The 2006 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2006 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was a football tournament held in Japan between 10 and 17 December 2006. It was the third FIFA Club World Cup.
The club champions from each of the six confederations played in a knockout tournament. The quarter-final match-ups were determined by a draw including the AFC, CAF, CONCACAF and OFC champions, while the UEFA and CONMEBOL champions were given byes to the semi-finals. The losers of the quarter-finals played for fifth place, while the losers of the semi-finals played in a third-place play-off.
Defending champions São Paulo were beaten in the 2006 Copa Libertadores Finals by fellow Brazilian side Internacional, who went on to win the Club World Cup for the first time, beating Al Ahly in the semi-finals before defeating Spanish club Barcelona 1–0 in the final.
A team from the host nation did not participate, as was initially proposed. Following the departure of Australia from the OFC, the Oceanian representative, Auckland City, was fully amateur, so forcing them to play a play-off for a place in the quarter-finals against the J. League champions (Gamba Osaka) was considered, which would have also promoted local interest. The change would have also eliminated the fifth-place play-off, to keep the number of games intact. This was finally rejected, but the tournament format was changed for 2007.
Qualified teams It was all six clubs' first appearance in the FIFA Club World Championship.
Al Ahly became the first team with more than one appearance in the FIFA Club World Cup.
TeamConfederationQualificationParticipationEntering in the semi-finals BarcelonaUEFA2005–06 UEFA Champions League winnersDebut InternacionalCONMEBOL2006 Copa Libertadores winnersDebutEntering in the quarter-finals Al AhlyCAF2006 CAF Champions League winners2nd Jeonbuk Hyundai MotorsAFC2006 AFC Champions League winnersDebut AméricaCONCACAF2006 CONCACAF Champions' Cup winnersDebut Auckland CityOFC2006 OFC Club Championship winnersDebut
Venues Tokyo, Yokohama and Toyota were the three cities to serve as venues for the 2006 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 Khalil Al Ghamdi Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh Eisa Ghuloum Hamdi Al KadrieCAF Jerome Damon Enock Molefe Celestin NtagungiraCONCACAF Carlos Batres Carlos Pastrana Leonel LealCONMEBOL Óscar Ruiz Wilson Berrio Rafael Yáñez
Squads For a list of all the rosters of this tournament, see the article 2006 FIFA Club World Cup squads.
Matches
All times Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00)
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Match for fifth place
Match for third place
Final
Goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Mohamed Aboutrika Al Ahly32 Flávio Al Ahly23 Deco Barcelona1 Eiður Guðjohnsen Barcelona Rafael Márquez Barcelona Ronaldinho Barcelona Salvador Cabañas América Ricardo Francisco Rojas América Luiz Adriano Internacional Adriano Gabiru Internacional Alexandre Pato Internacional Kim Hyeung-Bum Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Zé Carlos Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Lee Hyun-Seung Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Awards
Adidas Golden BallToyota AwardAdidas Silver BallAdidas Bronze Ball Deco(Barcelona) Iarley(Internacional) Ronaldinho(Barcelona)FIFA Fair Play Award Barcelona
References
External links
FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2006, FIFA.com 2006 FIFA Club World Cup Official Site (Archived) FIFA Technical Report