| Event | 2007 FIFA Club World Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 16 December 2007 | ||||||
| Venue | Nissan Stadium Yokohama, Japan[1] | ||||||
| Referee | Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)[1] | ||||||
| Attendance | 68,263[1] | ||||||
| Weather | Clear night 8 °C (46 °F) 33%humidity | ||||||
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The2007 FIFA Club World Cup final took place at theNissan Stadium,Yokohama, Japan on 16 December 2007.
The match pittedMilan of Italy, theUEFA club champions, againstBoca Juniors of Argentina, theCONMEBOL club champions. Milan won 4–2 in a match watched by 68,263 people. In doing so, Milan became the first non-Brazilian team – and first European – to win the Club World Cup. They won their fourthFIFA Club World Cup/Intercontinental Cup which was a repeat of the 2003 Intercontinental Cup where Milan had lost to Boca Juniors. Milan also overtook Boca Juniors,Nacional,Peñarol,Real Madrid andSão Paulo as the only team to have won the competition four times.Kaká was named asman of the match.[2]
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| CONMEBOL | Confederation | UEFA |
| Winner of the2007 Copa Libertadores | Qualification | Winner of the2006–07 UEFA Champions League |
| Bye | Play-off round | Bye |
| Bye | Quarter-finals | Bye |
| 1–0 | Semi-finals | 1–0 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Boca Juniors | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Milan |
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Assistant referees: | Match rules
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| Boca Juniors | Milan | |
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| Goals scored | 2 | 4 |
| Total shots | 17 | 14 |
| Shots on target | 9 | 7 |
| Ball possession | 49% | 51% |
| Corner kicks | 5 | 2 |
| Fouls committed | 22 | 14 |
| Offsides | 4 | 3 |
| Yellow cards | 3 | 2 |
| Red cards | 1 | 1 |