2008 FIFA Club World Cup - wikipedia 2008 FIFA Club World Cup 2008 FIFA Club World Cup FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008 presented by Toyota Toyota プレゼンツ FIFA クラブ ワールド カップ ジャパン 2008 Tournament details Host country Japan Dates 11 -- 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 Fair play award Adelaide United ← 2007 2009 → The 2008 FIFA Club World Cup ( officially 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 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. Contents 1 Qualified teams 2 Venues 3 Referees 4 Squads 5 Matches 5.1 Bracket 5.2 Play - off for Quarter - finals 5.3 Quarter - finals 5.4 Semi-finals 5.5 Match for fifth place 5.6 Match for third place 5.7 Final 6 Scorers 7 Tournament round - up 7.1 Final standings 7.2 Awards 8 References 9 External links Qualified teams LDU Quito Manchester United Gamba Osaka Al Ahly Pachuca Watakere United Adelaide United Location of teams of the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup. 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. Yokohama Tokyo Toyota International Stadium Yokohama National Stadium Toyota Stadium 35 ° 30 ′ 36.16 '' N 139 ° 36 ′ 22.49 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 35.5100444 ° N 139.6062472 ° E ﻿ / 35.5100444 ; 139.6062472 ﻿ ( International Stadium Yokohama ) 35 ° 40 ′ 41.00 '' N 139 ° 42 ′ 53.00 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 35.6780556 ° N 139.7147222 ° E ﻿ / 35.6780556 ; 139.7147222 ﻿ ( National Olympic Stadium ) 35 ° 05 ′ 04.02 '' N 137 ° 10 ′ 14.02 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 35.0844500 ° N 137.1705611 ° E ﻿ / 35.0844500 ; 137.1705611 ﻿ ( Toyota Stadium ) Capacity : 72,327 Capacity : 57,363 Capacity : 45,000 Yokohama Tokyo Toyota 2008 FIFA Club World Cup ( Japan ) Referees Confederation Referee Assistant referees AFC Ravshan Irmatov Abdukhamidullo Rasulov Bahadyr Kochkorov Yuichi Nishimura Toru Sagara Jeong Hae - Sang CAF Mohamed Benouza Nasser Sadek Abdel Nabi Angesom Ogbamariam CONCACAF Benito Archundia Hector Delgadillo Marvin Rivera CONMEBOL Pablo Pozo Patricio Basualto Julio Díaz OFC Peter O'Leary Brent Best Matthew Taro UEFA Alberto Undiano Mallenco Fermín Martínez Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez 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 14 December -- Toyota Waitakere United 1 Adelaide United 0 18 December -- Yokohama Gamba Osaka Gamba Osaka 3 Manchester United 5 21 December -- Yokohama Manchester United 13 December -- Tokyo LDU Quito 0 Al - Ahly 2 17 December -- Tokyo Pachuca ( a.e.t. ) Pachuca 0 Fifth place Third place LDU Quito Adelaide United Gamba Osaka 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 Mullen 39 ' Dodd 83 ' Report Seaman 34 ' National Stadium, Tokyo Attendance : 19,777 Referee : Mohamed Benouza ( Algeria ) Quarter - finals 13 December 2008 13 : 45 Al - Ahly 2 -- 4 ( a.e.t. ) Pachuca Pinto 28 ' ( o.g. ) Flávio 44 ' Report Montes 47 ' Giménez 72 ', 110 ' Álvarez 98 ' National Stadium, Tokyo Attendance : 30,158 Referee : Ravshan Irmatov ( Uzbekistan ) 14 December 2008 19 : 30 Adelaide United 0 -- 1 Gamba Osaka Report Endō 23 ' Toyota Stadium, Toyota Attendance : 38,141 Referee : Pablo Pozo ( Chile ) Semi-finals 17 December 2008 19 : 30 Pachuca 0 -- 2 LDU Quito Report Bieler 4 ' Bolaños 26 ' National Stadium, Tokyo Attendance : 33,366 Referee : Alberto Undiano Mallenco ( Spain ) 18 December 2008 19 : 30 Gamba Osaka 3 -- 5 Manchester United Yamazaki 74 ' Endō 85 ' ( pen. ) Hashimoto 90 + 1 ' Report Vidić 28 ' Ronaldo 45 + 1 ' Rooney 75 ', 79 ' Fletcher 78 ' International Stadium Yokohama Attendance : 67,618 Referee : Benito Archundia ( Mexico ) Match for fifth place 18 December 2008 16 : 30 Al - Ahly 0 -- 1 Adelaide United