2003 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A explained

Group A of the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup took place between 18 and 22 June 2003. France won the group and advanced to the knockout stage, along with group runners-up Colombia. Japan and New Zealand failed to advance.^[1]

Standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	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

Results

New Zealand v Japan

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GK	12	Michael Utting
DF	2
DF	4	Chris Zoricich
DF	14	Ryan Nelsen
DF	20	Gerard Davis
MF	7	Ivan Vicelich
MF	8
MF	9
MF	19	Simon Elliott
FW	11
FW	16	Vaughan Coveny
Substitutions:
MF	21
MF	10
DF	13
Manager:
Mick Waitt

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GK	1	Seigo Narazaki
DF	14
DF	17	Tsuneyasu Miyamoto
DF	21	Keisuke Tsuboi
DF	22	Nobuhisa Yamada
MF	5
MF	7	Hidetoshi Nakata
MF	10	Shunsuke Nakamura
MF	19	Yasuhito Endō
FW	9	Yoshito Ōkubo
FW	20	Naohiro Takahara
Manager:
Zico

France v Colombia

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GK	23	Grégory Coupet
DF	2
DF	3
DF	8	Marcel Desailly
DF	15
MF	6	Olivier Dacourt
MF	17
MF	18	Benoît Pedretti
FW	9
FW	11	Sylvain Wiltord
FW	12
Substitutions:
MF	7
FW	22
FW	20
Manager:
Jacques Santini

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GK	1
DF	2
DF	3	Mario Yepes
DF	23
MF	10	Giovanni Hernández
MF	15
MF	18
MF	20	Gerardo Bedoya
MF	21
FW	7
FW	9
Substitutions:
FW	16
DF	6
Manager:
Francisco Maturana

Colombia v New Zealand

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GK	1
DF	2
DF	3	Mario Yepes
DF	23
MF	10	Giovanni Hernández
MF	11
MF	15
MF	18	Jorge López Caballero
MF	20
FW	7
FW	9	Víctor Aristizábal
Substitutions:
MF	21
MF	8
FW	16
Manager:
Francisco Maturana

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GK	12
DF	2	Duncan Oughton
DF	5	Danny Hay
DF	14
DF	20	Gerard Davis
MF	7	Ivan Vicelich
MF	17	Raf de Gregorio
MF	19	Simon Elliott
MF	21
FW	11
FW	16
Substitutions:
FW	15
Manager:
Mick Waitt

France v Japan

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GK	16	Fabien Barthez
DF	4	Jean-Alain Boumsong
DF	5	William Gallas
DF	13	Mikaël Silvestre
DF	19
MF	6
MF	7	Robert Pires
MF	14
MF	21	Ousmane Dabo
FW	20
FW	22
Substitutions:
MF	18
FW	11
FW	12
Manager:
Jacques Santini

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GK	1	Seigo Narazaki
DF	14	Alessandro Santos
DF	17	Tsuneyasu Miyamoto
DF	21	Keisuke Tsuboi
DF	22	Nobuhisa Yamada
MF	5
MF	7	Hidetoshi Nakata
MF	10
MF	19	Yasuhito Endō
FW	9
FW	20	Naohiro Takahara
Substitutions:
MF	16
MF	8
Manager:
Zico

France v New Zealand

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GK	1	Mickaël Landreau
DF	2	Philippe Mexès
DF	3	Bixente Lizarazu
DF	8	Marcel Desailly
DF	15	Lilian Thuram
MF	10	Ludovic Giuly
MF	17	Olivier Kapo
MF	18
FW	9	Djibril Cissé
FW	11
FW	12
Substitutions:
MF	21
FW	20
MF	7
Manager:
Jacques Santini

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GK	12	Michael Utting
DF	4
DF	5
DF	13	Christian Bouckenooghe
DF	14	Ryan Nelsen
DF	20	Gerard Davis
MF	9
MF	17	Raf de Gregorio
MF	19	Simon Elliott
MF	21	Noah Hickey
FW	16	Vaughan Coveny
Substitutions:
MF	10
DF	2
DF	18
Manager:
Mick Waitt

Japan v Colombia

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GK	1	Seigo Narazaki
DF	14	Alessandro Santos
DF	17	Tsuneyasu Miyamoto
DF	21	Keisuke Tsuboi
DF	22
MF	7
MF	8
MF	16	Kōji Nakata
MF	19
FW	9
FW	20	Naohiro Takahara
Substitutions:
MF	18
MF	11
MF	13
Manager:
Zico

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GK	1
DF	3	Mario Yepes
DF	5
DF	23	Gonzalo Martínez
MF	10	Giovanni Hernández
MF	14
MF	18	Jorge López Caballero
MF	20	Gerardo Bedoya
MF	21	Jairo Patiño
FW	9	Víctor Aristizábal
FW	16
Substitutions:
MF	8
DF	6
Manager:
Francisco Maturana

Notes and References

https://web.archive.org/web/20170619224855/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/news/y=2007/m=3/news=fifa-confederations-cup-france-2003-france-retain-crown-tournament-hit-501855.html 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup