2013 FIFA Confederations Cup

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Six stadiums were used, each in a different city.

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.{{cite web |url=http://www.copa2014.gov.br/en/noticia/draw-will-decide-calendar-2014-fifa-world-cup-matches-will-take-place-bahia-2013 |title=Draw that will decide the calendar of the 2014 FIFA World Cup matches will take place in Bahia in 2013 |publisher=Copa2014.gov.br/en |date=29 June 2012 |access-date=30 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130811035245/http://www.copa2014.gov.br/en/noticia/draw-will-decide-calendar-2014-fifa-world-cup-matches-will-take-place-bahia-2013 |archive-date=11 August 2013 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=Brazil drawn with Italy, Spain to meet Uruguay |url=https://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/news/newsid=1960374/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121204135149/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/news/newsid=1960374/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 December 2012 |work=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=1 December 2012}}

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.{{cite web |title=Draw Procedures: FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013 |url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/96/02/16//121129_drawproceduresfcc2013_final(2).pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313064250/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/96/02/16//121129%5fdrawproceduresfcc2013%5ffinal(2).pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 March 2013 |work=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association}}

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Ten trios of officials were announced by FIFA on 13 May 2013.{{cite web |title=Match officials appointed for FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013 |url=https://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/organisation/media/newsid=2078321/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608115450/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/organisation/media/newsid=2078321/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 June 2013 |work=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=13 May 2013}}{{cite web |title=Match officials for FIFA Confederations Cup 2013 |url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/07/83/07/matchofficialsforfifaconfederationscup2013.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513182637/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/07/83/07/matchofficialsforfifaconfederationscup2013.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 May 2014 |work=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association}}

{{Main|2013 FIFA Confederations Cup squads}}

Teams had to name a 23-man squad (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline of 3 June 2013.{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/99/46/55/regulationsconfederationscup2013_e.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130418025516/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/99/46/55/regulationsconfederationscup2013_e.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2013 |title=Regulations – FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013 |work=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association}} The squads were announced by FIFA on 7 June 2013.{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/news/newsid=2103440/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609191908/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/news/newsid=2103440/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 June 2013 |title=Brazil 2013 squads revealed |work=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=7 June 2013}}{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/10/38/80/fcclop_neutral.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130612002515/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/10/38/80/fcclop_neutral.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 June 2013 |title=Squad lists for the FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013 |work=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association}}

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File:Maracanã stadium.jpg]]

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminarydraw/news/newsid=1480389/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110915093118/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminarydraw/news/newsid=1480389/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 September 2011 |title=Pot allocations for the Preliminary Draw |work=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=27 July 2011}} 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.{{cite news |url=http://www.the-afc.com/en/news-centre/inside-afc/676-afc-news/33082-afc-asks-fifa-to-change-confed-cup-dates |title=AFC asks FIFA to change Confed Cup dates |publisher=the-afc.com |date=31 January 2011 |access-date=6 February 2013}} However, the AFC decided that the match day would only be adjusted for the AFC representative at the Confederations Cup, Japan.{{cite web |url=http://www.the-afc.com/en/inside-afc/676-afc-news/33977-43-in-the-fray-for-2014-fwc-qualifiers |title=43 in the fray for 2014 FWC qualifiers |work=Asian Football Confederation |date=23 March 2011 |access-date=5 April 2011}} The official final schedule was presented in Rio de Janeiro on 30 May 2012.{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/organisation/media/newsid=1641682/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120602051500/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/organisation/media/newsid=1641682/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 June 2012 |title=FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013 match schedule presented in Rio de Janeiro |work=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=30 May 2012}}

All times listed are Brasília official time (UTC−03:00).{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/64/15/83/fcc2013_matchschedule_6c_17052013.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611202452/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/64/15/83/fcc2013_matchschedule_6c_17052013.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 June 2013 |title=Match Schedule – FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013 |work=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association}}

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. The ranking of the teams in each group was determined as follows:

1. Points obtained in all group matches;
2. Goal difference in all group matches;
3. 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:

1. Points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
2. Goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
3. Number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
4. Drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.

