2009 FIFA Confederations Cup

The 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup was the eighth Confederations Cup, and was held in South Africa from 14 June to 28 June 2009, as a prelude to the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The draw was held on 22 November 2008 at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg. The opening match and the final was played at Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg. The tournament was won by Brazil, who retained the trophy they won in 2005 by defeating the United States 3–2 in the final.

Qualified teams

TeamConfederationQualification methodDate qualification securedParticipation no.CAFHosts15 May 20042ndUEFA2006 FIFA World Cup winners9 July 20061stCONCACAF2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners24 June 20074thCONMEBOL2007 Copa América winners15 July 20076thAFC2007 AFC Asian Cup winners29 July 20071stCAF2008 Africa Cup of Nations winners10 February 20082ndUEFAUEFA Euro 2008 winners29 June 20081stOFC2008 OFC Nations Cup winners19 November 20083rd

Draw The draw for the competition was held on 22 November 2008 at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg. Each team was represented in the draw by its competitor in the Miss World 2008 competition, except for Iraq, which was represented by Miss World 2007, Zhang Zilin, from China. The teams were divided into two pots: Pot A: South Africa (automatically placed as Team A1), Brazil, Italy, Spain Pot B: Egypt, Iraq, New Zealand, United States

Teams from the same confederation were not drawn into the same group, therefore Egypt was drawn into Group B. Also as result, Italy and Spain were drawn into different groups.

Match ball

The official match ball for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup was the Adidas Kopanya. The name means "bring (or join) together" in Southern Sesotho, one of the 11 official languages of South Africa. The panel configuration of the ball is the same as that of the Teamgeist and Europass balls that came before it. The ball is white, accentuated with bold black lines and detailed with typical Ndebele designs in red, yellow, green and blue.

Venues Four cities served as the venues for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup. All four venues were also used for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Johannesburg Pretoria Ellis Park Stadium Loftus Versfeld Stadium Capacity: 62,567 Capacity: 50,000 Bloemfontein Rustenburg Free State Stadium Royal Bafokeng Stadium Capacity: 48,000 Capacity: 42,000

Originally, Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth was also chosen as a venue. On 8 July 2008, however, Port Elizabeth withdrew as a host city because its stadium was deemed unlikely to meet the 30 March 2009 deadline for completion. The Nelson Mandela Bay stadium was subsequently completed before the Confederations Cup and was opened on 7 June 2009. It acted as a venue for the 2009 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa on 16 June. All of these stadia hosted matches during the Lions tour, but a minimum of nine days was allowed for pitch recovery between a rugby match and a Confederations Cup match.

Match officials The referees were announced on 5 May. Two referee teams (led by Carlos Batres and Carlos Amarilla respectively) withdrew due to injuries. Replacements from the same confederation, led by Benito Archundia and Pablo Pozo, were selected.

ConfederationRefereeAssistantsAFCMatthew Breeze (Australia)Matthew Cream (Australia)Ben Wilson (Australia)CAFCoffi Codjia (Benin)Komi Konyoh (Togo)Alexis Fassinou (Benin)CONCACAFBenito Archundia (Mexico)Marvin Torrentera (Mexico)Héctor Vergara (Canada)CONMEBOLPablo Pozo (Chile)Patricio Basualto (Chile)Francisco Mondria (Chile)Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)Pablo Fandiño (Uruguay)Mauricio Espinosa (Uruguay)OFCMichael Hester (New Zealand)Jan Hendrik-Hintz (New Zealand)Mark Rule (New Zealand)UEFAHoward Webb (England)Peter Kirkup (England)Mike Mullarkey (England)Martin Hansson (Sweden)Henrik Andrén (Sweden)Fredrik Nilsson (Sweden)Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)Matthias Arnet (Switzerland)Francisco Buragina (Switzerland)

Squads

Group stage Tie-breaking criteria The ranking of each team in each group was determined as follows:

Greatest number of points obtained in all group matches; Goal difference in all group matches; Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches.

Had two or more teams been equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings would have been determined as follows:

Greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned; Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned; Greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned; Drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Match for third place

Final

Awards Golden BallGolden Shoe Kaká Luís FabianoSilver BallSilver Shoe Luís Fabiano Fernando TorresBronze BallBronze Shoe Clint Dempsey David VillaGolden GloveFIFA Fair Play Trophy Tim Howard

+ FIFA.com Users' Top 11GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards Tim Howard Joan Capdevila Carles Puyol Lúcio Maicon Kaká Mohamed Aboutrika Clint Dempsey David Villa Fernando Torres Luís Fabiano

Statistics

Goalscorers Luís Fabiano received the Golden Shoe award for scoring five goals. In total, 44 goals were scored by 27 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.

5 goals Luís Fabiano

3 goals

Fernando Torres David Villa Clint Dempsey

2 goals

Kaká Mohamed Zidan Katlego Mphela Bernard Parker Giuseppe Rossi Dani Güiza Landon Donovan

1 goal

Dani Alves Felipe Melo Juan Lúcio Maicon Robinho Homos Mohamed Shawky Daniele De Rossi Xabi Alonso Cesc Fàbregas Fernando Llorente Jozy Altidore Michael Bradley Charlie Davies

Own goal Andrea Dossena (against Brazil)

Tournament ranking

2009 FIFA Confederations Cup

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