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2003 FIFA Confederations Cup
Coupe des Confédérations 2003
Tournament details
Host countryFrance
Dates18 June – 29 June
Teams8 (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 played16
Goals scored37 (2.31 per match)
Attendance491,700 (30,731 per match)
Top scorer(s)France Thierry Henry (4 goals)
Best player(s)France Thierry Henry
Fair play award Japan
← 2001
2005 →

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. France went on to win the trophy with a golden goal from Thierry Henry.

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.

Qualified teams

2003 FIFA Confederations Cup participating teams
Red – Participated in Group A
Blue – Participated in Group B
Team Confederation Qualification method Date qualification secured Participation no.
 France UEFA UEFA Euro 2000 winners
Hosts 		2 July 2000
24 September 2002 		2nd
 Brazil CONMEBOL 2002 FIFA World Cup winner 30 June 2002 4th
 Japan AFC 2000 AFC Asian Cup winner 29 October 2000 3rd
 Colombia CONMEBOL 2001 Copa América winner 29 July 2001 1st
 United States CONCACAF 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup winner 2 February 2002 3rd
 Cameroon CAF 2002 African Cup of Nations winner 10 February 2002 2nd
 Turkey UEFA 2002 FIFA World Cup third place1 29 June 2002 1st
 New Zealand OFC 2002 OFC Nations Cup winner 14 July 2002 2nd

1Germany, the 2002 FIFA World Cup runners-up, declined to take part as did Italy, the UEFA Euro 2000 runners-up. So did Spain, who were ranked second in the FIFA World Rankings at the time. They were replaced by Turkey, who came third in the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Bid process

Five bids came before the deadline at 1 May 2002. Australia, Portugal and the United States put in single bids, while South Africa–Egypt and France–Switzerland put in joint bids. The France–Switzerland bid never materialized.[1][2]

The host was selected on 24 September 2002, during a meeting of FIFA's Executive Committee.[3]

Venues

The matches were played in:

Saint-Denis Lyon Saint-Étienne
Stade de France Stade de Gerland Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Capacity: 80,000 Capacity: 41,200 Capacity: 36,000

Match officials

Squads

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

Group stage

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
New Zealand 0–3 Japan
Report Nakamura 12', 75'
Nakata 65'
Attendance: 36,038
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
France 1–0 Colombia
Henry 39' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 38,541
Colombia 3–1 New Zealand
López 58'
Yepes 75'
Hernández 85'		 Report de Gregorio 27'
Attendance: 22,811
France 2–1 Japan
Pirès 43' (pen.)
Govou 65'		 Report Nakamura 59'
Attendance: 33,070
France 5–0 New Zealand
Kapo 17'
Henry 20'
Cissé 71'
Giuly 90+1'
Pirès 90+3'		 Report
Attendance: 36,842
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
Japan 0–1 Colombia
Report Hernández 68'
Attendance: 24,541

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
 United States 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1
Turkey 2–1 United States
Okan Y. 40' (pen.)
Tuncay 73'		 Report Beasley 37'
Attendance: 16,944
Brazil 0–1 Cameroon
Report Eto'o 83'
Attendance: 46,719
Cameroon 1–0 Turkey
Geremi 90+1' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 43,743
Brazil 1–0 United States
Adriano 22' Report
Attendance: 20,306
Brazil 2–2 Turkey
Adriano 23'
Alex 90+3'		 Report Gökdeniz 53'
Okan Y. 81'
Attendance: 29,170
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
United States 0–0 Cameroon
Report
Attendance: 19,206

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
26 June - Lyon
 
 
 Cameroon1
 
29 June - Saint-Denis
 
 Colombia0
 
 Cameroon0
 
26 June - Saint-Denis
 
 France (a.e.t.)1
 
 France3
 
 
 Turkey2
 
Third place
 
 
28 June - Saint-Etienne
 
 
 Colombia1
 
 
 Turkey2

Semi-finals

Cameroon 1–0 Colombia
Ndiefi 9' Report
Attendance: 12,352
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
France 3–2 Turkey
Henry 11'
Pirès 26'
Wiltord 43'		 Report Gökdeniz 42'
Tuncay 48'
Attendance: 41,195

Third place play-off

Colombia 1–2 Turkey
Hernández 63' Report Tuncay 2'
Okan Y. 86'
Attendance: 18,237

Final

Main article: 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup Final
Cameroon 0–1
(a.e.t.)		 France
Report Henry gold-colored soccer ball 97'
Attendance: 51,985

Awards

Golden Ball Winner Golden Shoe Winner FIFA Fair Play Trophy
France Thierry Henry France Thierry Henry  Japan
Silver Ball Winner Silver Shoe Winner
Turkey Tuncay Şanlı Turkey Tuncay Şanlı
Bronze Ball Winner Bronze Shoe Winner
Cameroon Marc-Vivien Foé Japan Shunsuke Nakamura

Goalscorers

Thierry Henry received the Golden Shoe award for scoring four goals. In total, 37 goals were scored by 22 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.

Notes

  1. ^ "Egypt, South Africa gunning for 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup". panapress.com. 14 March 2002.
  2. ^ "USA bids to host 2003 Confederations Cup". socceramerica.com. 3 July 2002.
  3. ^ "FIFA Executive Committee designates France as hosts of 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup". FIFA. 24 September 2002.
  4. ^ Although four other players had three goals each, Tuncay received the Silver Shoe award as he was the only one of the five to have registered an assist in the competition.
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