2001 FIFA Confederations Cup final

2001 FIFA Confederations Cup final

Event	2001 FIFA Confederations Cup
Japan France 0 1
Date	10 June 2001
Venue	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama
Referee	Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)
Attendance	65,533

The 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup final was a football match to determine the winners of the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup. The match was held at International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan, on 10 June 2001 and was contested by Japan and France. France won the match 1–0 with the only goal coming after half an hour, when Patrick Vieira headed in over the advancing keeper Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi from the edge of the penalty area after a long pass from Frank Leboeuf in midfield. This was Japan's first ever final in a senior FIFA competition, and as of 2022, it is also the one of only three senior FIFA finals to feature an AFC team.

Route to the final

Japan		Round	France
Opponent	Result	Group stage	Opponent	Result
Canada	3–0	Match 1	South Korea	5–0
Cameroon	2–0	Match 2	Australia	0–1
Brazil	0–0	Match 3	Mexico	4–0
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Japan 3 2 1 0 5 0 5 7 Brazil 3 1 2 0 2 0 2 5 Cameroon 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3 Canada 3 0 1 2 0 5 −5 1		Final standing	Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts France 3 2 0 1 9 1 8 6 Australia 3 2 0 1 3 3 1 6 South Korea 3 2 0 1 3 6 −3 6 Mexico 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Opponent	Result	Knockout stage	Opponent	Result
Australia	1–0	Semi-final	Brazil	2–1

Match details

10 June 2001

19:00 JST

Japan	0–1	France
	Report	Vieira 30'

International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama

Attendance: 65,533

Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

Japan

France

GK 1 Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi RB 20 Yasuhiro Hato CB 4 Ryuzo Morioka (c) CB 3 Naoki Matsuda  36' LB 16 Kōji Nakata RM 14 Teruyoshi Ito CM 5 Junichi Inamoto  46' CM 18 Kazuyuki Toda LM 21 Shinji Ono  60' CF 8 Hiroaki Morishima  89' CF 9 Akinori Nishizawa  74' Substitutions: MF 10 Atsuhiro Miura  46' FW 19 Tatsuhiko Kubo  60' FW 11 Masashi Nakayama  74' Manager: Philippe Troussier

GK 1 Ulrich Ramé RB 19 Christian Karembeu CB 18 Frank Leboeuf CB 8 Marcel Desailly (c) LB 3 Bixente Lizarazu  52' RM 6 Youri Djorkaeff  65' CM 4 Patrick Vieira CM 7 Robert Pires LM 11 Sylvain Wiltord CF 9 Nicolas Anelka CF 17 Steve Marlet  58' Substitutions: FW 22 Laurent Robert  58' MF 10 Eric Carrière  65' Manager: Roger Lemerre

Assistant referees: Igor Šramka (Slovakia) Awni Hassouneh (Jordan)

External links

• Official Match report