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.

2009 FIFA Confederations Cup
FIFA Sokker-Konfederasiebeker in 2009
Tournament details
Host countrySouth Africa
Dates14–28 June
Teams8 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (3rd title)
Runners-up United States
Third place Spain
Fourth place South Africa
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored44 (2.75 per match)
Attendance584,894 (36,556 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Luís Fabiano (5 goals)
Best player(s)Brazil Kaká
Best goalkeeperUnited States Tim Howard
Fair play award Brazil

Qualified teams
2009 FIFA Confederations Cup participating teams
Team Confederation Qualification method Date qualification secured Participation no.
 South Africa CAF Hosts 15 May 2004 2nd
 Italy UEFA 2006 FIFA World Cup winners 9 July 2006 1st
 United States CONCACAF 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners 24 June 2007 4th
 Brazil CONMEBOL 2007 Copa América winners 15 July 2007 6th
 Iraq AFC 2007 AFC Asian Cup winners 29 July 2007 1st
 Egypt CAF 2008 Africa Cup of Nations winners 10 February 2008 2nd
 Spain UEFA UEFA Euro 2008 winners 29 June 2008 1st
 New Zealand OFC 2008 OFC Nations Cup winners 19 November 2008 3rd

Draw

The draw for the competition was held on 22 November 2008 at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg.[1] 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:[2]

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.[3][4][5]

Match ball
A replica of The Adidas Kopanya (the official match ball of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup) with the traditional 32-panel structure. The official match ball has the same structure and surface as the Adidas Europass.

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.[6]

Venues

Four cities served as the venues for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.[7] 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.[8] 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.[9] 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.[10]

Confederation Referee Assistants
AFC Matthew Breeze (Australia) Matthew Cream (Australia)
Ben Wilson (Australia)
CAF Coffi Codjia (Benin) Komi Konyoh (Togo)
Alexis Fassinou (Benin)
CONCACAF Benito Archundia (Mexico) Marvin Torrentera (Mexico)
Héctor Vergara (Canada)
CONMEBOL Pablo Pozo (Chile) Patricio Basualto (Chile)
Francisco Mondria (Chile)
Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay) Pablo Fandiño (Uruguay)
Mauricio Espinosa (Uruguay)
OFC Michael Hester (New Zealand) Jan Hendrik-Hintz (New Zealand)
Mark Rule (New Zealand)
UEFA Howard 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
Main article: 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup squads

Group stage
Tie-breaking criteria

The ranking of each team in each group was determined as follows:[11]

  1. Greatest number of points obtained in all group matches;
  2. Goal difference in all group matches;
  3. 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:

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

Group A
Main article: 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 3 0 0 8 0 +8 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  South Africa (H) 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
3  Iraq 3 0 2 1 0 1 −1 2
4  New Zealand 3 0 1 2 0 7 −7 1
Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts
South Africa 0–0 Iraq
Report
Attendance: 48,837
New Zealand 0–5 Spain
Report
  • Torres 6', 14', 17'
  • Fàbregas 24'
  • Villa 48'
Attendance: 21,649
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
Spain 1–0 Iraq
 Report
Attendance: 30,512
South Africa 2–0 New Zealand
 Report
Attendance: 36,598
Iraq 0–0 New Zealand
Report
Attendance: 23,295
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Spain 2–0 South Africa
 Report
Attendance: 38,212
Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)

Group B
Main article: 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Brazil 3 3 0 0 10 3 +7 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  United States 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
3  Italy 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
4  Egypt 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 3
Source: FIFA
Brazil 4–3 Egypt
 Report
Attendance: 27,851
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
United States 1–3 Italy
 Report
Attendance: 34,341
Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)
United States 0–3 Brazil
Report
Attendance: 39,617
Egypt 1–0 Italy
 Report
Attendance: 52,150
Italy 0–3 Brazil
Report
Attendance: 41,195
Egypt 0–3 United States
Report
Attendance: 23,140

Knockout stage
Main article: 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup knockout stage
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
24 June – Bloemfontein
 
 
 Spain0
 
28 June – Johannesburg
 
 United States2
 
 United States2
 
25 June – Johannesburg
 
 Brazil3
 
 Brazil1
 
 
 South Africa0
 
Third place
 
 
28 June – Rustenburg
 
 
 Spain (aet)3
 
 
 South Africa2

Semi-finals
Spain 0–2 United States
Report Altidore 27'
Dempsey 74'
Attendance: 35,369
Brazil 1–0 South Africa
Dani Alves 88' Report
Attendance: 48,049

Match for third place
Spain 3–2 (a.e.t.) South Africa
Güiza 88', 89'
Alonso 107'		 Report Mphela 73', 90+3'
Attendance: 31,788

Final
Main article: 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Final
United States 2–3 Brazil
Dempsey 10'
Donovan 27'		 Report Luís Fabiano 46', 74'
Lúcio 84'
Attendance: 52,291

Awards
Golden Ball Golden Shoe
Brazil Kaká Brazil Luís Fabiano
Silver Ball Silver Shoe
Brazil Luís Fabiano Spain Fernando Torres
Bronze Ball Bronze Shoe
United States Clint Dempsey Spain David Villa
Golden Glove FIFA Fair Play Trophy
United States Tim Howard  Brazil

Source: FIFA[12]

FIFA.com Users' Top 11
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards

United States Tim Howard

Spain Joan Capdevila
Spain Carles Puyol
Brazil Lúcio
Brazil Maicon

Brazil Kaká
Egypt Mohamed Aboutrika
United States Clint Dempsey

Spain David Villa
Spain Fernando Torres
Brazil Luís Fabiano

Source: FIFA[13]

Statistics
Main article: 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup 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
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Tournament ranking

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 B  Brazil 5 5 0 0 14 5 +9 15 Champions
2 B  United States 5 2 0 3 8 9 −1 6 Runners-up
3 A  Spain 5 4 0 1 11 4 +7 12 Third place
4 A  South Africa (H) 5 1 1 3 4 6 −2 4 Fourth place
5 B  Italy 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3 Eliminated in
group stage
6 B  Egypt 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 3
7 A  Iraq 3 0 2 1 0 1 −1 2
8 A  New Zealand 3 0 1 2 0 7 −7 1
Source: FIFA[14]
(H) Hosts

See also

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