2006 Fifa Club World Cup

It was the third FIFA Club World Cup.

2006 FIFA Club World Cup

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Tournament details
Host country	Japan
Dates	10–17 December
Teams	6 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Internacional (1st title)
Runners-up	Barcelona
Third place	Al Ahly
Fourth place	América
Tournament statistics
Matches played	7
Goals scored	17 (2.43 per match)
Attendance	325,152 (46,450 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mohamed Aboutrika (Al Ahly) 3 goals
Best player(s)	Deco (Barcelona)
Fair play award	Barcelona
← 2005 2007 →

The club champions from each of the six confederations played in a knockout tournament. The quarter-final match-ups were determined by a draw including the AFC, CAF, CONCACAF and OFC champions, while the UEFA and CONMEBOL champions were given byes to the semi-finals. The losers of the quarter-finals would play for the fifth place, while the losers of the semi-finals were to play in a third-place play-off.

Defending champions São Paulo were beaten in the 2006 Copa Libertadores Finals by fellow Brazilian side Internacional, who went on to win the Club World Cup for the first time, beating Al Ahly in the semi-finals before defeating Spanish club Barcelona 1–0 in the final.

A team from the host nation did not participate, as was initially proposed. Following the departure of Australia from the OFC, the Oceanian representative, Auckland City, was fully amateur, so forcing them to play a play-off for a place in the quarter-finals against the J. League champions (Gamba Osaka) was considered, which would have also promoted local interest. The change would have also eliminated the fifth-place play-off, to keep the number of games intact. This was finally rejected, but the tournament format was changed for 2007.

Tokyo, Yokohama and Toyota were the three cities to serve as venues for the 2006 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
Yokohama   Tokyo   Toyota 2006 FIFA Club World Cup (Japan)

For a list of all the rosters of this tournament, see the article 2006 FIFA Club World Cup squads.

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	10 December – Toyota
	Auckland City	0			13 December – Tokyo
	Al Ahly	2			Al Ahly	1
					Internacional	2			17 December – Yokohama
	11 December – Tokyo								Internacional	1
	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	0			14 December – Yokohama				Barcelona	0
	América	1			América	0
					Barcelona	4
					Match for fifth place				Match for third place
					15 December – Tokyo				17 December – Yokohama
					Auckland City	0			Al Ahly	2
					Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	3			América	1

All times Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

Quarter-finals

10 December 2006

19:20

Auckland City	0–2	Al Ahly
	Report	Flávio   51' Aboutrika   73'

Toyota Stadium, Toyota

Attendance: 29,922

Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

11 December 2006

19:20

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	0–1	América
	Report	Rojas   79'

Olympic Stadium, Tokyo

Attendance: 34,197

Referee: Jerome Damon (South Africa)

Semi-finals

13 December 2006

19:20

Al Ahly	1–2	Internacional
Flávio   54'	Report	Pato   23' Luiz Adriano   72'

Olympic Stadium, Tokyo

Attendance: 33,690

Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)

14 December 2006

19:20

América	0–4	Barcelona
	Report	Guðjohnsen   11' Márquez   30' Ronaldinho   65' Deco   85'

International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama

Attendance: 62,316

Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

Match for fifth place

15 December 2006

19:20

Auckland City	0–3	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
	Report	Lee Hyun-Seung   17' Kim Hyeung-Bum   31' Zé Carlos   73' (pen.)

Olympic Stadium, Tokyo

Attendance: 23,258

Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

Match for third place

17 December 2006

16:20

Al Ahly	2–1	América
Aboutrika   42', 79'	Report	Cabañas   59'

International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama

Attendance: 51,641

Referee: Jerome Damon (South Africa)

Final

17 December 2006

19:20

Internacional	1–0	Barcelona
Adriano Gabiru   82'	Report

International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama

Attendance: 67,128

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)