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The result was Keep. ——RyanLupin • (talk) 09:58, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

2001 FIFA Club World Championship

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Some time ago, there was an AfD about this article on PT Wikipedia and the article was kept. I believe it happened because there are a lot of soccer fans in Brazil. Actually, I couldn't find anything on Wikipedia policy that could actually be a reason to delete the article. However there's one big problem: The event actually NEVER happened. It was cancelled. So, all tables on the article are full of zeros and none of the matches were played. IMHO it should be merged to FIFA Club World Cup since the only useful information is why it was cancelled. But I believe I should ask for opinions before doing that. Tosqueira (talk) 05:07, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

• This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football related deletions. ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:19, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
• Keep - it's still a notable competition, it was planned and the fact that it didn't actually take place isn't a good enough reason to delete it. Maybe tidy it up and remove the tables etc though... Dan1980 (talk ♦ stalk) 07:45, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
• Keep - Although the article could be referenced better, it has a lot of useful information about a proposed tournament that was eventually cancelled. – PeeJay 07:56, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
• Keep. There are articles for the 1940 Summer Olympics, 1940 Winter Olympics, 1944 Summer Olympics and 1944 Winter Olympics, even though those were cancelled (due to the Second World War). The event is notable in itself because it was planned in detail (match dates, teams and stadiums set). It needs tidied up by removing the zeroes but shouldn't be deleted. Jmorrison230582 (talk) 08:21, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
• Keep - Per above reasons; planning, inherent notability, etc.Londo06 09:33, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
• Keep - Per above reasons. I was actually rather surprised to see this come up at. Hell, even keep the group standings, just reference it better. Blackmissionary (talk) 09:36, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
• Keep - Originally held if no problem caused. Reason have to explain why this tournament canceled in the article. Raymond "Giggs" Ko 09:39, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
• Keep per consensus above. GiantSnowman 16:10, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
• Keep pile-on vote. Notability is there. u:Jmorrison has strong points. – 'Latics ^(talk) 08:18, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.