:- For elimination matches, extra time was played. If still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out was held to determine the winner.
- For the matches for fifth place and third place, no extra time was played, and a penalty shoot-out was held to determine the winner.
Quarter-finals
A draw was held on 11 October 2014 at 19:00 WEST, at the La Mamounia Hotel in Marrakesh, to determine the pairings of the four quarter-finalists.----
Semi-finals
The first semi-final was originally to be played at Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, but was moved to Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh due to difficult pitch conditions.----
Goalscorers
1 own goalAwards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.FIFA also named a man of the match for the best player in each game at the tournament.
| Match | Man of the match | Club | Opponent |
| 1 |  fbaicon|NZLfbaicon|MAR |