2007 Mohammed bin Rashid International Football Championship

2007 Mohammed bin Rashid International Football Championship

Dubai Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Dubai
Dates	8–10 January
Teams	4 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Benfica (1st title)
Runners-up	Lazio
Third place	Bayern Munich
Fourth place	Marseille
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	11 (2.75 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Samir Nasri Roy Makaay (2 goals)
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The 2007 Mohammed bin Rashid International Football Championship, also known as the 2007 Dubai Cup, was a friendly football tournament that took place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The 2007 edition took place from 8 till 10 January 2007.

Participant Teams[]

The four participant teams were clubs from the countries that got to the semi-finals of the preceding year's FIFA World Cup.

• Società Sportiva Lazio
• Olympique de Marseille
• FC Bayern Munich
• S.L. Benfica

Bracket[]

	Semi-finals				Final
	8 January
	Benfica	0(4)
					10 January
	FC Bayern Munich	0(3)
					Benfica	0(5)
	8 January
					Lazio	0(4)
	Olympique de Marseille	1
	Lazio	3
					Third place
					10 January
					FC Bayern Munich	4
					Olympique de Marseille	3

First round[]

2007-01-08

Benfica	0 – 0	Bayern Munich
Penalties
Beto Luisão Mantorras Karagounis Marco Ferreira	4–3	van Bommel Pizarro Salihamidžić Lúcio Podolski

2007-01-08

Marseille	1 – 3	Lazio
Nasri 28'		Mauri 21' Makinwa 76' Foggia 86' (pen.)

Third place play-off[]

2007-01-10

Bayern Munich	4 – 3	Marseille
van Bommel 36' Makaay 85', 87' Görlitz 90'		Nasri 13' Cissé 26' Pagis 48'

Final[]

2007-01-10

Benfica	0 – 0	Lazio
Penalties
Luisão Mantorras Katsouranis Paulo Jorge Marco Ferreira Léo Pedro Correia	5–4	Foggia Tare Cribari Manfredini Ledesma Bonetto Ballotta

Dubai Cup 2007 Winners
Benfica First Title

Goalscorers[]

2 goals

• Samir Nasri
• Roy Makaay

1 goal

See also[]

• Dubai Football Challenge

External links[]

• Competition official website