2013 FIFA Confederations Cup/import

The 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, the ninth FIFA Confederations Cup, is an international association football tournament being held in Brazil in 2013, as a prelude to the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The tournament is held from 15 to 30 June 2013. Brazil are the defending champions.
As the competition partially overlaps with the fourth round of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification in Asian zone, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) asked FIFA to consider a change of date.
Uruguay, Italy and Spain will have the opportunity to become the third team (after Argentina and France) to win all three major FIFA tournaments: the World Cup, the Olympic football competition and the Confederations Cup.
==Qualified teams==
Team 	Confederation	Qualification method 	Date qualification secured	Participation no.
 	CONMEBOL 	Hosts 	30 October 2007 	7th
 	UEFA 	2010 FIFA World Cup winner 	11 July 2010 	2nd
 	AFC 	2011 AFC Asian Cup winner 	29 January 2011 	5th
 	CONCACAF 	2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup winner 	25 June 2011 	6th
 	CONMEBOL 	2011 Copa América winner 	24 July 2011 	2nd
Tahiti	OFC 	2012 OFC Nations Cup winner 	10 June 2012 	1st
 	UEFA 	UEFA Euro 2012 runners-up1 	28 June 2012 	2nd
 	CAF 	2013 Africa Cup of Nations winner	10 February 2013 	2nd
1Italy was awarded a spot in the competition because Spain had won both the 2010 FIFA World Cup and the UEFA Euro 2012. Since both competitions award their winners a place in the FIFA Confederations Cup, the runner-up of UEFA Euro 2012 received an invitation to the tournament.
==Venues==
Six stadiums are used, each in a different city.
Belo Horizonte 		Recife
Estádio MineirãoCapacity: 62,547 		Arena PernambucoCapacity: 44,248
Brasília 		Rio de Janeiro
Estádio Nacional Mané GarrinchaCapacity: 68,009		Estádio do MaracanãCapacity: 76,804
Fortaleza 		Salvador
Estádio CastelãoCapacity: 64,846 		Arena Fonte NovaCapacity: 52,048
==Squads==
== Facts ==
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