FIFA Club World Cup awards

FIFA Club World Cup awards

David Luiz, Cássio and Paolo Guerrero (from left to right) accepting their individual awards after the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup Final.
Founded	2000
Region	International (FIFA)

The FIFA Club World Cup is an international association football competition organised by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body.^[1] The championship was first contested as the FIFA Club World Championship in 2000.^[2] 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.^[3] Following a change in format which saw the FIFA Club World Championship absorb the Toyota Cup, it was relaunched in 2005 and took its current name the season afterwards.^[4]

The current format of the tournament involves seven teams competing for the title at venues within the host nation over a period of about two weeks; the winners of that year's edition of the Asian AFC Champions League, African CAF Champions League, North American CONCACAF Champions League, South American Copa Libertadores, Oceanian OFC Champions League and European UEFA Champions League, along with the host nation's national champion, participate in a straight knock – out tournament.^[1]

At the end of each FIFA World Cup 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 are also the only side to have earned three FIFA Fair Play Trophies. Lionel Messi is also the only player to have won two Golden Balls and two MVP Final awards. Uruguayan player Luis Suárez holds the record for the most goals scored in one edition (five in 2015).

Awards

There are currently four awards:^[5]

• the Golden Ball for best player;
• the FIFA Fair Play Trophy for the team with the best record of fair play
• the MVP of the Final Match Trophy for the best player in the final; first awarded in 2005.

The winners of the competition also receive the FIFA Club World Cup Champions Badge; it features an image of the trophy, which the reigning champion is entitled to display on its kit until the final of the next championship.^[6] The badge was first presented to Milan, the winners of the 2007 final.^[7] Initially, all four previous champions were allowed to wear the badge until the 2008 final, where Manchester United gained the sole right to wear the badge by winning the trophy.^[6]

Each player from the clubs finishing third, second and first will also receive one bronze, silver and gold medal each, respectively.^[5]

Golden Ball

In 2008 Wayne Rooney became the first player to win the tournament, the Golden Ball, and the top goalscorer in a single edition, a feat that has since been equaled by Lionel Messi, Sergio Ramos, Luis Suárez and Cristiano Ronaldo

Lionel Messi is the only player to have won two FIFA Club World Cup Golden Balls and two MVP Final Match awards.

In 2011 and 2015, Spanish club FC Barcelona became the record holder of being the only team to win all FIFA Club World Cup honours in one edition.

Toyota Motor Corporation, the presenting sponsor of the FIFA Club World Cup, rewards the Most Valuable Player of the Final Match with one of its vehicles.

Deco is the only player of a losing finalist that was voted the Most Valuable Player of the Final Match.

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.^[5][8] 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.^[5][8]

• Barcelona is the only club to have earned the Golden Ball award four times (Deco - 2006, Lionel Messi - 2009 and 2011, Luis Suárez - 2015).^{[9][10][11][12]}
• Barcelona is also the only club to have earned every award in one edition (2015 Japan).^[13][14]
• Lionel Messi is the only player to have won two Golden Balls.^[15]
• Cristiano Ronaldo has won most awards (4), one Golden Ball and three Silver Balls.^[8]
• Brazilian players have won the most Golden Balls amassing four.^[8] They also hold the record for the most Silver Balls with three in total.^[8]
• Brazilian players share the record with Argentine players for the most Bronze Balls with three each.^[8]
• Cristian Bolaños, Dioko Kaluyituka, Mouhcine Iajour, 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.^[16][17]

List of Golden Balls by edition

Edition	Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball	Ref(s)
2000 Brazil	Edílson	Edmundo	Romário	[8][18]
2005 Japan	Rogério Ceni	Steven Gerrard	Christian Bolaños	[8][19]
2006 Japan	Deco	Iarley	Ronaldinho	[8][20]
2007 Japan	Kaká	Clarence Seedorf	Rodrigo Palacio	[8][21]
2008 Japan	Wayne Rooney	Cristiano Ronaldo	Damián Manso	[8][22]
2009 United Arab Emirates	Lionel Messi	Juan Sebastián Verón	Xavi	[8][23]
2010 United Arab Emirates	Samuel Eto'o	Dioko Kaluyituka	Andrés D'Alessandro	[8][24]
2011 Japan	Lionel Messi	Xavi	Neymar	[8][25]
2012 Japan	Cássio	David Luiz	Paolo Guerrero	[8][26]
2013 Morocco	Franck Ribéry	Philipp Lahm	Mouhcine Iajour	[8][27][28]
2014 Morocco	Sergio Ramos	Cristiano Ronaldo	Ivan Vicelich	[8][29][30]
2015 Japan	Luis Suárez	Lionel Messi	Andrés Iniesta	[31]
2016 Japan	Cristiano Ronaldo	Luka Modrić	Gaku Shibasaki	[32]
2017 United Arab Emirates	Luka Modrić	Cristiano Ronaldo	Jonathan Urretaviscaya	[33]

Most Valuable Player of the Final Match Trophy

The Most Valuable Player of the Final Match Trophy award was awarded for the first time at the 2005 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan and won by Brazil's Rogério Ceni.^[5] The award is given to the best player in the final via the FIFA Technical Study Group. The winner also is rewarded with a Toyota-made automobile.^[5]

• Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are the only players to have been named the best player of the final on two occasions.^[5]
• Brazilian players have earned that distinction the most times with three nominations.^[5]
• Deco is the only player to have won the award for the losing side.^[34]

List of MVP of the Final Match Trophies by edition

Edition	MVP of the Final Match	Ref(s)
2000 Brazil	Not awarded	[18]
2005 Japan	Rogério Ceni	[19]
2006 Japan	Deco	[20]
2007 Japan	Kaká	[21]
2008 Japan	Wayne Rooney	[22]
2009 United Arab Emirates	Lionel Messi	[23]
2010 United Arab Emirates	Samuel Eto'o	[24]
2011 Japan	Lionel Messi	[25]
2012 Japan	Cássio	[26]
2013 Morocco	Franck Ribéry	[28]
2014 Morocco	Sergio Ramos	[30]
2015 Japan	Luis Suárez	[31]
2016 Japan	Cristiano Ronaldo
2017 United Arab Emirates	Cristiano Ronaldo

Hat-tricks

• Luis Suárez and Cristiano Ronaldo are the only players who have scored a hat-trick. Suarez did so in the 2015 semi-final against Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao where he scored all three goals of that match.^[35] Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick in 2016 FIFA Club World Cup Final against Kashima Antlers, an equalizing penalty kick followed by two extra-time goals.

References

External links

• FIFA's official site for the FIFA Club World Cup (in English)(in French)(in German)(in Portuguese)(in Spanish)
• Toyota's official site for the FIFA Club World Cup (in English)(in Japanese)