Confederations Cup

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The FIFA Confederations Cup is a football (soccer) tournament for national teams, held every four years (previously every two years) by FIFA. It is contested by the winners of each of the six FIFA confederation championships (CAF, CONMEBOL, UEFA, AFC, OFC, CONCACAF), along with the FIFA World Cup champion and the host country, to bring the number of teams up to eight. When the World Cup champion is also winner of its confederation championship, then the runner-up champion takes the place, ensuring eight teams for the tournament. In the 2005 tournament, however, Brazil, as World Cup champion and Germany, as host, had qualified. When Brazil also won the Copa América, instead of the eighth spot going to Germany (as runner-up in the World Cup), it went instead to Argentina, which was the runner-up in the Copa América.

The first tournament was held in Saudi Arabia in 1992, and was known as the King Fahd Cup, named after King Fahd of Saudi Arabia. In 1997, FIFA upgraded the status of the competition to an official tournament, increased the number of teams to eight, and renamed it the FIFA Confederations Cup. The competition since was held every two years. From 2005 onwards, the tournament was changed to be held to once in every four years. The tournament will be held one year prior to each World Cup at the country that will host the World Cup the following year. This decision was made to make the Confederations Cup a dress rehearsal for the World Cup (for the host nations as well as the participating teams).

The 2003 tournament was marred by tragedy, when the Cameroon player Marc-Vivien Foé collapsed and died during the semi-final against Colombia.

Contents 1 List of tournaments 2 Broadcasting rights 3 Goalscorers 4 See also

List of tournaments

Year	Host		Final
			Winner	Score	Runner-up
1992 Details	Saudi Arabia		Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina	3 - 1	Image:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia
1995 Details	Saudi Arabia		Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark	2 - 0	Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
1997 Details	Saudi Arabia		Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil	6 - 0	Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia
1999 Details	Mexico		Image:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico	4 - 3	Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
2001 Details	South Korea & Japan		Image:Flag of France.svg France	1 - 0	Image:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
2003 Details	France		Image:Flag of France.svg France	1 - 0 asdet	Image:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
2005 Details	Germany		Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil	4 - 1	Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
2009 Details	South Africa

Broadcasting rights

• United Kingdom: Live coverage of selected matches has been shown on terrestrial channel Five, formerly known as Channel 5. Delayed coverage is usually shared between Five and satellite/cable network British Eurosport. Seen as a lower key event, the Confederations Cup has never been shown on main BBC and ITV channels. The rights are generally bought up quietly, around six months before the main event for much less money than the FIFA World Cup.

Goalscorers

• see Confederations Cup goalscorers.

See also

• European Football Championship
• Copa América
• African Nations Cup
• Asian Cup
• CONCACAF Gold Cup
• OFC Nations Cup

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