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. 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. 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.
Route to the final JapanRoundFranceOpponentResultGroup stageOpponentResult3–0Match 15–02–0Match 20–10–0Match 34–0Team3210505731202025310224−23301205−51Final standingTeam3201918632013316320136−36300318−70OpponentResultKnockout stageOpponentResult1–0Semi-final2–1
Match details
GK 1 Yoshikatsu KawaguchiRB 20Yasuhiro HatoCB 4 Ryuzo Morioka (c)CB 3 Naoki Matsuda LB 16Kōji NakataRM 14Teruyoshi ItoCM 5 Junichi Inamoto CM 18Kazuyuki TodaLM 21Shinji Ono CF 8 Hiroaki Morishima CF 9 Akinori Nishizawa Substitutions:MF 10Atsuhiro Miura FW 19Tatsuhiko Kubo FW 11Masashi Nakayama Manager: Philippe Troussier GK 1 Ulrich RaméRB 19Christian KarembeuCB 18Frank LeboeufCB 8 Marcel Desailly (c)LB 3 Bixente Lizarazu RM 6 Youri Djorkaeff CM 4 Patrick VieiraCM 7 Robert PiresLM 11Sylvain WiltordCF 9 Nicolas AnelkaCF 17Steve Marlet Substitutions:FW 22Laurent Robert MF 10Eric Carrière Manager: Roger Lemerre Assistant referees: Igor Šramka (Slovakia) Awni Hassouneh (Jordan)
References
External links Official Match report