# 1995 King Fahd Cup

The 1995 King Fahd Cup (Arabic: كأس الملك فهد) was the second and last tournament held under the King Fahd Cup name before the competition was retroactively sanctioned by FIFA and recognized as FIFA Confederations Cup. Disputed as the King Fahd Cup, in honor of the then Saudi ruler who organized the tournament with his country's federation (thus in the form of an unofficial tournament), it was hosted by Saudi Arabia in January 1995. It was won by Denmark, who beat defending champions Argentina 2–0 in the final.

## Qualified teams

| Team | Confederation | Qualification method | Date qualification secured | Participation no. |
| Saudi Arabia | AFC | Hosts | — | 2nd |
| Denmark | UEFA | UEFA Euro 1992 winners | 26 June 1992 | 1st |
| Japan | AFC | 1992 AFC Asian Cup winners | 8 November 1992 | 1st |
| Argentina | CONMEBOL | 1993 Copa América winners | 4 July 1993 | 2nd |
| Mexico | CONCACAF | 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners | 25 July 1993 | 1st |
| Nigeria | CAF | 1994 African Cup of Nations winners | 10 April 1994 | 1st |

## Venue

All matches were played at the 67,000-capacity King Fahd II Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

## Match referees
### Africa

* Lim Kee Chong

### Asia

* Ali Bujsaim

### Europe

* Ion Crăciunescu

### North America, Central America and Caribbean

* Rodrigo Badilla

### South America

* Salvador Imperatore

## Group stage
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Denmark | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Argentina | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 4 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 4 |
| Japan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |

## Third place play-off

| Mexico | Nigeria |
| GK | 1 | Jorge Campos | 79' |
| DF | 2 | Claudio Suárez |
| DF | 4 | Ignacio Ambríz | | 89' |
| DF | 21 | Raúl Gutiérrez |
| MF | 5 | Ramón Ramírez |
| MF | 6 | Marcelino Bernal | 83' |
| MF | 8 | Alberto García Aspe | 15' |
| MF | 9 | Jorge Rodríguez |
| MF | 14 | Joaquín del Olmo | 23' |
| FW | 7 | Carlos Hermosillo |
| FW | 10 | Luis García | 1' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 17 | Benjamín Galindo | | 89' |
| Manager: ||
| Miguel Mejía Barón ||
| GK | 1 | Peter Rufai |
| DF | 2 | Augustine Eguavoen | 22' |
| DF | 3 | Benedict Iroha | 47' |
| DF | 5 | Uche Okechukwu |
| DF | 20 | Uche Okafor |
| MF | 8 | Mutiu Adepoju |
| MF | 10 | Jay-Jay Okocha |
| MF | 11 | Emmanuel Amunike |
| FW | 9 | Dominic Iorfa | | 73' |
| FW | 12 | Samson Siasia |
| FW | 14 | Daniel Amokachi |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 7 | Barnabas Imenger | 80' | 73' |
| Manager: ||
| Shuaibu Amodu ||

## Final

The 1995 King Fahd Cup Final was held at King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 13 January 1995. The match was contested by Denmark and the title holders, Argentina. Denmark won their first King Fahd Cup/Confederations Cup title.

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

With three goals, Luis García was the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 19 goals were scored by 14 different players, with none of them credited as an own goal.

#### 3 goals

* Luis García

#### 2 goals

* Gabriel Batistuta
* Peter Rasmussen
* Daniel Amokachi

#### 1 goal

* José Chamot
* Ariel Ortega
* Sebastián Rambert
* Brian Laudrup
* Michael Laudrup
* Morten Wieghorst
* Kazuyoshi Miura
* Ramón Ramírez
* Mutiu Adepoju
* Emmanuel Amunike

### 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 | Denmark | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Champions |
| 2 | B | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | Runners-up |
| 3 | A | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | Third place |
| 4 | B | Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 5 | Fourth place |
| 5 | A | Saudi Arabia (H) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 6 | B | Japan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |