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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)	Adriano (5 goals)
Best player	Adriano
← 2003 2009 →

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.

Contents

1 Participating teams
2 Venues
3 Match officials
4 Squads
5 Group stage
- 5.1 Group A
- 5.2 Group B
6 Knockout stage
7 Awards
8 Goal scorers
9 References
10 External links

Participating 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 was 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 spot in the Confederations Cup, the runner-up in the Copa América 2004 was called to play.^[1]

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

^1 As the Waldstadion.

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

Match officials

Africa

Mourad Daami

Asia

Shamsul Maidin

Europe

North America, Central America and Caribbean

Peter Prendergast

Oceania

Matthew Breeze

South America

Final kick-off

Squads

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

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 33' (pen.) Saviola 57'	(Report)	Guemamdia 72' (pen.)

15 June 2005 21:00 CEST	Germany	4 – 3	Australia	Waldstadion, Frankfurt Attendance: 46,466 Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)
	Kurányi 17' Mertesacker 23' Ballack 60' (pen.) Podolski 88'	(Report)	Skoko 21' Aloisi 31', 90+2'

18 June 2005 18:00 CEST	Tunisia	0 – 3	Germany	RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne Attendance: 44,337 Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)
		(Report)	Ballack 74' (pen.) Schweinsteiger 80' Hanke 88'

18 June 2005 20:45 CEST	Australia	2 – 4	Argentina	Frankenstadion, Nuremberg Attendance: 25,218 Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)
	Aloisi 61' (pen.), 70'	(Report)	Figueroa 12', 53', 89' Riquelme 31' (pen.)

21 June 2005 20:45 CEST	Australia	0 – 2	Tunisia	Zentralstadion, Leipzig Attendance: 23,952 Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)
		(Report)	Santos 26', 70'

21 June 2005 20:45 CEST	Argentina	2 – 2	Germany	Frankenstadion, Nuremberg Attendance: 42,088 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
	Riquelme 33' Cambiasso 74'	(Report)	Kurányi 29' Asamoah 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 12'	(Report)	Zinha 39' Fonseca 64'

16 June 2005 20:45 CEST	Brazil	3 – 0	Greece	Zentralstadion, Leipzig Attendance: 42,507 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
	Adriano 41' Robinho 46' Juninho 81'	(Report)

19 June 2005 18:00 CEST	Greece	0 – 1	Japan	Waldstadion, Frankfurt Attendance: 34,314 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)
		(Report)	Oguro 76'

19 June 2005 20:45 CEST	Mexico	1 – 0	Brazil	AWD-Arena, Hanover Attendance: 43,677 Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
	Borgetti 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 27' Oguro 88'	(Report)	Robinho 10' Ronaldinho 32'

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 23' Ballack 45+3' (pen.)	(Report)	Adriano 21', 76' Ronaldinho 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 104'	(Report)	Figueroa 110'
		Penalties
	Pérez Pardo Borgetti Salcido Pineda Osorio	5 – 6	Riquelme Rodríguez Aimar Galletti Sorín Cambiasso

Third place playoff

29 June 2005 18:00 CEST	Germany	4 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Mexico	Zentralstadion, Leipzig Attendance: 43,335 Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)
	Podolski 37' Schweinsteiger 41' Huth 79' Ballack 97'	(Report)	Fonseca 40' Borgetti 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 11', 63' Kaká 16' Ronaldinho 47'	(Report)	Aimar 65'

Awards

Golden Ball Winner	Golden Shoe Winner	FIFA Fair Play Trophy
Adriano	Adriano	Greece

Silver Ball Winner	Silver Shoe Winner
Juan Riquelme	Michael Ballack
Bronze Ball Winner	Bronze Shoe Winner
Ronaldinho	John Aloisi

Goal scorers

5 goals

Adriano

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

^ "Argentina seal sixth FIFA Confederations Cup berth", FIFA.com, 22 July 2004

External links

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Official Confederations Cup 2005 site

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Champions	Brazil

Runners-up	Argentina

Third place	Germany

Fourth place	Mexico

Eliminated in group stage	Australia Greece Japan Tunisia

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