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2007 FIFA Club World Cup

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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.

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)Washington (Urawa Red Diamonds)
3 goals
Best player(s)Kaká (Milan)
Fair play awardJapan Urawa Red Diamonds
← 2006
2008 →

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

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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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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.[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
  Milan UEFA Winner of 2006–07 UEFA Champions League 1st
  Boca Juniors CONMEBOL Winner of 2007 Copa Libertadores 1st
Entering in the quarter-finals
  Étoile du Sahel CAF Winner of 2007 CAF Champions League 1st
  Urawa Red Diamonds AFC Winner of 2007 AFC Champions League 1st
  Pachuca CONCACAF Winner of 2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1st
Entering in the play-off for quarter-finals
  Sepahan AFC (host)[note 1] Runner-up of 2007 AFC Champions League[note 1] 1st
  Waitakere United OFC Winner of 2007 OFC Champions League 1st

Notes

  1. ^ 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

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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

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

Match officials

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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

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All times local (UTC+9)

Play-off for quarter-finals

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

Quarter-finals

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Étoile du Sahel  1–0  Pachuca
Narry   85' Report
Attendance: 34,934
Sepahan  1–3  Urawa Red Diamonds
Karimi   80' Report Nagai   32'
Washington   54'
Aghili   70' (o.g.)
Attendance: 33,263
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

Semi-finals

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Étoile du Sahel  0–1  Boca Juniors
Report Cardozo   37'
Attendance: 37,255
Urawa Red Diamonds  0–1  Milan
Report Seedorf   68'
Attendance: 67,005

Match for third place

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

Final

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Main article: 2007 FIFA Club World Cup Final
Boca Juniors  2–4  Milan
Palacio   22'
Ledesma   85'		 Report Inzaghi   21', 71'
Nesta   50'
Kaká   61'
Attendance: 68,263

Goalscorers

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Rank Player Team Goals
1   Washington   Urawa Red Diamonds 3
2   Filippo Inzaghi   Milan 2
  Emad Mohammed   Sepahan
4   Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail   Sepahan 1
  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

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See also: FIFA Club World Cup awards
Adidas Golden Ball
Toyota Award 		Adidas Silver Ball Adidas Bronze Ball
  Kaká
(Milan) 		  Clarence Seedorf
(Milan) 		  Rodrigo Palacio
(Boca Juniors)
FIFA Fair Play Award
  Urawa Red Diamonds

References

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  1. ^ "Code of Ethics approved – Lord Sebastian Coe to be chairman of Ethics Committee". FIFA. 15 September 2006. Archived from the original on 17 October 2006. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Green light for further special projects in Oceania, India and the Caribbean". Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2007.
  3. ^ "Organising Committee strengthens FIFA Club World Cup format". Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 14 August 2007.
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