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2001 FIFA Confederations Cup

2001 FIFA Confederations Cup
대한민국/일본 2001년
2001 韓国/日本
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Tournament details
Host countries South Korea
Japan
Dates 30 May – 10 June
Teams 8 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s) 6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  France (1st title)
Runners-up  Japan
Third place  Australia
Fourth place  Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 31 (1.94 per match)
Attendance 557,191 (34,824 per match)
Top scorer(s) Australia Shaun Murphy
France Éric Carrière
France Robert Pirès
France Patrick Vieira
France Sylvain Wiltord
South Korea Hwang Sun-Hong
Japan Takayuki Suzuki
(2 goals)
Best player France Robert Pirès
Fair play award  Japan
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2003

The 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup was the fifth FIFA Confederations Cup and the third to be organised 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. It was won by France, beating hosts Japan 1–0, with a goal from Patrick Vieira.

By winning the tournament, 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 plays each of the others once, with the top two in each group advancing to the semi-finals.

For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament see, 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup squads


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