2003 FIFA Confederations Cup

The 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup football tournament was the sixth FIFA Confederations Cup, held in June 2003. Hosts football team|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

Team	Confederation	Qualification method	Date qualification secured	Participation no.
	UEFA	UEFA Euro 2000 winners Hosts	2 July 2000 24 September 2002	2nd
	CONMEBOL	2002 FIFA World Cup winners	30 June 2002	4th
	AFC	AFC Asian Cup">Asian Football Confederation">AFC Asian Cup winners	29 October 2000	3rd
	CONMEBOL	2001 Copa América winners	29 July 2001	1st
	CONCACAF	2002 [CONCACAF Gold Cup] winners	2 February 2002	3rd
	CAF	2002 [African Cup of Nations] winners	10 February 2002	2nd
	UEFA	2002 FIFA World Cup third place¹	22 October 2002	1st
	OFC	OFC Nations Cup">Oceania Football Confederation">OFC Nations Cup winners	14 July 2002	2nd

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:

Match officials

Africa

Coffi Codjia

Asia

Masoud Moradi

Europe

North America, Central America and Caribbean

Carlos Batres

Oceania

Mark Shield

South America

Carlos Amarilla
Jorge Larrionda
Squads

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9
	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
	3	1	0	2	4	3	+1	3
	3	0	0	3	1	11	−10	0

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7
	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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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.

Awards	Golden Shoe	Silver Shoe	Bronze Shoe
Players	Thierry Henry	Tuncay Şanlı	Shunsuke Nakamura
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.

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.
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