2001 FIFA Confederations Cup


The 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup was the fifth FIFA Confederations Cup and the third to be organised by FIFA. It was also the first in which the original hosts, Saudi Arabia, did not participate. The tournament was played from 30 May to 10 June 2001, and co-hosted by South Korea and Japan, who were also hosts for the 2002 FIFA World Cup finals. It was won by France, beating hosts Japan 1–0, with a goal from Patrick Vieira.
By winning the tournament, France became the second team to simultaneously be World Cup champions, continental champions and Confederations Cup winners, after Brazil in 1997.
The eight teams were split into two groups of four, in which each team plays each of the others once, with the top two in each group advancing to the semi-finals.

Qualified teams

TeamConfederationQualification methodDate qualification securedParticipation no.
AFCCo-hosts31 May 19961st
AFCCo-hosts
2000 AFC Asian Cup winners		31 May 19962nd
UEFA1998 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2000 winners12 July 19981st
CONMEBOL1999 Copa América winners18 July 19993rd
CONCACAF1999 FIFA Confederations Cup winners4 August 19994th
CAF2000 African Cup of Nations winners13 February 20001st
CONCACAF2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners27 February 20001st
OFC2000 OFC Nations Cup winners28 June 20002nd

Venues

Match referees

;Africa
;Asia
;Europe
;North America, Central America and Caribbean
;Oceania
;South America

Group stage

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
320191+86
320131+26
320136−36
300318−70

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Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
321050+57
312020+25
310224−23
301205−51

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

Awards

Statistics

Goalscorers

A total of 31 goals were scored by 24 different players. None of them are credited as an own goal.
;2 goals
;1 goal