2008 FIFA Club World Cup

2008 FIFA Club World Cup

FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008 FIFAクラブワールドカップ2008
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.

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 (Host)	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
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Capacity: 72,327	Capacity: 57,363	Capacity: 45,000
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Referees

Confederation	Referee	Assistant referees
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

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

Matches

Bracket

Play-off

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

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 Goal 39' Dodd Goal 83'	Report	Seaman Goal 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 Goal 28' (o.g.) Flávio Goal 44'	Report	Montes Goal 47' Giménez Goal 72', 110' Álvarez Goal 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 Goal 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 Goal 4' Bolaños Goal 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 Goal 74' Endō Goal 85' (pen.) Hashimoto Goal 90+1'	Report	Vidić Goal 28' Ronaldo Goal 45+1' Rooney Goal 75', 79' Fletcher Goal 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 Goal 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 Goal 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 Goal 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	Confederation	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Manchester United	UEFA	2	2	0	0	6	3	+3
2	LDU Quito	CONMEBOL	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1
3	Gamba Osaka	AFC	3	2	0	1	5	5	0
4	Pachuca	CONCACAF	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1
5	Adelaide United	AFC	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1
6	Al-Ahly	CAF	2	0	0	2	2	5	−3
7	Waitakere United	OFC	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1

Awards

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

Fair play	Adelaide United

External links

• FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008, FIFA.com

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