2005 FIFA Club World Championship

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Short description The 2005 FIFA Club World Championship (officially known as the FIFA Club World Championship Toyota Cup Japan 2005 for sponsorship reasons) was the second FIFA Club World Championship, a football competition organised by FIFA for the champion clubs of the six continental confederations. It was the first to be 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 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

It was all six clubs' first appearance in the FIFA Club World Championship.

Team	Confederation	Qualification	Participation
Entering in the semi-finals
Template:Fbaicon Liverpool	UEFA	2004–05 UEFA Champions League winners	Debut
Template:Fbaicon São Paulo	CONMEBOL	2005 Copa Libertadores winners	Debut
Entering in the quarter-finals
Template:Fbaicon Al Ahly	CAF	2005 CAF Champions League winners	Debut
Template:Fbaicon Al-Ittihad	AFC	2005 AFC Champions League winners	Debut
Template:Fbaicon Saprissa	CONCACAF	2005 CONCACAF Champions' Cup winners	Debut
Template:Fbaicon Sydney FC	OFC	2005 Oceania Club Championship winners	Debut

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
Capacity: 72,327	Capacity: 57,363	Capacity: 45,000
File:NISSANSTADIUM20080608.JPG	File:KokuritshuKasumigaoka-5.JPG	File:Toyota sta 0313 2.JPG

Match officials

Confederation	Referee	Assistant referees
AFC	Template:Fbaicon Toru Kamikawa	Template:Fbaicon Yoshikazu Hiroshima Template:Fbaicon Kim Dae-Young
CAF	Template:Fbaicon Mohamed Guezzaz	Template:Fbaicon Jean Marie Endeng Zogo
CONCACAF	Template:Fbaicon Benito Archundia	Template:Fbaicon Arturo Velázquez Template:Fbaicon Héctor Vergara
CONMEBOL	Template:Fbaicon Carlos Eugênio Simon Template:Fbaicon Carlos Chandia	Template:Fbaicon Cristian Julio Template:Fbaicon Mario Vargas
UEFA	Template:Fbaicon Graham Poll	Template:Fbaicon Glenn Turner Template:Fbaicon Philip Sharp
	Template:Fbaicon Alain Sars	Template:Fbaicon Frédéric Arnault Template:Fbaicon Vincent Texier

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Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Template:Flagicon Amoroso	Template:Fbaicon São Paulo	2
	Template:Flagicon Peter Crouch	Template:Fbaicon Liverpool
	Template:Flagicon Mohammed Noor	Template:Fbaicon Al-Ittihad
	Template:Flagicon Álvaro Saborío	Template:Fbaicon Saprissa
5	Template:Flagicon Hamad Al-Montashari	Template:Fbaicon Al-Ittihad	1
	Template:Flagicon Christian Bolaños	Template:Fbaicon Saprissa
	Template:Flagicon David Carney	Template:Fbaicon Sydney FC
	Template:Flagicon Steven Gerrard	Template:Fbaicon Liverpool
	Template:Flagicon Rónald Gómez	Template:Fbaicon Saprissa
	Template:Flagicon Joseph-Désiré Job	Template:Fbaicon Al-Ittihad
	Template:Flagicon Mohammed Kallon	Template:Fbaicon Al-Ittihad
	Template:Flagicon Mineiro	Template:Fbaicon São Paulo
	Template:Flagicon Emad Moteab	Template:Fbaicon Al Ahly
	Template:Flagicon Rogério Ceni	Template:Fbaicon São Paulo
	Template:Flagicon Dwight Yorke	Template:Fbaicon Sydney FC

Reaction

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.

Awards

Adidas Golden Ball Toyota Award	Adidas Silver Ball	Adidas Bronze Ball
Template:Flagicon Rogério Ceni (São Paulo)	Template:Flagicon Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)	Template:Flagicon Christian Bolaños (Saprissa)
FIFA Fair Play Award
Template:Fbaicon Liverpool

External links

• FIFA Club World Championship Toyota Cup Japan 2005, FIFA.com
• 2005 FIFA Club World Championship Official Site (Archived)
• FIFA Technical Report Template:Webarchive