# 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup

The 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup football tournament was the seventh FIFA Confederations Cup. It was held in Germany between 15 June and 29 June 2005, as a prelude to the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The tournament was won by 2002 FIFA World Cup and 2004 Copa América winners Brazil, who defeated Argentina 4–1 in the final at the Waldstadion in Frankfurt. The final was a rematch of the 2004 Copa América final, which was also won by Brazil. It was Brazil's second win at the Confederations Cup. After winning the 2005 tournament, the 2002 FIFA World Cup and 2004 Copa América, Brazil became the first country to be the reigning World Cup champions, Confederations Cup champions, and continental champions twice, having previously achieved this feat in 1997 when they won the 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 1997 Copa América, and 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup.

## Qualified teams

| Team | Confederation | Qualification method | Date qualification secured | Participation no. |
| Germany | UEFA | Hosts | 7 July 2000 | 2nd |
| Brazil | CONMEBOL | 2002 FIFA World Cup winners | 30 June 2002 | 5th |
| Mexico | CONCACAF | 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners | 27 July 2003 | 5th |
| Tunisia | CAF | 2004 African Cup of Nations winners | 14 February 2004 | 1st |
| Greece | UEFA | UEFA Euro 2004 winners | 4 July 2004 | 1st |
| Argentina | CONMEBOL | 2004 Copa América runners-up | 21 July 2004 | 3rd |
| Japan | AFC | 2004 AFC Asian Cup winners | 7 August 2004 | 4th |
| Australia | OFC | 2004 OFC Nations Cup winners | 12 October 2004 | 3rd |

## Venues

| FrankfurtCologneHanoverLeipzigNuremberg | FrankfurtCologneHanoverLeipzigNuremberg | Frankfurt |
| FrankfurtCologneHanoverLeipzigNuremberg | FrankfurtCologneHanoverLeipzigNuremberg | Commerzbank-Arena (Waldstadion) |
| FrankfurtCologneHanoverLeipzigNuremberg | FrankfurtCologneHanoverLeipzigNuremberg | 50°4′6.86″N 8°38′43.65″E﻿ / ﻿50.0685722°N 8.6454583°E﻿ / 50.0685722; 8.6454583﻿ (Commerzbank Arena) |
| FrankfurtCologneHanoverLeipzigNuremberg | FrankfurtCologneHanoverLeipzigNuremberg | Capacity: 48,132 |
| FrankfurtCologneHanoverLeipzigNuremberg | FrankfurtCologneHanoverLeipzigNuremberg | Cologne |
| FrankfurtCologneHanoverLeipzigNuremberg | FrankfurtCologneHanoverLeipzigNuremberg | RheinEnergieStadion (FIFA World Cup Stadium, Cologne) |
| FrankfurtCologneHanoverLeipzigNuremberg | FrankfurtCologneHanoverLeipzigNuremberg | 50°56′0.59″N 6°52′29.99″E﻿ / ﻿50.9334972°N 6.8749972°E﻿ / 50.9334972; 6.8749972﻿ (RheinEnergie Stadion) |
| FrankfurtCologneHanoverLeipzigNuremberg | FrankfurtCologneHanoverLeipzigNuremberg | Capacity: 46,120 |
| Hanover | Leipzig | Nuremberg |
| AWD-Arena (FIFA World Cup Stadium, Hanover) | Zentralstadion | Frankenstadion |
| 52°21′36.24″N 9°43′52.31″E﻿ / ﻿52.3600667°N 9.7311972°E﻿ / 52.3600667; 9.7311972﻿ (AWD-Arena) | 51°20′44.86″N 12°20′53.59″E﻿ / ﻿51.3457944°N 12.3482194°E﻿ / 51.3457944; 12.3482194﻿ (Zentralstadion) | 49°25′34″N 11°7′33″E﻿ / ﻿49.42611°N 11.12583°E﻿ / 49.42611; 11.12583﻿ (EasyCredit-Stadion) |
| Capacity: 44,652 | Capacity: 44,200 | Capacity: 41,926 |
Originally, Kaiserslautern's Fritz-Walter-Stadion was also intended as a venue. However, on 27 May 2004, city authorities withdrew from the bidding process, citing added costs to complete the stadium on time as the reason for the withdrawal.
All five venues were reused for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

## Match ball

The official match ball for the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup was the Adidas Pelias 2.

