2007 FC Moscow season
The 2007 FC Moscow season was the club's 4th season in existence after taking over the licence of Torpedo-Metallurg in 2004. They finished the season in 4th place, qualifying for the UEFA Cup, were runners up to Lokomotiv Moscow in the 2006–07 Russian Cup and were knocked out of the 2007–08 Russian Cup at the Quarterfinal stage by Amkar Perm.


2007 FC Moscow season, Season events
Following the completion of the season, Leonid Slutsky left the club, with Oleg Blokhin being appointed as the club's new manager on 14 December.


2007 FC Moscow season, Squad, On loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2007 FC Moscow season, Squad, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2007 FC Rubin Kazan season
The 2007 FC Rubin Kazan season was the club's 5th season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. They finished the season in tenth position.


2007 FC Rubin Kazan season, Squad, On loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2007 FC Rubin Kazan season, Squad, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2007 FC Seoul season, Players, Team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2007 FC Seoul season, Players, Out on loan & military service
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2007 FC Seoul season, Tactics, Starting eleven and formation
This section shows the most used players for each position considering a 4-4-2 formation.


2007 FC Seoul season, Tactics, Starting eleven and formation
Source: Squad stats and Start formations. Only competitive matches. Using the most used start formation. Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).


2007 FC Seoul season, Tactics, Substitutes
Source: Squad stats and Start formations. Only competitive matches. Using the most used start formation. Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).


2007 FC Spartak Moscow season
The 2007 FC Spartak Moscow season was the club's 16th season in the Russian Premier League season. Spartak finished the season in 2nd position for the second year in a row, qualifying for the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League Third Qualifying Round. In the 2006–07 Russian Cup reached the Semifinal before being knocked out by Lokomotiv Moscow, whilst in the 2007–08 Russian Cup they were knocked out at the Round of 32 stage by Terek Grozny. In Europe, Spartak were knocked out of the UEFA Cup by Celta Vigo before being knocked out of the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League by Celtic in the Third Qualifying Round.


2007 FC Spartak Moscow season, Squad, On loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2007 FC Spartak Moscow season, Squad, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2007 FC Terek Grozny season
The 2007 Terek Grozny season was the 2nd season that the club played back in the Russian Football National League following their relegation from the Russian Premier League at the end of the 2005 Season.


2007 FC Terek Grozny season, Squad, On loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2007 FC Terek Grozny season, Squad, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2007 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season
The 2007 Zenit St.Petersburg season was the club's thirteenth season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. Zenit won the Russian Premier League for the first time in their history, whilst reaching the Quarterfinal of both the 2006–07 and 2007–08 Russian Cups. In Europe, Zenit entered the UEFA Cup at the First round stage, before finishing third in their group, advancing to the Round of 32 which would take place during their 2008 season.


2007 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season, Squad, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2007 FCSL season
The 2007 FCSL season was the fourth season in the history of the Florida Collegiate Summer League, a wood bat collegiate summer baseball league operating in the southeastern United States region of central Florida. The league's Winter Pines franchise, the Winter Pines Warthogs, folded after two seasons in the league. Also, one of the league's Orlando, Florida franchises, the Orlando Shockers, disbanded after three seasons. With the departure of the Shockers, the Sanford River Rats and the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs became the only two remaining founding franchises of the FCSL. The league's second Orlando franchise, the Orlando Hammers, took a one-year hiatus from the FCSL, with plans to rejoin the league for the 2008 season. Both the Winter Springs Cudas of Winter Springs, Florida and the Leesburg Lightning of Leesburg, Florida.


2007 FCSL season
In the championship game, the Leesburg Lightning defeated the Altamonte Springs Snappers 6-0 to win the FCSL title.


2007 FEI European Jumping Championship
The 2007 FEI European Jumping Championship was the 29th edition of the European Show Jumping Championships. Running from August 14 to August 19, 2007, it was the second edition held at the MVV Riding Stadium in Mannheim, Germany, the previous being the 1997 championships. Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum of Germany won the individual jumping event, while the Netherlands won the team jumping event. Mannheim incorporated the event as part of its 400th anniversary celebrations.


2007 FFSA season
The Football Federation South Australia 2007 season was the second season under the previous competition format in South Australia. The competition consisted of three divisions across the State of South Australia.


2007 FFSA season, 2007 FFSA Super League
The 2007 South Australian Super League was the second season of the South Australian Super League, the top level domestic association football competition in South Australia. It was contested by 10 teams in a single 18 round league format, each team playing all of their opponents twice.


2007 FFSA season, 2007 FFSA Premier League
The 2007 FFSA Premier League was the second edition of the FFSA Premier League as the second level domestic association football competition in South Australia. 10 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 18 rounds, with the League winners promoted to the 2008 FFSA Super League, and the bottom two placed teams were relegated to the 2008 FFSA State League.


2007 FFSA season, 2007 FFSA State League
The 2007 FFSA State League was the second edition of the FFSA State League as the third level domestic association football competition in South Australia. 8 teams competed, all playing each other three times for a total of 21 rounds. The League winners and second placers were promoted to the 2008 FFSA Premier League.


2007 FIA Alternative Energies Cup
The 2007 FIA Alternative Energies Cup is the first season of the FIA Alternative Energies Cup, a world championship for vehicles with alternative energy propulsion organized by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. The season consisted of seven rallies, beginning on April 1, and ended on November 11.


2007 FIA Alternative Energies Cup
Italy's Giuliano Mazzoni won the Drivers championship, and Toyota secured the Manufacturers' title.


2007 FIA GT Adria 2 Hours
The 2007 FIA GT Adria 2 Hours was the seventh round of the 2007 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at Adria International Raceway, Italy, on September 8, 2007. This race was run later than usual, under the cover of darkness. However the track did use floodlights in an attempt to aid the drivers.


2007 FIA GT Adria 2 Hours, Official results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). Cars with a C under their class are running in the Citation Cup, with the winner marked in bold italics.


2007 FIA GT Adria 2 Hours, Official results
† – #62 Scuderia Ecosse was disqualified for failing to perform its mandatory second pit stop before the end of the race.


2007 FIA GT Brno 2 Hours
The 2007 FIA GT Brno 2 Hours was the eighth round of the 2007 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at Masaryk Circuit, Czech Republic, on September 23, 2007.


2007 FIA GT Brno 2 Hours, Official results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). Cars with a C under their class are running in the Citation Cup, with the winner marked in bold italics.


2007 FIA GT Brno 2 Hours, Official results
† – #52 Racing Team Edil Cris was disqualified for failing post-race technical inspection. The car was found to be below the legal ride height.


2007 FIA GT Bucharest 2 Hours
The 2007 FIA GT Vodafone Bucharest Challenge was the third round of the 2007 FIA GT Championship season and was organised by City Challenge GmbH. It took place on May 20, 2007.


2007 FIA GT Bucharest 2 Hours
It is only the second temporary street course run by the FIA GT Championship since its inception. The circuit, known as the Bucharest Ring, runs around the Palace of Parliament in the Romanian capital.


2007 FIA GT Bucharest 2 Hours, Official results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). Cars with a C under their class are running in the Citation Cup, with the winner marked in bold italics.


2007 FIA GT Championship
The 2007 FIA GT Championship was the 11th season of FIA GT Championship auto racing. It was a series for Grand Touring style cars competing in two classes, GT1 and GT2, the latter being less powerful and more closely related to road-going models. Cars from National Championships (Group 2) and GT3 cars (Group 3) were also allowed to compete, but were not eligible to score championship points. The series began on 25 March 2007 and ended 21 October 2007 after 10 races.


2007 FIA GT Championship
The GT1 Drivers Championship was won by Thomas Biagi driving a Maserati MC12 GT1 for the Vitaphone Racing Team and the GT1 Teams Championship by the Vitaphone Racing Team.


2007 FIA GT Championship, Schedule
The Brazilian Mil Milhas endurance race was originally announced by the SRO as being part of the 2007 season, but instead became part of the Le Mans Series schedule.


2007 FIA GT Championship, Rule changes
The following rules were changed between the 2006 season and 2007.


2007 FIA GT Championship, Entries, GT1
A † symbol and gray background denotes an entry and driver competing in the Citation Cup.


2007 FIA GT Championship, Teams' Championship
Points are awarded to the top 8 finishers in the order of 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 except at the Spa 24 Hours, where half points are also granted for the leaders after 6 and 12 hours. All results obtained by a maximum of two cars per team were taken into account.


2007 FIA GT Championship, Manufacturers' Cup
The Manufacturers’ Cups were awarded taking into consideration all results obtained by the four best classified cars of each manufacturer, in each category, at each event. Points are awarded to the top 8 finishers in the order of 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 except at the Spa 24 Hours.


2007 FIA GT Championship, Drivers' Championship
Points are awarded to the top 8 finishers in the order of 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 except at the Spa 24 Hours. Drivers who do not drive the car for a minimum distance do not score points.


2007 FIA GT Championship, Drivers' Championship, Citation Cup standings
The Citation Cup was contested by non-professional drivers competing in GT1 cars. It was limited to eight rounds, with Zhuhai and Spa not included.


2007 FIA GT Monza 2 Hours
The 2007 FIA GT Monza 2 Hours was the fourth round of the 2007 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at Autodromo Nazionale Monza on June 24, 2007.


2007 FIA GT Monza 2 Hours, Official results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). Cars with a C under their class are running in the Citation Cup, with the winner marked in bold italics.


