2005 FIFA Confederations Cup

2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
Konföderationen-Pokal 2005
Tournament details
Host country Germany
Dates 15 June – 29 June
Teams 8 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s) 5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Brazil (2nd title)
Runners-up  Argentina
Third place  Germany
Fourth place  Mexico
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 56 (3.5 per match)
Attendance 603,106 (37,694 per match)
Top scorer(s) Brazil Adriano (5 goals)
Best player Brazil Adriano

The 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup football tournament was the seventh FIFA Confederations Cup. It was held in Germany between 15 June and 29 June 2005, as a prelude to the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The tournament was won by 2002 FIFA World Cup winners Brazil, who defeated Argentina 41 in the final Waldstadion in Frankfurt. The final was a rematch of the Copa América final also won by Brazil. It was Brazil's second win at the Confederations Cup.

Qualified teams

2005 FIFA Confederations Cup participating teams
Team Confederation Qualification method Date qualification secured Participation no.
 Germany UEFA 2006 FIFA World Cup host 7 July 2000 2nd
 Brazil CONMEBOL 2002 FIFA World Cup winner 30 June 2002 5th
 Mexico CONCACAF 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup winner 27 July 2003 5th
 Tunisia CAF 2004 African Cup of Nations winner 14 February 2004 1st
 Greece UEFA UEFA Euro 2004 winner 4 July 2004 1st
 Argentina CONMEBOL 2004 Copa América runners-up1 25 July 2004 3rd
 Japan AFC 2004 AFC Asian Cup winners 7 August 2004 4th
 Australia OFC 2004 OFC Nations Cup winners 12 October 2004 3rd

1Argentina were awarded a spot in the competition because Brazil had won both the 2002 FIFA World Cup and the 2004 Copa América. Since both competitions award their winners a place in the Confederations Cup, the runners-up in the Copa América 2004 were called to play.[1]

Venues

Frankfurt Cologne Hanover Leipzig Nuremberg
Commerzbank-Arena RheinEnergieStadion AWD-Arena Zentralstadion Frankenstadion
Capacity: 48,132 Capacity: 46,120 Capacity: 44,652 Capacity: 44,200 Capacity: 41,926
  • ^1 As the Waldstadion.

Originally, Kaiserslautern's Fritz-Walter-Stadion was also intended as a venue. However, on 27 May 2004, city authorities withdrew from the bidding process, citing added costs to complete the stadium on time as the reason for the withdrawal.[2]

All five venues were reused for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Match officials

Confederation Referee Assistants
AFC Shamsul Maidin (Singapore) Prachya Permpanich (Thailand)
Bengech Allaberdyev (Turkmenistan)
CAF Mourad Daami (Tunisia) Taoufik Adjengui (Tunisia)
Ali Tomusange (Uganda)
CONCACAF Peter Prendergast (Jamaica) Anthony Garwood (Jamaica)
Joseph Taylor (Trinidad and Tobago)
CONMEBOL Carlos Chandía (Chile) Cristian Julio (Chile)
Mario Vargas (Chile)
Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay) Amelio Andino (Paraguay)
Manuel Bernal (Paraguay)
OFC Matthew Breeze (Australia) Matthew Cream (Australia)
Jim Ouliaris (Australia)
UEFA Herbert Fandel (Germany) Carsten Kadach (Germany)
Volker Wezel (Germany)
Roberto Rosetti (Italy) Alessandro Griselli (Italy)
Cristiano Copelli (Italy)
Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia) Roman Slyško (Slovakia)
Martin Balko (Slovakia)

Squads

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Germany 3 2 1 0 9 5 +4 7
 Argentina 3 2 1 0 8 5 +3 7
 Tunisia 3 1 0 2 3 5 2 3
 Australia 3 0 0 3 5 10 5 0
15 June 2005
Argentina 2–1 Tunisia
Germany 4–3 Australia
18 June 2005
Tunisia 0–3 Germany
Australia 2–4 Argentina
21 June 2005
Australia 0–2 Tunisia
Argentina 2–2 Germany

Group B

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Mexico 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 7
 Brazil 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 4
 Japan 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
 Greece 3 0 1 2 0 4 4 1
16 June 2005
Japan 1–2 Mexico
Brazil 3–0 Greece
19 June 2005
Greece 0–1 Japan
Mexico 1–0 Brazil
22 June 2005
Greece 0–0 Mexico
Japan 2–2 Brazil

Knockout stage

Semi-finals Final
25 June - Nuremberg
  Germany  2  
  Brazil  3  
 
29 June - Frankfurt
      Brazil  4
    Argentina  1
Third place
26 June - Hanover 29 June - Leipzig
  Mexico  1 (5)   Germany (aet)  4
  Argentina (pen.)  1 (6)     Mexico  3

Semi-finals

25 June 2005
18:00 CEST
Germany  2–3  Brazil
Podolski  23'
Ballack  45+3' (pen.)
Report Adriano  21', 76'
Ronaldinho  43' (pen.)
Frankenstadion, Nuremberg
Attendance: 42,187
Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)

Third place play-off

29 June 2005
18:00 CEST
Germany  4–3 (a.e.t.)  Mexico
Podolski  37'
Schweinsteiger  41'
Huth  79'
Ballack  97'
Report Fonseca  40'
Borgetti  58', 85'
Zentralstadion, Leipzig
Attendance: 43,335
Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)

Final

29 June 2005
20:45 CEST
Brazil  4–1  Argentina
Adriano  11', 63'
Kaká  16'
Ronaldinho  47'
Report Aimar  65'
Waldstadion, Frankfurt
Attendance: 45,591
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Awards

Golden Ball winner Golden Shoe winner
Brazil Adriano Brazil Adriano
Silver Ball winner Silver Shoe winner
Argentina Riquelme Germany Michael Ballack
Bronze Ball winner Bronze Shoe winner
Brazil Ronaldinho Australia John Aloisi
FIFA Fair Play Trophy
 Greece

Goalscorers

Adriano received the Golden Shoe award for scoring five goals.[3] In total, 56 goals were scored by 29 different players, with none credited as own goals.[4]

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals

1 goal

References

  1. "Argentina seal sixth FIFA Confederations Cup berth". FIFA.com (Fédération Internationale de Football Association). 22 July 2004. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  2. "Kaiserslautern declines Confederations Cup role". FIFA.com (Fédération Internationale de Football Association). 27 May 2004. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  3. "Awards". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  4. "Statistics – Players - Top goals". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 24 August 2014.

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