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 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Japan |
| Dates | 7 – 16 December |
| Teams | 7 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
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| Runners-up |
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| Third place |
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| Fourth place |
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 7 |
| Goals scored | 21 (3 per match) |
| Attendance | 315,279 (45,040 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
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| Best player |
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| Fair play award |
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The 2007 FIFA Club World Cup (officially the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2007 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) 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.
Qualified teams
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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.[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 |
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CONMEBOL | Winner of 2007 Copa Libertadores |
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UEFA | Winner of 2006–07 UEFA Champions League |
| Enter in the quarter-finals | ||
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CAF | Winner of 2007 CAF Champions League |
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CONCACAF | Winner of 2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup |
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AFC | Winner of 2007 AFC Champions League |
| Play-in qualification | ||
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AFC | Runner up of 2007 AFC Champions League† |
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OFC | Winner of 2007 OFC Champions League |
† Sepahan took Japan's slot due to a Japanese team winning the AFC Champions League.
Venues
Tokyo, Yokohama and Toyota were the three cities to serve as venues for the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup.
Squads
For a list of all the squads of this tournament, see the article 2007 FIFA Club World Cup squads.
Referees
| Confederation | Referee | Assistant referees |
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| AFC |  |
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| CAF |  |
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| CONMEBOL |  |
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| OFC | |
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| UEFA |  |
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Matches
Bracket
| Play-off | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||
| 7 December – Tokyo | ||||||||||||||
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3 | 10 December – Toyota City | ||||||||||||
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| 13 December – Yokohama | ||||||||||||||
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3 | |||||||||||||
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0 | |||||||||||||
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1 | |||||||||||||
| 16 December – Yokohama | ||||||||||||||
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4 | |||||||||||||
| 9 December – Tokyo | ||||||||||||||
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2 | |||||||||||||
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1 | |||||||||||||
| 12 December – Tokyo | ||||||||||||||
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0 | |||||||||||||
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0 | |||||||||||||
| Third place | ||||||||||||||
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1 | |||||||||||||
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2 (4) | |||||||||||||
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2 (2) | |||||||||||||
| 16 December – Yokohama | ||||||||||||||
All times local (UTC+9)
Play-off
| Sepahan |
3–1 | |
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Emad Mohammed  Abdul-Wahab |
Report | Aghili |
Quarter-finals
| Étoile du Sahel |
1–0 | |
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| Narry |
Report |
| Sepahan |
1–3 | |
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| Karimi |
Report | Nagai Washington Aghili |
Semi-finals
| Étoile du Sahel |
0–1 | |
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| Report | Cardozo |
| Urawa Red Diamonds |
0–1 | |
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| Report | Seedorf |
Match for third place
| Étoile du Sahel |
2–2 | |
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| Ben Frej Chermiti |
Report | Washington |
| Penalties | ||
Nafkha  Ghezal  Ben Nasser Traoui |
2–4 | |
Final
Scorers
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Tournament round-up
Final standings
| Pos | Team | Confederation | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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UEFA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 |
| 2 | |
CONMEBOL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 |
| 3 | |
AFC | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 |
| 4 | |
CAF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | |
AFC | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
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CONCACAF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | |
| 7 | |
OFC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 |
Awards
| Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball |
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| Fair play | ||
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References
- ↑ "Green light for further special projects in Oceania, India and the Caribbean". Retrieved 5 April 2007.
- ↑ "Organising Committee strengthens FIFA Club World Cup format". Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 14 August 2007.
External links
- FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2007, FIFA.com
- 2007 FIFA Club World Cup Official Site (Archived)
- FIFA Technical Report
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