The 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup

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tournament was the sixth

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, held in France in June 2003.

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retained the title they had won in

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, but the tournament was overshadowed by the death of

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player

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, who died of heart failure in his side's semi-final against

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. Foé's death united the France and Cameroon teams in the final match, which was played even though team players from both sides had explicitly stated that the match should not be played out of respect for Foé. France went on to win the trophy with a

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from

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. At the presentation of medals and trophies, two Cameroon players held a gigantic photo of Foé, and a runner-up medal was hung to the edge of the photo. When French captain

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was presented with the Confederations Cup, he did not lift it up high, but held it in unison with Cameroon captain

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. 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

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Qualified teams

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, the

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runners-up, declined to take part as did

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, the

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runners-up. So did

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, who were ranked second in the

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at the time. They were replaced by

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, who came third in the

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 (

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) Asia *

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) Europe *

Lucílio Batista Lucílio Cardoso Cortez Batista (born 26 April 1965 in Lisbon) is a retired Portuguese football referee. A bank teller by profession, Batista started refereeing Portuguese first division matches in the mid-1990s in the national territory. Internat ...

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Markus Merk Markus Merk (born 15 March 1962) is a former top-level German football referee. He is a six-time winner of the ''German Referee of the Year Award'' and the record holder in games refereed in the Bundesliga. In 2005, Merk was awarded the German ...

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) North America, Central America and Caribbean *

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) South America *

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Jorge Larrionda Jorge Luis Larrionda Pietrafesa (born 9 March 1968) is a retired FIFA football referee from Uruguay who has officiated at international matches since 1998. He officiated at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, where he took charge of four matches, includin ...

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Squads

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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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.

Golden Shoe

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

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. ;4 goals *

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Robert Pires Robert Emmanuel Pires (born 29 October 1973) is a French former professional footballer. He is widely regarded as one of Arsenal's greatest ever players and considered by some to be one of the best wingers in the history of the sport. Pires play ...

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Okan Yılmaz Okan Yılmaz (born 16 May 1978) is a Turkish retired professional footballer who played as a forward. Early life and club career Yılmaz started playing football for Karayollari Yolspor in 1988. His professional career began in İnegölspor w ...

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Geremi Geremi Sorele Njitap Fotso (born 20 December 1978), known simply as Geremi, is a Cameroonian former professional footballer. He was a versatile player able to play at right back, right midfield or defensive midfielder, known for his power, p ...

Pius Ndiefi Pius Sielenu N'Diefi (born 5 July 1975) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He later worked as a forward coach and sporting director at Saint-Quentin. Club career N'Diefi learned of the death of his father ...

* Jorge López *

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Djibril Cissé Djibril Cissé (born 12 August 1981) is a French former professional footballer who played as a forward. Cissé started his career at his boyhood club Arles-Avignon in 1989, before playing for the youth teams at Nîmes and Auxerre. Cissé sp ...

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Olivier Kapo Obou Narcisse Olivier Kapo (born 27 September 1980), known as Olivier Kapo, is a French former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or left winger. Early life Born in Marcory, Ivory Coast, Kapo acquired French natio ...

Sylvain Wiltord Sylvain Claude Wiltord (born 10 May 1974) is a French former professional footballer. Mainly a right winger, he also played as a centre-forward, second striker and on the left wing. Wiltord had a four-season spell at Arsenal, with whom he w ...

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Tournament ranking

References

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