FIFA Club World Cup on their footballing merit at the international stage like Japan, Morocco and the United Arab Emirates (with the exception of Brazil which hosted the first edition), and the poor economic benefits for the winning team, regarded as inferior than any Super Cup prizes. FIFA Club World Cup The FIFA Club World Cup is an international men's association football competition organised by the "Fédération Internationale de Football Association" (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The tournament officially assigns the world title. The competition was first contested in 2000 as the FIFA Club World Championship. It was not held between 2001 and
1970 FIFA World Cup for the first time. Mexico as the host nation and England as reigning World Cup champions were granted automatic qualification, with the remaining fourteen finals places divided among the continental confederations. Eight places were available to teams from UEFA (Europe), three for CONMEBOL (South America), one for CAF (Africa), one for an AFC/OFC team (Asia/Oceania), and one for CONCACAF (North and Central America and Caribbean). A place in the finals for an African representative was guaranteed for the first time, as a response to the mass boycott of the qualifying process for 1966 by the African entrants after FIFA linked