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2003 FIFA Confederations Cup
Coupe des Confédérations 2003
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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)
Runner-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

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. The Cameroon players did their best to take the trophy home in honour of their team mate, and forced the match into extra time, where a golden goal by Thierry Henry gave France the trophy.

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.

[edit] 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 Runner-up, declined to take part.

[edit] 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

[edit] Match officials

Africa

Coffi Codjia

Asia

Masoud Moradi

Europe

North America, Central America and Caribbean

Carlos Batres

Oceania

Mark Shield

South America

[edit] Squads

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

[edit] Group stage

[edit] Group A

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

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

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' Killen 68'

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' Sagnol 90'	(Report)	Nakamura 59'

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)

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'

[edit] 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

16 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'

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'

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)

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)

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' Ronaldinho 90+3'	(Report)	Gökdeniz 53' Okan Y. 81'

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

[edit] Knockout stage

Semifinals			Final

June 26 - Lyon
Cameroon	1
Colombia	0

			June 29 - Saint-Denis
			Cameroon	0
			France (a.e.t.)	1


			Third place
June 26 - Saint-Denis		June 28 - Saint-Etienne
France	3	Colombia	1
Turkey	2		Turkey	2

[edit] 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' Tchato 69'	(Report)

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'

[edit] 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'

[edit] 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 98'

2003 Confederations Cup Winner
France Second title

[edit] 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 Foe	Shunsuke Nakamura

[edit] Goalscorers

4 goals

Thierry Henry

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 goal (cont.)

[edit] Notes

^ 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.

[edit] External links

Official Confederations Cup 2003 site

[0] 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.

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