2003 FIFA Confederations Cup

2003 FIFA Confederations Cup
Coupe des Confédérations 2003

Tournament details
Host country	France
Dates	18 June – 29 June
Teams	8 (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 played	16
Goals scored	37 (2.31 per match)
Attendance	491,700 (30,731 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Thierry Henry (4 goals)
Best player	Thierry Henry

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

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

Africa

Coffi Codjia

Asia

Masoud Moradi

Europe

North America, Central America and Caribbean

Carlos Batres

Oceania

Mark Shield

South America

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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	3	0	8	1	+7	9
Colombia	3	2	1	4	2	+2	6
Japan	3	1	2	4	3	+1	3
New Zealand	3	0	3	1	11	−10	0

New Zealand v Japan

18 June 2003
18:00 CEST

New Zealand	0–3	Japan
	Report	Nakamura 12', 75' Nakata 65'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 36,038
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

France v Colombia

18 June 2003
21:00 CEST

France	1–0	Colombia
Henry 39' (pen.)	Report

Stade de Gerland, Lyon
Attendance: 38,541
Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

Colombia v New Zealand

20 June 2003
19:00 CEST

Colombia	3–1	New Zealand
López 58' Yepes 75' Hernández 85'	Report	de Gregorio 27'

Stade de Gerland, Lyon
Attendance: 22,811
Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

France v Japan

20 June 2003
21:00 CEST

France	2–1	Japan
Pirès 43' (pen.) Govou 65'	Report	Nakamura 59'

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne
Attendance: 33,070
Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

France v New Zealand

22 June 2003
21:00 CEST

France	5–0	New Zealand
Kapo 17' Henry 20' Cissé 71' Giuly 90+1' Pirès 90+3'	Report

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 36,842
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)

Japan v Colombia

22 June 2003
21:00 CEST

Japan	0–1	Colombia
	Report	Hernández 68'

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne
Attendance: 24,541
Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

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 v United States

19 June 2003
19:00 CEST

Turkey	2–1	United States
Okan Y. 40' (pen.) Tuncay 73'	Report	Beasley 37'

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne
Attendance: 16,944
Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

Brazil v Cameroon

19 June 2003
21:00 CEST

Brazil	0–1	Cameroon
	Report	Eto'o 83'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 46,719
Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

Cameroon v Turkey

21 June 2003
19:00 CEST

Cameroon	1–0	Turkey
Geremi 90+1' (pen.)	Report

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 43,743
Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

Brazil v United States

21 June 2003
21:00 CEST

Brazil	1–0	United States
Adriano 22'	Report

Stade de Gerland, Lyon
Attendance: 20,306
Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

Brazil v Turkey

23 June 2003
21:00 CEST

Brazil	2–2	Turkey
Adriano 23' Alex 90+3'	Report	Gökdeniz 53' Okan Y. 81'

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne
Attendance: 29,170
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

United States v Cameroon

23 June 2003
21:00 CEST

United States	0–0	Cameroon
	Report

Stade de Gerland, Lyon
Attendance: 19,206
Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

Knockout stage

Semi-finals			Final

26 June - Lyon
Cameroon	1
Colombia	0

			29 June - Saint-Denis
			Cameroon	0
			France (a.e.t.)	1


			Third place
26 June - Saint-Denis		28 June - Saint-Etienne
France	3	Colombia	1
Turkey	2		Turkey	2

Semi-finals

Cameroon v Colombia

26 June 2003
18:00 CEST

Cameroon	1–0	Colombia
Ndiefi 9'	Report

Stade de Gerland, Lyon
Attendance: 12,352
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

France v Turkey

26 June 2003
21:00 CEST

France	3–2	Turkey
Henry 11' Pirès 26' Wiltord 43'	Report	Gökdeniz 42' Tuncay 48'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 41,195
Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

Third place play-off

Colombia v Turkey

28 June 2003
18:00 CEST

Colombia	1–2	Turkey
Hernández 63'	Report	Tuncay 2' Okan Y. 86'

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne
Attendance: 18,237
Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

Final

Main article: 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup Final

Cameroon v France

29 June 2003
21:00 CEST

Cameroon	0–1 (a.e.t.)	France
	Report	Henry 97'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 51,985
Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

Awards

Golden Ball Winner	Golden Shoe Winner	FIFA Fair Play Trophy
Thierry Henry	Thierry Henry	Japan

Silver Ball Winner	Silver Shoe Winner
Tuncay Şanlı	Tuncay Şanlı
Bronze Ball Winner	Bronze Shoe Winner
Marc-Vivien Foé	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.

4 goals

Thierry Henry

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 goal (cont.)

Notes

↑ "Egypt, South Africa gunning for 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup". panapress.com. 14 March 2002.
↑ "USA bids to host 2003 Confederations Cup". socceramerica.com. 3 July 2002.
↑ "FIFA Executive Committee designates France as hosts of 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup". FIFA. 24 September 2002.
↑ 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.

External links

FIFA Confederations Cup France 2003, FIFA.com
2003 FIFA Confederations Cup Official Site (Archived)
FIFA Technical Report (Part 1), (Part 2) and (Part 3)

2003 FIFA Confederations Cup finalists

France

Eliminated in the
group stage

Group A	Japan New Zealand

Group B	Brazil United States

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