The 2006 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2006 presented by

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for sponsorship reasons) was a

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tournament held in

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between 10 December and 17 December 2006. It was the third

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. 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,

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and OFC champions, while the

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and

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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

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were beaten in the

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by fellow Brazilian side

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, who went on to win the Club World Cup for the first time, beating

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in the semi-finals before defeating Spanish club

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1–0 in the

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. A team from the host nation did not participate, as was initially proposed. Following the departure of

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from the OFC, the Oceanian representative,

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, was fully amateur, so forcing them to play a play-off for a place in the quarter-finals against the

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champions (

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) 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

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Qualified teams

Venues

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

Match officials

Squads

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

Bracket

''All times

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( UTC+09:00)''

Matches

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Fifth place play-off

Third place play-off

Final

Goalscorers

Awards

References

External links

FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2006
FIFA.com

(Archived)
FIFA Technical Report
{{DEFAULTSORT:Club World Cup

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