2003 FIFA Confederations Cup

2003 FIFA Confederations Cup

Coupe des Confédérations 2003
Tournament details
Host country	France
Dates	18 June - 29 June
Teams	8 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	France (2nd title)
Runners-up	Cameroon
Third place	Turkey
Fourth place	Colombia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	37 (2.31 per match)
Attendance	491,700 (30,731 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Thierry Henry (4 goals)
Best player	Thierry Henry
← 2001 2005 →

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 too. 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.

Participating teams

2003 FIFA Confederations Cup participating teams

Team	Confederation	Qualification	Participation
France	UEFA	UEFA Euro 2000 winners and host	2nd
Brazil	CONMEBOL	2002 FIFA World Cup winners	4th
Cameroon	CAF	2002 African Cup of Nations winners	2nd
Colombia	CONMEBOL	Copa América 2001 winners	1st
Japan	AFC	2000 AFC Asian Cup winners	3rd
New Zealand	OFC	2002 OFC Nations Cup winners	2nd
Turkey	UEFA	2002 FIFA World Cup third place1	1st
United States	CONCACAF	2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners	3rd

¹Germany, the 2002 FIFA World Cup runners-up, declined to take part.

Venues

The matches were played in:

Saint-Denis	Lyon	Saint-Étienne
Stade de France	Stade de Gerland	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Capacity: 80,000	Capacity: 41,200	Capacity: 36,000

Match officials

Africa Coffi Codjia Asia Masoud Moradi Europe Lucílio Batista Valentin Valentinovich Ivanov Markus Merk

North America, Central America and Caribbean Carlos Batres Oceania Mark Shield South America Carlos Amarilla Jorge Larrionda

Squads

For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament see, 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup squads

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9
Colombia	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
Japan	3	1	0	2	4	3	+1	3
New Zealand	3	0	0	3	1	11	−10	0

18 June 2003 18:00 CEST	New Zealand	0 – 3	Japan	Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 36,038 Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
		Report	Nakamura  12', 75' Nakata  65'

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18 June 2003 21:00 CEST	France	1 – 0	Colombia	Stade de Gerland, Lyon Attendance: 38,541 Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)
	Henry  39' (pen.)	Report

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20 June 2003 19:00 CEST	Colombia	3 – 1	New Zealand	Stade de Gerland, Lyon Attendance: 22,811 Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
	López  58' Yepes  75' Hernández  85'	Report	de Gregorio  27'

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20 June 2003 21:00 CEST	France	2 – 1	Japan	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne Attendance: 33,070 Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
	Pirès  43' (pen.) Govou  65'	Report	Nakamura  59'

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22 June 2003 21:00 CEST	France	5 – 0	New Zealand	Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 36,842 Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
	Kapo  17' Henry  20' Cissé  71' Giuly  90+1' Pirès  90+3'	Report

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22 June 2003 21:00 CEST	Japan	0 – 1	Colombia	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne Attendance: 24,541 Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
		Report	Hernández  68'

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cameroon	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7
Turkey	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Brazil	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
United States	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1

19 June 2003 19:00 CEST	Turkey	2 – 1	United States	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne Attendance: 16,944 Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
	Okan Y.  40' (pen.) Tuncay  73'	Report	Beasley  37'

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19 June 2003 21:00 CEST	Brazil	0 – 1	Cameroon	Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 46,719 Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)
		Report	Eto'o  83'

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21 June 2003 19:00 CEST	Cameroon	1 – 0	Turkey	Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 43,743 Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)
	Geremi  90+1' (pen.)	Report

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21 June 2003 21:00 CEST	Brazil	1 – 0	United States	Stade de Gerland, Lyon Attendance: 20,306 Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)
	Adriano  22'	Report

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23 June 2003 21:00 CEST	Brazil	2 – 2	Turkey	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne Attendance: 29,170 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
	Adriano  23' Alex  90+3'	Report	Gökdeniz  53' Okan Y.  81'

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23 June 2003 21:00 CEST	United States	0 – 0	Cameroon	Stade de Gerland, Lyon Attendance: 19,206 Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
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Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	26 June - Lyon
	Cameroon	1
	Colombia	0
					29 June - Saint-Denis
					Cameroon	0
					France (a.e.t.)	1
					Third place
	26 June - Saint-Denis			28 June - Saint-Etienne
	France	3		Colombia	1
	Turkey	2			Turkey	2

Semi-finals

26 June 2003 18:00 CEST	Cameroon	1 – 0	Colombia	Stade de Gerland, Lyon Attendance: 12,352 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
	Ndiefi  9'	Report

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26 June 2003 21:00 CEST	France	3 – 2	Turkey	Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 41,195 Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
	Henry  11' Pirès  26' Wiltord  43'	Report	Gökdeniz  42' Tuncay  48'

Third place play-off

28 June 2003 18:00 CEST	Colombia	1 – 2	Turkey	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne Attendance: 18,237 Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
	Hernández  63'	Report	Tuncay  2' Okan Y.  86'

Final

Main article: 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup Final

29 June 2003 21:00 CEST	Cameroon	0 – 1 (a.e.t.)	France	Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 51,985 Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)
		Report	Henry  97'

Awards

Golden Ball Winner	Golden Shoe Winner	FIFA Fair Play Trophy
Thierry Henry	Thierry Henry	Japan

Silver Ball Winner	Silver Shoe Winner
Tuncay Şanlı	Tuncay Şanlı
Bronze Ball Winner	Bronze Shoe Winner
Marc-Vivien Foé	Shunsuke Nakamura

Goalscorers

4 goals Thierry Henry 3 goals Giovanny Hernández Robert Pirès Shunsuke Nakamura Tuncay Şanlı[1] Okan Yılmaz

2 goals Adriano Gökdeniz Karadeniz 1 goal Alex Samuel Eto'o Geremi Pius Ndiefi Jorge López

1 goal (cont.) Mario Yepes Djibril Cissé Ludovic Giuly Sidney Govou Olivier Kapo Sylvain Wiltord Hidetoshi Nakata Raf de Gregorio DaMarcus Beasley

Notes

1. ^ Although four other players had three goals each, Şanlı received the Silver Shoe award as he was the only one of the five to have registered an assist in the competition.

External links

• Official Confederations Cup 2003 site