Only officially recognized by FIFA from the 1997 tournament onwards, which is called FIFA/Confederations Cup.
The so-called "Artemio Franchi Trophy", twice played between the reigning European champions and Copa América winners, can be considered a pre-cursor. The relevant matches: 21- 8-1985 Paris France 2-0 Uruguay 24- 2-1993 Mar del Plata Argentina 1-1 Denmark [aet, 5-4 pen] [Note: the matches: 20-12-1989 Rotterdam Netherlands 0-1 Brazil 25- 3-1998 Stuttgart Germany 1-2 Brazil were not played for any trophy but ordinary friendlies.]
1992 [*] Argentina 1995 [*] Denmark 1997 Brazil 1999 Mexico 2001 France 2003 France 2005 Brazil 2009 Brazil 2013 Brazil 2017 Germany 2021 [*] unofficial
1992 [*] Argentina 3-1 Saudi Arabia 1995 [*] Denmark 2-0 Argentina 1997 Brazil 6-0 Australia 1999 Mexico 4-3 Brazil 2001 France 1-0 Japan 2003 France 1-0 Cameroon [asdet] 2005 Brazil 4-1 Argentina 2009 Brazil 3-2 USA 2013 Brazil 3-0 Spain 2017 Germany 1-0 Chile 2021 [*] unofficial
link to detailed file Participants: Saudi Arabia winners of "1988 Asian Cup" Argentina winners of "1991 Copa America" USA winners of "1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup" Ivory Coast winners of "1992 African Cup of Nations" Staged in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 16th-19th October 1992 Semifinals Argentina 4-0 Ivory Coast Saudi Arabia 3-0 USA Third Place Match USA 5-2 Ivory Coast Final Argentina 3-1 Saudi Arabia
link to detailed file Participants: Saudi Arabia organisers Argentina winners of "1993 Copa America" Denmark winners of "1992 European Championship" Japan winners of "1992 Asian Cup" Mexico winners of "1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup" Nigeria winners of "1994 African Cup of Nations" Staged in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 6th-13th January 1995 First Round Group A Saudi Arabia 0-2 Mexico Saudi Arabia 0-2 Denmark Mexico 1-1 Denmark Denmark win 4-2 on penalties 1.Denmark 2 1 1 0 3- 1 4 2.Mexico 2 1 1 0 3- 1 4 3.Saudi Arabia 2 0 0 2 0- 4 0 Group B Japan 0-3 Nigeria Japan 1-5 Argentina Argentina 0-0 Nigeria 1.Argentina 2 1 1 0 5- 1 4 2.Nigeria 2 1 1 0 3- 0 4 3.Japan 2 0 0 2 1- 8 0 Third Place Match Mexico 1-1 Nigeria Mexico win 5-4 on penalties Final Denmark 2-0 Argentina
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Participants:
Saudi Arabia organisers and winners of "1996 Asian Cup"
Brazil world champions
Uruguay winners of "1995 Copa America"
Czech Republic runner-up of "1996 European Championship" (replacing Germany)
UAE runner-up of "1996 Asian Cup" ("replacing" Saudi Arabia)
Mexico winners of "1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup"
South Africa winners of "1996 African Cup of Nations"
Australia winners of "1996 Oceania Nations Cup"
Staged in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 12th-21st December 1997
Group A
12/12/97 Saudi Arabia 0-3 Brazil
Australia 3-1 Mexico
14/12/97 Saudi Arabia 0-5 Mexico
Brazil 0-0 Australia
16/12/97 Saudi Arabia 1-0 Australia
Mexico 2-3 Brazil
1.Brazil 3 2 1 0 6- 2 7
2.Australia 3 1 1 1 3- 2 4
3.Mexico 3 1 0 2 8- 6 3
4.Saudi Arabia 3 1 0 2 1- 8 3
Group B
13/12/97 UAE 0-2 Uruguay
Czech Rep. 2-2 South Africa
15/12/97 UAE 1-0 South Africa
Uruguay 2-1 Czech Republic
17/12/97 UAE 1-6 Czech Republic
South Africa 3-4 Uruguay
1.Uruguay 3 3 0 0 8- 4 9
2.Czech Republic 3 1 1 1 9- 5 4
3.UAE 3 1 0 2 2- 8 3
4.South Africa 3 0 1 2 5- 7 1
Semifinals
19/12/97 Brazil 2-0 Czech Republic
Uruguay 0-1 Australia [asdet]
Third Place Match
21/12/97 Czech Rep. 1-0 Uruguay
Final
21/12/97 Brazil 6-0 Australia
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Participants:
Mexico organisers and winners of "1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup"
Germany winners of "1996 European Championship" (replacing France,
who had qualified as world champions)
USA runners-up of "1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup" ("replacing" Mexico)
Brazil holders and winners of "1997 Copa America"
Bolivia runners-up of "1997 Copa America" ("replacing" Brazil)
Egypt winners of "1998 African Cup of Nations"
Saudi Arabia winners of "1996 Asian Cup"
New Zealand winners of "1998 Oceania Nations Cup"
Was to be staged in Mexico, 8th-20th January 1999; was then postponed
to 28th July-8th August 1999 so that the French team takes part. On
Oct 23, 1998, the French football federation had announced France would
not take part (as they couldn't field a team remotely resembling the
one which won the World Cup, since the players involved are mostly
playing for clubs in leagues which have matches in January - and the
clubs pay the wages). France refused to enter anyway, citing the
start of its professional league at the same time, and as substitutes
Germany were entered - they were entitled to participation as European
champions 1996 but had refused because of the original January date (as
in 1997 falling in their winter break).
