# 2007 FIFA Club World Cup

The 2007 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2007 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was a football tournament played in Japan from 7 to 16 December 2007. It was the fourth FIFA Club World Cup, a tournament organised by FIFA for the winners of each confederation's top continental club tournament.
Seven teams from the six confederations entered the tournament; Defending champions Internacional did not qualify as they were eliminated in the second stage of the 2007 Copa Libertadores.
Italian side Milan became the first European team to win the Club World Cup with a 4–2 victory over Argentinian club Boca Juniors in the final. That title made them the most successful team in the world in terms of official international trophies won (18).

## Host bids

The FIFA Executive Committee appointed Japan as hosts of the 2007 tournament on 15 September 2006 during their meeting in Zürich, Switzerland.

## Qualified teams

The qualified teams were decided during 2007 through the six major continental competitions. The winner of each regional club championship participated in the 2007 Club World Cup. In March 2007, the FIFA executive committee introduced a qualifying playoff between the 2007 OFC Champions League champion and the host nation's 2007 J. League champion, as opposed to previous years, in which the Oceania champions were given direct entry into the tournament. In order to avoid the participation of two teams from the same country, the best-placed non-Japanese team in the AFC Champions League would take the "host" berth if a Japanese team won that competition, which indeed happened as Urawa Red Diamonds won the 2007 AFC Champions League. Also, the fifth-place match was eliminated for this edition.
It was the first participation in the FIFA Club World Cup for all seven teams that qualified.
| Team | Confederation | Qualification | Participation |
| Entering in the semi-finals ||||
| Milan | UEFA | Winner of 2006–07 UEFA Champions League | 1st |
| Boca Juniors | CONMEBOL | Winner of 2007 Copa Libertadores | 1st |
| Entering in the quarter-finals ||||
| Étoile du Sahel | CAF | Winner of 2007 CAF Champions League | 1st |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | AFC | Winner of 2007 AFC Champions League | 1st |
| Pachuca | CONCACAF | Winner of 2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup | 1st |
| Entering in the play-off for quarter-finals ||||
| Sepahan | AFC (host) | Runner-up of 2007 AFC Champions League | 1st |
| Waitakere United | OFC | Winner of 2007 OFC Champions League | 1st |
Notes
* 1 2 Sepahan took the host Japan's slot as Urawa Red Diamonds won the 2007 AFC Champions League. As a result, the winners of the 2007 J.League Division 1, later determined to be Kashima Antlers on 1 December 2007, missed out on participating.

## Venues

Tokyo, Yokohama and Toyota were the three cities to serve as venues for the 2007 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 |
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## Squads

For a list of all the squads of this tournament, see the article 2007 FIFA Club World Cup squads.

## Match officials

| Confederation | Referee | Assistant referees |
| AFC | Mark Shield (Australia) Hiroyoshi Takayama (Japan) | Ben Wilson (Australia) Nathan Gibson (Australia) |
| CAF | Coffi Codjia (Benin) | Evarist Menkouande (Cameroon) Celestin Ntagungira (Rwanda) |
| CONCACAF | Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico) | Jose Luis Camargo (Mexico) Pedro Rebollar (Mexico) |
| CONMEBOL | Jorge Larrionda (Uruguayan) | Mauricio Espinosa (Uruguayan) Miguel Nievas (Ecuador) |
| OFC | Peter O'Leary (New Zealand) | Brent Best (New Zealand) Matthew Taro (Solomon Islands) |
| UEFA | Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark) | Bill Hansen (Denmark) Henryk Sonderby (Turkey) |

## Matches

| Play-off for quarter-finals | Play-off for quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| | | 9 December – Tokyo | 9 December – Tokyo | | | | |
| | | Étoile du Sahel | 1 | 12 December – Tokyo | | | |
| | | Pachuca | 0 | Étoile du Sahel | 0 | | |
| 7 December – Tokyo | 7 December – Tokyo | | | Boca Juniors | 1 | 16 December – Yokohama | 16 December – Yokohama |
| Sepahan | 3 | 10 December – Toyota | 10 December – Toyota | | | Boca Juniors | 2 |
| Waitakere United | 1 | Sepahan | 1 | 13 December – Yokohama | 13 December – Yokohama | Milan | 4 |
| | | Urawa Red Diamonds | 3 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 0 | | |
| | | | | Milan | 1 | Match for third place | Match for third place |
| | | | | | | 16 December – Yokohama | 16 December – Yokohama |
| | | | | | | Étoile du Sahel | 2 (2) |
| | | | | | | Urawa Red Diamonds (p) | 2 (4) |
All times local (UTC+9)

### Final
## Goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Washington | Urawa Red Diamonds | 3 |
| 2 | Filippo Inzaghi | Milan | 2 |
| 2 | Emad Mohammed | Sepahan | 2 |
| 4 | Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail | Sepahan | 1 |
| 4 | Saber Ben Frej | Étoile du Sahel | 1 |
| 4 | Neri Cardozo | Boca Juniors | 1 |
| 4 | Amine Chermiti | Étoile du Sahel | 1 |
| 4 | Kaká | Milan | 1 |
| 4 | Mahmoud Karimi | Sepahan | 1 |
| 4 | Yuichiro Nagai | Urawa Red Diamonds | 1 |
| 4 | Moussa Narry | Étoile du Sahel | 1 |
| 4 | Alessandro Nesta | Milan | 1 |
| 4 | Rodrigo Palacio | Boca Juniors | 1 |
| 4 | Clarence Seedorf | Milan | 1 |
1 own goal
* Massimo Ambrosini (Milan, against Boca Juniors)
2 own goals
* Hadi Aghili (Sepahan, against Waitakere United and Urawa Red Diamonds)

## Awards

| Adidas Golden Ball Toyota Award | Adidas Silver Ball | Adidas Bronze Ball |
| Kaká (Milan) | Clarence Seedorf (Milan) | Rodrigo Palacio (Boca Juniors) |
| FIFA Fair Play Award |||
| Urawa Red Diamonds |||