Croatian World Club Championship

The Croatian World Club Championship is a football competition organized by the Croatian Football Federation in cooperation with the Croatian Heritage Foundation and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Croatia that matches clubs from the Croatian diaspora against each other in a group tournament format.

2007 Championship

The inaugural competition was held between June 24 and June 30, 2007 and included eight teams: Toronto Croatia (Canada), Croat San Pedro (U.S.A), Zrinski Chicago (U.S.A.), Canberra Croatia (Australia), Croatia Essen (Germany), Croatia Berlin (Germany), Croatia Villefranche (France), and Burgenland Croatian (Austria). Of these only Burgenland was not an established club, but rather a selection side assembled after the Croatian World Games.

Toronto Croatia emerged as the victor of the first tournament with a 3-1 win over Canberra Croatia in the final. The team was awarded the championship trophy by Croatian Football Federation president Vlatko Marković.

Group A

Group B

Schedule

Day 1

Group A


June 25, 2007
Croatia Essen 0 - 3 Croat San Pedro
Stadion ŠRC Podgora, Krapina

Group B

June 25, 2007
Croatia Berlin 1 - 3 Zrinski Chicago
Gradski stadion u Samoboru

June 25, 2007
Canberra Croatia 5 - 1 Croatia Villefranche

Day 2

Group A

June 27, 2007
Burgenland Croats 1 - 1 Croat San Pedro
Stadion Samobor

June 27, 2007
Toronto Croatia 9 - 0 Croatia Essen
Stadion Samobor

Group B

June 27, 2007
Croatia Villefranche 0 - 3 Zrinski Chicago


Day 3

Group A

June 28, 2007
Croatia Essen - Burgenland Croats

June 28, 2007
Croat San Pedro 1 - 2 Toronto Croatia

Group B

June 28, 2007
Croatia Berlin 5 - 1 Croatia Villefranche
Stadion Samobor

June 28, 2007
Zrinski Chicago 1 - 2 Canberra Croatia

Final Tables

Consolation match

June 30, 2007
Burgenland Croats 4 - 1 Zrinski Chicago
Stadion u Sigetu

Final

External links

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