2003 FIFA Confederations Cup

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.
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.
This was the last Confederations Cup that did not serve as a warm-up event to the FIFA World Cup.
Qualified teams
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.
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.
The host was selected on 24 September 2002, during a meeting of the FIFA Executive Committee.
Venues
The matches were played in:
Match officials
Africa
Coffi Codjia (Benin)
Asia
Masoud Moradi (Iran)
Europe
Lucílio Batista (Portugal)
Valentin Ivanov (Russia)
Markus Merk (Germany)
North America, Central America and Caribbean
Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
Oceania
Mark Shield (Australia)
South America
Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)
Jorge Larrionda (Uruguayan)
Squads
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
Awards
Golden Ball
The Golden Ball award is given to the tournament's best player, as voted by the media.
Golden Shoe
The Golden Shoe award is given to the tournament's top goalscorer.
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 established by the FIFA Fair Play Committee.
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
Thierry Henry
3 goals
Giovanni Hernández
Robert Pires
Shunsuke Nakamura
Tuncay Şanlı
Okan Yılmaz
2 goals
Adriano
Gökdeniz Karadeniz
1 goal
Alex
Samuel Eto'o
Geremi
Pius Ndiefi
Jorge López
Mario Yepes
Djibril Cissé
Ludovic Giuly
Sidney Govou
Olivier Kapo
Sylvain Wiltord
Hidetoshi Nakata
Raf de Gregorio
DaMarcus Beasley
Tournament ranking
References
External links
FIFA Confederations Cup France 2003, FIFA.com
2003 FIFA Confederations Cup Official Site (Archived)
FIFA Technical Report (Part 1), (Part 2) and (Part 3) (Archived)
FIFA Confederations Cup France 2003 Regulations
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