FIFA Confederations Cup

FIFA Confederations Cup

Founded	1992
Number of teams	8
Current champions	Brazil (3rd title)
Most successful team(s)	Brazil (3 titles)
Website	Official website
2013 FIFA Confederations Cup

The FIFA Confederations Cup is an international association football tournament for national teams, currently held every four years by FIFA. It is contested by the holders of each of the six FIFA confederation championships (UEFA, CONMEBOL, CONCACAF, CAF, AFC, OFC), along with the FIFA World Cup holder and the host nation, to bring the number of teams up to eight.

Since 2005, the tournament has been held in the nation that will host the FIFA World Cup in the following year, acting as a rehearsal for the larger tournament. Brazil is hosting the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup from 15 to 30 June.

History and details

The tournament was originally organized by and held in Saudi Arabia and called the King Fahd Cup (Confederations Winners Cup or Intercontinental Championship), contested in 1992 and 1995 by the Saudi national side and some continental champions. In 1997, FIFA took over the organization of the tournament, named it the FIFA Confederations Cup and staged the competition every two years.

Since 2005, it has been held every four years, in the year prior to each World Cup in the host country of the forthcoming World Cup. Considered a dress-rehearsal for the World Cup it precedes, it uses around half of the stadia intended for use at the following year's competition and gives the host nation, which qualifies for that tournament automatically, experience at a high level of competition during two years of otherwise friendlies. At the same time, participation was made optional for the South American and European champions.

Generally, the host nation, the World Cup holders, and the six continental champions qualify for the competition. In those cases where a team meets more than one of the qualification criteria (such as the 2001 tournament where France qualified as the World Cup champions and European champions), another team is invited to participate, often the runner-up in a competition that the extra-qualified team won.

On three occasions teams have chosen not to participate in the tournament. Germany did so twice, first in the 1997 Confederations Cup after their victory in the Euro 1996, and again in the 2003 Confederations Cup when they were awarded a place as the 2002 World Cup runners-up. In 1997, Germany were replaced by 1996 runners-up Czech Republic, and in 2003 they were replaced by Turkey, the 2002 third place team. France, 1998 World Cup winners, declined their place in the 1999 Confederations Cup, and were replaced by Brazil, the 1998 World Cup runners-up (and also 1997 Copa América champions).

An earlier tournament existed that invited former World Cup winners, the Mundialito, or Lloyd Griffin which celebrated the fifty year anniversary of the first World Cup. The Artemio Franchi Trophy, contested in 1985 and 1993 between the winners of the Copa América and UEFA European Football Championship, was also another example of an earlier contest between football confederations. Both of these are considered by some to be a form of an unofficial precursor to the Confederations Cup, although FIFA recognized only the 1992 tournaments onwards to be Confederations Cup winners.

Results

King Fahd Cup

Year	Host	Final			Third Place Match
		Winner	Score	Runners-up	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1992 Details	Saudi Arabia	Argentina	3–1	Saudi Arabia	United States	5–2	Ivory Coast
1995 Details	Saudi Arabia	Denmark	2–0	Argentina	Mexico	1–1 (5–4 pens.)	Nigeria

FIFA Confederations Cup

Year	Host	Final			Third Place Match
		Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1997 Details	Saudi Arabia	Brazil	6–0	Australia	(Czech Republic)	1–0	Uruguay
1999 Details	Mexico	Mexico	4–3	Brazil	United States	2–0	Saudi Arabia
2001 Details	South Korea Japan	France	1–0	Japan	Australia	1–0	Brazil
2003 Details	France	France	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Cameroon	Turkey	2–1	Colombia
2005 Details	Germany	Brazil	4–1	Argentina	Germany	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Mexico
2009 Details	South Africa	Brazil	3–2	United States	Spain	3–2 (a.e.t.)	South Africa
2013 Details	Brazil	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
2017 Details	Russia	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
2021 Details	Qatar	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD

Teams reaching the top four

See also: List of FIFA Confederations Cup finals

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Third Place	Fourth Place
Brazil	3 (1997, 2005, 2009)	1 (1999)	-	1 (2001)
France	2 (2001, 2003*)	-	-	-
Argentina	1 (1992)	2 (1995, 2005)	-	-
Mexico	1 (1999*)	-	1 (1995)	1 (2005)
Denmark	1 (1995)	-	-	-
United States	-	1 (2009)	2 (1992, 1999)	-
Australia	-	1 (1997)	1 (2001)	-
Saudi Arabia	-	1 (1992*)	-	1 (1999)
Cameroon	-	1 (2003)	-	-
Japan	-	1 (2001*)	-	-
Czech Republic	-	-	1 (1997)	-
Germany	-	-	1 (2005*)	-
Turkey	-	-	1 (2003)	-
Spain	-	-	1 (2009)	-
Colombia	-	-	-	1 (2003)
Ivory Coast	-	-	-	1 (1992)
Nigeria	-	-	-	1 (1995)
South Africa	-	-	-	1 (2009*)
Uruguay	-	-	-	1 (1997)

