2007 FIFA Club World Cup

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2007 FIFA Club World Cup
FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2007
presented by Toyota
Toyota プレゼンツ
FIFAクラブワールドカップ ジャパン2007
2007 FIFA Club World Cup.svg
Tournament details
Host countryJapan
Dates7–16 December
Teams7 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Flag of Italy.svg Milan (1st title)
Runners-up Flag of Argentina.svg Boca Juniors
Third place Flag of Japan.svg Urawa Red Diamonds
Fourth place Flag of Tunisia.svg Étoile du Sahel
Tournament statistics
Matches played7
Goals scored21 (3 per match)
Attendance315,279 (45,040 per match)
Top scorer(s) Washington (Urawa Red Diamonds)
3 goals
Best player(s) Kaká (Milan)
Fair play award Flag of Japan.svg Urawa Red Diamonds
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The 2007 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2007 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was a football tournament played in Japan from 7 to 16 December 2007. It was the fourth FIFA Club World Cup, a tournament organised by FIFA for the winners of each confederation's top continental club tournament.

Contents

Seven teams from the six confederations entered the tournament; Defending champions Internacional did not qualify as they were eliminated in the second stage of the 2007 Copa Libertadores.

Italian side Milan became the first European team to win the Club World Cup with a 4–2 victory over Argentinian club Boca Juniors in the final. That title made them the most successful team in the world in terms of international trophies won (18).

Host bids

The FIFA Executive Committee appointed Japan as hosts of the 2007 tournament on 15 September 2006 during their meeting in Zürich, Switzerland. [1]

Qualified teams

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Location of teams of the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup

The qualified teams were decided during 2007 through the six major continental competitions. The winner of each regional club championship participated in the 2007 Club World Cup. In March 2007, the FIFA executive committee introduced a qualifying playoff between the 2007 OFC Champions League champion and the host nation's 2007 J. League champion, as opposed to previous years, in which the Oceania champions were given direct entry into the tournament. [2] In order to avoid the participation of two teams from the same country, the best-placed non-Japanese team in the AFC Champions League would take the "host" berth if a Japanese team won that competition, [3] which indeed happened as Urawa Red Diamonds won the 2007 AFC Champions League. Also, the fifth-place match was eliminated for this edition.

It was the first participation in the FIFA Club World Cup for all seven teams that qualified.

TeamConfederationQualification
Entering in the semi-finals
Flag of Argentina.svg Boca Juniors CONMEBOL Winner of 2007 Copa Libertadores
Flag of Italy.svg Milan UEFA Winner of 2006–07 UEFA Champions League
Entering in the quarter-finals
Flag of Tunisia.svg Étoile du Sahel CAF Winner of 2007 CAF Champions League
Flag of Mexico.svg Pachuca CONCACAF Winner of 2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Flag of Japan.svg Urawa Red Diamonds AFC Winner of 2007 AFC Champions League
Entering in the play-off for quarter-finals
Flag of Iran.svg Sepahan AFC (host) [note 1] Runner-up of 2007 AFC Champions League [note 1]
Flag of New Zealand.svg Waitakere United OFC Winner of 2007 OFC Champions League

Notes

  1. 1 2 Sepahan took the host Japan's slot as Urawa Red Diamonds won the 2007 AFC Champions League. As a result, the winners of the 2007 J.League Division 1, later determined to be Kashima Antlers on 1 December 2007, missed out on participating.

Venues

Tokyo, Yokohama and Toyota were the three cities to serve as venues for the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup.

Yokohama Tokyo Toyota
International Stadium Yokohama National Stadium Toyota Stadium
35°30′36.16″N139°36′22.49″E / 35.5100444°N 139.6062472°E / 35.5100444; 139.6062472 (International Stadium Yokohama) 35°40′41.00″N139°42′53.00″E / 35.6780556°N 139.7147222°E / 35.6780556; 139.7147222 (National Olympic Stadium) 35°05′04.02″N137°10′14.02″E / 35.0844500°N 137.1705611°E / 35.0844500; 137.1705611 (Toyota Stadium)
Capacity: 72,327Capacity: 57,363Capacity: 45,000
NISSANSTADIUM20080608.JPG KokuritshuKasumigaoka-5.JPG Toyota sta 0313 2.JPG
2007 FIFA Club World Cup (Japan)

Squads

For a list of all the squads of this tournament, see the article 2007 FIFA Club World Cup squads.

