FIFA Club World Cup 2008 Champions, matches and achievements

Club World Cup 2008 was the 5th edition of FIFA Club World Cup, a football tournament for the champion clubs from each of FIFA’s six continental confederations. The tournament was held in Japan from 11 to 21 December 2008.
Defending champions Milan did not qualify for the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup, having been eliminated in the round of 16 of the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League. The winners of that competition, Manchester United, claimed their first Club World Cup title. United defeated Gamba Osaka 5–3 in the semi-finals and went on to beat LDU Quito 1–0 in the final, held at the International Stadium in Yokohama on 21 December. This victory marked United’s second world title, following their triumph in the 1999 Intercontinental Cup, which was also hosted in Japan. Notably, this edition of the Club World Cup was the first in which the CONMEBOL representative was not from either Argentina or Brazil.

Champions	Runners- Up	Third Place	Fourth Place	Fair Play Award
Manchester United (1st title)	LDU Quito	Gamba Osaka	Pachuca	Adelaide United

Club World Cup 2008 Awards

Award	Player	Team
Adidas Golden Ball Alibaba Cloud Award	Wayne Rooney	Manchester United
Adidas Silver Ball	Cristiano Ronaldo	Manchester United
Adidas Bronze Ball	Damián Manso	LDU Quito

Club World Cup 2008 Qualified Teams

Team	Confederation	Achivement	Qualification
Manchester United	UEFA	Winners of the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League	Entering in the semi-final
LDU Quito	CONMEBOL	Winners of the 2008 Copa Libertadores	Entering in the semi-final
Al Ahly	CAF	Winners of the 2008 CAF Champions League	Entering in the quarter-final
Gamba Osaka	AFC	Winners of the 2008 AFC Champions League	Entering in the quarter-final
Pachuca	CONCACAF	Winners of the 2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Entering in the quarter-final
Adelaide United	AFC (host)	Runners-up of the 2008 AFC Champions League	Entering in the play-off for quarter-final
Waitakere United	OFC	Winners of the 2007–08 OFC Champions League	Entering in the play-off for quarter-final

Note: Adelaide United took the host Japan’s slot as Gamba Osaka won the 2008 AFC Champions League. As a result, the winners of the 2008 J.League Division 1, later determined to be Kashima Antlers on 6 December 2008, missed out on participating.

Play-off for quarter-final
11 December 2008 19:45, (UTC+9) | National Stadium, Tokyo

Adelaide United	2–1	Waitakere United
Mullen 39′ Dodd 83′		Seaman 34′

Quarter final matches
13 December 2008 13:45, (UTC+9) | National Stadium, Tokyo

Al Ahly	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Pachuca
Pinto 28′ (o.g.) Flávio 44′		Montes 47′ Giménez 72′, 110′ Álvarez 98′

14 December 2008 19:30, (UTC+9) | National Stadium, Tokyo

Adelaide United	0–1	Gamba Osaka
		Yasuhito Endō 23′

Semi final matches
17 December 2008 19:30, (UTC+9) | National Stadium, Tokyo

Pachuca	0–2	LDU Quito
		Bieler 4′ Bolaños 26′

18 December 2008 19:30, (UTC+9) | International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama

Gamba Osaka	3–5	Manchester United
Yamazaki 74′ Endō 85′ (pen.) Hashimoto 90+1′		Vidić 28′ Ronaldo 45+1′ Rooney 75′, 79′ Fletcher 78′

Fifth place match
18 December 2008 16:30, (UTC+9) | International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama

Al Ahly	0–1	Adelaide United
		Cristiano Rodrigues 7′

Third place match
21 December 2008 16:30, (UTC+9) | International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama

Pachuca	0–1	Gamba Osaka
		Yamazaki 29′

Club World Cup 2008 final match
21 December 2008 19:30, (UTC+9) | International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama

LDU Quito	0–1	Manchester United
		Rooney 73′

Club World Cup 2008 Top Goal scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Wayne Rooney	Manchester United	3
2	Yasuhito Endō	Gamba Osaka	2
3	Christian Giménez	Pachuca	2
4	Masato Yamazaki	Gamba Osaka	2
5	Cristiano Ronaldo	Manchester United	1