FIFA Club World Cup 2007
| FIFA Club World Cup 2007 | |
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| FIFA Club World Cup 2007 | |
| Number of clubs | 7th |
| winner |
 AC Milan (1st title)
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| venue |
 Japan
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| Opening game | December 7, 2007 |
| Endgame | December 16, 2007 |
| Games | 7th |
| Gates | 21 (⌀: 3 per game) |
| spectator | 318,871 (⌀: 45,553 per game) |
| Top scorer |
 Washington (3 goals)
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| Best player |
Kaká
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 yellow cards
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27 (⌀: 3.86 per game) |
 Yellow-red cards
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1 (⌀: 0.14 per game) |
 Red cards
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2 (⌀: 0.29 per game) |
The FIFA Club World Cup 2007 ( Engl. : FIFA Club World Cup 2007 ) was the fourth edition of this global soccer competition for club teams and was held for the third time in a row in Japan from 7 to 16 December. With AC Milan , a European team won the title for the first time.
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Due to the change of the Australian Football Association from the OFC to the AFC and the resulting lower playing strength of the OFC clubs, an idea from the previous year was taken up in March 2007 and a rule change was decided. From then on, the winner of the OFC Champions League had to play a qualifying game against the champions of the host association, who usually have an additional place on the starting grid. However, since only one representative per country should take part, the following applies: If a club of the host association is the winner of the respective continental competition, the best-placed club of the respective continental competition that does not belong to the host country will instead enter the preliminary round. This regulation was applied for the first time in 2007, as a Japanese team, the Urawa Red Diamonds, won the AFC CL and their finalist, the Iranian representative Sepahan FC , played the elimination game.
The tournament was therefore held with seven participants from this year on. In addition to the winners of the six continental championship competitions at club level from Asia , Africa , the CONCACAF zone , South America , Europe and Oceania, now also the finalist of the AFC Champions League. As usual, the game was played in the knockout system . In ten days, despite elimination, only seven games took place as there was no game for fifth place this year. The teams from Europe and South America were set for the semi-finals as before and only played two games each. The other four teams determined the other two participants for the semi-finals in two quarter-finals.
Venues
| Toyota city |
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Tokyo | Yokohama | |||||
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| Toyota Stadium | Olympic Stadium | Nissan Stadium | ||||||
| Capacity: 45,000 | Capacity: 57,300 | Capacity: 72,300 | ||||||
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Attendees
| club | qualification | Continental Association |
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Urawa Red Diamonds
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AFC Champions League 2007 | AFC |
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AC Milan
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UEFA Champions League 2006/07 | UEFA |
 CF Pachuca
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CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2007 | CONCACAF |
 Étoile Sportive du Sahel
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CAF Champions League 2007 | CAF |
 Boca Juniors
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Copa Libertadores 2007 | CONMEBOL |
 Waitakere United
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OFC Champions League 2007 | OFC |
 Sepahan FC
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2007 AFC Champions League finalist | AFC |
The tournament at a glance
| game | date | Local time | Stadion | Team 1 | Result | Team 2 |
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| Elimination game | December 7th | 7.45 p.m. | Tokyo Olympic Stadium |
Sepahan FC
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3: 1 (2: 0) |
Waitakere United
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| Quarter finals | 9th of December | 2:45 p.m. | Tokyo Olympic Stadium |
Étoile Sportive du Sahel
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1: 0 (0: 0) |
CF Pachuca
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| Quarter finals | 10th of December | 19:30 o'clock | Toyota Stadium |
Sepahan FC
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1: 3 (0: 1) |
Urawa Red Diamonds
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| Semifinals | 12th of December | 19:30 o'clock | Tokyo Olympic Stadium |
Étoile Sportive du Sahel
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0: 1 (0: 1) |
Boca Juniors
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| Semifinals | 13th December | 19:30 o'clock | Nissan Stadium |
Urawa Red Diamonds
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0: 1 (0: 0) |
AC Milan
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| 3rd place match | December 16 | 4:00 p.m. | Nissan Stadium |
Étoile Sportive du Sahel
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2: 2 (1: 1), 2: 4 i. E. |
Urawa Red Diamonds
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final
| Boca Juniors | AC Milan | ||
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December 16, 2007, 7:30 p.m. in Yokohama ( Nissan Stadium ) Result: 2: 4 (1: 1) Spectators: 68,263 Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez ( Mexico ) |
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Maurico Caranta - Claudio Morel , Hugo Ibarra , Jonatan Maidana , Gabriel Paletta - Sebastián Battaglia , Álvaro González (67th Pablo Ledesma ), Neri Cardozo (68th Leandro Gracián ), Éver Banega - Martín Palermo  , Rodrigo Palacio
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Dida - Daniele Bonera , Alessandro Nesta , Paolo Maldini , Kacha Kaladse - Gennaro Gattuso (65th Emerson ), Andrea Pirlo , Massimo Ambrosini - Clarence Seedorf (87th Cristian Brocchi ), Kaká , Filippo Inzaghi (76th Cafu )
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| Coach: Miguel Angel Russo | Coach: Carlo Ancelotti | ||
 1: 1 Rodrigo Palacio (22nd) 2: 4 Pablo Ledesma (85th)
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0: 1 Filippo Inzaghi (21st) 1: 2 Alessandro Nesta (50th) 1: 3 Kaká (61st) 1: 4 Filippo Inzaghi (71th)
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Hugo Ibarra (40.), Sebastian Battaglia (55.), Gabriel Paletta (73.)
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Massimo Ambrosini (22nd), Kaká (62nd)
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Pablo Ledesma (88.)
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Kakha Kaladze (77.)
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statistics
* Although there was no match for 5th place, |
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Honors
"adidas" Golden Ball
The "Golden Ball" for the best player of the tournament went to the Brazilian Kaká from AC Milan. The "Silver Ball" went to his Milanese "colleague" Clarence Seedorf from the Netherlands and the "Bronze Ball" went to the Argentinean Rodrigo Palacio from Boca Juniors.
FIFA Fair Play Trophy
The Japanese club Urawa Red Diamonds received the fair play award for correct sporting behavior on and off the pitch .
