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2013 FIFA Confederations Cup
Copa das Confederações da FIFA
Brasil 2013[1]
Tournament details
Host countryBrazil
Dates15 June – 30 June
Teams8 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)6 (in 6 host cities)
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The 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup is an international association football tournament will be held in Brazil in 2013, as a prelude to the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[2] The tournament is expected to be held from 15 to 30 June 2013. Brazil are the defending champions.

As the competition partially overlaps 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.[3] However, the AFC decided that the match day will be adjusted only for Japan, the representative of AFC for the Confederations Cup.[4]

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.

Qualified teams

Team Confederation Qualification method Date qualification secured Participation No.
 Brazil CONMEBOL 2014 FIFA World Cup host 30 October 2007 7th
 Spain UEFA 2010 FIFA World Cup winner 11 July 2010 2nd
 Saudi Arabia AFC 2007 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
 Malaysia AFC 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup winner 29 December 2010 8nd

1Italy were awarded a spot in the competition because Spain had won both the 2010 FIFA World Cup and the 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 stadia are to be used, each in a different city.[5]

Belo Horizonte
Recife
Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto
(Mineirão)
Planned capacity: 62,547
(upgraded)
File:Copa do Mundo 2014-obras-estadios-cronograma-Copa-Mundo-2014-estadios 2014-Brasil 2014-cronograma Copa 2014-Mineirao-Belo Horizonte-mg.jpg
 Arena Pernambuco
Planned capacity: 44,248
(new stadium)
File:Pernambuco Arena.jpg
Brasília Rio de Janeiro
Estádio Nacional de Brasília
(Estádio Nacional)
Planned capacity: 70,064
(rebuilt)

 Estádio Mário Filho
(Maracanã)
Planned capacity: 76,804
(upgraded) [6]

Fortaleza Salvador
Estádio Plácido Aderaldo Castelo
(Castelão)
Planned capacity: 64,846
(upgraded)
File:Castelao Stadium.jpg
 Arena Fonte Nova
Planned capacity: 48,747
(rebuilt)
File:Copa-do-mundo-2014-todas-as-obras-dos-estadios-estao-dentro-do-cronograma.jpg

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.[7][8]

Teams from the same confederation are not drawn into the same group, therefore one team from UEFA and one team from CONMEBOL will be drawn in each group. Brazil and Spain have been automatically assigned respectively as A1 and B1, and therefore Italy and Uruguay will be assigned respectively to Group A and Group B.[9]

Match ball

The official match ball for the Cup was unveiled during the draw for the competition. It is named "Cafusa", a portmanteau of the words "Carnaval" (Carnival), "Futebol" (Football) and "Samba".[10] To officially introduce the ball, Brazilian ex-captain Cafu was invited.[10]

Group stage

All times listed are Brasília official time (UTC−03)

The official schedule, which is subject to change, was presented in Rio de Janeiro on 30 May 2012.[11]

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brazil Match 1 Japan
Mexico Match 2 Italy
Brazil Match 5 Mexico
Italy Match 6 Japan
Italy Match 9 Brazil
Japan Match 10 Mexico

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Uruguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Tahiti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Malaysia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spain Match 3 Uruguay
Tahiti Match 4 Malaysia
Spain Match 7 Tahiti
 MalaysiaMatch 8 Uruguay
 MalaysiaMatch 11 Spain
Uruguay Match 12 Tahiti

Knockout stage

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

Semi-finals

Winner Group A Match 13 Runner-up Group B
Winner Group B Match 14 Runner-up Group A

Third place play-off

Loser Match 13 Match 15 Loser Match 14

Final

Winner Match 13 Match 16 Winner Match 14

References

  1. ^ The Portuguese pronunciation is [ˈkɔpɐ dɐs kõfedɛɾɐˈsõjz dɐ ˈfifɐ bɾɐˈziw ˈdojz ˈmiw i ˈtɾezi] in Brazil's standard pronunciation.
  2. ^ "Plenty to look forward to in 2011". fifa.com. 2008-05-27. Retrieved 6 February 2013. The latter two events will provide the first two qualifiers for the FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013. And while that competition and the FIFA World Cup the country will organise 12 months later may seem a long way off, it is sure to come into sharper focus in July, when the Preliminary Draw for Brazil 2014 takes place in Rio de Janeiro. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "AFC asks FIFA to change Confed Cup dates". the-afc.com. 2011-01-31. Retrieved 6 February 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "43 in the fray for 2014 FWC qualifiers". Asian Football Confederation. March 23, 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  5. ^ "Acorn Media Group: Press Releases". FIFA.com. Retrieved 6 February 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "Cadeiras sao retiradas do Maracanã para conclusao da primeira etapa das obras pra a Copa do Mundo - Chairs are removed from Maracanã concluding the upgrading first step" (in Portuguese). Noticias.r7.com. 1990-01-06. Retrieved 6 February 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ "Draw that will decide the calendar of the 2014 FIFA World Cup matches will take place in Bahia in 2013". Copa2014.gov.br/en. 29 June 2012.
  8. ^ "Brazil drawn with Italy, Spain to meet Uruguay". FIFA.com. 1 December 2012.
  9. ^ "Draw Procedures: FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013" (PDF). FIFA.com.
  10. ^ a b "Adidas Cafusa launched at Brazil 2013 draw". Fifa.com. 1 December 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  11. ^ "FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013 match schedule presented in Rio de Janeiro". FIFA.com. 30 May 2012.
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