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'''Brazil''' will finish top if they avoid defeat against Italy.

'''Italy''' will finish top if they win against Brazil.


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'''Spain''' will finish top of the group if:<br />
1) They avoid defeat against Nigeria '''OR'''<br />
2) They lose by less than 4 goals, and Uruguay fails to either:<br />
:A) defeat Tahiti by at least 'S' goals [where 12 minus (Spain's margin of defeat) = S] or<br />
:B) defeat Tahiti by S-1 goals and score at least 10 more goals than Spain

'''Spain''' will finish runners up if:<br />
1) They lose to Nigeria by 4+ goals, and Uruguay fails to either:<br />
:A) defeat Tahiti by at least 'S' goals [where 12 minus (Spain's margin of defeat) = S] or<br />
:B) defeat Tahiti by S-1 goals and score at least 10 more goals than Spain; '''OR'''<br />
2) They lose by less than 4 goals, and Uruguay completes either 'A' or 'B' [above]

'''Nigeria''' will finish top of the group if they beat Spain by 4+ goals '''AND''' Uruguay fail to win against Tahiti by at least 'N' goals [where 4 plus (Nigeria's margin of victory) = N]

'''Nigeria''' will qualify if:<br />
1) They defeat Spain by at least 4 goals, '''OR'''<br />
2) They defeat Spain by at least 'U' [where U = (Uruguay's margin of victory) minus 3], '''OR'''<br />
3) They defeat Spain by U-1, and Uruguay fails to score at least 4 more goals than them (or fails to defeat Tahiti), '''OR'''<br />
4) They draw against Spain, and Uruguay fails to defeat Tahiti; '''OR'''<br />
5) Nigeria and Uruguay lose ''AND'' Nigeria's margin of defeat is no greater than 3 more than Uruguay's ''AND'' the total of the two margins of defeat is less than 19, or is 19 but Tahiti fails to score at least 7 more goals than Nigeria.

'''Uruguay''' will finish top of the group if they defeat Tahiti '''AND''' Nigeria defeats Spain '''AND''' the total margin of victory of the two games is 12 or greater, or is 11 and Uruguay scores at least 10 more goals than Spain '''AND''' Uruguay's margin of victory is at least 4 greater than Nigeria's

'''Uruguay''' will qualify if:<br />
1) They defeat Tahiti, and Nigeria fails to defeat Spain, '''OR'''<br />
2) They defeat Tahiti, Nigeria defeats Spain, and either:<br />
:A) the total margin of victory of the two games is 12 or greater, or<br />
:B) the total margin of victory of the tow games is 11 and Uruguay scores at least 10 more goals than Spain, '''OR'''<br />
3) They defeat Tahiti, Nigeria defeats Spain, and Uruguay's margin of victory is at least 4 greater than Nigeria's, '''OR'''<br />
4) They draw against Tahiti, and Spain defeats Nigeria, '''OR'''<br />
5) Uruguay loses by 7 goals or less ''AND'' Nigeria loses ''AND'' Nigeria's margin of defeat is at least 4 greater than Uruguay's.

'''Tahiti''' will qualify if they defeat Uruguay by 8+ goals '''AND''' Spain defeats Nigeria '''AND''' the total margin of victory of the two games is 20 or greater, or is 19 and Tahiti scores at least 7 more goals than Nigeria.


===Knockout stage===
===Knockout stage===

Revision as of 20:59, 21 June 2013

2013 FIFA Confederations Cup
Copa das Confederações da FIFA
Brasil 2013[1]
Tournament details
Host countryBrazil
Dates15–30 June
Teams8 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)6 (in 6 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored38 (4.75 per match)
Attendance392,293 (49,037 per match)
Top scorer(s)Spain Fernando Torres
(4 goals)
2009
2017

The 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, the ninth FIFA Confederations Cup, is an international association football tournament currently being held in Brazil, as a prelude to the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[2] The eight-team tournament began on 15 June 2013 and will conclude with the final on 30 June 2013. Host nation Brazil are also the defending champions.

Uruguay, Italy and Spain will have the opportunity to become the third team (after Argentina and France) to win all three major FIFA tournaments: the World Cup, the Olympic football competition and the Confederations Cup.

The competition has become the first national team tournament to employ goal-line technology, which will also be used at the 2014 World Cup.[3]

Qualified teams

2013 FIFA Confederations Cup participating teams
Team Confederation Qualification method Date qualification secured Participation no.
 Brazil CONMEBOL Hosts 30 October 2007 7th
 Spain UEFA 2010 FIFA World Cup winner 11 July 2010 2nd
 Japan AFC 2011 AFC Asian Cup winner 29 January 2011 5th
 Mexico CONCACAF 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup winner 25 June 2011 6th
 Uruguay CONMEBOL 2011 Copa América winner 24 July 2011 2nd
 Tahiti OFC 2012 OFC Nations Cup winner 10 June 2012 1st
 Italy UEFA UEFA Euro 2012 runners-up1 28 June 2012 2nd
 Nigeria CAF 2013 Africa Cup of Nations winner 10 February 2013 2nd

1Italy was awarded a spot in the competition because Spain had won both the 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2012. Since both competitions award their winners a place in the FIFA Confederations Cup, the runner-up of UEFA Euro 2012 received an invitation to the tournament.

