2009 FIFA Confederations Cup
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Tournament details | |
Host country | South Africa |
Dates | 14 June – 28 June 2009 |
Teams | 8 (from 6 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Brazil (3rd title) |
Runners-up | United States |
Third place | Spain |
Fourth place | South Africa |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 44 (2.75 per match) |
Attendance | 584,894 (36,556 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Luís Fabiano (5 goals) |
Best player(s) | Kaká |
Best goalkeeper | Tim Howard |
Fair play award | Brazil |
The 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup was the eighth Confederations Cup, and was held in South Africa from 14 June to 28 June 2009, as a prelude to the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The draw was held on 22 November 2008 at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg. The opening match was played at Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg. The tournament was won by Brazil, who retained the trophy they won in 2005 by defeating the United States 3–2 in the final.
Qualified teams
Team | Confederation | Qualification method | Date qualification secured | Participation no. |
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South Africa | CAF | 2010 FIFA World Cup host | 15 May 2004 | 2nd |
Italy | UEFA | 2006 FIFA World Cup winner | 9 July 2006 | 1st |
United States | CONCACAF | 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup winner | 24 June 2007 | 4th |
Brazil | CONMEBOL | 2007 Copa América winner | 15 July 2007 | 6th |
Iraq | AFC | 2007 AFC Asian Cup winner | 29 July 2007 | 1st |
Egypt | CAF | 2008 Africa Cup of Nations winner | 10 February 2008 | 2nd |
Spain | UEFA | UEFA Euro 2008 winner | 29 June 2008 | 1st |
New Zealand | OFC | 2008 OFC Nations Cup winner | 19 November 2008 | 3rd |
Draw
The draw for the competition was held on 22 November 2008 at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg.[1] Each team was represented in the draw by its competitor in the Miss World 2008 competition, except for Iraq, which was represented by Miss World 2007, Zhang Zilin, from the People's Republic of China. The teams were divided into two pots:[2]
- Pot A: South Africa (automatically placed as Team A1), Brazil, Italy, Spain
- Pot B: Egypt, Iraq, New Zealand, United States
Teams from the same confederation were not drawn into the same group, therefore Egypt was drawn into Group B. Also as result, Italy and Spain were drawn into different groups.[3][4][5]
Match ball
The official match ball for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup was the Adidas Kopanya. The name means "join together" in Southern Sesotho, one of the 11 official languages of South Africa. The panel configuration of the ball is the same as that of the Teamgeist and Europass balls that came before it. The ball is white, accentuated with bold black lines and detailed with typical Ndebele designs in red, yellow, green and blue.[6]
Venues
Four cities served as the venues for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.[7]
Johannesburg | Pretoria | Bloemfontein | Rustenburg |
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Ellis Park Stadium | Loftus Versfeld Stadium | Free State Stadium | Royal Bafokeng Stadium |
Capacity: 62,567 | Capacity: 50,000 | Capacity: 48,000 | Capacity: 42,000 |
Originally, Port Elizabeth's Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium was also chosen as a venue. On 8 July 2008, however, Port Elizabeth withdrew as a host city because its stadium was deemed unlikely to meet the 30 March 2009 deadline for completion.[8] The Nelson Mandela Bay stadium was subsequently completed before the Confederations Cup and was opened on 7 June 2009. It acted as a venue for the 2009 British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa on 16 June. All of these stadia hosted matches during the Lions tour, but a minimum of nine days was allowed for pitch recovery between a rugby match and a Confederations Cup match.
All four venues were also used for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Match officials
The referees were announced on 5 May.[9] Two referee teams (led by Carlos Batres and Carlos Amarilla respectively) withdrew due to injuries. Replacements from the same confederation, led by Benito Archundia and Pablo Pozo, were selected.[10]
Confederation | Referee | Assistants |
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AFC | Matthew Breeze (Australia) | Matthew Cream (Australia) Ben Wilson (Australia) |
CAF | Coffi Codjia (Benin) | Komi Konyoh (Togo) Alexis Fassinou (Benin) |
CONCACAF | Benito Archundia (Mexico) | Marvin Torrentera (Mexico) Héctor Vergara (Canada) |
CONMEBOL | Pablo Pozo (Chile) | Patricio Basualto (Chile) Francisco Mondria (Chile) |
Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay) | Pablo Fandiño (Uruguay) Mauricio Espinosa (Uruguay) | |
OFC | Michael Hester (New Zealand) | Jan Hendrik-Hintz (New Zealand) Mark Rule (New Zealand) |
UEFA | Howard Webb (England) | Peter Kirkup (England) Mike Mullarkey (England) |
Martin Hansson (Sweden) | Henrik Andrén (Sweden) Fredrik Nilsson (Sweden) | |
Massimo Busacca (Switzerland) | Matthias Arnet (Switzerland) Francisco Buragina (Switzerland) |
Squads
Group stage
- Tie-breaking criteria
The ranking of each team in each group was determined as follows:[11]
a) greatest number of points obtained in all group matches;
b) goal difference in all group matches;
c) greatest number of goals scored in all group matches.
