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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 country	Japan
Dates	7–16 December
Teams	7 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	3 (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 (Urawa Red Diamonds) 3 goals
Best player(s)	Kaká (Milan)
Fair play award	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.

Qualified teams

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. 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, 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	Participation
Entering in the semi-finals
Milan	UEFA	Winner of 2006–07 UEFA Champions League	1st
Boca Juniors	CONMEBOL	Winner of 2007 Copa Libertadores	1st
Entering in the quarter-finals
Étoile du Sahel	CAF	Winner of 2007 CAF Champions League	1st
Urawa Red Diamonds	AFC	Winner of 2007 AFC Champions League	1st
Pachuca	CONCACAF	Winner of 2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup	1st
Entering in the play-off for quarter-finals
Sepahan	AFC (host)	Runner-up of 2007 AFC Champions League	1st
Waitakere United	OFC	Winner of 2007 OFC Champions League	1st

Notes

1. ^ 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
YokohamaTokyoToyota2007 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

Matches

Play-off for quarter-finals

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

9 December – Tokyo

Étoile du Sahel

1

12 December – Tokyo

Pachuca

0

Étoile du Sahel

0

7 December – Tokyo

Boca Juniors

1

16 December – Yokohama

Sepahan

3

10 December – Toyota

Boca Juniors

2

Waitakere United

1

Sepahan

1

13 December – Yokohama

Milan

4

Urawa Red Diamonds

3

Urawa Red Diamonds

0

Milan

1

Match for third place

16 December – Yokohama

Étoile du Sahel

2 (2)

Urawa Red Diamonds (p)

2 (4)

All times local (UTC+9)

Play-off for quarter-finals

Sepahan	3–1	Waitakere United
Emad 3', 4' Abu Al-Hail 47'	Report	Aghili 74' (o.g.)

Quarter-finals

Étoile du Sahel	1–0	Pachuca
Narry 85'	Report

Sepahan	1–3	Urawa Red Diamonds
Karimi 80'	Report	Nagai 32' Washington 54' Aghili 70' (o.g.)

Semi-finals

Étoile du Sahel	0–1	Boca Juniors
	Report	Cardozo 37'

Urawa Red Diamonds	0–1	Milan
	Report	Seedorf 68'

Match for third place

Étoile du Sahel	2–2	Urawa Red Diamonds
Ben Frej 5' (pen.) Chermiti 75'	Report	Washington 35', 70'
Penalties
Nafkha Ghezal Ben Nasser Traoui	2–4	Washington Abe Nagai Hosogai

Final

Boca Juniors	2–4	Milan
Palacio 22' Ledesma 85'	Report	Inzaghi 21', 71' Nesta 50' Kaká 61'

Goalscorers

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

1 own goal

• Massimo Ambrosini (Milan, against Boca Juniors)

2 own goals

• Hadi Aghili (Sepahan, against Waitakere United and Urawa Red Diamonds)

Awards

Adidas Golden Ball Toyota Award	Adidas Silver Ball	Adidas Bronze Ball
Kaká (Milan)	Clarence Seedorf (Milan)	Rodrigo Palacio (Boca Juniors)
FIFA Fair Play Award
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.

External links

• FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2007, FIFA.com
• 2007 FIFA Club World Cup Official Site (Archived)
• FIFA Technical Report

• 2007 FIFA Club World Cup
• International club association football competitions hosted by Japan
• 2007 in association football
• 2007 in Japanese football
• 2007–08 in New Zealand association football
• 2007–08 in Argentine football
• 2007–08 in Italian football
• 2007–08 in Tunisian football
• 2007–08 in Mexican football
• 2007–08 in Iranian football
• FIFA Club World Cup tournaments