2003 FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP

The '2003 Confederations Cup' football tournament was held in France in June 2003. France retained the title they had won in 2001, but the tournament was overshadowed by the death of Cameroon player Marc-Vivien Foé, who died of heart failure in his side's semi-final against Colombia. Foé's death united the France and Cameroon teams in the final match; after France's victory, their captain Marcel Desailly lifted the trophy together with his Cameroon counterpart, Rigobert Song.
It was a very strange match, played even though team players from both sides had explicitly stated that the match should not be played out of respect for Foé. The Cameroon players did their best to take the trophy home in honour of their team mate, while the only French player to seem interested and play at his best was Thierry Henry. His golden goal in extra time gave France the trophy.
The presentation of medals and trophies has to be one of football's most moving episodes. Two Cameroon players held a gigantic photo of Foé, and a runner-up medal was hung to the edge of the photo too. When Marcel Desailly was presented with the Confederations Cup, he did not lift it up high, but held it in unison with Cameroon captain Rigobert Song. Foé finished third in media voting for player of the tournament and was posthumously awarded the Bronze Ball at its conclusion.

Contents

Participating teams

Venues

Match Officials

Squads

Group Stage

Group A

Group B

Bracket

Semi-finals

Third Place Playoff

Final

Top Scorers

Notes

External links

Participating teams

★ - hosts, winners of Euro 2000 and 2001 Confederations Cup

★ - 2002 FIFA World Cup winners

★ - 2002 African Nations Cup winners

★ - 2001 Copa América winners

★ - 2000 Asian Cup winners

★ - 2002 Oceania Nations Cup winners

★ - third-placed team in 2002 FIFA World Cup ''(Germany, the runner-up in the 2002 World Cup, declined to take part)''

★ - 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners

Venues

The matches were played in:

★ Stade Gerland, Lyon

★ Stade de France, Saint-Denis, Paris

★ Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne

Match Officials

;Africa

★ Coffi Codjia


;Asia

★ Masoud Moradi


;Europe

★ Lucílio Batista

★ Valentin Valentinovich Ivanov

★ Markus Merk
;North and Central America

★ Carlos Batres


;Oceania

★ Mark Shield


;South America

★ Carlos Amarilla

★ Jorge Larrionda

Squads

For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament see, 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup squads

Group Stage

All times local (UTC+2)

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	'9'	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7
	'6'	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2
	'3'	3	1	0	2	4	3	+1
	'0'	3	0	0	3	1	11	-10

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Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	'7'	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2
	'4'	3	1	1	1	4	4	0
	'4'	3	1	1	1	3	3	0
	'1'	3	0	1	2	1	3	-2

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Bracket

Semi-finals

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Third Place Playoff

Final

'2003 Confederations Cup Winner': France 'FRANCE' 'Second title'

Top Scorers

'4 goals'

★ Thierry Henry - Golden Ball (player of the tournament) and Golden Shoe winner (top goal scorer).
'3 goals'

★ Giovanny Hernández

★ Robert Pirès

★ Shunsuke Nakamura - Bronze Shoe winner.^[1]

★ Tuncay Sanli - Silver Ball and Silver Shoe winner.^[2]

★ Okan Yilmaz
'2 goals'

★ Adriano

★ Gökdeniz Karadeniz

Notes

1. Among the remaining players with three goals and no assists, Nakamura played the lowest number of minutes to record his goal tally.
2. Although four other players had three goals each, Sanli received the Silver Shoe Award as he was the only one of the five to have registered an assist in the competition.

External links

★ Official Confederations Cup 2003 site