Intercontinental Championship and FIFA Confederations Cup (original) (raw)
The first two editions, called "King Fahd Cup" or "Intercontinental Championship", were not official at the time. Since the 1997 edition, the first officially recognised by FIFA, the tournament is called "(FIFA) Confederations Cup". Later, FIFA included the 1992 and 1995 editions among the official ones. The "Artemio Franchi Trophy", contested twice in 1985 and 1993 and revived as "Finalissima" in 2022, can be considered a precursor.
Palmares
1992 [] Argentina 1995 [] Denmark 1997 Brazil 1999 Mexico 2001 France 2003 France 2005 Brazil 2009 Brazil 2013 Brazil 2017 Germany
[*] unofficial at the time but later recognised by FIFA
Finals
1992 [] Argentina 3-1 Saudi Arabia 1995 [] Denmark 2-0 Argentina 1997 Brazil 6-0 Australia 1999 Mexico 4-3 Brazil 2001 France 1-0 Japan 2003 France 1-0 Cameroon [asdet] 2005 Brazil 4-1 Argentina 2009 Brazil 3-2 USA 2013 Brazil 3-0 Spain 2017 Germany 1-0 Chile
[*] unofficial at the time but later recognised by FIFA
Intercontinental Championship 1992
Participants: Saudi Arabia winners of "1988 Asian Cup" Argentina winners of "1991 Copa America" USA winners of "1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup" Ivory Coast winners of "1992 African Cup of Nations"
Staged in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 16th-19th October 1992
Semifinals Argentina 4-0 Ivory Coast Saudi Arabia 3-0 USA
Third Place Match USA 5-2 Ivory Coast
Final Argentina 3-1 Saudi Arabia
Intercontinental Championship 1995
Participants: Saudi Arabia organisers Argentina winners of "1993 Copa America" Denmark winners of "1992 European Championship" Japan winners of "1992 Asian Cup" Mexico winners of "1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup" Nigeria winners of "1994 African Cup of Nations"
Staged in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 6th-13th January 1995
First Round
Group A Saudi Arabia 0-2 Mexico Saudi Arabia 0-2 Denmark Mexico 1-1 Denmark Denmark win 4-2 on penalties
1.Denmark 2 1 1 0 3- 1 4 2.Mexico 2 1 1 0 3- 1 4 3.Saudi Arabia 2 0 0 2 0- 4 0
Group B Japan 0-3 Nigeria Japan 1-5 Argentina Argentina 0-0 Nigeria
1.Argentina 2 1 1 0 5- 1 4 2.Nigeria 2 1 1 0 3- 0 4 3.Japan 2 0 0 2 1- 8 0
Third Place Match Mexico 1-1 Nigeria Mexico win 5-4 on penalties
Final Denmark 2-0 Argentina
FIFA Confederations Cup 1997
Participants: Saudi Arabia organisers and winners of "1996 Asian Cup" Brazil world champions Uruguay winners of "1995 Copa America" Czech Republic runner-up of "1996 European Championship" (replacing Germany) UAE runner-up of "1996 Asian Cup" ("replacing" Saudi Arabia) Mexico winners of "1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup" South Africa winners of "1996 African Cup of Nations" Australia winners of "1996 Oceania Nations Cup"
Staged in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 12th-21st December 1997
Group A 12/12/97 Saudi Arabia 0-3 Brazil Australia 3-1 Mexico 14/12/97 Saudi Arabia 0-5 Mexico Brazil 0-0 Australia 16/12/97 Saudi Arabia 1-0 Australia Mexico 2-3 Brazil
1.Brazil 3 2 1 0 6- 2 7 2.Australia 3 1 1 1 3- 2 4 3.Mexico 3 1 0 2 8- 6 3 4.Saudi Arabia 3 1 0 2 1- 8 3
Group B 13/12/97 UAE 0-2 Uruguay Czech Rep. 2-2 South Africa 15/12/97 UAE 1-0 South Africa Uruguay 2-1 Czech Republic 17/12/97 UAE 1-6 Czech Republic South Africa 3-4 Uruguay
1.Uruguay 3 3 0 0 8- 4 9 2.Czech Republic 3 1 1 1 9- 5 4 3.UAE 3 1 0 2 2- 8 3 4.South Africa 3 0 1 2 5- 7 1
Semifinals
19/12/97 Brazil 2-0 Czech Republic
Uruguay 0-1 Australia [asdet]
Third Place Match 21/12/97 Czech Rep. 1-0 Uruguay
Final 21/12/97 Brazil 6-0 Australia
FIFA Confederations Cup 1999
Participants: Mexico organisers and winners of "1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup" Germany winners of "1996 European Championship" (replacing France, who had qualified as world champions) USA runners-up of "1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup" ("replacing" Mexico) Brazil holders and winners of "1997 Copa America" Bolivia runners-up of "1997 Copa America" ("replacing" Brazil) Egypt winners of "1998 African Cup of Nations" Saudi Arabia winners of "1996 Asian Cup" New Zealand winners of "1998 Oceania Nations Cup"
Was to be staged in Mexico, 8th-20th January 1999; was then postponed to 28th July-8th August 1999 so that the French team takes part. On Oct 23, 1998, the French football federation had announced France would not take part (as they couldn't field a team remotely resembling the one which won the World Cup, since the players involved are mostly playing for clubs in leagues which have matches in January - and the clubs pay the wages). France refused to enter anyway, citing the start of its professional league at the same time, and as substitutes Germany were entered - they were entitled to participation as European champions 1996 but had refused because of the original January date (as in 1997 falling in their winter break).
