2008 FIFA Club World Cup

2008 FIFA Club World Cup

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Tournament details
Host country	Japan
Dates	11 December – 21 December
Teams	7 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Manchester United (1st title)
Runners-up	LDU Quito
Third place	Gamba Osaka
Fourth place	Pachuca
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	23 (2.88 per match)
Attendance	355,515 (44,439 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Wayne Rooney (3 goals)
Best player	Wayne Rooney
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The 2008 FIFA Club World Cup 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 December to 21 December 2008. Manchester United defeated LDU Quito 1–0 in the final at the International Stadium in Yokohama on 21 December, to become the first English team to win the competition.

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.^[1]

Qualified teams

Team	Confederation	Qualification
Semi-finals
LDU Quito	CONMEBOL	Winners of the 2008 Copa Libertadores
Manchester United	UEFA	Winners of the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League
Quarter-finals
Gamba Osaka	AFC	Winners of the 2008 AFC Champions League
Al-Ahly	CAF	Winners of the 2008 CAF Champions League
Pachuca	CONCACAF	Winners of the 2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Play-off for Quarter-finals
Waitakere United	OFC	Winners of the 2007–08 OFC Champions League
Adelaide United	AFC*	Runners-up of the 2008 AFC Champions League*

* - As Gamba Osaka won the AFC Champions League, the host's spot was taken by Adelaide United as the highest-placed non-Japanese team in the AFC CL.

Venues

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

Yokohama	Tokyo	Toyota
International Stadium Yokohama	National Stadium	Toyota Stadium
35°30′36.16″N 139°36′22.49″E / 35.5100444°N 139.6062472°E / 35.5100444; 139.6062472 (International Stadium Yokohama)	35°40′41.00″N 139°42′53.00″E / 35.67806°N 139.71472°E / 35.67806; 139.71472 (National Olympic Stadium)	35°05′04.02″N 137°10′14.02″E / 35.08445°N 137.1705611°E / 35.08445; 137.1705611 (Toyota Stadium)
Capacity: 72,327	Capacity: 57,363	Capacity: 45,000
Yokohama Tokyo Toyota 2008 FIFA Club World Cup (Japan)

Referees

Referee	Assistants
African Zone
Mohamed Benouza	Nasser Sadek Abdel Nabi	Angesom Ogbamariam
Asian Zone
Ravshan Irmatov	Abdukhamidullo Rasulov	Bahadyr Kochkorov
Yuichi Nishimura	Toru Sagara	Jeong Hae-Sang
European Zone
Alberto Undiano Mallenco	Fermín Martínez	Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez
North, Central American and Caribbean Zone
Benito Archundia	Hector Delgadillo	Marvin Rivera
Oceanian Zone
Peter O'Leary	Brent Best	Matthew Taro
South American Zone
Pablo Pozo	Patricio Basualto	Julio Díaz

Squads

For a list of all the squads of this tournament, see the article 2008 FIFA Club World Cup squads.

Matches

Bracket

Play-off

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

11 December - Tokyo

Adelaide United

2

14 December - Toyota

Waitakere United

1

Adelaide United

0

18 December - Yokohama

Gamba Osaka

1

Gamba Osaka

3

Manchester United

5

21 December - Yokohama

Manchester United

1

13 December - Tokyo

LDU Quito

0

Al-Ahly

2

17 December - Tokyo

Pachuca (a.e.t.)

4

Pachuca

0

Fifth place

Third place

LDU Quito

2

Adelaide United

1

Gamba Osaka

1

Al-Ahly

0

Pachuca

0

18 December - Yokohama

21 December - Yokohama

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Play-off for Quarter-finals

11 December 2008 19:45	Adelaide United	2 – 1	Waitakere United	National Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 19,777 Referee: Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)
	Mullen  39' Dodd  83'	Report	Seaman  34'

Quarter-finals

13 December 2008 13:45	Al-Ahly	2 – 4 (a.e.t.)	Pachuca	National Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 30,158 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
	Pinto  28' (o.g.) Flávio  44'	Report	Montes  47' Giménez  72', 110' Álvarez  98'

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14 December 2008 19:30	Adelaide United	0 – 1	Gamba Osaka	Toyota Stadium, Toyota Attendance: 38,141 Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)
		Report	Endō  23'

Semi-finals

17 December 2008 19:30	Pachuca	0 – 2	LDU Quito	National Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 33,366 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)
		Report	Bieler  4' Bolaños  26'

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18 December 2008 19:30	Gamba Osaka	3 – 5	Manchester United	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Attendance: 67,618 Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
	Yamazaki  74' Endō  85' (pen.) Hashimoto  90+1'	Report	Vidić  28' Ronaldo  45+1' Rooney  75', 79' Fletcher  78'

Match for fifth place

18 December 2008 16:30	Al-Ahly	0 – 1	Adelaide United	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Attendance: 35,154 Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)
		Report	Cristiano  7'

Match for third place

21 December 2008 16:30	Pachuca	0 – 1	Gamba Osaka	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Attendance: 62,619 Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)
		Report	Yamazaki  29'

Final

Main article: 2008 FIFA Club World Cup Final

21 December 2008 19:30	LDU Quito	0 – 1	Manchester United	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Attendance: 68,682 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
		Report	Rooney  73'

Scorers

3 goals Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) 2 goals Yasuhito Endō (Gamba Osaka) Christian Giménez (Pachuca) Masato Yamazaki (Gamba Osaka) 1 goal Damián Álvarez (Pachuca) Claudio Bieler (LDU Quito) Luis Bolaños (LDU Quito) Cristiano (Adelaide United) Travis Dodd (Adelaide United)

1 goal, cont. Flávio (Al-Ahly) Darren Fletcher (Manchester United) Hideo Hashimoto (Gamba Osaka) Luis Montes (Pachuca) Daniel Mullen (Adelaide United) Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) Paul Seaman (Waitakere United) Nemanja Vidić (Manchester United) Own goal Fausto Pinto (Pachuca; scored for Al-Ahly)

Tournament round-up

Final standings

Pos	Team	Nation	Confederation	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	%
1	Manchester United	England	UEFA	2	2	0	0	6	3	+3	100%
2	LDU Quito	Ecuador	CONMEBOL	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	50%
3	Gamba Osaka	Japan	AFC	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	66.67%
4	Pachuca	Mexico	CONCACAF	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	33.33%
5	Adelaide United	Australia	AFC	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	66.67%
6	Al-Ahly	Egypt	CAF	2	0	0	2	2	5	−3	0%
7	Waitakere United	New Zealand	OFC	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0%

Awards

Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball
Rooney (Manchester United)	Ronaldo (Manchester United)	Manso (LDU Quito)

Fair play	Adelaide United

References

1. ^ "Organising committee approves tournament format with reintroduction of match for fifth place". Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 12 March 2008. http://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/organisation/media/newsid=711059.html. Retrieved 13 December 2008. 

External links

• Official site