2007 FIFA Club World Cup explained

Tourney Name:FIFA Club World Cup
Year:2007
Other Titles: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
Country:Japan
Dates:7–16 December
Num Teams:7
Confederations:6
Venues:3
Cities:3
Champion Other: Milan
Count:1
Second Other: Boca Juniors
Third Other: Urawa Red Diamonds
Fourth Other: Étoile du Sahel
Matches:7
Goals:21
Attendance:315279
Player:Kaká (Milan)
Fair Play: Urawa Red Diamonds
Prevseason:2006
Nextseason: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; 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

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

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.

TeamConfederationQualification
Entering in the semi-finals
Boca JuniorsCONMEBOLWinner of 2007 Copa Libertadores
MilanUEFAWinner of 2006–07 UEFA Champions League
Entering in the quarter-finals
Étoile du SahelCAFWinner of 2007 CAF Champions League
PachucaCONCACAFWinner of 2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Urawa Red DiamondsAFCWinner of 2007 AFC Champions League
Entering in the play-off for quarter-finals
SepahanAFC (host)Runner-up of 2007 AFC Champions League
Waitakere UnitedOFCWinner of 2007 OFC Champions League
Notes

Venues

Tokyo, Yokohama and Toyota were the three cities to serve as venues for the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup.

YokohamaTokyoToyota
International Stadium YokohamaNational StadiumToyota Stadium
Capacity: 72,327Capacity: 57,363Capacity: 45,000

Squads

For a list of all the squads of this tournament, see the article 2007 FIFA Club World Cup squads.

Match officials

ConfederationRefereeAssistant referees
AFCMark Shield (Australia)
Hiroyoshi Takayama (Japan)
Ben Wilson (Australia)
Nathan Gibson (Australia)
CAFCoffi Codjia (Benin)Evarist Menkouande (Cameroon)
Celestin Ntagungira (Rwanda)
CONCACAFMarco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico)Jose Luis Camargo (Mexico)
Pedro Rebollar (Mexico)
CONMEBOLJorge Larrionda (Uruguayan)Mauricio Espinosa (Uruguayan)
Miguel Nievas (Ecuador)
OFCPeter O'Leary (New Zealand)Brent Best (New Zealand)
Matthew Taro (Solomon Islands)
UEFAClaus Bo Larsen (Denmark)Bill Hansen (Denmark)
Henryk Sonderby (Turkey)

Matches

All times local (UTC+9)

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

See main article: 2007 FIFA Club World Cup Final.

Goalscorers

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Washington Urawa Red Diamonds3
2 Filippo Inzaghi Milan2
Emad Mohammed Sepahan
4 Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail Sepahan1
Saber Ben Frej Étoile du Sahel
Neri Cardozo Boca Juniors
Amine Chermiti Étoile du Sahel
Kaká Milan
Mahmoud Karimi Sepahan
Yuichiro Nagai Urawa Red Diamonds
Moussa Narry Étoile du Sahel
Alessandro Nesta Milan
Rodrigo Palacio Boca Juniors
Clarence Seedorf Milan

1 own goal

2 own goals

Awards

See also: FIFA Club World Cup awards.

Adidas Golden Ball
Toyota Award
Adidas Silver BallAdidas Bronze Ball
Kaká
(Milan)
Clarence Seedorf
(Milan)
Rodrigo Palacio
(Boca Juniors)
FIFA Fair Play Award
Urawa Red Diamonds

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Code of Ethics approved – Lord Sebastian Coe to be chairman of Ethics Committee . . 15 September 2006 . 28 December 2022 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061017034914/http://www.fifa.com/en/media/index/0,1369,122122,00.html . 17 October 2006.
  2. Web site: Green light for further special projects in Oceania, India and the Caribbean . https://web.archive.org/web/20071001150136/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/releases/newsid=113978.html . dead . 1 October 2007 . 5 April 2007.
  3. Web site: Organising Committee strengthens FIFA Club World Cup format . 14 August 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071001145244/http://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/news/newsid%3D570740.html . 1 October 2007 . dead.