The 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup football tournament was the sixth FIFA Confederations Cup, held in June 2003. Hosts France retained the title they had won in 2001, but the tournament was overshadowed by the death of Cameroonian midfielder Marc-Vivien Foé, who died of heart failure in his side's semi-final against Colombia. Foé's death united the French and Cameroonian teams in the final match, which was played even though players from both sides had explicitly stated that the match should not be played out of respect for Foé. France went on to win with a golden goal from Thierry Henry.

At the presentation of medals and trophies, two Cameroon players held a large photo of Foé and a runner-up medal was hung to the edge of the photo. When French captain Marcel Desailly was presented with the Confederations Cup, which he held in unison with Cameroon captain Rigobert Song. Foé finished third in media voting for player of the tournament and was posthumously awarded the Bronze Ball at its conclusion.

This was the last Confederations Cup that did not serve as a warm-up event to the FIFA World Cup.

Qualified teams

TeamConfederationQualification methodDate qualification securedParticipation no.UEFAUEFA Euro 2000 winnersHosts2 July 200024 September 20022ndCONMEBOL2002 FIFA World Cup winners30 June 20024thAFC2000 AFC Asian Cup winners29 October 20003rdCONMEBOL2001 Copa América winners29 July 20011stCONCACAF2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners2 February 20023rdCAF2002 African Cup of Nations winners10 February 20022ndUEFA2002 FIFA World Cup third place122 October 2002Turkey accept Confederations Cup invitation1stOFC2002 OFC Nations Cup winners14 July 20022nd

1Italy, the UEFA Euro 2000 runners-up, declined to take part as did Germany, the 2002 FIFA World Cup runners-up. So did Spain, who were ranked second in the FIFA World Rankings at the time. They were replaced by Turkey, who came third in the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Bid process Five bids came before the deadline at 1 May 2002. Australia, Portugal and the United States put in single bids, while South Africa–Egypt and France–Switzerland put in joint bids. The France–Switzerland bid never materialized.

The host was selected on 24 September 2002, during a meeting of the FIFA Executive Committee.

Venues The matches were played in:

Paris LyonSaint-ÉtienneStade de FranceStade de GerlandStade Geoffroy-Guichard Capacity: 80,000 Capacity: 41,200 Capacity: 36,000

Match officials

Africa Coffi Codjia (Benin) Asia Masoud Moradi (Iran) Europe Lucílio Batista (Portugal) Valentin Ivanov (Russia) Markus Merk (Germany)

North America, Central America and Caribbean Carlos Batres (Guatemala) Oceania Mark Shield (Australia) South America Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay) Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

Squads

Group stage Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Final

Awards Golden Ball The Golden Ball award is given to the tournament's best player, as voted by the media.

Awards Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball Players Thierry Henry Tuncay Şanlı Marc-Vivien Foé Team Votes 28% 15% 7%

Golden Shoe The Golden Shoe award is given to the tournament's top goalscorer.

AwardsGolden ShoeSilver ShoeBronze Shoe Players Thierry Henry Tuncay ŞanlıAlthough four other players had three goals each, Tuncay Şanlı received the Silver Shoe award as he was the only one of the five to have registered an assist in the competition. Shunsuke NakamuraLowest number of minutes played (170). Giovanni Hernández, Robert Pires and Okan Yılmaz also produced/recorded three goals and zero assists. Team Goals 4 3 3

FIFA Fair Play Award FIFA presents the Fair Play Award to the team with the best fair play record, according to a points system and criteria established by the FIFA Fair Play Committee. FIFA Fair Play AwardTeamTotal895Matches played3Maximum1,000

Statistics

Goalscorers Thierry Henry received the Golden Shoe award for scoring four goals. In total, 37 goals were scored by 22 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.

4 goals Thierry Henry

3 goals

Giovanni Hernández Robert Pires Shunsuke Nakamura Tuncay Şanlı Okan Yılmaz

2 goals

Adriano Gökdeniz Karadeniz

1 goal

Alex Samuel Eto'o Geremi Pius Ndiefi Jorge López Mario Yepes Djibril Cissé Ludovic Giuly Sidney Govou Olivier Kapo Sylvain Wiltord Hidetoshi Nakata Raf de Gregorio DaMarcus Beasley

Tournament ranking

References

External links

FIFA Confederations Cup France 2003, FIFA.com 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup Official Site (Archived) FIFA Technical Report (Part 1), (Part 2) and (Part 3) (Archived) FIFA Confederations Cup France 2003 Regulations