Venues

Six stadiums are used, each in a different city.

Belo Horizonte, MG Recife, PE
Estádio Mineirão
Capacity: 62,547[4]
File:Novo mineirão aérea.jpg
Arena Pernambuco
Capacity: 44,248[5]
Brasília, DF Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha
Capacity: 68,009[6]
Estádio do Maracanã
Capacity: 76,804[7]
Fortaleza, CE Salvador, BA
Estádio Castelão
Capacity: 64,846[8]
Arena Fonte Nova
Capacity: 52,048[9]

Draw

The draw for the competition was held at the Palácio das Convenções in the Anhembi Convention Center in São Paulo, Brazil on 1 December 2012.[10][11]

Teams from the same confederation were not drawn into the same group, therefore one team each from UEFA and from CONMEBOL was drawn in each group. Brazil and Spain had automatically been assigned as A1 and B1 respectively, therefore Italy and Uruguay were assigned respectively to Group A and Group B.[12]

Match officials

File:Fuleco.2013.jpg
Official mascot in Rio de Janeiro.
Internal view of the stadium in Belo Horizonte.

The ten referee trios were announced by FIFA on 13 May 2013.[13][14]

Confederation Referee Assistants
AFC Yuichi Nishimura (Japan) Toru Sagara (Japan)
Toshiyuki Nagi (Japan)
Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan)
Bahadyr Kochkarov (Kyrgyzstan)
CAF Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria) Abdelhak Etchiali (Algeria)
Redouane Achik (Morocco)
CONCACAF Joel Aguilar (El Salvador) William Torres (El Salvador)
Juan Zumba (El Salvador)
CONMEBOL Diego Abal (Argentina) Hernán Maidana (Argentina)
Juan Pablo Belatti (Argentina)
Enrique Osses (Chile) Sergio Román (Chile)
Carlos Astroza (Chile)
UEFA Howard Webb (England) Mike Mullarkey (England)
Darren Cann (England)
Felix Brych (Germany) Stefan Lupp (Germany)
Mark Borsch (Germany)
Björn Kuipers (Netherlands) Sander van Roekel (Netherlands)
Erwin Zeinstra (Netherlands)
Pedro Proença (Portugal) Bertino Miranda (Portugal)
Tiago Trigo (Portugal)

Squads

Teams had to name a 23-man squad (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline of 3 June 2013.[15] The squads were announced by FIFA on 7 June 2013.[16][17]

Results

A ticket for the competition's opening match in Brasília.

The competition's dates were confirmed by FIFA on 27 July 2011 in the build-up to the draw for the 2014 World Cup's preliminary qualification rounds.[18] As the competition partially overlapped with the fourth round of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification in Asian zone, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) asked FIFA to consider a change of date.[19] However, the AFC decided that the match day would only be adjusted for the AFC representative at the Confederations Cup, Japan.[20] The official final schedule was presented in Rio de Janeiro on 30 May 2012.[21]

Group stage

All eight teams entered the group stage. The group winners and runners-up will advance to the semi-finals, while the bottom two teams in each group will be eliminated from the tournament.[15] The ranking of the teams in each group will be determined as follows:[15]

  1. Points obtained in all group matches;
  2. Goal difference in all group matches;
  3. Number of goals scored in all group matches;

If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings will be determined as follows:

  1. Points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  2. Goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  3. Number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. Drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.
Key to colours in group tables
Team has qualified for the semi-finals
Team cannot progress to the semi-finals

Group A

Group A of the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup took place from 15 to 22 June 2013 in Belo Horizonte's Mineirão, Brasília's Mané Garrincha, Fortaleza's Castelão, Recife's Arena Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro's, Maracanã and Salvador's Arena Fonte Nova.[22] The group consisted of host nation and defending champions Brazil, Italy, Japan, and Mexico.[23]

Teams

Draw position Team Confederation Method of
qualification
Date of
qualification
Finals
appearance
Last
appearance
Previous best
performance
FIFA Rankings
November 2012[nb 1] June 2013
A1  Brazil CONMEBOL Host 30 October 2007 1997, 1999, 2005, 2009 2009 Champions (1997, 2005, 2009)
A2  Italy UEFA UEFA Euro 2012 runners-up[nb 2] 28 June 2012 N/A 2009 Group stage (2009)
A3  Mexico CONCACAF 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners 25 June 2011 1999 2005 Champions (1999)
A4  Japan AFC 2011 AFC Asian Cup winners 29 January 2011 2001 2005 Runners-up (2001)
Notes
  1. ^ The rankings of November 2013 were used for seeding for the final draw.
  2. ^ Due to Spain qualifying as 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2012 winners.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil (H) 3 3 0 0 9 2 +7 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Italy 3 2 0 1 8 8 0 6
3  Mexico 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
4  Japan 3 0 0 3 4 9 −5 0
Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts

In the semi-finals:[24]

