Confederations Cup 2005

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The 2005 Confederations Cup football tournament is being held in Germany, between June 15 and June 29, 2005.

Contents

1 Participating teams

2 Venues

3 Group Stage

3.1 Group A
3.2 Group B

4 Semi-finals

5 Third Place Playoff

6 Final

7 Top Scorers

8 External Links

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Participating teams

Germany (host)
Brazil (winner of the 2002 World Cup)
Argentina¹ (runner-up to Brazil in the 2004 Copa Am�rica)
Greece (winner of Euro 2004)
Mexico (winner of the 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup)
Tunisia (winner of the 2004 African Nations Cup)
Japan (winner of the 2004 Asian Cup)
Australia (winner of the 2004 Oceania Nations Cup)

¹Argentina was awarded a spot in the competition because Brazil had won both the 2002 World Cup and the 2004 Copa Am�rica. Since both competitions award their winners a spot in the Confederations Cup, the runner-up in the World Cup would be called to play. Said runner-up, however, was Germany, which already had a spot as hosts of the 2005 Confederations Cup. Argentina, as the runner-up in the Copa Am�rica, was then granted a place in the 2005 edition of the tournament.

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Venues

Matches will be held in Hanover, Leipzig, Cologne, Nuremberg and Frankfurt.

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Group Stage

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Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Germany	7	3	2	1	0	9	5
Argentina	7	3	2	1	0	8	5
Tunisia	3	3	1	0	2	3	5
Australia	0	3	0	0	3	5	10

All times given in UTC/GMT


June 15, 2005
Argentina	2 – 1	Tunisia	16:00	Cologne
Germany	4 – 3	Australia	18:45	Frankfurt
June 18, 2005
Tunisia	0 – 3	Germany	16:00	Cologne
Australia	2 – 4	Argentina	18:45	Nuremberg
June 21, 2005
Australia	0 – 2	Tunisia	20:45	Leipzig
Argentina	2 – 2	Germany	20:45	Nuremberg

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Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Mexico	7	2	2	1	0	3	1
Brazil	4	2	1	1	1	5	3
Japan	4	2	1	1	1	4	4
Greece	1	2	0	1	2	0	4


June 16, 2005
Japan	1 – 2	Mexico	16:00	Hanover
Brazil	3 – 0	Greece	18:45	Leipzig
June 19, 2005
Mexico	1 – 0	Brazil	16:00	Hanover
Greece	0 – 1	Japan	18:45	Frankfurt
June 22, 2005
Greece	0 – 0	Mexico	18:45	Frankfurt
Japan	2 – 2	Brazil	18:45	Cologne