2001 FIFA Confederations Cup
대한민국/일본 2001년 2001 韓国/日本
Tournament details
Host countries	South Korea  Japan
Teams	8 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	France (1st title)
Runners-up	Japan
Third place	Australia
Fourth place	Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	31  (1.94 per match)
Attendance	557,191  (34,824 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Shaun Murphy Eric Carrière Robert Pirès Patrick Vieira Sylvain Wiltord Hwang Sun-Hong Takayuki Suzuki (2 goals)
Best player	Robert Pirès

The 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup was the fifth FIFA Confederations Cup and the third to be organised by FIFA. The tournament was played in May and 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.

Participating teams

•  Korea Republic - hosts
•  Japan - hosts (and winner of the 2000 AFC Asian Cup)
•  Mexico - 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup winners
•  Canada - 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners
•  Australia - 2000 OFC Nations Cup winners
•  Cameroon - 2000 African Cup of Nations winners
•  Brazil - Copa América 1999 winners
•  France - UEFA Euro 2000 and 1998 FIFA World Cup winners

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.

Venues

• South Korea
  • Ulsan - Munsu Cup Stadium
  • Suwon - Suwon World Cup Stadium
  • Daegu - Daegu World Cup Stadium
• Japan
  • Yokohama - Yokohama International Stadium
  • Ibaraki - Kashima Stadium
  • Niigata - Niigata Stadium

Match officials

Squads

For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament see, 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup squads

Group stage

All times local (UTC+9)

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	2	0	1	9	1	+8	6
Australia	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	6
Korea Republic	3	2	0	1	3	6	-3	6
Mexico	3	0	0	3	1	8	-7	0

2001-05-30 17:00	France	5 – 0	Korea Republic	Daegu World Cup Stadium, Daegu Attendance: 61,500 Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
	Marlet  9' Vieira  19' Anelka  34' Djorkaeff  80' Wiltord  90'	(Report)

2001-05-30 19:30	Mexico	0 – 2	Australia	Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon Attendance: 6,232 Referee: Felix Tangawarima (Zimbabwe)
		(Report)	Murphy  18' Skoko  54'

2001-06-01 17:00	Australia	1 – 0	France	Daegu World Cup Stadium, Daegu Attendance: 44,400 Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
	Zane  60'	(Report)

2001-06-01 19:30	Korea Republic	2 – 1	Mexico	Munsu Cup Stadium, Ulsan Attendance: 41,550 Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)
	Hwang Sun-Hong  56' Yoo Sang-Chul  90'	(Report)	Ruíz  80'

2001-06-03 19:30	France	4 – 0	Mexico	Munsu Cup Stadium, Ulsan Attendance: 28,864 Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)
	Wiltord  8' Carriere  62'  83' Pirès  71'	(Report)

2001-06-03 19:30	Korea Republic	1 – 0	Australia	Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon Attendance: 42,754 Referee: Oscar Ruiz (Colombia)
	Hwang Sun-Hong  25'	(Report)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	7
Brazil	3	1	2	0	2	0	+2	5
Cameroon	3	1	0	2	2	4	-2	3
Canada	3	0	1	2	0	5	-5	1

2001-05-31 17:00	Brazil	2 – 0	Cameroon	Kashima Stadium, Ibaraki Attendance: 10,519 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)
	Washington  53' Miguel  57'	(Report)

2001-05-31 19:30	Japan	3 – 0	Canada	Niigata Stadium, Niigata Attendance: 39,006 Referee: Simon Micallef (Australia)
	Ono  57' Nishizawa  60' Morishima  88'	(Report)

2001-06-02 17:00	Canada	0 – 0	Brazil	Kashima Stadium, Ibaraki Attendance: 12,095 Referee: Jun Lu (China)
		(Report)

2001-06-02 19:30	Cameroon	0 – 2	Japan	Niigata Stadium, Niigata Attendance: 39,430 Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
		(Report)	Suzuki  8'  65'

2001-06-04 19:30	Brazil	0 – 0	Japan	Kashima Stadium, Ibaraki Attendance: 37,740 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
		(Report)

2001-06-04 19:30	Cameroon	2 – 0	Canada	Niigata Stadium, Niigata Attendance: 15,822 Referee: Byron Moreno (Ecuador)
	Tchoutang  48' Mboma  83'	(Report)

Knockout stage

	Semi finals				Final
	7 June - Yokohama
	Japan	1
	Australia	0
					10 June - Yokohama
					Japan	0
					France	1
					Third place
	7 June - Suwon			9 June - Ulsan
	France	2		Australia	1
	Brazil	1			Brazil	0

Semi-finals

2001-06-07 17:00	Japan	1 – 0	Australia	Yokohama International Stadium, Yokohama Attendance: 48,699 Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
	Nakata  43'	(Report)

2001-06-07 20:00	France	2 – 1	Brazil	Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon Attendance: 34,527 Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
	Pirès  7' Desailly  54'	(Report)	Ramon  30'

Third place play-off

2001-06-09 19:00	Australia	1 – 0	Brazil	Munsu Cup Stadium, Ulsan Attendance: 28,520 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)
	Murphy  84'	(Report)

Final

2001-06-10 19:00	Japan	0 – 1	France	Yokohama International Stadium, Yokohama Attendance: 65,533 Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)
		(Report)	Vieira  30'

2001 Confederations Cup Winner
France First title

Awards

FIFA Golden Shoe:	FIFA Golden Ball:	FIFA Fair Play Award:
Robert Pirès Eric Carrière	Robert Pirès	Japan

Top scorers

2 goals

• Shaun Murphy
• Eric Carrière
• Robert Pirès
• Patrick Vieira
• Sylvain Wiltord
• Takayuki Suzuki
• Hwang Sun-Hong

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