2005 FIFA Club World Championship

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2005 FIFA Club World Championship Toyota Cup
FIFA Club World Championship Toyota Cup Japan 2005
FIFAクラブワールドチャンピオンシップトヨタカップジャパン2005
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Tournament details
Host countryJapan
Dates11–18 December
Teams6 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsBrazil São Paulo (1st title)
Runners-upEngland Liverpool
Third placeCosta Rica Saprissa
Fourth placeSaudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
Tournament statistics
Matches played7
Goals scored19 (2.71 per match)
Attendance261,456 (37,351 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Amoroso
Saudi Arabia Mohammed Noor
England Peter Crouch
Costa Rica Álvaro Saborío
(2 goals each)
Best player(s)Brazil Rogério Ceni
Fair play awardEngland Liverpool
2001
2006

The 2005 FIFA Club World Championship (officially known as the FIFA Club World Championship Toyota Cup Japan 2005 for sponsorship reasons) was the second edition of the FIFA Club World Championship, and the first held after by the merger between the Intercontinental Cup and the FIFA Club World Championship (which had been played in a first edition in 2000).

The football tournament was held in Japan from 11 to 18 December 2005 and won by Brazilian club São Paulo, who defeated English side Liverpool 1–0 in the final.

Background[]

The 2005 tournament was created as a merger between the Intercontinental Cup and the earlier FIFA Club World Championships. The previous of these had been running as an annual tournament between the champions of Europe and South America since 1960; the latter had undergone just one tournament, the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship. The 2001 tournament had been cancelled when FIFA's marketing partner ISL went bankrupt. To celebrate the marriage between the two competitions, a new trophy was introduced by FIFA.

As a result of this merger, the tournament was conceived as being smaller than the original Club World Championship, which had lasted two weeks, yet building on the one game format of the Intercontinental Cup. Six clubs were invited to take part in the tournament, one representing each regional football confederation. The competition's name, which was the simple union between the name of the two previous merging competitions, was evidently too long, and was going to be reduced the following year, becoming the FIFA Club World Cup.

Format[]

The competition was a knockout tournament so each team played two or three matches. The champions of the four "weaker" confederations played in the quarter-finals; the losers played in a fifth place play-off. The winners were then joined by the European and South American champions in the semi-finals; the losers played in a third place play-off.

The matches were held in Tokyo's National (Olympic) Stadium, Toyota Stadium in Toyota, Aichi, near Nagoya and the International Stadium in Yokohama, where the final was played. For marketing purposes it was known as the FIFA Club World Championship Toyota Cup.

Qualified teams[]

Location of teams of the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship
Team Confederation Qualification
Enter in the semi-finals
England Liverpool UEFA 2004–05 UEFA Champions League winners
Brazil São Paulo CONMEBOL 2005 Copa Libertadores winners
Enter in the quarter-finals
Egypt Al Ahly CAF 2005 CAF Champions League winners
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad AFC 2005 AFC Champions League winners
Costa Rica Saprissa CONCACAF 2005 CONCACAF Champions' Cup winners
Australia Sydney FC OFC 2005 Oceania Club Championship winners

Venues[]

Tokyo, Yokohama and Toyota were the three cities to serve as venues for the 2005 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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2005 FIFA Club World Championship (Japan)

Squads[]

Match officials[]

Confederation Referee Assistant referees
AFC Japan Toru Kamikawa Japan Yoshikazu Hiroshima
South Korea Kim Dae-Young
CAF Morocco Mohammed Guezzaz Cameroon Jean Marie Endeng Zogo
CONCACAF Mexico Benito Archundia Mexico Arturo Velázquez
Canada Héctor Vergara
CONMEBOL Brazil Carlos Eugênio Simon
Chile
Chile Cristian Julio
Chile Mario Vargas
UEFA England Graham Poll England Glenn Turner
England Philip Sharp
France Alain Sars France Frédéric Arnault
France Vincent Texier

Bracket[]

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                           
  11 December – Tokyo        
 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad  1
14 December – Tokyo
     Egypt Al Ahly  0    
 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad  2
Fifth place
     Brazil São Paulo  3  
 Egypt Al Ahly  1
18 December – Yokohama
 Australia Sydney FC  2  
 Brazil São Paulo  1
16 December – Tokyo 12 December – Toyota City
   England Liverpool  0
 Australia Sydney FC  0
15 December – Yokohama
   Costa Rica Saprissa  1    
 Costa Rica Saprissa  0
Third place
     England Liverpool  3  
 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad  2
 Costa Rica Saprissa  3
18 December – Yokohama

Matches[]

Quarter-finals[]

Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia1–0Egypt Al Ahly
Noor 78' Report
Attendance: 28,281
Referee: Graham Poll (England)

Sydney FC Australia0–1Costa Rica Saprissa
Report Bolaños 47'
Attendance: 28,538
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

Semi-finals[]

Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia2–3Brazil São Paulo
Noor 33'
Al-Montashari 68'
Report Amoroso 16', 47'
Ceni 57' (pen.)
Attendance: 31,510
Referee: Alain Sars (France)

Saprissa Costa Rica0–3England Liverpool
Report Crouch 3', 58'
Gerrard 32'
International Stadium Yokohama
Attendance: 43,902
Referee: (Chile)

Fifth place play-off[]

Al Ahly Egypt1–2Australia Sydney FC
Moteab 45' Report Yorke 35'
Carney 66'
Attendance: 15,951
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

Third place play-off[]

Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia2–3Costa Rica Saprissa
Kallon 28'
Job 53' (pen.)
Report Saborío 13', 85' (pen.)
Gómez 89'
International Stadium Yokohama
Attendance: 46,453

Final[]

São Paulo Brazil1–0England Liverpool
Mineiro 27' Report
International Stadium Yokohama
Attendance: 66,821

Scorers[]

There were 19 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 2.71 goals per match.

2 goals

1 goal

Tournament round-up[]

Final standings[]

Pos Team Confederation Pld W D L GF GA GD
1 Brazil São Paulo CONMEBOL 2 2 0 0 4 2 +2
2 England Liverpool UEFA 2 1 0 1 3 1 +2
3 Costa Rica Saprissa CONCACAF 3 2 0 1 4 5 ��1
4 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad AFC 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1
5 Australia Sydney FC OFC 2 1 0 1 2 2 0
6 Egypt Al Ahly CAF 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2

Views on the tournament[]

The tournament was quite well received, although some commentators have stated that, excluding São Paulo and Liverpool, the quality of football was quite poor leading to a view that it might have been better retaining the two continent format of the European/South American Cup.[1]

Awards[]

Adidas Golden Ball
Toyota Award
Adidas Silver Ball Adidas Bronze Ball
Brazil Rogério Ceni
(São Paulo)
England Steven Gerrard
(Liverpool)
Costa Rica Christian Bolaños
(Saprissa)
FIFA Fair Play Award
England Liverpool

References[]

External links[]

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