Football - FIFA World Club Cup

Inaugurated in 1960, the competition began as the Intercontinental Cup - a two-legged contest between the year's winners of the European Cup and the South American Copa Libertadores.
In 1980 the event became a single match played in Tokyo, a system which lasted through to 2004 (the venue changing in 2001 to Yokohama).In 2005, FIFA officially adopted the championship (having dabbled with a World Club tournament in 2000) and
The event was re-named the World Club Cup from 2008 under a different format and with a revolving host. The champions from the other continental federations - CONCACAF, Africa, Asia and Oceania - also being invited along with the champions of the host nation.
In 2025, the first quadrennial World Club Cup was held in USA with a 32-team format akin to the FIFA World Cup for national teams. The 32 sides had qualified via various routes over the preious four years.

YEAR	FINAL VENUE	WINNERS	RUNNERS-UP
1960	Two legs	REAL MADRID	Penarol
1961	Two legs	PENAROL	Benfica
1962	Two legs	SANTOS	Benfica
1963	Two legs	SANTOS	Milan
1964	Two legs	INTER	Indep'iente
1965	Two legs	INTER	Indep'iente
1966	Two legs	PENAROL	R Madrid
1967	Two legs	RACING CLUB	Celtic
1968	Two legs	ESTUDIANTES	Man Utd
1969	Two legs	MILAN	Estudiantes
1970	Two legs	FEYENOORD	Estudiantes
1971	Two legs	NACIONAL	P'thinaikos
1972	Two legs	AJAX	Indep'iente
1973	Two legs	INDEPENDIENTE	Juventus
1974	Two legs	ATLETICO MADRID	Indep'iente
1975	-	Not held
1976	Two legs	BAYERN MUNICH	Cruzeiro
1977	Two legs	BOCA JUNIORS	M'gladbach
1978	-	Not held
1979	Two legs	OLIMPIA	Malmo
1980	Tokyo	NACIONAL	N Forest
1981	Tokyo	FLAMENGO	Liverpool
1982	Tokyo	PENAROL	Aston Villa
1983	Tokyo	GREMIO	Hamburg
1984	Tokyo	INDEPENDIENTE	Liverpool
1985	Tokyo	JUVENTUS	Arg Juniors
1986	Tokyo	RIVER PLATE	Steaua
1987	Tokyo	PORTO	Penarol
1988	Tokyo	NACIONAL	PSV
1989	Tokyo	MILAN	Nacional
1990	Tokyo,	MILAN	Olimpia
1991	Tokyo	CRVENA ZVEZDA	Colo Colo
1992	Tokyo	SAO PAULO	Barcelona
1993	Tokyo	SAO PAULO	Milan
1994	Tokyo	VELEZ SARSFIELD	Milan
1995	Tokyo	AJAX	Gremio
1996	Tokyo	JUVENTUS	River Plate
1997	Tokyo	B DORTMUND	Cruzeiro
1998	Tokyo	REAL MADRID	V da Gama
1999	Tokyo	MAN UTD	Palmeiras
2000~	Rio de J	CORINTHIANS	V da Gama
2000	Tokyo	BOCA JUNIORS	R Madrid
2001	Yokohama	BAYERN MUNICH	B Juniors
2002	Yokohama	REAL MADRID	Olimpia
2003	Yokohama	BOCA JUNIORS	Milan
2004	Yokohama	PORTO	O Caldas
2005	Yokohama	SAO PAULO	Liverpool
2006	Yokohama	INTERNATIONAL	Barcelona
2007	Yokohama	MILAN	B Juniors
2008	Yokohama	MAN UTD	L de Quito
2009	Abu Dhabi	BARCELONA	Estudiantes
2010	Abu Dhabi	INTER	Mazembe
2011	Yokohama	BARCELONA	Santos
2012	Yokohama	CORINTHIANS	Chelsea
2013	Marrakech	BAYERN MUNICH	R C'blanca
2014	Marrakech	REAL MADRID	S Lorenzo
2015	Yokohama	BARCELONA	River Plate
2016	Yokohama	REAL MADRID	Kashima A
2017	Abu Dhabi	REAL MADRID	Gremio
2018	Abu Dhabi	REAL MADRID	Al Ain
2019	Doha	LIVERPOOL	Flamengo
2020*	Doha	BAYERN MUNICH	Tigres
2021*	Abu Dhabi	CHELSEA	Palmeiras
2022*	Rabat	REAL MADRID	Al Hilal
2023	Jeddah	MAN CITY	Fluminense
2024	Not held	-	-
2025	East Rutherford	CHELSEA	Paris St Germain