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    • adidas Golden Ball: Wayne ROONEY (ENG)
        • FIFA Fair Play award: Adelaide United

2008 has been a memorable year for Manchester United. Champions of England, champions of Europe and now champions of the world.

    • adidas Golden Ball: KAKA (BRA)
        • FIFA Fair Play award: Urawa Red Diamonds

By defeating Boca Juniors, the Italians ended South America's dominance and brought the FIFA Club World Cup to Europe for the first time.

    • adidas Golden Ball: DECO (POR)
        • FIFA Fair Play award: FC Barcelona

All three editions of the FIFA Club World Cup have culminated in Brazilian sides being crowned champions: Corinthians in 2000, Sao Paulo in 2005 and SC Internacional de Porto Alegre in 2006. That is surely no coincidence, and can be considered all the more impressive for the fact that the beaten finalists in the last two tournaments have been the heavily-tipped European champions.

    • adidas Golden Ball: ROGERIO CENI (BRA)
        • FIFA Fair Play award: Liverpool FC

It was billed as the champion of champions tournament. The six confederation winners met in Japan for the right to be called the best on the planet. And the FIFA Club World Championship TOYOTA Cup Japan 2005 lived up to the hype, proving to be a largely even contest and a knockout for fans.

    • adidas Golden Ball: EDILSON (BRA)
        • FIFA Fair Play award: Al Nassr

The FIFA Club World Championship in Brazil was the first international footballing event of the new millennium. With a mind-boggling array of top-tier talent on display, the brave, new move towards a more globalised club football community made for quite a showcase indeed. Eight club sides representing every corner of Planet Football converged on Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo to bask under the warm South American sun in the nation considered by most to be the true heart and soul of the beautiful game.

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