The 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup was the fifth FIFA Confederations Cup and the third to be organised by FIFA. It was also the first in which the original hosts, Saudi Arabia, did not participate (they were the nation who founded the tournament, previously known as the King Fahd Cup). The tournament was played from 30 May to 10 June 2001, and co-hosted by South Korea and Japan, who were also hosts for the 2002 FIFA World Cup finals. It was won by France, beating hosts Japan 1–0, with a goal from Patrick Vieira. By winning the tournament, France became the second team to simultaneously be World Cup champions, continental champions and Confederations Cup winners, after Brazil in 1997. The eight teams were split into two groups of four, in which each team plays each of the others once, with the top two in each group advancing to the semi-finals. Qualified teams Venues Match referees Africa Gamal Al-Ghandour Felix Tangawarima Asia Ali Bujsaim Lu Jun Europe Hugh Dallas Hellmut Krug Kim Milton Nielsen North America, Central America and Caribbean Benito Archundia Carlos Batres Oceania Simon Micallef South America Byron Moreno Óscar Ruiz Squads Group stage Group A Group B Knockout stage Semi-finals Third place play-off Final Awards Statistics Goalscorers A total of 31 goals were scored by 24 different players. None of them are credited as an own goal. 2 goals Shaun Murphy Eric Carrière Robert Pires Patrick Vieira Sylvain Wiltord Takayuki Suzuki Hwang Sun-hong 1 goal Josip Skoko Clayton Zane Washington Carlos Miguel Ramon Bernard Tchoutang Patrick M'Boma Steve Marlet Nicolas Anelka Youri Djorkaeff Marcel Desailly Shinji Ono Akinori Nishizawa Hiroaki Morishima Hidetoshi Nakata Yoo Sang-chul Víctor Ruiz Tournament ranking References External links FIFA Confederations Cup Korea/Japan 2001, FIFA.com 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup Official Site (Archived) FIFA Technical Report Regulations 2001 2001 2001 2001 in Japanese football 2001 in South Korean football 2001 in Australian soccer Brazil at the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup 2000–01 in French football 2000–01 in Mexican football 2001 in Canadian soccer 2001 in Cameroonian football May 2001 sports events in Asia June 2001 sports events in Asia 2001 in association football