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).

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2005 FIFA Club World Championship Toyota Cup
FIFA Club World Championship Toyota Cup Japan 2005
FIFAクラブワールドチャンピオンシップトヨタカップジャパン2005
FIFA CWCTC 2005 official logo
Tournament details
Host countryJapan
Dates11–18 December
Teams6 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsBrazil São Paulo (1st title)
Runners-upEngland Liverpool
Third placeCosta Rica Saprissa
Fourth placeSaudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
Tournament statistics
Matches played7
Goals scored19 (2.71 per match)
Attendance261,456 (37,351 per match)
Top scorer(s)Amoroso (São Paulo)
Mohammed Noor (Al-Ittihad)
Peter Crouch (Liverpool)
Álvaro Saborío (Saprissa)
2 goals each
Best player(s)Rogério Ceni (São Paulo)
Fair play awardEngland Liverpool
2001
2006
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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.

Location of teams of the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship
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Venues

Tokyo, Yokohama and Toyota were the three cities to serve as venues for the 2005 FIFA Club World Cup.

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Yokohama Tokyo Toyota
International Stadium Yokohama National Stadium Toyota Stadium
35°30′36.16″N 139°36′22.49″E 35°40′41.00″N 139°42′53.00″E 35°05′04.02″N 137°10′14.02″E
Capacity: 72,327 Capacity: 57,363 Capacity: 45,000
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Squads

Match officials

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Confederation Referee Assistant referees
AFC Japan Toru Kamikawa Japan Yoshikazu Hiroshima
South Korea Kim Dae-Young
CAF Morocco Mohamed Guezzaz Cameroon Jean Marie Endeng Zogo
CONCACAF Mexico Benito Archundia Mexico Arturo Velázquez
Canada Héctor Vergara
CONMEBOL Brazil Carlos Eugênio Simon
Chile Carlos Chandia
Chile Cristian Julio
Chile Mario Vargas
UEFA England Graham Poll England Glenn Turner
England Philip Sharp
France Alain Sars France Frédéric Arnault
France Vincent Texier
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Matches

Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
11 December – Tokyo
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad114 December – Tokyo
Egypt Al Ahly0Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad2
Brazil São Paulo318 December – Yokohama
12 December – ToyotaBrazil São Paulo1
Australia Sydney FC015 December – YokohamaEngland Liverpool0
Costa Rica Saprissa1Costa Rica Saprissa0
England Liverpool3
Match for fifth placeMatch for third place
16 December – Tokyo18 December – Yokohama
Egypt Al Ahly1Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad2
Australia Sydney FC2Costa Rica Saprissa3

Quarter-finals

More information Al-Ittihad, 1–0 ...
Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia1–0Egypt Al Ahly
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Attendance: 28,281
Referee: Graham Poll (England)

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Attendance: 28,538
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

Semi-finals

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Attendance: 31,510
Referee: Alain Sars (France)

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Attendance: 43,902
Referee: Carlos Chandia (Chile)

Match for fifth place

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Attendance: 15,951
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

Match for third place

More information Al-Ittihad, 2–3 ...
Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia2–3Costa Rica Saprissa
Kallon 28'
Job 53' (pen.)
Report Saborío 13', 85' (pen.)
Gómez 89'
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Final

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Goalscorers

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.[1]

Awards

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Adidas Golden Ball
Toyota Award
Adidas Silver Ball Adidas Bronze Ball
Brazil Rogério Ceni
(São Paulo)
England Steven Gerrard
(Liverpool)
Costa Rica Christian Bolaños
(Saprissa)
FIFA Fair Play Award
England Liverpool
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References

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