Matches

Brazil vs Japan

Brazil 3–0 Japan
Report
Brazil[25]
Japan[25]
GK 12 Júlio César
RB 2 Dani Alves
CB 3 Thiago Silva (c)
CB 4 David Luiz
LB 6 Marcelo
DM 17 Luiz Gustavo
CM 18 Paulinho
AM 11 Oscar
RW 19 Hulk downward-facing red arrow 75'
LW 10 Neymar downward-facing red arrow 74'
CF 9 Fred downward-facing red arrow 81'
Substitutions:
MF 7 Lucas Moura upward-facing green arrow 74'
MF 8 Hernanes upward-facing green arrow 75'
FW 21 upward-facing green arrow 81'
Manager:
Luiz Felipe Scolari
GK 1 Eiji Kawashima
RB 6 Atsuto Uchida
CB 22 Maya Yoshida
CB 15 Yasuyuki Konno
LB 5 Yuto Nagatomo
CM 17 Makoto Hasebe (c) Yellow card 45+1'
CM 7 Yasuhito Endō downward-facing red arrow 78'
RW 8 Hiroshi Kiyotake downward-facing red arrow 51'
AM 4 Keisuke Honda downward-facing red arrow 88'
LW 10 Shinji Kagawa
CF 9 Shinji Okazaki
Substitutions:
FW 18 Ryoichi Maeda upward-facing green arrow 51'
MF 13 Hajime Hosogai upward-facing green arrow 78'
MF 19 Takashi Inui upward-facing green arrow 88'
Manager:
Italy Alberto Zaccheroni

Man of the Match:
Neymar (Brazil)[26]

Assistant referees:
Bertino Miranda (Portugal)
José Trigo (Portugal)
Fourth official:
Felix Brych (Germany)
Fifth official:
Mark Borsch (Germany)

Mexico vs Italy

Mexico 1–2 Italy
Report
Mexico[27]
Italy[27]
GK 12 José de Jesús Corona
RB 22 Gerardo Flores
CB 2 Francisco Javier Rodríguez (c)
CB 15 Héctor Moreno Yellow card 47'
LB 3 Carlos Salcido
CM 17 Jesús Zavala downward-facing red arrow 86'
CM 6 Gerardo Torrado
RW 11 Javier Aquino downward-facing red arrow 53'
AM 10 Giovani dos Santos Yellow card 58'
LW 18 Andrés Guardado
CF 14 Javier Hernández
Substitutions:
DF 21 Hiram Mier upward-facing green arrow 53'
FW 19 Raúl Jiménez upward-facing green arrow 86'
Manager:
José Manuel de la Torre
GK 1 Gianluigi Buffon (c)
RB 20 Ignazio Abate
CB 15 Andrea Barzagli Yellow card 34'
CB 3 Giorgio Chiellini
LB 5 Mattia De Sciglio
RM 16 Daniele De Rossi Yellow card 81'
CM 21 Andrea Pirlo
LM 18 Riccardo Montolivo
AM 8 Claudio Marchisio downward-facing red arrow 68'
AM 22 Emanuele Giaccherini downward-facing red arrow 88'
CF 9 Mario Balotelli Yellow card 79' downward-facing red arrow 86'
Substitutions:
MF 17 Alessio Cerci upward-facing green arrow 68'
FW 11 Alberto Gilardino upward-facing green arrow 86'
MF 7 Alberto Aquilani upward-facing green arrow 88'
Manager:
Cesare Prandelli

Man of the Match:
Andrea Pirlo (Italy)[28]

Assistant referees:
Carlos Astroza (Chile)
Sergio Román (Chile)
Fourth official:
Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)
Fifth official:
Redouane Achik (Morocco)

Brazil vs Mexico

Brazil 2–0 Mexico
Report
Attendance: 57,804
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Brazil[29]
Mexico[29]
GK 12 Júlio César
RB 2 Dani Alves Yellow card 76'
CB 3 Thiago Silva (c) Yellow card 44'
CB 4 David Luiz
LB 6 Marcelo
DM 17 Luiz Gustavo
CM 18 Paulinho
CM 11 Oscar downward-facing red arrow 62'
RW 19 Hulk downward-facing red arrow 78'
LW 10 Neymar
CF 9 Fred downward-facing red arrow 82'
Substitutions:
MF 8 Hernanes upward-facing green arrow 62'
MF 7 Lucas Moura upward-facing green arrow 78'
FW 21 upward-facing green arrow 82'
Manager:
Luiz Felipe Scolari
GK 12 José de Jesús Corona
RB 21 Hiram Mier
CB 2 Francisco Javier Rodríguez (c) Yellow card 90'
CB 15 Héctor Moreno
LB 20 Jorge Torres Nilo downward-facing red arrow 70'
CM 3 Carlos Salcido
CM 6 Gerardo Torrado downward-facing red arrow 88'
RW 22 Gerardo Flores downward-facing red arrow 58'
AM 10 Giovani dos Santos
LW 18 Andrés Guardado Yellow card 21'
CF 14 Javier Hernández
Substitutions:
MF 16 Héctor Herrera Yellow card 89' upward-facing green arrow 58'
MF 7 Pablo Barrera upward-facing green arrow 70'
FW 19 Raúl Jiménez upward-facing green arrow 88'
Manager:
José Manuel de la Torre

