2005 FIFA Club World Championship

2005 FIFA Club World Championship Toyota Cup

FIFA Club World Championship Toyota Cup Japan 2005
FIFA CWCTC 2005 official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Japan
Dates	11 December – 18 December
Teams	6 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	São Paulo (1st title)
Runners-up	Liverpool
Third place	Saprissa
Fourth place	Al-Ittihad
Tournament statistics
Matches played	7
Goals scored	19 (2.71 per match)
Attendance	261,456 (37,351 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Amoroso Mohammed Noor Peter Crouch Alvaro Saborio (2 goals each)
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The 2005 FIFA Club World Championship Toyota Cup was the first edition of new tournament risen by the merger between the Intercontinental Cup and the FIFA Club World Championship (which had been played in a pilot edition in 2000 but later discontinued).

The football tournament was held in Japan from 11 December to 18 December 2005 and won by Brazilian club São Paulo. It is FIFA's biggest club football tournament, though is not as highly regarded by most sides as regional tournaments such as the Copa Libertadores and UEFA Champions League.

Background

The 2005 tournament was created as a merger between the Intercontinental Cup and the earlier FIFA Club World Championships. The previous of these had been running as an annual tournament between the champions of Europe and South America since 1960; the latter had undergone just one tournament, the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship. The 2001 tournament had been cancelled when FIFA's marketing partner ISL went bankrupt. To celebrate the marriage between the two competitions, a new trophy was introduced by FIFA.

As a result of this merger, the tournament was conceived as being smaller than the original Club World Championship, which had lasted two weeks, yet building on the one game format of the Intercontinental Cup. Six clubs were invited to take part in the tournament, one representing each regional football confederation. The competition's name, which was the simple union between the name of the two previous merging competitions, was evidently too long, and was going to be reduced the following year, becoming the FIFA Club World Cup.

Format

The competition was a knockout tournament so each team played two or three matches. The champions of the four "weaker" confederations played in the quarter-finals; the losers played in a fifth place play-off. The winners were then joined by the European and South American champions in the semi-finals; the losers played in a third place play-off.

The matches were held in Tokyo's National (Olympic) Stadium, Toyota Stadium in Toyota, Aichi near Nagoya and the International Stadium in Yokohama, where the final was played. For marketing purposes it was known as the FIFA Club World Championship Toyota Cup.

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified during 2005:

Team	Confederation	Qualification
Enter in the semi-finals
Liverpool	UEFA	2004–05 UEFA Champions League winners
São Paulo	CONMEBOL	2005 Copa Libertadores winners
Enter in the quarter-finals
Al-Ahly	CAF	2005 CAF Champions League winners
Al-Ittihad	AFC	2005 AFC Champions League winners
Saprissa	CONCACAF	2005 CONCACAF Champions' Cup winners
Sydney FC	OFC	2004–05 Oceania Club Championship winners

Squads

For a list of all squads which appeared at the tournament, see 2005 FIFA Club World Championship squads.

Referees

Africa

• Mohammed Guezzaz

Assistant:

• Jean Marie Endeng Zogo

Asia

• Toru Kamikawa

Assistants:

• Yoshikazu Hiroshima
• Kim Dae Young

North, Central America and Caribbean

• Benito Archundia

Assistants:

• Arturo Velázquez
• Héctor Vergara

South America

• Carlos Eugênio Simon
• Carlos Chandia

Assistants:

• Cristian Julio
• Mario Vargas

Europe

• Graham Poll
• Alain Sars

Assistants:

• Glenn Turner
• Philip Sharp
• Frédéric Arnault
• Vincent Texier

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

11 December – Tokyo

Al-Ittihad

1

14 December – Tokyo

Al-Ahly

0

Al-Ittihad

2

Fifth place

São Paulo

3

Al-Ahly

1

18 December – Yokohama

Sydney FC

2

São Paulo

1

16 December – Tokyo

12 December – Toyota City

Liverpool

0

Sydney FC

0

15 December – Yokohama

Saprissa

1

Saprissa

0

Third place

Liverpool

3

Al-Ittihad

2

Saprissa

3

18 December – Yokohama

Matches

Quarter-finals

11 December 2005 19:20	Al-Ittihad	1 – 0	Al-Ahly Cairo	Olympic Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 28,281 Referee: Graham Poll (England)
	Noor  78'	Report

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12 December 2005 19:20	Sydney	0 – 1	Deportivo Saprissa	Toyota Stadium, Toyota City Attendance: 28,538 Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
		Report	Bolaños  47'

Semi-finals

14 December 2005 19:20	Al-Ittihad	2 – 3	São Paulo	Olympic Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 31,510 Referee: Alain Sars (France)
	Noor  33' Al-Montashari  68'	Report	Amoroso  16', 47' Rogério Ceni  57' (pen.)

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15 December 2005 19:20	Deportivo Saprissa	0 – 3	Liverpool	International Stadium, Yokohama Attendance: 43,902 Referee: Carlos Chandia (Chile)
		Report	Crouch  3', 58' Gerrard  32'

Fifth Place

16 December 2005 19:20	Al-Ahly Cairo	1 – 2	Sydney	Olympic Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 15,951 Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
	Moteab  45'	Report	Yorke  35' Carney  66'

Third Place

18 December 2005 16:20	Al-Ittihad	2 – 3	Deportivo Saprissa	International Stadium, Yokohama Attendance: 46,453 Referee: Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)
	Kallon  28' Job  53' (pen.)	Report	Saborío  13', 85' (pen.) Gómez  89'

Final

Main article: 2005 FIFA Club World Championship Final

18 December 2005 19:20	São Paulo	1 – 0	Liverpool	International Stadium, Yokohama Attendance: 66,821 Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
	Mineiro  27'	Report

Scorers

2 goals

• Amoroso (São Paulo)
• Peter Crouch (Liverpool)
• Mohammed Noor (Al-Ittihad)
• Alvaro Saborio (Saprissa)

1 goal

• Hamad Al-Montashari (Al-Ittihad)
• Christian Bolaños (Saprissa)
• David Carney (Sydney FC)
• Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
• Rónald Gómez (Saprissa)
• Joseph-Désiré Job (Al-Ittihad)
• Mohammed Kallon (Al-Ittihad)
• Mineiro (São Paulo)
• Emad Moteab (Al-Ahly)
• Rogério Ceni (São Paulo)
• Dwight Yorke (Sydney FC)

Awards

Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball	Player of the Final	Fair play
Rogerio Ceni (São Paulo)	Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)	Christian Bolaños (Saprissa)	Rogerio Ceni (São Paulo)	Liverpool

Tournament round-up

Final standings

Pos	Team	Confederation	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	São Paulo	CONMEBOL	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2
2	Liverpool	UEFA	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2
3	Saprissa	CONCACAF	3	2	0	1	4	5	−1
4	Al-Ittihad	AFC	3	1	0	2	5	6	−1
5	Sydney FC	OFC	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
6	Al-Ahly	CAF	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2

Views on the tournament

The tournament was quite well received, although some commentators have stated that, excluding São Paulo and Liverpool, the quality of football was quite poor leading to a view that it might have been better retaining the two continent format of the European/South American Cup.

See also

• FIFA Club World Championship

External links

• FIFA CWC Tournament Table