2007 FIA GT Nogaro 2 Hours
The 2007 FIA GT Nogaro 2 Hours was the ninth round of the 2007 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at Circuit Paul Armagnac, France, on September 30, 2007.


2007 FIA GT Nogaro 2 Hours, Official results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). Cars with a C under their class are running in the Citation Cup, with the winner marked in bold italics.


2007 FIA GT Oschersleben 2 Hours
The 2007 FIA GT Oschersleben 2 Hours was the fifth round of the 2007 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben on July 8, 2007.


2007 FIA GT Oschersleben 2 Hours
The results of this race were pending due to an appeal by disqualified race winner PK Carsport. The FIA chose to allow the results stand following a review, although PK Carsport is still appealing through civil court.


2007 FIA GT Oschersleben 2 Hours, Official results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). Cars with a C under their class are running in the Citation Cup, with the winner marked in bold italics.


2007 FIA GT Oschersleben 2 Hours, Official results
† – #4 PK Carsport and #7 All-Inkl.com Racing entries were both disqualified for failing post-race inspection. The #4 PK Carsport entry was the race winner prior to disqualification, but had a fuel tank 1.3 liters larger than the legal limit. The #7 All-Inkl.com Racing entry had a gearbox final gear ratio that was not approved by the FIA.


2007 FIA GT Tourist Trophy
The 2007 FIA GT RAC Tourist Trophy was the second round of the 2007 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at Silverstone Circuit on May 6, 2007.


2007 FIA GT Tourist Trophy, Official results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). Cars with a C under their class are running in the Citation Cup, with the winner marked in bold italics.


2007 FIA GT Zhuhai 2 Hours
The 2007 FIA GT Zhuhai 2 Hours was the opening race of the 2007 FIA GT Championship season. It took place on March 25, 2007. Over 22,000 paying spectators plus another 1,000 VIPs attended the race in person.


2007 FIA GT Zhuhai 2 Hours
This raced marked the first time Lamborghini scored an overall victory in an international racing series, with the All-Inkl.com Racing Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT taking the win.


2007 FIA GT Zhuhai 2 Hours, Official results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).


2007 FIA GT Zhuhai 2 Hours, Official results
† – Michael Bartels was excluded from the results for driving less than 35 minutes.


2007 FIA GT Zhuhai 2 Hours, Official results
‡ – #97 BMS Scuderia Italia was excluded from the results for failing post-race inspection due to a lower than legal ride height.


2007 FIA GT Zolder 2 Hours
The 2007 FIA GT Zolder 2 Hours was the tenth and final round of the 2007 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at Circuit Zolder, Belgium, on October 21, 2007.


2007 FIA GT Zolder 2 Hours, Unofficial results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). Cars with a C under their class are running in the Citation Cup, with the winner marked in bold italics.


2007 FIA GT3 European Championship
The 2007 FIA GT3 European Championship season was second season of the FIA GT3 European Championship. The season began on May 6, 2007 and ended on November 17, 2007 and featured ten one-hour races over five rounds.


2007 FIA GT3 European Championship, Schedule
Most races were one hour in length, and served as support races for the FIA GT Championship.


2007 FIA WTCC Race of France
The 2007 FIA WTCC Race of France was the fourth round of the 2007 World Touring Car Championship season and the third running of the FIA WTCC Race of France. It was held on 3 June 2007 at the temporary Circuit de Pau street circuit in Pau, France. It was the headline event of the 2007 Pau Grand Prix. The first race was won by Alain Menu, whilst the second race was won by Augusto Farfus.


2007 FIBA Africa Championship for Women
The 2007 FIBA Africa Championship for Women was the 18th FIBA Africa Championship for Women, played under the rules of FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, and the FIBA Africa thereof. The tournament was hosted by Senegal from September 20 to 30, with the games played at the Marius Ndiaye Stadium in Dakar and at the Stade Maniang Soumaré in Thiès.


2007 FIBA Africa Championship for Women
Mali defeated Senegal 65–58 in the final to win their first title. and securing a spot at the 2008 Summer Olympics.


2007 FIBA Africa Championship for Women, Final standings
Mali rosterAdizatou Maiga, Aminata Sininta, Djene Diawara, Fanta Toure, Fatoumata Bagayoko, Haoua Sangare, Hamchétou Maïga, Kadia Sacko, Kadia Touré, Kadiatou Kanoute, Naignouma Coulibaly, Nare Diawara, Coach:


2007 FIBA Africa Championship for Women squads
This article displays the rosters for the participating teams at the 2007 FIBA Africa Championship for Women.


2007 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup
The 2007 FIBA Africa Basketball Club Championship (22nd edition), was an international basketball tournament  held in the cities of Cabinda (Group A), Huambo (Group B) and Luanda (Knockout stage), Angola, from December 13 to 22, 2007. The tournament, organized by FIBA Africa, and hosted by Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto, was contested by 12 teams split into 2 groups of 6, the first four of which qualifying for the knock-out stage.


2007 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup, Draw
APR ASB Kauka ASPAC Interclube MBC Conakry Primeiro de Agosto


2007 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup, Draw
Abidjan Basket Club BC Onatra Ferroviário da Beira Niger Potters Petro Atlético Stade Malien


2007 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup, Final standings
Primeiro de Agosto rosterAbdel Bouckar, Armando Costa, Carlos Almeida, Felizardo Ambrósio, Francisco Jordão, Joaquim Gomes, Marques Houtman, Mayzer Alexandre, Miguel Lutonda, Olímpio Cipriano, Rodrigo Mascarenhas, Vladimir Ricardino, Coach: Jaime Covilhã


2007 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup squads
This article displays the rosters for the participating teams at the 2006 FIBA Africa Club Championship.


2007 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup
The 2007 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup (13th edition), was an international basketball tournament  held in Maputo, Mozambique, from October 19 to 28, 2007. The tournament, organized by FIBA Africa and hosted by Clube Ferroviário de Maputo, was contested by 11 clubs split into 2 groups of 6, each group playing a round robin with the top four teams of each group qualifying for the knockout stages. This was Desp de Maputo's 1st title and Mozambique's 3rd.


2007 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup
The tournament was won by Desportivo de Maputo from Mozambique.


2007 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup, Draw
Arc-en-Ciel Abidjan Basket Club Dolphins Djoliba Desportivo de Maputo Ferroviário de Maputo


2007 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup, Draw
First Bank ISPU Kenya Ports Authority Lupopo Primeiro de Agosto


2007 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup, Final standings
Desportivo de Maputo rosterAnabela Cossa, Anta Sy, Cátia Halar, Crichúlia Monjane, Diara Dessai, Josefina Jafar, Luísa Nhate, Nádia Rodrigues, Odélia Mafanela, Salimata Diatta, Sílvia Neves, Valerdina Manhonga, Coach: Nazir Salé


2007 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup squads
This article displays the rosters for the participating teams at the 2007 FIBA Africa Club Championship for Women.


2007 FIBA Americas Championship
The 2007 FIBA Americas Championships later known as the FIBA AmeriCup (or The Tournament of the Americas), was a basketball tournament held at Thomas & Mack Center, in Las Vegas, from August 22, to September 2. It was the thirteenth staging of the FIBA AmeriCup.


2007 FIBA Americas Championship
The tournament was originally going to be hosted in Venezuela. However, the Venezuelan federation failed to pay a $1.5 million fee, as of August 31, 2006. As such, their hosting privileges were taken away.


2007 FIBA Americas Championship
Several countries had shown interest in hosting the tournament, including: United States, Chile, Argentina, and Puerto Rico. The United States had not hosted it since 1992, Chile had never hosted it, Argentina had held it last in 2001, and Puerto Rico had last hosted in 2003.


2007 FIBA Americas Championship, Venues
All games were played at the Thomas & Mack Center, which was used earlier in the year for the 2007 NBA All-Star Game.


2007 FIBA Americas Championship, Qualification
Eight teams qualified during the qualification tournaments held in their respective zones in 2006; two teams (USA and Canada) qualified automatically since they are the only members of the North America zone.


2007 FIBA Americas Championship, Qualification
The tournament draw took place Wednesday, March 21, in Las Vegas. The teams were split into 5 pots; those drawn first went to Group A, those drawn last went to Group B.


2007 FIBA Americas Championship, Format, Tie-breaking criteria
Ties are broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:


2007 FIBA Americas Championship, Quarterfinals
The top four teams in Group A and Group B advanced to the Quarterfinal group. Then each team played the four from the other group to complete a full round robin. Records from the preliminary groups carried over, but only against teams that also advanced.


2007 FIBA Americas Championship, Quarterfinals
The top four teams advanced to the semifinals. The fifth-place team (Canada) did not continue competing for the Americas Championship, but qualified for the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008.


2007 FIBA Americas Championship, Medal round
The teams that played in the Championship Game both automatically qualified for the 2008 Olympics. The teams that played in the 3rd Place Game both automatically qualified for the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008.


2007 FIBA Americas Championship for Women
The 2007 FIBA Americas Championship for Women was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Americas at the women's basketball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The tournament was held in Valdivia, Chile from 26 – 30 September 2007.


2007 FIBA Americas Championship for Women, Olympic Qualification
As winner of the tournament the  United States gets direct entry into the 2008 Beijing Olympics.


2007 FIBA Americas Championship for Women, Olympic Qualification
The runner up  Cuba and the two teams that competed in the bronze medal game,  Brazil and  Argentina will get another chance through the FIBA Wildcard Tournament.


2007 FIBA Americas Championship squads
The following is the list of squads for each of the 10 teams competing in the 2007 FIBA Americas Championship, held in Las Vegas, Nevada between August 22 and September 2, 2007. Each team selected a squad of 12 players for the tournament.