{{main|2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A}}

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{{Main|2013 FIFA Confederations Cup knockout stage}}

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In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time would be played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.{{cite web|url=http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/99/46/55/regulationsconfederationscup2013_e.pdf|title=Regulations – FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013|publisher=FIFA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709114817/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/99/46/55/regulationsconfederationscup2013_e.pdf|archive-date=9 July 2014}}

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{{main|2013 FIFA Confederations Cup final}}

{{#lst:2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Final|Match 16}}

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{{small|Source: FIFA[https://web.archive.org/web/20210107170226/https://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/news/neymar-breaks-through-for-top-award-2125273 FIFA.com]{{cite news |title=FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013 {{!}} Awards |url=https://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/awards/index.html |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130708145409/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/awards/index.html |archive-date=8 July 2013 |access-date=2 November 2017 }}}}

{{small|Source: FIFA{{cite news |title=Users pick Top 11 |url=https://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/dreamteam/index.html |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) |access-date=4 July 2013 |quote=FIFA.com users have voted and elected the Dream Team for the FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013:

Julio Cesar; Dani Alves, Sergio Ramos, Thiago Silva, David Luiz; Andres Iniesta, Andrea Pirlo, Paulinho; Neymar, Fernando Torres, Fred; Luiz Felipe Scolari.|url-status = dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130708145419/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/dreamteam/index.html |archive-date=8 July 2013}}}}

{{Main|2013 FIFA Confederations Cup statistics}}

Fernando Torres was awarded the Golden Boot award on tie-breakers. Both he and Fred scored five goals and made one assist, but Torres was given the award due to having played fewer minutes over the tournament.{{cite web |title=Fernando Torres wins another Golden Boot award, is understandably less than excited about it |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/soccer-dirty-tackle/fernando-torres-wins-another-golden-boot-award-understandably-040203642.html |website=sports.yahoo.com |access-date=1 July 2013 |date=1 July 2013}} In total, 68 goals were scored by 38 different players, with three of them credited as own goals.

;5 goals

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• {{flagicon|BRA}} Fred
• {{flagicon|ESP}} Fernando Torres

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;4 goals

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• {{flagicon|BRA}} Neymar
• {{flagicon|URU}} Abel Hernández

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;3 goals

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• {{flagicon|MEX}} Javier Hernández
• {{flagicon|NGA}} Nnamdi Oduamadi
• {{flagicon|ESP}} David Villa
• {{flagicon|URU}} Edinson Cavani
• {{flagicon|URU}} Luis Suárez

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;2 goals

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• {{flagicon|BRA}} Jô
• {{flagicon|BRA}} Paulinho
• {{flagicon|ITA}} Mario Balotelli
• {{flagicon|JPN}} Shinji Okazaki
• {{flagicon|ESP}} Jordi Alba
• {{flagicon|ESP}} David Silva

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;1 goal

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• {{flagicon|BRA}} Dante
• {{flagicon|ITA}} Davide Astori
• {{flagicon|ITA}} Giorgio Chiellini
• {{flagicon|ITA}} Daniele De Rossi
• {{flagicon|ITA}} Alessandro Diamanti
• {{flagicon|ITA}} Emanuele Giaccherini
• {{flagicon|ITA}} Sebastian Giovinco
• {{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Pirlo
• {{flagicon|JPN}} Keisuke Honda
• {{flagicon|JPN}} Shinji Kagawa
• {{flagicon|NGA}} Elderson Echiéjilé
• {{flagicon|NGA}} Mikel John Obi
• {{flagicon|ESP}} Juan Mata
• {{flagicon|ESP}} Pedro
• {{flagicon|ESP}} Roberto Soldado
• {{flagicon|TAH}} Jonathan Tehau
• {{flagicon|URU}} Diego Forlán
• {{flagicon|URU}} Nicolás Lodeiro
• {{flagicon|URU}} Diego Lugano
• {{flagicon|URU}} Diego Pérez