Had two or more teams been equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings would have been determined as follows:
d) greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
e) goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
f) greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned;
g) drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.
Group A
Group A of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup took place from 14 to 20 June 2009 in Bloemfontein's Free State Stadium, Johannesburg's Ellis Park Stadium, and Rustenburg's Royal Bafokeng Stadium.[12] The group consisted of Iraq, New Zealand, host nation South Africa, and Spain.[13]
Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | South Africa (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
3 | Iraq | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | |
4 | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 1 |
Matches
South Africa vs Iraq
South Africa | 0–0 | Iraq |
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New Zealand vs Spain
New Zealand | 0–5 | Spain |
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Spain vs Iraq
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South Africa vs New Zealand
South Africa | 2–0 | New Zealand |
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Iraq vs New Zealand
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Spain vs South Africa
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References
- ^ "Quedan listos Grupos de Copa Confederaciones". Fox Sports. 22 November 2008. Archived from the original on 11 June 2009. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
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- ^ "SA seeded for Confederations Cup". BBC Sport. 6 October 2008. Archived from the original on 26 May 2009. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
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- ^ "Host Cities". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 9 July 2008. Archived from the original on 8 July 2008. Retrieved 9 July 2008.
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suggested) (help) - ^ "Regulations FIFA Confederations Cup South Africa 2009" (PDF). FIFA.com. June 2008. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
- ^ "Match Schedule – FIFA Confederations Cup South Africa 2009" (PDF). FIFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-01-26.
- ^ "Let the games begin". FIFA. Archived from the original on 2008-12-10.
External links
14 June 2009 | ||
South Africa | 0–0 | Iraq |
New Zealand | 0–5 | Spain |
17 June 2009 | ||
Spain | 1–0 | Iraq |
South Africa | 2–0 | New Zealand |
20 June 2009 | ||
Iraq | 0–0 | New Zealand |
Spain | 2–0 | South Africa |
Group B
Group B of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup took place from 15 to 21 June 2009 in Bloemfontein's Free State Stadium, Johannesburg's Ellis Park Stadium, Pretoria's Loftus Versfeld Stadium and Rustenburg's Royal Bafokeng Stadium.[1] The group consisted of defending champions Brazil, Egypt, Italy, and the United States.[2]
Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | |
3 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | |
4 | Egypt | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 |
Matches
Brazil vs Egypt
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United States vs Italy
United States | 1–3 | Italy |
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United States vs Brazil
United States | 0–3 | Brazil |
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Egypt vs Italy
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Italy vs Brazil
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Egypt vs United States
Egypt | 0–3 | United States |
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References
- ^ "Match Schedule – FIFA Confederations Cup South Africa 2009" (PDF). FIFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-01-26.
- ^ "Let the games begin". FIFA. Archived from the original on 2008-12-10.
External links
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15 June 2009 | ||
Brazil | 4–3 | Egypt |
United States | 1–3 | Italy |
18 June 2009 | ||
United States | 0–3 | Brazil |
Egypt | 1–0 | Italy |
21 June 2009 | ||
Italy | 0–3 | Brazil |
Egypt | 0–3 | United States |
Knockout stage
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
24 June – Bloemfontein | ||||||
Spain | 0 | |||||
28 June – Johannesburg | ||||||
United States | 2 | |||||
United States | 2 | |||||
25 June – Johannesburg | ||||||
Brazil | 3 | |||||
Brazil | 1 | |||||
South Africa | 0 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
28 June – Rustenburg | ||||||
Spain (aet) | 3 | |||||
South Africa | 2 |
Semi-finals
Match for third place
Final
United States | 2–3 | Brazil |
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Dempsey 10' Donovan 27' |
Report | Luís Fabiano 46', 74' Lúcio 84' |
Awards
FIFA Fair Play Trophy | Golden Ball Winner | Golden Shoe Winner | Golden Glove Winner |
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Brazil | Kaká | Luís Fabiano | Tim Howard |
Silver Ball Winner | Silver Shoe Winner |
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Luís Fabiano | Fernando Torres |
Bronze Ball Winner | Bronze Shoe Winner |
Clint Dempsey | David Villa |
Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
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Statistics
Goalscorers
Luís Fabiano received the Golden Shoe award for scoring five goals. In total, 44 goals were scored by 27 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.
- 5 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
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- Own goal
- Andrea Dossena (for Brazil)
See also
References
- ^ "Users pick Top 11". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 30 June 2009. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
External links
- FIFA Confederations Cup South Africa 2009, FIFA.com
- 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Official Site (Archived)
- FIFA Technical Report
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