NB: on May 18, 2001, FIFA announced the tournament will be postponed to 2003,
citing 3 reasons: national and international fixtures (which can hardly
have come as a surprise), economic problems of some of the participants'
home countries (never prevented a World Cup) and, crucially, the financial
problems of ISL Worldwide, FIFA's marketing partner, which is factually
bankrupt. The 2003 edition was never held, a new try is planned for 2005.
Participants
Twelve teams were to be invited:
Real Madrid - 2000 UEFA Champions' League winners
Galatasaray - 2000 European Super Cup winners
Palmeiras - 1999 Copa Libertadores winners
Boca Juniors - 2000 Copa Libertadores winners
Jubilo Iwata - 1999 Asian Super Cup winners
Al Hilal (Riyadh) - 2000 Asian Super Cup winners
LA Galaxy - 2000 Concacaf Champions Cup winners
Olimpia - 2000 Concacaf Champions Cup runners-up
Wollongong Wolves - 2001 Oceania Champions' Cup winners
Hearts of Oak - 2000 Africa Champions' Cup winners
Zamalek - 2000 Africa Cup Winners' Cup winners
Deportivo (La C.) - 2000 Spanish Champions
NB: holders Corinthians not invited.
Originally Manchester United were foreseen as 2nd European entry (as winners of
the 1999 Champions' League), but Galatasaray were apparently far more eager to
participate.
The originally planned schedule:
First Phase
Group A (Riazor, La Coruña)
1.Boca Juniors 0 0 0 0 0- 0 0
2.Deportivo La Coruna 0 0 0 0 0- 0 0
3.Wollongong Wolves 0 0 0 0 0- 0 0
4.Zamalek 0 0 0 0 0- 0 0
28- 7 Boca Juniors - Deportivo
29- 7 Wollongong - Zamalek
1- 8 Deportivo - Wollongong
1- 8 Boca Juniors - Zamalek
4- 8 Boca Juniors - Wollongong [San Lazaro, Santiago de Compostela]
4- 8 Deportivo - Zamalek
Group B (Vicente Calderón, Madrid)
1.Galatasaray 0 0 0 0 0- 0 0
2.Al Hilal 0 0 0 0 0- 0 0
3.Olimpia 0 0 0 0 0- 0 0
4.Palmeiras 0 0 0 0 0- 0 0
29- 7 Palmeiras - Olimpia
30- 7 Galatasaray - Hilal
2- 8 Olimpia - Galatasaray
2- 8 Palmeiras - Hilal
5- 8 Palmeiras - Galatasaray
5- 8 Olimpia - Hilal [Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid]
Group C (Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid)
1.Hearts of Oak 0 0 0 0 0- 0 0
2.Jubilo Iwata 0 0 0 0 0- 0 0
3.LA Galaxy 0 0 0 0 0- 0 0
4.Real Madrid 0 0 0 0 0- 0 0
31- 7 Real Madrid - Jubilo Iwata
31- 7 Hearts of Oak - LA Galaxy
3- 8 Jubilo Iwata - Hearts of Oak
3- 8 Real Madrid - LA Galaxy
6- 8 Real Madrid - Hearts of Oak
6- 8 Jubilo Iwata - LA Galaxy [Vicente Calderón, Madrid]
Group winners and best runners-up qualify for semifinals
Semifinals [Aug 9]
winners A - winners B [Riazor]
winners C - best runners-up [Santiago Bernabéu]
Third Place Match [Aug 12]
- [Santiago Bernabéu]
Final [Aug 12]
- [Santiago Bernabéu]
Thanks to Miguel Alvim Gonzalez (miguelgonzalez@openlink.com.br), Brien Aronov (LeicsCity@aol.com) and Marcelo Leme de Arruda (mlarruda@terra.com.br)
Prepared and maintained by Karel Stokkermans for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Karel Stokkermans
Last updated: 31 Dec 2005
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