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
Tournament details
Host countryJapan
Dates7–16 December
Teams7 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsItaly Milan (1st title)
Runners-upArgentina Boca Juniors
Third placeJapan Urawa Red Diamonds
Fourth placeTunisia Étoile du Sahel
Tournament statistics
Matches played7
Goals scored21 (3 per match)
Attendance315,279 (45,040 per match)
Top scorer(s)Washington (Urawa Red Diamonds)
3 goals
Best player(s)Kaká (Milan)
Fair play awardJapan Urawa Red Diamonds
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The 2007 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2007 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was a football tournament played in Japan from 7 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.

Seven teams from the six confederations entered the tournament; Defending champions Internacional did not qualify as they were eliminated in the second stage of the 2007 Copa Libertadores.

Italian side Milan became the first European team to win the Club World Cup with a 4–2 victory over Argentinian club Boca Juniors in the final. That title made them the most successful team in the world in terms of official international trophies won (18).

Host bids

The FIFA Executive Committee appointed Japan as hosts of the 2007 tournament on 15 September 2006 during their meeting in Zürich, Switzerland.[1]

Qualified teams

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Boca Juniors
Milan
Urawa Red Diamonds
Étoile du Sahel
Pachuca
Waitakere United
Sepahan
Location of teams of the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup

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.[2] 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,[3] which indeed happened as Urawa Red Diamonds won the 2007 AFC Champions League. Also, the fifth-place match was eliminated for this edition.

It was the first participation in the FIFA Club World Cup for all seven teams that qualified.

Team Confederation Qualification
Entering in the semi-finals
Argentina Boca Juniors CONMEBOL Winner of 2007 Copa Libertadores
Italy Milan UEFA Winner of 2006–07 UEFA Champions League
Entering in the quarter-finals
Tunisia Étoile du Sahel CAF Winner of 2007 CAF Champions League
Mexico Pachuca CONCACAF Winner of 2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Japan Urawa Red Diamonds AFC Winner of 2007 AFC Champions League
Entering in the play-off for quarter-finals
Iran Sepahan AFC (host)[note 1] Runner-up of 2007 AFC Champions League[note 1]
New Zealand Waitakere United OFC Winner of 2007 OFC Champions League

Notes

  1. ^ a b Sepahan took the host Japan's slot as Urawa Red Diamonds won the 2007 AFC Champions League. As a result, the winners of the 2007 J.League Division 1, later determined to be Kashima Antlers on 1 December 2007, missed out on participating.

Venues

Tokyo, Yokohama and Toyota were the three cities to serve as venues for the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup.

Yokohama Tokyo Toyota
International Stadium Yokohama National Stadium Toyota Stadium
35°30′36.16″N 139°36′22.49″E / 35.5100444°N 139.6062472°E / 35.5100444; 139.6062472 (International Stadium Yokohama) 35°40′41.00″N 139°42′53.00″E / 35.6780556°N 139.7147222°E / 35.6780556; 139.7147222 (National Olympic Stadium) 35°05′04.02″N 137°10′14.02″E / 35.0844500°N 137.1705611°E / 35.0844500; 137.1705611 (Toyota Stadium)
Capacity: 72,327 Capacity: 57,363 Capacity: 45,000
2007 FIFA Club World Cup (Japan)

Squads

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

Match officials

Confederation Referee Assistant referees
AFC Mark Shield (Australia)
Hiroyoshi Takayama (Japan) 		Ben Wilson (Australia)
Nathan Gibson (Australia)
CAF Coffi Codjia (Benin) Evarist Menkouande (Cameroon)
Celestin Ntagungira (Rwanda)
CONCACAF Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico) Jose Luis Camargo (Mexico)
Pedro Rebollar (Mexico)
CONMEBOL Jorge Larrionda (Uruguayan) Mauricio Espinosa (Uruguayan)
Miguel Nievas (Ecuador)
OFC Peter O'Leary (New Zealand) Brent Best (New Zealand)
Matthew Taro (Solomon Islands)
UEFA Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark) Bill Hansen (Denmark)
Henryk Sonderby (Turkey)