Man of the Match:
Neymar (Brazil)[30]

Assistant referees:
Michael Mullarkey (England)
Darren Cann (England)
Fourth official:
Enrique Osses (Chile)
Fifth official:
Carlos Astroza (Chile)

Italy vs Japan

Italy 4–3 Japan
Report
Italy[31]
Japan[31]
GK 1 Gianluigi Buffon (c) Yellow card 20'
RB 2 Christian Maggio downward-facing red arrow 59'
CB 15 Andrea Barzagli
CB 3 Giorgio Chiellini
LB 5 Mattia De Sciglio
DM 21 Andrea Pirlo
RM 18 Riccardo Montolivo
LM 16 Daniele De Rossi Yellow card 36'
AM 7 Alberto Aquilani downward-facing red arrow 30'
AM 22 Emanuele Giaccherini downward-facing red arrow 68'
CF 9 Mario Balotelli
Substitutions:
FW 10 Sebastian Giovinco upward-facing green arrow 30'
DF 20 Ignazio Abate upward-facing green arrow 59'
MF 8 Claudio Marchisio upward-facing green arrow 68'
Manager:
Cesare Prandelli
GK 1 Eiji Kawashima
RB 6 Atsuto Uchida downward-facing red arrow 73'
CB 22 Maya Yoshida
CB 15 Yasuyuki Konno Yellow card 90'
LB 5 Yuto Nagatomo
CM 17 Makoto Hasebe (c) Yellow card 52' downward-facing red arrow 90+2'
CM 7 Yasuhito Endō
RW 9 Shinji Okazaki
AM 4 Keisuke Honda
LW 10 Shinji Kagawa
CF 18 Ryoichi Maeda downward-facing red arrow 79'
Substitutions:
DF 21 Hiroki Sakai upward-facing green arrow 73'
FW 11 Mike Havenaar upward-facing green arrow 79'
MF 14 Kengo Nakamura upward-facing green arrow 90+2'
Manager:
Italy Alberto Zaccheroni

Man of the Match:
Shinji Kagawa (Japan)[32]

Assistant referees:
Hernán Maidana (Argentina)
Juan Pablo Belatti (Argentina)
Fourth official:
Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
Fifth official:
William Torres (El Salvador)

Italy vs Brazil

Italy 2–4 Brazil
Report
Italy[33]
Brazil[33]
GK 1 Gianluigi Buffon (c)
RB 20 Ignazio Abate downward-facing red arrow 30'
CB 19 Leonardo Bonucci
CB 3 Giorgio Chiellini
LB 5 Mattia De Sciglio
CM 18 Riccardo Montolivo downward-facing red arrow 26'
CM 7 Alberto Aquilani
RW 6 Antonio Candreva
AM 8 Claudio Marchisio Yellow card 40'
LW 23 Alessandro Diamanti downward-facing red arrow 72'
CF 9 Mario Balotelli
Substitutions:
MF 22 Emanuele Giaccherini upward-facing green arrow 26'
DF 2 Christian Maggio upward-facing green arrow 30'
FW 14 Stephan El Shaarawy upward-facing green arrow 72'
Manager:
Cesare Prandelli
GK 12 Júlio César
RB 2 Dani Alves
CB 3 Thiago Silva (c)
CB 4 David Luiz Yellow card 8' downward-facing red arrow 33'
LB 6 Marcelo
CM 8 Hernanes
CM 17 Luiz Gustavo Yellow card 44'
RW 19 Hulk downward-facing red arrow 76'
AM 11 Oscar
LW 10 Neymar Yellow card 28' downward-facing red arrow 69'
CF 9 Fred
Substitutions:
DF 13 Dante upward-facing green arrow 33'
MF 20 Bernard upward-facing green arrow 69'
MF 5 Fernando upward-facing green arrow 76'
Manager:
Luiz Felipe Scolari

Man of the Match:
Neymar (Brazil)[34]

Assistant referees:
Abduxamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan)
Bakhadyr Kochkarov (Kyrgyzstan)
Fourth official:
Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)
Fifth official:
Toru Sagara (Japan)