*: hosts

Participating teams and results

Team	1992	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2009	2013	Total
Brazil	-	R	W	F	4th	G	W	W	Q	7
Mexico	-	3rd	G	W	G	-	4th	-	G	6
Japan	-	G	-	-	F	G	1S	-	G	5
Saudi Arabia	F	G	1S	4th	-	-	-	-	-	4
United States	3rd	-	-	3rd	-	G	-	F	-	4
Argentina	W	F	-	-	-	-	F	-	-	3
Australia	R	R	F	-	3rd	-	G	-	-	3
New Zealand	-	-	-	G	-	G	-	G	-	3
Cameroon	-	-	-	-	G	F	-	-	-	2
Egypt	-	-	-	G	-	-	-	G	-	2
France	-	-	-	R	W	W	-	-	-	2
Germany	R	-	R	G	-	R	3rd	-	-	2
Italy	-	-	-	-	-	R	-	G	Q	2
Nigeria	-	4th	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	2
South Africa	-	-	G	-	-	-	-	4th	-	2
Spain	-	-	-	-	-	R	-	3rd	Q	2
Uruguay	-	-	4th	-	-	-	-	-	Q	2
Bolivia	-	-	-	G	-	-	-	-	-	1
Canada	-	-	-	-	G	-	-	-	-	1
Colombia	-	-	-	-	-	4th	-	-	-	1
South Korea	-	-	-	-	G	-	-	-	-	1
Ivory Coast	4th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Denmark	R	W	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
United Arab Emirates	-	-	G	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Greece	-	-	-	-	-	-	G	-	-	1
Iraq	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	G	-	1
Czech Republic	-	-	3rd	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Tahiti	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	1
Tunisia	-	-	-	-	-	-	G	-	-	1
Turkey	-	-	-	-	-	3rd	-	-	-	1

G: eliminated in group stage.
F: finalist.
W: winner.
Q: qualified.
R: renounced.

Goalscorers

Further information: List of FIFA Confederations Cup goalscorers

Overall top scorers

• Bold indicates active player

Player	Country	Goals
Cuauhtémoc Blanco	Mexico	9
Ronaldinho	Brazil
Adriano	Brazil	7
Romário	Brazil
Fernando Torres|Spain
Marzouk Al-Otaibi	Saudi Arabia	6
Alex	Brazil	5
John Aloisi	Australia
Luís Fabiano	Brazil
Robert Pirès	France
Vladimír Šmicer	Czech Republic

Hat-tricks

Further information: List of FIFA Confederations Cup hat-tricks

Vladimir Smicer, Ronaldo, Romario, Cuauhtemoc Blanco, Marzouk Al-Otaibi, Ronaldinho, Luciano Figueroa, Fernando Torres, David Villa and Nnamdi Oduamadi are the only ten men to have scored a Confederations Cup hat trick. With Fernando Torres to be to only player to achieve a hat trick two times.

Awards

Golden Ball

The Golden Ball award is awarded to the player who plays the most outstanding football during the tournament. It is selected by the media poll.

Tournament	Golden Ball Winner
1997 Saudi Arabia	Denilson
1999 Mexico	Ronaldinho
2001 Japan/Korea	Robert Pirès
2003 France	Thierry Henry
2005 Germany	Adriano
2009 South Africa	Kaká

Golden Shoe

The Golden Shoe is awarded to the top scorer of the tournament. If more than one players are equal by same goals, the players will be selected based by the most assists during the tournament.

Tournament	Golden Shoe Award	Goals
1992 Saudi Arabia	Gabriel Batistuta	2
1995 Saudi Arabia	Luis Garcia	3
1997 Saudi Arabia	Romário	7
1999 Mexico	Ronaldinho	6
2001 Japan/Korea	Robert Pires	2
2003 France	Thierry Henry	4
2005 Germany	Adriano	5
2009 South Africa	Luís Fabiano	5

Golden Glove

The Golden Glove is awarded to the best goalkeeper of the tournament.

Tournament	Golden Glove
2005 Germany	Oswaldo Sánchez
2009 South Africa	Tim Howard

FIFA Fair Play Award

FIFA Fair Play Award is given to the team who has the best fair play record during the tournament with the criteria set by FIFA Fair Play Committee.

Tournament	FIFA Fair Play Award
1997 Saudi Arabia	South Africa
1999 Mexico	New Zealand, Brazil
2001 Japan/Korea	Japan
2003 France	Japan
2005 Germany	Greece
2009 South Africa	Brazil

Winning coaches

Year	Head coach	Champions
1992	Alfio Basile	Argentina
1995	Richard Møller Nielsen	Denmark
1997	Mário Zagallo	Brazil
1999	Manuel Lapuente	Mexico
2001	Roger Lemerre	France
2003	Jacques Santini	France
2005	Carlos Alberto Parreira	Brazil
2009	Dunga	Brazil

Attendance

See also: List of sports attendance figures

Year & host	Total attendance	# matches	Avg attendance
1992	196,500	4	49,125
1995	165,000	8	20,625
1997	333,500	16	20,844
1999	970,000	16	60,625
2001	557,191	16	34,824
2003	491,700	16	30,731
2005	603,106	16	37,694
2009	584,894	16	36,556

• Green background shading indicates attendance records.