Group A (in Ciudad de México)
25/ 7/99 Mexico 5-1 Saudi Arabia
Bolivia 2-2 Egypt
27/ 7/99 Saudi Arabia 0-0 Bolivia
Mexico 2-2 Egypt
29/ 7/99 Egypt 1-5 Saudi Arabia
Bolivia 0-1 Mexico
1.Mexico 3 2 1 0 8- 3 7
2.Saudi Arabia 3 1 1 1 6- 6 4
3.Bolivia 3 0 2 1 2- 3 2
4.Egypt 3 0 2 1 5- 9 2
Group B (in Guadalajara)
24/ 7/99 Brazil 4-0 Germany
New Zealand 1-2 USA
28/ 7/99 Germany 2-0 New Zealand
Brazil 1-0 USA
30/ 7/99 USA 2-0 Germany
New Zealand 0-2 Brazil
1.Brazil 3 3 0 0 7- 0 9
2.USA 3 2 0 1 4- 2 6
3.Germany 3 1 0 2 2- 6 3
4.New Zealand 3 0 0 3 1- 6 0
Semifinals
1/ 8/99 Brazil 8-2 Saudi Arabia (in Guadalajara)
Mexico 1-0 USA [asdet] (in Ciudad de México)
Third Place Match (in Guadalajara)
3/ 8/99 USA 2-0 Saudi Arabia
Final (in Ciudad de México)
4/ 8/99 Mexico 4-3 Brazil
link to detailed file
Participants:
Japan co-organisers
South Korea co-organisers
Mexico holders
France world champions and winners of "2000 European Championship"
Canada winners of "2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup"
Brazil winners of "1999 Copa America"
Cameroon winners of "2000 African Cup of Nations"
Australia winners of "2000 Oceania Nations Cup"
Fortunately for FIFA, Japan won the Asian Championship 2000 after the above
participant list had been announced.
Group A (South Korea)
30/ 5/01 Taegu France 5-0 South Korea
Suwon Mexico 0-2 Australia
1/ 6/01 Taegu Australia 1-0 France
Ulsan South Korea 2-1 Mexico
3/ 6/01 Ulsan France 4-0 Mexico
Suwon South Korea 1-0 Australia
1.FRANCE 3 2 0 1 9- 1 6
2.AUSTRALIA 3 2 0 1 3- 1 6
3.South Korea 3 2 0 1 3- 6 6
4.Mexico 3 0 0 3 1- 8 0
Group B (in Japan)
31/ 5/01 Ibaraki Brazil 2-0 Cameroon
Niigata Japan 3-0 Canada
2/ 6/01 Ibaraki Canada 0-0 Brazil
Niigata Cameroon 0-2 Japan
4/ 6/01 Ibaraki Brazil 0-0 Japan
Niigata Cameroon 2-0 Canada
1.JAPAN 3 2 1 0 5- 0 7
2.BRAZIL 3 1 2 0 2- 0 5
3.Cameroon 3 1 0 2 2- 4 3
4.Canada 3 0 1 2 0- 5 1
Semifinals
7/ 6/01 Yokohama Japan 1-0 Australia
Suwon France 2-1 Brazil
NB: after South Korea were eliminated on June 3, FIFA announced that in case
Japan would have finished 2nd in their group, semifinal venues would be
switched; eventually, this was not necessary
Third Place Match
9/ 6/01 Ulsan Australia 1-0 Brazil
Final
10/ 6/01 Yokohama Japan 0-1 France
link to detailed file
Participants:
France organisers, winners of "2000 European Championship", holders
Brazil world champions
USA winners of "2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup"
Colombia winners of "2001 Copa America"
Cameroon winners of "2002 African Cup of Nations"
New Zealand winners of "2002 Oceania Nations Cup"
Japan winners of "2000 Asian Cup"
Turkey replacement for Germany (World Cup 2002 runners-up);
Germany, Italy (Euro 2000 runners-up) and Spain (as
2nd ranked team in the FIFA rankings at the time)
refused to enter
Venues: Lyon (Stade Gerland), Paris (Stade de France) and Saint-Etienne
(Stade Geoffroy-Guichard); originally also the Parc des Princes in
Paris was planned as venue but this was decided against 'for
practical reasons'.