Group A (in Ciudad de México) 25/ 7/99 Mexico 5-1 Saudi Arabia Bolivia 2-2 Egypt 27/ 7/99 Saudi Arabia 0-0 Bolivia Mexico 2-2 Egypt 29/ 7/99 Egypt 1-5 Saudi Arabia Bolivia 0-1 Mexico
1.Mexico 3 2 1 0 8- 3 7 2.Saudi Arabia 3 1 1 1 6- 6 4 3.Bolivia 3 0 2 1 2- 3 2 4.Egypt 3 0 2 1 5- 9 2
Group B (in Guadalajara)
24/ 7/99 Brazil 4-0 Germany
New Zealand 1-2 USA
28/ 7/99 Germany 2-0 New Zealand
Brazil 1-0 USA
30/ 7/99 USA 2-0 Germany
New Zealand 0-2 Brazil
1.Brazil 3 3 0 0 7- 0 9 2.USA 3 2 0 1 4- 2 6 3.Germany 3 1 0 2 2- 6 3 4.New Zealand 3 0 0 3 1- 6 0
Semifinals 1/ 8/99 Brazil 8-2 Saudi Arabia (in Guadalajara) Mexico 1-0 USA [asdet] (in Ciudad de México)
Third Place Match (in Guadalajara) 3/ 8/99 USA 2-0 Saudi Arabia
Final (in Ciudad de México) 4/ 8/99 Mexico 4-3 Brazil
FIFA Confederations Cup 2001
Participants: Japan co-organisers South Korea co-organisers Mexico holders France world champions and winners of "2000 European Championship" Canada winners of "2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup" Brazil winners of "1999 Copa America" Cameroon winners of "2000 African Cup of Nations" Australia winners of "2000 Oceania Nations Cup"
Fortunately for FIFA, Japan won the Asian Championship 2000 after the above participant list had been announced.
Group A (South Korea)
30/ 5/01 Taegu France 5-0 South Korea
Suwon Mexico 0-2 Australia
1/ 6/01 Taegu Australia 1-0 France
Ulsan South Korea 2-1 Mexico
3/ 6/01 Ulsan France 4-0 Mexico
Suwon South Korea 1-0 Australia
1.FRANCE 3 2 0 1 9- 1 6 2.AUSTRALIA 3 2 0 1 3- 1 6 3.South Korea 3 2 0 1 3- 6 6 4.Mexico 3 0 0 3 1- 8 0
Group B (in Japan) 31/ 5/01 Ibaraki Brazil 2-0 Cameroon Niigata Japan 3-0 Canada 2/ 6/01 Ibaraki Canada 0-0 Brazil Niigata Cameroon 0-2 Japan 4/ 6/01 Ibaraki Brazil 0-0 Japan Niigata Cameroon 2-0 Canada
1.JAPAN 3 2 1 0 5- 0 7 2.BRAZIL 3 1 2 0 2- 0 5 3.Cameroon 3 1 0 2 2- 4 3 4.Canada 3 0 1 2 0- 5 1
Semifinals 7/ 6/01 Yokohama Japan 1-0 Australia Suwon France 2-1 Brazil
NB: after South Korea were eliminated on June 3, FIFA announced that in case Japan would have finished 2nd in their group, semifinal venues would be switched; eventually, this was not necessary
Third Place Match 9/ 6/01 Ulsan Australia 1-0 Brazil
Final 10/ 6/01 Yokohama Japan 0-1 France
FIFA Confederations Cup 2003
Participants: France organisers, winners of "2000 European Championship", holders Brazil world champions USA winners of "2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup" Colombia winners of "2001 Copa America" Cameroon winners of "2002 African Cup of Nations" New Zealand winners of "2002 Oceania Nations Cup" Japan winners of "2000 Asian Cup" Turkey replacement for Germany (World Cup 2002 runners-up); Germany, Italy (Euro 2000 runners-up) and Spain (as 2nd ranked team in the FIFA rankings at the time) refused to enter
Venues: Lyon (Stade Gerland), Paris (Stade de France) and Saint-Etienne (Stade Geoffroy-Guichard); originally also the Parc des Princes in Paris was planned as venue but this was decided against 'for practical reasons'.
