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Tournament details
Host country| Japan
Dates| 11–18 December
Teams| 6 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)| 3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions|  São Paulo (1st title)
Runners-up|  Liverpool
Third place|  Saprissa
Fourth place|  Al-Ittihad
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 7
Goals scored| 19 (2.71 per match)
Attendance| 261,456 (37,351 per match)
Top scorer(s)| Amoroso (São Paulo)
Mohammed Noor (Al-Ittihad)
Peter Crouch (Liverpool)
Álvaro Saborío (Saprissa)
2 goals each
Best player(s)| Rogério Ceni (São Paulo)
Fair play award|  Liverpool

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International football competition

The 2005 FIFA Club World Championship (officially known as the FIFA Club World Championship Toyota Cup Japan 2005 for sponsorship reasons) was the second FIFA Club World Championship, a football competition organised by FIFA for the champion clubs of the six continental confederations. It was the first to be held after by the merger between the Intercontinental Cup and the FIFA Club World Championship (which had been played in a first edition in 2000).

The tournament was held in Japan from 11 to 18 December 2005 and won by Brazilian club São Paulo, who defeated English side Liverpool 1–0 in the final.

## Background

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The 2005 tournament was created as a merger between the Intercontinental Cup and the earlier FIFA Club World Championships. The previous of these had been running as an annual tournament between the champions of Europe and South America since 1960; the latter had undergone just one tournament, the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship. The 2001 tournament had been cancelled when FIFA's marketing partner ISL went bankrupt. To celebrate the marriage between the two competitions, a new trophy was introduced by FIFA.

As a result of this merger, the tournament was conceived as being smaller than the original Club World Championship, which had lasted two weeks, yet building on the one game format of the Intercontinental Cup. Six clubs were invited to take part in the tournament, one representing each regional football confederation. The competition's name, which was the simple union between the name of the two previous merging competitions, was evidently too long, and was going to be reduced the following year, becoming the FIFA Club World Cup.

## Format

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The competition was a knockout tournament so each team played two or three matches. The champions of the four "weaker" confederations played in the quarter-finals; the losers played in a fifth place play-off. The winners were then joined by the European and South American champions in the semi-finals; the losers played in a third place play-off.

The matches were held in Tokyo's National (Olympic) Stadium, Toyota Stadium in Toyota, Aichi, near Nagoya and the International Stadium in Yokohama, where the final was played. For marketing purposes it was known as the FIFA Club World Championship Toyota Cup.

## Qualified teams

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It was all six clubs' first appearance in the FIFA Club World Championship.

Al Ahly

Al-Ittihad

Liverpool

Saprissa

Sydney FC

São Paulo

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Location of teams of the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship

Team  | Confederation  | Qualification  | Participation

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Entering in the semi-finals
Liverpool | UEFA | 2004–05 UEFA Champions League winners  | 1st
São Paulo | CONMEBOL | 2005 Copa Libertadores winners  | 1st
Entering in the quarter-finals
Al Ahly | CAF | 2005 CAF Champions League winners  | 1st
Al-Ittihad | AFC | 2005 AFC Champions League winners  | 1st
Saprissa | CONCACAF | 2005 CONCACAF Champions' Cup winners  | 1st
Sydney FC | OFC | 2005 Oceania Club Championship winners  | 1st

## Venues

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Tokyo, Yokohama and Toyota were the three cities to serve as venues for the 2005 FIFA Club World Cup.

Yokohama | Tokyo | Toyota

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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 / ﻿35.6780556°N 139.7147222°E﻿ / 35.6780556; 139.7147222﻿ (National Olympic Stadium) | 35°05′04.02″N 137°10′14.02″E﻿ / ﻿35.0844500°N 137.1705611°E﻿ / 35.0844500; 137.1705611﻿ (Toyota Stadium)
Capacity: 72,327 | Capacity: 57,363 | Capacity: 45,000
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Yokohama

Tokyo

Toyota

2005 FIFA Club World Championship (Japan)

## Squads

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Main article: 2005 FIFA Club World Championship squads

## Match officials

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Confederation  | Referee  | Assistant referees

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AFC |  Toru Kamikawa |  Yoshikazu Hiroshima
Kim Dae-Young
CAF |  Mohamed Guezzaz |  Jean Marie Endeng Zogo
CONCACAF |  Benito Archundia |  Arturo Velázquez
Héctor Vergara
CONMEBOL |  Carlos Eugênio Simon
Carlos Chandia |  Cristian Julio
Mario Vargas
UEFA |  Graham Poll |  Glenn Turner
Philip Sharp
Alain Sars |  Frédéric Arnault
Vincent Texier

