2009 FIFA Confederations Cup

2009 FIFA Confederations Cup

FIFA Confederations Cup South Africa 2009
Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
Dates	14 June – 28 June
Teams	8 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (3rd title)
Runners-up	United States
Third place	Spain
Fourth place	South Africa
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	44 (2.75 per match)
Attendance	584,894 (36,556 per match)
Top scorer(s)	L. Fabiano (5 goals)
Best player	Kaká
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The 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup was the eighth Confederations Cup, and was held in South Africa from 14 June to 28 June 2009 as a prelude to the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The draw was held on 22 November 2008 at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg. The opening match was played at Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg. The tournament was won by Brazil, who retained the trophy they won in 2005 by defeating the United States 3–2 in the final.

Participating teams

Team	Confederation	Qualification	Participation	FIFA Ranking (June 2009)
South Africa	CAF	2010 FIFA World Cup host	2nd	72
Italy	UEFA	2006 FIFA World Cup winners	1st	4
United States	CONCACAF	2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners	4th	14
Brazil	CONMEBOL	2007 Copa América winners	6th	5
Iraq	AFC	2007 AFC Asian Cup winners	1st	77
Egypt	CAF	2008 African Cup of Nations winners	2nd	40
Spain	UEFA	UEFA Euro 2008 winners	1st	1
New Zealand	OFC	2008 OFC Nations Cup winners	3rd	82

The draw for the competition was held on 22 November 2008 at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg.^[1] Each team was represented in the draw by its competitor in the Miss World 2008 competition, except for Iraq, which was represented by Miss World 2007, Zhang Zilin, from the People's Republic of China. The teams were divided into two pots:^[2]

• Pot A: South Africa (automatically placed as Team A1), Brazil, Italy, Spain
• Pot B: Egypt, Iraq, New Zealand, United States

Teams from the same confederation were not drawn into the same group, therefore Egypt was drawn into Group B. Also as result, Italy and Spain were drawn into different groups.^[3][4][5]

Match ball

A replica of The Adidas Kopanya (the official match ball of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup) with the traditional 32-panel structure. The official match ball has the same structure and surface as the Adidas Europass.

The official match ball for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup was the Adidas Kopanya. The name means "join together" in Southern Sesotho, one of the 11 official languages of South Africa. The panel configuration of the ball is the same as that of the Teamgeist and Europass balls that came before it. The ball is white, accentuated with bold black lines and detailed with typical Ndebele designs in red, yellow, green and blue.^[6]

Venues

Four cities served as the venues for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.^[7]

Johannesburg	Pretoria	Bloemfontein	Rustenburg
Ellis Park Stadium	Loftus Versfeld Stadium	Free State Stadium	Royal Bafokeng Stadium
Capacity: 62,567	Capacity: 50,000	Capacity: 48,000	Capacity: 42,000

Originally, Port Elizabeth's Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium was also chosen as a venue. However, on 8 July 2008, Port Elizabeth withdrew as a host city because its stadium was deemed unlikely to meet the 30 March 2009 deadline for completion.^[8] The Nelson Mandela Bay stadium was subsequently completed before the Confederations Cup and was opened on 7 June 2009. It acted as a venue for the 2009 British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa on 16 June. All of these stadia hosted matches during the Lions tour, but a minimum of nine days was allowed for pitch recovery between a rugby match and a Confederations Cup match.

All four venues were also used for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Match officials

The referees were announced on 5 May.^[9] Two referee teams (led by Carlos Batres and Carlos Amarilla respectively) withdrew due to injuries. Replacements from the same confederation, led by Benito Archundia and Pablo Pozo, were selected.^[10]

Africa Coffi Codjia Assistant referees: Komi Konyoh, Alexis Fassinou Eddy Maillet Assistant referees: Evarist Menkouande, Bechir Hassani Asia Matthew Breeze Assistant referees: Matthew Cream, Ben Wilson Europe Howard Webb Assistant referees: Peter Kirkup, Michael Mullarkey Martin Hansson Assistant referees: Fredrik Nilsson, Henrik Andrén

