Pachuca is CONCACAF champion as it won its fourth AFC Champions League title, its third in the last four editions. Mexican clubs have for the most part dominated the tournament since its inception, though two clubs from Costa Rica, Deportivo Saprissa and LD Alajuelense, are individually the most successful. Meanwhile, the Puerto Rico Islanders won the Caribbean Cup, the first time a club not from Jamaica or Trinidad & Tobago has won it. The Caribbean Cup also serves as a qualifier tournament for the next season's CONCACAF Champions League.

Asian club champions Pohang Steelers has passed the third round of the 2010 AFC Champions League. Pohang Steelers has won the tournament three times. Also going on is the AFC Cup, where the defending champion Al-Kuwait (of Kaifan) lost in the second round, as well as the AFC President's Cup which moves into the semi-finals, albeit without defending champion Regar-TadAZ Tursun-Zade, who has won it three times in all. The OFC Champions Cup for 2010 was won by Hekari United, the first club from Papua New Guinea to win as all previous winners were either from Australia or from New Zealand.

African club champions Tout Puissant Mazembe has passed the third round of the 2010 CAF Champions League. Mazembe has won the tournament three times. Also going on is the CAF Confederation Cup, where the defending champion Stade Malien was eliminated in the third round.

Spain is the champion of the 19th World Cup, the eighth different nation to ever be champion. Spain defeated the Netherlands in the final 1-0 with the goal coming at the 116' minute. The Spaniards richly deserve their championship, they were the best team in the tournament. The 3rd place match was won by Germany once again as they beat Uruguay 3-2. Ghana came agonizingly close to being the first African team to ever reach the semi-finals, while Paraguay made it to their first quarter-final. Asian sides South Korea and Japan both beat out second-tier European sides to reach the round-of-16, while Australia and New Zealand almost did the same. Meanwhile, Brazil and Argentina both slumped out of the tournament in the quarter-finals for the second consecutive World Cup, while Italy and France—the two finalists from 2006—were both humiliated in the first round. CONCACAF sides Mexico and the United States were solid in reaching the round-of-16, but Ghana was the only African side to progress to the knockout stage. England was knocked out in the round-of-16, partially due to a refereeing decision that will go down in infamy. Slovakia and Chile both had good tournaments in reaching the last 16. Over all it was a fantastic tournament and South Africa deserves tremendous credit for making it so.

Inter Milan have won the 2009-2010 Champions League, defeating Bayern Munich in the final. This is Inter's third Champions League title, the last was in 1965. Internazionale defeated last season's champions Barcelona in the semi-finals, CSKA Moscow in the quarters, and Chelsea in the round-of-16. Bayern reached the final by beating Lyon, Manchester United, and Fiorentina. Meanwhile, Atlético Madrid took the inaugural Europa League title, defeating Fulham in the final.

The 2010 Copa Libertadores moves on to the semi-finals. Internacional Porto Alegre eliminated the 2009 champions Estudiantes La Plata in the previous round. Now Inter will play FC São Paulo while Chivas Guadalaraja will take on Universidad de Chile.

Inter Milan are Italian champions for the fifth season in a row, while Barcelona and Rangers made it two in a row in Spain and Scotland. Anderlecht took their title back from Standard, while Chelsea broke Manchester United's run. Olympique Marseille won their first Ligue 1 since 1993 while FC Twente made it two seasons in a row of the Dutch league having been won by a club other than the big three. Bayern Munich made ten 10 of the last 17 in Germany, as Benfica broke Porto's run of four in Portugal.

European Champions League winners Barcelona defeated Copa Libertadores winners Estudiantes La Plata in the final of the 2009 World Club Cup. This victory for a European team makes the tally 3 to 3 in what has become a Europe v South America derby.

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