Report Cristiano 7 ' International Stadium Yokohama Attendance : 35,154 Referee : Peter O'Leary ( New Zealand ) Match for third place 21 December 2008 16 : 30 Pachuca 0 -- 1 Gamba Osaka Report Yamazaki 29 ' International Stadium Yokohama Attendance : 62,619 Referee : Pablo Pozo ( Chile ) Final Main article : 2008 FIFA Club World Cup Final 21 December 2008 19 : 30 LDU Quito 0 -- 1 Manchester United Report Rooney 73 ' International Stadium Yokohama Attendance : 68,682 Referee : Ravshan Irmatov ( Uzbekistan ) 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 ) Tournament round - up Final standings Pos Team Confederation Pld GF GA GD Manchester United UEFA 0 0 6 + 3 LDU Quito CONMEBOL 0 + 1 Gamba Osaka AFC 0 5 5 0 Pachuca CONCACAF 0 5 − 1 5 Adelaide United AFC 0 + 1 6 Al - Ahly CAF 0 0 5 − 3 7 Waitakere United OFC 0 0 − 1 Awards Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball Wayne Rooney ( Manchester United ) Cristiano Ronaldo ( Manchester United ) Damián Manso ( LDU Quito ) Fair play Adelaide United References Jump up ^ `` Organising committee approves tournament format with reintroduction of match for fifth place ''. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 12 March 2008. Archived from the original on 14 March 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2008. External links FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008, FIFA.com 2008 FIFA Club World Cup Official Site ( Archived ) FIFA Technical Report FIFA Club World Cup Predecessor : Intercontinental Cup ( 1960 -- 2004 ) Editions Brazil 2000 Spain 2001 Japan 2005 Japan 2006 Japan 2007 Japan 2008 UAE 2009 UAE 2010 Japan 2011 Japan 2012 Morocco 2013 Morocco 2014 Japan 2015 Japan 2016 UAE 2017 UAE 2018 Finals 2000 2001 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Squads 2000 2001 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Qualification AFC CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL OFC UEFA Statistics Awards Finals Goalscorers Historical table Participants Records and statistics Winning managers List of world champion football clubs Portal Multimedia International men 's club football FIFA FIFA Club World Cup List of association football clubs Africa CAF -- Champions League Confederation Cup Super Cup Top - division clubs Asia AFC -- Champions League AFC Cup Top - division clubs Europe UEFA -- Champions League Europa League Super Cup Top - division clubs North, Central America and the Caribbean CONCACAF -- Champions League CONCACAF League Top - division clubs Oceania OFC -- Champions League Top - division clubs South America CONMEBOL -- Copa Libertadores Copa Sudamericana Recopa Sudamericana Top - division clubs See also : International women 's club football Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2008_FIFA_Club_World_Cup&oldid=856289510 '' Categories : 2008 FIFA Club World Cup FIFA Club World Cup tournaments Sports competitions in Tokyo Sports competitions in Yokohama 2008 -- 09 in English football 2008 -- 09 in Mexican football 2008 -- 09 in Egyptian football 2008 in Japanese football 2008 in Ecuadorian football 2008 in Australian soccer 2008 -- 09 in New Zealand association football International club association football competitions hosted by Japan Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from January 2013 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Azərbaycanca Català Čeština Dansk Deutsch Español Français 한국어 Hrvatski Bahasa Indonesia Italiano עברית Magyar Македонски Malti Nederlands 日本 語 Polski Português Русский Slovenčina Српски / srpski Suomi Svenska ไทย Türkçe Українська Tiếng Việt 中文 21 more Edit links This page was last edited on 24 August 2018, at 05 : 07 ( UTC ). 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