2001 FIFA Confederations Cup Final

2001 FIFA Confederations Cup Final
Event 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup
Japan France
Japan France
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Date 10 June 2001
Venue Yokohama International Stadium, Yokohama
Referee Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)
Attendance 65,533

The 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup Final was a football match to determine the winners of the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup. The match was held at Yokohama International Stadium, Yokohama, Japan, on 10 June 2001 and was contested by Japan and France.[1] France won the match 1–0 with the only goal coming after thirty minutes when Patrick Vieira headed in over the advancing keeper Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi from the edge of the penalty area after a long pass from Frank Leboeuf in midfield.[2]

Route to the final

Japan Round France
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
 Canada 3–0 Match 1  South Korea 5–0
 Cameroon 2–0 Match 2  Australia 0–1
 Brazil 0–0 Match 3  Mexico 4–0
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Japan 32105057
 Brazil 31202025
 Cameroon 310224−23
 Canada 301205−51
 Final standing
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 France 32019186
 Australia 32013316
 South Korea 320136−36
 Mexico 300318−70
Opponent Result Knockout stage Opponent Result
 Australia 1–0 Semi-final  Brazil 2–1

Match details

10 June 2001
19:00 JST
Japan  0–1  France
(Report) Vieira  30'
Japan
France
GK 1 Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi
RB 20Yasuhiro Hato
CB 4 Ryuzo Morioka (c)
CB 3 Naoki Matsuda YC 36'
LB 16Koji Nakata
RM 5 Junichi Inamoto  46'
CM 14Teruyoshi Ito
CM 18Kazuyuki Toda
LM 21Shinji Ono  60'
CF 8 Hiroaki Morishima YC 89'
CF 9 Akinori Nishizawa  74'
Substitutions:
MF 10Atsuhiro Miura  46'
FW 19Tatsuhiko Kubo  60'
FW 11Masashi Nakayama  74'
Manager:
France Philippe Troussier
GK 1 Ulrich Ramé
RB 19Christian Karembeu
CB 18Frank Leboeuf
CB 8 Marcel Desailly (c)
LB 3 Bixente Lizarazu YC 52'
RM 6 Youri Djorkaeff  65'
CM 4 Patrick Vieira
CM 7 Robert Pirès
LM 11Sylvain Wiltord
CF 9 Nicolas Anelka
CF 17Steve Marlet  58'
Substitutions:
FW 22Laurent Robert  58'
MF 10Éric Carrière  65'
Manager:
France Roger Lemerre

Assistant referees:
Slovakia Igor Sramka (Slovakia)
Jordan Awni Hassouneh (Jordan)

References

  1. ↑ "Classy France outplay Japan". BBC Sport. 10 June 2001. Archived from the original on 12 April 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  2. ↑ "2001 FIFA Confederations Cup Final". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
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