| − | * [[Intercontinental Cup]] (1960-2004); in 2017 FIFA officially recognized all of them as official<ref name=":F152342">"Official (''plural'' officials), from the Latin '' officiālis.''1. The official word is also used to refer to what is recognized or derives from an authority. cfr. {{cite journal|author=dictionary.com|title=Official, definition|url=https://www.dictionary.com/browse/official}} 2. Approved by the government or someone in power. cfr. {{cite journal|author=dictionary.cambridge.org|title=official|url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-spanish/official}} It is synonymous with legal, legitimate, approved. cfr. {{cite journal|author=thesaurus.com|title=Synonyms for official|url=https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/official}}</ref> club world champions ([[de jure]]) with the same status to the FIFA Club World Cup winners or world champions FIFA.<ref name=":F154233222">“While it does not promote the statistical unification of tournaments, that is, has not absorbed to the Intercontinental Cup (merged with FIFA Club World Cup in 2005), the title was conferred by an official document from the world federation so it is legally a FIFA world title" cfr. {{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019™|url=https://resources.fifa.com/image/upload/fcwc-statskit-2019.pdf?cloudid=gqfp3nkwm0zh8ra3xgyi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126075923/https://resources.fifa.com/image/upload/fcwc-statskit-2019.pdf?cloudid=gqfp3nkwm0zh8ra3xgyi|archive-date=2020-11-26|access-date=|website=|page=12|format=PDF|url-status=dead}} cfr.</ref><ref name=":0">[https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2017/m=10/news=fifa-council-approves-key-organisational-elements-of-the-fifa-world-cu-2917722.html FIFA Council approves key organisational elements of the FIFA World Cup] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027142732/http://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2017/m=10/news=fifa-council-approves-key-organisational-elements-of-the-fifa-world-cu-2917722.html |date=2017-10-27 }} - Recognition of all European and South American teams that won the Intercontinental Cup – played between 1960 and 2004 – as club world champions./ www.fifa.com</ref><ref name="fifa15">{{cite journal|date=December 2017|title=FIFA Club World Cup 2017|journal=FIFA Report 2017|pages=15, 40, 41, 42|location=[[Zurich]]|publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association|url=http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompcwc/02/67/91/87/statskit_fcwc2017_event_neutral.pdf|access-date=2018-01-31|archive-date=2017-12-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230230452/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompcwc/02/67/91/87/statskit_fcwc2017_event_neutral.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> In synthesis FIFA has two types of world champions, those deriving from the Intercontinental Cup and those deriving from the Club World Cup, the two competitions confer the same title.''<ref name=":F154233">“While it does not promote the statistical unification of tournaments, that is, has not absorbed to the Intercontinental Cup, FIFA is the only organization with worldwide jurisdiction over continental confederations and, then, the only one that can confer a title on that level, indeed the title was assigned by FIFA and therefore, the title awarded by the same world federation to the winners of the Intercontinental Cup is legally a FIFA world title. cfr. {{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=FIFA Statutes, April 2016 edition|url=https://resources.fifa.com/image/upload/the-fifa-statutes-in-force-as-of-27-april-2016-2782908.pdf?cloudid=vga5sv1yxeayptzrdudx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210214628/https://resources.fifa.com/image/upload/the-fifa-statutes-in-force-as-of-27-april-2016-2782908.pdf?cloudid=vga5sv1yxeayptzrdudx|archive-date=2019-12-10|access-date=|website=|page=19|format=PDF|url-status=dead}} cfr.</ref><ref name="FIFA Report 20172">{{cite journal|date=December 2017|title=FIFA Club World Cup 2017|url=http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompcwc/02/67/91/87/statskit_fcwc2017_event_neutral.pdf|journal=FIFA Report 2017|location=[[Zurich]]|publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association|pages=15, 40, 41, 42|access-date=2018-01-31|archive-date=2017-12-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230230452/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompcwc/02/67/91/87/statskit_fcwc2017_event_neutral.