2006 FIFA Club World Cup

The 2006 FIFA Club World Cup (officially the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2006 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was a football tournament held in Japan between 10 December and 17 December 2006. It was the third 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 countryJapan
Dates10–17 December
Teams6 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Internacional (1st title)
Runners-up Barcelona
Third place Al-Ahly
Fourth place América
Tournament statistics
Matches played7
Goals scored17 (2.43 per match)
Attendance325,152 (46,450 per match)
Top scorer(s) Mohamed Aboutrika (3 goals)
Best player(s) Deco
Fair play award Barcelona

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]

Qualified teams
Location of teams of the 2006 FIFA Club World Cup.

The following teams qualified in 2006:

Team Confederation Qualification Participation
Enter in the semi-finals
Barcelona UEFA 2005–06 UEFA Champions League winners 1st
Internacional CONMEBOL 2006 Copa Libertadores winners 1st
Enter in the quarter-finals
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors AFC 2006 AFC Champions League winners 1st
Al-Ahly CAF 2006 CAF Champions League winners 2nd (Previous: 2005)
América CONCACAF 2006 CONCACAF Champions' Cup winners 1st
Auckland City OFC 2006 OFC Club Championship winners 1st

Venues

Tokyo, Yokohama and Toyota were the three cities to serve as venues for the 2006 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°40′41.00″N 139°42′53.00″E 35°05′04.02″N 137°10′14.02″E
Capacity: 72,327 Capacity: 57,363 Capacity: 45,000
2006 FIFA Club World Cup (Japan)

Referees
Confederation Referee Assistant referees
AFC Khalil Al Ghamdi
Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh		 Eisa Ghuloum
Hamdi Al Kadrie
CAF Jerome Damon Enock Molefe
Celestin Ntagungira
CONCACAF Carlos Batres Carlos Pastrana
Leonel Leal
CONMEBOL Óscar Ruiz Wilson Berrio
Rafael Yanez

Squads

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

Matches
Quarter-finals Semi-finals 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 Hyundai  3  
  Internacional  1
15 December – Tokyo 11 December – Tokyo
    Barcelona  0
  Jeonbuk Hyundai  0
14 December – Yokohama
    América  1    
  América  0
Third place
      Barcelona  4  
  Al-Ahly  2
  América  1
17 December – Yokohama

All times Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

Quarter-finals
Auckland City 0–2 Al-Ahly
Report Flávio  51'
Aboutrika  73'
Attendance: 29,922
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 0–1 América
Report Rojas  79'
Olympic Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 34,197

Semi-finals
Al-Ahly 1–2 Internacional
Flávio  54' Report Pato  23'
Luiz Adriano  72'
Olympic Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 33,690
América 0–4 Barcelona
Report Guðjohnsen  11'
Márquez  30'
Ronaldinho  65'
Deco  85'
International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama
Attendance: 62,316

Fifth place play-off
Auckland City 0–3 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Report Lee Hyun-Seung  17'
Kim Hyeung-Bum  31'
Zé Carlos  73' (pen.)
Olympic Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 23,258

Third place play-off
Al-Ahly 2–1 América
Aboutrika  42', 79' Report Cabañas  59'
International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama
Attendance: 51,641

Final
Main article: 2006 FIFA Club World Cup Final
Internacional 1–0 Barcelona
Adriano Gabiru  82' Report
International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama
Attendance: 67,128

Goalscorers
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Mohamed Aboutrika Al-Ahly 3
2 Flávio Al-Ahly 2
3 Deco Barcelona 1
Eiður Guðjohnsen Barcelona 1
Rafael Márquez Barcelona 1
Ronaldinho Barcelona 1
Salvador Cabañas América 1
Ricardo Francisco Rojas América 1
Luiz Adriano Internacional 1
Adriano Gabiru Internacional 1
Alexandre Pato Internacional 1
Kim Hyeung-Bum Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1
Zé Carlos Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1
Lee Hyun-Seung Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1

Tournament round-up

Final standings
Pos Team Confederation Pld W D L GF GA GD
1 Internacional CONMEBOL 220031+2
2 Barcelona UEFA 210141+3
3 Al-Ahly CAF 320153+2
4 América CONCACAF 310226−4
5 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors AFC 210131+2
6 Auckland City OFC 200205−5

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

References
  1. "Oceania to get direct entry to Club World Cup". Archived from the original on 18 January 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2006.
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