# 2008 FIFA Club World Cup

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

| Team | Confederation | Qualification | Participation |
| Entering in the semi-finals ||||
| Manchester United | UEFA | Winners of the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League | 2nd (Previous: 2000) |
| LDU Quito | CONMEBOL | Winners of the 2008 Copa Libertadores | 1st |
| Entering in the quarter-finals ||||
| Al Ahly | CAF | Winners of the 2008 CAF Champions League | 3rd (Previous: 2005, 2006) |
| Gamba Osaka | AFC | Winners of the 2008 AFC Champions League | 1st |
| Pachuca | CONCACAF | Winners of the 2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup | 2nd (Previous: 2007) |
| Entering in the play-off for quarter-finals ||||
| Adelaide United | AFC (host) | Runners-up of the 2008 AFC Champions League | 1st |
| Waitakere United | OFC | Winners of the 2007–08 OFC Champions League | 2nd (Previous: 2007) |
Notes
* 1 2 Adelaide United took the host Japan's slot as Gamba Osaka won the 2008 AFC Champions League. As a result, the winners of the 2008 J.League Division 1, later determined to be Kashima Antlers on 6 December 2008, missed out on participating.

## 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 |
| YokohamaTokyoToyota2008 FIFA Club World Cup (Japan) |||

## Match officials

| Confederation | Referee | Assistant referees |
| AFC | Ravshan Irmatov | Abdukhamidullo Rasulov Bahadyr Kochkorov |
| AFC | 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 |

## Matches

| Play-off for quarter-finals | Play-off for quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| | | 13 December – Tokyo | 13 December – Tokyo | | | | |
| | | Al Ahly | 2 | 17 December – Tokyo | | | |
| | | Pachuca (a.e.t.) | 4 | Pachuca | 0 | | |
| 11 December – Tokyo | 11 December – Tokyo | | | LDU Quito | 2 | 21 December – Yokohama | 21 December – Yokohama |
| Adelaide United | 2 | 14 December – Toyota | 14 December – Toyota | | | LDU Quito | 0 |
| Waitakere United | 1 | Adelaide United | 0 | 18 December – Yokohama | 18 December – Yokohama | Manchester United | 1 |
| | | Gamba Osaka | 1 | Gamba Osaka | 3 | | |
| | | | | Manchester United | 5 | | |
| | | | | Match for fifth place | Match for fifth place | Match for third place | Match for third place |
| | | | | 18 December – Yokohama | 18 December – Yokohama | 21 December – Yokohama | 21 December – Yokohama |
| | | | | Al Ahly | 0 | Pachuca | 0 |
| | | | | Adelaide United | 1 | Gamba Osaka | 1 |
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

### Final
## Goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Wayne Rooney | Manchester United | 3 |
| 2 | Yasuhito Endō | Gamba Osaka | 2 |
| 2 | Christian Giménez | Pachuca | 2 |
| 2 | Masato Yamazaki | Gamba Osaka | 2 |
| 5 | Damián Álvarez | Pachuca | 1 |
| 5 | Claudio Bieler | LDU Quito | 1 |
| 5 | Luis Bolaños | LDU Quito | 1 |
| 5 | Cristiano | Adelaide United | 1 |
| 5 | Travis Dodd | Adelaide United | 1 |
| 5 | Flávio | Al Ahly | 1 |
| 5 | Darren Fletcher | Manchester United | 1 |
| 5 | Hideo Hashimoto | Gamba Osaka | 1 |
| 5 | Luis Montes | Pachuca | 1 |
| 5 | Daniel Mullen | Adelaide United | 1 |
| 5 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Manchester United | 1 |
| 5 | Paul Seaman | Waitakere United | 1 |
| 5 | Nemanja Vidić | Manchester United | 1 |
1 own goal
* Fausto Pinto (Pachuca, against Al Ahly)

## Awards

| Adidas Golden Ball Toyota Award | Adidas Silver Ball | Adidas Bronze Ball |
| Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) | Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) | Damián Manso (LDU Quito) |
| FIFA Fair Play Award |||
| Adelaide United |||