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
New Zealand at the FIFA World Cup the 2018 FIFA World Cup. <section begin=playoff2 /> <section end=playoff2 /> New Zealand at the FIFA World Cup The New Zealand national football team has participated in 12 FIFA World Cup qualification campaigns between 1970 and 2014, qualifying for two; the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain and the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Seven teams were involved in the AFC/OFC qualification process; Australia, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, North Korea, South Korea and Rhodesia, however, North Korea withdrew before any matches were played as they refused to play Israel. Due to North Korea's withdrawal, New Zealand, along with