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;1 Own goal

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• {{flagicon|JPN}} Atsuto Uchida (against Italy)
• {{flagicon|TAH}} Jonathan Tehau (against Nigeria)
• {{flagicon|TAH}} Nicolas Vallar (against Nigeria)

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Source: FIFA{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/statistics/players/goals.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619170048/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/statistics/players/goals.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 June 2009 |title=Players – Top goals |work=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |access-date=24 June 2013}}

{{small|Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.}}

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:See also Adidas Tango 12

File:Adidas Cafusa.jpg

The official match ball for the Cup was produced by Adidas, a development of the Adidas Tango 12. It was unveiled during the draw for the competition. The ball is named "Cafusa" ({{IPA|pt|kɐˈfuzɐ|pron}}) – a syllabic abbreviation of the words "{{lang|pt-BR|carnaval}}" (Carnival), "{{lang|pt-BR|futebol}}" (football) and "samba",{{cite web |title=Adidas Cafusa launched at Brazil 2013 draw |url=https://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/news/newsid=1960502/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121204212918/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/news/newsid=1960502/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 December 2012 |work=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=1 December 2012 |access-date=1 December 2012}} aside of being homophonous with {{lang|pt|cafuza}}, the Portuguese name for a zamba i.e. a woman of mixed Amerindian and black African descent.{{citation needed|date=July 2013}} Former Brazil captain Cafu was invited to officially unveil the ball.

The competing national football associations received prize money from FIFA based on their representative team's final finishing position.{{cite web |title=Prize money up by 14 per cent |url=https://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/news/newsid=2013285/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130219033959/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/news/newsid=2013285/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 February 2013 |work=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=15 February 2013 |access-date=18 June 2013}}

The 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup was the first international tournament for national teams to use goal-line technology. The IFAB officially approved the use of goal-line technology in July 2012, and it was first used in a FIFA competition for the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup in December 2012. Having trialled systems from both Hawk-Eye and GoalRef during the Club World Cup, FIFA announced on 2 April 2013 that the German technology GoalControl had been chosen as the official goal-line technology for the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup.{{cite web |title=FIFA appoints goal-line technology provider for Brazil 2013 |url=https://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/organisation/marketing/qualityprogramme/news/newsid=2051971/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130404111054/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/organisation/marketing/qualityprogramme/news/newsid=2051971/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 April 2013 |work=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=2 April 2013}} Its system, GoalControl-4D, uses 14 high-speed cameras located around the pitch and directed at both goals.{{cite web |title=Fifa snubs Hawk-Eye in favour of German goalline technology |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/apr/02/fifa-goalline-technology-snub-hawkeye |work=The Guardian |publisher=Guardian News and Media |date=2 April 2013 |access-date=4 April 2013}} It was used in the match for third place between Uruguay and Italy to determine the scorer of Italy's first goal.

File:Protestos no Rio em 2013.jpg. Their sign translates to "If the bus fare doesn't drop, Rio is going to stop!"]]

{{Main|2013 protests in Brazil}}

Prior to the opening ceremony at the Brasilia National Stadium on 15 June, demonstrations took place outside the stadium, organised by people unhappy with the amount of public money spent to enable the hosting of the FIFA World Cup.{{cite web |title=Brazil Beats Japan, Protests Spoil Confederations Cup Opening Day |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/brazil-japan-confederations-cup/1682679.html |work=Voice of America |publisher=Federal government of the United States |access-date=16 June 2013 |location=Brasília |date=15 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518101052/http://www.voanews.com/content/brazil-japan-confederations-cup/1682679.html|archive-date=18 May 2015|url-status = live}} Police used tear gas and pepper spray to quell the protests.{{cite web |title=Brazil Maracana stadium protest ends in clashes |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22930402 |work=BBC News |date=16 June 2013}}

