SuPaStA
16-12-2008, 01:40 PM
Fixture:
11-Dec-08 Playoffs Adelaide 2-1 Waitakere Benouza
13-Dec-08 Quarter-Final Al-Ahly 2-4 Pachuca Irmatov
14-Dec-08 Quarter-Final Adelaide 0-1 Gamba Osk Pozo
17-Dec-08 Semi-Final Pachuca - LDUQ Mallenco
18-Dec-08 5th Place Playoff Al-Ahly - Adelaide
18-Dec-08 Semi-Final Gamba Osk - Man Utd
Teams:
Gamba Osaka, Japan (AFC)
Qualified after a 5-0 aggregate win over Adelaide United in the two-legged final of the AFC Champions League. The J.League side won their home leg 3-0 on 5 November and followed that success with a 2-0 win in Adelaide on 12 November.
Al Ahly, Egypt (CAF)
Rewrote African football history on 16 November by winning an unprecedented sixth CAF Champions League title. The Egyptian giants' 2-2 draw at Coton Sport completed a 4-2 aggregate victory in the final; a result which ensured they will compete at CWC for the third time in four years.
Manchester United, England (Uefa)
Qualified after a 6-5 penalty shoot-out win over Chelsea in Moscow, following a 1-1 draw after extra-time.
Pachuca, Mexico (CONCACAF)
Became the first team to qualify after defeating Deportivo Saprissa 3-2 on aggregate.
Waitakere, New Zealand (OFC)
Qualified by retaining their O-League title, beating Kossa of the Solomon Islands 6-3 on aggregate.
Liga de Quito, Ecuador (CONMEBOL)
South American representatives qualified by defeating Fluminense 3-1 in the final of the Copa Libertadores.
Adelaide United, Australia (AFC Runner-up)
Because of Gamba Osaka's AFC Champions League victory, Adelaide, the losing finalists, qualified as the highest-placed non-Japanese side in that tournament.
Some facts about the cup:
The Fifa Club World Cup (CWC) is now in its fifth year.
It is an annual knock-out competition contested by the champions of each the six continental federations recognised by Fifa.
The champions of Europe and South America are seeded, and so go straight into the competition at the semi-final stage.
The champions of Africa, Asia, Central America and Oceania then face each other in qualifying matches (since 2007 the champions of Oceania must play a qualifying match against the champions of the host country.)
Brazilian sides won the first three edition of the CWC - Corinthians in 2000, Sao Paulo in 2005 and Internacional in 2006 (the tournament was not stage between 2001-2004 due to problems with bureacracy and sponsorship).
Last year's competition was won by AC Milan, who beat Argentina's Boca Juniors in the final.
South America will be represented by an Ecuadorian side Liga de Quito, who defeated Brazilian side Fluminense in the Copa Libertadores.
The next two CWC will be played in the UAE before returning to Japan in 201.
11-Dec-08 Playoffs Adelaide 2-1 Waitakere Benouza
13-Dec-08 Quarter-Final Al-Ahly 2-4 Pachuca Irmatov
14-Dec-08 Quarter-Final Adelaide 0-1 Gamba Osk Pozo
17-Dec-08 Semi-Final Pachuca - LDUQ Mallenco
18-Dec-08 5th Place Playoff Al-Ahly - Adelaide
18-Dec-08 Semi-Final Gamba Osk - Man Utd
Teams:
Gamba Osaka, Japan (AFC)
Qualified after a 5-0 aggregate win over Adelaide United in the two-legged final of the AFC Champions League. The J.League side won their home leg 3-0 on 5 November and followed that success with a 2-0 win in Adelaide on 12 November.
Al Ahly, Egypt (CAF)
Rewrote African football history on 16 November by winning an unprecedented sixth CAF Champions League title. The Egyptian giants' 2-2 draw at Coton Sport completed a 4-2 aggregate victory in the final; a result which ensured they will compete at CWC for the third time in four years.
Manchester United, England (Uefa)
Qualified after a 6-5 penalty shoot-out win over Chelsea in Moscow, following a 1-1 draw after extra-time.
Pachuca, Mexico (CONCACAF)
Became the first team to qualify after defeating Deportivo Saprissa 3-2 on aggregate.
Waitakere, New Zealand (OFC)
Qualified by retaining their O-League title, beating Kossa of the Solomon Islands 6-3 on aggregate.
Liga de Quito, Ecuador (CONMEBOL)
South American representatives qualified by defeating Fluminense 3-1 in the final of the Copa Libertadores.
Adelaide United, Australia (AFC Runner-up)
Because of Gamba Osaka's AFC Champions League victory, Adelaide, the losing finalists, qualified as the highest-placed non-Japanese side in that tournament.
Some facts about the cup:
The Fifa Club World Cup (CWC) is now in its fifth year.
It is an annual knock-out competition contested by the champions of each the six continental federations recognised by Fifa.
The champions of Europe and South America are seeded, and so go straight into the competition at the semi-final stage.
The champions of Africa, Asia, Central America and Oceania then face each other in qualifying matches (since 2007 the champions of Oceania must play a qualifying match against the champions of the host country.)
Brazilian sides won the first three edition of the CWC - Corinthians in 2000, Sao Paulo in 2005 and Internacional in 2006 (the tournament was not stage between 2001-2004 due to problems with bureacracy and sponsorship).
Last year's competition was won by AC Milan, who beat Argentina's Boca Juniors in the final.
South America will be represented by an Ecuadorian side Liga de Quito, who defeated Brazilian side Fluminense in the Copa Libertadores.
The next two CWC will be played in the UAE before returning to Japan in 201.