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| Image courtesy of FIFA. |
2009 Confederations Cup Final: Brazil 3 - USA 2
Discussion Items
I: The Six Venues
II: Participating Teams and Managers
III: Official Team Rosters
IV: Table of Champions and Historic Trivia
V: Goal-Line Technology (GLT)
VI: Tournament Fixtures
VII: Brazilian Portuguese Soccer Vocabulary
VIII: Helpful Links
I. The Six Venues
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| Photo credit: ephotopix. Brazil has 26 states and one federal district. |
- Belo Horizonte: Estadio Mineirao
- Brasilia: Estadio Nacional
- Fortaleza: Estadio Castelao
- Recife: Arena Pernambuco
- Rio de Janeiro: Estadio de Maracana
- Salvador: Arena Fonte Nova
II. Participating Teams and Managers
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| Photo credit: José Cruz/ABr. Luiz Felipe Scolari of Brazil. |
- Brazil: CONMEBOL. Luiz Felipe Scolari.
- Italy: UEFA. Cesare Prandelli.
- Japan: AFC. Alberto Zaccheroni.
- Mexico: CONCACAF. Jose Manuel "Chepo" de la Torre.
- Nigeria: CAF. Stephen Keshi.
- Spain: UEFA. Vicente Del Bosque.
- Tahiti: OCEANIA. Edy Etaeta.
- Uruguay: CONMEBOL. Oscar Washington Tabarez.
ELO Ratings
- Spain: 1
- Brazil: 3
- Italy: 8
- Mexico: 11
- Uruguay: 17
- Japan: 25
- Nigeria: 34
- Tahiti: 141
III: Official Team Rosters: 22 Leagues
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| Photo credit: Sikuriina. Iker Casillas of Spain. |
Here is a link for all of the eight team rosters that were submitted to FIFA:
- Official Team Rosters from FIFA (PDF)
- According to Alexis (@MisterChip) on 8 June 2013, "22 ligas estarán representadas en la Confederaciones 2013, siendo Italia (34 jugadores) y España (25) las de mayor presencia". "Twenty-two leagues will be represented at the Confederations Cup. Italy (Serie A) with thirty-four players and twenty-five from Spain ( La Liga), respectively, are the two with the most representation."
IV: Table of Champions and Historic Trivia
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- 1992: Argentina *
- 1995: Denmark *
- 1997: Brazil
- 1999: Mexico
- 2001: France
- 2003: France
- 2005: Brazil
- 2009: Brazil
* King Fahd Cup
Italy can join France and Uruguay as the only three teams to have won three official FIFA tournaments: the Confederations Cup, Olympic Games and the World Cup. Only two hosts (out of eight previous tournaments) have ever won the Confederations Cup: Mexico in 1999 and France in 2003, respectively. No team who has won the Confederations Cup has ever gone on to win the World Cup the following year.
V: Tournament Fixtures
Discover the treasures of Brazil.
Group A
Saturday, 15 June 2013 at 1600: Brazil v. Japan from Estadio Nacional in Brasilia.
Sunday, 16 June 2013 at 1600: Italy v. Mexico from Estadio do Maracana in Rio de Janeiro.
Wednesday, 19 June 2013 at 1600: Brazil v. Mexico from Estadio Castelao in Fortaleza.
Wednesday, 19 June 2013 at 1900: Italy v. Japan from Arena Pernambuco in Recife.
Saturday, 22 June 2013 at 1600: Brazil v. Italy from Arena Fonte Nova in Salvador.
Saturday, 22 June 2013 at 1600: Mexico v. Japan from Estadio Mineirao in Belo Horizonte.
Group B
Sunday, 16 June 2013 at 1900: Spain v. Uruguay from Arena Pernambuco in Recife.
Monday, 17 June 2013 at 1600: Tahiti v. Nigeria from Estadio Mineirao in Belo Horizonte.
Thursday, 20 June 2013 at 1600: Spain v. Tahiti from Estadio do Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
Thursday, 20 June 2013 at 1900: Nigeria v. Uruguay from Arena Fonte Nova in Salvador.
Sunday, 23 June 2013 at 1600: Nigeria v. Spain from Estadio Castelao in Fortaleza.
Sunday, 23 June 2013 at 1600: Uruguay v. Tahiti from Arena Pernambuco in Recife.
Semi-final Round
The top two teams from each group will advance.
Wednesday, 26 June 2013 at 1600: A1 v. B2 from Estadio Mineirao in Belo Horizonte.
Thursday, 27 June 2013 at 1600: B1 v. A2 from Estadio Castelao in Fortaleza.
Third Place
Sunday, 30 June 2013 at 1300 from Arena Fonte Nova in Salvador.
Final
Sunday, 30 June 2013 at 1900 from Estadio do Maracana in Rio de Janeiro.
Source: 2013 Confederations Cup Tournament Schedule: FIFA.com.
Links of Specific Interest
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| Photo credit: U.S. Air Force. |
- Live Soccer TV @livesoccertv provides daily listings of global television broadcasters based upon your geographic locale.
- Printable One-Page Tournament Schedule from FIFA (PDF)
- World Time Clock
VI: Goal-Line Technology (GLT)
FIFA approved Goal-Line Technology (GLT) in April 2013 for this tournament. It will mark the second FIFA event to use GLT (the first time was last December at the Club World Cup in Japan.)
Bjoern Linder, the chairman of GoalControl, which was the company selected by FIFA for this project, was quoted on 10 June 2013 at The Monitor:
“The whole system uses 14 cameras that are installed on the catwalk. We have seven cameras per goal and computers are connected to those cameras. The computers are catching the images - around 500 pictures per second - and we get by triangulation the position of the ball in real time, and once the computer precepts the ball has crossed the goal line it gives a signal to the referees’ watch.
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So all the referees on the field will see the signal, it vibrates and gives an optical signal ‘goal’ and he knows a goal has occurred.”
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| Photo credit: Ronnie Macdonald. Howard Webb of England and UEFA. |
Learn the language of Brazil.
- A creative and helpful Brazilian Portuguese futebol vocabulary video guide via www.streetsmartbrazil.com @stsmartbrazil
- A detailed and well-researched Brazilian Portuguese to English Footballing Guide via @FutebolSource
VIII: Helpful Links
- BBC World Service @bbcworldservice provides a legal live stream of headlines and coverage from world sporting events.
- Beyond The Pitch @beyondthepitch will provide their usual detailed interviews and coverage from leading voices covering this event.
- Corriere dello Sport Confederations Cup Live Matchtracker with OPTA Facts via @CorSport
- FIFA's Confederations Cup Page via @FIFA
- FIFA's Laws of the Game 2012/2013 (PDF) via @FIFAMedia
- Paulo Freitas @Cynegeticus of Sky Sports in Brazil will provide his analysis of the event.
- Gazzetta TV @gazzetta_it has daily videos from La Gazzetta dello Sport.
- Mad About Futbol @MadAboutFutbol @JuanG_Arango @GDMetullus8 will provide multilingual interviews and coverage.
- Marca in English @MarcainEnglish has a comprehensive page with English translations.
- RAI Diretta Radio @RadioUno_RAI Italian language live commentary of Azzurri games.
- WhoScored @WhoScored will provide their usual detailed statistical coverage.
- 101 Great Goals @101GreatGoals is the gold standard in daily football videos.
Steve Amoia is a freelance writer and translator from Washington, D.C. He is the publisher of World Football Commentaries and The Soccer Translator. You can follow Steve @worldfootballcm on Twitter.
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