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 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Japan |
| Dates | 11–21 December |
| Teams | 7 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Manchester United (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  LDU Quito |
| Third place |  Gamba Osaka |
| Fourth place |  Pachuca |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 8 |
| Goals scored | 23 (2.88 per match) |
| Attendance | 355,515 (44,439 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Wayne Rooney (3 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Wayne Rooney |
| Fair play award |  Adelaide United |
← 2007 2009 → | |
The 2008 FIFA Club World Cup (officially 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. Manchester United defeated LDU Quito 1–0 in the final at the International Stadium in Yokohama on 21 December, to become the first British team to win the competition. It was United's second world title, following the 1999 Intercontinental Cup, which was also held in Japan and as well as being the only Intercontinental Cup to be won by a British club.
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]
Qualified teams
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| Team | Confederation | Qualification |
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| Semi-finals | ||
| LDU Quito
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CONMEBOL | Winners of the 2008 Copa Libertadores |
| Manchester United
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UEFA | Winners of the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League |
| Quarter-finals | ||
| Gamba Osaka
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AFC | Winners of the 2008 AFC Champions League |
 Al Ahly
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CAF | Winners of the 2008 CAF Champions League |
| Pachuca
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CONCACAF | Winners of the 2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup |
| Play-off for quarter-finals | ||
 Waitakere United
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OFC | Winners of the 2007–08 OFC Champions League |
| Adelaide United (Host)
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AFC* | Runners-up of the 2008 AFC Champions League* |
* – As Gamba Osaka won the AFC Champions League, the host's spot was taken by Adelaide United as the highest-placed non-Japanese team in the AFC CL.
Venues
Tokyo, Yokohama and Toyota were the three cities to serve as venues for the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup.
Referees
| Confederation | Referee | Assistant referees |
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| AFC |  Ravshan Irmatov
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Abdukhamidullo Rasulov  Bahadyr Kochkorov
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| Yuichi Nishimura
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Toru Sagara  Jeong Hae-Sang
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| CAF |  Mohamed Benouza
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Nasser Sadek Abdel Nabi  Angesom Ogbamariam
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| CONCACAF | Benito Archundia
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Hector Delgadillo Marvin Rivera
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| CONMEBOL |  Pablo Pozo
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Patricio Basualto Julio Díaz
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| OFC | Peter O'Leary
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Brent Best  Matthew Taro
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| UEFA |  Alberto Undiano Mallenco
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Fermín Martínez Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez
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Squads
- For a list of all the squads of this tournament, see the article 2008 FIFA Club World Cup squads.
Matches
Bracket
| Wild card | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||||||
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
Play-off for Quarter-finals
| Adelaide United | 2–1 | Waitakere United |
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Mullen  39'Dodd 83' |
Report | Seaman 34' |
Quarter-finals
| Al Ahly | 2–4 (a.e.t.) | Pachuca |
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| Pinto 28' (o.g.) Flávio 44' |
Report | Montes 47' Giménez 72', 110'Álvarez 98' |
| Adelaide United | 0–1 | Gamba Osaka |
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| Report | Endō 23' |
Semi-finals
| Gamba Osaka | 3–5 | Manchester United |
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| Yamazaki 74' Endō 85' (pen.)Hashimoto 90+1' |
Report | Vidić 28' Ronaldo 45+1'Rooney 75', 79'Fletcher 78' |
Match for fifth place
| Al Ahly | 0–1 | Adelaide United |
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| Report | Cristiano 7' |
Match for third place
| Pachuca | 0–1 | Gamba Osaka |
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| Report | Yamazaki 29' |
Final
| LDU Quito | 0–1 | Manchester United |
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| Report | Rooney 73' |
Scorers
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Tournament round-up
Final standings
| Pos | Team | Confederation | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| 1 | Manchester United
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UEFA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 |
| 2 | LDU Quito
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CONMEBOL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
| 3 | Gamba Osaka
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AFC | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | Pachuca
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CONCACAF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 |
| 5 | Adelaide United
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AFC | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 |
| 6 | Al Ahly
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CAF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 |
| 7 | Waitakere United
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OFC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 |
Awards
| Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball |
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| Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) |
 Cristiano Ronaldo(Manchester United) |
 Damián Manso(LDU Quito) |
| Fair play | ||
| Adelaide United
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References
- ^ "Organising committee approves tournament format with reintroduction of match for fifth place". Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 12 March 2008. Archived from the original on 14 March 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2008.
External links
- FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008, FIFA.com
- 2008 FIFA Club World Cup Official Site (Archived)
- FIFA Technical Report
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