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

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

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

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

Notes

  1. 1 2 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

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

Confederation Referee Assistant referees
AFC Uzbekistan Ravshan Irmatov Uzbekistan Abdukhamidullo Rasulov
Kyrgyzstan Bahadyr Kochkorov
Japan Yuichi Nishimura Japan Toru Sagara
South Korea Jeong Hae-Sang
CAF Algeria Mohamed Benouza Egypt Nasser Sadek Abdel Nabi
Eritrea Angesom Ogbamariam
CONCACAF Mexico Benito Archundia Mexico Hector Delgadillo
Mexico Marvin Rivera
CONMEBOL Chile Pablo Pozo Chile Patricio Basualto
Chile Julio Díaz
OFC New Zealand Peter O'Leary New Zealand Brent Best
Solomon Islands Matthew Taro
UEFA Spain Alberto Undiano Mallenco Spain Fermín Martínez
Spain Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez

Squads

Matches

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Play-off for quarter-finals

Adelaide United Australia2–1New Zealand Waitakere United
Mullen 39'
Dodd 83'		 Report Seaman 34'
Attendance: 19,777

Quarter-finals

Al Ahly Egypt2–4 (a.e.t.)Mexico Pachuca
Pinto 28' (o.g.)
Flávio 44'		 Report Montes 47'
Giménez 72', 110'
Álvarez 98'
Attendance: 30,158
Adelaide United Australia0–1Japan Gamba Osaka
Report Endō 23'
Attendance: 38,141
Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)

Semi-finals

Pachuca Mexico0–2Ecuador LDU Quito
Report Bieler 4'
Bolaños 26'
Attendance: 33,366
Gamba Osaka Japan3–5England 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

Al Ahly Egypt0–1Australia Adelaide United
Report Cristiano 7'
Attendance: 35,154

Match for third place

Pachuca Mexico0–1Japan Gamba Osaka
Report Yamazaki 29'
Attendance: 62,619
Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)

Final

LDU Quito Ecuador0–1England Manchester United
Report Rooney 73'
Attendance: 68,682

Goalscorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 England Wayne Rooney England Manchester United 3
2 Japan Yasuhito Endō Japan Gamba Osaka 2
Argentina Christian Giménez Mexico Pachuca
Japan Masato Yamazaki Japan Gamba Osaka
5 Argentina Damián Álvarez Mexico Pachuca 1
Argentina Claudio Bieler Ecuador LDU Quito
Ecuador Luis Bolaños Ecuador LDU Quito
Brazil Cristiano Australia Adelaide United
Australia Travis Dodd Australia Adelaide United
Angola Flávio Egypt Al Ahly
Scotland Darren Fletcher England Manchester United
Japan Hideo Hashimoto Japan Gamba Osaka
Mexico Luis Montes Mexico Pachuca
Australia Daniel Mullen Australia Adelaide United
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo England Manchester United
Wales Paul Seaman New Zealand Waitakere United
Serbia Nemanja Vidić England Manchester United

1 own goal

Awards

Adidas Golden Ball
Toyota Award		 Adidas Silver Ball Adidas Bronze Ball
England Wayne Rooney
(Manchester United)		 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo
(Manchester United)		 Argentina Damián Manso
(LDU Quito)
FIFA Fair Play Award
Australia Adelaide United

References

  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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