2007 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
The FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2007 was the 18th staging of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the basketball club tournament of FIBA Asia. The tournament was held in Tehran, Iran. Saba Battery of Tehran, Iran won the tournament after beating  Al-Jalaa of Aleppo, Syria


2007 FIBA Asia Championship
The 2007 FIBA Asia Championship for Men was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia at the men's basketball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics at Beijing. The tournament was held in Tokushima, Japan from July 28 to August 5, 2007.


2007 FIBA Asia Championship
Participating teams qualified through the previous edition of this tournament and others through regional qualifiers. Since China is assured of an automatic berth at the 2008 Olympics as the host nation, the champions will automatically qualify while the two best teams excluding China qualifies for the 2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men. This resulted in China deploying another team in this tournament, while their primary team led by NBA star Yao Ming and rookie Yi Jianlian participated in the Stankovic Cup and tournaments and friendlies with countries across Europe to prepare themselves.


2007 FIBA Asia Championship
Iran won their first championship after beating 2-time silver medalists Lebanon, 74–69. Korea upended Kazakhstan to clinch third place, and the last Asian berth in the FIBA pre-Olympic tournament, together with Lebanon.


2007 FIBA Asia Championship, Qualification
According to the FIBA Asia rules, each zone had two places, and the hosts (Japan) and holders (China) were automatically qualified. The other four places are allocated to the zones according to performance in the 2005 FIBA Asia Championship.


2007 FIBA Asia Championship, Draw
The draw was held on June 6 at Tokushima. The teams were grouped first into four pots, each member of the pot is guaranteed not to face each other in the preliminary round; the top four finishers of 2005 FIBA Asia Championship are seeded in order of their finish and hence are on one pot. Japan as the host has the right to choose which group it will be under.


2007 FIBA Asia Championship, Draw
* Saudi Arabia withdrew from the tournament,  Kuwait replaced them.


2007 FIBA Asia Championship for Women
The 2007 FIBA Asia Championship for Women was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia at the women's basketball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics at Beijing. The tournament was held on Incheon, South Korea from June 3 to June 10.


2007 FIBA Asia Championship for Women
The championship was divided into two levels: Level I and Level II. The two lowest finishers of Level I met the top two finishers of Level II to determine which teams qualified for Level I at the 2009 championship. The losers were relegated to (or remained in) Level II.


2007 FIBA Asia Championship for Women, Qualifying round
Winners are promoted to Level I for the 2009 championships.


2007 FIBA Asia Championship qualification
The 2007 FIBA Asia Championship qualification was held in early 2007 with the Gulf region, West Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia and Middle Asia (Central Asia and South Asia) each conducting tournaments.


2007 FIBA Asia Championship qualification, FIBA Asia Stanković Cup
After the cancellation of 2006 FIBA Asia Stanković Cup which was supposed to be held in Damascus, Syria between 20th to 29th of July, The final ranking of the 2005 FIBA Asia Championship was counted instead.


2007 FIBA Asia Championship qualification, Qualified teams
* With Saudi Arabia's withdrawal,  Kuwait qualified in their place.


2007 FIBA Asia Championship qualification, East Asia
All the others withdrew, so  Chinese Taipei,  Hong Kong and  South Korea qualified automatically.


2007 FIBA Asia Championship qualification, Gulf
The 2006 Gulf Basketball Association Championship is the qualifying tournament for the 2007 FIBA Asia Championship.


2007 FIBA Asia Championship qualification, Middle Asia
The Middle Asia Championship is the qualifying tournament for the 2007 FIBA Asia Championship; it also serves as a regional championship involving Central Asian and South Asian nations basketball teams. The teams in the final advance to the FIBA Asia Championship.


2007 FIBA Asia Championship qualification, Southeast Asia
The 7th Southeast Asia Basketball Association Championship was the qualifying tournament for the 2007 FIBA Asia Championship; it also served as a regional championship involving Southeast Asian basketball teams. The two teams with the best records advances to the FIBA Asia Championship.


2007 FIBA Asia Championship qualification, Southeast Asia
The local name of the tournament held in Ratchaburi, Thailand was  11th Crown Prince Cup International Invitational Basketball Tournament.


2007 FIBA Asia Championship qualification, West Asia
All the others withdrew, so  Iran,  Jordan,  Lebanon and  Syria qualified automatically.


2007 FIBA Asia Championship squads
These are the team rosters of the 16 teams competing in the 2007 FIBA Asia Championship.


2007 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women
FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women 2007 is 18th edition of FIBA Asia's basketball championship for females under 18 years old. The games were held at Bangkok, Thailand.


2007 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women
The championship is divided into two levels: Level I and Level II. The two lowest finishers of Level I meets the top two finishers to determine which teams qualify for Level for 2008's championship. The losers are relegated to Level II.


2007 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women, Qualifying round
Winners are promoted to Level I for the 2008 championships.


2007 FIBA EuroCup Final Four
The 2007 FIBa EuroCup Final Four was the concluding tournament of the 2006–07 FIBA EuroCup. Akasvayu Girona won its first title, after beating Azovmash 79–72 in the Final.


2007 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
The 2007 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship was the 21st edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Ierapetra, Rethymno and Heraklion, in Greece, hosted the tournament. Serbia won the trophy for the first time since the dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro. Slovenia and Portugal were relegated to Division B.


2007 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, Competition system
The tournament format changed from previously years. The sixteen teams were allocated in four groups of four teams each. The first three teams in each group qualified for the Qualifying Round. The last team of each group played for the 13th–16th position in the Classification Games. The twelve teams qualified for the Qualifying Round were allocated in two groups of six teams each. The results of the games between the teams in the Preliminary Round were taken into account for the ranking in the Qualifying Round. The two top teams of each group qualified for the semifinals.


2007 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, Final standings
Nemanja Jaramaz, Aleksandar Ponjavić, Nikša Nikolić, Aleksandar Obradović, Nikola Vukasović, Stevan Lekić, Danilo Anđušić, Lazar Radosavljević, Bogdan Jovanović, Nikola Rondović, Branislav Đekić, and Dejan Musli. Head Coach: Dragan Vaščanin.


2007 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division B
The 2007 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division B was an international basketball competition held in Macedonia in 2007.


2007 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
The 2007 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship was an international basketball  competition held in Spain in 2007.


2007 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B
The 2007 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B was an international basketball  competition held in Bulgaria in 2007.


2007 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division C
The 2007 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division C was the 6th edition of the Division C of the FIBA U18 European Championship, the third tier of the European men's under-18 basketball championship. It was played in Cardiff, Wales, from 16 to 21 July 2007. Scotland men's national under-18 basketball team won the tournament.


2007 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women Division C
The 2007 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women Division C was the 6th edition of the Division C of the FIBA U18 Women's European Championship, the third tier of the European women's under-18 basketball championship. It was played in Malta from 28 August to 1 September 2007. The host team, Malta, won the tournament.


2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
The 2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the tenth edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The cities of Nova Gorica, in Slovenia, and Gorizia, in Italy, hosted the tournament. Serbia won their first title with that name (they won the 1998 Championship as Yugoslavia and the 2006 Championship as Serbia and Montenegro).


2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, Preliminary round
The sixteen teams were allocated in four groups of four teams each.


2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, Qualifying round
The twelve teams were allocated in two groups of six teams each. The results of the games between the teams from the same group in the Preliminary Round were taken into account for the ranking in this round.


2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, Final standings
Miloš Teodosić, Milenko Tepić, Stefan Nikolić, Marko Đurković, Dragan Labović, Maksim Kovačević, Branko Jereminov, Nenad Zivčević, Vladimir Štimac, Ivan Paunić, Nikola Dragović, and Uroš Nikolić. Head Coach: Vlada Vukoičić.


2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B
The 2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B was the third edition of the Division B of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, the second-tier level of European Under-20 basketball. The city of Warsaw, in Poland, hosted the tournament. Montenegro won their first title.


2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B, Preliminary round
The eighteen teams were allocated in four groups (two groups of five teams and two groups of four). The two top teams of each group advanced to the Qualifying Round. The last three teams of each group advanced to the Classification round.


2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B, Qualifying round
The eight top teams were allocated in two groups of four teams each. Teams coming from the same initial group didn't play again vs. each other, but "carried" the results of the matches played between them for the first round.


2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B, Classification round
The ten bottom teams were allocated in two groups of four teams each. Teams coming from the same initial group didn't play again vs. each other, but "carried" the results of the matches played between them for the first round.


2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women
The 2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women was the sixth edition of the Women's European basketball championship for national under-20 teams. It was held in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 13 to 22 July 2007. Spain women's national under-20 basketball team won the tournament and became the European champions for the first time.


2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women, First round
In the first round, the teams were drawn into four groups of four. The first three teams from each group advance to the quarterfinal round, the last teams will play in the classification round for 13th–16th place.


2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women, Quarterfinal round
In this round, the teams play in two groups of six. The first two teams from each group advance to the semifinals, the third and fourth teams advance to the 5th–8th place playoffs, the other teams will play in the 9th–12th place playoffs.


2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women Division B
The 2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women Division B was the third edition of the Division B of the Women's European basketball championship for national under-20 teams. It was held in Druskininkai, Lithuania, from 13 to 22 July 2007. Montenegro women's national under-20 basketball team won the tournament.


2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women Division B, First round
In the first round, the teams were drawn into two groups of five. The first four teams from each group advance to the quarterfinals, the last teams will play for the 9th place.


