2013 FIFA Confederations Cup

2013 FIFA Confederations Cup

Copa das Confederações da FIFA Brasil 2013[1]
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

2013 FIFA Confederations Cup was the 9th FIFA Confederations Cup tournament. It took place in Brazil from 15 to 30 June. The host, Brazil won the tournament after defeating Spain. Italy got third place.^[2]

Results

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	9
Italy	3	2	0	1	8	8	0	6
Mexico	3	1	0	2	3	5	-2	3
Japan	3	0	0	3	4	9	-5	0

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	0	15	1	+14	9
Uruguay	3	2	0	1	11	3	+8	6
Nigeria	3	1	0	2	7	6	+1	3
Tahiti	3	0	0	3	1	24	-23	0

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	26 June – Belo Horizonte
	Brazil	2
					30 June – Rio de Janeiro
	Uruguay	1
					Brazil	3
	27 June – Fortaleza
					Spain	0
	Spain	0 (7)
	Italy	0 (6)
					Third place
					30 June – Salvador
					Uruguay	2 (2)
					Italy	2 (3)

References

1. The Portuguese pronunciation is [ˈkɔpɐ dɐs kõfedɛɾɐˈsõjz dɐ ˈfifɐ bɾɐˈziw ˈdojz ˈmiw i ˈtɾezi] in Brazil's standard pronunciation.
2. FIFA.com. "FIFA Confederations Cup archive". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2021-02-13.

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