The 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup was the fifth FIFA Confederations Cup and the third to be organized by FIFA. It was also the first in which the original hosts, Saudi Arabia, did not participate (they were the nation who founded the tournament, previously known as the King Fahd Cup). The tournament was played from 30 May to 10 June 2001, and co-hosted by South Korea and Japan, who were also hosts for the 2002 FIFA World Cup finals; as such, this was the first edition of the FIFA Confederations Cup that served as preparation for the World Cup the following year, although this idea would not be formalized until the 2005 edition. It was won by France, beating hosts Japan 1–0, with a goal from Patrick Vieira.
By winning the tournament along with the 1998 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2000, France became the second team to simultaneously be World Cup champions, continental champions, and Confederations Cup winners, after Brazil in 1997.
The eight teams were split into two groups of four, in which each team played each of the others once, with the top two in each group advancing to the semi-finals.
Qualified teams
TeamConfederationQualification methodDate qualification securedParticipation no.AFCCo-hosts31 May 19961stAFCCo-hosts and 2000 AFC Asian Cup winners31 May 19962ndUEFA1998 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2000 winners12 July 19981stCONMEBOL1999 Copa América winners18 July 19993rdCAF2000 African Cup of Nations winners13 February 20001stCONCACAF2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners27 February 20001stOFC2000 OFC Nations Cup winners28 June 20002ndCONCACAF1999 FIFA Confederations Cup winners2 July 20004th
Venues South KoreaDaeguUlsanSuwonDaegu World Cup StadiumUlsan Munsu Football StadiumSuwon World Cup StadiumCapacity: 68,014Capacity: 43,550Capacity: 43,188 JapanYokohamaIbarakiNiigataInternational Stadium YokohamaKashima Soccer StadiumNiigata StadiumCapacity: 72,327Capacity: 40,728Capacity: 42,300
Match referees
Africa Gamal Al-Ghandour Felix Tangawarima Asia Ali Bujsaim Lu Jun Europe Hugh Dallas Hellmut Krug Kim Milton Nielsen
North America, Central America and Caribbean Benito Archundia Carlos Batres Oceania Simon Micallef South America Byron Moreno Óscar Ruiz
Squads
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
Awards Golden BallGolden ShoeFIFA Fair Play Trophy Robert Pires Robert PiresSilver BallSilver Shoe Patrick Vieira Eric CarrièreBronze BallBronze Shoe Hidetoshi Nakata Hwang Sun-hong
Statistics
Goalscorers A total of 31 goals were scored by 24 different players. None of them are credited as an own goal.
2 goals
Shaun Murphy Eric Carrière Robert Pires Patrick Vieira Sylvain Wiltord Takayuki Suzuki Hwang Sun-hong
1 goal
Josip Skoko Clayton Zane Washington Carlos Miguel Ramon Menezes Bernard Tchoutang Patrick M'Boma Steve Marlet Nicolas Anelka Youri Djorkaeff Marcel Desailly Shinji Ono Akinori Nishizawa Hiroaki Morishima Hidetoshi Nakata Yoo Sang-chul Víctor Ruiz
Tournament ranking
References
External links
FIFA Confederations Cup Korea/Japan 2001, FIFA.com 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup Official Site (Archived) FIFA Technical Report Regulations