2008 FIFA Club World Cup
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2008 FIFA Club World Cup
| FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008 FIFAクラブワールドカップ2008 |
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| 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.[1]
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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.
Referees
| Referee | Assistants | |
|---|---|---|
| African Zone | ||
 Mohamed Benouza |
Nasser Sadek Abdel Nabi |
 Angesom Ogbamariam |
| Asian Zone | ||
 Ravshan Irmatov |
Abdukhamidullo Rasulov |
 Bahadyr Kochkorov |
| Yuichi Nishimura |
Toru Sagara |
 Jeong Hae-Sang |
| European Zone | ||
 Alberto Undiano Mallenco |
Fermín Martínez |
Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez |
| North, Central American and Caribbean Zone | ||
| Benito Archundia |
Hector Delgadillo |
Marvin Rivera |
| Oceanian Zone | ||
| Peter O'Leary |
Brent Best |
 Matthew Taro |
| South American Zone | ||
 Pablo Pozo |
Patricio Basualto |
Julio Díaz |
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) |
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Mullen  39'Dodd 83' |
Report | Seaman 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) |
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| Pinto 28' (o.g.) Flávio 44' |
Report | Montes 47' Giménez 72', 110'Álvarez 98' |
| 14 December 2008 19:30 |
Adelaide United |
0 – 1 | Gamba Osaka |
Toyota Stadium, Toyota Attendance: 38,141 Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile) |
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| Report | Endō 23' |
Semi-finals
| 17 December 2008 19:30 |
Pachuca |
0 – 2 | LDU Quito |
National Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 33,366 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain) |
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| Report | Bieler 4' Bolaños 26' |
| 18 December 2008 19:30 |
Gamba Osaka |
3 – 5 | Manchester United |
International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Attendance: 67,618 Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico) |
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| Yamazaki 74' Endō 85' (pen.)Hashimoto 90+1' |
Report | Vidić 28' Ronaldo 45+1'Rooney 75', 79'Fletcher 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) |
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| Report | Cristiano 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) |
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| Report | Yamazaki 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) |
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| Report | Rooney 73' |
Scorers
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Tournament round-up
Final standings
| Pos | Team | Confederation | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| 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 |
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| Rooney (Manchester United) |
 Ronaldo(Manchester United) |
 Manso(LDU Quito) |
| Fair play | Adelaide United |
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References
External links
- FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008, FIFA.com
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