The 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup was the fifth FIFA Confederations Cup and the third to be organised by

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. It was also the first in which the original hosts,

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, 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

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finals. It was won by

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, beating hosts

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1–0, with a goal from

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. By winning the tournament, France became the second team to simultaneously be World Cup champions, continental champions and Confederations Cup winners, after

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in 1997. The eight teams were split into two groups of four, in which each team plays each of the others once, with the top two in each group advancing to the semi-finals.

Qualified teams

Venues

Match referees

Africa * Gamal Al-Ghandour *

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Asia *

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* Lu Jun Europe *

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* 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

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

Awards

Statistics

Goalscorers

A total of 31 goals were scored by 24 different players. None of them are credited as an own goal. ;2 goals *

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* Eric Carrière * Robert Pires *

* Sylvain Wiltord * Takayuki Suzuki * Hwang Sun-hong ;1 goal * Josip Skoko * Clayton Zane *

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* Carlos Miguel * Ramon *

Bernard Tchoutang Bernard Samuel Tchoutang (born 2 September 1976) is a Cameroonian former professional football player who played as a striker. He was part of the victorious Cameroonian 2000 African Nations Cup team. He also took part at the 2001 FIFA Confedera ...

* Patrick M'Boma *

Steve Marlet Steve Marlet (born 10 January 1974) is a French former professional footballer who played as a forward. He was capped 23 times and scored six goals for the French national team, winning the Confederations Cup in 2001 and 2003 and featuring at E ...

* Nicolas Anelka * Youri Djorkaeff * Marcel Desailly * Shinji Ono *

Akinori Nishizawa is a Japanese former footballer who played as a forward. He played for Japan national team. Club career Nishizawa was born in Shizuoka on 18 June 1976. After graduating from Shimizu Higashi High School, he joined Cerezo Osaka in 1995. He mo ...

* Hiroaki Morishima * Hidetoshi Nakata *

Yoo Sang-chul Yoo Sang-chul ( ko, 유상철; 18 October 1971 – 7 June 2021) was a South Korean football player and manager. Yoo was regarded as one of the greatest South Korean midfielders of all time. He was selected as a midfielder of the 2002 FIFA Wor ...

* Víctor Ruiz

Tournament ranking

References

External links

FIFA Confederations Cup Korea/Japan 2001
FIFA.com

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FIFA Technical ReportRegulations
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