The demonstrations were part of wider unrest and rioting in Brazilian cities initially sparked by increased ticket prices on public transport, but growing to express deeper public disenchantment with the financial management of the country by its government, specially due to the high inflation. The Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff as well as FIFA president Sepp Blatter were heavily booed as they were announced to conduct their speeches at the tournament's opening.{{cite web |last=Peck |first=Brooks |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/soccer-dirty-tackle/sepp-blatter-brazil-president-dilma-booed-confederations-cup-201019866.html |title=Sepp Blatter, Brazil president Dilma booed at Confederations Cup opening ceremony |publisher=Sports.yahoo.com |date=29 May 2013 |access-date=16 June 2013}} Further protests took place the following day prior to the game between Mexico and Italy in Rio de Janeiro.{{cite web |last1=Sturm |first1=Heloísa Aruth |title=Grupo organiza um protesto neste domingo no Maracanã |url=http://www.estadao.com.br/noticias/esportes,grupo-organiza-um-protesto-neste-domingo-no-maracana,1043183,0.htm |work=O Estado de S. Paulo |publisher=Grupo Estado |access-date=16 June 2013 |last2=Torres |first2=Sérgio |last3=Rogero |first3=Tiago |location=Rio de Janeiro |language=pt |date=16 June 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/1477993/confederations-cup-protests-continue-brazil?cc=5739 |title=Confed Cup protests continue |date=17 June 2013 |work=ESPN |access-date=17 June 2013}} Blatter said that the protesters "should not use football to make their demands heard",{{cite web |url=http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/1480149/protests-continue-brazil?cc=5739# |title=Brazil protests continue |publisher=ESPN |date=19 June 2013}} and that the public expenditure on staging the tournaments was on "items that are for the future, not just for the World Cup".

As the protests continued to intensify during the week, with a reported participation of over a million people taking to the streets in a hundred different towns and cities,{{cite web |title=Brazil unrest: 'Million' join protests in 100 cities |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22992410 |work=BBC News |date=21 June 2013}} reports in the Brazilian media suggested that FIFA was having to negotiate with the teams to keep them in Brazil and that the tournament could be abandoned.{{cite web |title=Protests could halt Confederations Cup – Brazilian media |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-soccer-confederations-riots-idUSBRE95K0CW20130621 |publisher=Reuters |date=21 June 2013}} However, a FIFA statement on 21 June insisted that "to date, neither FIFA nor the local organising committee have ever discussed any such possibility of cancelling the FIFA Confederations Cup".{{cite web |title=FIFA has not discussed cancelling Confederations Cup |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-confederations-riots-idUKBRE95K0D220130621 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305162720/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-confederations-riots-idUKBRE95K0D220130621 |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 March 2016 |publisher=Reuters |date=21 June 2013}}

FIFA General Secretary Jérôme Valcke subsequently admitted that FIFA had held a "crisis meeting" involving the Brazilian government regarding the completion of the tournament,{{cite web |title=Brazil will definitely host World Cup 2014, says Fifa |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23041223 |work=BBC News |date=24 June 2013}} but sought to distance FIFA from the wider social unrest, stating that "the most important thing for us is to detach the World Cup or the Confederations Cup from these problems. We are not the answer to all problems and we are definitely not the reason for such a crisis. We are just part of what Brazil is doing for the next 20 years....the light FIFA is being shown in here, is the wrong one". He also reaffirmed that the protests had not caused FIFA to consider moving the 2014 World Cup away from Brazil.

Just before the final in Rio de Janeiro, a large crowd marched towards the stadium both in support of the team and in continuation over the original protests. Though largely peaceful,{{Cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2013/06/20136302232802744.html|title=Clashes at Brazil football venue}} there were some disturbances.{{Cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2013/07/20137162126149643.html|title=Brazil's protests overshadow game}}

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