FIFA Club World Cup 2007 Champions, matches and achievements

Club World Cup 2007 was the 4th edition of FIFA Club World Cup, a tournament organized by FIFA for the winners of each confederation’s top continental club tournament. Seven teams from six confederations participated in the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup. Defending champions Internacional did not qualify after being eliminated in the second stage of the 2007 Copa Libertadores.
Italian club Milan became the first European team to win the Club World Cup, defeating Argentina’s Boca Juniors 4–2 in the final. This victory made Milan the most successful team in the world at the time, with 18 official international trophies to their name.

Champions	Runners- Up	Third Place	Fourth Place	Fair Play Award
AC Milan (1st title)	Boca Juniors	Urawa Red Diamonds	Étoile du Sahel	Urawa Red Diamonds

Club World Cup 2007 Awards

Award	Player	Team
Adidas Golden Ball Alibaba Cloud Award	Kaká	AC Milan
Adidas Silver Ball	Clarence Seedorf	AC Milan
Adidas Bronze Ball	Rodrigo Palacio	Boca Juniors

Club World Cup 2007 Qualified Teams

Team	Confederation	Achivement	Qualification
AC Milan	UEFA	Winner of 2006–07 UEFA Champions League	Entering in the semi-final
Boca Juniors	CONMEBOL	Winner of 2007 Copa Libertadores	Entering in the semi-final
Étoile du Sahel	CAF	Winner of 2007 CAF Champions League	Entering in the quarter-final
Urawa Red Diamonds	AFC	Winner of 2007 AFC Champions League	Entering in the quarter-final
Pachuca	CONCACAF	Winner of 2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Entering in the quarter-final
Sepahan	AFC (host)	Runner-up of 2007 AFC Champions League	Entering in the play-off for quarter-final
Waitakere United	OFC	Winner of 2007 OFC Champions League	Entering in the play-off for quarter-final

Note: 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.

Play-off for quarter-final
7 December 2007 19:45, (UTC+9) | National Stadium, Tokyo

Sepahan	3–1	Waitakere United
Emad 3′, 4′ Abu Al-Hail 47′		Aghili 74′ (o.g.)

Quarter final matches
9 December 2007 14:45, (UTC+9) | National Stadium, Tokyo

Étoile du Sahel	1–0	Pachuca
Narry 85′

10 December 2007 19:30, (UTC+9) | National Stadium, Tokyo

Sepahan	1–3	Urawa Red Diamonds
Karimi 80′		Nagai 32′ Washington 54′ Aghili 70′ (o.g.)

Semi final matches
12 December 2007 19:30, (UTC+9) | National Stadium, Tokyo

Étoile du Sahel	0–1	Boca Juniors
		Cardozo 37′

13 December 2007 19:30, (UTC+9) | International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama

Urawa Red Diamonds	0–1	AC Milan
		Seedorf 68′

Third place match
16 December 2007 16:00, (UTC+9) | International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama

Étoile du Sahel	2–2	Urawa Red Diamonds
Ben Frej 5′ (pen.) Chermiti 75′		Washington 35′, 70′
Nafkha Ghezal Ben Nasser Traoui	2–4 Penalties	Washington Abe Nagai Hosogai