2007 FIFA Club World Cup

2007 FIFA Club World Cup
FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2007

FIFA Club World Cup 2007 official logo
Tournament details
Host country  Japan
Dates 7 December - 16 December
Teams (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s) (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
2006
2008

The 2007 FIFA Club World Cup was a football tournament played in Japan from 7 December 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.

The trophy was won by Milan, who became the most successful team in the world in terms of international trophies won (18) and the first European team to win the trophy.

Contents

Qualified teams

The qualified 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 Confederation Qualification
Enter in the semi-finals
Boca Juniors CONMEBOL Winner of Copa Libertadores 2007
Milan UEFA Winner of UEFA Champions League 2006-07
Enter in the quarter-finals
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 AFC 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.

Squads

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

Referees

Africa

Assistants:

  • Evarist Menkouande
  • Celestin Ntagungira
Asia

Assistants:

North, Central America and Caribbean

Assistants:

  • Jose Luis Camargo
  • Pedro Rebollar
South America

Assistants:

Europe

Assistants:

  • Bill Hansen
  • Henryk Sonderby
Oceania

Assistants:

Matches

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)

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 Aghili  74' (o.g.)

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'
Aghili  70' (o.g.)

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'

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

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'

Scorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 goal
1 own goal
2 own goals

Tournament round-up

Final standings

Pos Team Confederation Pld W D L GF GA GD
1 Milan UEFA 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3
2 Boca Juniors CONMEBOL 2 1 0 1 3 4 −1
3 Urawa Red Diamonds AFC 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1
4 Étoile du Sahel CAF 3 1 1 1 3 3 0
5 Sepahan AFC 2 1 0 1 4 4 0
Pachuca CONCACAF 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1
7 Waitakere United OFC 1 0 0 1 1 3 −2

Awards

Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball
Kaká
(Milan)
Seedorf
(Milan)
Palacio
(Boca Juniors)
Fair play Urawa Red Diamonds

References

External links