The FIFA Club World Cup is almost done, with River Plate through to the final in Japan and awaiting a possible meeting with Barcelona. But, as is so often the case, the competition passed largely under the radar in this country. Here, Sportsmail takes a look at a complicated competition that struggles each year for attention in some parts and is seen as the pinnacle in others. Barcelona vs Guangzhou - Thursday,10.30am KO Sanfreece vs TBD - Sunday, 7am River Plate vs TBD - Sunday, 10.30am It's limited in the sense that the annual competition only started in 2000 and is currently in its 12th edition. But intentions to create a competition that would pit the world's best clubs against one another actually pre-dates the World Cup.The FIFA Club World Cup is currently taking place in JapanThe annual competition started in 2000 and is its 12 edition at presentBarcelona and Corinthians have each won the competition twice beforeManchester United are the English winners - following their 2008 success
The host is determined by a bidding process, which in seven of 12 editions has been _.