Japan vs Mexico

Japan 1–2 Mexico
Report
Japan[35]
Mexico[35]
GK 1 Eiji Kawashima
RB 21 Hiroki Sakai Yellow card 38' downward-facing red arrow 58'
CB 16 Yuzo Kurihara
CB 15 Yasuyuki Konno
LB 5 Yuto Nagatomo downward-facing red arrow 77'
CM 13 Hajime Hosogai
CM 7 Yasuhito Endō (c)
RW 9 Shinji Okazaki
AM 4 Keisuke Honda
LW 10 Shinji Kagawa
CF 18 Ryoichi Maeda downward-facing red arrow 65'
Substitutions:
DF 6 Atsuto Uchida upward-facing green arrow 58'
DF 22 Maya Yoshida upward-facing green arrow 65'
MF 14 Kengo Nakamura upward-facing green arrow 77'
Manager:
Italy Alberto Zaccheroni
GK 1 Guillermo Ochoa Yellow card 90+5'
RB 21 Hiram Mier
CB 4 Diego Reyes
CB 15 Héctor Moreno
LB 20 Jorge Torres Nilo
CM 6 Gerardo Torrado (c)
CM 17 Jesús Zavala
RW 10 Giovani dos Santos downward-facing red arrow 78'
LW 18 Andrés Guardado downward-facing red arrow 71'
CF 19 Raúl Jiménez downward-facing red arrow 90'
CF 14 Javier Hernández
Substitutions:
DF 3 Carlos Salcido upward-facing green arrow 71'
MF 7 Pablo Barrera upward-facing green arrow 78'
MF 11 Javier Aquino upward-facing green arrow 90'
Manager:
José Manuel de la Torre

Man of the Match:
Javier Hernández (Mexico)[36]

Assistant referees:
Mark Borsch (Germany)
Stefan Lupp (Germany)
Fourth official:
Howard Webb (England)
Fifth official:
Michael Mullarkey (England)

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15 June 2013
Brazil  3–0  Japan
16 June 2013
Mexico  1–2  Italy
19 June 2013
Brazil  2–0  Mexico
Italy  4–3  Japan
22 June 2013
Italy  Match 9  Brazil
Japan  Match 10  Mexico

Brazil will finish top if they avoid defeat against Italy.

Italy will finish top if they win against Brazil.

Group B

Group B of the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup took place from 16 to 23 June 2013 in Belo Horizonte's Mineirão, Fortaleza's Castelão, Recife's Arena Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro's, Maracanã and Salvador's Arena Fonte Nova.[1] The group consisted of Nigeria, Spain, Tahiti, and Uruguay.[2]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 3 0 0 15 1 +14 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Uruguay 3 2 0 1 11 3 +8 6
3  Nigeria 3 1 0 2 7 6 +1 3
4  Tahiti 3 0 0 3 1 24 −23 0
Source: FIFA

In the semi-finals:[3]

Matches

Spain vs Uruguay

Spain 2–1 Uruguay
Report


Spain[4]
Uruguay[4]
GK 1 Iker Casillas (c)
RB 17 Álvaro Arbeloa Yellow card 71'
CB 15 Sergio Ramos
CB 3 Gerard Piqué Yellow card 36'
LB 18 Jordi Alba
DM 16 Sergio Busquets
CM 8 Xavi downward-facing red arrow 77'
CM 6 Andrés Iniesta
RW 11 Pedro downward-facing red arrow 81'
LW 10 Cesc Fàbregas downward-facing red arrow 65'
CF 14 Roberto Soldado
Substitutions:
MF 20 Santi Cazorla upward-facing green arrow 65'
MF 4 Javi Martínez upward-facing green arrow 77'
MF 13 Juan Mata upward-facing green arrow 81'
Manager:
Vicente del Bosque
GK 1 Fernando Muslera
RB 16 Maxi Pereira
CB 2 Diego Lugano (c) Yellow card 41'
CB 3 Diego Godín
LB 22 Martín Cáceres
CM 5 Walter Gargano downward-facing red arrow 63'
CM 15 Diego Pérez downward-facing red arrow 69'
RW 18 Gastón Ramírez downward-facing red arrow 46'
LW 7 Cristian Rodríguez
CF 9 Luis Suárez
CF 21 Edinson Cavani Yellow card 27'
Substitutions:
MF 20 Álvaro González upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 14 Nicolás Lodeiro upward-facing green arrow 63'
FW 10 Diego Forlán upward-facing green arrow 69'
Manager:
Óscar Tabárez

Man of the Match:
Andrés Iniesta (Spain)[5]

Assistant referees:
Toru Sagara (Japan)
Toshiyuki Nagi (Japan)
Fourth official:
Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
Fifth official:
Sander van Roekel (Netherlands)

Tahiti vs Nigeria

Tahiti 1–6 Nigeria
Report
Tahiti[6]
Nigeria[6]
GK 23 Xavier Samin
CB 4 Teheivarii Ludivion
CB 10 Nicolas Vallar (c) downward-facing red arrow 54'
CB 17 Jonathan Tehau
RM 19 Vincent Simon downward-facing red arrow 78'
CM 7 Heimano Bourebare
CM 6 Henri Caroine
LM 16 Ricky Aitamai
RW 3 Marama Vahirua downward-facing red arrow 69'
LW 13 Steevy Chong Hue
CF 2 Alvin Tehau
Substitutions:
DF 8 Stephane Faatiarau upward-facing green arrow 54'
MF 11 Stanley Atani upward-facing green arrow 69'
DF 12 Edson Lemaire upward-facing green arrow 78'
Manager:
Eddy Etaeta
GK 1 Vincent Enyeama (c)
RB 5 Efe Ambrose
CB 2 Godfrey Oboabona
CB 22 Kenneth Omeruo Yellow card 41' downward-facing red arrow 74'
LB 3 Uwa Elderson Echiéjilé
RM 13 Fegor Ogude
CM 10 John Obi Mikel
LM 19 Sunday Mba downward-facing red arrow 57'
RF 20 Nnamdi Oduamadi
CF 14 Anthony Ujah downward-facing red arrow 52'
LF 7 Ahmed Musa
Substitutions:
FW 8 Ideye Brown upward-facing green arrow 52'
MF 4 John Ugochukwu upward-facing green arrow 57'
DF 6 Azubuike Egwuekwe upward-facing green arrow 74'
Manager:
Stephen Keshi

