2001 FIFA Confederations Cup Group B explained

Group A of the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup took place between 31 May and 4 June 2001. Japan won the group, and advanced to the knockout stage, along with group runners-up Brazil. Cameroon and Canada failed to advance.^[1]

Standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	7
	3	1	2	0	2	0	+2	5
	3	1	0	2	2	4	-2	3
	3	0	1	2	0	5	-5	1

Results

Brazil v Cameroon

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GK	1
DF	2
DF	3
DF	4	Edmílson
DF	16	Léo
MF	5	Léomar
MF	8
MF	17
MF	20	Ramon
FW	9	Sonny Anderson
FW	21	Washington
Substitutions:
MF	11
MF	18
DF	15
Manager:
Émerson Leão

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GK	1	Alioum Boukar
DF	3	Pierre Womé
DF	4
DF	5
DF	6
MF	8	Geremi Njitap
MF	15
MF	17
MF	20	Salomon Olembé
FW	9
FW	10
Substitutions:
MF	14
FW	21
Manager:
Pierre Lechantre

Japan v Canada

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GK	1	Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi
DF	2
DF	4
DF	16	Kōji Nakata
DF	18	Kazuyuki Toda
MF	5
MF	7
MF	14
MF	21	Shinji Ono
FW	8	Hiroaki Morishima
FW	9	Akinori Nishizawa
Substitutions:
FW	11
MF	17
MF	10
Manager:
Philippe Troussier

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GK	1	Craig Forrest
DF	3
DF	5	Jason de Vos
DF	13	Carl Fletcher
DF	20
MF	6
MF	7	Paul Stalteri
MF	11	Jim Brennan
MF	14
FW	19	Paul Peschisolido
FW	10
Substitutions:
MF	18
FW	9
Manager:
Holger Osieck

Canada v Brazil

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GK	1	Craig Forrest
DF	3
DF	4	Tony Menezes
DF	5
DF	20	Kevin McKenna
MF	6
MF	7	Paul Stalteri
MF	8	Nick Dasovic
MF	11	Jim Brennan
FW	19
FW	10
Substitutions:
FW	9
DF	13
FW	17
Manager:
Holger Osieck

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GK	1
DF	2	Zé Maria
DF	3	Lúcio
DF	4	Edmílson
DF	16	Léo
MF	5	Léomar
MF	11
MF	18	Fábio Rochemback
MF	20
FW	9
FW	21	Washington
Substitutions:
FW	7
FW	22
MF	10
Manager:
Émerson Leão

Cameroon v Japan

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GK	1	Alioum Boukar
DF	3
DF	4	Rigobert Song
DF	5	Raymond Kalla
DF	6
MF	8
MF	15	Nicolas Alnoudji
MF	17	Marc-Vivien Foé
MF	20
FW	9	Samuel Eto'o
FW	10	Patrick M'Boma
Substitutions:
MF	14
FW	21
DF	2
Manager:
Pierre Lechantre

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GK	1	Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi
DF	3	Naoki Matsuda
DF	4
DF	16	Kōji Nakata
DF	18
MF	5	Junichi Inamoto
MF	7
MF	17	Tomokazu Myojin
MF	21
FW	9
FW	22	Takayuki Suzuki
Substitutions:
MF	8
FW	11
MF	6
Manager:
Philippe Troussier

Brazil v Japan

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GK	1
DF	2	Zé Maria
DF	3
DF	4	Edmílson
DF	16	Léo
MF	5	Léomar
MF	11
MF	18
MF	20
FW	7	Leandro
FW	21
Substitutions:
MF	19
FW	22
MF	10
Manager:
Émerson Leão

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GK	23	Ryōta Tsuzuki
DF	2
DF	3	Naoki Matsuda
DF	6	Toshihiro Hattori
DF	20	Yasuhiro Hato
MF	7	Hidetoshi Nakata
MF	14	Teruyoshi Ito
MF	17
MF	21
FW	13
FW	22
Substitutions:
MF	8
DF	16
FW	11
Manager:
Philippe Troussier

Cameroon v Canada

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GK	12	Jacques Songo'o
DF	4	Rigobert Song
DF	5	Raymond Kalla
DF	6	Pierre Njanka
MF	8	Geremi Njitap
MF	14
MF	15	Nicolas Alnoudji
MF	17
MF	20	Salomon Olembé
FW	7
FW	18	Pius Ndiefi
Substitutions:
FW	9
DF	3
FW	10
Manager:
Pierre Lechantre

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GK	1	Craig Forrest
DF	4	Tony Menezes
DF	5	Jason de Vos
DF	7	Paul Stalteri
DF	13	Carl Fletcher
MF	6
MF	8	Nick Dasovic
MF	11	Jim Brennan
MF	14	Daniel Imhof
FW	9
FW	16
Substitutions:
FW	17
FW	19
Manager:
Holger Osieck

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