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
2006 FIFA World Cup 2006 FIFA World Cup The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six populated continents participated in the qualification process which began in September 2003. Thirty-one teams qualified from this process, along with the host nation, Germany, for the finals tournament. It was the second time that Germany staged the competition (the first was in 1974 as West Germany),