2001 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A explained

Group A of the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup took place between 30 May and 3 June 2001. France won the group, and advanced to the knockout stage, along with group runners-up Australia. South Korea and Mexico failed to advance.^[1]

Standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	3	2	0	1	9	1	+8	6
	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	6
	3	2	0	1	3	6	-3	6
	3	0	0	3	1	8	-7	0

Results

France v South Korea

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GK	1
DF	2
DF	3
DF	8	Marcel Desailly
DF	13	Mikaël Silvestre
MF	4	Patrick Vieira
MF	7
MF	10	Eric Carrière
FW	9	Nicolas Anelka
FW	17
FW	21
Substitutions:
FW	11
FW	6
MF	16
Manager:
Roger Lemerre

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GK	1	Lee Woon-jae
DF	7
DF	15	Lee Min-sung
DF	19
DF	20
MF	3	Choi Sung-yong
MF	4	Song Chong-gug
MF	6
MF	21	Park Ji-sung
MF	22
FW	11	Seol Ki-hyeon
Substitutions:
FW	18
FW	16
MF	17
Manager:
Guus Hiddink

Mexico v Australia

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GK	1	Oswaldo Sánchez
DF	2	Claudio Suárez
DF	4
DF	5	Duilio Davino
MF	6
MF	8
MF	13	Pável Pardo
MF	16
MF	20
FW	9	José Manuel Abundis
FW	10	Jared Borgetti
Substitutions:
FW	11
MF	18
MF	19
Manager:
Enrique Meza

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GK	1	Mark Schwarzer
DF	2
DF	5	Tony Vidmar
DF	6
DF	14	Shaun Murphy
MF	4
MF	7
MF	8
MF	17	Steve Corica
FW	11
FW	20	Clayton Zane
Substitutions:
DF	18
DF	15
FW	21
Manager:
Frank Farina

Australia v France

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GK	1	Mark Schwarzer
DF	2
DF	3	Craig Moore
DF	5	Tony Vidmar
DF	6
MF	4	Paul Okon
MF	7
MF	8
MF	17	Steve Corica
FW	10	Brett Emerton
FW	20
Substitutions:
MF	13
FW	9
Manager:
Frank Farina

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GK	12
DF	5
DF	18
DF	19	Christian Karembeu
DF	20	Zoumana Camara
MF	15	Jérémie Bréchet
MF	16
MF	22	Laurent Robert
FW	6
FW	11	Sylvain Wiltord
FW	14
Substitutions:
FW	9
MF	7
MF	4
Manager:
Roger Lemerre

South Korea v Mexico

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GK	1	Lee Woon-jae
DF	2	Kang Chul
DF	3	Choi Sung-yong
DF	7	Kim Tae-young
DF	20
MF	4	Song Chong-gug
MF	6
MF	21	Park Ji-sung
MF	22
FW	9	Kim Do-hoon
FW	18
Substitutions:
DF	19
FW	11
Manager:
Guus Hiddink

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GK	1	Oswaldo Sánchez
DF	2	Claudio Suárez
DF	5
DF	17	Octavio Valdez
MF	7
MF	8
MF	13	Pável Pardo
MF	18	Cesáreo Victorino
FW	10
FW	11
FW	15	Antonio de Nigris
Substitutions:
MF	6
MF	20
MF	9
Manager:
Enrique Meza

France v Mexico

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GK	23
DF	2
DF	3
DF	8	Marcel Desailly
DF	13	Mikaël Silvestre
MF	4	Patrick Vieira
MF	7
MF	10	Eric Carrière
FW	9	Nicolas Anelka
FW	11
FW	17
Substitutions:
MF	22
FW	6
MF	16
Manager:
Roger Lemerre

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GK	1	Oswaldo Sánchez
DF	2	Claudio Suárez
DF	5	Duilio Davino
DF	17
MF	6
MF	7
MF	13	Pável Pardo
MF	18
MF	20	Víctor Ruiz
FW	9	José Manuel Abundis
FW	15
Substitutions:
FW	10
MF	19
MF	8
Manager:
Enrique Meza

South Korea v Australia

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GK	1	Lee Woon-jae
DF	15	Lee Min-sung
DF	7	Kim Tae-young
DF	19	Lee Young-pyo
DF	20
MF	3	Choi Sung-yong
MF	4	Song Chong-gug
MF	11	Seol Ki-hyeon
MF	21	Park Ji-sung
FW	9
FW	18
Substitutions:
FW	10
Manager:
Guus Hiddink

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GK	1	Mark Schwarzer
DF	2
DF	3	Craig Moore
DF	5
DF	14
DF	15
MF	4
MF	13
MF	17
FW	10	Brett Emerton
FW	20
Substitutions:
FW	11
DF	18
MF	19
Manager:
Frank Farina

Notes and References

https://web.archive.org/web/20160510021743/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/news/y=2007/m=5/news=korea-japan-2001-french-masterclass-the-east-519601.html 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup