2007 FIFA Club World Cup
| FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2007 | |
|---|---|
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FIFA Club World Cup 2007 official logo | |
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Japan |
| Dates | 7 December – 16 December |
| Teams | 7 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Milan (1st title) |
| Runners-up |
 Boca Juniors |
| Third place |
 Urawa Red Diamonds |
| Fourth place |
 Étoile du Sahel |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 7 |
| Goals scored | 21 (3 per match) |
| Attendance | 315,279 (45,040 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
 Washington (3 goals) |
| Best player |
Kaká |
The 2007 FIFA Club World Cup (officially the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2007 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was a football tournament played in Japan from 7 December 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.
The trophy was won by Milan, who became the most successful team in the world in terms of international trophies won (18) and the first European team to win the trophy.
Qualified teams
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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.[1] 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,[2] which indeed happened as Urawa Red Diamonds won the 2007 AFC Champions League. Also, the fifth-place match was eliminated for this edition.
| Team | Confederation | Qualification |
|---|---|---|
| Enter in the semi-finals | ||
| Boca Juniors |
CONMEBOL | Winner of 2007 Copa Libertadores |
| Milan |
UEFA | Winner of 2006–07 UEFA Champions League |
| Enter in the quarter-finals | ||
| Étoile du Sahel |
CAF | Winner of 2007 CAF Champions League |
 Pachuca |
CONCACAF | Winner of 2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup |
| Urawa Red Diamonds |
AFC | Winner of 2007 AFC Champions League |
| Play-in qualification | ||
 Sepahan |
AFC | Runner up of 2007 AFC Champions League† |
 Waitakere United |
OFC | Winner of 2007 OFC Champions League |
† Sepahan took Japan's slot due to a Japanese team winning the AFC Champions League.
Venues
Tokyo, Yokohama and Toyota were the three cities to serve as venues for the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup.
Squads
For a list of all the squads of this tournament, see the article 2007 FIFA Club World Cup squads.
Referees
| Confederation | Referee | Assistant referees |
|---|---|---|
| AFC |  Mark Shield Hiroyoshi Takayama |
Ben Wilson Nathan Gibson |
| CAF |  Coffi Codjia |
 Evarist Menkouande Celestin Ntagungira |
| CONCACAF | Marco Antonio Rodríguez |
Jose Luis Camargo Pedro Rebollar |
| CONMEBOL |  Jorge Larrionda |
Mauricio Espinosa Miguel Nievas |
| OFC | Peter O'Leary |
Brent Best Matthew Taro |
| UEFA |  Claus Bo Larsen |
Bill Hansen Henryk Sonderby |
Matches
Bracket
| Play-off | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||
| 7 December – Tokyo | ||||||||||||||
| Sepahan |
3 | 10 December – Toyota City | ||||||||||||
| Waitakere United |
1 | Sepahan |
1 | |||||||||||
| 13 December – Yokohama | ||||||||||||||
| Urawa Red Diamonds |
3 | |||||||||||||
| Urawa Red Diamonds |
0 | |||||||||||||
| Milan |
1 | |||||||||||||
| 16 December – Yokohama | ||||||||||||||
| Milan |
4 | |||||||||||||
| 9 December – Tokyo | ||||||||||||||
| Boca Juniors |
2 | |||||||||||||
| Étoile du Sahel |
1 | |||||||||||||
| 12 December – Tokyo | ||||||||||||||
| Pachuca |
0 | |||||||||||||
| Étoile du Sahel |
0 | |||||||||||||
| Third place | ||||||||||||||
| Boca Juniors |
1 | |||||||||||||
| Urawa Red Diamonds |
2 (4) | |||||||||||||
| Étoile du Sahel |
2 (2) | |||||||||||||
| 16 December – Yokohama | ||||||||||||||
All times local (UTC+9)
Play-off
7 December 2007 19:45 |
| Sepahan |
3–1 | Waitakere United |
|---|---|---|
Emad Mohammed  3', 4'Abdul-Wahab 47' |
Report | Aghili 74' (o.g.) |
Quarter-finals
10 December 2007 19:30 |
| Sepahan |
1–3 | Urawa Red Diamonds |
|---|---|---|
| Karimi 80' |
Report | Nagai 32' Washington 54'Aghili 70' (o.g.) |
Semi-finals
Match for third place
16 December 2007 16:00 |
| Étoile du Sahel |
2–2 | Urawa Red Diamonds |
|---|---|---|
| Ben Frej 5' (pen.) Chermiti 75' |
Report | Washington 35', 70' |
| Penalties | ||
Nafkha  Ghezal  Ben Nasser Traoui |
2–4 | Washington Abe Nagai Hosogai |
Final
16 December 2007 19:30 |
| Boca Juniors |
2–4 | Milan |
|---|---|---|
| Palacio 22' Ambrosini 85' (o.g.) |
Report | Inzaghi 21', 71' Nesta 50'Kaká 61' |
Scorers
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Tournament round-up
Final standings
| Pos | Team | Confederation | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Milan |
UEFA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 |
| 2 | Boca Juniors |
CONMEBOL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 |
| 3 | Urawa Red Diamonds |
AFC | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 |
| 4 | Étoile du Sahel |
CAF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | Sepahan |
AFC | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Pachuca |
CONCACAF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | |
| 7 | Waitakere United |
OFC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 |
Awards
| Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball |
|---|---|---|
| Kaká (Milan) |
 Seedorf(Milan) |
Palacio (Boca Juniors) |
| Fair play | Urawa Red Diamonds |
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References
- ↑ "Green light for further special projects in Oceania, India and the Caribbean". Retrieved 5 April 2007.
- ↑ "Organising Committee strengthens FIFA Club World Cup format". Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 14 August 2007.
External links
- FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2007, FIFA.com
- 2007 FIFA Club World Cup Official Site (Archived)
- FIFA Technical Report
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