Man of the Match:
Nnamdi Oduamadi (Nigeria)[7]

Assistant referees:
William Torres (El Salvador)
Juan Zumba (El Salvador)
Fourth official:
Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
Fifth official:
Abduxamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan)

Spain vs Tahiti

Spain 10–0 Tahiti
Report

This game holds the record for the biggest margin of victory in a FIFA senior men's tournament. The previous record was nine goals which occurred three times: first when Hungary beat South Korea 9–0 at the 1954 FIFA World Cup; second when Yugoslavia defeated Zaire by the same score in 1974; and third when Hungary beat El Salvador 10–1 in 1982.[8]

Spain[9]
Tahiti[9]
GK 23 Pepe Reina
RB 5 César Azpilicueta
CB 15 Sergio Ramos (c) downward-facing red arrow 46'
CB 2 Raúl Albiol
LB 19 Nacho Monreal
CM 20 Santi Cazorla Yellow card 45' downward-facing red arrow 76'
CM 4 Javi Martínez
CM 21 David Silva
RF 13 Juan Mata downward-facing red arrow 69'
CF 9 Fernando Torres
LF 7 David Villa
Substitutions:
MF 22 Jesús Navas upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 10 Cesc Fàbregas upward-facing green arrow 69'
MF 6 Andrés Iniesta upward-facing green arrow 76'
Manager:
Vicente del Bosque
GK 1 Mickaël Roche
RB 16 Ricky Aitamai
CB 4 Teheivarii Ludivion
CB 10 Nicolas Vallar (c)
CB 17 Jonathan Tehau
LB 12 Edson Lemaire downward-facing red arrow 74'
CM 7 Heimano Bourebare downward-facing red arrow 69'
CM 6 Henri Caroine
RW 3 Marama Vahirua
LW 13 Steevy Chong Hue
CF 2 Alvin Tehau downward-facing red arrow 53'
Substitutions:
FW 9 Teaonui Tehau upward-facing green arrow 53'
MF 15 Lorenzo Tehau upward-facing green arrow 69'
DF 20 Yannick Vero upward-facing green arrow 74'
Manager:
Eddy Etaeta

Man of the Match:
Fernando Torres (Spain)[10]

Assistant referees:
Redouane Achik (Morocco)
Abdelhak Etchiali (Algeria)
Fourth official:
Felix Brych (Germany)
Fifth official:
Stefan Lupp (Germany)

Nigeria vs Uruguay

Nigeria 1–2 Uruguay
Report
Nigeria[11]
Uruguay[11]
GK 1 Vincent Enyeama (c)
RB 5 Efe Ambrose
CB 2 Godfrey Oboabona
CB 22 Kenneth Omeruo
LB 3 Uwa Elderson Echiéjilé
RM 4 John Ugochukwu downward-facing red arrow 66'
CM 10 John Obi Mikel
LM 13 Fegor Ogude
RF 20 Nnamdi Oduamadi downward-facing red arrow 45'
CF 8 Brown Ideye downward-facing red arrow 73'
LF 7 Ahmed Musa
Substitutions:
MF 15 Michel Babatunde Yellow card 60' upward-facing green arrow 45'
MF 19 Sunday Mba upward-facing green arrow 66'
FW 9 Joseph Akpala Yellow card 74' upward-facing green arrow 73'
Manager:
Stephen Keshi
GK 1 Fernando Muslera
CB 3 Diego Godín
CB 2 Diego Lugano (c) Yellow card 79'
CB 22 Martín Cáceres
RM 16 Maxi Pereira
CM 17 Egidio Arévalo
CM 20 Álvaro González
LM 7 Cristian Rodríguez downward-facing red arrow 88'
AM 10 Diego Forlán
CF 9 Luis Suárez downward-facing red arrow 83'
CF 21 Edinson Cavani
Substitutions:
DF 4 Sebastián Coates Yellow card 84' upward-facing green arrow 83'
MF 6 Álvaro Pereira upward-facing green arrow 88'
Manager:
Óscar Tabárez

Man of the Match:
Diego Forlán (Uruguay)[12]

Assistant referees:
Sander van Roekel (Netherlands)
Erwin Zeinstra (Netherlands)
Fourth official:
Pedro Proença (Portugal)
Fifth official:
Bertino Miranda (Portugal)