2007 FIBA Oceania Championship
The FIBA Oceania Championship for Men 2007 was the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for the men's basketball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics at Beijing. The tournament, a best-of-three series between Australia and New Zealand, was held in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. Australia won the first two games to qualify for the Olympics, while New Zealand won the third game and took part in the FIBA wildcard tournament.


2007 FIBA Oceania Championship for Women
FIBA Oceania Championship for Women 2007 is the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for the women's basketball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics at Beijing. The tournament was a three-way contest between:


2007 FIBA Oceania Championship for Women
It was held in Dunedin, New Zealand from 26 to 29 September.


2007 FIBA Oceania Championship for Women
Australia has already qualified for Beijing as winners of the 2006 World Championship.


2007 FIBA Oceania Championship for Women
The higher ranked team at the championship out of  New Zealand and  Fiji received direct entry to the Olympic tournament (Subject to approval from the nation's local Olympic committee).


2007 FIBA Oceania Championship for Women
The other took part in the World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in June, 2008.


2007 FIBA Oceania Championship for Women, Pacific Games
The Pacific Games basketball tournament will bewas held in Apia, Samoa from 29 August to 7 September.


2007 FIBA Oceania Championship for Women, Pacific Games
The tournament was played as a single round robin with the top two teams finishing on top of the ladder play-off to determine who advanced to the FIBA Oceania Championship in Dunedin, New Zealand


2007 FIBA Oceania Championship for Women, Olympic qualification
Since Australia are the defending world champions, they qualified outright to the Olympics. Therefore, the berth reserved for Oceanian champions (Australia) went to New Zealand. The Oceanian runners'-up berth to the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women went to Fiji.


2007 FIBA Stanković Continental Champions' Cup
The 2007 FIBA Stanković Continental Champions’ Cup, or 2007 FIBA Mini World Cup, was the third edition of the FIBA Stanković Continental Champions' Cup tournament of basketball. It was held in Guangzhou and Macau, from July 28 to August 2.


2007 FIBA Under-19 World Championship
The 2007 FIBA Under-19 World Championship(Serbian: Светско првенство до 19 година ФИБА до 19 година) was held in Novi Sad, Serbia from July 12 to July 22, 2007. The host nation won the tournament after beating the United States 74–69 in the final. Milan Mačvan was named the tournament MVP.


2007 FIBA Under-19 World Championship, Medal rosters
4 Mladen Jeremić, 5 Petar Despotović, 6 Dušan Katnić, 7 Stefan Marković, 8 Marko Kešelj, 9 Aleksandar Radulović, 10 Stefan Stojačić, 11 Marko Čakarević, 12 Milan Mačvan, 13 Miroslav Raduljica, 14 Boban Marjanović, 15 Slaven Čupković (Head coach: Miroslav Nikolić)


2007 FIBA Under-19 World Championship, Medal rosters
4 Tajuan Porter, 5 Stephen Curry, 6 Jonny Flynn, 7 Patrick Beverley, 8 Matt Bouldin, 9 David Lighty, 10 Donté Greene, 11 Raymar Morgan, 12 Deon Thompson, 13 Damian Hollis, 14 Michael Beasley, 15 DeAndre Jordan (Head coach: Jerry Wainwright)


2007 FIBA Under-19 World Championship, Medal rosters
4 Jessie Bégarin, 5 Nicolas Batum, 6 Antoine Diot, 7 Abdoulaye M'Baye, 8 Olivier Romain, 9 Alexis Ajinça, 10 Benoît Mangin, 11 Edwin Jackson, 12 Rudy Etilopy, 13 Kim Tillie, 14 Ludovic Vaty, 15 Adrien Moerman (Head coach: Richard Billant)


2007 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women
The 2007 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women (Czaech: Mistrovství světa FIBA žen do 19 let 2007) was hosted by Slovakia from July 26 until August 5, 2007. Teams played a round robin schedule, with the top four teams of the eighth-final four advancing to the knockout stage.


2007 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women, Overview
The United States won their third title. The other medalists in the tournament were Sweden (silver) and Serbia (bronze). Spain's Marta Xargay was chosen as the tournaments MVP with an average of 15.4 PPG.


2007 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women, Venues
The tournament was played in two venues. It was held at the Inter Hala Pasienky and the Sibamac arena NTC in Bratislava.


2007 FIBA Under-21 World Championship for Women
The 2007 FIBA Under-21 World Championship for Women was the second edition of the basketball world championship for U21 women's teams. It was played in Moscow Oblast, Russia, from 29 June to 8 July 2007. United States women's national under-21 basketball team won the tournament and became the world champions for the second time.


2007 FIBA Under-21 World Championship for Women, First round
In the first round, the teams were drawn into two groups of six. The first four teams from each group advance to the quarterfinals, the other teams will play in the 9th–12th place playoffs.


2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
The 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the third edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, governed by FIFA. Overall, this was the 13th edition of a world cup in beach soccer since the establishment of the Beach Soccer World Championships which ran from 1995–2004 but was not governed by FIFA. It took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 2–11 November 2007.


2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
The winners of the tournament were hosts Brazil, who won their second consecutive FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup title and their eleventh title overall.


2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Qualifying rounds, African zone
The qualifiers to determine the two Africa nations who would play in the World Cup took place in Durban, South Africa for the second year running between July 3 and July 8. Eight nations took part in the competition, an increase on the six teams that participated in the 2006 Championship, which eventually saw Nigeria claim their first title, qualifying for the second successive World Cup and which saw Senegal finish in second place, qualifying for the first time.


2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Qualifying rounds, Asian zone
The Asian qualifiers took place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, for the second time, between August 14 and August 18. The hosts, the United Arab Emirates qualified for the first time after beating Japan in the final of the championship, 4-3. Iran beat Bahrain in the third place play off to claim the third berth at the World Cup for the second year in a row.


2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Qualifying rounds, European zone
For the second year running, European nations qualified through being successful in the 2007 Euro Beach Soccer League. The nations who made it to the second stage of the Superfinal qualified to the World Cup being Portugal, France, Russia and Spain. To decide who would claim the fifth berth, the defeated nations in the competition came back to play in a straight knockout tournament, with the winner progressing to the World Cup. The nation which won the tournament was Italy who beat Switzerland in the final.


2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Qualifying rounds, North, Central American, Caribbean and South American zone
Due to the lack of interest from South American nations in the World Cup, CONMEBOL paired up with CONCACAF to hold the second joint Beach Soccer Championship, following 2005. Seven nations took part in the championship, three from South America and four from North America which took place between August 9 and August 12 in Acapulco, Mexico. The tournament saw the United States claim victory, after beating Uruguay 4-3 in the final. Argentina beat Mexico in the third place play off. Therefore, all four national teams mentioned qualified for the World Cup.


2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Qualifying rounds, Oceanian zone
The qualifiers to decide the one nation from Oceania that would be competing in the World Cup took place in Auckland, New Zealand, between August 31 and September 3. Despite Vanuatu dominating in the group stage, they lost in the final to the Solomon Islands, who claimed their second title and qualification for a second year in a row.


2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Teams
These are the teams that qualified to the World Cup:


2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Venue
As with the two previous FIFA editions of the World Cup held in Rio, the tournament once again took place at the Copacabana Beach Soccer Arena.


2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Group stage
The 16 teams were split into 4 groups of 4 teams. Each team played the other 3 teams in its group in a round-robin format, with the top two teams advancing to the quarter finals. The quarter finals, semi finals and the final itself was played in the form of a knockout tournament.


2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Group stage
All matches are listed as local time in Rio de Janeiro, (UTC-3)


2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final
The 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final took place between Mexico and Brazil on 11 November 2007 at Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro. Brazil were the winners, winning by eight goals to two. Brazil have beaten fifteen other teams to be crowned 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Winners. It was Brazil's second title in a row.


2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Roads to the final, Mexico
Mexico started their campaign in group A, along with Brazil, with a tight opening game against Russia, with Mexico eventually seeing them off 2-1 on penalties to earn 2 points. Things were looking bad for Mexico after losing 6-4 to Brazil in the second round of games, putting Russia in the driving seat to take second place in the group and progress to the quarter finals. However, in the final round of games, with Mexico winning 6-3 against the Solomon Islands, and Brazil beating Russia, Mexico sneaked through into the quarter-finals, finishing the group on a meagre 5 points.


2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Roads to the final, Mexico
As Mexico were the runners-up of group A, they met the winners of group B, Spain in the quarter-finals. Spain were the favorites to reach the semi-finals but, after coming from behind, Mexico produced a surprising win, and clinched the game 5-4, holding their nerve in the final moments. Mexico moved into the semi-finals against Uruguay. The semi-final was, in the end, an easier battle for Mexico. With the score at 2-2 going into the final 5 minutes, the game seemed poised for extra-time. However 3 goals in the 32nd, 35th and 36th minutes meant Mexico finished off their semi-final in style, and secured their place in the final against Brazil.


2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Roads to the final, Brazil
Brazil started their world cup campaign as defending champions, in group A, along with Mexico, demolishing the Solmon Islands 11-2 in their opening game of the group. Brazil continued to perform well with a 6-4 win against Mexico, however left it late to score 2 goals in the third period to secure the three points. Finally, Brazil met Russia. The game was extremely close, seeing Russia lead 2-1 with three minutes left, but a 33rd-minute goal by Sidney sent the game to extra-time and ultimately, penalties. It was a very nerve-racking shoot-out, seeing seven players from each team take a penalty but in the end, it was Brazil who prevailed, taking the 2 points and denying Russia a place in the quarter finals.


