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2005 FIFA Club World Championship
FIFA Club World Championship Toyota Cup Japan 2005
File:FIFA Club World Championship 2005 logo.png
FIFA Club World Championship 2005 official logo
Tournament details
Host countryJapan
Dates11 December18 December
Teams6 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsBrazil São Paulo FC (1st title)
Runners-upEngland Liverpool
Third placeCosta Rica Deportivo Saprissa
Fourth placeSaudi Arabia Al Ittihad
Tournament statistics
Matches played7
Goals scored19 (2.71 per match)
Attendance261,456 (37,351 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Amoroso (2 goals)

Saudi Arabia Mohammed Noor (2 goals)
England Peter Crouch (2 goals)

Costa Rica Alvaro Saborio (2 goals)

The 2005 FIFA Club World Championship was a football tournament held in Japan between 11 December and 18 December 2005 and won by Brazilian club São Paulo FC. 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.

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.

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.

Qualifying teams

These were decided during 2005:

Saudi Arabia Al Ittihad Saudi Arabia 2005 AFC Champions League
England Liverpool F.C. England 2004-05 UEFA Champions League
Costa Rica Deportivo Saprissa Costa Rica 2005 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Egypt Al Ahly Egypt 2005 CAF Champions League
Brazil São Paulo FC Brazil 2005 Copa Libertadores
Australia Sydney FC Australia 2004-05 OFC Club Championship

Squads

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

Bracket

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Matches

Quarter-finals

Al Ittihad Saudi Arabia1 – 0Egypt Al-Ahly
Noor 78' (Report)
Attendance: 28,281
Referee: Graham Poll (England)

Semi-finals

Al Ittihad Saudi Arabia2 – 3Brazil São Paulo
Noor 33'
Al-Montashari 68'
(Report) Amoroso 16' 47'
Rogério Ceni 57' (pen.)
Attendance: 31,510
Referee: Alain Sars (France)

Fifth Place

Al-Ahly Egypt1 – 2Australia Sydney FC
Moteab 45' (Report) Yorke 35'
Carney 66'
Attendance: 15,951
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

Third Place

Al Ittihad Saudi Arabia2 – 3Costa Rica Deportivo Saprissa
Kallon 28'
Job 53' (pen.)
(Report) Saborío 13' 85' (pen.)
Gómez 89'
Attendance: 46,453
Referee: Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)

Final

São Paulo Brazil1 – 0England Liverpool
Mineiro 27' (Report)
Attendance: 66,821
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
FIFA Club World Cup
2005 Winners
Brazil
São Paulo
First Title
  • São Paulo won 2 Intercontinental Cups (1992, 1993)

Scorers

2 goals
1 goal


Player of the Tournament

Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball Player of the Final
Brazil Rogerio Ceni
(São Paulo FC)
England Steven Gerrard
(Liverpool FC)
Costa Rica Christian Bolaños
(Deportivo Saprissa)
Brazil Rogerio Ceni
(São Paulo FC)

Tournament round-up

Final standings

Pos Team Confederation Region
1 São Paulo FC CONMEBOL South America
2 Liverpool FC UEFA Europe
3 Deportivo Saprissa CONCACAF Central America, North America and the Caribbean
4 Al Ittihad AFC Asia
5 Sydney FC OFC Oceania
6 Al Ahly CAF Africa

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 [1].

See also

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