2003 FIFA Confederations Cup

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2003 FIFA Confederations Cup Coupe des Confédérations 2003

Tournament details
Host country	France
Dates	June 18 - June 29
Teams	8 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	France (2nd title)
Second place	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; after France's victory, their captain Marcel Desailly lifted the trophy together with his Cameroon counterpart, Rigobert Song.

It was a very strange match, played even though team players from both sides had explicitly stated that the match should not be played out of respect for Foé. The Cameroon players did their best to take the trophy home in honour of their team mate, while the only French player to seem interested and play at his best was Thierry Henry. His golden goal in extra time gave France the trophy.

The presentation of medals and trophies has to be one of football's most moving episodes.^{[neutrality disputed]} Two Cameroon players held a gigantic photo of Foé, and a runner-up medal was hung to the edge of the photo too. When 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.

1 Participating teams
2 Venues
3 Match officials
4 Squads
5 Group stage
- 5.1 Group A
- 5.2 Group B
6 Knockout stage
7 Awards
8 Top scorers
9 Notes
10 External links

[edit] Participating teams

France - host, winners of UEFA Euro 2000 and 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup
Brazil - 2002 FIFA World Cup winners
Cameroon - 2002 African Cup of Nations winners
Colombia - Copa América 2001 winners
Japan - 2000 AFC Asian Cup winners
New Zealand - 2002 OFC Nations Cup winners
Turkey - third-placed team in 2002 FIFA World Cup^[1]
USA - 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup winner

[edit] Venues

The matches were played in:

[edit] Match officials

Africa

Coffi Codjia

Asia

Masoud Moradi

Europe

North and Central America

Carlos Batres

Oceania

Mark Shield

South America

[edit] Squads

For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament see, 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup squads

[edit] Group stage

All times local (UTC+2)

[edit] 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

2003-06-18 18:00	New Zealand	0 – 3	Japan	Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 36,038 Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
		(Report)	Nakamura 12' 75' Nakata 65'

2003-06-18 21:00	France	1 – 0	Colombia	Stade de Gerland, Lyon Attendance: 38,541 Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)
	Henry 39' (pen.)	(Report)

2003-06-20 19:00	Colombia	3 – 1	New Zealand	Stade de Gerland, Lyon Attendance: 22,811 Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
	López 58' Yepes 75' Hernández 85'	(Report)	de Gregorio 27'

2003-06-20 21:00	France	2 – 1	Japan	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne Attendance: 33,070 Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
	Pirès 43' (pen.) Govou 65'	(Report)	Nakamura 59'

2003-06-22 21:00	France	5 – 0	New Zealand	Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 36,842 Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
	Kapo 17' Henry 20' Cissé 71' Giuly 90+1' Pirès 90+3'	(Report)

2003-06-22 21:00	Japan	0 – 1	Colombia	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne Attendance: 24,541 Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
		(Report)	Hernández 68'

[edit] 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
USA	3	0	1	2	1	3	-2	1

2003-06-19 19:00	Turkey	2 – 1	USA	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne Attendance: 16,944 Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
	Okan Y. 40' (pen.) Tuncay 73'	(Report)	Beasley 37'

2003-06-19 21:00	Brazil	0 – 1	Cameroon	Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 46,719 Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)
		(Report)	Eto'o 83'

2003-06-21 19:00	Cameroon	1 – 0	Turkey	Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 43,743 Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)
	Geremi 90+1' (pen.)	(Report)

2003-06-21 21:00	Brazil	1 – 0	USA	Stade de Gerland, Lyon Attendance: 20,306 Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)
	Adriano 22'	(Report)

2003-06-23 21:00	Brazil	2 – 2	Turkey	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne Attendance: 29,170 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
	Adriano 23' Alex 93'	(Report)	Gökdeniz 53' Okan Y. 81'

2003-06-23 21:00	USA	0 – 0	Cameroon	Stade de Gerland, Lyon Attendance: 19,206 Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
		(Report)

[edit] Knockout stage

Semi finals			Final

June 26 - Lyon
Cameroon	1
Colombia	0

			June 29 - Saint-Denis
			Cameroon	0
			France (asdet)	1


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

[edit] Semi-finals

2003-06-26 18:00	Cameroon	1 – 0	Colombia	Stade de Gerland, Lyon Attendance: 12,352 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
	Ndiefi 9'	(Report)

2003-06-26 21:00	France	3 – 2	Turkey	Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 41,195 Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
	Henry 11' Pirès 26' Wiltord 43'	(Report)	Gökdeniz 42' Tuncay 48'

[edit] Third place play-off

2003-06-28 18:00	Colombia	1 – 2	Turkey	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne Attendance: 18,237 Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
	Hernández 63'	(Report)	Tuncay 2' Okan Y. 86'

[edit] Final

2003-06-29 21:00	Cameroon	0 – 1 (a.e.t.)	France	Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 51,985 Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)
		(Report)	Henry 98'

2003 Confederations Cup Winner
France Second title

[edit] Awards

FIFA Golden Shoe:	FIFA Golden Ball:	FIFA Fair Play Award:
Thierry Henry	Thierry Henry	Japan

[edit] Top scorers

4 goals

Thierry Henry

3 goals

2 goals

[edit] Notes

^ Germany, the 2002 World Cup runners-up, declined to take part
^ Although four other players had three goals each, Şanlı received the Silver Shoe award as he was the only one of the five to have registered an assist in the competition.