2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Roads to the final, Brazil
In the quarter-finals, Brazil played the runners-up of group B, Portugal. The two rival nations battled it out in a match full of goals, but it was Brazil's ability to produce goals at any time that saw them beat Portugal 10-7. In the semi-finals Brazil met, 2005 winners, France. It was a simple game for Brazil, winning 6-2, only ever having to deal with French goals in the 1st and 35th minutes, setting up a final with Mexico.


2007 FIFA Club World Cup
The 2007 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2007 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was a football tournament played in Japan from 7 to 16 December 2007. It was the fourth FIFA Club World Cup, a tournament organised by FIFA for the winners of each confederation's top continental club tournament.


2007 FIFA Club World Cup
Internacional were the defending champions, but could not defend their title after being eliminated in the 2007 Copa Libertadores second stage.


2007 FIFA Club World Cup
Seven teams from the six confederations entered the tournament, with Italian side Milan defeating Boca Juniors from Argentina 4–2 in the final to become the most successful team in the world in terms of international trophies won (18), as well as the first European team to win the Club World Cup.


2007 FIFA Club World Cup, Qualified teams
The qualified teams were decided during 2007 through the six major continental competitions. The winner of each regional club championship participated in the 2007 Club World Cup. In March 2007, the FIFA executive committee introduced a qualifying playoff between the 2007 OFC Champions League champion and the host nation's 2007 J. League champion, as opposed to previous years, in which the Oceania champions were given direct entry into the tournament.


2007 FIFA Club World Cup, Qualified teams
In order to avoid the participation of two teams from the same country, the best-placed non-Japanese team in the AFC Champions League would take the "host" berth if a Japanese team won that competition, which indeed happened as Urawa Red Diamonds won the 2007 AFC Champions League. Also, the fifth-place match was eliminated for this edition.


2007 FIFA Club World Cup, Qualified teams
† Sepahan took Japan's slot due to a Japanese team winning the AFC Champions League.


2007 FIFA Club World Cup, Venues
Tokyo, Yokohama and Toyota were the three cities to serve as venues for the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup.


2007 FIFA Club World Cup, Squads
For a list of all the squads of this tournament, see the article 2007 FIFA Club World Cup squads.


2007 FIFA Club World Cup Final
The 2007 FIFA Club World Cup Final took place at the Nissan Stadium, Yokohama, Japan on 16 December 2007.


2007 FIFA Club World Cup Final
The match pitted Milan of Italy, the UEFA club champions, against Boca Juniors of Argentina, the CONMEBOL club champions. Milan won 4–2 in a match watched by 68,263 people. In doing so, Milan became the first non-Brazilian team – and first European – to win the Club World Cup. They won their fourth FIFA Club World Cup/Intercontinental Cup which was a repeat of the 2003 Intercontinental Cup where Milan had lost to Boca Juniors. Milan also overtook Boca Juniors, Nacional, Peñarol, Real Madrid and São Paulo as the only team to have won the competition four times. Kaká was named as man of the match.


2007 FIFA Club World Cup Final, Match, Details
Assistant referees:José Luis Camargo (Mexico)Pedro Rebollar (Mexico)Fourth official:Mark Shield (Australia)


2007 FIFA Club World Cup squads
These were the squads for the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup, held in Japan from 7 December to 16 December 2007.


2007 FIFA Club World Cup squads, Boca Juniors
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2007 FIFA Club World Cup squads, Milan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2007 FIFA Club World Cup squads, Étoile du Sahel
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2007 FIFA Club World Cup squads, Pachuca
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2007 FIFA Club World Cup squads, Urawa Red Diamonds
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2007 FIFA Club World Cup squads, Sepahan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2007 FIFA Club World Cup squads, Waitakere United
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup
The FIFA U-17 World Cup 2007, the twelfth edition of the tournament, was held in South Korea between 18 August and 9 September 2007. For this event, the number of teams had been expanded from 16 to 24, with the top two of each group and the four best third-place teams advancing to the Round of 16. Also, from now on, the confederation which produced the last champion, in this case CONCACAF, had an extra spot in the qualifying rounds.


2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup
Players born after 1 January 1990 could participate in this tournament.


2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Squads
For a list of the squads see 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup squads


2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Goalscorers
There were 165 goals scored in 52 matches, for an average of 3.17 goals per match.


2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup squads
This article lists all the confirmed national football squads for the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup held in South Korea between 18 August and 9 September 2007. The final squads were to be submitted to FIFA at least 10 working days before the opening match of the competition. Each squad contains 21 players, which consists of 3 goalkeepers and 18 outfield players. Before announcing their final squads, teams were allowed to name a provisional squad of 23 to 35 players, which then had to be reduced to their final 21. Players marked with (c) were named captains for their respective teams.


2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup squads
Players marked with bold are capped for senior national team at some stage in their career.


2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup
The 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the sixteenth edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup (formerly called FIFA World Youth Championship), hosted by Canada from 30 June to 22 July 2007. Argentina defeated Czech Republic in the title game by the score of 2–1, thus managing a back-to-back world title, its fifth in the past seven editions, and sixth overall. Argentine player Sergio Agüero was given the FIFA U-20 Golden Shoe (top scorer, with six goals) and the FIFA U-20 Golden Ball (best player of the tournament), while Japan earned the FIFA Fair Play Award.


2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup
The tournament featured 24 teams coming from six continental confederations; Canada qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining teams qualified based on their rankings at the respective continental U-20 (U-19 in Europe's case) tournaments. UEFA (Europe) qualified six teams; AFC (Asia), CAF (Africa), CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean) and CONMEBOL (South America) four teams each; and OFC (Oceania) one team.


2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup
The tournament took place in a variety of venues across the country – Toronto, Edmonton, Montreal, Ottawa, Victoria and Burnaby (Vancouver) – with the showcase stadium being Toronto's new National Soccer Stadium where the final match was held. 19 years later Canada will co-host the 2026 FIFA World Cup.


2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup
On 28 June 2007, two days before the inaugural match, it was reported that 950,000 tickets had been sold, making it the largest single-sport event ever taking place in the country, and on 3 July, the tournament organisers sold the millionth ticket. On 19 July, the semifinal match between Chile and Argentina marked this edition as the most attended in the tournament's history, with an accumulated attendance of 1,156,187 spectators, surpassing Mexico 1983's 1,155,160 spectators. Final attendance totalled 1,195,299.


2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Qualification
Twenty-three teams qualified for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup. As the host team, Canada received an automatic bid, bringing the total number of teams to twenty-four for the tournament. The final draw for the group stages took place on 3 March 2007 in Liberty Grand Entertainment Complex, Toronto.


2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Squads
For a list of the squads see 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads


2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Group stages
The 24 participating teams were distributed between six groups of four teams each, according to a draw held on 3 March 2007. The groups are contested on a league system, where each team plays one time against the other teams in the same group, for a total of six matches per group. Each group winner and runner-up teams, as well as the best four third-placed teams, qualify for the first round of the knockout stage (round of 16).


2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Controversies, Nigerian accusations of racism
The Chile–Nigeria quarter-final match took place on FIFA's "Say No To Racism Day." During extra time, Chile's Jaime Grondona scored at the 96th minute. The Nigerians argued that it was offside, though referee Howard Webb allowed the goal to stand. Replays showed that a defender was caught out of place on an offside trap. Goalkeeper Ikechukwu Ezenwa was shown the yellow card for his protest.


2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Controversies, Nigerian accusations of racism
At a post-game news conference, Nigerian coach Ladan Bosso said, "What happened on the pitch, the officiating, I think FIFA has a long way to go to beat racism, because that official showed racism." When asked if he felt Webb was a racist, Bosso said only that "It's good for FIFA to bring in the fight against racism, but they have to follow it to the letter, so the implementation will be done." The coach was fined CHF 11,000 and banned for four months, as the disciplinary committee found him guilty of "offensive behaviour" under the terms of article 57 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code.


2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Controversies, Nigerian accusations of racism
The Nigerian Football Association was also sanctioned for allowing the players to wear T-shirts with religious statements under their game jerseys. This was a violation of the regulations of the tournament, which state, "Players and officials are not allowed to display political, religious, commercial or personal messages in any language or form on their playing or team kits ..."


2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Controversies, Chilean clash with police
On 19 July 2007, Chilean players clashed with police following the semi-final match between Chile and Argentina. The Chilean players were angry with referee Wolfgang Stark saying he "lost control of the match early" and complaining about being issued seven yellow cards and two red cards. In total, he issued 53 fouls. Following the match, Stark and his colleagues were surrounded by Chilean players who had to be restrained by members of the Toronto Police Service.


2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Controversies, Chilean clash with police
Stark was then escorted off of the pitch and into the dressing room tunnel by police officers for fear that he would be attacked by the crowd or Chilean players. Afterwards, several players and delegates of the Chilean team were involved in a brawl with police outside Toronto's National Soccer Stadium,


2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Controversies, Chilean clash with police
The Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair said that the melee began when Chilean players got into a scuffle with a rival fan. He added that "members of the Chilean team then decided to direct some of their aggressive behaviour towards my officers... The job of my officers was to respond in a firm, but fair, manner to end that violence. They are trained to do so, and that is what they did." The Chilean players say that Isaías Peralta walked towards Chilean fans stationed behind a security fence, but was stopped by about ten policemen. They then say a heated discussion took place, where Peralta (who speaks no English) was verbally and physically abused by the policemen.


