FIFA Club World Cup awards
The FIFA Club World Cup is an international association football competition organised by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association, the sport's global governing body. The championship was first contested as the FIFA Club World Championship in 2000. It was not held between 2001 and 2004 due to a combination of factors, most importantly the collapse of FIFA's marketing partner International Sport and Leisure. Following a change in format which saw the FIFA Club World Championship absorb the Intercontinental Cup, it was relaunched in 2005 and took its current name the season afterwards.
The current format of the tournament, in use since the competition was revamped ahead of the 2025 edition, features 32 teams competing for the title at venues within the host nation; 12 teams from Europe, 6 from South America, 4 from Asia, 4 from Africa, 4 from North, Central America and Caribbean, 1 from Oceania, and 1 team from the host nation. The teams are drawn into eight groups of four, with each team playing three group stage matches in a round-robin format. The top two teams from each group advance to the knockout stage, starting with the round of 16 and culminating with the final.
At the end of each final tournament, several awards are attributed to the players and teams which have distinguished themselves from the rest in different aspects of the game. Spanish club Barcelona has been the only club to earn every award in one edition, a feat accomplished during the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup. Barcelona, along with Real Madrid, are also the only sides to have earned three FIFA Fair Play Trophies. Lionel Messi is also the only player to have won two Golden Ball awards. Uruguayan player Luis Suárez holds the record for the most goals scored in one edition.
Awards
There are currently three awards:- the Golden Ball for best player;
- the Man of the Match for the best player in each tournament match; first awarded in 2013;
- the FIFA Fair Play Trophy for the team with the best record of fair play.
- the Golden Shoe for best player; only awarded in 2000;
- the FIFA All-Star Team for the best squad of players of the tournament; only awarded in 2000.
Each player from the clubs finishing third, second and first also receive one bronze, silver and gold medal each, respectively.
Golden Ball
The Golden Ball award is presented to the best player at each FIFA Club World Cup, with a shortlist drawn up by the FIFA technical committee and the winner voted for by representatives of the media. Those who finish as runners-up in the vote receive the Silver Ball and Bronze Ball awards as the second and third most outstanding players in the tournament respectively.- Real Madrid is the only club to have earned the Golden Ball award five times.
- Barcelona is the only club to have earned every award in one edition.
- Lionel Messi is the only player to have won two Golden Balls.
- Cristiano Ronaldo has won most awards, one Golden Ball and three Silver Balls.
- Brazilian players have won the most Golden Balls, amassing seven. They also hold the record for the most Silver and Bronze Balls with six and five, respectively.
- Cristian Bolaños, Dioko Kaluyituka, Mouhcine Iajour, Gaku Shibasaki and Ivan Vicelich are the only non-European and non-South American players who have earned the Silver Ball or the Bronze Ball while playing for a club that doesn't come from the aforementioned continents.
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| 2000 Brazil |  Man of the MatchThe Man of the Match award was introduced in 2013 FIFA Club World Cup in Morocco. The award is given to the best player in each tournament match by the FIFA Technical Study Group.Six players have won two man of the match awards:
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