2005 FIFA Confederations Cup

      2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
      Konföderationen-Pokal 2005
      Tournament details
      Host country Germany
      Dates 15 June – 29 June
      Teams 8 (from 6 confederations)
      Venue(s) 5 (in 5 host cities)
      Final positions
      Champions  Brazil (2nd title)
      Runners-up  Argentina
      Third place  Germany
      Fourth place  Mexico
      Tournament statistics
      Matches played 16
      Goals scored 56 (3.5 per match)
      Attendance 603,106 (37,694 per match)
      Top scorer(s) Brazil Adriano (5 goals)
      Best player Brazil Adriano
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      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. The final was a rematch of the Copa América final also won by Brazil. It was Brazil's second win at the Confederations Cup.

      Qualified teams

      2005 FIFA Confederations Cup participating teams
      Team Confederation Qualification method Date qualification secured Participation no.
       Germany UEFA 2006 FIFA World Cup host 7 July 2000 2nd
       Brazil CONMEBOL 2002 FIFA World Cup winner 30 June 2002 5th
       Mexico CONCACAF 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup winner 27 July 2003 5th
       Tunisia CAF 2004 African Cup of Nations winner 14 February 2004 1st
       Greece UEFA UEFA Euro 2004 winner 4 July 2004 1st
       Argentina CONMEBOL 2004 Copa América runners-up1 25 July 2004 3rd
       Japan AFC 2004 AFC Asian Cup winners 7 August 2004 4th
       Australia OFC 2004 OFC Nations Cup winners 12 October 2004 3rd

      1Argentina were awarded a spot in the competition because Brazil had won both the 2002 FIFA World Cup and the 2004 Copa América. Since both competitions award their winners a place in the Confederations Cup, the runners-up in the Copa América 2004 was called to play.[1]

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      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
      Coba-arena-ffm004.jpg RheinEnergieStadion Köln 001.jpg Awdarena.jpg Länderspiel Deutschland - Kamerun.jpg Frankenstadion 2.JPG
      • ^1 As the Waldstadion.

      All five venues were reused for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

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      Match officials

      Confederation Referee Assistants
      AFC Shamsul Maidin (Singapore) Prachya Permpanich (Thailand)
      Bengech Allaberdyev (Turkmenistan)
      CAF Mourad Daami (Tunisia) Taoufik Adjengui (Tunisia)
      Ali Tomusange (Uganda)
      CONCACAF Peter Prendergast (Jamaica) Anthony Garwood (Jamaica)
      Joseph Taylor (Trinidad and Tobago)
      CONMEBOL Carlos Chandía (Chile) Cristian Julio (Chile)
      Mario Vargas (Chile)
      Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay) Amelio Andino (Paraguay)
      Manuel Bernal (Paraguay)
      OFC Matthew Breeze (Australia) Matthew Cream (Australia)
      Jim Ouliaris (Australia)
      UEFA Herbert Fandel (Germany) Carsten Kadach (Germany)
      Volker Wezel (Germany)
      Roberto Rosetti (Italy) Alessandro Griselli (Italy)
      Cristiano Copelli (Italy)
      Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia) Roman Slyško (Slovakia)
      Martin Balko (Slovakia)
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      Squads

      For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup squads

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      Group stage

      Group A

      Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
       Germany 3 2 1 0 9 5 +4 7
       Argentina 3 2 1 0 8 5 +3 7
       Tunisia 3 1 0 2 3 5 –2 3
       Australia 3 0 0 3 5 10 –5 0
      15 June 2005
      18:00 CEST
      		 Argentina  2 – 1  Tunisia RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne
      Attendance: 28,033
      Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
      Riquelme Goal 33' (pen.)
      Saviola Goal 57'      		 (Report) Guemamdia Goal 72' (pen.)
      15 June 2005
      21:00 CEST
      		 Germany  4 – 3  Australia Waldstadion, Frankfurt
      Attendance: 46,466
      Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)
      Kurányi Goal 17'
      Mertesacker Goal 23'
      Ballack Goal 60' (pen.)
      Podolski Goal 88'      		 (Report) Skoko Goal 21'
      Aloisi Goal 31', 90+2'
      18 June 2005
      18:00 CEST
      		 Tunisia  0 – 3  Germany RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne
      Attendance: 44,337
      Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)
      (Report) Ballack Goal 74' (pen.)
      Schweinsteiger Goal 80'
      Hanke Goal 88'
      18 June 2005
      20:45 CEST
      		 Australia  2 – 4  Argentina Frankenstadion, Nuremberg
      Attendance: 25,218
      Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)
      Aloisi Goal 61' (pen.), 70' (Report) Figueroa Goal 12', 53', 89'
      Riquelme Goal 31' (pen.)
      21 June 2005
      20:45 CEST
      		 Australia  0 – 2  Tunisia Zentralstadion, Leipzig
      Attendance: 23,952
      Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)
      (Report) Santos Goal 26', 70'
      21 June 2005
      20:45 CEST
      		 Argentina  2 – 2  Germany Frankenstadion, Nuremberg
      Attendance: 42,088
      Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
      Riquelme Goal 33'
      Cambiasso Goal 74'      		 (Report) Kurányi Goal 29'
      Asamoah Goal 51'