## Matches

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| Quarter-finals| | | Semi-finals| | | Final
| 11 December – Tokyo| |
|  Al-Ittihad| 1| 14 December – Tokyo
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|  Al Ahly| 0| | |  Al-Ittihad| 2
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| | | |  São Paulo| 3| | | 18 December – Yokohama
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| 12 December – Toyota| |  São Paulo| 1
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|  Sydney FC| 0| 15 December – Yokohama| | |  Liverpool| 0
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|  Saprissa| 1| | |  Saprissa| 0|
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| | | |  Liverpool| 3| |
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| Match for fifth place| Match for third place
| 16 December – Tokyo| 18 December – Yokohama
|  Al Ahly| 1|  Al-Ittihad| 2
|  Sydney FC| 2|  Saprissa| 3
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### Quarter-finals

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11 December 2005

19:20

Al-Ittihad | 1–0|  Al Ahly

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Noor 78' | Report |

Olympic Stadium, Tokyo

Attendance: 28,281

Referee: Graham Poll (England)

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12 December 2005

19:20

Sydney FC | 0–1|  Saprissa

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| Report | Bolaños 47'

Toyota Stadium, Toyota

Attendance: 28,538

Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

### Semi-finals

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14 December 2005

19:20

Al-Ittihad | 2–3|  São Paulo

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Noor 33'
Al-Montashari 68' | Report | Amoroso 16', 47'
Ceni 57' (pen.)

Olympic Stadium, Tokyo

Attendance: 31,510

Referee: Alain Sars (France)

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15 December 2005

19:20

Saprissa | 0–3|  Liverpool

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| Report | Crouch 3', 58'
Gerrard 32'

International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama

Attendance: 43,902

Referee: Carlos Chandia (Chile)

### Match for fifth place

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16 December 2005

19:20

Al Ahly | 1–2|  Sydney FC

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Moteab 45' | Report | Yorke 35'
Carney 66'

Olympic Stadium, Tokyo

Attendance: 15,951

Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

### Match for third place

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18 December 2005

16:20

Al-Ittihad | 2–3|  Saprissa

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Kallon 28'
Job 53' (pen.) | Report | Saborío 13', 85' (pen.)
Gómez 89'

International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama

Attendance: 46,453

Referee: Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)

### Final

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Main article: 2005 FIFA Club World Championship Final

18 December 2005

19:20

São Paulo | 1–0|  Liverpool

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Mineiro 27' | Report |

International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama

Attendance: 66,821

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

## Goalscorers

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Rank  | Player  | Team  | Goals

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1  |  Amoroso |  São Paulo | 2
Peter Crouch |  Liverpool
Mohammed Noor |  Al-Ittihad
Álvaro Saborío |  Saprissa
5  |  Hamad Al-Montashari |  Al-Ittihad | 1
Christian Bolaños |  Saprissa
David Carney |  Sydney FC
Steven Gerrard |  Liverpool
Rónald Gómez |  Saprissa
Joseph-Désiré Job |  Al-Ittihad
Mohammed Kallon |  Al-Ittihad
Mineiro |  São Paulo
Emad Moteab |  Al Ahly
Rogério Ceni |  São Paulo
Dwight Yorke |  Sydney FC

## Reaction

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The tournament was quite well received, although some commentators have stated that, excluding São Paulo and Liverpool, the quality of football was quite poor leading to a view that it might have been better retaining the two continent format of the European/South American Cup.[1]

## Awards

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See also: FIFA Club World Cup awards

Adidas Golden Ball
Toyota Award  | Adidas Silver Ball  | Adidas Bronze Ball

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Rogério Ceni
(São Paulo)  |  Steven Gerrard
(Liverpool)  |  Christian Bolaños
(Saprissa)
FIFA Fair Play Award
Liverpool

## References

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1. ^ "CNN.com – Sao Paulo lift World Clubs trophy – Dec 19, 2005". Edition.cnn.com. Retrieved 28 May 2022.

## External links

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* FIFA Club World Championship Toyota Cup Japan 2005, FIFA.com
* 2005 FIFA Club World Championship Official Site (Archived)
* FIFA Technical Report Archived 8 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine

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