2008 FIFA Club World Cup

2008 FIFA Club World Cup
FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008
FIFAクラブワールドカップ2008
Tournament details
Host country  Japan
Dates 11 December – 21 December
Teams 7 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s) 3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Manchester United (1st title)
Runners-up LDU Quito
Third place Gamba Osaka
Fourth place Pachuca
Tournament statistics
Matches played 8
Goals scored 23 (2.88 per match)
Attendance 355,515 (44,439 per match)
Top scorer(s) Wayne Rooney
(3 goals)
Best player Wayne Rooney
← 2007
2009 →

The 2008 FIFA Club World Cup was the fifth FIFA Club World Cup, a football tournament for the champion clubs from each of FIFA's six continental confederations. The tournament was held in Japan from 11 December to 21 December 2008. Manchester United defeated LDU Quito 1–0 in the final at the International Stadium in Yokohama on 21 December, to become the first English team to win the competition.

The fifth-place match, dropped for the 2007 tournament, was reintroduced for 2008, with the total prize money being increased by US$500,000 to US$16.5 million. The winners took away US$5 million, the losing finalists US$4 million, the third-placed team US$2.5 million, the fourth-placed team US$2 million, the fifth-placed team US$1.5 million, the sixth-placed team US$1 million and the seventh-placed team US$500,000.[1]

Contents

Qualified teams

Team Confederation Qualification
Semi-finals
LDU Quito CONMEBOL Winners of the 2008 Copa Libertadores
Manchester United UEFA Winners of the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League
Quarter-finals
Gamba Osaka AFC Winners of the 2008 AFC Champions League
Al-Ahly CAF Winners of the 2008 CAF Champions League
Pachuca CONCACAF Winners of the 2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Play-off for Quarter-finals
Waitakere United OFC Winners of the 2007–08 OFC Champions League
Adelaide United AFC* Runners-up of the 2008 AFC Champions League*

* - As Gamba Osaka won the AFC Champions League, the host's spot was taken by Adelaide United as the highest-placed non-Japanese team in the AFC CL.

Venues

Tokyo, Yokohama and Toyota were the three cities to serve as venues for the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup.

Yokohama Tokyo Toyota
International Stadium Yokohama National Stadium Toyota Stadium
Capacity: 72,327 Capacity: 57,363 Capacity: 45,000
2008 FIFA Club World Cup (Japan)

Referees

Referee Assistants
African Zone
Mohamed Benouza Nasser Sadek Abdel Nabi Angesom Ogbamariam
Asian Zone
Ravshan Irmatov Abdukhamidullo Rasulov Bahadyr Kochkorov
Yuichi Nishimura Toru Sagara Jeong Hae-Sang
European Zone
Alberto Undiano Mallenco Fermín Martínez Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez
North, Central American and Caribbean Zone
Benito Archundia Hector Delgadillo Marvin Rivera
Oceanian Zone
Peter O'Leary Brent Best Matthew Taro
South American Zone
Pablo Pozo Patricio Basualto Julio Díaz

Squads

For a list of all the squads of this tournament, see the article 2008 FIFA Club World Cup squads.

Matches

Bracket

Play-off Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
 11 December - Tokyo                          
  Adelaide United  2   14 December - Toyota        
  Waitakere United  1       Adelaide United  0
18 December - Yokohama
    Gamba Osaka  1    
  Gamba Osaka  3
      Manchester United  5  
21 December - Yokohama
  Manchester United  1
13 December - Tokyo
    LDU Quito  0
  Al-Ahly  2
17 December - Tokyo
  Pachuca (a.e.t.)  4    
  Pachuca  0
Fifth place Third place
      LDU Quito  2  
  Adelaide United  1   Gamba Osaka  1
  Al-Ahly  0   Pachuca  0
18 December - Yokohama 21 December - Yokohama

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Play-off for Quarter-finals

11 December 2008
19:45
 Adelaide United 2 – 1 Waitakere United National Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 19,777
Referee: Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)
Mullen  39'
Dodd  83'		 Report Seaman  34'

Quarter-finals

13 December 2008
13:45
 Al-Ahly 2 – 4 (a.e.t.) Pachuca National Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 30,158
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
Pinto  28' (o.g.)
Flávio  44'		 Report Montes  47'
Giménez  72', 110'
Álvarez  98'
14 December 2008
19:30
 Adelaide United 0 – 1 Gamba Osaka Toyota Stadium, Toyota
Attendance: 38,141
Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)
Report Endō  23'

Semi-finals

17 December 2008
19:30
 Pachuca 0 – 2 LDU Quito National Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 33,366
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)
Report Bieler  4'
Bolaños  26'
18 December 2008
19:30
 Gamba Osaka 3 – 5 Manchester United International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama
Attendance: 67,618
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
Yamazaki  74'
Endō  85' (pen.)
Hashimoto  90+1'		 Report Vidić  28'
Ronaldo  45+1'
Rooney  75', 79'
Fletcher  78'

Match for fifth place

18 December 2008
16:30
 Al-Ahly 0 – 1 Adelaide United International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama
Attendance: 35,154
Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)
Report Cristiano  7'

Match for third place

21 December 2008
16:30
 Pachuca 0 – 1 Gamba Osaka International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama
Attendance: 62,619
Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)
Report Yamazaki  29'

Final

Main article: 2008 FIFA Club World Cup Final
21 December 2008
19:30
 LDU Quito 0 – 1 Manchester United International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama
Attendance: 68,682
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
Report Rooney  73'

Scorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 goal, cont.
Own goal

Tournament round-up

Final standings

Pos Team Confederation Pld W D L GF GA GD
1 Manchester United UEFA 2 2 0 0 6 3 +3
2 LDU Quito CONMEBOL 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1
3 Gamba Osaka AFC 3 2 0 1 5 5 0
4 Pachuca CONCACAF 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1
5 Adelaide United AFC 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1
6 Al-Ahly CAF 2 0 0 2 2 5 −3
7 Waitakere United OFC 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1

Awards

Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball
Rooney
(Manchester United)		 Ronaldo
(Manchester United)		 Manso
(LDU Quito)
Fair play Adelaide United

References

  1. ^ "Organising committee approves tournament format with reintroduction of match for fifth place". Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 12 March 2008. http://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/organisation/media/newsid=711059.html. Retrieved 13 December 2008. 

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