2005 FIFA Confederations Cup

2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
Konföderationen-Pokal 2005
Tournament details
Host country	Germany
Dates	15–29 June
Teams	8 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (2nd title)
Runners-up	Argentina
Third place	Germany
Fourth place	Mexico
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	56 (3.5 per match)
Attendance	603,106 (37,694 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Adriano (5 goals)
Best player(s)	Adriano
Fair play award	Greece
	← 2003 2009 →

The 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup football tournament was the seventh FIFA Confederations Cup. It was held in Germany between 15 June and 29 June 2005, as a prelude to the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The tournament was won by 2002 FIFA World Cup winners Brazil, who defeated Argentina 4–1 in the final at the Waldstadion in Frankfurt. The final was a rematch of the 2004 Copa América final also won by Brazil. It was Brazil's second win at the Confederations Cup. After winning the 2005 tournament, Brazil became the first country to be the reigning champion of both major FIFA tournaments (the World Cup and the Confederations Cup), as well as champion of their respective confederation twice by winning the 2004 Copa América.

Qualified teams

Team	Confederation	Qualification method	Date qualification secured	Participation no.
Germany	UEFA	Hosts	7 July 2000	2nd
Brazil	CONMEBOL	2002 FIFA World Cup winners	30 June 2002	5th
Mexico	CONCACAF	2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners	27 July 2003	5th
Tunisia	CAF	2004 African Cup of Nations winners	14 February 2004	1st
Greece	UEFA	UEFA Euro 2004 winners	4 July 2004	1st
Argentina	CONMEBOL	2004 Copa América runners-up^[a]	21 July 2004	3rd
Japan	AFC	2004 AFC Asian Cup winners	7 August 2004	4th
Australia	OFC	2004 OFC Nations Cup winners	12 October 2004	3rd

Venues

Frankfurt Cologne Hanover Leipzig Nuremberg		Frankfurt
		Commerzbank-Arena (Waldstadion)
		50°4′6.86″N 8°38′43.65″E / 50.0685722°N 8.6454583°E / 50.0685722; 8.6454583 (Commerzbank Arena)
		Capacity: 48,132

		Cologne
		RheinEnergieStadion (FIFA World Cup Stadium, Cologne)
		50°56′0.59″N 6°52′29.99″E / 50.9334972°N 6.8749972°E / 50.9334972; 6.8749972 (RheinEnergie Stadion)
		Capacity: 46,120

Hanover	Leipzig	Nuremberg
AWD-Arena (FIFA World Cup Stadium, Hanover)	Zentralstadion	Frankenstadion
52°21′36.24″N 9°43′52.31″E / 52.3600667°N 9.7311972°E / 52.3600667; 9.7311972 (AWD-Arena)	51°20′44.86″N 12°20′53.59″E / 51.3457944°N 12.3482194°E / 51.3457944; 12.3482194 (Zentralstadion)	49°25′34″N 11°7′33″E / 49.42611°N 11.12583°E / 49.42611; 11.12583 (EasyCredit-Stadion)
Capacity: 44,652	Capacity: 44,200	Capacity: 41,926

Originally, Kaiserslautern's Fritz-Walter-Stadion was also intended as a venue. However, on 27 May 2004, city authorities withdrew from the bidding process, citing added costs to complete the stadium on time as the reason for the withdrawal.^[2]

All five venues were reused for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Match ball

The official match ball for the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup was the Adidas Pelias 2.

Match officials

Confederation	Referee	Assistants
AFC	Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)	Prachya Permpanich (Thailand) Bengech Allaberdyev (Turkmenistan)
CAF	Mourad Daami (Tunisia)	Taoufik Adjengui (Tunisia) Ali Tomusange (Uganda)
CONCACAF	Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)	Anthony Garwood (Jamaica) Joseph Taylor (Trinidad and Tobago)
CONMEBOL	Carlos Chandía (Chile)	Cristian Julio (Chile) Mario Vargas (Chile)
CONMEBOL	Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)	Amelio Andino (Paraguay) Manuel Bernal (Paraguay)
OFC	Matthew Breeze (Australia)	Matthew Cream (Australia) Jim Ouliaris (Australia)
UEFA	Herbert Fandel (Germany)	Carsten Kadach (Germany) Volker Wezel (Germany)
	Roberto Rosetti (Italy)	Alessandro Griselli (Italy) Cristiano Copelli (Italy)
	Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)	Roman Slyško (Slovakia) Martin Balko (Slovakia)

Squads

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany (H)	3	2	1	0	9	5	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Argentina	3	2	1	0	8	5	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
3	Tunisia	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
4	Australia	3	0	0	3	5	10	−5	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

15 June 2005

18:00

Argentina	2–1	Tunisia
Riquelme 33' (pen.) Saviola 57'	Report	Guemamdia 72' (pen.)

RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne

Attendance: 28,033

Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

15 June 2005