FIFA Confederations Cup 2001

FIFA Confederations Cup 2001
FIFA Confederations Cup 2001
Number of nations	8th
winner	France (1st title)
venue	South Korea Japan
Opening game	May 30, 2001
Endgame	June 10, 2001
Games	16
Gates	31  (⌀: 1.94 per game)
spectator	556,766  (⌀: 34,798 per game)
Top scorer	7 players with 2 goals each
Best player	Robert Pires
yellow cards	45  (⌀: 2.81 per game)
Yellow-red cards	3  (⌀: 0.19 per game)
Red cards	1  (⌀: 0.06 per game)

The FIFA Confederations Cup 2001 ( English FIFA Confederations Cup 2001 ) was the third edition of this intercontinental football competition for national teams under this name and under the care of FIFA and the fifth overall and took place from 30 May to 10 June in South Korea and Japan instead. For the two Asian countries, the competition was a dress rehearsal for the 2002 World Cup, which took place there a year later .

As before, the game was played in two groups of four teams, everyone against everyone. The two group winners each reached the semifinals. In the event of a tie between two teams, the decision on progress was made in the following order: the goal difference and goals scored from all group matches, the direct encounters between the teams concerned (number of points, goal difference, goals scored), and ultimately the fair play list or the lot. From the semi-finals onwards, the game was played in the knockout system . If the games in the final round were tied after the normal playing time of 90 minutes, there was extra time and possibly a penalty shoot-out .

European champions France won the tournament in the final against hosts Japan with a goal from Patrick Vieira . This made France - after Brazil in 1997 - the second team to be world champions, continental champions (European champions) and winners of the Confederations Cup at the same time.

Venues

Yokohama	Yokohama Kashima Niigata Venues 2001 in Japan	Niigata	Kashima
Yokohama Internacional Stadium		Tōhoku Denryoku Stadium	Kashima Soccer Stadium
Capacity: 72,000		Capacity: 49,600	Capacity: 52,000
Suwon	Ulsan Suwon Daegu Venues 2001 in South Korea	Daegu	Ulsan
Suwon World Cup Stadium		Daegu Stadium	Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium
Capacity: 52,000		Capacity: 65,600	Capacity: 48,000

Attendees

The eight participating nations (red is group A, blue is group B)

• Japan - host and winner of the AFC Asian Cup 2000
• South Korea - host
• Mexico - 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup winners
• Canada - Winner of the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2000
• Australia - 2000 OFC Nations Cup winners
• Cameroon - Winner of the African Cup of Nations 2000
• Brazil - 1999 Copa América winner
• France - UEFA EURO 2000 winners and 1998 world champions

Six of these eight national teams also took part in the World Cup, which took place a year later. Only Australia and Canada could not qualify for it.

groups

Group A Group B  Australia  Brazil  France  Cameroon  Mexico  Canada  South Korea  Japan

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	France	3	2	0	1	009: 100	+8	06th
2.	Australia	3	2	0	1	003: 100	+2	06th
3.	South Korea	3	2	0	1	003: 600	−3	06th
4th	Mexico	3	0	0	3	001: 800	−7	00

May 30th at 5:00 p.m. in Daegu
France	-	South Korea	5: 0 (3: 0)
May 30th at 7:30 p.m. in Suwon
Mexico	-	Australia	0: 2 (0: 1)
June 1st at 5:00 p.m. in Daegu
Australia	-	France	1: 0 (0: 0)
June 1st at 7:30 p.m. in Ulsan
South Korea	-	Mexico	2: 1 (0: 0)
June 3rd at 7:30 p.m. in Ulsan
France	-	Mexico	4: 0 (1: 0)
June 3rd at 7:30 p.m. in Suwon
South Korea	-	Australia	1: 0 (1: 0)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Japan	3	2	1	0	005-000	+5	07th
2.	Brazil	3	1	2	0	002-000	+2	05
3.	Cameroon	3	1	0	2	002: 400	−2	03
4th	Canada	3	0	1	2	000: 500	−5	01

May 31 at 5:00 p.m. in Ibaraki
Brazil	-	Cameroon	2: 0 (0: 0)
May 31 at 7:30 p.m. in Niigata
Japan	-	Canada	3: 0 (0: 0)
June 2nd at 5:00 p.m. in Ibaraki
Canada	-	Brazil	0-0
June 2nd at 7:30 p.m. in Niigata
Cameroon	-	Japan	0: 2 (0: 1)
June 4th at 7:30 p.m. in Ibaraki
Brazil	-	Japan	0-0
June 4th at 7:30 p.m. in Niigata
Cameroon	-	Canada	2: 0 (0: 0)

Final round

Semifinals

June 7 at 5:00 p.m. in Yokohama
Japan	-	Australia	1: 0 (1: 0)

The only goal of the game was scored by Hidetoshi Nakata in the 43rd minute for the Japanese national soccer team , which made it into the final.

June 7th at 8:00 p.m. in Suwon
France	-	Brazil	2: 1 (1: 1)

Robert Pires brought the French team 1-0 in the 7th minute of the game, but Ramon Menezes equalized after half an hour. In the 54th minute it was Marcel Desailly who scored the winning goal for the French.

3rd place match

June 9 at 7:00 p.m. in Ulsan
Australia	-	Brazil	1: 0 (0: 0)

Australia was able to prevail 1-0 against the favored selection of Brazil. Shaun Murphy scored the goal of the day after 84 minutes.

final

June 10 at 7:00 p.m. in Yokohama
Japan	-	France	0: 1 (0: 1)

Also in the final there was only one hit. Patrick Vieira scored this in the 30th minute. Thus France was able to secure the title.

List of goalscorers

rank player Gates 1  Shaun Murphy 2  Eric Carrière 2  Robert Pires 2  Patrick Vieira 2  Sylvain Wiltord 2  Takayuki Suzuki 2  Hwang Sun-hong 2 8th  Josip Skoko 1  Clayton Zane 1  Carlos Miguel 1  Washington 1  Ramon 1

rank player Gates 8th  Nicolas Anelka 1  Marcel Desailly 1  Youri Djorkaeff 1  Steve Marlet 1  Hiroaki Morishima 1  Hidetoshi Nakata 1  Akinori Nishizawa 1  Shinji Ono 1  Patrick M'Boma 1  Bernard Tchoutang 1  Victor Ruiz 1  Yu Sang-cheol 1

→ Main article : List of FIFA Confederations Cup Top Scorers

Awards

Golden Ball The "Golden Ball" for the best player of the tournament went to Frenchman Robert Pires , the "Silver Ball" to his compatriot Patrick Vieira and the "Bronze Ball" to the Japanese Hidetoshi Nakata .

Golden Shoe The "Golden Shoe" for the best goalscorer went to the French Robert Pires and Éric Carrière for two tournament goals each. Since both players were able to record two assists each, the Golden Trophy was awarded twice. The "bronze shoe" went to the South Korean Hwang Sun-hong . Since five players had scored two goals each, first the number of assists and then the fewer minutes played decided the ranking.

FIFA Fair Play Trophy The Japanese national soccer team received the fair play award for correct sporting behavior on and off the pitch .

Web links

• Details on the 2001 Confederations Cup on FIFA.com