2007 FIFA Club World Cup
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.
| 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 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Japan |
| Dates | 7–16 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(s) | Kaká |
| Fair play award | Urawa Red Diamonds |
Internacional were the defending champions, but could not defend their title after being eliminated in the 2007 Copa Libertadores second stage.
Seven teams from the six confederations entered the tournament, with Italian side Milan defeating Boca Juniors from Argentina 4–2 in the final to become the most successful team in the world in terms of international trophies won (18), as well as the first European team to win the Club World Cup.
Qualified teams
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.
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| Team | Confederation | Qualification |
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| 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.
| Yokohama | Tokyo | Toyota | ||
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| International Stadium Yokohama | National Stadium | Toyota Stadium | ||
| 35°30′36.16″N 139°36′22.49″E | 35°40′41.00″N 139°42′53.00″E | 35°05′04.02″N 137°10′14.02″E | ||
| Capacity: 72,327 | Capacity: 57,363 | Capacity: 45,000 | ||
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Squads
For a list of all the squads of this tournament, see the article 2007 FIFA Club World Cup squads.
Match officials
| Confederation | Referee | Assistant referees |
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| 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
Bracket
| Play-off | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | 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
| Sepahan | 3–1 | Waitakere United |
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Mohammed  3', 4'Abu Al-Hail 47' |
Report | Aghili 74' (o.g.) |
Quarter-finals
| Étoile du Sahel | 1–0 | Pachuca |
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| Narry 85' |
Report |
| Sepahan | 1–3 | Urawa Red Diamonds |
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| Karimi 80' |
Report | Nagai 32' Washington 54'Aghili 70' (o.g.) |
Semi-finals
| Étoile du Sahel | 0–1 | Boca Juniors |
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| Report | Cardozo 37' |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 0–1 | Milan |
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| Report | Seedorf 68' |
Match for third place
| Étoile du Sahel | 2–2 | Urawa Red Diamonds |
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| Ben Frej 5' (pen.) Chermiti 75' |
Report | Washington 35', 70' |
| Penalties | ||
Nafkha  Ghezal  Ben Nasser Traoui |
2–4 | Washington Abe Nagai Hosogai |
Scorers
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Final standings
| Pos | Team | Confederation | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| 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
| Adidas Golden Ball Toyota Award |
Adidas Silver Ball | Adidas Bronze Ball |
|---|---|---|
| Kaká (Milan) |
 Clarence Seedorf(Milan) |
Rodrigo Palacio (Boca Juniors) |
| FIFA Fair Play Award | ||
| Urawa Red Diamonds | ||
References
- "Green light for further special projects in Oceania, India and the Caribbean". Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. 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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