2001 FIFA Confederations Cup

2001 FIFA Confederations Cup

대한민국/일본 2001년 2001 韓国/日本
Tournament details
Host countries	South Korea Japan
Dates	30 May – 10 June
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)	Eric Carrière Shaun Murphy Robert Pires Hwang Sun-hong Takayuki Suzuki Patrick Vieira Sylvain Wiltord (2 goals each)
Best player(s)	Robert Pires
Fair play award	Japan
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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 (they were the nation who founded the tournament, previously known as the King Fahd Cup). 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.