| FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2006 presented by Toyota Toyota プレゼンツFIFAクラブワールドカップ ジャパン2006 | |
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 FIFA Club World Cup 2006 official logo | |
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Japan |
| Dates | 10–17 December |
| Teams | 6 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Internacional (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Barcelona |
| Third place |  Al Ahly |
| Fourth place |  América |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 7 |
| Goals scored | 17 (2.43 per match) |
| Attendance | 325,152 (46,450 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Mohamed Aboutrika (Al Ahly) 3 goals |
| Best player | Deco (Barcelona) |
| Fair play award | Barcelona |
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The2006 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as theFIFA Club World Cup Japan 2006 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was afootball tournament held inJapan between 10 and 17 December 2006. It was the thirdFIFA Club World Cup.
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 theAFC,CAF,CONCACAF andOFC champions, while theUEFA andCONMEBOL champions were given byes to the semi-finals. The losers of the quarter-finals played for fifth place, while the losers of the semi-finals played in a third-place play-off.
Defending championsSão Paulo were beaten in the2006 Copa Libertadores Finals by fellow Brazilian sideInternacional, who went on to win the Club World Cup for the first time, beatingAl Ahly in the semi-finals before defeating Spanish clubBarcelona 1–0 in thefinal.
A team from the host nation did not participate, as was initially proposed. Following the departure ofAustralia 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 theJ. 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 for2007.[1]
It was all six clubs' first appearance in the FIFA Club World Championship.
Al Ahly became the first team with more than one appearance in the FIFA Club World Cup.
| Team | Confederation | Qualification | Participation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entering in thesemi-finals | |||
| Barcelona | UEFA | 2005–06 UEFA Champions League winners | Debut |
| Internacional | CONMEBOL | 2006 Copa Libertadores winners | Debut |
| Entering in thequarter-finals | |||
| Al Ahly | CAF | 2006 CAF Champions League winners | 2nd(Previous:2005) |
 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | AFC | 2006 AFC Champions League winners | Debut |
| América | CONCACAF | 2006 CONCACAF Champions' Cup winners | Debut |
 Auckland City | OFC | 2006 OFC Club Championship winners | Debut |
Tokyo, Yokohama and Toyota were the three cities to serve as venues for the 2006 FIFA Club World Cup.
| 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 Yáñez |
For a list of all the rosters of this tournament, see the article2006 FIFA Club World Cup squads.
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 10 December –Toyota | ||||||||||
| Auckland City | 0 | 13 December –Tokyo | ||||||||
| Al Ahly | 2 | Al Ahly | 1 | |||||||
| Internacional | 2 | 17 December –Yokohama | ||||||||
| 11 December –Tokyo | Internacional | 1 | ||||||||
| Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 0 | 14 December –Yokohama | Barcelona | 0 | ||||||
| América | 1 | América | 0 | |||||||
| Barcelona | 4 | |||||||||
| Match for fifth place | Match for third place | |||||||||
| 15 December –Tokyo | 17 December –Yokohama | |||||||||
| Auckland City | 0 | Al Ahly | 2 | |||||||
| Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 3 | América | 1 | |||||||
All timesJapan Standard Time (UTC+09:00)
| Auckland City | 0–2 | Al Ahly |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Flávio 51'Aboutrika 73' |
| Al Ahly | 1–2 | Internacional |
|---|---|---|
| Flávio 54' | Report | Pato 23' Luiz Adriano 72' |
| América | 0–4 | Barcelona |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Guðjohnsen 11' Márquez 30'Ronaldinho 65'Deco 85' |
| Auckland City | 0–3 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Lee Hyun-Seung 17' Kim Hyeung-Bum 31'Zé Carlos 73' (pen.) |
| Adidas Golden Ball Toyota Award | Adidas Silver Ball | Adidas Bronze Ball |
|---|---|---|
 Deco(Barcelona) | Iarley (Internacional) | Ronaldinho (Barcelona) |
| FIFA Fair Play Award | ||
| Barcelona | ||
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