2007 FIFA Club World Cup
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| 2007 FIFA Club World Cup | |
| FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2007 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country |  Japan |
| Teams | 7 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
Champions  |
 Milan (1st title) |
Runners-up  |
 Boca Juniors |
Third place  |
Urawa Red Diamonds |
| Fourth place |  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 (3 goals) |
| Best player | Kaká |
The 2007 FIFA Club World Cup was a football tournament played in December 2007 in Japan. It was the fourth FIFA Club World Cup, a tournament organised by FIFA for the winners of each confederation's top continental club tournament.
The trophy was won by Milan, who became the most successful team in the world in terms of international trophies won (18).
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[edit] Qualifying teams
The qualifying teams were decided during 2007 through the 6 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 | Association | Qualification |
|---|---|---|
| Boca Juniors |
CONMEBOL | Winner of Copa Libertadores 2007 |
| Milan |
UEFA | Winner of UEFA Champions League 2006-07 |
| Étoile du Sahel |
CAF | Winner of CAF Champions League 2007 |
 Pachuca |
CONCACAF | Winner of CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2007 |
| Urawa Red Diamonds |
AFC | Winner of AFC Champions League 2007 |
| Play-in qualification | ||
 Sepahan |
JFA | Runner up of AFC Champions League 2007† |
 Waitakere United |
OFC | Winner of OFC Champions League 2007 |
† Sepahan took Japan's slot due to a Japanese team winning the AFC Champions League.
[edit] Squads
For a list of all the squads of this tournament, see the article 2007 FIFA Club World Cup squads.
[edit] Matches
[edit] Bracket
| Play-off | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||
| 7 December - Tokyo | ||||||||||||||
| Sepahan |
3 | 10 December - Toyota City | ||||||||||||
| Waitakere United |
1 | Sepahan |
1 | |||||||||||
| 13 December - Yokohama | ||||||||||||||
| Urawa Red Diamonds |
3 | |||||||||||||
| Urawa Red Diamonds |
0 | |||||||||||||
| Milan |
1 | |||||||||||||
| 16 December - Yokohama | ||||||||||||||
| Milan |
4 | |||||||||||||
| 9 December - Tokyo | ||||||||||||||
| Boca Juniors |
2 | |||||||||||||
| Étoile du Sahel |
1 | |||||||||||||
| 12 December - Tokyo | ||||||||||||||
| Pachuca |
0 | |||||||||||||
| Étoile du Sahel |
0 | |||||||||||||
| Third place | ||||||||||||||
| Boca Juniors |
1 | |||||||||||||
| Urawa Red Diamonds |
2 (4) | |||||||||||||
| Étoile du Sahel |
2 (2) | |||||||||||||
| 16 December - Yokohama | ||||||||||||||
All times local (UTC+9)
[edit] Play-off
| 2007-12-07 19:45 |
Sepahan |
3 – 1 | Waitakere United |
National Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 24,788 Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico) |
Emad Mohammed  3' 4'Abdul-Wahab 47' |
(Report) | Aghily 74' (o.g.) |
[edit] Quarter-finals
| 2007-12-09 14:45 |
Étoile du Sahel |
1 – 0 | Pachuca |
National Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 34,934 Referee: Mark Shield (Australia) |
| Narry 85' |
(Report) |
| 2007-12-10 19:30 |
Sepahan |
1 – 3 | Urawa Red Diamonds |
Toyota Stadium, Toyota City Attendance: 33,263 Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin) |
| Karimi 80' |
(Report) | Nagai 32' Washington 54'Aghily 70' (o.g.) |
[edit] Semi-finals
| 2007-12-12 19:30 |
Étoile du Sahel |
0 – 1 | Boca Juniors |
National Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 37,255 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark) |
| (Report) | Cardozo 37' |
| 2007-12-13 19:30 |
Urawa Red Diamonds |
0 – 1 | Milan |
International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Attendance: 67,005 Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay) |
| (Report) | Seedorf 68' |
[edit] Match for third place
| 2007-12-16 16:00 |
Étoile du Sahel |
2 – 2 | Urawa Red Diamonds |
International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Attendance: 53,363 Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand) |
| Ben Frej 5' (pen.) Chermiti 75' |
(Report) | Washington 35' 70' |
| Penalties | |||
Nafkha  Ghezal Ben Nasser Traoui |
2 – 4 | Washington Abe Nagai Hosogai |
[edit] Final
| 2007-12-16 19:30 |
Boca Juniors |
2 – 4 | Milan |
International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Attendance: 68,263 Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico) |
| Palacio 22' Ambrosini 85' (o.g.) |
(Report) | Inzaghi 21' 71' Nesta 50'Kaká 61' |
| FIFA Club World Cup 2007 Winners |
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Milan First Title |
[edit] Scorers
- 3 goals
Washington (Urawa Red Diamonds)
- 2 goals
Filippo Inzaghi (Milan)
Emad Mohammed (Sepahan)
- 1 goal
- Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail (Sepahan)
Saber Ben Frej (Étoile du Sahel)
Neri Cardozo (Boca Juniors)- Mohamed 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
- Massimo Ambrosini (Milan)
- 2 own goals
- Hadi Aghily (Sepahan)
[edit] Tournament Awards
| Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball |
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| Kaká (Milan) |
 Seedorf(Milan) |
Palacio (Boca Juniors) |
| Fair play | Urawa Red Diamonds |
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[edit] References
- ^ "Green light for further special projects in Oceania, India and the Caribbean". Retrieved on 2007-04-05.
- ^ "Organising Committee strengthens FIFA Club World Cup format". Retrieved on 2007-08-14.
[edit] External links
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