2006 FIFA Club World Cup

2006 FIFA Club World Cup
FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2006

FIFA Club World Cup 2006 official logo
Tournament details
Host country  Japan
Dates 10 December – 17 December
Teams (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s) (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Internacional (1st title)
Runners-up Barcelona
Third place Al-Ahly
Fourth place Club América
Tournament statistics
Matches played 7
Goals scored 17 (2.43 per match)
Attendance 325,152 (46,450 per match)
Top scorer(s) Mohamed Aboutrika (3 goals)
2005
2007

The 2006 FIFA Club World Cup was a football tournament held in Japan between 10 December and 17 December 2006. It was the third FIFA Club World Cup and the second since the competition's merger with the Intercontinental Cup.

The club champions from each of the six confederations played in a knockout tournament. The quarter-final match-ups were determined by a draw including the AFC, CAF, CONCACAF and OFC champions, while the UEFA and CONMEBOL champions were given byes to the semi-finals. The losers of the quarter-finals would play for the fifth place, while the losers of the semi-finals were to play in a third-place play-off.

A team from the host nation did not participate, as was initially proposed. Following the departure of Australia from the OFC, the Oceanian representative, Auckland City, was fully amateur, so forcing them to play a play-off for a place in the quarter-finals against the J. League champions (Gamba Osaka) was considered, which would have also promoted local interest. The change would have also eliminated the fifth-place play-off, to keep the number of games intact. This was finally rejected, but the tournament format was changed for 2007.[1]

Contents

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified during 2006:

Team Confederation Qualification
Enter in the semi-finals
Barcelona UEFA 2005–06 UEFA Champions League winners
Internacional CONMEBOL 2006 Copa Libertadores winners
Enter in the quarter-finals
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors AFC 2006 AFC Champions League winners
Al-Ahly CAF 2006 CAF Champions League winners
Club América CONCACAF 2006 CONCACAF Champions' Cup winners
Auckland City OFC 2006 Oceania Club Championship winners

Referees

Africa

Assistants:

  • Enock Molefe
  • Celestin Ntagungira
Asia

Assistants:

  • Eisa Ghuloum
  • Hamdi Al Kadrie
North, Central America and Caribbean

Assistants:

  • Carlos Pastrana
  • Leonel Leal
South America

Assistants:

  • Wilson Berrio
  • Rafael Yanez

Squads

For a list of all the rosters of this tournament, see the article 2006 FIFA Club World Cup squads.

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                           
  10 December – Toyota City        
  Auckland City  0
13 December – Tokyo
      Al-Ahly  2    
  Al-Ahly  1
Fifth place
      Internacional  2  
  Auckland City  0
17 December – Yokohama
  Jeonbuk  3  
  Internacional  1
15 December – Tokyo 11 December – Tokyo
    Barcelona  0
  Jeonbuk  0
14 December – Yokohama
    Club América  1    
  Club América  0
Third place
      Barcelona  4  
  Al-Ahly  2
  Club América  1
17 December – Yokohama

Matches

All times local (UTC+9)

Quarter-finals

10 December 2006
19:20
Auckland City 0 – 2 Al-Ahly Toyota Stadium, Toyota City
Attendance: 29,922
Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
Report Flávio  51'
Aboutrika  73'

11 December 2006
19:20
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 0 – 1 Club América Olympic Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 34,197
Referee: Jerome Damon (South Africa)
Report Rojas  79'

Semi-finals

13 December 2006
19:20
Al-Ahly 1 – 2 Internacional Olympic Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 33,690
Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
Flávio  54' Report Pato  23'
Luiz Adriano  72'

14 December 2006
19:20
Club América 0 – 4 Barcelona International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama
Attendance: 62,316
Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)
Report Guðjohnsen  11'
Márquez  30'
Ronaldinho  65'
Deco  85'

Fifth place play-off

15 December 2006
19:20
Auckland City 0 – 3 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Olympic Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 23,258
Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
Report Lee Hyun-Seung  17'
Kim Hyung-Bum  31'
Zé Carlos  73' (pen.)

Third place play-off

17 December 2006
16:20
Al-Ahly 2 – 1 Club América International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama
Attendance: 51,641
Referee: Jerome Damon (South Africa)
Aboutrika  42'79' Report Cabañas  59'

Final

17 December 2006
19:20
Internacional 1 – 0 Barcelona International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama
Attendance: 67,128
Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
Adriano Gabiru  82' Report

Scorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Tournament round-up

Final standings

Pos Team Confederation Pld W D L GF GA GD
1 Internacional CONMEBOL 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2
2 Barcelona UEFA 2 1 0 1 4 1 +3
3 Al-Ahly CAF 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2
4 Club América CONCACAF 3 1 0 2 2 6 −4
5 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors AFC 2 1 0 1 3 1 +2
6 Auckland City OFC 2 0 0 2 0 5 −5

Awards

Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball
Deco
(Barcelona)
Iarley
(Internacional)
Ronaldinho
(Barcelona)
Fair play Barcelona

References

External links