The 2006 FIFA Club World Cup was a football tournament held in Japan between 10 December and 17 December 2006. It was the fourth edition of the FIFA Club World Cup and the second since the competition's merger with the Intercontinental Cup.

The club champions from each of the six confederations played in a knockout tournament. The quarter-final match-ups were set up 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.

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 the 2007 edition.

Qualifying teams

The following teams qualified during 2006:

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	AFC Champions League 2006 winners
FC Barcelona	UEFA Champions League 2005-06 winners
Club América	CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2006 winners
Al-Ahly	CAF Champions League 2006 winners
Internacional	CONMEBOL Copa Libertadores 2006 winners
Auckland City FC	OFC Oceania Club Championship 2006 winners

Squads

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

Bracket

Matches

Quarter-finals

All times local (UTC+9)

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Semi-finals

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Fifth place play-off

Third place play-off

Final

FIFA Club World Cup 2006 Winners
Internacional First Title

Scorers

3 goals

• Mohamed Aboutreika (Al-Ahly)2 goals
• Flávio (Al-Ahly)1 goal
• Adriano (Internacional)
• Luiz Adriano (Internacional)
• Salvador Cabañas (Club América)
• Deco (Barcelona)
• Eiður Guðjohnsen (Barcelona)
• Kim Hyeung-Bum (Jeonbuk)
• Lee Hyun-Seung (Jeonbuk)
• Rafael Márquez (Barcelona)
• Alexandre Pato (Internacional)
• Ricardo Francisco Rojas (Club América)
• Ronaldinho (Barcelona)
• Zé Carlo (Jeonbuk)

Tournament MVP

Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball
Deco (FC Barcelona)	Iarley (Internacional)	Ronaldinho (FC Barcelona)

Fair play	FC Barcelona

References

External links

• Official site