2001 FIFA Confederations Cup

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2001 FIFA Confederations Cup 대한민국/일본 2001년 2001 日本/韓国
Tournament details
Host nations	South Korea /  Japan
Dates	May 30 - June 10
Teams	8 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	France (1st title)
Second place	Japan
Third place	Australia
Fourth place	Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	31  (1.94 per match)
Attendance	557,191  (34,824 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Shaun Murphy Eric Carrière Robert Pirès Patrick Vieira Sylvain Wiltord Takayuki Suzuki Hwang Sun-Hong (2 goals)
Best player	Robert Pirès

The 2001 Confederations Cup tournament was played in May and 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.

France completed an unprecedented hat-trick (three major trophies in as many years), 1998 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2000 and 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup.

Contents 1 Participating Teams 2 Host stages 3 Match Officials 4 Squads 5 Group Stage 5.1 Group A 5.2 Group B 6 Bracket 7 Semi-finals 8 Third Place Playoff 9 Final 10 Awards 11 Top Scorers

[edit] Participating Teams

•  Korea Republic - hosts
•  Japan - hosts (and winner of the 2000 Asian Cup)
•  Mexico - winner of the 1999 Confederations Cup
•  Canada - winner of the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup
•  Australia - winner of the 2000 Oceania Nations Cup
•  Cameroon - winner of the 2000 African Nations Cup
•  Brazil - winner of the 1999 Copa América
•  France - winner of the UEFA Euro 2000 (and 1998 FIFA World Cup winner)

The eight teams were split into two four-team round-robin groups, with the top two in each group advancing to the semifinals.

[edit] Host stages

• South Korea
  • Ulsan - Munsu Cup Stadium
  • Suwon - Suwon World Cup Stadium
  • Daegu - Daegu World Cup Stadium
• Japan
  • Yokohama - Yokohama International Stadium
  • Ibaraki - Kashima Stadium
  • Niigata - Niigata Stadium

[edit] Match Officials

Africa Gamal Al-Ghandour Felix Tangawarima Asia Ali Bujsaim Jun Lu Europe Hugh Dallas Hellmut Krug Kim Milton Nielsen

North and Central America Benito Archundia Carlos Batres Oceania Simon Micallef South America Byron Moreno Óscar Ruiz

[edit] Squads

For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament see, 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup squads

[edit] Group Stage

All times local (UTC+9)

[edit] Group A

Played in South Korea.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	2	0	1	9	1	+8	6
Australia	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	6
Korea Republic	3	2	0	1	3	6	-3	6
Mexico	3	0	0	3	1	8	-7	0

May 30, 2001 17:00	France	5–0	Korea Republic	Daegu World Cup Stadium, Daegu Attendance: 61,500 Referee: Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
	Marlet  9' Vieira  19' Anelka  34' Djorkaeff  80' Wiltord  90'	(Report)

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May 30, 2001 19:30	Mexico	0–2	Australia	Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon Attendance: 6,232 Referee: Tangawarima (Zimbabwe)
		(Report)	Murphy  18' Skoko  54'

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June 1, 2001 17:00	Australia	1–0	France	Daegu World Cup Stadium, Daegu Attendance: 44,400 Referee: Batres (Guatemala)
	Zane  60'	(Report)

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June 1, 2001 19:30	Korea Republic	2–1	Mexico	Munsu Cup Stadium, Ulsan Attendance: 41,550 Referee: Dallas (Scotland)
	Hwang Sun-Hong  56' Yoo Sang-Chul  90'	(Report)	Ruíz 80'

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June 3, 2001 19:30	France	4–0	Mexico	Munsu Cup Stadium, Ulsan Attendance: 28,864 Referee: Bujsaim (UAE)
	Wiltord  8' Carriere  62',  83' Pirès  71'	(Report)

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June 3, 2001 19:30	Korea Republic	1–0	Australia	Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon Attendance: 42,754 Referee: Ruiz (Colombia)
	Hwang Sun-Hong  25'	(Report)

[edit] Group B

Played in Japan.

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

May 31, 2001 17:00	Brazil	2–0	Cameroon	Kashima Stadium, Ibaraki Attendance: 10,519 Referee: Krug (Germany)
	Washington  53' Miguel  57'	(Report)

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May 31, 2001 19:30	Japan	3–0	Canada	Niigata Stadium, Niigata Attendance: 39,006 Referee: Micallef (Australia)
	Ono  57' Nishizawa  60' Morishima  88'	(Report)

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June 2, 2001 17:00	Canada	0–0	Brazil	Kashima Stadium, Ibaraki Attendance: 12,095 Referee: Jun Lu (China)
		(Report)

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June 2, 2001 19:30	Cameroon	0–2	Japan	Niigata Stadium, Niigata Attendance: 39,430 Referee: Archundia (Mexico)
		(Report)	Suzuki  8',  65'

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June 4, 2001 19:30	Brazil	0–0	Japan	Kashima Stadium, Ibaraki Attendance: 37,740 Referee: Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
		(Report)

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June 4, 2001 19:30	Cameroon	2–0	Canada	Niigata Stadium, Niigata Attendance: 15,822 Referee: Moreno (Ecuador)
	Tchoutang  48' Mboma  83'	(Report)

[edit] Bracket

	Semi finals				Final
	June 7 - Yokohama
	Japan	1
	Australia	0
					June 10 - Yokohama
					Japan	0
					France	1
					Third place
	June 7 - Suwon			June 9 - Ulsan
	France	2		Australia	1
	Brazil	1			Brazil	0

[edit] Semi-finals

June 7, 2001 17:00	Japan	1–0	Australia	Yokohama International Stadium, Yokohama Attendance: 48,699 Referee: Archundia (Mexico)
	Nakata  43'	(Report)

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June 7, 2001 20:00	France	2–1	Brazil	Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon Attendance: 34,527 Referee: Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
	Pirès  7' Desailly  54'	(Report)	Ramón 30'

[edit] Third Place Playoff

June 9, 2001 19:00	Australia	1–0	Brazil	Munsu Cup Stadium, Ulsan Attendance: 28,520 Referee: Krug (Germany)
	Murphy  84'	(Report)

[edit] Final

June 10, 2001 19:00	Japan	0–1	France	Yokohama International Stadium, Yokohama Attendance: 65,533 Referee: Bujsaim (UAE)
		(Report)	Vieira  30'

2001 Confederations Cup Winner
France First title

[edit] Awards

FIFA Golden Shoe:	FIFA Golden Ball:	FIFA Fair Play Award:
Robert Pirès Eric Carrière	Robert Pirès	Japan

[edit] Top Scorers

2 goals

• Shaun Murphy
• Eric Carrière - Golden Shoe winner (joint top goal scorer).
• Robert Pirès - Golden Ball winner (player of the tournament) and Golden Shoe winner (joint top goal scorer).
• Patrick Vieira - Silver Ball winner.
• Sylvain Wiltord
• Takayuki Suzuki
• Hwang Sun-Hong - Bronze Shoe winner.

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