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2008 FIFA Club World Cup


FieldValue
tourney_nameFIFA Club World Cup
year2008
other_titlesFIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008
presented by Toyota
Toyota プレゼンツ
FIFAクラブワールドカップ ジャパン2008
image2008_FIFA_Club_World_Cup.svg
size140px
countryJapan
dates11–21 December
num_teams7
confederations6
venues3
cities3
champion_otherManchester United
count1
second_otherLDU Quito
third_otherGamba Osaka
fourth_otherPachuca
matches8
goals23
attendance355515
top_scorerWayne Rooney (Manchester United)
3 goals
playerWayne Rooney (Manchester United)
fair_playAdelaide United
prevseason[2007](2007-fifa-club-world-cup)
nextseason[2009](2009-fifa-club-world-cup)

presented by Toyota Toyota プレゼンツ FIFAクラブワールドカップ ジャパン2008 3 goals The 2008 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was the fifth FIFA Club World Cup, a football tournament for the champion clubs from each of FIFA's six continental confederations. The tournament was held in Japan from 11 to 21 December 2008.

Defending champions Milan did not qualify, having been eliminated in the round of 16 of the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League. The winners of that competition, Manchester United, won the Club World Cup for the first time, beating Gamba Osaka 5–3 in the semi-finals before a 1–0 win over LDU Quito in the final at the International Stadium in Yokohama on 21 December. It was United's second world title, following the 1999 Intercontinental Cup, which was also held in Japan. It was also the first edition in which the CONMEBOL representative did not hail from either Argentina or Brazil.

The fifth-place match, dropped for the 2007 tournament, was reintroduced for 2008, with the total prize money being increased by US$500,000 to US$16.5 million. The winners took away US$5 million, the losing finalists US$4 million, the third-placed team US$2.5 million, the fourth-placed team US$2 million, the fifth-placed team US$1.5 million, the sixth-placed team US$1 million and the seventh-placed team US$500,000.

Host bids

On 13 August 2007, the Organising Committee for the FIFA Club World Cup recommended to the FIFA Executive Committee that Japan should host the 2008 tournament. This was approved by the executive committee on 29 October 2007 during their meeting in Zürich, Switzerland.

Qualified teams

TeamConfederationQualificationParticipationEntering in the semi-finalsEntering in the quarter-finalsEntering in the play-off for quarter-finals
Manchester UnitedUEFAWinners of the [2007–08 UEFA Champions League](2007-08-uefa-champions-league)2nd (Previous: [2000](2000-fifa-club-world-championship))
LDU QuitoCONMEBOLWinners of the [2008 Copa Libertadores](2008-copa-libertadores)Debut
Al AhlyCAFWinners of the [2008 CAF Champions League](2008-caf-champions-league)3rd (Previous: [2005](2005-fifa-club-world-championship), [2006](2006-fifa-club-world-cup))
Gamba OsakaAFCWinners of the [2008 AFC Champions League](2008-afc-champions-league)Debut
PachucaCONCACAFWinners of the [2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup](2008-concacaf-champions-cup)2nd (Previous: [2007](2007-fifa-club-world-cup))
Adelaide UnitedAFC (host)Runners-up of the [2008 AFC Champions League](2008-afc-champions-league)Debut
Waitakere UnitedOFCWinners of the [2007–08 OFC Champions League](2007-08-ofc-champions-league)2nd (Previous: [2007](2007-fifa-club-world-cup))

Notes

Venues

Tokyo, Yokohama and Toyota were the three cities to serve as venues for the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup.

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International Stadium YokohamaNational StadiumToyota Stadium
Capacity: **72,327**Capacity: **57,363**Capacity: **45,000**
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Match officials

ConfederationRefereeAssistant referees
AFCRavshan IrmatovAbdukhamidullo Rasulov
Bahadyr Kochkorov
Yuichi NishimuraToru Sagara
Jeong Hae-Sang
CAFMohamed BenouzaNasser Sadek Abdel Nabi
Angesom Ogbamariam
CONCACAFBenito ArchundiaHector Delgadillo
Marvin Rivera
CONMEBOLPablo PozoPatricio Basualto
Julio Díaz
OFCPeter O'LearyBrent Best
Matthew Taro
UEFAAlberto Undiano MallencoFermín Martínez
Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez

Squads

Matches

| team-width = 180 | score-width = 40

| RD1-text1 = 11 December – Tokyo | RD1-team1 = Adelaide United | RD1-score1 = 2 | RD1-team2 = Waitakere United | RD1-score2 = 1

| RD2-text1 = 13 December – Tokyo | RD2-team1 = Al Ahly | RD2-score1 = 2 | RD2-team2 = Pachuca | RD2-score2 = 4

| RD2-text2 = 14 December – Toyota | RD2-team3 = Adelaide United | RD2-score3 = 0 | RD2-team4 = Gamba Osaka | RD2-score4 = 1

| RD3-text1 = 17 December – Tokyo | RD3-team1 = Pachuca | RD3-score1 = 0 | RD3-team2 = LDU Quito | RD3-score2 = 2

| RD3-text2 = 18 December – Yokohama | RD3-team3 = Gamba Osaka | RD3-score3 = 3 | RD3-team4 = Manchester United | RD3-score4 = 5

| RD4-text1 = 21 December – Yokohama | RD4-team1 = LDU Quito | RD4-score1 = 0 | RD4-team2 = Manchester United | RD4-score2 = 1

| RD3-text3 = 18 December – Yokohama | RD3-team5 = Al Ahly | RD3-score5 = 0 | RD3-team6 = Adelaide United | RD3-score6 = 1

| RD4-text2 = 21 December – Yokohama | RD4-team3 = Pachuca | RD4-score3 = 0 | RD4-team4 = Gamba Osaka | RD4-score4 = 1

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Play-off for quarter-finals

Dodd

Quarter-finals

Flávio Giménez Álvarez

Semi-finals

Bolaños

Endō Hashimoto Ronaldo Rooney Fletcher

Match for fifth place

Match for third place

Final

Main article: 2008 FIFA Club World Cup final

Goalscorers

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1ENG Wayne RooneyManchester United3
2JPN Yasuhito EndōGamba Osaka2
ARG Christian GiménezPachuca
JPN Masato YamazakiGamba Osaka
5ARG Damián ÁlvarezPachuca1
ARG Claudio BielerLDU Quito
ECU Luis BolañosLDU Quito
BRA CristianoAdelaide United
AUS Travis DoddAdelaide United
ANG FlávioAl Ahly
SCO Darren FletcherManchester United
JPN Hideo HashimotoGamba Osaka
MEX Luis MontesPachuca
AUS Daniel MullenAdelaide United
POR Cristiano RonaldoManchester United
WAL Paul SeamanWaitakere United
SRB Nemanja VidićManchester United

20 own goal

  • MEX Fausto Pinto (Pachuca, against Al Ahly)

Awards

Adidas Golden Ball
Toyota AwardAdidas Silver BallAdidas Bronze BallFIFA Fair Play Award
ENG Wayne Rooney
(Manchester United)POR Cristiano Ronaldo
(Manchester United)ARG Damián Manso
(LDU Quito)
Adelaide United

References

References

  1. (12 March 2008). "Organising committee approves tournament format with reintroduction of match for fifth place". [[FIFA]].
  2. (14 August 2007). "Organising Committee strengthens FIFA Club World Cup format". [[FIFA]].
  3. (29 October 2007). "Rotation ends in 2018". [[FIFA]].
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