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This is FC Barcelona’s third trip to Japan to win the Club World Cup, if the team prevails it would be the first title won by Barça on Japanese soil The team lost in its first two attempts, but it won in Abu Dhabi in 2009 The conquest of Barça’s first Champions League in 1991/92 qualified the team to play for the Club World Cup , formerly known as the Intercontinental Cup , in Tokyo, thanks to Ronald Koeman ’s goal at Wembley against Sampdoria . During that time, the Intercontinental Cup was a shorter competition, only the champions of Europe and South America were eligible to play in for the title.
Posted: Thursday 15 December 2011 at 12:56 PM