World Club Championship

[Mr Piechnik]

Liverpool will play either Sydney FC or Costa Rica's Deportivo Saprissa in December's Fifa Club World Championship following Saturday's draw in Tokyo.

 

The European champions have been seeded along with defending champions Sao Paulo and join at the semi-final stage.

 

Oceania representatives Sydney would relish a meeting with the Anfield club.

 

"Australia is still a colony in a lot of ways so playing against the motherland will be like the Ashes," said Sydney boss Andy Harper.

 

"We are under no illusions. It will be difficult to get to the semi-finals. But Liverpool are a massive club and we would love a crack at them.

 

Sydney are coached by former Germany international Pierre Littbarski and earlier this year signed former Manchester United forward Dwight Yorke.

 

South American champions Sao Paulo do not know the identity of their first opponents, but the Brazilian outfit won the old World Club Cup - between the champions of South America and Europe - in 1992 and 1993.

 

Liverpool were beaten 3-0 by Flamengo in 1981 and 1-0 by Independiente in 1984.

 

The winners of the new tournament - set to take place in Japan from 11-18 December - will win £2.5m in prize money.

 

2.5 million for a couple of wins? that sounds like good buisness to me!

[Anubis]

"Australia is still a colony.."

 

I hate fucking whining Aussies. And they hate us. Twatting them would be nice.

[MLB]

It'd be boss to play a team like Sao Paulo. I remember those games from the 80s, they were always quite interesting (if not hugely exciting.) Plus, £2.5 million for two fairly easy games is just good sense.

[Dermot]

Thats 2.5m prize money, on top of that we get a share of the gate, a share of the TV revenue based on market size, and a share of the advertising revenue, these two games will be a real cash cow.

[AndyH]

"like the Ashes"?!?!?

 

That implies Englishness - we aren't doing this for Queen and country matey, just for us!

 

How long before Kenwright or Moyes start moaning that they're not in this competition too?

[Mav]

How long before Kenwright or Moyes start moaning that they're not in this competition too?

 

I blame Heysel

[Dr.Filth]

How do you all feel about this competition? I would really love us to win it. Apart from the obvious opportunities to wind our rivals up about being the greatest team in the world, there's the real possibility (IMO) that this could become as prestigious as the European Cup in years to come. Being the first British club to win it would give our club yet another record to add to our fantastic history.

[BatChainPuller]

Cue miraculous Christmastime recovery from our number 7 (followed by tragic relapse in January).

[Hermes]

Being the first British club to win it would give our club yet another record to add to our fantastic history.

 

The Mancs have already won it.

[RedinSweden]

The Mancs have already won it.

 

No, they haven't.

[Hermes]

No, they haven't.

 

1999 they beat Palmeiras 1-0, I think Keane scored the goal. :whistle:

[RedinSweden]

1999 they beat Palmeiras 1-0, I think Keane scored the goal. :whistle:

 

You are mixing it up with the Intercontinental Cup you big goofball.

[Hermes]

You are mixing it up with the Intercontinental Cup you big goofball.

 

Sorry, I thought the title of this thread said "World Club Championship". So have Liverpool won the championship of Europe on 4 occassions or 5, have we never been champions of England.

 

Only the name has changed. Whatever a goofball is, you've just become a member of the club. :tease:

[Dirk]

Sorry, I thought the title of this thread said "World Club Championship". So have Liverpool won the championship of Europe on 4 occassions or 5, have we never been champions of England.

 

Only the name has changed. Whatever a goofball is, you've just become a member of the club. :tease:

 

The competition is completely different as in the Intercontinental there was only one game. It's like saying the Super Cup is the Champions League.

[Hermes]

The competition is completely different as in the Intercontinental there was only one game. It's like saying the Super Cup is the Champions League.

 

See above, goofball. :wallbutt:

[Dirk]

See above, goofball. :wallbutt:

 

Eh? You can't ever admit you're wrong. You said:

 

Only the name has changed.

 

The name has changed but the format has changed too.

[RedinSweden]

Sorry, I thought the title of this thread said "World Club Championship". So have Liverpool won the championship of Europe on 4 occassions or 5, have we never been champions of England.

 

Only the name has changed. Whatever a goofball is, you've just become a member of the club. :tease:

 

Hmmm, I think it was a bit more than a rebranding job, but then so was Champions League I suppose. I think the changes in the World Club jobby is enough to call it a separate deal, but it is a fine line I'll grant you.

[MLB]

I'd like for us to win it, and I reckon we probably will.

 

Plus, playing side called Deportivoe Sasparilla would just be funny...

[Guest Gazmo25]

To all intents and purposes, it is the same competition. In the build up to the CL final, we weren't singing 'just like a team, that's gonna win the champions league' It was European Cup. Getting back to the competition, I would like us to win it, purely and simply because it is pretty much the only thing missing from our CV. Am I right in thinking as well that the man of the match wins a car?

[Hermes]

http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/Clubworld/tournament/0,4133,CWC-2005-10,00.html

 

Looks like FIFA are goofballs as well, since they name the mancs in the list of winners.

[RedinSweden]

To all intents and purposes, it is the same competition. In the build up to the CL final, we weren't singing 'just like a team, that's gonna win the champions league' It was European Cup. Getting back to the competition, I would like us to win it, purely and simply because it is pretty much the only thing missing from our CV. Am I right in thinking as well that the man of the match wins a car?

 

Yeah, but the amount of times I heard "you have never won the Champions League though" it would be too much to resist gving a bit back. Resorting to their tactics? Too fucking right.

[Hermes]

Yeah, but the amount of times I heard "you have never won the Champions League though" it would be too much to resist gving a bit back. Resorting to their tactics? Too fucking right.

 

I'll accept your apology as you're relatively new on here. The others however, have no excuse and can add this to the list of humiliating climbdowns when questioning my knowledge. ;)

[Brownie]

I'll accept your apology as you're relatively new on here. The others however, have no excuse and can add this to the list of humiliating climbdowns when questioning my knowledge. ;)

 

I can't wait until January 2006

[RedinSweden]

I'll accept your apology as you're relatively new on here. The others however, have no excuse and can add this to the list of humiliating climbdowns when questioning my knowledge. ;)

 

But the fact that you pissed off and spent 15 minutes looking for evidence to back up your argument takes the shine off your "victory" though. That FIFA link says it was "based on the foundations of the Toyota Cup". Matrix Reloaded was based on the foundations of Matrix and we all know that Reloaded was Phil Babb.

[Hermes]

I can't wait until January 2006

 

You accept that you have no hope before that or in the past? Thanks for your endorsement. ;)