2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Controversies, Chilean clash with police
Peralta was tasered by one police officer and lost consciousness for 20 minutes. The other players then got involved in the struggle with the police, before getting back on the bus and closing the doors. According to eyewitness accounts, the players on the bus began throwing things at police through the windows and tried to grab officers from inside the damaged bus. Three minutes later the president of the Chilean National Association of Professional Football (ANFP), Harold Mayne-Nicholls, asked the players to descend from the bus to take a different one. As the players were getting off the bus the police then took the players back to the stadium.


2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Controversies, Chilean clash with police
FIFA spokesman John Schumacher said, "The Chilean players were detained by the police to de-escalate the situation that was taking place in front of the stadium. Ten Chilean team members were detained over three hours and then released without charges. FIFA president Sepp Blatter said the next day at a press conference in Toronto that the incident was "regrettable" and that he "apologized in the name of FIFA." The ANFP (Chilean Professional Football Association) hired a Toronto law firm to pursue legal action against the Toronto police.


2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Controversies, Chilean clash with police
In Chile, the incident was on the front page of every major newspaper. The Canadian embassy in Santiago received a bomb threat and angry Chileans protested outside the embassy with signs reading "Racist Canada." Chile President Michelle Bachelet said that the incident was "especially serious because, in our opinion, the Chilean delegation suffered unjustified aggression," and lodged a formal protest with the Canadian government. In response, Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper remarked that "international soccer matches are hotly contested and often become very emotional. As you know, there are processes in Canada by which the authorities review these kinds of incidents and I don't intend to comment further."


2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Controversies, Chilean clash with police
It was reported in the Canadian media that one of the Chilean team members had punched a female police office in the face before Peralta had been tasered. An internal review headed by Superintendent Jim Ramer found that officers had acted professionally and with "an immense amount of restraint" during the conflict outside BMO Field, in which Chilean players "punched, kicked, spat on and kicked" police and security staff. The report stated that the violence started when two people not involved in the game confronted each other.


2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Controversies, Chilean clash with police
Security guards first attempted to intervene, and then police, which is when a Chilean player punched a female police officer in the face. From that point, the report said the violence escalated; Chilean players dismantled the armrests and footrests from the bus seats, and smashed the windows in order to spit at and throw these objects, plus D-cell batteries, clothes hangers, and cans of deodorant at the police. Four officers were reportedly injured by projectiles. FIFA agreed to pay for the $35,000 in damages to the team's rented bus.


2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Controversies, Chilean clash with police
Harold Mayne-Nicholls, chair of the Football Federation of Chile and a witness to the event, said, "I didn't see any Chilean player hitting any officer except between all the struggling." Patricio Bascunan, president of the Salvador Allende Cultural Society of Toronto, said an independent review was needed.


2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Controversies, Chilean clash with police
Chile's Jaime Grondona was suspended for nine months at all levels (domestic and international) and fined CHF 7,000 (including procedural costs) for assaulting match officials. The Chilean football association was fined CHF 15,000 for "team misconduct".


2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads
The clubs referred to are the clubs the players played for at the time of the competition as stated at .


2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads
Players marked in bold have been capped at full international level.


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
The 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, the fifth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, was an international association football competition for women held in China from 10 to 30 September 2007. Originally, China was to host the 2003 edition, but the outbreak of SARS in that country forced that event to be moved to the United States. FIFA immediately granted the 2007 event to China, which meant that no new host nation was chosen competitively until the voting was held for the 2011 Women's World Cup.


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
The tournament opened with a record-breaking match in Shanghai, as Germany beat Argentina 11–0 to register the biggest win and the highest scoring match in Women's World Cup history, records which stood until 2019. The tournament ended with Germany defeating Brazil 2–0 in the final, having never surrendered a goal in the entire tournament. The Germans became the first national team in FIFA Women's World Cup history to retain their title.


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
The golden goal rule for extra time in knockout matches was eliminated by FIFA, although no matches went to extra time nor required a penalty shootout.


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, Match officials
FIFA's Refereeing Department selected 14 referees and 22 assistant referees from around the world to officiate the 32 games that made up the final tournament. Candidate referees for the tournament were placed under scrutiny from 2005 onwards and attended a series of training camps. Candidates refereeing standards were regularly monitored at various tournaments around the globe before a final list was prepared. This was followed by a training camp in the Canary Islands in January 2007 and a final period of preparation and training at the home of FIFA in Zurich in May. No referees were chosen from the Oceania Football Confederation at the finals. The original selection group was made up of 42 entrants, 6 of which failed fitness tests resulting in the final group of 36 being confirmed for China. The United States was the only country represented by two referees.


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, Match officials
Unlike the men's tournaments, the quartets of match officials do not necessarily come from the same country or confederation. This selection system was explained by Sonia Denoncourt, the head of women's refereeing at FIFA's Refereeing Department, "We don't have as many referees among the women and we certainly don't want to sacrifice quality. What we are looking for above all is compatibility on the field of play and the closest possible language links in the team selected for each game. The most important thing for us is that the referees have a good performance in the match." A fourth official was chosen from those referees not officiating a game at that time.


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, Match officials
The referees stayed together throughout the competition at their hotel base in Shanghai. From there they travelled to the various venues for their designated games, before returning to base camp to continue with their specialised training programmes. As well as fitness training, they attended regular theory sessions and reviewed previous matches to try to identify possible errors and improve their performance levels. A psychologist was also assigned to the group to help with their mental preparations ahead of games.


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, Draw
The group draw took place on 22 April 2007 at the Guanggu Science and Technology Exhibition Centre in Wuhan after the completion of the qualifying rounds.


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, Draw
FIFA automatically seeded the host and defending champions, slotting China and Germany into Group D and Group A, respectively. The FIFA Women's World Ranking for March 2007 was used to determine the teams to occupy the other seeded positions, B1 and C1. United States were ranked first, Germany second and Norway third, so the United States and Norway were also seeded.


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, Draw
Also, no two teams from the same confederation could draw each other, except for those from UEFA, where a maximum of two teams from UEFA could be drawn into the same group. Group B quickly became dubbed the group of death since three of the top five teams in the world were drawn in this group – the USA (1st), Sweden (3rd) and North Korea (5th), according to the June 2007 FIFA Women's World Rankings, the last to be released before the tournament. The same four teams were drawn together in Group A in the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, on that occasion the US and Sweden progressed to the knockout stages.


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, Group stage, Group B
The four teams were also paired in the same group in 2003.


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. FIFA.com shortlisted ten goals for users to vote on as the Goal of the Tournament. The Most Entertaining Team award was also decided by a poll on FIFA.com.


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, Awards, All-Star Team
Daniela  Formiga  Kelly Smith  Renate Lingor  Ingvild Stensland  Kristine Lilly


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 111 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 3.47 goals per match. Marta of Brazil won the Golden Shoe award for scoring seven goals.


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, Statistics, Tournament ranking
Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, Coverage
Numerous TV stations around the world provided coverage of the tournament. One notable example is the Chinese-language channel CCTV-5, which also broadcast over the internet via TVUnetworks.


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, Monetary rewards
For the first time in FIFA Women's World Cup history, all teams received monetary bonuses according to the round they reached (all in USD):


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, Monetary rewards, Other rewards
UEFA used the FIFA Women's World Cup as its qualifying tournament for the 2008 Olympic women's tournament. The best three performing UEFA teams will qualify for the Olympics. Originally it was thought that, should England make the top three European teams, they would compete under the United Kingdom banner. However, on 6 September 2007, FIFA issued a press release indicating that England are ineligible to participate in the 2008 Olympics as England does not have its own Olympic Committee. For the determination of the ranking only first through fourth place, quarterfinal elimination or group phase elimination count. If there is a need to make a distinction between teams eliminated in the quarterfinal or between teams eliminated in the group phase these teams will meet in a play-off match. In no case will the points or goals (difference) count for teams eliminated before the semi-final.


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, Monetary rewards, Other rewards
Germany and Norway qualified for the Olympics at the World Cup, whereas Denmark and Sweden had to enter a play-off for the third Olympics spot. Sweden won both legs of the playoffs with a total of 7–3 on aggregate to qualify for the Olympics.


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, Controversies
Kenneth Heiner-Møller and Danish players accused the Chinese hosts of harassment and covert surveillance prior to China's first round match against Denmark. China's Swedish coach Marika Domanski-Lyfors and her assistant Pia Sundhage were unaware of the incidents and Heiner-Møller absolved them of any blame, although he refused to shake hands after the match.


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Final
The 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Final was an association football match which determined the winner of the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, contested by the women's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It was played on 30 September 2007 at the Hongkou Football Stadium, in Shanghai, China and won by Germany, who defeated Brazil 2–0.


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Final, Finalists
The match was between Germany, who had won the previous Women's World Cup final and Brazil, who had never won a major world title, or indeed even reached the finals of a Women's World Cup. This was the first time in the history of the Women's World Cup that a European and South American had met each other in the final. Germany had not conceded a single goal in the whole competition whereas Brazil were free-scoring. Led by striker Marta, who had scored 7 goals, Brazil had scored seventeen goals in their route to the final, including four against title-rivals United States in the semi-finals. It was considered as "the rematch of the 2002 FIFA World Cup Final", except it was the men's teams.


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Final, Route to the final
Germany began their campaign to retain the trophy with the most lopsided World Cup win in history, beating Argentina 11–0.


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Group A
Group A of the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup was one of four groups of nations competing at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup. The group's first round of matches began on September 10 and its last matches were played on September 17. Most matches were played at the Hongkou Stadium in Shanghai. Defending champions Germany topped the group, joined in the second round by England, the only team Germany failed to beat.


