2007 FIFA Club World Cup

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.

Notes

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.

Match officials

Matches

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| RD1-text1 = 7 December – Tokyo | RD1-team1 = Sepahan | RD1-score1 = 3 | RD1-team2 = Waitakere United | RD1-score2 = 1

| RD2-text1 = 9 December – Tokyo | RD2-team1 = Étoile du Sahel | RD2-score1 = 1 | RD2-team2 = Pachuca | RD2-score2 = 0

| RD2-text2 = 10 December – Toyota | RD2-team3 = Sepahan | RD2-score3 = 1 | RD2-team4 = Urawa Red Diamonds | RD2-score4 = 3

| RD3-text1 = 12 December – Tokyo | RD3-team1 = Étoile du Sahel | RD3-score1 = 0 | RD3-team2 = Boca Juniors | RD3-score2 = 1

| RD3-text2 = 13 December – Yokohama | RD3-team3 = Urawa Red Diamonds | RD3-score3 = 0 | RD3-team4 = Milan | RD3-score4 = 1

| RD4-text1 = 16 December – Yokohama | RD4-team1 = Boca Juniors | RD4-score1 = 2 | RD4-team2 = Milan | RD4-score2 = 4

| RD4-text2 = 16 December – Yokohama | RD4-team3 = Étoile du Sahel | RD4-score3 = 2 (2) | RD4-team4 = Urawa Red Diamonds | RD4-score4 = 2 (4)

All times local (UTC+9)

Play-off for quarter-finals

Abu Al-Hail

Quarter-finals

Washington Aghili

Semi-finals

Match for third place

Chermiti Ghezal Ben Nasser Traoui Abe Nagai Hosogai }}

Final

Main article: 2007 FIFA Club World Cup Final

Ledesma Nesta Kaká

Goalscorers

1 own goal

• ITA Massimo Ambrosini (Milan, against Boca Juniors)

2 own goals

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

Awards

References

References

1. (15 September 2006). "Code of Ethics approved – Lord Sebastian Coe to be chairman of Ethics Committee". [[FIFA]].
2. "Green light for further special projects in Oceania, India and the Caribbean".
3. "Organising Committee strengthens FIFA Club World Cup format".