## Match officials

| Confederation | Referee | Assistants |
| AFC | Shamsul Maidin (Singapore) | Prachya Permpanich (Thailand) Bengech Allaberdyev (Turkmenistan) |
| CAF | Mourad Daami (Tunisia) | Taoufik Adjengui (Tunisia) Ali Tomusange (Uganda) |
| CONCACAF | Peter Prendergast (Jamaica) | Anthony Garwood (Jamaica) Joseph Taylor (Trinidad and Tobago) |
| CONMEBOL | Carlos Chandía (Chile) | Cristian Julio (Chile) Mario Vargas (Chile) |
| CONMEBOL | Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay) | Amelio Andino (Paraguay) Manuel Bernal (Paraguay) |
| OFC | Matthew Breeze (Australia) | Matthew Cream (Australia) Jim Ouliaris (Australia) |
| UEFA | Herbert Fandel (Germany) | Carsten Kadach (Germany) Volker Wezel (Germany) |
| UEFA | Roberto Rosetti (Italy) | Alessandro Griselli (Italy) Cristiano Copelli (Italy) |
| UEFA | Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia) | Roman Slyško (Slovakia) Martin Balko (Slovakia) |

## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Germany (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Tunisia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Australia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Brazil | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Greece | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 1 | |

## Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 25 June – Nuremberg | 25 June – Nuremberg |
| Germany | 2 |
| Germany | 2 | 29 June – Frankfurt | 29 June – Frankfurt |
| Brazil | 3 | 29 June – Frankfurt | 29 June – Frankfurt |
| Brazil | 3 | Brazil | 4 |
| 26 June – Hanover | 26 June – Hanover | | Brazil | 4 |
| 26 June – Hanover | 26 June – Hanover | Argentina | 1 |
| Mexico | 1 (5) | Argentina | 1 |
| Argentina (p) | 1 (6) | | |
| Argentina (p) | 1 (6) | Third place | Third place |
| | | 29 June – Leipzig | 29 June – Leipzig |
| | | Germany (a.e.t.) | 4 |
| | | Mexico | 3 |

### Final
## Awards

| Golden Ball | Golden Shoe |
| Adriano | Adriano |
| Silver Ball | Silver Shoe |
| Juan Román Riquelme | Michael Ballack |
| Bronze Ball | Bronze Shoe |
| Ronaldinho | John Aloisi |
| FIFA Fair Play Trophy ||
| Greece ||
Source: FIFA

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

Adriano received the Golden Shoe award for scoring five goals. In total, 56 goals were scored by 29 players, with none credited as own goals.

#### 5 goals

* Adriano

#### 4 goals

* Luciano Figueroa
* John Aloisi
* Michael Ballack

#### 3 goals

* Juan Román Riquelme
* Ronaldinho
* Lukas Podolski
* Jared Borgetti

#### 2 goals

* Robinho
* Kevin Kurányi
* Bastian Schweinsteiger
* Masashi Oguro
* Francisco Fonseca
* Francileudo Santos

#### 1 goal

* Pablo Aimar
* Esteban Cambiasso
* Javier Saviola
* Josip Skoko
* Kaká
* Juninho
* Gerald Asamoah
* Mike Hanke
* Robert Huth
* Per Mertesacker
* Shunsuke Nakamura
* Atsushi Yanagisawa
* Carlos Salcido
* Sinha
* Haykel Guemamdia

### 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 | B | Brazil | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 10 | Champions |
| 2 | A | Argentina | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 8 | Runners-up |
| 3 | A | Germany (H) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 10 | Third place |
| 4 | B | Mexico | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 8 | Fourth place |
| 5 | B | Japan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 6 | A | Tunisia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 7 | B | Greece | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 1 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 8 | A | Australia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |