2007 FIFA Club World Cup

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2007 FIFA Club World Cup
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
Tournament details
Host countryJapan
Dates7 – 16 December
Teams7 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsItaly Milan (1st title)
Runners-upArgentina Boca Juniors
Third placeJapan Urawa Red Diamonds
Fourth placeTunisia Étoile du Sahel
Tournament statistics
Matches played7
Goals scored21 (3 per match)
Attendance315,279 (45,040 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Washington (3 goals)
Best player(s)Brazil Kaká
Fair play awardJapan Urawa Red Diamonds
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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 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.

Seven teams from the six confederations entered the tournament with Italian side A.C. 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) and the first European team to win the Club World Cup.

Qualified teams

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Location of teams of the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup.

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
Argentina Boca Juniors CONMEBOL Winner of 2007 Copa Libertadores
Italy Milan UEFA Winner of 2006–07 UEFA Champions League
Enter in the quarter-finals
Tunisia Étoile du Sahel CAF Winner of 2007 CAF Champions League
Mexico Pachuca CONCACAF Winner of 2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Japan Urawa Red Diamonds AFC Winner of 2007 AFC Champions League
Play-in qualification
Iran Sepahan AFC Runner up of 2007 AFC Champions League†
New Zealand 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
International Stadium Yokohama National Stadium Toyota Stadium
35°30′36.16″N 139°36′22.49″E / 35.5100444°N 139.6062472°E / 35.5100444; 139.6062472 (International Stadium Yokohama) 35°40′41.00″N 139°42′53.00″E / 35.6780556°N 139.7147222°E / 35.6780556; 139.7147222 (National Olympic Stadium) 35°05′04.02″N 137°10′14.02″E / 35.0844500°N 137.1705611°E / 35.0844500; 137.1705611 (Toyota Stadium)
Capacity: 72,327 Capacity: 57,363 Capacity: 45,000
2007 FIFA Club World Cup (Japan)

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 (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

Wild cardQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal

All times local (UTC+9)

Play-off

Sepahan Iran3–1New Zealand Waitakere United
Mohammed 3', 4'
Abu Al-Hail 47'		 Report Aghili 74' (o.g.)
Attendance: 24,788

Quarter-finals

Étoile du Sahel Tunisia1–0Mexico Pachuca
Narry 85' Report
Attendance: 34,934
Sepahan Iran1–3Japan Urawa Red Diamonds
Karimi 80' Report Nagai 32'
Washington 54'
Aghili 70' (o.g.)
Attendance: 33,263
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

Semi-finals

Étoile du Sahel Tunisia0–1Argentina Boca Juniors
Report Cardozo 37'
Attendance: 37,255
Urawa Red Diamonds Japan0–1Italy Milan
Report Seedorf 68'
Attendance: 67,005

Match for third place

Étoile du Sahel Tunisia2–2Japan Urawa Red Diamonds
Ben Frej 5' (pen.)
Chermiti 75'		 Report Washington 35', 70'
Penalties
Nafkha soccer ball with red X
Ghezal soccer ball with check mark
Ben Nasser soccer ball with check mark
Traoui soccer ball with red X		 2–4 soccer ball with check mark Washington
soccer ball with check mark Abe
soccer ball with check mark Nagai
soccer ball with check mark Hosogai
Attendance: 53,363

Final

Main article: 2007 FIFA Club World Cup Final
Boca Juniors Argentina2–4Italy Milan
Palacio 22'
Ambrosini 85' (o.g.)		 Report Inzaghi 21', 71'
Nesta 50'
Kaká 61'
Attendance: 68,263

Scorers

Tournament round-up

Final standings

Pos Team Confederation Pld W D L GF GA GD
1 Italy Milan UEFA 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3
2 Argentina Boca Juniors CONMEBOL 2 1 0 1 3 4 −1
3 Japan Urawa Red Diamonds AFC 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1
4 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel CAF 3 1 1 1 3 3 0
5 Iran Sepahan AFC 2 1 0 1 4 4 0
Mexico Pachuca CONCACAF 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1
7 New Zealand Waitakere United OFC 1 0 0 1 1 3 −2

Awards

Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball
Brazil Kaká (Milan) Netherlands Seedorf (Milan) Argentina Palacio (Boca Juniors)
Fair play
Japan Urawa Red Diamonds

References

  1. ^ "Green light for further special projects in Oceania, India and the Caribbean". Retrieved 5 April 2007.
  2. ^ "Organising Committee strengthens FIFA Club World Cup format". Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 14 August 2007.

External links

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