FIFA Confederations Cup

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| Founded
| 1992
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| Number of Teams
| 8
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| Current Champions
| (3rd title)
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| Most Successful
| (3 titles)
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The FIFA Confederations Cup is an association football tournament for national teams, currently held every four years by FIFA. It is contested by the holders of each of the six Football Continental Championships (UEFA, CONCACAF, CONCACAF, CAF, AFC, OFC), along with the FIFA World Cup holder and the host nation of next years tournament, to bring the number of teams up to eight.
==History and details==
The tournament was originally organised by and held in Saudi Arabia and was called the King Fahd Cup (Confederations Winners Cup or Intercontinental Championship), contested in 1992 and 1995 by the Saudi national side and some continental champions which 3 continent winners competed in both competitions CAF, CONCACAF and CONMEBOL. In 1997, FIFA took over the organisation of the tournament, named it the FIFA Confederations Cup and staged the competition every two years until 2005
When 2005 came around, it changed to once every four years, in the year prior to each World Cup in the host country of the forthcoming World Cup. Considered a dress-rehearsal for the World Cup it precedes, it uses around half of the stadia intended for use at the following year's competition and gives the host nation, who qualifies for that tournament automatically, experience at a high level of competition during two years of friendles. At the same time, participation was made optional for the South American and European champions.
When the World champion is also winner of its confederation championship, then the confederation championship runner-up also enters the Confederations Cup, ensuring eight teams for the tournament for that year. 
On three occasions teams have chosen not to participate in the tournament. The UEFA Euro 1996 winner Germany declined its place in the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup, and was replaced by the Czech Republic, the runner-up in that tournament. France, 1998 FIFA World Cup winner, declined in the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup, and was replaced by Brazil, the 1998 World Cup runner-up (and also 1997 Copa America champion). Germany, the runner-up in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, chose not to participate in the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup, and was replaced by Turkey, the third place team in the 2002 FIFA World Cup. 
An earlier tournament existed that invited former World Cup winners, the Mundialito, or Copa D'Oro which celebrated the fifty year anniversary of the first World Cup. The Artemio Franchi Trophy, contested in 1985 and 1993 between the winners of the Copa America and UEFA European Football Championship, was also another example of an earlier contest between football confederations. Both of these are considered by some to be a form of an unofficial precursor to the Confederations Cup, although FIFA recognized only the 1992 tournaments onwards to be Confederations Cup winners.
==Results==
===King Fahd Cup===
Year	Host 	Final 	Final	Final 	Third Place Match	Third Place Match	Third Place Match
Year	Host 	Winner	Score	Runners-up	Third Place 	Score 	Fourth Place
1992	Saudi Arabia	 	3–1 	 	 	5–2 	
1995	Saudi Arabia	 	2–0 	 	 	1–1(5–4 pens.) 	
===FIFA Confederations Cup===
Year	Host 	Final 	Final 	Final 	Third Place Match	Third Place Match	Third Place Match
