- 2007 FIFA Club World Cup
Infobox International Football Competition
tourney_name =
year = 2007
other_titles = FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2007
size = 150px
caption = FIFA Club World Cup 2007 official logo
country = Japan
dates =7 December -16 December
num_teams = 7
confederations = 6
venues = 3
cities = 3
champion_other = flagicon|ITA Milan
count = 1
second_other = flagicon|ARG Boca Juniors
third_other = flagicon|JPNUrawa Red Diamonds
fourth_other = flagicon|TUN Étoile du Sahel
matches = 7
goals = 21
attendance = 315279
top_scorer = flagicon|BRA Washington (3 goals)
player = flagicon|BRAKaká The 2007 FIFA Club World Cup was a football tournament played inDecember 2007 inJapan . It was the fourthFIFA Club World Cup , a tournament organised byFIFA for the winners of each confederation's top continental club tournament.The trophy was won by Milan, who became the most successful team in the world in terms of international trophies won (18).
Qualifying teams
The qualifying teams were decided during
2007 through the 6 major . 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. [cite web|url=http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/releases/newsid=113978.html|title="Green light for further special projects in Oceania, India and the Caribbean"|accessdate=2007-04-05] 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, [cite web|url=http://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/news/newsid=570740.html |title="Organising Committee strengthens FIFA Club World Cup format"|accessdate=2007-08-14] which indeed happened asUrawa Red Diamonds won the 2007 AFC Champions League. Also, the fifth-place match was eliminated for this edition.References
External links
* [http://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup FIFA Club World Cup 2007 official site]
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