2003 FIFA Confederations Cup

2003 FIFA Confederations CupCoupe des Confédérations 2003

Tournament details
Host country| France
Dates| 18–29 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(s)|  Thierry Henry
Fair play award|  Japan

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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. 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.

This was the last Confederations Cup that did not serve as a warm-up event to the FIFA World Cup.

## Qualified teams

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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.

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France | UEFA | UEFA Euro 2000 winners
Hosts  | 2 July 2000
24 September 2002  | 2nd
Brazil | CONMEBOL | 2002 FIFA World Cup winners  | 30 June 2002  | 4th
Japan | AFC | 2000 AFC Asian Cup winners  | 29 October 2000  | 3rd
Colombia | CONMEBOL | 2001 Copa América winners  | 29 July 2001  | 1st
United States | CONCACAF | 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners  | 2 February 2002  | 3rd
Cameroon | CAF | 2002 African Cup of Nations winners  | 10 February 2002  | 2nd
Turkey | UEFA | 2002 FIFA World Cup third place1 | 22 October 2002[1] | 1st
New Zealand | OFC | 2002 OFC Nations Cup winners  | 14 July 2002  | 2nd

1Italy, the UEFA Euro 2000 runners-up, declined to take part as did Germany, the 2002 FIFA World Cup 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.[1]

## Bid process

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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.[2][3]

The host was selected on 24 September 2002, during a meeting of the FIFA Executive Committee.[4]

## Venues

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The matches were played in:

Paris (Saint-Denis) | Lyon | Saint-Étienne

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Stade de France | Stade de Gerland | Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
48°55′28″N 2°21′36″E﻿ / ﻿48.92444°N 2.36000°E﻿ / 48.92444; 2.36000﻿ (Stade de France) | 45°43′26″N 4°49′56″E﻿ / ﻿45.72389°N 4.83222°E﻿ / 45.72389; 4.83222﻿ (Stade de Gerland) | 45°27′38.76″N 4°23′24.42″E﻿ / ﻿45.4607667°N 4.3901167°E﻿ / 45.4607667; 4.3901167﻿ (Stade Geoffroy-Guichard)
Capacity: 80,000 | Capacity: 41,200 | Capacity: 36,000
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Saint-Denis

Lyon

Saint-Étienne

## Match officials

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Africa

* Coffi Codjia (Benin)

Asia

* Masoud Moradi (Iran)

Europe

* Lucílio Batista (Portugal)
* Valentin Ivanov (Russia)
* Markus Merk (Germany)

North America, Central America and Caribbean

* Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

Oceania

* Mark Shield (Australia)

South America

* Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)
* Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

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## Squads

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Main article: 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup squads

## Group stage

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### Group A

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Main article: 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A

Team  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | GF  | GA  | GD  | Pts

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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

18 June 2003

18:00 CEST

New Zealand | 0–3|  Japan

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| Report | Nakamura 12', 75'
Nakata 65'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 36,038

Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

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18 June 2003

21:00 CEST

France | 1–0|  Colombia

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Henry 39' (pen.) | Report |

Stade de Gerland, Lyon

Attendance: 38,541

Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

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20 June 2003

19:00 CEST

Colombia | 3–1|  New Zealand

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López 58'
Yepes 75'
Hernández 85' | Report | De Gregorio 27'

Stade de Gerland, Lyon

Attendance: 22,811

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

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20 June 2003

21:00 CEST

France | 2–1|  Japan

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Pires 43' (pen.)
Govou 65' | Report | Nakamura 59'

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne

Attendance: 33,070

Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

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22 June 2003

21:00 CEST

France | 5–0|  New Zealand

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Kapo 17'
Henry 20'
Cissé 71'
Giuly 90+1'
Pires 90+3' | Report |

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 36,842

Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)

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22 June 2003

21:00 CEST

Japan | 0–1|  Colombia

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| Report | Hernández 68'

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne

Attendance: 24,541

Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

### Group B

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Main article: 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup Group B

Team  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | GF  | GA  | GD  | Pts

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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

19 June 2003

19:00 CEST

Turkey | 2–1|  United States

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Okan Y. 40' (pen.)
Tuncay Ş. 71' | Report | Beasley 37'

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne

Attendance: 16,944

Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

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19 June 2003

21:00 CEST

Brazil | 0–1|  Cameroon

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| Report | Eto'o 83'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 46,719

Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

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21 June 2003

19:00 CEST

Cameroon | 1–0|  Turkey

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Geremi 90+1' (pen.) | Report |

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 43,743

Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

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21 June 2003

21:00 CEST

Brazil | 1–0|  United States

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Adriano 22' | Report |

Stade de Gerland, Lyon

Attendance: 20,306

Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

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23 June 2003

21:00 CEST

Brazil | 2–2|  Turkey

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Adriano 23'
Alex 90+3' | Report | Gökdeniz 53'
Okan Y. 81'

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne

Attendance: 29,170

Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

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23 June 2003

21:00 CEST

United States | 0–0|  Cameroon

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| Report |

Stade de Gerland, Lyon

Attendance: 19,206

Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

## Knockout stage

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Main article: 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup knockout stage

| Semi-finals| | Final

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| 26 June - Lyon| |

|  Cameroon| 1

| 29 June - Saint-Denis

|  Colombia| 0 |

|  Cameroon| 0

| 26 June - Saint-Denis

| |  France (asdet)| 1

|  France| 3

|  Turkey| 2 |

| Third place

| 28 June - Saint-Étienne

|  Colombia| 1

|  Turkey| 2

### Semi-finals

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26 June 2003

18:00 CEST

Cameroon | 1–0|  Colombia

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Ndiefi 9' | Report |

Stade de Gerland, Lyon

Attendance: 12,352

Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

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26 June 2003

21:00 CEST

France | 3–2|  Turkey

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Henry 11'
Pires 26'
Wiltord 43' | Report | Gökdeniz 42'
Tuncay Ş. 48'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 41,195

Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

### Third place play-off

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28 June 2003

18:00 CEST

Colombia | 1–2|  Turkey

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Hernández 63' | Report | Tuncay Ş. 2'
Okan Y. 86'

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne

Attendance: 18,237

Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

### Final

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Main article: 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup final

29 June 2003

21:00 CEST

Cameroon | 0–1 (a.e.t./g.g.)|  France

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| Report | Henry 97'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 51,985

Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

## Awards

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### Golden Ball

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The Golden Ball award is given to the tournament's best player, as voted by the media.

Awards  | Golden Ball  | Silver Ball  | Bronze Ball

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Players  | Thierry Henry | Tuncay Şanlı | Marc-Vivien Foé
Team  |  France |  Turkey |  Cameroon
Votes  | 28% | 15% | 7%

### Golden Shoe

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The Golden Shoe award is given to the tournament's top goalscorer.

Awards  | Golden Shoe  | Silver Shoe  | Bronze Shoe

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Players  | Thierry Henry | Tuncay Şanlı[a] | Shunsuke Nakamura[b]
Team  |  France |  Turkey |  Japan
Goals  | 4 | 3 | 3

1. ^ Although four other players had three goals each, Tuncay Şanlı received the Silver Shoe award as he was the only one of the five to have registered an assist in the competition.
2. ^ Lowest number of minutes played (170). Giovanni Hernández, Robert Pires and Okan Yılmaz also produced/recorded three goals and zero assists.

### FIFA Fair Play Award

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FIFA presents the Fair Play Award to the team with the best fair play record, according to a points system and criteria established by the FIFA Fair Play Committee.

FIFA Fair Play Award

Team  |  Japan
Total  | 895
Matches played  | 3
Maximum  | 1,000

Source: FIFA[5]

## Statistics

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### Goalscorers

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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

* Giovanni Hernández
* Robert Pires
* Shunsuke Nakamura
* Tuncay Şanlı
* Okan Yılmaz

2 goals

* Adriano
* Gökdeniz Karadeniz

1 goal

* Alex
* Samuel Eto'o
* Geremi
* Pius Ndiefi
* Jorge López
* Mario Yepes
* Djibril Cissé
* Ludovic Giuly
* Sidney Govou
* Olivier Kapo
* Sylvain Wiltord
* Hidetoshi Nakata
* Raf de Gregorio
* DaMarcus Beasley

### Tournament ranking

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Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos | Grp | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result

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1  | A |  France (H) | 5  | 5  | 0  | 0  | 12  | 3  | +9  | 15  | Champions
2  | B |  Cameroon | 5  | 3  | 1  | 1  | 3  | 1  | +2  | 10  | Runners-up
3  | B |  Turkey | 5  | 2  | 1  | 2  | 8  | 8  | 0  | 7  | Third place
4  | A |  Colombia | 5  | 2  | 0  | 3  | 5  | 5  | 0  | 6  | Fourth place
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5  | B |  Brazil | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 3  | 3  | 0  | 4  | Eliminated in
group stage
6  | A |  Japan | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 4  | 3  | +1  | 3
7  | B |  United States | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 1  | 3  | −2  | 1
8  | A |  New Zealand | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 1  | 11  | −10  | 0

Source: FIFA[6]
(H) Hosts

## References

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1. ^ a b Turkey accept Confederations Cup invitation
2. ^ "Egypt, South Africa gunning for 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup". panapress.com. 14 March 2002.
3. ^ "USA bids to host 2003 Confederations Cup". socceramerica.com. 3 July 2002.
4. ^ "FIFA Executive Committee designates France as hosts of 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup". FIFA. 24 September 2002. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
5. ^ "FIFA Confederations Cup official awards". Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Paris. 29 June 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2003. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
6. ^ "Statistical Kit: FIFA Confederations Cup (FCC 2017 post-event edition) – Ranking by tournament" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 10 July 2017. p. 21\. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.

## External links

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* FIFA Confederations Cup France 2003, FIFA.com
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* FIFA Confederations Cup France 2003 Regulations

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