2001 FIFA Confederations Cup final

The 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup final was a football match to determine the winners of the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup. The match was held at International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan, on 10 June 2001 and was contested by Japan and France.[1] France won the match 1–0 with the only goal coming after half an hour, when Patrick Vieira headed in over the advancing keeper Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi from the edge of the penalty area after a long pass from Frank Leboeuf in midfield.[2] This was Japan's first ever final in a senior FIFA competition, and as of 2022, it is also the one of only three senior FIFA finals to feature an AFC team.

2001 FIFA Confederations Cup final
Event2001 FIFA Confederations Cup
Date10 June 2001
VenueInternational Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama
RefereeAli Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)
Attendance65,533
1999
2003

Route to the final

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Japan Round France
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
  Canada 3–0 Match 1   South Korea 5–0
  Cameroon 2–0 Match 2   Australia 0–1
  Brazil 0–0 Match 3   Mexico 4–0
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Japan 3 2 1 0 5 0 5 7
  Brazil 3 1 2 0 2 0 2 5
  Cameroon 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
  Canada 3 0 1 2 0 5 −5 1
Final standing
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  France 3 2 0 1 9 1 8 6
  Australia 3 2 0 1 3 3 1 6
  South Korea 3 2 0 1 3 6 −3 6
  Mexico 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Opponent Result Knockout stage Opponent Result
  Australia 1–0 Semi-final   Brazil 2–1

Match details

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Japan  0–1  France
Report Vieira   30'
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Japan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
France
GK 1 Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi
RB 20 Yasuhiro Hato
CB 4 Ryuzo Morioka (c)
CB 3 Naoki Matsuda   36'
LB 16 Kōji Nakata
RM 14 Teruyoshi Ito
CM 5 Junichi Inamoto   46'
CM 18 Kazuyuki Toda
LM 21 Shinji Ono   60'
CF 8 Hiroaki Morishima   89'
CF 9 Akinori Nishizawa   74'
Substitutions:
MF 10 Atsuhiro Miura   46'
FW 19 Tatsuhiko Kubo   60'
FW 11 Masashi Nakayama   74'
Manager:
  Philippe Troussier
 
GK 1 Ulrich Ramé
RB 19 Christian Karembeu
CB 18 Frank Leboeuf
CB 8 Marcel Desailly (c)
LB 3 Bixente Lizarazu   52'
RM 6 Youri Djorkaeff   65'
CM 4 Patrick Vieira
CM 7 Robert Pires
LM 11 Sylvain Wiltord
CF 9 Nicolas Anelka
CF 17 Steve Marlet   58'
Substitutions:
FW 22 Laurent Robert   58'
MF 10 Eric Carrière   65'
Manager:
  Roger Lemerre

Assistant referees:
Igor Šramka (Slovakia)
Awni Hassouneh (Jordan)

References

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  1. ^ "Classy France outplay Japan". BBC Sport. 10 June 2001. Archived from the original on 26 March 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  2. ^ "2001 FIFA Confederations Cup Final". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
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