Group A 18/ 6/03 St.Etienne New Zealand 0-3 Japan Lyon France 1-0 Colombia 20/ 6/03 Lyon Colombia 3-1 New Zealand St.Etienne France 2-1 Japan 22/ 6/03 St.Denis France 5-0 New Zealand St.Etienne Japan 0-1 Colombia
1.FRANCE 3 3 0 0 8- 1 9 2.COLOMBIA 3 2 0 1 4- 2 6 3.Japan 3 1 0 2 4- 3 3 4.New Zealand 3 0 0 3 1-11 0
Group B 19/ 6/03 St.Etienne Turkey 2-1 USA St.Denis Brazil 0-1 Cameroon 21/ 6/03 St.Denis Cameroon 1-0 Turkey Lyon Brazil 1-0 USA 23/ 6/03 St.Etienne Brazil 2-2 Turkey Lyon USA 0-0 Cameroon
1.CAMEROON 3 2 1 0 2- 0 7 2.TURKEY 3 1 1 1 4- 4 4 3.Brazil 3 1 1 1 3- 3 4 4.USA 3 0 1 2 1- 3 1
Semifinals 26/ 6/03 Lyon Cameroon 1-0 Colombia [Marc-Vivien Fo� of Cameroon collapsed in 71' and died about half an hour after the end of the match] 26/ 6/03 St.Denis France 3-2 Turkey
Third Place Match 28/ 6/03 St.Etienne Turkey 2-1 Colombia
Final 29/ 6/03 St.Denis France 1-0 Cameroon [asdet]
FIFA Confederations Cup 2005
Participants: Germany organisers Brazil world champions Greece winners of "2004 European Championship" Mexico winners of "2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup" Argentina runners-up of "2004 Copa America" behind Brazil Tunisia winners of "2004 African Cup of Nations" Australia winners of "2004 Oceania Nations Cup" Japan winners of "2004 Asian Cup"
Venues: Waldstadion (Frankfurt), FIFA World Cup Stadium (former Niedersachsenstadion) (Hannover), FIFA World Cup Stadium (former M�ngersdorfer Stadion) (K�ln), Zentralstadion (Leipzig) and Franken-Stadion (N�rnberg).
Group A 15/ 6/05 K�ln Argentina 2-1 Tunisia Frankfurt Germany 4-3 Australia 18/ 6/05 K�ln Tunisia 0-3 Germany N�rnberg Australia 2-4 Argentina 21/ 6/05 Leipzig Australia 0-2 Tunisia N�rnberg Argentina 2-2 Germany
1.GERMANY 3 2 1 0 9- 5 7 2.ARGENTINA 3 2 1 0 8- 5 7 3.Tunisia 3 1 0 2 3- 5 3 4.Australia 3 0 0 3 5-10 0
Group B 16/ 6/05 Hannover Japan 1-2 Mexico Leipzig Brazil 3-0 Greece 19/ 6/05 Frankfurt Greece 0-1 Japan Hannover Mexico 1-0 Brazil 22/ 6/05 Frankfurt Greece 0-0 Mexico K�ln Japan 2-2 Brazil
1.MEXICO 3 2 1 0 3- 1 7 2.BRAZIL 3 1 1 1 5- 3 4 3.Japan 3 1 1 1 4- 4 4 4.Greece 3 0 1 2 0- 4 1
Semifinals 25/ 6/05 N�rnberg Germany 2-3 Brazil 26/ 6/05 Hannover Mexico 1-1 Argentina [aet, 5-6 pen]
Third Place Match 29/ 6/05 Leipzig Germany 4-3 Mexico [aet]
Final 29/ 6/05 Frankfurt Brazil 4-1 Argentina
FIFA Confederations Cup 2009
Participants: South Africa organisers Italy world champions Spain winners of "2008 European Championship" USA winners of "2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup" Brazil winners of "2007 Copa America" Egypt winners of "2008 African Cup of Nations" New Zealand winners of "2008 Oceania Nations Cup" Iraq winners of "2007 Asian Cup"
Group A 14/ 6/09 Johannesburg South Africa 0-0 Iraq Rustenburg New Zealand 0-5 Spain 17/ 6/09 Bloemfontein Spain 1-0 Iraq Rustenburg South Africa 2-0 New Zealand 20/ 6/09 Johannesburg Iraq 0-0 New Zealand Bloemfontein South Africa 0-2 Spain
1.SPAIN 3 3 0 0 8- 0 9 2.SOUTH AFRICA 3 1 1 1 2- 2 4 3.Iraq 3 0 2 1 0- 1 2 4.New Zealand 3 0 1 2 0- 7 1
