2008 FIFA Club World Cup

2008 FIFA Club World CupFIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008
presented by Toyota
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Tournament details
Host country| Japan
Dates| 11–21 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 (Manchester United)
3 goals
Best player(s)| Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
Fair play award|  Adelaide United

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The 2008 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) 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 to 21 December 2008.

Defending champions Milan did not qualify, having been eliminated in the round of 16 of the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League. The winners of that competition, Manchester United, won the Club World Cup for the first time, beating Gamba Osaka 5–3 in the semi-finals before a 1–0 win over LDU Quito in the final at the International Stadium in Yokohama on 21 December. It was United's second world title, following the 1999 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 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]

## Host bids

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On 13 August 2007, the Organising Committee for the FIFA Club World Cup recommended to the FIFA Executive Committee that Japan should host the 2008 tournament.[2] This was approved by the executive committee on 29 October 2007 during their meeting in Zürich, Switzerland.[3]

## Qualified teams

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Adelaide United

Al Ahly

Gamba Osaka

Manchester United

Pachuca

Waitakere United

LDU Quito

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Location of teams of the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup

Team  | Confederation  | Qualification  | Participation

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Entering in the semi-finals
Manchester United | UEFA | Winners of the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League | 2nd (Previous: 2000)
LDU Quito | CONMEBOL | Winners of the 2008 Copa Libertadores | 1st
Entering in the quarter-finals
Al Ahly | CAF | Winners of the 2008 CAF Champions League | 3rd (Previous: 2005, 2006)
Gamba Osaka | AFC | Winners of the 2008 AFC Champions League | 1st
Pachuca | CONCACAF | Winners of the 2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup | 2nd (Previous: 2007)
Entering in the play-off for quarter-finals
Adelaide United | AFC (host)[note 1] | Runners-up of the 2008 AFC Champions League[note 1] | 1st
Waitakere United | OFC | Winners of the 2007–08 OFC Champions League | 2nd (Previous: 2007)

Notes

1. ^ a b Adelaide United took the host Japan's slot as Gamba Osaka won the 2008 AFC Champions League. As a result, the winners of the 2008 J.League Division 1, later determined to be Kashima Antlers on 6 December 2008, missed out on participating.

## Venues

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Tokyo, Yokohama and Toyota were the three cities to serve as venues for the 2008 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

2008 FIFA Club World Cup (Japan)

## Match officials

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Confederation  | Referee  | Assistant referees

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AFC |  Ravshan Irmatov |  Abdukhamidullo Rasulov
Bahadyr Kochkorov
Yuichi Nishimura |  Toru Sagara
Jeong Hae-Sang
CAF |  Mohamed Benouza |  Nasser Sadek Abdel Nabi
Angesom Ogbamariam
CONCACAF |  Benito Archundia |  Hector Delgadillo
Marvin Rivera
CONMEBOL |  Pablo Pozo |  Patricio Basualto
Julio Díaz
OFC |  Peter O'Leary |  Brent Best
Matthew Taro
UEFA |  Alberto Undiano Mallenco |  Fermín Martínez
Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez

## Squads

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Further information: 2008 FIFA Club World Cup squads

## Matches

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| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Play-off for quarter-finals| | | Quarter-finals| | | Semi-finals| | | Final
| | 13 December – Tokyo| |
|  Al Ahly| 2| 17 December – Tokyo
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|  Pachuca (a.e.t.)| 4| | |  Pachuca| 0
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| 11 December – Tokyo| | | |  LDU Quito| 2| | | 21 December – Yokohama
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|  Adelaide United| 2| 14 December – Toyota| |  LDU Quito| 0
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|  Waitakere United| 1| | |  Adelaide United| 0| 18 December – Yokohama| | |  Manchester United| 1
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| | | |  Gamba Osaka| 1| | |  Gamba Osaka| 3|
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| | | |  Manchester United| 5| |
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| Match for fifth place| Match for third place
| 18 December – Yokohama| 21 December – Yokohama
|  Al Ahly| 0|  Pachuca| 0
|  Adelaide United| 1|  Gamba Osaka| 1
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All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

### Play-off for quarter-finals

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11 December 2008

19:45

Adelaide United | 2–1|  Waitakere United

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Mullen 39'
Dodd 83' | Report | Seaman 34'

National Stadium, Tokyo

Attendance: 19,777

Referee: Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)

### Quarter-finals

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13 December 2008

13:45

Al Ahly | 2–4 (a.e.t.)|  Pachuca

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Pinto 28' (o.g.)
Flávio 44' | Report | Montes 47'
Giménez 72', 110'
Álvarez 98'

National Stadium, Tokyo

Attendance: 30,158

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

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14 December 2008

19:30

Adelaide United | 0–1|  Gamba Osaka

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| Report | Endō 23'

Toyota Stadium, Toyota

Attendance: 38,141

Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)

### Semi-finals

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17 December 2008

19:30

Pachuca | 0–2|  LDU Quito

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| Report | Bieler 4'
Bolaños 26'

National Stadium, Tokyo

Attendance: 33,366

Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

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18 December 2008

19:30

Gamba Osaka | 3–5|  Manchester United

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Yamazaki 74'
Endō 85' (pen.)
Hashimoto 90+1' | Report | Vidić 28'
Ronaldo 45+1'
Rooney 75', 79'
Fletcher 78'

International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama

Attendance: 67,618

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

### Match for fifth place

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18 December 2008

16:30

Al Ahly | 0–1|  Adelaide United

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| Report | Cristiano 7'

International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama

Attendance: 35,154

Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)

### Match for third place

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21 December 2008

16:30

Pachuca | 0–1|  Gamba Osaka

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| Report | Yamazaki 29'

International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama

Attendance: 62,619

Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)

### Final

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Main article: 2008 FIFA Club World Cup final

21 December 2008

19:30

LDU Quito | 0–1|  Manchester United

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| Report | Rooney 73'

International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama

Attendance: 68,682

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

## Goalscorers

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Rank  | Player  | Team  | Goals

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

1 own goal

* Fausto Pinto (Pachuca, against Al Ahly)

## 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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Wayne Rooney
(Manchester United)  |  Cristiano Ronaldo
(Manchester United)  |  Damián Manso
(LDU Quito)
FIFA Fair Play Award
Adelaide United

## References

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1. ^ "Organising committee approves tournament format with reintroduction of match for fifth place". FIFA. 12 March 2008. Archived from the original on 14 March 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2008.
2. ^ "Organising Committee strengthens FIFA Club World Cup format". FIFA. 14 August 2007. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
3. ^ "Rotation ends in 2018". FIFA. 29 October 2007. Archived from the original on 23 October 2008. Retrieved 28 December 2022.

## External links

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