Massimo Busacca Assistant referees: Matthias Arnet, Francisco Buragina North America, Central America and Caribbean Benito Archundia Assistant referees: Marvin Torrentera, Héctor Vergara Oceania Michael Hester Assistant referees: Jan Hendrik-Hintz, Mark Rule South America Pablo Pozo Assistant referees: Patricio Basualto, Francisco Mondria Jorge Larrionda Assistant referees: Pablo Fandiño, Mauricio Espinosa

Squads

Main article: 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup squads

Group stage

Tie-breaking criteria

The ranking of each team in each group was determined as follows:^[11]

a) greatest number of points obtained in all group matches;
b) goal difference in all group matches;
c) greatest number of goals scored in all group matches.

Had two or more teams been equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings would have been determined as follows:

d) greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
e) goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
f) greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned;
g) drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.

Group A

Main article: 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8	9
South Africa	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
Iraq	3	0	2	1	0	1	−1	2
New Zealand	3	0	1	2	0	7	−7	1

14 June 2009
South Africa	0 – 0	Iraq
New Zealand	0 – 5	Spain
17 June 2009
Spain	1 – 0	Iraq
South Africa	2 – 0	New Zealand
20 June 2009
Iraq	0 – 0	New Zealand
Spain	2 – 0	South Africa

Group B

Main article: 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	10	3	+7	9
United States	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3
Italy	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
Egypt	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3	3

15 June 2009
Brazil	4 – 3	Egypt
United States	1 – 3	Italy
18 June 2009
United States	0 – 3	Brazil
Egypt	1 – 0	Italy
21 June 2009
Italy	0 – 3	Brazil
Egypt	0 – 3	United States

Knockout stage

Main article: 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	24 June – Bloemfontein
	Spain	0
	United States	2
					28 June – Johannesburg
					United States	2
					Brazil	3
					Third place
	25 June – Johannesburg			28 June – Rustenburg
	Brazil	1		Spain (a.e.t.)	3
	South Africa	0			South Africa	2

Semi-finals

24 June 2009 20:30 SAST	Spain	0 – 2	United States	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein Attendance: 35,369 Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
		Report	Altidore  27' Dempsey  74'

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25 June 2009 20:30 SAST	Brazil	1 – 0	South Africa	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg Attendance: 48,049 Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)
	Dani Alves  88'	Report

Third place match

28 June 2009 15:00 SAST	Spain	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	South Africa	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg Attendance: 31,788 Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)
	Güiza  88', 89' Alonso  107'	Report	Mphela  73', 90+3'

Final

Main article: 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Final

28 June 2009 20:30 SAST	United States	2 – 3	Brazil	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg Attendance: 52,291 Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)
	Dempsey  10' Donovan  27'	Report	L. Fabiano  46', 74' Lúcio  84'

Awards

FIFA Fair Play Trophy	Golden Ball Winner	Golden Boot Winner	Golden Glove Winner
Brazil	Kaká	Luís Fabiano	Tim Howard

Silver Ball Winner	Silver Boot Winner
Luís Fabiano	Fernando Torres
Bronze Ball Winner	Bronze Boot Winner
Clint Dempsey	David Villa

FIFA.com Users' Top 11^[12]

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Tim Howard	Joan Capdevila Carles Puyol Lúcio Maicon	Kaká Mohamed Aboutrika Clint Dempsey	David Villa Fernando Torres Luís Fabiano

Goalscorers

5 goals

• Luís Fabiano

3 goals

Fernando Torres

David Villa

Clint Dempsey

2 goals

Kaká Mohamed Zidan Katlego Mphela

Bernard Parker Giuseppe Rossi

Daniel Güiza Landon Donovan

1 goal

Dani Alves Felipe Melo Juan Lúcio Maicon

Robinho Homos Mohamed Shawky Daniele De Rossi Xabi Alonso

Cesc Fàbregas Fernando Llorente Jozy Altidore Michael Bradley Charlie Davies

Own goal

• Andrea Dossena (for Brazil)

See also

• 2010 FIFA World Cup

References

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External links

• 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup at FIFA.com