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>'' | + | * [[Intercontinental Cup]] (1960-2004); in 2017 FIFA officially recognized all of them as official<ref name=":F152342">"Official (''plural'' officials), from the Latin '' officiālis.''1. The official word is also used to refer to what is recognized or derives from an authority. cfr. {{cite web|author=dictionary.com|title=Official, definition|url=https://www.dictionary.com/browse/official}} 2. Approved by the government or someone in power. cfr. {{cite web|author=dictionary.cambridge.org|title=official|url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-spanish/official}} It is synonymous with legal, legitimate, approved. cfr. {{cite web|author=thesaurus.com|title=Synonyms for official|url=https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/official}}</ref> club world champions ([[de jure]]) with the same status to the FIFA Club World Cup winners or world champions FIFA.<ref name=":F154233222">“While it does not promote the statistical unification of tournaments, that is, has not absorbed to the Intercontinental Cup (merged with FIFA Club World Cup in 2005), the title was conferred by an official document from the world federation so it is legally a FIFA world title" cfr. {{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019™|url=https://resources.fifa.com/image/upload/fcwc-statskit-2019.pdf?cloudid=gqfp3nkwm0zh8ra3xgyi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126075923/https://resources.fifa.com/image/upload/fcwc-statskit-2019.pdf?cloudid=gqfp3nkwm0zh8ra3xgyi|archive-date=2020-11-26|access-date=|website=|page=12|format=PDF|url-status=dead}} cfr.</ref><ref name=":0">[https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2017/m=10/news=fifa-council-approves-key-organisational-elements-of-the-fifa-world-cu-2917722.html FIFA Council approves key organisational elements of the FIFA World Cup] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027142732/http://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2017/m=10/news=fifa-council-approves-key-organisational-elements-of-the-fifa-world-cu-2917722.html |date=2017-10-27 }} - Recognition of all European and South American teams that won the Intercontinental Cup – played between 1960 and 2004 – as club world champions./ www.fifa.com</ref><ref name="fifa15">{{cite journal|date=December 2017|title=FIFA Club World Cup 2017|journal=FIFA Report 2017|pages=15, 40, 41, 42|location=[[Zurich]]|publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association|url=http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompcwc/02/67/91/87/statskit_fcwc2017_event_neutral.pdf|access-date=2018-01-31|archive-date=2017-12-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230230452/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompcwc/02/67/91/87/statskit_fcwc2017_event_neutral.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> In synthesis FIFA has two types of world champions, those deriving from the Intercontinental Cup and those deriving from the Club World Cup, the two competitions confer the same title.''<ref name=":F154233">“While it does not promote the statistical unification of tournaments, that is, has not absorbed to the Intercontinental Cup, FIFA is the only organization with worldwide jurisdiction over continental confederations and, then, the only one that can confer a title on that level, indeed the title was assigned by FIFA and therefore, the title awarded by the same world federation to the winners of the Intercontinental Cup is legally a FIFA world title. cfr. {{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=FIFA Statutes, April 2016 edition|url=https://resources.fifa.com/image/upload/the-fifa-statutes-in-force-as-of-27-april-2016-2782908.pdf?cloudid=vga5sv1yxeayptzrdudx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210214628/https://resources.fifa.com/image/upload/the-fifa-statutes-in-force-as-of-27-april-2016-2782908.pdf?cloudid=vga5sv1yxeayptzrdudx|archive-date=2019-12-10|access-date=|website=|page=19|format=PDF|url-status=dead}} cfr.</ref><ref name="FIFA Report 20172">{{cite journal|date=December 2017|title=FIFA Club World Cup 2017|url=http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompcwc/02/67/91/87/statskit_fcwc2017_event_neutral.pdf|journal=FIFA Report 2017|location=[[Zurich]]|publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association|pages=15, 40, 41, 42|access-date=2018-01-31|archive-date=2017-12-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230230452/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompcwc/02/67/91/87/statskit_fcwc2017_event_neutral.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>'' |
| | File:P20250713DT-1186 President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump attend the FIFA Club World Cup Final soccer match.jpg|Chelsea captain [[Reece James (footballer, born 1999)|Reece James]] lifting the Club World Cup trophy after winning the [[2025 FIFA Club World Cup|2025 edition]]. | | File:P20250713DT-1186 President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump attend the FIFA Club World Cup Final soccer match.jpg|Chelsea captain [[Reece James (footballer, born 1999)|Reece James]] lifting the Club World Cup trophy after winning the [[2025 FIFA Club World Cup|2025 edition]]. |