Nigeria vs Spain

Nigeria 0–3 Spain
Report
Nigeria[13]
Spain[13]
GK 1 Vincent Enyeama (c)
RB 5 Efe Ambrose
CB 2 Godfrey Oboabona
CB 22 Kenneth Omeruo downward-facing red arrow 12'
LB 3 Uwa Elderson Echiéjilé
RM 19 Sunday Mba downward-facing red arrow 63'
CM 10 John Obi Mikel
LM 13 Fegor Ogude
RF 9 Joseph Akpala downward-facing red arrow 71'
CF 8 Brown Ideye
LF 7 Ahmed Musa
Substitutions:
DF 6 Azubuike Egwuekwe upward-facing green arrow 12'
MF 4 John Ugochukwu upward-facing green arrow 63'
FW 11 Mohammed Gambo upward-facing green arrow 71'
Manager:
Stephen Keshi
GK 12 Víctor Valdés
RB 17 Álvaro Arbeloa
CB 3 Gerard Piqué
CB 15 Sergio Ramos
LB 18 Jordi Alba
DM 16 Sergio Busquets
CM 6 Andrés Iniesta
CM 8 Xavi (c)
RW 11 Pedro downward-facing red arrow 75'
LW 10 Cesc Fàbregas downward-facing red arrow 54'
CF 14 Roberto Soldado downward-facing red arrow 60'
Substitutions:
MF 21 David Silva upward-facing green arrow 54'
FW 9 Fernando Torres upward-facing green arrow 60'
FW 7 David Villa upward-facing green arrow 75'
Manager:
Vicente del Bosque

Man of the Match:
Jordi Alba (Spain)[14]

Assistant referees:
William Torres (El Salvador)
Juan Zumba (El Salvador)
Fourth official:
Diego Abal (Argentina)
Fifth official:
Hernán Maidana (Argentina)

Uruguay vs Tahiti

Uruguay 8–0 Tahiti
Report
Uruguay[15]
Tahiti[15]
GK 23 Martín Silva
RB 13 Matías Aguirregaray
CB 4 Sebastián Coates
LB 19 Andrés Scotti Yellow card 42' Yellow-red card 51'
DM 5 Walter Gargano
DM 15 Diego Pérez (c) Yellow card 84'
RM 8 Sebastián Eguren
LM 6 Álvaro Pereira
AM 14 Nicolás Lodeiro
AM 18 Gastón Ramírez downward-facing red arrow 69'
CF 11 Abel Hernández
Substitutions:
FW 9 Luis Suárez upward-facing green arrow 69'
Manager:
Óscar Tabárez
GK 22 Gilbert Meriel
RB 19 Vincent Simon
CB 17 Jonathan Tehau
CB 10 Nicolas Vallar (c) Yellow card 49'
CB 4 Teheivarii Ludivion Yellow card 8' Yellow-red card 59'
LB 16 Ricky Aitamai downward-facing red arrow 53'
CM 3 Marama Vahirua
CM 21 Samuel Hnanyine downward-facing red arrow 87'
RW 6 Henri Caroine
LW 13 Steevy Chong Hue Yellow card 66'
CF 15 Lorenzo Tehau downward-facing red arrow 71'
Substitutions:
DF 12 Edson Lemaire upward-facing green arrow 53'
MF 11 Stanley Atani upward-facing green arrow 71'
MF 18 Yohann Tihoni upward-facing green arrow 87'
Manager:
Eddy Etaeta

Man of the Match:
Abel Hernández (Uruguay)[16]

Assistant referees:
Bertino Miranda (Portugal)
José Trigo (Portugal)
Fourth official:
Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)
Fifth official:
Abdelhak Etchiali (Algeria)

References

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16 June 2013
Spain  2–1  Uruguay
17 June 2013
Tahiti  1–6  Nigeria
20 June 2013
Spain  10–0  Tahiti
Nigeria  1–2  Uruguay
23 June 2013
Nigeria  Match 11  Spain
Uruguay  Match 12  Tahiti

Spain will finish top of the group if:
1) They avoid defeat against Nigeria OR
2) They lose by less than 4 goals, and Uruguay fails to either:

A) defeat Tahiti by at least 'S' goals [where 12 minus (Spain's margin of defeat) = S] or
B) defeat Tahiti by S-1 goals and score at least 10 more goals than Spain

Spain will finish runners up if:
1) They lose to Nigeria by 4+ goals, and Uruguay fails to either:

A) defeat Tahiti by at least 'S' goals [where 12 minus (Spain's margin of defeat) = S] or
B) defeat Tahiti by S-1 goals and score at least 10 more goals than Spain; OR

2) They lose by less than 4 goals, and Uruguay completes either 'A' or 'B' [above]

Nigeria will finish top of the group if they beat Spain by 4+ goals AND Uruguay fail to win against Tahiti by at least 'N' goals [where 4 plus (Nigeria's margin of victory) = N]

Nigeria will qualify if:
1) They defeat Spain by at least 4 goals, OR
2) They defeat Spain by at least 'U' [where U = (Uruguay's margin of victory) minus 3], OR
3) They defeat Spain by U-1, and Uruguay fails to score at least 4 more goals than them (or fails to defeat Tahiti), OR
4) They draw against Spain, and Uruguay fails to defeat Tahiti; OR
5) Nigeria and Uruguay lose AND Nigeria's margin of defeat is no greater than 3 more than Uruguay's AND the total of the two margins of defeat is less than 19, or is 19 but Tahiti fails to score at least 7 more goals than Nigeria.

