The FIFA Confederations Cup is contested by the winners of all 6 continental championships, the current FIFA World Cup champions and the country which is hosting the Confederations Cup.

* FIFA Confederations Cup: 2003

* 2003 Confederations Cup ( France beat Cameroon )

Stadium crowd performing " the wave " at the Confederations Cup 2005 in Frankfurt

They are also the most successful team in the FIFA Confederations Cup with three titles.

Brazil are the current holders of the FIFA Confederations Cup after winning the 2005 and the 2009 edition of the tournament.

Brazil is scheduled to host the 2013 Confederations Cup and the 2014 World Cup and therefore, they are automatically qualified for the tournaments.

On June 29, 2005, Brazil won the Confederations Cup for the second time with an emphatic 4 – 1 victory over arch-rivals Argentina in Frankfurt, Germany.

The Brazilian team won the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa.

After beating in the semi-final with a late free kick, they went on to a rematch against USA in the final which they won 3 – 2, after coming in 2 – 0 down at half-time, to seal their third Confederations Cup title.

Bosnich also appeared for the Socceroos at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup.

* The number that footballer Marc-Vivien Foé wore for the French clubs Lens and Lyon, retired by both clubs after his death from heart failure during a semifinal match in the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup.

He also helped Japan reach the final of the 2001 Confederations Cup, but left the national team before the final to join Roma for their final league matches.

Category: 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup players

Category: 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup players

Category: 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup players

The championship winners earn the opportunity to compete in the following FIFA Confederations Cup, but are not obliged to do so.

* Confederations Cup – host nation France wins a tournament marred by tragedy after Cameroon player Marc-Vivien Foé collapsed and died during a semifinal match.

* Confederations Cup: 2005 – Golden Ball for The Best Player of the Tournament and Golden Shoe for Top Scorer

* 1 June – Australia shock reigning world champions France 1-0 in a group stage game in the Confederations Cup.

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On 29 June 2005, he scored his first goal for Germany in a 4 – 3 extra-time win against Mexico during the third-place play-off at the 2005 Confederations Cup.

Guzan also started the USA's 3 – 0 win over Egypt in the 2009 Confederations Cup.

Devoted to his continent, he has served as president of the African Swimming Confederation, CANA, from 1987 – present ( 2009 ) and the Union of African Sports Confederations.

After impressing for Leeds United, His first senior appearance in the national team came against South Korea in the FIFA Confederations Cup in 2001, which France won 0 – 5.

Forrest had further success against Brazil in 2001, recording a clean sheet in a 0 – 0 draw in the 2001 Confederations Cup in Japan.

He then appeared in the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup, playing against Australia ( 2 – 0 win ) and Germany ( 0 – 3 loss ).

It was won by Mexico, who beat Brazil 4 – 3 in the final, Mexico became the first host nation to win the FIFA Confederations Cup.

He was selected to the squads that won the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2002 FIFA World Cup ( and the 2006 World Cup, still not fully recovered from knee surgery ), but only appeared in two games in final stages, the 3 – 2 win against Mexico in the first tournament and the 4 – 1 triumph over Japan in the third.

Also in that year, he was selected to the FIFA Confederations Cup, scoring in a 3 – 1 group stage win against Mexico for the eventual runners-up.

While at Parma, both Grella and Bresciano were excused from the 2005 Confederations Cup by the then-Australian manager Frank Farina to allow the pair to take part in a relegation playoff between Parma and Bologna – which Parma won, to avoid relegation.

Although injuries limited Ono to just one appearance in the final round of the qualifiers for the 2006 World Cup and he missed the Confederations Cup in 2003 and 2005, he played in his third World Cup finals in Germany.

Confederations where usually formed in one part of the country, and could expand into " general confederations " taking in most or all of the voivodeships of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Elliott was included in the New Zealand U-23 squad for their first appearance at the Olympic Games as one of three over age players, alongside Ryan Nelsen and Chris Killen He was named as part of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup New Zealand squad to travel to South Africa.

He played in the US's third-place finish at the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup, when he was involved in one of the biggest surprises for the U. S during the tournament, playing 90 min.

Robinho has won one Copa América title and two Confederations Cups with the Brazilian national team.

He was part of the Brazil national team that won the 2005 Confederations Cup and was one of the 23 players chosen to represent Brazil in the 2006 World Cup.

After representing Australia at the 2004 Summer Olympics as one of the three overage players, scoring three goals in an eventual quarterfinal exit, Aloisi finished second in the scoring charts at the 2005 Confederations Cup, netting braces against Germany and Argentina as the Socceroos did not manage one single point in three games.

Royal Bafokeng Stadium was one of the host venues for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.

The national team has won the FIFA World Cup twice ( in 1978 and 1986 ), successive Olympic gold medals ( in 2004 and 2008 ), fourteen Copas América, one Confederations Cup and six World Youth Championships.

When it does not fall the same year as an edition of the FIFA Confederations Cup, the winner, or highest placed team that is a member of both CONCACAF and FIFA, qualifies for the next staging of that tournament.

Anelka has played many times at international level and won his first international honours with France at Euro 2000, and won the Confederations Cup the following year.

The following year, he also played in 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup, which Brazil also won.

Turkey took part in the FIFA Confederations Cup for the first time in 2003 after finishing third at the World Cup the previous year.

FIFA justified the decision by stating that they wanted Confederations to have more time to develop the sport, therefore allowing a year in between World Cups for Confederations to organise their own local tournaments.

Also in that year, he was selected by national team manager José Pekerman to the FIFA Confederations Cup, but did not leave the bench during the tournament.