2007 FIFA Club World Cup
The FIFA Club World Cup 2007 (English: FIFA Club World Cup 2007) was the fourth edition of this international football competition for club teams and was held from December 7 to 16 for the third time in a row in Japan. With the AC Milan for the first time a European team won the title.
- 6.1 " adidas " Golden Ball
- 6.2 FIFA Fair Play Trophy
Mode
Due to the change of the Australian Football Association of the OFC to AFC and therefore lower skill level of the OFC club an idea from the previous year, was picked up in March 2007 and adopted a rule change. The winner of the OFC Champions League had henceforth to contest a playoff game against the champions of the host organization, which receives an additional fixed starting place in the rule. However, since each country only one representative to attend, was the following: Is a club of the host association winners of each continental competition occurs in the preliminary round instead of the best- placed club of the relevant continental competition on who does not belong to the host country. This regulation came in 2007 also equal to the first application since the Urawa Red Diamonds a Japanese team won the AFC CL, and thus their finalist, the Iranian representative Sepahan Isfahan, the Game of excretion.
The tournament was therefore discharged from this year with seven participants. In addition to the winners of the six continental champions competitions at club level from Asia, Africa, CONCACAF, South America, Europe and Oceania now the finalists of the AFC Champions League. It was played as usual in the knockout system. In ten days, despite excretion found again only seven games instead of, as for not using a match for fifth place this year. The teams from Europe and South America were as previously set for the semi-finals and played only two games each. The other four teams determined in two quarter-finals the other two participants for the semi-finals.
Venues
Participant
The tournament at a glance
Final
Statistics
* Although not a game took place at position 5, was by FIFA a complete ranking created.
Honors
"adidas " Golden Ball
The "Golden Ball" for the best player of the tournament went to the Brazilian Kaka from AC Milan. The "Silver Ball" went to his Milanese "colleagues" the Dutchman Clarence Seedorf and the " Bronze Ball" at the Argentine Rodrigo Palacio from Boca Juniors.
FIFA Fair Play Trophy
The Fair Play Award for athletic correct occurrence both on and off the lawn received the Japanese club Urawa Red Diamonds.