Uruguay will finish top of the group if they defeat Tahiti AND Nigeria defeats Spain AND the total margin of victory of the two games is 12 or greater, or is 11 and Uruguay scores at least 10 more goals than Spain AND Uruguay's margin of victory is at least 4 greater than Nigeria's

Uruguay will qualify if:
1) They defeat Tahiti, and Nigeria fails to defeat Spain, OR
2) They defeat Tahiti, Nigeria defeats Spain, and either:

A) the total margin of victory of the two games is 12 or greater, or
B) the total margin of victory of the tow games is 11 and Uruguay scores at least 10 more goals than Spain, OR

3) They defeat Tahiti, Nigeria defeats Spain, and Uruguay's margin of victory is at least 4 greater than Nigeria's, OR
4) They draw against Tahiti, and Spain defeats Nigeria, OR
5) Uruguay loses by 7 goals or less AND Nigeria loses AND Nigeria's margin of defeat is at least 4 greater than Uruguay's.

Tahiti will qualify if they defeat Uruguay by 8+ goals AND Spain defeats Nigeria AND the total margin of victory of the two games is 20 or greater, or is 19 and Tahiti scores at least 7 more goals than Nigeria.

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time shall be played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.[1]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
26 June – Belo Horizonte
 
 
Winner of Group A
 
30 June – Rio de Janeiro
 
Runner-up of Group B
 
Winner of Match 13
 
27 June – Fortaleza
 
Winner of Match 14
 
Winner of Group B
 
 
Runner-up of Group A
 
Third place
 
 
30 June – Salvador
 
 
Loser of Match 13
 
 
Loser of Match 14

All times listed are Brasília official time (UTC−03:00).[2]

Semi-finals

Winner of Group A Match 13 Runner-up of Group B

Winner of Group B Match 14 Runner-up of Group A

Third place play-off

Loser of Match 13 Match 15 Loser of Match 14

Final

Winner Match 13 Match 16 Winner Match 14

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Match ball

Adidas Cafusa — the official match ball of the tournament

The official match ball for the Cup is produced by Adidas. It was unveiled during the draw for the competition. The ball is named "Cafusa" (pronounced [kaˈfuˈza]) – a portmanteau of the words "Carnaval" (Carnival), "Futebol" (Football) and "Samba".[3] Former Brazil captain Cafu was invited to officially unveil the ball.[3]

Prize money

The competing national football associations will receive prize money from FIFA based on their representative team's final finishing position.

Competition stage Final position Prize money (US dollars)
Final Winner $4.1m
Runner-up $3.6m
Third place play-off Third place $3m
Fourth place $2.5m
Group stage Fifth to eighth place $1.7m

Source: [4]

Goal-line technology

The 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup is the first national team tournament to use goal-line technology. The IFAB officially approved the use of goal-line technology in July 2012, and was first used in a FIFA competition for the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup in December 2012. Having trialled both Hawk-Eye and GoalRef during the Club World Cup, FIFA announced on 2 April 2013 that the German company GoalControl had been chosen as the official goal-line technology provider for the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup.[5] Its system, GoalControl-4D, uses 14 high-speed cameras located around the pitch and directed at both goals.[6]

Protests

Prior to the opening ceremony at the Brasilia National Stadium on 15 June, demonstrations took place outside the stadium, organised by people unhappy with the amount of public money spent to enable the hosting of the FIFA World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics.[7] Police used tear gas and pepper spray to quell the protests.[8]

Protesters on the streets of Rio de Janeiro. Their sign translates to "If the ticket (price) doesn't drop, Rio is going to stop!"

The demonstrations were part of wider unrest and rioting in Brazilian cities due to a recent increase in bus fare prices and overall high level of inflation.[9][7] The Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff as well as FIFA president Sepp Blatter were heavily booed as they were announced to conduct their opening speeches.[10] Further protests took place the following day prior to the game between Mexico and Italy in Rio de Janeiro.[11][12]

As the protests intensified, with a reported participation of over a million people taking to the streets in a hundred different towns and cities,[13] reports in the Brazilian media suggested that FIFA was having to negotiate with the teams to keep them in Brazil and that the tournament could be abandoned.[14] However, a FIFA statement on 21 June insisted that "To date, neither FIFA nor the local organising committee have ever discussed any such possibility of cancelling the FIFA Confederations Cup".[15]

References

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  6. ^ "Fifa snubs Hawk-Eye in favour of German goalline technology". Guardian. 2 April 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
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  8. ^ "Brazil Maracana stadium protest ends in clashes". BBC News. 16 June 2013.
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  13. ^ "Brazil unrest: 'Million' join protests in 100 cities". BBC News. 21 June 2013.
  14. ^ "Protests could halt Confederations Cup - Brazilian media". Reuters. 21 June 2013.
  15. ^ "FIFA has not discussed cancelling Confederations Cup". Reuters. 21 June 2013.

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