2008 FIFA Club World Cup

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2008 FIFA Club World Cup
FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008
presented by Toyota
Toyota プレゼンツ
FIFAクラブワールドカップ ジャパン2008
2008 FIFA Club World Cup.svg
Tournament details
Host countryJapan
Dates11–21 December
Teams7 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Flag of England.svg Manchester United (1st title)
Runners-up Flag of Ecuador.svg LDU Quito
Third place Flag of Japan.svg Gamba Osaka
Fourth place Flag of Mexico.svg Pachuca
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored23 (2.88 per match)
Attendance355,515 (44,439 per match)
Top scorer(s) Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
3 goals
Best player(s) Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
Fair play award Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adelaide United
2007
2009

The 2008 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was the fifth FIFA Club World Cup, a football tournament for the champion clubs from each of FIFA's six continental confederations. The tournament was held in Japan from 11 to 21 December 2008.

Contents

Defending champions Milan did not qualify, having been eliminated in the round of 16 of the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League. The winners of that competition, Manchester United, won the Club World Cup for the first time, beating Gamba Osaka 5–3 in the semi-finals before a 1–0 win over LDU Quito in the final at the International Stadium in Yokohama on 21 December. It was United's second world title, following the 1999 Intercontinental Cup, which was also held in Japan. It was also the first edition in which the CONMEBOL representative did not hail from either Argentina or Brazil.

The fifth-place match, dropped for the 2007 tournament, was reintroduced for 2008, with the total prize money being increased by US$500,000 to US$16.5 million. The winners took away US$5 million, the losing finalists US$4 million, the third-placed team US$2.5 million, the fourth-placed team US$2 million, the fifth-placed team US$1.5 million, the sixth-placed team US$1 million and the seventh-placed team US$500,000. [1]

Host bids

On 13 August 2007, the Organising Committee for the FIFA Club World Cup recommended to the FIFA Executive Committee that Japan should host the 2008 tournament. [2] This was approved by the executive committee on 29 October 2007 during their meeting in Zürich, Switzerland. [3]

Qualified teams

TeamConfederationQualificationParticipation
Entering in the semi-finals
Flag of England.svg Manchester United UEFA Winners of the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League 2nd (Previous: 2000)
Flag of Ecuador.svg LDU Quito CONMEBOL Winners of the 2008 Copa Libertadores Debut
Entering in the quarter-finals
Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly CAF Winners of the 2008 CAF Champions League 3rd (Previous: 2005, 2006)
Flag of Japan.svg Gamba Osaka AFC Winners of the 2008 AFC Champions League Debut
Flag of Mexico.svg Pachuca CONCACAF Winners of the 2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2nd (Previous: 2007)
Entering in the play-off for quarter-finals
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adelaide United AFC (host) [note 1] Runners-up of the 2008 AFC Champions League [note 1] Debut
Flag of New Zealand.svg Waitakere United OFC Winners of the 2007–08 OFC Champions League 2nd (Previous: 2007)

Notes

  1. 1 2 Adelaide United took the host Japan's slot as Gamba Osaka won the 2008 AFC Champions League. As a result, the winners of the 2008 J.League Division 1, later determined to be Kashima Antlers on 6 December 2008, missed out on participating.

Venues

Tokyo, Yokohama and Toyota were the three cities to serve as venues for the 2008 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
2008 FIFA Club World Cup (Japan)

Match officials

ConfederationRefereeAssistant referees
AFC Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Ravshan Irmatov Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Abdukhamidullo Rasulov
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Bahadyr Kochkorov
Flag of Japan.svg Yuichi Nishimura Flag of Japan.svg Toru Sagara
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Jeong Hae-Sang
CAF Flag of Algeria.svg Mohamed Benouza Flag of Egypt.svg Nasser Sadek Abdel Nabi
Flag of Eritrea.svg Angesom Ogbamariam
CONCACAF Flag of Mexico.svg Benito Archundia Flag of Mexico.svg Hector Delgadillo
Flag of Mexico.svg Marvin Rivera
CONMEBOL Flag of Chile.svg Pablo Pozo Flag of Chile.svg Patricio Basualto
Flag of Chile.svg Julio Díaz
OFC Flag of New Zealand.svg Peter O'Leary Flag of New Zealand.svg Brent Best
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Matthew Taro
UEFA Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Undiano Mallenco Flag of Spain.svg Fermín Martínez
Flag of Spain.svg Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez

Squads

Matches

Play-off for quarter-finals Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
13 December – Tokyo
Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly 217 December – Tokyo
Flag of Mexico.svg Pachuca (a.e.t.)4 Flag of Mexico.svg Pachuca 0
11 December – Tokyo Flag of Ecuador.svg LDU Quito 221 December – Yokohama
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adelaide United 214 December – Toyota Flag of Ecuador.svg LDU Quito 0
Flag of New Zealand.svg Waitakere United 1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adelaide United 018 December – Yokohama Flag of England.svg Manchester United 1
Flag of Japan.svg Gamba Osaka 1 Flag of Japan.svg Gamba Osaka 3
Flag of England.svg Manchester United 5
Match for fifth place Match for third place
18 December – Yokohama 21 December – Yokohama
Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly 0 Flag of Mexico.svg Pachuca 0
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adelaide United 1 Flag of Japan.svg Gamba Osaka 1

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Play-off for quarter-finals

Adelaide United Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2–1 Flag of New Zealand.svg Waitakere United
Mullen Soccerball shade.svg39'
Dodd Soccerball shade.svg83'
Report Seaman Soccerball shade.svg34'
National Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 19,777
Referee: Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)

Quarter-finals

Al Ahly Flag of Egypt.svg 2–4 (a.e.t.) Flag of Mexico.svg Pachuca
Pinto Soccerball shade.svg28' (o.g.)
Flávio Soccerball shade.svg44'
Report Montes Soccerball shade.svg47'
Giménez Soccerball shade.svg72', 110'
Álvarez Soccerball shade.svg98'
National Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 30,158
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Adelaide United Flag of Australia (converted).svg 0–1 Flag of Japan.svg Gamba Osaka
Report Endō Soccerball shade.svg23'
Toyota Stadium, Toyota
Attendance: 38,141
Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)

Semi-finals

Pachuca Flag of Mexico.svg 0–2 Flag of Ecuador.svg LDU Quito
Report Bieler Soccerball shade.svg4'
Bolaños Soccerball shade.svg26'
National Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 33,366
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

Gamba Osaka Flag of Japan.svg 3–5 Flag of England.svg Manchester United
Yamazaki Soccerball shade.svg74'
Endō Soccerball shade.svg85' (pen.)
Hashimoto Soccerball shade.svg90+1'
Report Vidić Soccerball shade.svg28'
Ronaldo Soccerball shade.svg45+1'
Rooney Soccerball shade.svg75', 79'
Fletcher Soccerball shade.svg78'

Match for fifth place

Al Ahly Flag of Egypt.svg 0–1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adelaide United
Report Cristiano Soccerball shade.svg7'

Match for third place

Pachuca Flag of Mexico.svg 0–1 Flag of Japan.svg Gamba Osaka
Report Yamazaki Soccerball shade.svg29'

Final

LDU Quito Flag of Ecuador.svg 0–1 Flag of England.svg Manchester United
Report Rooney Soccerball shade.svg73'

Goalscorers

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Flag of England.svg Wayne Rooney Flag of England.svg Manchester United 3
2 Flag of Japan.svg Yasuhito Endō Flag of Japan.svg Gamba Osaka 2
Flag of Argentina.svg Christian Giménez Flag of Mexico.svg Pachuca
Flag of Japan.svg Masato Yamazaki Flag of Japan.svg Gamba Osaka
5 Flag of Argentina.svg Damián Álvarez Flag of Mexico.svg Pachuca 1
Flag of Argentina.svg Claudio Bieler Flag of Ecuador.svg LDU Quito
Flag of Ecuador.svg Luis Bolaños Flag of Ecuador.svg LDU Quito
Flag of Brazil.svg Cristiano Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adelaide United
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Travis Dodd Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adelaide United
Flag of Angola.svg Flávio Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly
Flag of Scotland.svg Darren Fletcher Flag of England.svg Manchester United
Flag of Japan.svg Hideo Hashimoto Flag of Japan.svg Gamba Osaka
Flag of Mexico.svg Luis Montes Flag of Mexico.svg Pachuca
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel Mullen Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adelaide United
Flag of Portugal (official).svg Cristiano Ronaldo Flag of England.svg Manchester United
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Paul Seaman Flag of New Zealand.svg Waitakere United
Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg Nemanja Vidić Flag of England.svg Manchester United

1 own goal

Awards

Adidas Golden Ball
Toyota Award
Adidas Silver Ball Adidas Bronze Ball
Flag of England.svg Wayne Rooney
(Manchester United)
Flag of Portugal (official).svg Cristiano Ronaldo
(Manchester United)
Flag of Argentina.svg Damián Manso
(LDU Quito)
FIFA Fair Play Award
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adelaide United

References

  1. "Organising committee approves tournament format with reintroduction of match for fifth place". FIFA. 12 March 2008. Archived from the original on 14 March 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2008.
  2. "Organising Committee strengthens FIFA Club World Cup format". FIFA. 14 August 2007. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  3. "Rotation ends in 2018". FIFA. 29 October 2007. Archived from the original on 23 October 2008. Retrieved 28 December 2022.