The 2008 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008 presented by

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for sponsorship reasons) was the fifth

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, a

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tournament for the champion clubs from each of

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's six continental confederations. The tournament was held in

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from 11 to 21 December 2008. Defending champions

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did not qualify, having been eliminated in the round of 16 of the

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. The winners of that competition,

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, won the Club World Cup for the first time, beating

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5–3 in the semi-finals before a 1–0 win over

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in the

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at the International Stadium in

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on 21 December. It was United's second world title, following the

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, which was also held in Japan. 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.

Qualified teams

Notes

Venues

Tokyo, Yokohama and Toyota were the three cities to serve as venues for the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup.

Match officials

Squads

Matches

''All times are

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Play-off for quarter-finals

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Match for fifth place

Match for third place

Final

Scorers

;3 goals *

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(Manchester United) ;2 goals *

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(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) *

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(Manchester United) *

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(Gamba Osaka) *

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(Pachuca) * Daniel Mullen (Adelaide United) *

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(Manchester United) * Paul Seaman (Waitakere United) *

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(Manchester United) ;Own goal * Fausto Pinto (Pachuca; scored for Al Ahly)

Awards

References

External links

FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008
FIFA.com

(Archived)
FIFA Technical Report
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