2001 FIFA Confederations Cup

2001 FIFA Confederations Cup

대한민국/일본 2001년 2001 韓国/日本
Tournament details
Host countries	South Korea Japan
Dates	30 May–10 June
Teams	8 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	France (1st title)
Runners-up	Japan
Third place	Australia
Fourth place	Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	31 (1.94 per match)
Attendance	557,191 (34,824 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Shaun Murphy Éric Carrière Robert Pirès Patrick Vieira Sylvain Wiltord Hwang Sun-Hong Takayuki Suzuki (2 goals)
Best player	Robert Pirès

The 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup was the fifth FIFA Confederations Cup and the third to be organised by FIFA. It was also the first in which the original hosts, Saudi Arabia, did not participate (they were the nation who founded the tournament, previously known as the King Fahd Cup). The tournament was played in May and June 2001 and co-hosted by South Korea and Japan, who were also hosts for the 2002 FIFA World Cup finals. It was won by France, beating hosts Japan 1–0, with a goal from Patrick Vieira.

By winning the tournament, France became the second team to simultaneously be World Cup champions, continental champions and Confederations Cup winners, after Brazil in 1997.

The eight teams were split into two groups of four, in which each team plays each of the others once, with the top two in each group advancing to the semi-finals.

Qualified teams

Team	Confederation	Qualification method	Date qualification secured	Participation no.
South Korea	AFC	2002 FIFA World Cup co-host	31 May 1996	1st
Japan	AFC	2002 FIFA World Cup co-host 2000 AFC Asian Cup winner	31 May 1996 29 October 2000	2nd
France	UEFA	1998 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2000 winners	12 July 1998 2 July 2000	1st
Brazil	CONMEBOL	1999 Copa América winner	18 July 1999	3rd
Mexico	CONCACAF	1999 FIFA Confederations Cup winner	4 August 1999	4th
Cameroon	CAF	2000 African Cup of Nations winner	13 February 2000	1st
Canada	CONCACAF	2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners	27 February 2000	1st
Australia	OFC	2000 OFC Nations Cup winner	28 June 2000	2nd

Venues

South Korea				Daegu Suwon Ulsan 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup (South Korea)
Ulsan	Suwon	Daegu
Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium	Suwon World Cup Stadium	Daegu World Cup Stadium
Capacity: 44,466	Capacity: 43,959	Capacity: 66,422
Japan				Yokohama Ibaraki Niigata 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup (Japan)
Yokohama	Ibaraki	Niigata
Nissan Stadium	Kashima Soccer Stadium	Niigata Stadium
Capacity: 72,327	Capacity: 40,728	Capacity: 42,300

Match officials

Africa Gamal Al-Ghandour Felix Tangawarima Asia Ali Bujsaim Jun Lu Europe Hugh Dallas Hellmut Krug Kim Milton Nielsen

North America, Central America and Caribbean Benito Archundia Carlos Batres Oceania Simon Micallef South America Byron Moreno Óscar Ruiz

Squads

For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament see, 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup squads

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	2	0	1	9	1	+8	6
Australia	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	6
South Korea	3	2	0	1	3	6	−3	6
Mexico	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	7
Brazil	3	1	2	0	2	0	+2	5
Cameroon	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
Canada	3	0	1	2	0	5	−5	1

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Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	7 June – Yokohama
	Japan	1
	Australia	0
					10 June – Yokohama
					Japan	0
					France	1
					Third place
	7 June – Suwon			9 June – Ulsan
	France	2		Australia	1
	Brazil	1			Brazil	0

Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

Awards

Golden Ball	Golden Shoe	FIFA Fair Play Trophy
Robert Pirès	Robert Pirès	Japan

Silver Ball	Silver Shoe
Patrick Vieira	Éric Carrière
Bronze Ball	Bronze Shoe
Hidetoshi Nakata	Hwang Sun-Hong

Goalscorers

A total of 31 goals were scored by 24 different players. None of them is credited as own goal.

2 goals

• Shaun Murphy
• Éric Carrière
• Robert Pirès
• Patrick Vieira
• Sylvain Wiltord
• Takayuki Suzuki
• Hwang Sun-Hong

1 goal

Josip Skoko Clayton Zane Washington Carlos Miguel Ramon Bernard Tchoutang Patrick M'Boma

Steve Marlet Nicolas Anelka Youri Djorkaeff Marcel Desailly Shinji Ono

Akinori Nishizawa Hiroaki Morishima Hidetoshi Nakata Yoo Sang-chul Víctor Ruiz

External links

• FIFA Confederations Cup Korea/Japan 2001, FIFA.com
• 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup Official Site (Archived)
• FIFA Technical Report

2001 FIFA Confederations Cup finalists Champions France Runners-up Japan Third place Australia Fourth place Brazil Eliminated in the group stage Group A Mexico South Korea Group B Cameroon Canada

FIFA Confederations Cup Tournaments Saudi Arabia 1992 Saudi Arabia 1995 Saudi Arabia 1997 Mexico 1999 Korea/Japan 2001 France 2003 Germany 2005 South Africa 2009 Brazil 2013 Russia 2017 TBA 2021 Finals 1992 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2009 2013 Squads 1992 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2009 2013 Other articles Finals Goalscorers Hat-tricks Records Red cards Team appearances

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