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 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Japan |
| Dates | 7–16 December |
| Teams | 7 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Italy Milan (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Argentina Boca Juniors |
| Third place | Japan Urawa Red Diamonds |
| Fourth place | Tunisia 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 (Urawa Red Diamonds) 3 goals |
| Best player | Kaká (Milan) |
| Fair play award | Japan Urawa Red Diamonds |
← 2006 2008 → | |
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.
Seven teams from the six confederations entered the tournament; the other team was the host country's representatives, usually the league champions. Defending champions Internacional did not qualify as they were eliminated in the second stage of the 2007 Copa Libertadores.
Italian side Milan became the first European team to win the Club World Cup with a 4–2 victory over Argentinian club Boca Juniors in the final. That title made them the most successful team in the world in terms of official international trophies won (18).
Host bids
[edit | edit source]The FIFA Executive Committee appointed Japan as hosts of the 2007 tournament on 15 September 2006 during their meeting in Zürich, Switzerland.[1]
Qualified teams
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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.[2] 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,[3] which indeed happened as Urawa Red Diamonds won the 2007 AFC Champions League. Also, the fifth-place match was eliminated for this edition.
It was the first participation in the FIFA Club World Cup for all seven teams that qualified.
| Team | Confederation | Qualification | Participation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entering in the semi-finals | |||
| Italy Milan | UEFA | Winners of 2006–07 UEFA Champions League | Debut |
| Argentina Boca Juniors | CONMEBOL | Winners of 2007 Copa Libertadores | Debut |
| Entering in the quarter-finals | |||
| Tunisia Étoile du Sahel | CAF | Winners of 2007 CAF Champions League | Debut |
| Japan Urawa Red Diamonds | AFC | Winners of 2007 AFC Champions League | Debut |
| Mexico Pachuca | CONCACAF | Winners of 2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup | Debut |
| Entering in the play-off for quarter-finals | |||
| Iran Sepahan | AFC (host)[note 1] | Runners-up of 2007 AFC Champions League[note 1] | Debut |
| New Zealand Waitakere United | OFC | Winners of 2007 OFC Champions League | Debut |
Notes
- ^ a b Sepahan took the host Japan's slot as Urawa Red Diamonds won the 2007 AFC Champions League. As a result, the winners of the 2007 J.League Division 1, later determined to be Kashima Antlers on 1 December 2007, missed out on participating.
Venues
[edit | edit source]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 | ||
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| Capacity: 72,327 | Capacity: 57,363 | Capacity: 45,000 | ||
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Squads
[edit | edit source]For a list of all the squads of this tournament, see the article 2007 FIFA Club World Cup squads.
Match officials
[edit | edit source]| 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
[edit | edit source]| Play-off for quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| 9 December – Tokyo | ||||||||||||||
| Tunisia Étoile du Sahel | 1 | 12 December – Tokyo | ||||||||||||
| Mexico Pachuca | 0 | Tunisia Étoile du Sahel | 0 | |||||||||||
| 7 December – Tokyo | Argentina Boca Juniors | 1 | 16 December – Yokohama | |||||||||||
| Iran Sepahan | 3 | 10 December – Toyota | Argentina Boca Juniors | 2 | ||||||||||
| New Zealand Waitakere United | 1 | Iran Sepahan | 1 | 13 December – Yokohama | Italy Milan | 4 | ||||||||
| Japan Urawa Red Diamonds | 3 | Japan Urawa Red Diamonds | 0 | |||||||||||
| Italy Milan | 1 | Match for third place | ||||||||||||
| 16 December – Yokohama | ||||||||||||||
| Tunisia Étoile du Sahel | 2 (2) | |||||||||||||
| Japan Urawa Red Diamonds (p) | 2 (4) | |||||||||||||
All times local (UTC+9)
Play-off for quarter-finals
[edit | edit source]| Sepahan Iran | 3–1 | New Zealand Waitakere United |
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Quarter-finals
[edit | edit source]Semi-finals
[edit | edit source]Match for third place
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Final
[edit | edit source]Goalscorers
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1 own goal
- Italy Massimo Ambrosini (Milan, against Boca Juniors)
2 own goals
- Iran Hadi Aghili (Sepahan, against Waitakere United and Urawa Red Diamonds)
Awards
[edit | edit source]| Adidas Golden Ball Toyota Award |
Adidas Silver Ball | Adidas Bronze Ball |
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| Brazil Kaká (Milan) |
Netherlands Clarence Seedorf (Milan) |
Argentina Rodrigo Palacio (Boca Juniors) |
| FIFA Fair Play Award | ||
| Japan Urawa Red Diamonds | ||
References
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External links
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- FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2007, FIFA.com
- 2007 FIFA Club World Cup Official Site (Archived)
- FIFA Technical Report
- 2007 FIFA Club World Cup
- International club association football competitions hosted by Japan
- 2007 in association football
- 2007 in Japanese football
- 2007–08 in New Zealand association football
- 2007–08 in Argentine football
- 2007–08 in Italian football
- 2007–08 in Tunisian football
- 2007–08 in Mexican football
- 2007–08 in Iranian football
- FIFA Club World Cup tournaments
- December 2007 sports events in Japan
- 2007 in Tokyo
- 2000s in Yokohama
- Football competitions in Tokyo
- Sports competitions in Yokohama
- Football in Yokohama
- Sport in Toyota, Aichi
- Sports competitions in Aichi Prefecture