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Group B
Group 2 of the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup was one of four groups of nations competing at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup. The group's first round of matches began on September 11 and its last matches were played on September 18. Most matches were played at the Chengdu Sports Center in Chengdu. All 4 teams in this group were drawn to Group A in previous edition, the first time in FIFA tournaments history.


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Group B
United States topped the group, joined in the second round by North Korea, the only team the United States failed to beat. Sweden surprisingly failed to make the second round.


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C
Group 2 of the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup was one of four groups of nations competing at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup. The group's first round of matches began on September 12 and its last matches were played on September 20. Most matches were played at the Yellow Dragon Stadium in Hangzhou. Norway topped the group, joined in the second round by Australia, the only team Germany failed to beat. Canada surprisingly failed to make the second round.


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Group D
Group 4 of the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup was one of four groups of nations competing at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup. The group's first round of matches began on September 12 and its last matches were played on September 20. Most matches were played at the Wuhan Stadium in Wuhan. Emerging power Brazil topped the group with a 100% record, joined in the second round by the host China.


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage
The Knockout Stage of the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup was composed of Brazil, China, Norway, Australia, North Korea, United States, England, and defending champions Germany. All the group winners, Germany, Norway and the United States made it to the Semifinals. Both semi-finals were lopsided victories as Germany beat Norway 3–0 and Brazil shocked the United States 4–0.


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage
The knockout stage comprised the sixteen teams that advanced from the group stage of the tournament. There were three rounds of matches, with each round eliminating half of the teams entering that round. The successive rounds were the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and the final. There was also a play-off to decide third and fourth place. For each game in the knockout stage, any draw at 90 minutes was followed by thirty minutes of extra time; if scores were still level, there was a penalty shootout to determine who progressed to the next round. FIFA did abolish the golden goal rule in 2005.


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
Qualification for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup determined which 15 teams joined China, the hosts of the 2007 tournament, to play for the Women's World Cup. Europe had 5 qualifying berths, Asia 3.5 berths (including the hosts), North and Central America 2.5 berths, Africa 2 berths, South America 2 berths and Oceania 1 berth. The 16th spot was determined through a play-off match between the third-placed teams in North/Central America and Asia.


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification, Africa
The 2006 Women's African Football Championship functioned as a qualifying tournament. Originally, this tournament was scheduled to be held in Gabon, but due to "organisational reasons" Gabon withdrew from hosting the competition. 32 teams entered the African Championships and competed for the two available spots, but six withdrew during the qualifying session.


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification, Africa
On 7 November 2006,  Nigeria and  Ghana qualified by virtue of winning their semifinal matches.


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification, Asia
The 2006 AFC Women's Championship functioned as a qualifying tournament. The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in Japan, but after the Football Federation Australia moved from the Oceania Football Confederation to the Asian Football Confederation, the Australian team entered the qualifying series. They were awarded hosting rights in February 2006. The Championship took place between 16 July 2006 and 30 July 2006. Since  China PR, the host nation of Women's World Cup 2007, proceeded to the final, another finalist,  Australia and third-placed  North Korea, were qualified for the World Cup finals. Fourth-placed  Japan qualified for a play-off match with  Mexico, the third-placed team from the 2006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup.


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification, Europe
The 25 teams belonging to the First Category of European women's football were drawn into five groups, from which the group winners qualified for the World Cup finals. The qualifiers concluded on 30 September 2006 with  Norway,  Sweden,  Germany,  Denmark and  England qualifying.


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification, North America, Central America & Caribbean
The 2006 Women's Gold Cup acted as qualifier tournament for CONCACAF. The tournament finals took place between 19 and 26 November 2006. USA and Canada received direct qualifying spots after contesting the final of the 2002 Gold Cup, while four other spots were determined through regional qualifying.


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification, North America, Central America & Caribbean
On 22 November 2006,  United States and  Canada qualified by virtue of winning their semifinal matches, while  Mexico qualified for a play-off match with  Japan after defeating Jamaica in the 2006 Gold Cup 3rd place match.


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification, Oceania
One spot was awarded to the winner of the 2007 OFC Women's Championship held 9 April through 13 April 2007 in Papua New Guinea.


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification, Oceania
New Zealand won this tournament and qualified for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup. It's the second time they are part of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the other being in 1991.


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification, South America
The 2006 Sudamericano Femenino acted as qualifier for CONMEBOL. Originally, a women's football tournament at the 2006 South American Games in Buenos Aires would serve as qualifier tournament, but the South American Games committee scrapped football from the games, forcing the Argentine Football Association to organize a tournament on short notice.


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification, South America
On 24 November,  Brazil qualified by earning six points. Argentina qualified on 26 November by defeating Brazil and earning a total of 7, thus winning the tournament.


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification, AFC–CONCACAF play-off
The draw for the order of legs was held at the Westin Hotel in Tokyo, Japan on 15 December 2006.


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification, Qualified teams
Every qualifier had participated in a previous Women's World Cup. To date, the 2007 Women's World Cup is the only World Cup for either men or women in which every team in the final tournament had played in a previous World Cup final tournament.


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (AFC–CONCACAF play-off)
The AFC–CONCACAF play-off of the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification competition was a two-legged home-and-away tie that decided one spot in the final tournament in China. The play-off was contested by the fourth-placed team from the AFC, Japan, and the third-placed team from CONCACAF, Mexico.


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (AFC–CONCACAF play-off), Summary
The draw for the order of legs was held at the Westin Hotel in Tokyo, Japan on 15 December 2006.


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (AFC–CONCACAF play-off), Matches
Japan won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup.


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (AFC–CONCACAF play-off), Goalscorers
There were 5 goals scored in 2 matches, for an average of 2.5 goals per match.


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)
In the UEFA qualification for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, the 25 teams belonging to the First Category of European women's football were drawn into five groups, from which the group winners qualified for the World Cup finals. The qualifiers begun on 9 July 2005 and concluded on 30 September 2006, with five teams qualified: Denmark, England, Germany, Norway and Sweden. Of these, the latter three had qualified for the 2003 World Cup, while Denmark and England qualified over France (second in England's group) and Russia (second in Germany's group).


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA), Second Category
Teams in this Category had no chance to qualify to the World Cup. Originally, the winners of the second category, along with the two best runners-up (Israel and Romania), were to contest play-off matches against the bottom-placed teams of the first category. The play-off winners would then participate in the first category of UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying. However, the play-offs were cancelled after UEFA changed the qualifying format to no longer be split into two divisions.


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup squads
This article lists all the confirmed national football squads for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup held in China between 10 and 30 September 2007. The 16 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of up to 21 players, including three goalkeepers. Only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.


2007 FIFA Women's World Cup squads, Group B, North Korea
North Korea only named a squad of 20 players, leaving the number 13 shirt unassigned.


2007 FIFA World Player of the Year
Brazilian midfielder Kaká won the 2007 FIFA World Player of the Year award, while another Brazilian, Marta, took home the women's award. The winners were announced at the FIFA World Player Gala held at the Zurich Opera House on December 17, 2007.


2007 FILA World Grappling Championship
The first edition of the FILA World Grappling Championship took place in Antalya, Turkey, from 7 to 9 September 2007, and gathered together all the wrestling styles that do not appear on the Olympic programme.


2007 FILA World Grappling Championship, Events
The Games drew about 200 participants from 22 nations and were a true success. The athletes of sambo, beach wrestling, grappling, and pangration athlima did not only receive the title of winner of the games, but also the title of world champion in the discipline concerned. The United States dominated the grappling competition by winning all the first places, the titles in the other disciplines were more equally distributed among the nations.


2007 FILA World Grappling Championship, Events
The championship was enhanced by demonstrations of belt wrestling, kourash and sumo, that suggested a great development of this event in the future. The Festival of traditional wrestling was also a big success among the Turkish spectators who could encourage more than 400 traditional oil wrestling competitors.


2007 FIM Motocross World Championship
The 2007 FIM Motocross World Championship was the 51st F.I.M. Motocross Racing World Championship season. In the MX1 class, Steve Ramon took his second world title despite not winning a Grand Prix all season. In the MX2 class Tony Cairoli also won his second world title, while in MX3 Yves Demaria won his third and final world championship.


2007 FIM World Supercross GP season
The 2007 FIM World Supercross GP season is a multi race tournament over a season for supercross. The season started on 2 December 2006 and will last until 5 May 2007. The competition is organised by the FIM.


2007 FINA Men's Water Polo World League
The 2007 FINA Men's Water Polo World League was the sixth edition of the annual event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA. After six preliminary rounds the Super Final was held in Berlin, Germany from August 7 to August 12, 2007.


2007 FINA Men's Water Polo World League, Final ranking
Serbia qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China


2007 FINA Swimming World Cup
The 2007 FINA Swimming World Cup occurred in autumn 2007. It was an international series of short course (25m) swimming competitions organised by FINA.


2007 FINA Swimming World Cup
The 2007 edition marked a return to all World Cup meets being held in the same year for a given series, with them all held within October and November 2007. Swimmers from FINA members were allowed to compete.


2007 FINA Swimming World Cup, Competition programme
The event schedule for all meets was the same: a 2-day format, all events both day with men swimming half and females the other half (genders switch events for the second day, thereby swimming all events per gender). All events are short course (25m) format, and all are prelims/finals except for the women's 800 free and men's 1500 free which are timed finals (swum just once). For meets 1-6, prelims and finals were the same day; for meet 7 (Belo Horizonte), prelims were held in the afternoon with finals the next morning (causing its 3-dates for the meet).


