The 2022 FIFA Club World Cup final was the final match of the
2022 FIFA Club World Cup, an international club
football
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tournament hosted by Morocco. It was the 19th final of the
FIFA Club World Cup
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, a
FIFA
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-organised tournament between the club champions from each of the six continental confederations, as well as the host nation's league champions.
The match was played at the
Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in
Rabat
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on 11 February 2023. It was contested by Spanish club
Real Madrid
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, representing
UEFA
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as the reigning champions of the
UEFA Champions League
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, and Saudi Arabian club
Al-Hilal, representing the
AFC.
Real Madrid won the match 5–3 for their fifth FIFA Club World Cup title and eighth
club world championship.
With eight goals, the match was the highest scoring final in Club World Cup history.
Teams
''In the following table, the finals until 2005 were in the FIFA Club World Championship era, and since 2006 in the FIFA Club World Cup era.''
Al-Hilal became the third Asian club to reach the Club World Cup final in the 19th edition of the tournament. They are also the first
AFC nominee to do so, as the Asian appearances in the
2016
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finals were both the club of the host association.
Note: On 27 October 2017,
FIFA
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officially recognised all the champions of the Intercontinental Cup as club world champions, in equal status to the FIFA Club World Cup.
*IC:
Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004)
*FCWC:
FIFA Club World Cup finals (2000, 2005–present)
Route to the final
Match
Details
Statistics
Notes
References
External links
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Real Madrid CF matches
Al-Hilal Saudi FC matches
2022–23 in Spanish football
2022–23 in Saudi Arabian football
2022–23 in Moroccan football
Football competitions in Rabat
21st century in Rabat