Football fans around the world are preparing, at ten o'clock tonight, Sunday, for the World Cup final - the first in its new version - between the two teams.
Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea
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This is not the first time that the English team - Chelsea - has reached the final of the tournament, but rather the third time out of a total of 18 tournaments, as it reached its first final in the tournament in 2012 against Brazilian Corinthians, which it lost by a clean goal to be crowned runner-up of the tournament, passing through its meeting against Brazilian Palmeiras in 2021, winning this time over the Brazilian team by two goals to one, and then its third arrival today, against French Paris Saint-Germain, which is reaching the final of the tournament for the first time in its history.
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The FIFA Club World Cup Finals, the first edition of which was in 2000 (except for the period from 2001 to 2004 when the tournament was suspended due to the collapse of the marketing company, based on that-
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Spain is the most successful country with only two teams.
Twenty teams have reached the Club World Cup final so far, including today's match. 12 of them have won the title: Real Madrid and Barcelona (Spain), Chelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool (England), Corinthians, Internacional, São Paulo (Brazil), Bayern Munich (Germany), AC Milan, and Inter Milan (Italy).
The winning teams in all editions of the Club World Cup have scored 51 goals, while conceding 15, which is equivalent to 3.5 times. This means that the total number of goals scored in the history of the tournament finals has reached 65 goals, scored by 49 players.
Finals that brought together European teams with teams from the Americas accounted for the largest proportion of matches, at 50%, with 7 matches, compared to the European-Asian finals at 21% with 3 matches, and all-European or European-African finals with 2 matches each.
Spanish teams have won the title with about 43% of the total, with 9 titles won by only two teams: (Real Madrid with about 67%, with 6 titles, compared to 3 for Barcelona), then Brazil and England with 4 titles each, and finally Germany and Italy with 2 titles.
On the other hand, Gama de Vasco and Santos of Brazil, Liga de Quito of Ecuador, Estudiantes and Boca Juniors of Argentina, and TP Mazembe of Congo, all reached the Club World Cup final but failed to win the title.
Real Madrid's top scorers in the Club World Cup final
Cristiano Ronaldo tops the list of players who have scored the most goals in the Club World Cup final, with four goals, including a hat-trick in Real Madrid's match against Kashima Antlers in 2016, one more than Messi and Vinicius Junior. There are also nine players who have scored only two goals: Inzaghi, Sergio Ramos, Luis Suarez, Gaku Shibasaki, Karim Benzema, Julian Alvarez, Foden, Federico Valverde, and Vietto, with two goals each. In addition, about 57%, with 37 players, have scored only one goal in the final match of the tournament, most notably Benzema, Modric, and Mbappé.
Clubs with the most goals scored in a single match
Barcelona holds the record for the highest result in a Club World Cup final, having crushed Brazil's Santos 4-0 in 2011. Manchester City also won against Fluminense by the same score in 2023, followed by Inter Milan's 3-0 victory over Mazembe in 2010, as well as Barcelona's wins over River Plate and Real Madrid's wins over Pachuca by the same score.
On the other hand, the lowest results in the finals were: Sao Paulo's 1-0 win over Liverpool in 2005, Internacional's 1-0 win over Barcelona, Corinthians' 1-0 win over Chelsea, Real Madrid's 1-0 win over Gremio, Liverpool's 1-0 win over Flamengo, and Bayern Munich's 1-0 win over Tigres UANL in 2005.
