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The 5th FIFA Confederations Cup 2005

June 15-29, 2005, Germany

2005 Champion: Brazil

Brazil captured the title for the first time in 8 years following a 4-1 victory over Argentina.

The competition brings together the respective champions of FIFA's regional confederations and has its origin in the Intercontinental Championships first held in Saudi Arabia in 1992 with continental winners from Africa, Asia, South America and North/Central America competing. Saudi Arabia also hosted the second Intercontinental Championships in 1995 which included Europe for the first time.

Participating Teams

  • Germany organisers
  • Brazil world champions
  • Greece winners of "2004 European Championship" 
  • Mexico winners of "2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup"
  • Argentina runners-up of "2004 Copa America" behind Brazil
  • Tunisia winners of "2004 African Cup of Nations"
  • Australia winners of "2004 Oceania Nations Cup"
  • Japan winners of "2004 Asian Cup"

The eight teams were divided into two round-robin groups, with the top two in each group advancing to the semi-finals.

Final
29 Jun Brazil 4-1 Argentina Frankfurt
  
Third Place
29 Jun Germany 4-3
aet
Mexico Leipzig
  
Semi-finals
25 Jun Germany 2-3 Brazil Nuremberg
26 Jun Mexico 1-1 Argentina
win 6-5 on penalties
Hanover
 
Group Rounds
Group A
15 Jun Tunisia 1-2 Argentina
15 Jun Germany 4-3 Australia
18 Jun Tunisia 0-3 Germany
18 Jun Australia 2-4 Argentina
21 Jun Australia 0-2 Tunisia
21 Jun Argentina 2-2 Germany
Group A P W D L F A P
Germany 3 2 1 0 9 5 7
Argentina 3 2 1 0 8 5 7
Tunisia 3 1 0 2 3 5 3
Australia 3 0 0 3 5 10 0
Group B
16 Jun Japan 1-2 Mexico
16 Jun Brazil 3-0 Greece
19 Jun Greece 0-1 Japan
19 Jun Mexico 1-0 Brazil
22 Jun Greece 0-0 Mexico
22 Jun Japan 2-2 Brazil
Group B P W D L F A P
Mexico 3 2 1 0 3 1 7
Brazil 3 1 1 1 5 3 4
Japan 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
Greece 3 0 1 2 0 4 1