Match officials

ConfederationRefereeAssistant referees
AFC Mark Shield (Australia)
Hiroyoshi Takayama (Japan)		 Ben Wilson (Australia)
Nathan Gibson (Australia)
CAF Coffi Codjia (Benin)Evarist Menkouande (Cameroon)
Celestin Ntagungira (Rwanda)
CONCACAF Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico)Jose Luis Camargo (Mexico)
Pedro Rebollar (Mexico)
CONMEBOL Jorge Larrionda (Uruguayan) Mauricio Espinosa (Uruguayan)
Miguel Nievas (Ecuador)
OFC Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)Brent Best (New Zealand)
Matthew Taro (Solomon Islands)
UEFA Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)Bill Hansen (Denmark)
Henryk Sonderby (Turkey)

Matches

Play-off for quarter-finals Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
9 December – Tokyo
Flag of Tunisia.svg Étoile du Sahel 112 December – Tokyo
Flag of Mexico.svg Pachuca 0 Flag of Tunisia.svg Étoile du Sahel 0
7 December – Tokyo Flag of Argentina.svg Boca Juniors 116 December – Yokohama
Flag of Iran.svg Sepahan 310 December – Toyota Flag of Argentina.svg Boca Juniors 2
Flag of New Zealand.svg Waitakere United 1 Flag of Iran.svg Sepahan 113 December – Yokohama Flag of Italy.svg Milan 4
Flag of Japan.svg Urawa Red Diamonds 3 Flag of Japan.svg Urawa Red Diamonds 0
Flag of Italy.svg Milan 1 Match for third place
16 December – Yokohama
Flag of Tunisia.svg Étoile du Sahel 2 (2)
Flag of Japan.svg Urawa Red Diamonds (p)2 (4)

All times local (UTC+9)

Play-off for quarter-finals

Sepahan Flag of Iran.svg 3–1 Flag of New Zealand.svg Waitakere United
Mohammed Soccerball shade.svg3', 4'
Abu Al-Hail Soccerball shade.svg47'		 Report Aghili Soccerball shade.svg74' (o.g.)
National Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 24,788
Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)

Quarter-finals

Étoile du Sahel Flag of Tunisia.svg 1–0 Flag of Mexico.svg Pachuca
Narry Soccerball shade.svg85' Report
National Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 34,934
Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
Sepahan Flag of Iran.svg 1–3 Flag of Japan.svg Urawa Red Diamonds
Karimi Soccerball shade.svg80' Report Nagai Soccerball shade.svg32'
Washington Soccerball shade.svg54'
Aghili Soccerball shade.svg70' (o.g.)
Toyota Stadium, Toyota
Attendance: 33,263
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

Semi-finals

Étoile du Sahel Flag of Tunisia.svg 0–1 Flag of Argentina.svg Boca Juniors
Report Cardozo Soccerball shade.svg37'
National Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 37,255
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
Urawa Red Diamonds Flag of Japan.svg 0–1 Flag of Italy.svg Milan
Report Seedorf Soccerball shade.svg68'
International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama
Attendance: 67,005
Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

Match for third place

Final

Boca Juniors Flag of Argentina.svg 2–4 Flag of Italy.svg Milan
Palacio Soccerball shade.svg22'
Ledesma Soccerball shade.svg85'		 Report Inzaghi Soccerball shade.svg21', 71'
Nesta Soccerball shade.svg50'
Kaká Soccerball shade.svg61'
International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama
Attendance: 68,263
Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)

Goalscorers

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Flag of Brazil.svg Washington Flag of Japan.svg Urawa Red Diamonds 3
2 Flag of Italy.svg Filippo Inzaghi Flag of Italy.svg Milan 2
Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg Emad Mohammed Flag of Iran.svg Sepahan
4 Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail Flag of Iran.svg Sepahan 1
Flag of Tunisia.svg Saber Ben Frej Flag of Tunisia.svg Étoile du Sahel
Flag of Argentina.svg Neri Cardozo Flag of Argentina.svg Boca Juniors
Flag of Tunisia.svg Mohamed Amine Chermiti Flag of Tunisia.svg Étoile du Sahel
Flag of Brazil.svg Kaká Flag of Italy.svg Milan
Flag of Iran.svg Mahmoud Karimi Flag of Iran.svg Sepahan
Flag of Japan.svg Yuichiro Nagai Flag of Japan.svg Urawa Red Diamonds
Flag of Ghana.svg Moussa Narry Flag of Tunisia.svg Étoile du Sahel
Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Nesta Flag of Italy.svg Milan
Flag of Argentina.svg Rodrigo Palacio Flag of Argentina.svg Boca Juniors
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Clarence Seedorf Flag of Italy.svg Milan

1 own goal

2 own goals

Awards

Adidas Golden Ball
Toyota Award		 Adidas Silver Ball Adidas Bronze Ball
Flag of Brazil.svg Kaká
(Milan)		 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Clarence Seedorf
(Milan)		 Flag of Argentina.svg Rodrigo Palacio
(Boca Juniors)
FIFA Fair Play Award
Flag of Japan.svg Urawa Red Diamonds

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  2. ↑ "Green light for further special projects in Oceania, India and the Caribbean". Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2007.
  3. ↑ "Organising Committee strengthens FIFA Club World Cup format". Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 14 August 2007.
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