2003 FIFA Confederations Cup

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2003 FIFA Confederations Cup Coupe des Confédérations 2003
Tournament details
Host country	France
Dates	June 18 - June 29
Teams	8 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	France (2nd title)
Runners-up	Cameroon
Third place	Turkey
Fourth place	Colombia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	37  (2.31 per match)
Attendance	491,700  (30,731 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Thierry Henry (4 goals)
Best player	Thierry Henry

The 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup football tournament was the sixth FIFA Confederations Cup, held in France in June 2003. France retained the title they had won in 2001, but the tournament was overshadowed by the death of Cameroon player Marc-Vivien Foé, who died of heart failure in his side's semi-final against Colombia. Foé's death united the France and Cameroon teams in the final match, which was played even though team players from both sides had explicitly stated that the match should not be played out of respect for Foé. The Cameroon players did their best to take the trophy home in honour of their team mate, and forced the match into extra time, where a golden goal by Thierry Henry gave France the trophy.

At the presentation of medals and trophies, two Cameroon players held a gigantic photo of Foé, and a runner-up medal was hung to the edge of the photo too. When French captain Marcel Desailly was presented with the Confederations Cup, he did not lift it up high, but held it in unison with Cameroon captain Rigobert Song. Foé finished third in media voting for player of the tournament and was posthumously awarded the Bronze Ball at its conclusion.

Contents 1 Participating teams 2 Venues 3 Match officials 4 Squads 5 Group stage 5.1 Group A 5.2 Group B 6 Knockout stage 6.1 Semi-finals 6.2 Third place play-off 6.3 Final 7 Awards 8 Top scorers 9 Notes 10 External links

[edit] Participating teams

•  France - host, winners of UEFA Euro 2000 and 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup
•  Brazil - 2002 FIFA World Cup winners
•  Cameroon - 2002 African Cup of Nations winners
•  Colombia - Copa América 2001 winners
•  Japan - 2000 AFC Asian Cup winners
•  New Zealand - 2002 OFC Nations Cup winners
•  Turkey - third-placed team in 2002 FIFA World Cup^[1]
•  USA - 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup winner

[edit] Venues

The matches were played in:

• Stade Gerland, Lyon
• Stade de France, Saint-Denis, Paris
• Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne

[edit] Match officials

Africa Coffi Codjia Asia Masoud Moradi Europe Lucílio Batista Valentin Valentinovich Ivanov Markus Merk

North and Central America Carlos Batres Oceania Mark Shield South America Carlos Amarilla Jorge Larrionda

[edit] Squads

For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament see, 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup squads

[edit] Group stage

All times local (UTC+2)

[edit] Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9
Colombia	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
Japan	3	1	0	2	4	3	+1	3
New Zealand	3	0	0	3	1	11	-10	0

2003-06-18 18:00	New Zealand	0 – 3	Japan	Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 36,038 Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
		(Report)	Nakamura  12'  75' Nakata  65'

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2003-06-18 21:00	France	1 – 0	Colombia	Stade de Gerland, Lyon Attendance: 38,541 Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)
	Henry  39' (pen.)	(Report)

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2003-06-20 19:00	Colombia	3 – 1	New Zealand	Stade de Gerland, Lyon Attendance: 22,811 Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
	López  58' Yepes  75' Hernández  85'	(Report)	de Gregorio  27'

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2003-06-20 21:00	France	2 – 1	Japan	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne Attendance: 33,070 Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
	Pirès  43' (pen.) Govou  65'	(Report)	Nakamura  59'

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2003-06-22 21:00	France	5 – 0	New Zealand	Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 36,842 Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
	Kapo  17' Henry  20' Cissé  71' Giuly  90+1' Pirès  90+3'	(Report)

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2003-06-22 21:00	Japan	0 – 1	Colombia	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne Attendance: 24,541 Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
		(Report)	Hernández  68'

[edit] Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cameroon	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7
Turkey	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Brazil	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
USA	3	0	1	2	1	3	-2	1

2003-06-19 19:00	Turkey	2 – 1	USA	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne Attendance: 16,944 Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
	Okan Y.  40' (pen.) Tuncay  73'	(Report)	Beasley  37'

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2003-06-19 21:00	Brazil	0 – 1	Cameroon	Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 46,719 Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)
		(Report)	Eto'o  83'

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2003-06-21 19:00	Cameroon	1 – 0	Turkey	Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 43,743 Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)
	Geremi  90+1' (pen.)	(Report)

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2003-06-21 21:00	Brazil	1 – 0	USA	Stade de Gerland, Lyon Attendance: 20,306 Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)
	Adriano  22'	(Report)

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2003-06-23 21:00	Brazil	2 – 2	Turkey	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne Attendance: 29,170 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
	Adriano  23' Alex  93'	(Report)	Gökdeniz  53' Okan Y.  81'

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2003-06-23 21:00	USA	0 – 0	Cameroon	Stade de Gerland, Lyon Attendance: 19,206 Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
		(Report)

[edit] Knockout stage

	Semi finals				Final
	June 26 - Lyon
	Cameroon	1
	Colombia	0
					June 29 - Saint-Denis
					Cameroon	0
					France (asdet)	1
					Third place
	June 26 - Saint-Denis			June 28 - Saint-Etienne
	France	3		Colombia	1
	Turkey	2			Turkey	2

[edit] Semi-finals

2003-06-26 18:00	Cameroon	1 – 0	Colombia	Stade de Gerland, Lyon Attendance: 12,352 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
	Ndiefi  9'	(Report)

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2003-06-26 21:00	France	3 – 2	Turkey	Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 41,195 Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
	Henry  11' Pirès  26' Wiltord  43'	(Report)	Gökdeniz  42' Tuncay  48'

[edit] Third place play-off

2003-06-28 18:00	Colombia	1 – 2	Turkey	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne Attendance: 18,237 Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
	Hernández  63'	(Report)	Tuncay  2' Okan Y.  86'

[edit] Final

2003-06-29 21:00	Cameroon	0 – 1 (a.e.t.)	France	Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 51,985 Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)
		(Report)	Henry  98'

2003 Confederations Cup Winner
France Second title

[edit] Awards

FIFA Golden Shoe:	FIFA Golden Ball:	FIFA Fair Play Award:
Thierry Henry	Thierry Henry	Japan

[edit] Top scorers

4 goals

• Thierry Henry

3 goals

• Giovanny Hernández
• Robert Pirès
• Shunsuke Nakamura
• Tuncay Şanlı^[2]
• Okan Yılmaz

2 goals

• Adriano
• Gökdeniz Karadeniz

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Official Confederations Cup 2003 site

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