Group A
18/ 6/03 St.Etienne New Zealand 0-3 Japan
Lyon France 1-0 Colombia
20/ 6/03 Lyon Colombia 3-1 New Zealand
St.Etienne France 2-1 Japan
22/ 6/03 St.Denis France 5-0 New Zealand
St.Etienne Japan 0-1 Colombia
1.FRANCE 3 3 0 0 8- 1 9
2.COLOMBIA 3 2 0 1 4- 2 6
3.Japan 3 1 0 2 4- 3 3
4.New Zealand 3 0 0 3 1-11 0
Group B
19/ 6/03 St.Etienne Turkey 2-1 USA
St.Denis Brazil 0-1 Cameroon
21/ 6/03 St.Denis Cameroon 1-0 Turkey
Lyon Brazil 1-0 USA
23/ 6/03 St.Etienne Brazil 2-2 Turkey
Lyon USA 0-0 Cameroon
1.CAMEROON 3 2 1 0 2- 0 7
2.TURKEY 3 1 1 1 4- 4 4
3.Brazil 3 1 1 1 3- 3 4
4.USA 3 0 1 2 1- 3 1
Semifinals
26/ 6/03 Lyon Cameroon 1-0 Colombia
[Marc-Vivien Foé of Cameroon collapsed in 71' and
died about half an hour after the end of the match]
26/ 6/03 St.Denis France 3-2 Turkey
Third Place Match
28/ 6/03 St.Etienne Turkey 2-1 Colombia
Final
29/ 6/03 St.Denis France 1-0 Cameroon [asdet]
link to detailed file
Participants:
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"
Venues: Waldstadion (Frankfurt), FIFA World Cup Stadium (former Niedersachsenstadion)
(Hannover), FIFA World Cup Stadium (former Müngersdorfer Stadion) (Köln),
Zentralstadion (Leipzig) and Franken-Stadion (Nürnberg).
Group A
15/ 6/05 Köln Argentina 2-1 Tunisia
Frankfurt Germany 4-3 Australia
18/ 6/05 Köln Tunisia 0-3 Germany
Nürnberg Australia 2-4 Argentina
21/ 6/05 Leipzig Australia 0-2 Tunisia
Nürnberg Argentina 2-2 Germany
1.GERMANY 3 2 1 0 9- 5 7
2.ARGENTINA 3 2 1 0 8- 5 7
3.Tunisia 3 1 0 2 3- 5 3
4.Australia 3 0 0 3 5-10 0
Group B
16/ 6/05 Hannover Japan 1-2 Mexico
Leipzig Brazil 3-0 Greece
19/ 6/05 Frankfurt Greece 0-1 Japan
Hannover Mexico 1-0 Brazil
22/ 6/05 Frankfurt Greece 0-0 Mexico
Köln Japan 2-2 Brazil
1.MEXICO 3 2 1 0 3- 1 7
2.BRAZIL 3 1 1 1 5- 3 4
3.Japan 3 1 1 1 4- 4 4
4.Greece 3 0 1 2 0- 4 1
Semifinals
25/ 6/05 Nürnberg Germany 2-3 Brazil
26/ 6/05 Hannover Mexico 1-1 Argentina [aet, 5-6 pen]
Third Place Match
29/ 6/05 Leipzig Germany 4-3 Mexico [aet]
Final
29/ 6/05 Frankfurt Brazil 4-1 Argentina
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Participants:
South Africa organisers
Italy world champions
Spain winners of "2008 European Championship"
USA winners of "2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup"
Brazil winners of "2007 Copa America"
Egypt winners of "2008 African Cup of Nations"
New Zealand winners of "2008 Oceania Nations Cup"
Iraq winners of "2007 Asian Cup"
Group A
14/ 6/09 Johannesburg South Africa 0-0 Iraq
Rustenburg New Zealand 0-5 Spain
17/ 6/09 Bloemfontein Spain 1-0 Iraq
Rustenburg South Africa 2-0 New Zealand
20/ 6/09 Johannesburg Iraq 0-0 New Zealand
Bloemfontein South Africa 0-2 Spain
1.SPAIN 3 3 0 0 8- 0 9
2.SOUTH AFRICA 3 1 1 1 2- 2 4
3.Iraq 3 0 2 1 0- 1 2
4.New Zealand 3 0 1 2 0- 7 1
Group B
15/ 6/09 Bloemfontein Brazil 4-3 Egypt
Pretoria USA 1-3 Italy
18/ 6/09 Pretoria USA 0-3 Brazil
Johannesburg Egypt 1-0 Italy
21/ 6/09 Rustenburg Egypt 0-3 USA
Pretoria Italy 0-3 Brazil
1.BRAZIL 3 3 0 0 10- 3 9
2.USA 3 1 0 2 4- 6 3
3.Italy 3 1 0 2 3- 5 3
4.Egypt 3 1 0 2 4- 7 3
Semifinals
24/ 6/09 Bloemfontein Spain 0-2 USA
25/ 6/09 Johannesburg Brazil 1-0 South Africa
Third Place Match
28/ 6/09 Rustenburg Spain 3-2 South Africa [aet]
Final
28/ 6/09 Johannesburg Brazil 3-2 USA
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Participants:
Brazil organisers
Spain world champions
Italy runners-up "2012 European Championship" (behind Spain)
Japan winners of "2011 Asian Cup"
Mexico winners of "2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup"
Nigeria winners of "2013 African Nations Cup"
Uruguay winners of "2011 Copa América"
Tahiti winners of "2012 Oceanian Nations Cup"
Group A
15/ 6/13 Brasília Brazil 3-0 Japan
16/ 6/13 Rio de Janeiro Italy 2-1 Mexico
19/ 6/13 Fortaleza Brazil 2-0 Mexico
São Lourenço da Mata Italy 4-3 Japan
22/ 6/13 Salvador Brazil 4-2 Italy
Belo Horizonte Mexico 2-1 Japan
1.BRAZIL 3 3 0 0 9- 2 9
2.ITALY 3 2 0 1 8- 8 6
3.Mexico 3 1 0 2 3- 5 3
4.Japan 3 0 0 3 4- 9 0
Group B
16/ 6/13 São Lourenço da Mata Spain 2-1 Uruguay
17/ 6/13 Belo Horizonte Nigeria 6-1 Tahiti
20/ 6/13 Rio de Janeiro Spain 10-0 Tahiti
Salvador Uruguay 2-1 Nigeria
23/ 6/13 Fortaleza Spain 3-0 Nigeria
São Lourenço da Mata Uruguay 8-0 Tahiti
1.SPAIN 3 3 0 0 15- 1 9
2.URUGUAY 3 2 0 1 11- 3 6
3.Nigeria 3 1 0 2 7- 6 3
4.Tahiti 3 0 0 3 1-24 0
Semifinals
26/ 6/13 Belo Horizonte Brazil 2-1 Uruguay
27/ 6/13 Fortaleza Spain 0-0 Italy [aet, 7-6 pen]
Third Place Match
30/ 6/13 Salvador Italy 2-2 Uruguay [aet, 3-2 pen]
Final
30/ 6/13 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 3-0 Spain
link to detailed file
Participants:
Russia organisers
Germany world champions
Portugal winners of "2016 European Championship"
Australia winners of "2015 Asian Cup"
Mexico winners of "2015 CONCACAF Cup"
Cameroon winners of "2017 African Nations Cup"
Chile winners of "2016 Copa América"
New Zealand winners of "2016 Oceanian Nations Cup"
Group A
17/ 6/17 Sankt Peterburg Russia 2-0 New Zealand
18/ 6/17 Kazan Portugal 2-2 Mexico
21/ 6/17 Moskva Russia 0-1 Portugal
Sochi Mexico 2-1 New Zealand
24/ 6/17 Kazan Russia 1-2 Mexico
Sankt Peterburg New Zealand 0-4 Portugal
1.PORTUGAL 3 2 1 0 7- 2 7
2.MEXICO 3 2 1 0 6- 4 7
3.Russia 3 1 0 2 3- 3 3
4.New Zealand 3 0 0 3 1- 8 0
Group B
18/ 6/17 Moskva Cameroon 0-2 Chile
19/ 6/17 Sochi Australia 2-3 Germany
22/ 6/17 Sankt Peterburg Cameroon 1-1 Australia
Kazan Germany 1-1 Chile
25/ 6/17 Moskva Chile 1-1 Australia
Sochi Germany 3-1 Cameroon
1.GERMANY 3 2 1 0 7- 4 7
2.CHILE 3 1 2 0 4- 2 5
3.Australia 3 0 2 1 4- 5 2
4.Cameroon 3 0 1 2 2- 6 1
Semifinals
28/ 6/17 Kazan Portugal 0-0 Chile [aet, 0-3 pen]
29/ 6/17 Sochi Germany 4-1 Mexico
Third Place Match
2/ 7/17 Moskva Portugal 2-1 Mexico [aet]
Final
2/ 7/17 Sankt Peterburg Chile 0-1 Germany
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