Group B 15/ 6/09 Bloemfontein Brazil 4-3 Egypt Pretoria USA 1-3 Italy 18/ 6/09 Pretoria USA 0-3 Brazil Johannesburg Egypt 1-0 Italy 21/ 6/09 Rustenburg Egypt 0-3 USA Pretoria Italy 0-3 Brazil
1.BRAZIL 3 3 0 0 10- 3 9 2.USA 3 1 0 2 4- 6 3 3.Italy 3 1 0 2 3- 5 3 4.Egypt 3 1 0 2 4- 7 3
Semifinals 24/ 6/09 Bloemfontein Spain 0-2 USA 25/ 6/09 Johannesburg Brazil 1-0 South Africa
Third Place Match 28/ 6/09 Rustenburg Spain 3-2 South Africa [aet]
Final 28/ 6/09 Johannesburg Brazil 3-2 USA
FIFA Confederations Cup 2013
Participants: Brazil organisers Spain world champions Italy runners-up "2012 European Championship" (behind Spain) Japan winners of "2011 Asian Cup" Mexico winners of "2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup" Nigeria winners of "2013 African Nations Cup" Uruguay winners of "2011 Copa Am�rica" Tahiti winners of "2012 Oceanian Nations Cup"
Group A 15/ 6/13 Bras�lia Brazil 3-0 Japan 16/ 6/13 Rio de Janeiro Italy 2-1 Mexico 19/ 6/13 Fortaleza Brazil 2-0 Mexico S�o Louren�o da Mata Italy 4-3 Japan 22/ 6/13 Salvador Brazil 4-2 Italy Belo Horizonte Mexico 2-1 Japan
1.BRAZIL 3 3 0 0 9- 2 9 2.ITALY 3 2 0 1 8- 8 6 3.Mexico 3 1 0 2 3- 5 3 4.Japan 3 0 0 3 4- 9 0
Group B 16/ 6/13 S�o Louren�o da Mata Spain 2-1 Uruguay 17/ 6/13 Belo Horizonte Nigeria 6-1 Tahiti 20/ 6/13 Rio de Janeiro Spain 10-0 Tahiti Salvador Uruguay 2-1 Nigeria 23/ 6/13 Fortaleza Spain 3-0 Nigeria S�o Louren�o da Mata Uruguay 8-0 Tahiti
1.SPAIN 3 3 0 0 15- 1 9 2.URUGUAY 3 2 0 1 11- 3 6 3.Nigeria 3 1 0 2 7- 6 3 4.Tahiti 3 0 0 3 1-24 0
Semifinals 26/ 6/13 Belo Horizonte Brazil 2-1 Uruguay 27/ 6/13 Fortaleza Spain 0-0 Italy [aet, 7-6 pen]
Third Place Match 30/ 6/13 Salvador Italy 2-2 Uruguay [aet, 3-2 pen]
Final 30/ 6/13 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 3-0 Spain
FIFA Confederations Cup 2017
Participants: Russia organisers Germany world champions Portugal winners of "2016 European Championship" Australia winners of "2015 Asian Cup" Mexico winners of "2015 CONCACAF Cup" Cameroon winners of "2017 African Nations Cup" Chile winners of "2016 Copa Am�rica" New Zealand winners of "2016 Oceanian Nations Cup"
Group A 17/ 6/17 Sankt Peterburg Russia 2-0 New Zealand 18/ 6/17 Kazan Portugal 2-2 Mexico 21/ 6/17 Moskva Russia 0-1 Portugal Sochi Mexico 2-1 New Zealand 24/ 6/17 Kazan Russia 1-2 Mexico Sankt Peterburg New Zealand 0-4 Portugal
1.PORTUGAL 3 2 1 0 7- 2 7 2.MEXICO 3 2 1 0 6- 4 7 3.Russia 3 1 0 2 3- 3 3 4.New Zealand 3 0 0 3 1- 8 0
Group B 18/ 6/17 Moskva Cameroon 0-2 Chile 19/ 6/17 Sochi Australia 2-3 Germany 22/ 6/17 Sankt Peterburg Cameroon 1-1 Australia Kazan Germany 1-1 Chile 25/ 6/17 Moskva Chile 1-1 Australia Sochi Germany 3-1 Cameroon
1.GERMANY 3 2 1 0 7- 4 7 2.CHILE 3 1 2 0 4- 2 5 3.Australia 3 0 2 1 4- 5 2 4.Cameroon 3 0 1 2 2- 6 1
Semifinals 28/ 6/17 Kazan Portugal 0-0 Chile [aet, 0-3 pen] 29/ 6/17 Sochi Germany 4-1 Mexico
Third Place Match 2/ 7/17 Moskva Portugal 2-1 Mexico [aet] Final 2/ 7/17 Sankt Peterburg Chile 0-1 Germany
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