2007 FINA Swimming World Cup, Event winners
WR denotes World Record, WC denotes World Cup Record. Time listed in header is the series record at the start of the 2007 World Cup.


2007 FINA Synchronised Swimming World Trophy
The 2nd FINA Synchronised Swimming World Trophy was held 2007 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It featured swimmers from 8 nations, swimming in three events: Duet, Team and Free Combination.


2007 FINA Women's Water Polo World League
The 2007 FINA Women's Water Polo World League was the fourth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA. Three qualification tournaments were held, before the final round took off in the Parc Jean Drapeau Aquatic Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from July 4 to July 8, 2007.


2007 FINA Women's Water Polo World League, Preliminary round, Americas
Held from June 1 to June 3, 2007, in Los Alamitos, United States


2007 FINA Women's Water Polo World League, Preliminary round, Asia and Oceania
Held from May 29 to June 3, 2007, in Tianjin, PR China


2007 FINA Women's Water Polo World League, Preliminary round, Europe
Held from June 13 to June 17, 2007, in Kirishi, Russia


2007 FIRA Women's European Championship
After several years of low key tournaments with the major nations absent, the 2007 Championship  was the largest ever with 16 teams competing in two Pools, including four Six Nations countries, plus Spain keen to do well having been replaced Italy in that competition. England and France were as usual represented by "A" teams, and Wales sent a development squad, but other countries appeared to be at full-strength.


2007 FIRA Women's European Championship
Pool B was also of interest with four nations making their 15-a-side debuts - Finland, Luxembourg, Romania, and Serbia.


2007 FIRS Intercontinental Cup
The 2007 FIRS Intercontinental Cup was the tenth edition of the roller hockey tournament known as the Intercontinental Cup, played on March 24, 2007 at Follonica, Italy. Follonica Hockey won the cup, defeating Concepción PC.


2007 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships
The FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships XIII was played between July 2 and July 7, 2007 in the Spanish city of Bilbao. The venue was the Bilbao Kirolak Zorrotza. The tournament was won by Czech Republic which claimed its first gold medal. It was the 13th FIRS Inline Hockey World Championship event, and was run by the International Roller Sports Federation (FIRS). It was the first time the tournament was held in the country of Spain.


2007 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships, Rules
If teams are tied in a standing based on points, the following tie-breakers are applied:1) The most points earned in direct games involving tied teams. 2) The best goal differential in direct games involving tied teams. 3) The most goal scored in direct games involving tied teams. 4) Follow steps 1, 2 and 3 with games involving the highest non-tied team in the same group. 5) Repeat step 4 with games involving the second highest non-tied team in the same group. 6) Continue this process with all non-tied team games.


2007 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships, Group 1
The top eight inline hockey nations were placed in the following two pools. After playing a round robin, the top three teams in each pool advance to the World Championship while the last team in each pool are relegated to the National Team World Cup.


2007 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships, Group 2
The remaining inline hockey nations were placed in the following two pools. After playing a round robin, the top team in each pool advance to the World Championship while the rest of the teams in each pool are relegated to the National Team World Cup.


2007 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships, Ranking and statistics, Scoring leaders
List shows the top 10 skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are left out.


2007 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships, Ranking and statistics, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = Position


2007 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships, Ranking and statistics, Leading goaltenders
Only the top 5 goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played over 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.


2007 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships, Ranking and statistics, Leading goaltenders
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts


2007 FIS Ski Jumping Grand Prix
The 2007 FIS Ski Jumping Grand Prix was the 14th Summer Grand Prix season in ski jumping on plastic. The season began on 11 August 2007 in Hinterzarten, Germany and ended on 6 October 2007 in Klingenthal.


2007 FIS Ski Jumping Grand Prix
Other competitive circuits this season included the World Cup and Continental Cup.


2007 FIU Golden Panthers football team
The 2007 FIU Golden Panthers football team represented Florida International University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Golden Panthers were led by first-year head coach Mario Cristobal and played their home games at the Miami Orange Bowl while FIU Stadium, their normal home field, underwent expansion. Cristobal replaced FIU's first head coach, Don Strock, who resigned after an 0–12 2006 season marred by a brawl with the University of Miami.


2007 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship
The 2007 FIVB Volleyball Boys' Youth World Championship took place from 15 to 26 August in the Mexican cities of Tijuana and Mexicali, Baja California.


2007 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship
The 2007 FIVB Girls Youth Volleyball World Championship was held in Tijuana / Mexicali, Mexico from 31 July to 11 August 2009. 16 teams participated in the tournament.


2007 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship
The 2007 FIVB Volleyball Men's Junior World Championship was held from 7 to 15 July 2007 in Rabat and Casablanca, Morocco. It was the last tournament to feature 12 teams.


2007 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship, Competing nations
Drawing of lots to determine Pools composition was held on 7 June 2007.


2007 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup
The 2007 FIVB Men's World Cup was held from 18 November to 2 December 2007 in Japan. The tournament was the first step in the qualification process for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The top three teams qualified for the Olympics, and joined China as they had already secured a berth as the host country.


2007 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup, Format
The competition system of the 2007 World Cup for Men was the single Round-Robin system. Each team played once against each of the 11 other teams. Points were accumulated throughout the whole tournament. The final standing was determined by the number of points gained.


2007 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup squads
This article shows all participating team squads at the 2007 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup, held from November 18 to December 2, 2007, in several cities in Japan.


2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship
The 2007 FIVB Women's Junior Volleyball World Championship was held in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand from July 20 to 27, 2007. 12 teams participated in the tournament.


2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup
The 2007 FIVB Women's World Cup was held from 2 to 16 November 2007 in Japan.


2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup, Format
The competition system of the 2007 World Cup is the single Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 11 remaining teams. Points are accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final ranking is determined by the total points gained.


2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup, Format
Rounds 1 + 2 (30 matches, 5 days): 12 participating teams have been divided in 2 groups (Site A & Site B) Rounds 3 + 4 (36 matches, 6 days): teams have continued to play against the remaining teams of the other groups.


2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup squads
This article shows the rosters of all participating teams at the 2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup in Japan.


2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup squads, Brazil
The following is the Brazil roster in the 2007 FIVB World Cup.


2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup squads, Cuba
The following is the Cuba roster in the 2007 FIVB World Cup.


2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup squads, Dominican Republic
The following is the Dominican Republic roster in the 2007 FIVB World Cup.


2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup squads, Italy
The following is the Italy roster in the 2007 FIVB World Cup.


2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup squads, Japan
The following is the Japan roster in the 2007 FIVB World Cup.


2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup squads, Kenya
The following is the Kenya roster in the 2007 FIVB World Cup.


2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup squads, Peru
The following is the Peru roster in the 2007 FIVB World Cup.


2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup squads, Poland
The following is the Poland roster in the 2007 FIVB World Cup.


2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup squads, Serbia
The following is the Serbia roster in the 2007 FIVB World Cup.


2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup squads, South Korea
The following is the South Korea roster in the 2007 FIVB World Cup.


2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup squads, Thailand
The following is the Thailand roster in the 2007 FIVB World Cup.


2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup squads, United States
The following is the United States roster in the 2007 FIVB World Cup.


2007 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix
The FIVB World Grand Prix 2007 was the fifteenth edition of the annual women's volleyball tournament, which is the female equivalent of the Men's Volleyball World League.


2007 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix
The 2007 World Grand Prix lasted four weeks with a total number of 65 matches. During the first, second and third week each team played nine  matches in total. Preliminary rounds were staged in Japan (3x), Italy, Poland, Macau, Hong Kong, Russia and Chinese Taipei.


2007 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix
The final round was played in Ningbo, PR China, at Beilun Gymnasium over five days and the best six teams from the preliminary rounds. A round robin system was played to decide the 2007 World Grand Prix Champion.


2007 FIVB Volleyball World League
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2007 FIVB Volleyball World League
The 2007 FIVB Volleyball World League was the 18th edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 16 countries from 25 May to 15 July 2007. The Final Round was held in Katowice, Poland.


2007 FIVB Volleyball World League squads
This article show all participating team squads at the 2007 FIVB Volleyball World League, played by 16 countries from 25 May to 15 July 2007. The Final Round was held in Katowice, Poland.


2007 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, Argentina
The following is the  roster in the 2007 FIVB Volleyball World League.


2007 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, Brazil
The following is the  roster in the 2007 FIVB Volleyball World League.


2007 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, Bulgaria
The following is the  roster in the 2007 FIVB Volleyball World League.


2007 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, Canada
The following is the  roster in the 2007 FIVB Volleyball World League.


2007 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, China
The following is the  roster in the 2007 FIVB Volleyball World League.


2007 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, Cuba
The following is the  roster in the 2007 FIVB Volleyball World League.


2007 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, Egypt
The following is the  roster in the 2007 FIVB Volleyball World League.


2007 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, Finland
The following is the  roster in the 2007 FIVB Volleyball World League.


2007 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, France
The following is the  roster in the 2007 FIVB Volleyball World League.


2007 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, Italy
The following is the  roster in the 2007 FIVB Volleyball World League.


2007 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, Japan
The following is the  roster in the 2007 FIVB Volleyball World League.


2007 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, South Korea
The following is the  roster in the 2007 FIVB Volleyball World League.


2007 FIVB Volleyball World League squads, Poland
The following is the  roster in the 2007 FIVB Volleyball World League.