Who won Confederation Cup 2013?
Who won Confederation Cup 2013?
Brazil national football team
2013 FIFA Confederations Cup/Champion
Did Brazil win Confederations Cup?
Knockout stage Brazil won the competition after beating Spain 3–0 in the final.
When did Brazil win Confederations Cup?
2013
2013 FIFA Confederations Cup
| Copa das Confederações da FIFA Brasil 2013 | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 8 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 6 (in 6 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Brazil (4th title) |
Who was the winner of the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup?
Host nation, Brazil successfully defended their title with a 3–0 win over Spain in the final. It was their fourth Confederations Cup title and third in a row, after previous wins in 1997, 2005 and 2009. According to then FIFA president Sepp Blatter, the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup was the best version of the tournament ever played.
What was the best version of the Confederations Cup?
According to then FIFA president Sepp Blatter, the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup was the best version of the tournament ever played. The competition was the first national team tournament to employ goal-line technology, which was also used at the 2014 World Cup.
What was the goal line system for the 2013 Confederations Cup?
Having trialled systems from both Hawk-Eye and GoalRef during the Club World Cup, FIFA announced on 2 April 2013 that the German technology GoalControl had been chosen as the official goal-line technology for the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup. Its system, GoalControl-4D, uses 14 high-speed cameras located around the pitch and directed at both goals.
Why did FIFA change the date of the Confederations Cup?
As the competition partially overlapped with the fourth round of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification in Asian zone, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) asked FIFA to consider a change of date. However, the AFC decided that the match day would only be adjusted for the AFC representative at the Confederations Cup, Japan.