      Group B

      Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
       Mexico 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 7
       Brazil 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 4
       Japan 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
       Greece 3 0 1 2 0 4 –4 1
      16 June 2005
      18:00 CEST
      		 Japan  1 – 2  Mexico AWD-Arena, Hanover
      Attendance: 24,036
      Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)
      Yanagisawa Goal 12' (Report) Zinha Goal 39'
      Fonseca Goal 64'
      16 June 2005
      20:45 CEST
      		 Brazil  3 – 0  Greece Zentralstadion, Leipzig
      Attendance: 42,507
      Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
      Adriano Goal 41'
      Robinho Goal 46'
      Juninho Goal 81'      		 (Report)
      19 June 2005
      18:00 CEST
      		 Greece  0 – 1  Japan Waldstadion, Frankfurt
      Attendance: 34,314
      Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)
      (Report) Oguro Goal 76'
      19 June 2005
      20:45 CEST
      		 Mexico  1 – 0  Brazil AWD-Arena, Hanover
      Attendance: 43,677
      Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
      Borgetti Goal 59' (Report)
      22 June 2005
      20:45 CEST
      		 Greece  0 – 0  Mexico Waldstadion, Frankfurt
      Attendance: 31,285
      Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)
      (Report)
      22 June 2005
      20:45 CEST
      		 Japan  2 – 2  Brazil RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne
      Attendance: 44,922
      Referee: Mourad Daami (Tunisia)
      Nakamura Goal 27'
      Oguro Goal 88'      		 (Report) Robinho Goal 10'
      Ronaldinho Goal 32'
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      Knockout stage

        Semi-finals Final
      25 June - Nuremberg
        Germany  2  
        Brazil  3  
       
      29 June - Frankfurt
            Brazil  4
          Argentina  1
      Third place
      26 June - Hannover 29 June - Leipzig
        Mexico  1 (5)   Germany (a.e.t.)  4
        Argentina (pens.)  1 (6)     Mexico  3

      Semi-finals

      25 June 2005
      18:00 CEST
      		 Germany  2 – 3  Brazil Frankenstadion, Nuremberg
      Attendance: 42,187
      Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)
      Podolski Goal 23'
      Ballack Goal 45+3' (pen.)      		 (Report) Adriano Goal 21', 76'
      Ronaldinho Goal 43' (pen.)
      26 June 2005
      18:00 CEST
      		 Mexico  1 – 1
      (a.e.t.)      		  Argentina AWD-Arena, Hanover
      Attendance: 40,718
      Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
      Salcido Goal 104' (Report) Figueroa Goal 110'
        Penalties  
      Pérez Penalty scored
      Pardo Penalty scored
      Borgetti Penalty scored
      Salcido Penalty scored
      Pineda Penalty scored
      Osorio Penalty missed      		 5 – 6 Penalty scoredRiquelme
      Penalty scoredRodríguez
      Penalty scoredAimar
      Penalty scoredGalletti
      Penalty scoredSorín
      Penalty scoredCambiasso

      Third place play-off

      29 June 2005
      18:00 CEST
      		 Germany  4 – 3
      (a.e.t.)      		  Mexico Zentralstadion, Leipzig
      Attendance: 43,335
      Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)
      Podolski Goal 37'
      Schweinsteiger Goal 41'
      Huth Goal 79'
      Ballack Goal 97'      		 (Report) Fonseca Goal 40'
      Borgetti Goal 58', 85'

      Final

      Main article: 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup Final
      29 June 2005
      20:45 CEST
      		 Brazil  4 – 1  Argentina Waldstadion, Frankfurt
      Attendance: 45,591
      Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
      Adriano Goal 11', 63'
      Kaká Goal 16'
      Ronaldinho Goal 47'      		 (Report) Aimar Goal 65'
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      Awards

      Golden Ball Winner Golden Shoe Winner FIFA Fair Play Trophy
      Brazil Adriano Brazil Adriano  Greece
      Silver Ball Winner Silver Shoe Winner
      Argentina Juan Riquelme Germany Michael Ballack
      Bronze Ball Winner Bronze Shoe Winner
      Brazil Ronaldinho Australia John Aloisi
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      Goal scorers

      5 goals
      4 goals
      3 goals
      2 goals
      1 goal
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      References

      1. ^ "Argentina seal sixth FIFA Confederations Cup berth". FIFA.com (Fédération Internationale de Football Association). 22 July 2004. Retrieved 2 July 2012. 
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