By winning the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League, Tigres qualified to the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar. In the first game, the overall second round, Tigres defeated Ulsan Hyundai by 2-1. In semi-finals, SE Palmeiras' goalkeeper Weverton was the main player of the match, with several key interventions, he avoided a wider score and kept it 1-0 for the Mexican side. Tigres became the first CONCACAF team to reach a final in the FIFA Club World Cup. In the historical final against FC Bayern Munich, Tigres lost by 1-0 with a polemic goal by Benjamin Pavard. André-Pierre Gignac scored all of Tigres' three goals, finished as top goal scorer of the Cup and achieved the Adidas Silver Ball for the Cup's second best player, behind Lewandowski.