2001 FIFA Confederations Cup

2001 FIFA Confederations Cup
대한민국/일본 2001년
2001 韓国/日本
Tournament details
Host countriesSouth Korea
Japan
Dates30 May – 10 June
Teams8 (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 played16
Goals scored31 (1.94 per match)
Attendance557,191 (34,824 per match)
Top scorer(s)France Eric Carrière
Australia Shaun Murphy
France Robert Pires
South Korea Hwang Sun-hong
Japan Takayuki Suzuki
France Patrick Vieira
France Sylvain Wiltord
(2 goals each)
Best player(s)France Robert Pires
Fair play award Japan
1999
2003

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.