Year	Host 	Winner	Score 	Runners-up	Third Place 	Score 	Fourth Place
1997	Saudi Arabia 	 	6–0 	 	 	1–0 	
1999	Mexico 	 	4–3 	 	 	2–0 	
2001	South Korea Japan	 	1–0 	 	 	1–0 	
2003	France 	 	1–0(a.e.t.)	 	 	2–1 	
2005	Germany 	 	4–1 	 	 	4–3(a.e.t.) 	
2009	South Africa 	 	3–2 	 	 	3–2(a.e.t.) 	
===Upcoming tournaments===
*2013
** Brazil
*2017
** Russia
*2021
** Qatar
==Titles by team==
*: 3
*: 2
*: 1
*: 1
*: 1
===Teams reaching the top four===
Team	Winners 	Runners-up 	Third Place 	Fourth Place
 	3 (1997, 2005, 2009)	1 (1999) 	- 	1 (2001)
 	2 (2001, 2003*) 	- 	- 	-
 	1 (1992) 	2 (1995, 2005)	- 	-
 	1 (1999*) 	- 	1 (1995) 	1 (2005)
 	1 (1995) 	- 	- 	-
 	- 	1 (2009) 	2 (1992, 1999)	-
 	- 	1 (1997) 	1 (2001) 	-
 	- 	1 (1992*) 	- 	1 (1999)
 	- 	1 (2003) 	- 	-
 	- 	1 (2001*) 	- 	-
 	- 	- 	1 (1997) 	-
 	- 	- 	1 (2005*) 	-
 	- 	- 	1 (2003) 	-
 	- 	- 	1 (2009) 	-
 	- 	- 	- 	1 (2003)
 	- 	- 	- 	1 (1992)
 	- 	- 	- 	1 (1995)
 	- 	- 	- 	1 (2009*)
 	- 	- 	- 	1 (1997)
:*: hosts
==Goalscorers==
===Overall top scorers===
Player 	Country	Goals
Cuauhtémoc Blanco	 	9
Ronaldinho 	 	9
Adriano 	 	7
Romário 	 	7
Marzouk Al-Otaibi	 	6
Alex 	 	5
John Aloisi 	 	5
Luis Fabiano 	 	5
Robert Pirès 	 	5
Vladimír Šmicer 	 	5
===Hat-tricks===
Sequence	Player	No. ofgoals	Time of goals 	Representing	Finalscore	Opponent	Tournament 	Round 	Date
. 	 	3 	', 68', 71' 	 	6-1 	 	1997, Saudi Arabia	Group stage	1997-12-17
. 	 	3 	', 27', 59' (pen.)	 	6-0 	 	1997, Saudi Arabia	Final 	1997-12-21
. 	 	3 	', 53', 75' 	 	6-0 	 	1997, Saudi Arabia	Final 	1997-12-21
. 	 	4 	', 19', 68', 77' 	 	5-1 	 	1999, México 	Group stage	1999-7-25
. 	 	4 	', 34', 78', 85' 	 	5-1 	 	1999, México 	Group stage	1999-7-29
. 	 	3 	', 65', 90+2' 	 	8-2 	 	1999, México 	Semi-finals	1999-8-1
. 	 	3 	', 53', 89' 	 	4-2 	 	2005, Germany 	Group stage	2005-7-18
. 	 	3 	', 14', 17' 	 	5-0 	 	2009, South Africa	Group stage	2009-6-14
==Awards==
===Golden Ball===
The Golden Ball award is awarded to the player who plays the most outstanding football during the tournament. It is selected by the media poll.
Tournament 	Golden Ball Winner
1997 Saudi Arabia	Denilson
1999 Mexico 	Ronaldinho
2001 Korea/Japan 	Robert Pirès
2003 France 	Thierry Henry
2005 Germany 	Adriano
2009 South Africa	Kaká
===Golden Shoe===
The Golden Shoe is awarded to the topscorer of the tournament. If more than one players are equal by same goals, the players will be selected based by the most assists during the tournament.
Tournament 	Golden Shoe Award	Goals
1997 Saudi Arabia	Romario 	7
1999 Mexico 	Ronaldinho 	6
2001 Korea/Japan 	Robert Pires 	2
2003 France 	Thierry Henry 	4
2005 Germany 	Adriano 	5
2009 South Africa	Luis Fabiano 	5
===Golden Glove===
The Golden Glove is awarded to the best goalkeeper of the tournament.
Tournament 	Golden Glove
2005 Germany 	Oswaldo Sanchez
2009 South Africa	Tim Howard
===FIFA Fair Play Award===
FIFA Fair Play Award is given to the team who has the best fair play record during the tournament with the criteria set by FIFA Fair Play Committee.
Tournament 	FIFA Fair Play Award
1997 Saudi Arabia	
1999 Mexico 	,
2001 Korea/Japan 	
2003 France 	
2005 Germany 	
2009 South Africa	
==Summary==
===Participation details===
;Legend
*1st – Champions
*2nd – Runners-up
*3rd – Third place
*4th – Fourth place
*GS – Group stage
*Q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
* ••  — Qualified but withdrew
* •  — Did not qualify
