2001 FIFA Confederations Cup explained

Tourney Name:FIFA Confederations Cup
Year:2001
Other Titles:Korean: 대한민국/일본 2001년
Japanese: 2001 韓国/日本
Size:117px
Country:South Korea
Country2:Japan
Dates:30 May – 10 June
Num Teams:8
Confederations:6
Venues:6
Cities:6
Champion:FRA
Champion-Flagvar:1974
Count:1
Second:JPN
Third:AUS
Fourth:BRA
Matches:16
Goals:31
Attendance:557191
Top Scorer: Eric Carrière
Shaun Murphy
Robert Pires
Hwang Sun-hong
Takayuki Suzuki
Patrick Vieira
Sylvain Wiltord
(2 goals each)
Player: Robert Pires
Prevseason:1999
Nextseason:2003

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 from 30 May to 10 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

TeamConfederationQualification methodDate qualification securedParticipation no.
AFCCo-hosts31 May 19961st
AFCCo-hosts and 2000 AFC Asian Cup winners31 May 19962nd
UEFA1998 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2000 winners12 July 19981st
CONMEBOL1999 Copa América winners18 July 19993rd
CAF2000 African Cup of Nations winners13 February 20001st
CONCACAF2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners27 February 20001st
OFC2000 OFC Nations Cup winners28 June 20002nd
CONCACAF1999 FIFA Confederations Cup winners2 July 20004th

Venues

South Korea
DaeguUlsanSuwon
Daegu World Cup StadiumUlsan Munsu Football StadiumSuwon World Cup Stadium
Capacity: 68,014Capacity: 43,550Capacity: 43,188
Japan
YokohamaIbarakiNiigata
International Stadium YokohamaKashima Soccer StadiumNiigata Stadium
Capacity: 72,327Capacity: 40,728Capacity: 42,300

Match referees

Africa

Asia

Europe

North America, Central America and Caribbean

Oceania

South America

Squads

See main article: 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup squads.

Group stage

Group A

See main article: 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A.

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Group B

See main article: 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup Group B.

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Knockout stage

See main article: 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup knockout stage.

Semi-finals

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Final

See main article: 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup Final.

Awards

Golden BallGolden ShoeFIFA Fair Play Trophy
Robert Pires Robert Pires
Silver BallSilver Shoe
Patrick Vieira Eric Carrière
Bronze BallBronze Shoe
Hidetoshi Nakata Hwang Sun-hong

Statistics

Goalscorers

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

2 goals
1 goal

Tournament ranking

External links