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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)
Runner-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
	← 2007 2009 →

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,^[1]^[2] to become the first British team to win the competition.^[3]

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.^[4]

[edit] Qualifying teams

Team	Association	Qualification
Semi-finals
LDU Quito	CONMEBOL	Winners of Copa Libertadores 2008
Manchester United	UEFA	Winners of UEFA Champions League 2007–08
Quarter-finals
Gamba Osaka	AFC	Winners of AFC Champions League 2008
Al-Ahly	CAF	Winners of CAF Champions League 2008
Pachuca	CONCACAF	Winners of CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2008
Play-off for Quarter-finals
Waitakere United	OFC	Winners of OFC Champions League 2007–08
Adelaide United	Host*	Runners-up of AFC Champions League 2008*

* - As Gamba Osaka won the AFC Champions League, this spot was taken by Adelaide United as the highest-placed non-Japanese team in the AFC CL.

[edit] Referees

Referee	Assistants
African Zone
Mohamed Benouza	Nasser Sadek Abdel Nabi	Angesom Ogbamariam
Asian Zone
Ravshan Irmatov	Bahadyr Kochkorov	Abdukhamidullo Rasulov
Yuichi Nishimura	Jeong Hae-Sang	Toru Sagara
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

[edit] Squads

For a list of all the squads of this tournament, see the article 2008 FIFA Club World Cup squads.

[edit] Matches

[edit] Bracket

Play-off

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

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)

[edit] 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)
	Mullen 39' Dodd 83'	Report	Seaman 34'

[edit] 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)
	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)
		Report	Endō 23'

[edit] Semi-finals

17 December 2008 19:30	Pachuca	0 – 2	LDU Quito	National Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 33,366 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)
		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)
	Yamazaki 74' Endō 85' (pen.) Hashimoto 90+1'	Report	Vidić 28' Ronaldo 45+1' Rooney 75' 79' Fletcher 78'

[edit] 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)
		Report	Cristiano 7'

[edit] 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)
		Report	Yamazaki 29'

[edit] 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)
		Report	Rooney 73'

FIFA Club World Cup 2008 Winners
Manchester United First title

[edit] Scorers

3 goals

Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)

2 goals

Yasuhito Endō (Gamba Osaka)
Christian Giménez (Pachuca)
Masato Yamazaki (Gamba Osaka)

1 goal

Damián Álvarez (Pachuca)
Claudio Bieler (LDU Quito)
Luis Bolaños (LDU Quito)
Cristiano (Adelaide United)
Travis Dodd (Adelaide United)

1 goal, cont.

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)

Own goal

Fausto Pinto (Pachuca; scored for Al-Ahly)

[edit] Tournament round-up

[edit] Final standings

Pos	Team	Nation	Confederation
1	Manchester United	England	UEFA
2	LDU Quito	Ecuador	CONMEBOL
3	Gamba Osaka	Japan	AFC
4	Pachuca	Mexico	CONCACAF
5	Adelaide United	Australia	AFC
6	Al-Ahly	Egypt	CAF
7	Waitakere United	New Zealand	OFC

[edit] Awards

Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball
Rooney (Manchester United)	Ronaldo (Manchester United)	Manso (LDU Quito)

Fair play	Adelaide United

[edit] References

^ "Rooney makes Red Devils reign". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 21 December 2008. http://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/matches/round=252219/match=300073127/summary.html. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
^ "United on top of the world". FIFA.com (Fédération Internationale de Football Association). 21 December 2008. http://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/news/newsid=984796.html. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
^ "Ferdinand: The stuff of dreams". FIFA.com (Fédération Internationale de Football Association). 21 December 2008. http://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/news/newsid=985298.html. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
^ "Organising committee approves tournament format with reintroduction of match for fifth place". Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 12 March 2008. http://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/organisation/media/newsid=711059.html. Retrieved 13 December 2008.

[edit] External links

FIFA Club World Cup official site

[0] "Rooney makes Red Devils reign". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 21 December 2008. http://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/matches/round=252219/match=300073127/summary.html. Retrieved 21 December 2008.

[1] "United on top of the world". FIFA.com (Fédération Internationale de Football Association). 21 December 2008. http://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/news/newsid=984796.html. Retrieved 21 December 2008.

[2] "Ferdinand: The stuff of dreams". FIFA.com (Fédération Internationale de Football Association). 21 December 2008. http://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/news/newsid=985298.html. Retrieved 29 December 2008.

[2008Changes-3] "Organising committee approves tournament format with reintroduction of match for fifth place". Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 12 March 2008. http://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/organisation/media/newsid=711059.html. Retrieved 13 December 2008.

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