FIFA Confederations Cup
| FIFA Confederations Cup | |
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| abbreviation | Confed Cup |
| Association | FIFA |
| First edition | 1997 (1992) |
| hierarchy | Intercontinental competition |
| Teams | 8th |
| Game mode |
Round tournament (2 groups of 4 teams each) / knockout system (from HF) |
| Title holder |
 Germany (1st title)
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| Record winner |
 Brazil (4 tracks)
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| Record player |
Dida (22)
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| Record scorer |
Ronaldinho (9) Cuauhtémoc Blanco (9)
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| Website | de.fifa.com/confederationscup |
The FIFA Confederations Cup , commonly known as the Confed Cup (after English FIFA Confederations Cup ), was an intercontinental tournament for national soccer teams . In 1992 and 1995 it was held as the King Fahd Cup , from 1997 by the world football association FIFA . The tournament took place every two years until 2005 and has been held every four years since then. The current champions of the six continental associations , the reigning world champion and the respective host were eligible to participate .
Since the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2002 World Cup took place in Japan and South Korea, the tournament has served as an organizational dress rehearsal for the host country of the next soccer World Cup. Germany, South Africa, Brazil and Russia also held the tournament in their own country a year before the 2006 World Cup, 2010 World Cup, 2014 World Cup and 2018 World Cup. Only in 2003 was the tournament not followed by a World Cup year because of the shorter rhythm. In 2021, the competition will be replaced by an expanded FIFA Club World Cup.
Brazil are record holders with seven appearances and record winners of the FIFA Confederations Cup with four titles. Brazil was also the only team to win the title three times in a row.
history
The intercontinental championship held in Riyadh ( Saudi Arabia ) in 1992 and 1995 under the name of the King Fahd Cup is regarded as a forerunner . The Saudi Arabian King Fahd ibn Abd al-Aziz (1921 / 23–2005) was the namesake and initiator of this competition. The current continental champions were entitled to play at the national team and host level. This made these tournaments the logical continuation of competitions such as the Afro-Asian Cup for national teams and the Artemio Franchi Cup .
While four teams from four continents (Africa, Asia, North and Central America and the Caribbean and South America) took part in the first tournament in 1992, the number of participants increased to six teams from five continents (Africa, Asia [continental champions + Hosts], North and Central America, Europe and South America). The winner was South American champions Argentina in 1992 and European champions Denmark in 1995 .
qualification
The winners of the six continental championships, the reigning world champion and the respective host are entitled to participate in the tournament .
| Continental Championship | Continental Association |
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| European Football Championship | Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) |
| Africa Cup | Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) |
| Soccer Asian Championship | Asian Football Confederation (AFC) |
| Copa América (South America) | Confederación sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL) |
| CONCACAF Gold Cup (North, Central America and the Caribbean) | Confederation of North and Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) |
| Soccer Oceania Championship | Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) |
- If the host is also the reigning world champion , he will take part as the host. The vice world champion then represents the world champion by wildcard .
- If the vice world champion waives his right to start, this will be transferred to the third place in the World Cup.
- If the third place in the World Cup also waives, the fourth place goes to the start.
- If the fourth place in the World Cup also waives, FIFA will award the wildcard via the FIFA world rankings. This wildcard will then be given to the top team in the current world rankings that has not otherwise qualified for the Confederations Cup.
- If the top-placed team in the current world rankings also does without, the next-placed team that is not otherwise qualified for the Confederations Cup moves up.
- If the winner of the competition on his continent is already qualified as a host or as a world champion or by wildcard, if he has voluntarily waived, has been suspended by FIFA or is not a FIFA member, the runner-up in the respective competition moves up.
- If the same applies to the runner-up, and no third place is awarded in the continental competition , FIFA will award a wild card to the runner-up. ( continue according to point 1.1 )
- If the same applies to the runner-up and a third place is played out in the continental competition, the third-placed winner in the continental competition moves up.
- If the continental third does not exercise his right to start, then it goes to the continental fourth.
- If the continental fourth does not exercise his right to start either, FIFA will award a wildcard to the vice world champion. ( continue according to point 1.1 )
In the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup, Argentina represented Argentina as runner-up in the 2004 Copa America , as the South American champions Brazil had already qualified as world champions. The same was true for Spain in 2013, so that runner-up European champions Italy were also eligible to play.
In the Confederations Cup it has already happened several times that qualified teams did not participate.
In 2003, for example, vice European champions Italy renounced (European champions France had already qualified as hosts). But because there was no match for third place between the defeated semi-finalists Netherlands and Portugal, the right to start was transferred directly to the vice world champion Germany via wildcard. But because Germany also waived, Turkey, who was third in the World Cup, started.
Game mode
Since it was taken over by FIFA and renamed the Confederations Cup in 1997, the competition has been played in a uniform game mode. The winners of the continental association competitions, the world champions and the hosts are a total of eight teams participating in the tournament. Four national teams each compete in the two groups (A and B) in the league system . H. each team plays once against each other team in the group. In the group stage, a win counts three, a draw counts one point, a defeat counts no points.
In the event of a tie between two teams, the following decides on progression: 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. The first and second in each group advance to the semi-finals. The Confederations Cup has no round of 16 or quarter finals due to the small number of participants.
In the semi-finals, in the game for third place and in the final, the knockout system is used . If the games of the final round are tied after the regular playing time of 90 minutes, there will be extra time and possibly (if there is still no winner) a penalty shoot-out .
First participations
So far there has been at least one nation in every tournament that has participated for the first time. Saudi Arabia (1992), South Korea (2001) and Russia (2017) also hosted the tournament when they first participated.
- Teams in bold became tournament winners when they first entered.
The tournaments at a glance
| year | host | final | Game for third place | ||||
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| winner | Result | 2nd place | 3rd place | Result | 4th Place | ||
| King Fahd Cup | |||||||
| 1992 details |
Saudi Arabia |
 Argentina |
3: 1 |
 Saudi Arabia |
 United States |
5: 2 |
 Ivory Coast |
| 1995 details |
Saudi Arabia |
 Denmark |
2-0 |
Argentina |
 Mexico |
1: 1 n.v. 5: 4 i. E. |
 Nigeria |
| FIFA Confederations Cup | |||||||
| 1997 details |
Saudi Arabia |
 Brazil |
6-0 |
 Australia |
 Czech Republic |
1-0 |
 Uruguay |
| 1999 details |
Mexico |
Mexico |
4: 3 |
Brazil |
United States |
2-0 |
Saudi Arabia |
| 2001 details |
Japan / South Korea |
 France |
1-0 |
 Japan |
Australia |
1-0 |
Brazil |
| 2003 details |
France |
France |
1: 0 according to GG |
 Cameroon |
 Turkey |
2: 1 |
 Colombia |
| 2005 details |
Germany |
Brazil |
4: 1 |
Argentina |
 Germany |
4: 3 a.d. |
Mexico |
| 2009 details |
South Africa |
Brazil |
3: 2 |
United States |
 Spain |
3: 2 a.d. |
 South Africa |
| 2013 details |
Brazil |
Brazil |
3-0 |
Spain |
 Italy |
2: 2 n.v. 3: 2 i. E. |
Uruguay |
| 2017 details |
Russia |
Germany |
1-0 |
 Chile |
 Portugal |
2: 1 a.d. |
Mexico |
Leaderboards
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| rank | Qualifying competition | Victories | Country / year |
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| 1 | World Champion | 4th |
Brazil (1997 2 , 2005) France (2001) 1 Germany (2017)
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| 2 | European champion | 3 |
 Denmark (1995) France (2001 1 , 2003 1 )
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| host | 3 |
Mexico (1999) 1 France (2003) 1 Brazil (2013)
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| 4th | Copa America winner | 2 |
 Argentina (1992) Brazil (2009)
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| 5 | CONCACAF Gold Cup winner | 1 |
Mexico (1999) 1
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| 6th | African champions | - | |
| Asian champion | - | ||
| Oceania Champion | - |
Records
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Awards
At the end of each FIFA Confederations Cup, several awards are given to the best players and the fairest team. There are currently four different awards:
- the Adidas Golden Ball for the best player
- the Adidas Golden Boot for the top scorer
- the Adidas Golden Glove for the best goalkeeper
- the FIFA Fair Play Award for the fairest team
The two previous tournaments for the König-Fahd-Pokal in 1992 and 1995 have not yet received any official awards.
| year | Golden Ball (Best Player) |
Golden Shoe (top scorer) |
Golden Glove (Best Goalkeeper) |
FIFA Fair Play Award |
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| 1992 | not forgiven | not forgiven | not forgiven | not forgiven |
| 1995 | ||||
| 1997 |
Denílson
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Romario (7) |
 South Africa
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| 1999 |
Ronaldinho
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Ronaldinho (6) |
Brazil
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| 2001 |
Robert Pires
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Robert Pires / Éric Carrière (2 each) |
 Japan
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| 2003 |
Thierry Henry
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Thierry Henry (4) |
Japan
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| 2005 |
Adriano
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Adriano (5) |
 Greece
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| 2009 |
Kaká
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Luís Fabiano (5) |
 Tim Howard
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Brazil
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| 2013 |
Neymar
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 Fernando Torres (5) |
Júlio César
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Spain
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| 2017 |
Julian Draxler
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Timo Werner (3) |
Claudio Bravo
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Germany
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Varia
| year | places | Stages | Teams | Games |
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| 1992 | 1 | 1 | 4th | 4th | 18th | 4.50 | 169,500 | 42,375 | 11 | 2.75 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.50 |
| 1995 | 1 | 1 | 6th | 8th | 19th | 2.38 | 110,000 | 13,750 | 33 | 4.13 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.13 |
| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 8th | 16 | 52 | 3.25 | 293,500 | 18,344 | 58 | 3.63 | 2 | 0.13 | 2 | 0.13 |
| 1999 | 2 | 2 | 8th | 16 | 55 | 3.44 | 970,000 | 60,625 | 60 | 3.75 | 4th | 0.25 | 1 | 0.06 |
| 2001 | 6th | 6th | 8th | 16 | 31 | 1.94 | 556.766 | 34,798 | 45 | 2.81 | 3 | 0.19 | 1 | 0.06 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 | 8th | 16 | 37 | 2.31 | 491,700 | 30,731 | 70 | 4.38 | 3 | 0.19 | 1 | 0.06 |
| 2005 | 5 | 5 | 8th | 16 | 56 | 3.50 | 603.106 | 37,694 | 71 | 4.44 | 1 | 0.06 | 2 | 0.13 |
| 2009 | 4th | 4th | 8th | 16 | 44 | 2.75 | 584,894 | 36,556 | 50 | 3.13 | 0 | 0.00 | 4th | 0.25 |
| 2013 | 6th | 6th | 8th | 16 | 68 | 4.25 | 804.659 | 50.291 | 46 | 2.88 | 3 | 0.19 | 1 | 0.06 |
| 2017 | 4th | 4th | 8th | 16 | 43 | 2.69 | 638.036 | 39,877 | 59 | 3.69 | 3 | 0.19 | 1 | 0.06 |
| Respective record | ||||||||||||||
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ From 2021: New Club World Cup is coming. In: Weltfussball.de. March 15, 2019, accessed March 15, 2019 .
- ↑ Record scorer on weltfussball.de