Matches

Play-off for quarter-finalsQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
9 December – Tokyo
Tunisia Étoile du Sahel112 December – Tokyo
Mexico Pachuca0Tunisia Étoile du Sahel0
7 December – TokyoArgentina Boca Juniors116 December – Yokohama
Iran Sepahan310 December – ToyotaArgentina Boca Juniors2
New Zealand Waitakere United1Iran Sepahan113 December – YokohamaItaly Milan4
Japan Urawa Red Diamonds3Japan Urawa Red Diamonds0
Italy Milan1Match for third place
16 December – Yokohama
Tunisia Étoile du Sahel2 (2)
Japan Urawa Red Diamonds (p)2 (4)

All times local (UTC+9)

Play-off for quarter-finals

Sepahan Iran3–1New Zealand Waitakere United
Mohammed 3', 4'
Abu Al-Hail 47'		 Report Aghili 74' (o.g.)
National Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 24,788
Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)

Quarter-finals

Étoile du Sahel Tunisia1–0Mexico Pachuca
Narry 85' Report
National Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 34,934
Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
Sepahan Iran1–3Japan Urawa Red Diamonds
Karimi 80' Report Nagai 32'
Washington 54'
Aghili 70' (o.g.)
Toyota Stadium, Toyota
Attendance: 33,263
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

Semi-finals

Étoile du Sahel Tunisia0–1Argentina Boca Juniors
Report Cardozo 37'
National Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 37,255
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
Urawa Red Diamonds Japan0–1Italy Milan
Report Seedorf 68'
International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama
Attendance: 67,005
Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

Match for third place

Étoile du Sahel Tunisia2–2Japan Urawa Red Diamonds
Ben Frej 5' (pen.)
Chermiti 75'		 Report Washington 35', 70'
Penalties
Nafkha soccer ball with red X
Ghezal soccer ball with check mark
Ben Nasser soccer ball with check mark
Traoui soccer ball with red X		 2–4 soccer ball with check mark Washington
soccer ball with check mark Abe
soccer ball with check mark Nagai
soccer ball with check mark Hosogai
International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama
Attendance: 53,363
Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)

Final

Main article: 2007 FIFA Club World Cup Final
Boca Juniors Argentina2–4Italy Milan
Palacio 22'
Ledesma 85'		 Report Inzaghi 21', 71'
Nesta 50'
Kaká 61'
International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama
Attendance: 68,263
Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)

Goalscorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Brazil Washington Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 3
2 Italy Filippo Inzaghi Italy Milan 2
Iraq Emad Mohammed Iran Sepahan
4 Iraq Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail Iran Sepahan 1
Tunisia Saber Ben Frej Tunisia Étoile du Sahel
Argentina Neri Cardozo Argentina Boca Juniors
Tunisia Mohamed Amine Chermiti Tunisia Étoile du Sahel
Brazil Kaká Italy Milan
Iran Mahmoud Karimi Iran Sepahan
Japan Yuichiro Nagai Japan Urawa Red Diamonds
Ghana Moussa Narry Tunisia Étoile du Sahel
Italy Alessandro Nesta Italy Milan
Argentina Rodrigo Palacio Argentina Boca Juniors
Netherlands Clarence Seedorf Italy Milan

1 own goal

2 own goals

Awards

See also: FIFA Club World Cup awards
Adidas Golden Ball
Toyota Award 		Adidas Silver Ball Adidas Bronze Ball
Brazil Kaká
(Milan) 		Netherlands Clarence Seedorf
(Milan) 		Argentina Rodrigo Palacio
(Boca Juniors)
FIFA Fair Play Award
Japan Urawa Red Diamonds

References

  1. ^ "Code of Ethics approved – Lord Sebastian Coe to be chairman of Ethics Committee". FIFA. 15 September 2006. Archived from the original on 17 October 2006. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Green light for further special projects in Oceania, India and the Caribbean". Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2007.
  3. ^ "Organising Committee strengthens FIFA Club World Cup format". Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 14 August 2007.

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