a rumor spread that President Donald Trump said he had kept the original trophy, leaving the winning club, Chelsea F.C. from England, to lift a copy.

Across 32 competing teams over the last month, FIFA have doled out a $1billion (£744m) prize pot.

The final did nothing to assuage those concerns, especially since reigning UEFA Champions League winners Paris Saint-Germain were the favorites, but the Club World Cup's greatest success is that ther...