| FIFA 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 | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Japan |
| Dates | 11–21 December |
| Teams | 7 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Third place | |
| Fourth place | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 8 |
| Goals scored | 23 (2.88 per match) |
| Attendance | 355,515 (44,439 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) 3 goals |
| Best player | Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) |
| Fair play award | |
←2007 2009 → | |
The2008 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as theFIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was the fifthFIFA Club World Cup, afootball tournament for the champion clubs from each ofFIFA's six continental confederations. The tournament was held inJapan from 11 to 21 December 2008.
Defending championsMilan did not qualify, having been eliminated in the round of 16 of the2007–08 UEFA Champions League. The winners of that competition,Manchester United, won the Club World Cup for the first time, beatingGamba Osaka 5–3 in the semi-finals before a 1–0 win overLDU Quito in thefinal at theInternational Stadium inYokohama on 21 December. It was United's second world title, following the1999 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 the2007 tournament, was reintroduced for 2008, with the total prize money being increased byUS$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.[1]
On 13 August 2007, the Organising Committee for the FIFA Club World Cup recommended to theFIFA Executive Committee that Japan should host the 2008 tournament.[2] This was approved by the executive committee on 29 October 2007 during their meeting inZürich, Switzerland.[3]
| Team | Confederation | Qualification | Participation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entering in thesemi-finals | |||
| UEFA | Winners of the2007–08 UEFA Champions League | 2nd(Previous:2000) | |
| CONMEBOL | Winners of the2008 Copa Libertadores | Debut | |
| Entering in thequarter-finals | |||
| CAF | Winners of the2008 CAF Champions League | 3rd(Previous:2005,2006) | |
| AFC | Winners of the2008 AFC Champions League | Debut | |
| CONCACAF | Winners of the2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup | 2nd(Previous:2007) | |
| Entering in theplay-off for quarter-finals | |||
| AFC (host)[note 1] | Runners-up of the2008 AFC Champions League[note 1] | Debut | |
| OFC | Winners of the2007–08 OFC Champions League | 2nd(Previous:2007) | |
Notes
Tokyo, Yokohama and Toyota were the three cities to serve as venues for the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup.
| Confederation | Referee | Assistant referees |
|---|---|---|
| AFC | ||
| CAF | ||
| CONCACAF | ||
| CONMEBOL | ||
| OFC | ||
| UEFA |
| Play-off for quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| 13 December –Tokyo | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | 17 December –Tokyo | |||||||||||||
| 4 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 11 December –Tokyo | 2 | 21 December –Yokohama | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 14 December –Toyota | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 0 | 18 December –Yokohama | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Match for fifth place | Match for third place | |||||||||||||
| 18 December –Yokohama | 21 December –Yokohama | |||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
All times areJapan Standard Time (UTC+9)
| Adelaide United | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Mullen Dodd | Report | Seaman |
| Gamba Osaka | 3–5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Yamazaki Endō Hashimoto | Report | Vidić Ronaldo Rooney Fletcher |
1 own goal
| Adidas Golden Ball Toyota Award | Adidas Silver Ball | Adidas Bronze Ball |
|---|---|---|
(Manchester United) | (Manchester United) | (LDU Quito) |
| FIFA Fair Play Award | ||