THE FIRST EDITION OF THE FIFA CLUB WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TOOK PLACE IN BRAZIL IN 2000. EIGHT CLUB SIDES REPRESENTING EVERY CORNER OF PLANET FOOTBALL CONVERGED ON RIO DE JANEIRO AND SÃO PAULO TO BASK UNDER THE WARM SOUTH AMERICAN SUN IN THE NATION CONSIDERED BY MOST TO BE THE TRUE HEART AND SOUL OF THE BEAUTIFUL GAME. IT WAS THE TWO BRAZILIAN PARTICIPANTS, RIO'S VASCO DA GAMA AND CORINTHIANS OF SÃO PAULO THAT MET UNDER THE SCORCHING SOUTH AMERICAN SUN IN A STAR-STUDDED LOCAL FINAL. THE SÃO PAULO SIDE JUST MANAGED TO PIP THEIR RIVALS 4-3 IN A PENALTY SHOOTOUT AFTER 120 MINUTES OF TACTICAL, GOALLESS FOOTBALL. AFTER DRAWING WITH REAL MADRID AND DISPOSING OF SAUDI ARABIA'S AL NASSR AND MOROCCO'S RAJA CASABLANCA IN THE FIRST ROUND, CORINTHIANS AND THEIR STABLE OF THOROUGHBREDS - VAMPETA, FREDDY, RINCON, EDU, DIDA AND THE INCOMPARABLE EDILSON - RAN OUT WORTHY CHAMPIONS IN FRONT OF A CROWD OF 73,000 IN RIO'S FABLED MARACANA STADIUM. CORINTHIANS PLAYED THE FINAL MATCH WITH DIDA, ÍNDIO, FÁBIO LUCIANO, ADÍLSON & KLÉBER; VAMPETA (GILMAR), RINCÓN, MARCELINHO CARIOCA & RICARDINHO (EDU); EDÍLSON (FERNANDO BAIANO) & LUIZÃO. COACH: OSWALDO DE OLIVEIRA
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