2003 FIFA Confederations Cup final explained

2003 FIFA Confederations Cup final
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Date:	29 June 2003
Referee:	Valentin Ivanov (Russia)
Attendance:	51,985
Next:	2005

The 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup final was a football match to determine the winners of the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup. The match was held at Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France, on 29 June 2003 and was contested by Cameroon and France. France won the match 1–0, with a golden goal in the 97th minute from Thierry Henry when he kneed the ball past Carlos Kameni into the left corner of the net from the right of the six yard box after a pass from Lilian Thuram.^{[1] [2]}

Cameroon wore shirts embroidered with Marc-Vivien Foé's name and dates of birth and death as a tribute to their midfielder who had suffered cardiac arrest and died on the pitch during their semi-final game against Colombia three days earlier.^{[3] [4]} At the trophy presentation, two Cameroon players held a large photo of Foé, on which FIFA officials hung a runner-up medal. When France captain Marcel Desailly was presented with the trophy, he held it in unison with Cameroon captain Rigobert Song.^{[5] [6]}

Route to the final

Cameroon	Round	France
Opponent	Result	Group stage	Opponent	Result
	1–0	Match 1		1–0
	1–0	Match 2		2–1
	0–0	Match 3		5–0
Team 3 2 1 0 2 0 2 7 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1		Final standing	Team 3 3 0 0 8 1 7 9 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 6 3 1 0 2 4 3 1 3 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0
Opponent	Result	Knockout stage	Opponent	Result
	1–0	Semi-final		3–2

Match details

GK 1 Carlos Kameni CB 3 Jean-Joël Perrier-Doumbé CB 13 Lucien Mettomo CB 4 Rigobert Song (c) RM 8 Geremi CM 19 Eric Djemba-Djemba CM 7 LM 5 Timothée Atouba RF 16 CF 11 LF 18 Mohammadou Idrissou Substitutions: FW 9 MF 10 Manager: Winfried Schäfer	<	-- See https://www.slideshare.net/jpbarreto87/copa-das-confederaes-2003 -->	GK 16 Fabien Barthez RB 19 CB 5 William Gallas CB 8 Marcel Desailly (c) LB 3 Bixente Lizarazu RM 10 Ludovic Giuly CM 18 Benoît Pedretti CM 6 LM 11 CF 9 Djibril Cissé CF 12 Thierry Henry Substitutions: MF 7 DF 15 MF 17 Manager: Jacques Santini

Assistant referees: Gennady Krasyuk (Russia) Yuri Dupanov (Belarus) Fourth official: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

External links

• Match report

Notes and References

1. Web site: France overcome Cameroon. 29 June 2003. BBC Sport. 29 April 2021.
2. Web site: Man of the Match – Thierry Henry (FRA. 30 June 2003. FIFA.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20031006161055/http://www.fifa.com/en/display/article/comp,1045,2003,16,70516.html. 29 April 2021. 6 October 2003.
3. Web site: Cameroon will play on after midfielder's death . usatoday.com . 2003-06-27 . 2012-03-19.
4. Web site: Cameroon 1-0 Colombia. 26 June 2003. BBC Sport. 29 April 2021.
5. Web site: Cameroon star Foe dies. 26 June 2003. BBC Sport. 29 April 2021.
6. Web site: CAMEROON 0 : 1 FRANCE (a.e.t.). 30 June 2003. FIFA.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20030812152644/http://fifa.com/en/display/article,70517.html. 29 April 2021. 12 August 2003.