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| Copa das Confederações da FIFA Brasil 2013[a] | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Brazil |
| Dates | 15–30 June |
| Teams | 8 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 6 (in 6 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Brazil (4th title) |
| Runners-up |  Spain |
| Third place |  Italy |
| Fourth place |  Uruguay |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Goals scored | 68 (4.25 per match) |
| Attendance | 804,659 (50,291 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Fred Fernando Torres (5 goals each) |
| Best player(s) | Neymar |
| Best goalkeeper | Júlio César |
| Fair play award | Spain |
The 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup was the ninth FIFA Confederations Cup, which was held in Brazil from 15 to 30 June 2013 as a prelude to the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[1] The most recent winners of the six continental championships appeared in the tournament, along with hosts Brazil and UEFA Euro 2012 runners-up Italy, who qualified because the Euro 2012 winners, Spain, had also won the most recent FIFA World Cup in 2010 thus securing a spot in the tournament.
Host nation, Brazil successfully defended their title with a 3–0 win over Spain in the final. It was their fourth Confederations Cup title and third in a row, after previous wins in 1997, 2005 and 2009.
According to then FIFA president Sepp Blatter, the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup was the best version of the tournament ever played.[2] The competition was the first national team tournament to employ goal-line technology, which was also used at the 2014 World Cup.[3]
Qualified teams
| Team | Confederation | Qualification method | Date qualification secured | Participation no. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil
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CONMEBOL | Hosts | 30 October 2007 | 7th |
| Spain
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UEFA | 2010 FIFA World Cup winners | 11 July 2010 | 2nd |
 Japan
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AFC | 2011 AFC Asian Cup winners | 29 January 2011 | 5th |
 Mexico
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CONCACAF | 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners | 25 June 2011 | 6th |
| Uruguay
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CONMEBOL | 2011 Copa América winners | 24 July 2011 | 2nd |
 Tahiti
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OFC | 2012 OFC Nations Cup winners | 10 June 2012 | 1st |
| Italy
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UEFA | UEFA Euro 2012 runners-up[4] | 28 June 2012 | 2nd |
 Nigeria
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CAF | 2013 Africa Cup of Nations winners | 10 February 2013 | 2nd |
Venues
Six stadiums were used, each in a different city.
| Rio de Janeiro | Location of the host cities of the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup. |
Brasília |
|---|---|---|
| Estádio do Maracanã | Estádio Nacional | |
| Capacity: 76,804[5] | Capacity: 68,009[6] | |
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| Fortaleza | Belo Horizonte | |
| Estádio Castelão | Estádio Mineirão | |
| Capacity: 64,846[7] | Capacity: 62,547[8] | |
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| Salvador | Recife | |
| Arena Fonte Nova | Arena Pernambuco | |
| Capacity: 52,048[9] | Capacity: 44,248[10] | |
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Draw
The draw for the competition was held at the Palácio das Convenções in the Anhembi Convention Center in São Paulo, Brazil on 1 December 2012.[11][12]
Teams from the same confederation were not drawn into the same group, therefore, one team each from UEFA and from CONMEBOL was drawn in each group. Brazil and Spain had automatically been assigned as A1 and B1 respectively, therefore, Italy and Uruguay were assigned respectively to Group A and Group B.[13]
Match officials
Ten trios of officials were announced by FIFA on 13 May 2013.[14][15]
| Confederation | Referee | Assistants |
|---|---|---|
| AFC | Yuichi Nishimura (Japan) | Toru Sagara (Japan) Toshiyuki Nagi (Japan) |
| Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) | Abduxamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan) Bakhadyr Kochkarov (Kyrgyzstan) | |
| CAF | Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria) | Redouane Achik (Morocco) Abdelhak Etchiali (Algeria) |
| CONCACAF | Joel Aguilar (El Salvador) | William Torres (El Salvador) Juan Zumba (El Salvador) |
| CONMEBOL | Diego Abal (Argentina) | Hernán Maidana (Argentina) Juan Pablo Belatti (Argentina) |
| Enrique Osses (Chile) | Carlos Astroza (Chile) Sergio Román (Chile) | |
| UEFA | Howard Webb (England) | Michael Mullarkey (England) Darren Cann (England) |
| Felix Brych (Germany) | Mark Borsch (Germany) Stefan Lupp (Germany) | |
| Björn Kuipers (Netherlands) | Sander van Roekel (Netherlands) Erwin Zeinstra (Netherlands) | |
| Pedro Proença (Portugal) | Bertino Miranda (Portugal) José Trigo (Portugal) |
Squads
Teams had to name a 23-man squad (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline of 3 June 2013.[16] The squads were announced by FIFA on 7 June 2013.[17][18]
Group stage
The competition's dates were confirmed by FIFA on 27 July 2011 in the build-up to the draw for the 2014 World Cup's preliminary qualification rounds.[19] As the competition partially overlapped with the fourth round of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification in Asian zone, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) asked FIFA to consider a change of date.[20] However, the AFC decided that the match day would only be adjusted for the AFC representative at the Confederations Cup, Japan.[21] The official final schedule was presented in Rio de Janeiro on 30 May 2012.[22]
All times listed are Brasília official time (UTC−03:00).[23]
All eight teams entered the group stage. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals, while the bottom two teams in each group were eliminated from the tournament.[16] The ranking of the teams in each group was determined as follows:[16]
- Points obtained in all group matches;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Number of goals scored in all group matches;
If two or more teams were equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings were determined as follows:
- Points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- Goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- Number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- Drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.
| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Team has qualified for the semi-finals | |
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil (H)
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Italy
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | Mexico
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Japan
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 0 |
