It was the ninth final of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised tournament between the winners of the six continental confederations as well as the host nation's league champions.

Brazilian sides have been the most dominant side of any other South American teams, with the first dating back in 2000, where Corinthians won the competition for the first time, then known as FIFA Club World Championship, where they beat Vasco da Gama 4–3 in a penalty shoot-out.

At the time, Manchester United were the only English team to have won the competition, in 2008, when they defeated Ecuadorian side LDU Quito 1–0.

Aldo de Nigris scored a consolation goal for Monterrey in stoppage time.

Çakır was assisted by Bahattin Duran and Tarık Ongun, while the fourth and fifth officials were Alireza Faghani and Hassan Kamranifar, representing the Islamic Republic of Iran and one of the two AFC representatives in the competition, alongside Nawaf Shukralla of Bahrain.