* ×  — Did not enter / Withdrew from the Cup of the Confederation or Withdrew from the Confederations Cup / Banned
*   — Hosts
Team 	1992 	1995 	1997 	1999 	2001 	2003 	2005 	2009 	2013 	Years 	 	
UEFA Members 	UEFA Members 	UEFA Members 	UEFA Members 	UEFA Members 	UEFA Members 	UEFA Members 	UEFA Members 	UEFA Members 	UEFA Members 	UEFA Members 	UEFA Members 	UEFA Members
 	× 	× 	3rd 	• 	• 	• 	• 	• 	• 	1 	 	
 	× 	1st 	• 	• 	• 	• 	• 	• 	• 	1 	 	
 	• 	• 	• 	× 	1st 	1st 	• 	• 	• 	2 	 	
 	× 	• 	× 	GS 	• 	× 	3rd 	• 	• 	2 	 	
 	• 	• 	• 	• 	• 	• 	GS 	• 	• 	1 	 	
 	× 	• 	• 	• 	• 	× 	• 	GS 	Q 	2 	 	
 	• 	• 	• 	• 	• 	× 	• 	3rd 	Q 	2 	 	
 	• 	• 	• 	• 	• 	3rd 	• 	• 	• 	1 	 	
CONMEBOL Members	CONMEBOL Members	CONMEBOL Members	CONMEBOL Members	CONMEBOL Members	CONMEBOL Members	CONMEBOL Members	CONMEBOL Members	CONMEBOL Members	CONMEBOL Members	CONMEBOL Members	CONMEBOL Members	CONMEBOL Members
 	1st 	2nd 	• 	• 	• 	× 	2nd 	• 	• 	2 	 	
 	• 	• 	• 	GS 	• 	• 	• 	• 	• 	1 	 	
 	• 	× 	1st 	2nd 	4th 	GS 	1st 	1st 	Q 	7 	 	
 	• 	• 	• 	• 	• 	4th 	• 	• 	• 	1 	 	
 	• 	• 	4th 	• 	• 	• 	• 	• 	Q 	2 	 	
CONCACAF Members	CONCACAF Members	CONCACAF Members	CONCACAF Members	CONCACAF Members	CONCACAF Members	CONCACAF Members	CONCACAF Members	CONCACAF Members	CONCACAF Members	CONCACAF Members	CONCACAF Members	CONCACAF Members
 	• 	• 	• 	× 	GS 	• 	• 	• 	• 	1 	 	
 	• 	3rd 	GS 	1st 	GS 	• 	4th 	• 	Q 	5 	 	
 	3rd 	• 	• 	3rd 	• 	GS 	• 	2nd 	• 	4 	 	
CAF Members 	CAF Members 	CAF Members 	CAF Members 	CAF Members 	CAF Members 	CAF Members 	CAF Members 	CAF Members 	CAF Members 	CAF Members 	CAF Members 	CAF Members
 	• 	• 	• 	• 	GS 	2nd 	• 	• 	 	2 	 	
 	4th 	• 	• 	• 	• 	• 	• 	• 	 	1 	 	
 	• 	• 	• 	GS 	• 	• 	• 	GS 	 	2 	 	
 	• 	4th 	× 	× 	• 	• 	• 	• 	 	1 	 	
 	× 	• 	GS 	• 	• 	• 	• 	4th 	 	2 	 	
 	• 	• 	• 	• 	• 	• 	GS 	• 	 	1 	 	
AFC Members 	AFC Members 	AFC Members 	AFC Members 	AFC Members 	AFC Members 	AFC Members 	AFC Members 	AFC Members 	AFC Members 	AFC Members 	AFC Members 	AFC Members
 	× 	× 	2nd 	• 	3rd 	• 	GS 	• 	• 	3 	 	
 	× 	× 	• 	• 	• 	• 	• 	GS 	• 	1 	 	
 	• 	GS 	• 	• 	2nd 	GS 	GS 	• 	Q 	5 	 	
 	2nd 	GS 	GS 	4th 	• 	• 	• 	• 	• 	4 	 	
 	× 	• 	• 	• 	GS 	• 	• 	• 	• 	1 	 	
 	• 	• 	GS 	• 	• 	• 	• 	• 	• 	1 	 	
OFC Members 	OFC Members 	OFC Members 	OFC Members 	OFC Members 	OFC Members 	OFC Members 	OFC Members 	OFC Members 	OFC Members 	OFC Members 	OFC Members 	OFC Members
 	• 	• 	• 	GS 	• 	GS 	• 	GS 	 	3 	 	
Total 	4 	6 	8 	8 	8 	8 	8 	8 	8 	 	 	
===General statistics===
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	10	5 	3	2	22	14	+8
 	13	5 	1	7	13	20	-7
 	3 	0 	2	1	2 	3 	-1
 	28	18	5	5	64	25	+39
 	8 	4 	1	3	5 	5 	0
 	3 	0 	1	2	0 	5 	-5
 	5 	2 	0	3	5 	5 	0
 	2 	0 	0	2	2 	9 	-7
 	5 	2 	1	2	10	7 	+3
 	3 	2 	1	0	5 	1 	+4
 	6 	1 	2	3	9 	16	-7
 	10	9 	0	1	24	5 	+19
 	8 	4 	1	3	17	17	0
 	3 	0 	1	2	0 	4 	-4
 	3 	0 	2	1	0 	1 	-1
 	3 	1 	0	2	3 	5 	-2
 	13	5 	2	6	15	16	-1
 	3 	2 	0	1	3 	6 	-3
 	19	8 	5	6	33	28	+5
 	9 	0 	1	8	2 	24	-22
 	3 	1 	2	0	4 	1 	+3
 	12	3 	1	8	13	31	-18
 	8 	1 	2	5	9 	13	-4
 	5 	4 	0	1	11	4 	+7
 	3 	1 	0	2	3 	5 	-2
 	5 	2 	1	2	8 	8 	0
 	3 	1 	0	2	2 	8 	-6
 	15	6 	1	8	20	20	0
 	5 	3 	0	2	8 	6 	+2
Last updated: 4 January 2012.
==Winning coaches==
Year	Head coach 	Champions
1992	Alfio Basile 	
1995	Richard Møller Nielsen 	
1997	Mário Zagallo 	
1999	Manuel Lapuente 	
2001	Roger Lemerre 	
2003	Jacques Santini 	
2005	Carlos Alberto Parreira	
2009	Dunga 	
Category:International Competition