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.
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. This was approved by the executive committee on 29 October 2007 during their meeting in Zürich, Switzerland.
Qualified teams
TeamConfederationQualificationParticipationEntering in the semi-finals Manchester UnitedUEFAWinners of the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League2nd LDU QuitoCONMEBOLWinners of the 2008 Copa LibertadoresDebutEntering in the quarter-finals Al AhlyCAFWinners of the 2008 CAF Champions League3rd Gamba OsakaAFCWinners of the 2008 AFC Champions LeagueDebut PachucaCONCACAFWinners of the 2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup2nd Entering in the play-off for quarter-finals Adelaide UnitedAFC (host)Runners-up of the 2008 AFC Champions LeagueDebut Waitakere UnitedOFCWinners of the 2007–08 OFC Champions League2nd Notes
Venues Tokyo, Yokohama and Toyota were the three cities to serve as venues for the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup.
YokohamaTokyoToyota International Stadium Yokohama National Stadium Toyota Stadium Capacity: 72,327 Capacity: 57,363 Capacity: 45,000
Match officials ConfederationRefereeAssistant refereesAFC Ravshan Irmatov Abdukhamidullo Rasulov Bahadyr Kochkorov Yuichi Nishimura Toru Sagara Jeong Hae-SangCAF Mohamed Benouza Nasser Sadek Abdel Nabi Angesom OgbamariamCONCACAF Benito Archundia Hector Delgadillo Marvin RiveraCONMEBOL Pablo Pozo Patricio Basualto Julio DíazOFC Peter O'Leary Brent Best Matthew TaroUEFA Alberto Undiano Mallenco Fermín Martínez Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez
Squads
Matches
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
Play-off for quarter-finals
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Match for fifth place
Match for third place
Final
Goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Wayne Rooney Manchester United32 Yasuhito Endō Gamba Osaka2 Christian Giménez Pachuca Masato Yamazaki Gamba Osaka5 Damián Álvarez Pachuca1 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
Adidas Golden BallToyota AwardAdidas Silver BallAdidas Bronze Ball Wayne Rooney(Manchester United) Cristiano Ronaldo(Manchester United) Damián Manso(LDU Quito)FIFA Fair Play Award Adelaide United
References
External links
FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008, FIFA.com 2008 FIFA Club World Cup Official Site (Archived) FIFA Technical Report