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2008 FIFA Club World Cup

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.

2008 FIFA Club World Cup
FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008
presented by Toyota
Toyota プレゼンツ
FIFAクラブワールドカップ ジャパン2008
Tournament details
Host countryJapan
Dates11–21 December
Teams7 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsEngland Manchester United (1st title)
Runners-upEcuador LDU Quito
Third placeJapan Gamba Osaka
Fourth placeMexico Pachuca
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored23 (2.88 per match)
Attendance355,515 (44,439 per match)
Top scorer(s)Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
3 goals
Best player(s)Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
Fair play awardAustralia Adelaide United
← 2007
2009 →

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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Location of teams of the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup
Team Confederation Qualification Participation
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
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
     
2008 FIFA Club World Cup (Japan)

Match officials

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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

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Further information: 2008 FIFA Club World Cup squads

Matches

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All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Play-off for quarter-finals

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Adelaide United  2–1  Waitakere United
Mullen   39'
Dodd   83'		 Report Seaman   34'
Attendance: 19,777

Quarter-finals

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Al Ahly  2–4 (a.e.t.)  Pachuca
Pinto   28' (o.g.)
Flávio   44'		 Report Montes   47'
Giménez   72', 110'
Álvarez   98'
Attendance: 30,158
Adelaide United  0–1  Gamba Osaka
Report Endō   23'
Attendance: 38,141
Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)

Semi-finals

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Pachuca  0–2  LDU Quito
Report Bieler   4'
Bolaños   26'
Attendance: 33,366
Gamba Osaka  3–5  Manchester United
Yamazaki   74'
Endō   85' (pen.)
Hashimoto   90+1'		 Report Vidić   28'
Ronaldo   45+1'
Rooney   75', 79'
Fletcher   78'
Attendance: 67,618

Match for fifth place

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Al Ahly  0–1  Adelaide United
Report Cristiano   7'
Attendance: 35,154

Match for third place

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Pachuca  0–1  Gamba Osaka
Report Yamazaki   29'
Attendance: 62,619
Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)

Final

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Main article: 2008 FIFA Club World Cup final
LDU Quito  0–1  Manchester United
Report Rooney   73'
Attendance: 68,682

Goalscorers

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Rank Player Team Goals
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

Awards

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See also: FIFA Club World Cup awards
Adidas Golden Ball
Toyota Award 		Adidas Silver Ball Adidas Bronze Ball
  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.
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