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Saturday, June 15, 2013

2013 Confederations Cup Guide

Image courtesy of FIFA.
The 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup kicks-off on Saturday, 15 June, from the iconic Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. Fifteen games will take place with eight teams over a span of two weeks across the sprawling and intriguing country of Brazil. This is the ninth edition of this competition.

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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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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Luiz Felipe Scolari of Brazil
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  • 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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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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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.

FIFA appoints goal-line technology provider for Brazil 2013
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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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Howard Webb of England and UEFA.





















VII: Brazilian Portuguese Soccer Vocabulary


Learn the language of Brazil.


VIII: Helpful Links

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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