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2005 FIFA Confederations Cup Konföderationen-Pokal 2005 
Tournament details Host country
GermanyDates 15 June – 29 June Teams 8 (from 6 confederations) Venue(s) 5 (in 5 host cities) Final positions Champions
Brazil (2nd title)Runners-up
ArgentinaThird place
GermanyFourth place
MexicoTournament statistics Matches played 16 Goals scored 56 (3.5 per match) Attendance 603,106 (37,694 per match) Top scorer(s)
Adriano (5 goals)Best player
Adriano← 20032009 →The 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup football tournament was the seventh FIFA Confederations Cup. It was held in Germany between 15 June and 29 June 2005. The tournament was won by 2002 FIFA World Cup winners Brazil, who defeated Argentina 4–1 in the final Waldstadion in Frankfurt. It was Brazil's second win at the Confederations Cup.
Contents
Participating teams
Team Confederation Qualification Participation
GermanyUEFA 2006 FIFA World Cup host 2nd
BrazilCONMEBOL 2002 FIFA World Cup winners 5th
MexicoCONCACAF 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners 5th
TunisiaCAF 2004 African Cup of Nations winners 1st
GreeceUEFA UEFA Euro 2004 winners 1st
ArgentinaCONMEBOL Copa América 2004 runners-up1 3rd
JapanAFC 2004 AFC Asian Cup winners 4th
AustraliaOFC 2004 OFC Nations Cup winners 3rd 1Argentina was awarded a spot in the competition because Brazil had won both the 2002 FIFA World Cup and the Copa América 2004. Since both competitions award their winners a spot in the Confederations Cup, the runner-up in the Copa América 2004 was called to play.[1]
Venues
Frankfurt Cologne Hanover Leipzig Nuremberg Commerzbank-Arena[1] RheinEnergieStadion AWD-Arena Zentralstadion Frankenstadion Capacity: 48,132 Capacity: 46,120 Capacity: 44,652 Capacity: 44,200 Capacity: 41,926 



- ^1 As the Waldstadion.
All five venues were reused for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Match officials
- Africa
- Asia
- Europe
- North America, Central America and Caribbean
- Oceania
- South America
Carlos Amarilla
Carlos Chandía
Squads
For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup squads
Group stage
Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Germany3 2 1 0 9 5 +4 7
Argentina3 2 1 0 8 5 +3 7
Tunisia3 1 0 2 3 5 –2 3
Australia3 0 0 3 5 10 –5 0 15 June 2005
18:00 CESTArgentina 
2 – 1
TunisiaRheinEnergieStadion, Cologne
Attendance: 28,033
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)Riquelme
33' (pen.)
Saviola
57'(Report) Guemamdia
72' (pen.)
15 June 2005
21:00 CESTGermany 
4 – 3
AustraliaWaldstadion, Frankfurt
Attendance: 46,466
Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)Kurányi
17'
Mertesacker
23'
Ballack
60' (pen.)
Podolski
88'(Report) Skoko
21'
Aloisi
31', 90+2'
18 June 2005
18:00 CESTTunisia 
0 – 3
GermanyRheinEnergieStadion, Cologne
Attendance: 44,337
Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)(Report) Ballack
74' (pen.)
Schweinsteiger
80'
Hanke
88'
18 June 2005
20:45 CESTAustralia 
2 – 4
ArgentinaFrankenstadion, Nuremberg
Attendance: 25,218
Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)Aloisi
61' (pen.), 70'(Report) Figueroa
12', 53', 89'
Riquelme
31' (pen.)
21 June 2005
20:45 CESTAustralia 
0 – 2
TunisiaZentralstadion, Leipzig
Attendance: 23,952
Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)(Report) Santos
26', 70'
21 June 2005
20:45 CESTArgentina 
2 – 2
GermanyFrankenstadion, Nuremberg
Attendance: 42,088
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)Riquelme
33'
Cambiasso
74'(Report) Kurányi
29'
Asamoah
51'Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Mexico3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 7
Brazil3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 4
Japan3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
Greece3 0 1 2 0 4 –4 1 16 June 2005
18:00 CESTJapan 
1 – 2
MexicoAWD-Arena, Hanover
Attendance: 24,036
Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)Yanagisawa
12'(Report) Zinha
39'
Fonseca
64'
16 June 2005
20:45 CESTBrazil 
3 – 0
GreeceZentralstadion, Leipzig
Attendance: 42,507
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)Adriano
41'
Robinho
46'
Juninho
81'(Report)
19 June 2005
18:00 CESTGreece 
0 – 1
JapanWaldstadion, Frankfurt
Attendance: 34,314
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)(Report) Oguro
76'
19 June 2005
20:45 CESTMexico 
1 – 0
BrazilAWD-Arena, Hanover
Attendance: 43,677
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)Borgetti
59'(Report)
22 June 2005
20:45 CESTGreece 
0 – 0
MexicoWaldstadion, Frankfurt
Attendance: 31,285
Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)(Report)
22 June 2005
20:45 CESTJapan 
2 – 2
BrazilRheinEnergieStadion, Cologne
Attendance: 44,922
Referee: Mourad Daami (Tunisia)Nakamura
27'
Oguro
88'(Report) Robinho
10'
Ronaldinho
32'Knockout stage
Semifinals Final 25 June - Nuremberg
Germany2
Brazil3 29 June - Frankfurt
Brazil4
Argentina1 Third place 26 June - Hannover 29 June - Leipzig
Mexico1 (5)
Germany (a.e.t.)4
Argentina (pens.)1 (6)
Mexico3 Semi-finals
25 June 2005
18:00 CESTGermany 
2 – 3
BrazilFrankenstadion, Nuremberg
Attendance: 42,187
Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)Podolski
23'
Ballack
45+3' (pen.)(Report) Adriano
21', 76'
Ronaldinho
43' (pen.)
26 June 2005
18:00 CESTMexico 
1 – 1
(a.e.t.)
ArgentinaAWD-Arena, Hanover
Attendance: 40,718
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)Salcido
104'(Report) Figueroa
110'Penalties Pérez 
Pardo
Borgetti
Salcido
Pineda
Osorio
5 – 6
Riquelme
Rodríguez
Aimar
Galletti
Sorín
CambiassoThird place playoff
29 June 2005
18:00 CESTGermany 
4 – 3
(a.e.t.)
MexicoZentralstadion, Leipzig
Attendance: 43,335
Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)Podolski
37'
Schweinsteiger
41'
Huth
79'
Ballack
97'(Report) Fonseca
40'
Borgetti
58', 85'Final
Main article: 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup Final29 June 2005
20:45 CESTBrazil 
4 – 1
ArgentinaWaldstadion, Frankfurt
Attendance: 45,591
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)Adriano
11', 63'
Kaká
16'
Ronaldinho
47'(Report) Aimar
65'Awards
Golden Ball Winner Golden Shoe Winner FIFA Fair Play Trophy
Adriano
Adriano
GreeceSilver Ball Winner Silver Shoe Winner
Juan Riquelme
Michael BallackBronze Ball Winner Bronze Shoe Winner
Ronaldinho
John AloisiGoal scorers
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
Robinho
Kevin Kurányi
Bastian Schweinsteiger
Masashi Oguro
José Francisco Fonseca
Francileudo Santos
- 1 goal
References
- ^ "Argentina seal sixth FIFA Confederations Cup berth", FIFA.com, 22 July 2004
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