2003 FIFA Confederations Cup

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.

2003 FIFA Confederations Cup
Coupe des Confédérations 2003
Tournament details
Host countryFrance
Dates18 June – 29 June
Teams8 (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 played16
Goals scored37 (2.31 per match)
Attendance491,700 (30,731 per match)
Top scorer(s) Thierry Henry (4 goals)
Best player(s) Thierry Henry
Fair play award Japan

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.

Qualified teams
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.
 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

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 FIFA's Executive Committee.[4]

Venues

The matches were played in:

Saint-Denis Lyon Saint-Étienne
Stade de France Stade de Gerland Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
48°55′28″N 2°21′36″E 45°43′26″N 4°49′56″E 45°27′38.76″N 4°23′24.42″E
Capacity: 80,000 Capacity: 41,200 Capacity: 36,000

Match referees

Squads
Main article: 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup squads

Group stage

Group A
Main article: 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 France 330081+79
 Colombia 320142+26
 Japan 310243+13
 New Zealand 3003111−100
New Zealand 0–3 Japan
Report Nakamura  12', 75'
Nakata  65'
Attendance: 36,038
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
France 1–0 Colombia
Henry  39' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 38,541
Colombia 3–1 New Zealand
López  58'
Yepes  75'
Hernández  85'		 Report de Gregorio  27'
Attendance: 22,811
France 2–1 Japan
Pires  43' (pen.)
Govou  65'		 Report Nakamura  59'
Attendance: 33,070
France 5–0 New Zealand
Kapo  17'
Henry  20'
Cissé  71'
Giuly  90+1'
Pires  90+3'		 Report
Attendance: 36,842
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
Japan 0–1 Colombia
Report Hernández  68'
Attendance: 24,541

Group B
Main article: 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Cameroon 321020+27
 Turkey 31114404
 Brazil 31113304
 United States 301213−21
Turkey 2–1 United States
Okan Y.  40' (pen.)
Tuncay  73'		 Report Beasley  37'
Attendance: 16,944
Brazil 0–1 Cameroon
Report Eto'o  83'
Attendance: 46,719
Cameroon 1–0 Turkey
Geremi  90+1' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 43,743
Brazil 1–0 United States
Adriano  22' Report
Attendance: 20,306
Brazil 2–2 Turkey
Adriano  23'
Alex  90+3'		 Report Gökdeniz  53'
Okan Y.  81'
Attendance: 29,170
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
United States 0–0 Cameroon
Report
Attendance: 19,206

Knockout stage
Main article: 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup knockout stage
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
26 June - Lyon
 
 
 Cameroon1
 
29 June - Saint-Denis
 
 Colombia0
 
 Cameroon0
 
26 June - Saint-Denis
 
 France (asdet)1
 
 France3
 
 
 Turkey2
 
Third place
 
 
28 June - Saint-Étienne
 
 
 Colombia1
 
 
 Turkey2

Semi-finals
Cameroon 1–0 Colombia
Ndiefi  9' Report
Attendance: 12,352
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
France 3–2 Turkey
Henry  11'
Pires  26'
Wiltord  43'		 Report Gökdeniz  42'
Tuncay  48'
Attendance: 41,195

Third place play-off
Colombia 1–2 Turkey
Hernández  63' Report Tuncay  2'
Okan Y.  86'
Attendance: 18,237

Final
Main article: 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup Final
Cameroon 0–1 (a.e.t.) France
Report Henry  97'
Attendance: 51,985

Awards

Golden Ball

FIFA presents the Golden Ball award to the outstanding player of the competition, as voted by the media present at the tournament.

Awards Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball
Players Thierry HenryTuncayMarc-Vivien Foé
Team  France Turkey Cameroon
Votes 28%15%7%

Golden Shoe

FIFA presents the Golden Shoe award to the tournament's top goalscorer.

Awards Golden Shoe Silver Shoe Bronze Shoe
Players Thierry HenryTuncay[lower-alpha 1]Shunsuke Nakamura[lower-alpha 2]
Team  France Turkey Japan
Goals 433

FIFA Fair Play Award

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

Award FIFA Fair Play Award
Team  Japan
Total 895
Matches played 3
Maximum 1,000
  1. Although four other players had three goals each, Tuncay 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.

Source: FIFA[5]

Statistics

Goalscorers

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
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Tournament ranking

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
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
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]
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References
  1. 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.
  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.
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