Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "The FIFA Club World Cup, formerly known as the FIFA Club World Championship, is an international men's association football competition organised by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The competition was first contested as the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship. 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. Since 2005, the competition has been held every year, hosted so far by Brazil, Japan, the United Arab Emirates and Morocco.The first FIFA Club World Championship took place in Brazil in 2000. It ran in parallel with the Intercontinental Cup, a competition organised jointly by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and the Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL) first disputed in 1960 by the winners of the European Champions' Cup and the Copa Libertadores. In 2005, after the Intercontinental Cup's last edition, that competition was merged with the Club World Cup's pilot edition and recalled "FIFA Club World Championship". In 2006 took its current name.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 AFC Champions League (Asia), CAF Champions League (Africa), CONCACAF Champions League (North America), Copa Libertadores (South America), OFC Champions League (Oceania) and UEFA Champions League (Europe), along with the host nation's national champions, participate in a straight knock-out tournament. The host nation's national champions dispute a play-off against the Oceania champions, from which the winner joins the champions of Asia, Africa and North America at the quarter-finals. The quarter-final winners go on to face the European and South American champions, who enter at the semi-final stage, for a place in the final.The current champions are Real Madrid, who defeated San Lorenzo 2–0 in the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup final, to win their first title in the competition. As of 2014, the FIFA Club World Cup has been won by nine different clubs. Barcelona (Spain) and Corinthians (Brazil) are the most successful teams, each having won two titles. Other winners include São Paulo and Internacional (Brazil), Milan and Internazionale (Italy), Manchester United (England), Bayern Munich (Germany), and Real Madrid (Spain). Brazil's Brasileirão has been the most successful national league with four titles, while Barcelona have the record for the most final appearances, with three."@en }
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- FIFA_Club_World_Cup abstract "The FIFA Club World Cup, formerly known as the FIFA Club World Championship, is an international men's association football competition organised by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The competition was first contested as the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship. 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. Since 2005, the competition has been held every year, hosted so far by Brazil, Japan, the United Arab Emirates and Morocco.The first FIFA Club World Championship took place in Brazil in 2000. It ran in parallel with the Intercontinental Cup, a competition organised jointly by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and the Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL) first disputed in 1960 by the winners of the European Champions' Cup and the Copa Libertadores. In 2005, after the Intercontinental Cup's last edition, that competition was merged with the Club World Cup's pilot edition and recalled "FIFA Club World Championship". In 2006 took its current name.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 AFC Champions League (Asia), CAF Champions League (Africa), CONCACAF Champions League (North America), Copa Libertadores (South America), OFC Champions League (Oceania) and UEFA Champions League (Europe), along with the host nation's national champions, participate in a straight knock-out tournament. The host nation's national champions dispute a play-off against the Oceania champions, from which the winner joins the champions of Asia, Africa and North America at the quarter-finals. The quarter-final winners go on to face the European and South American champions, who enter at the semi-final stage, for a place in the final.The current champions are Real Madrid, who defeated San Lorenzo 2–0 in the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup final, to win their first title in the competition. As of 2014, the FIFA Club World Cup has been won by nine different clubs. Barcelona (Spain) and Corinthians (Brazil) are the most successful teams, each having won two titles. Other winners include São Paulo and Internacional (Brazil), Milan and Internazionale (Italy), Manchester United (England), Bayern Munich (Germany), and Real Madrid (Spain). Brazil's Brasileirão has been the most successful national league with four titles, while Barcelona have the record for the most final appearances, with three.".