2009 FIFA Confederations Cup

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The 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup was an international football tournament held in South Africa as a prelude to the 2010 World Cup, featuring champion national teams from each continental confederation.

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FIFA Confederations Cup 2009 matches 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf international football tournament
bestGoalkeeper Tim Howard NERFINISHED
bestPlayer Kaká NERFINISHED
champion Brazil national football team NERFINISHED
continent Africa
editionNumber 8
endDate 2009-06-28
fairPlayAward Spain national football team NERFINISHED
finalCity Johannesburg NERFINISHED
finalScore Brazil 3–2 United States
finalStadium Ellis Park Stadium NERFINISHED
follows 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup NERFINISHED
fourthPlace South Africa national football team NERFINISHED
goldenBallWinner Kaká NERFINISHED
goldenBootWinner Luis Fabiano NERFINISHED
goldenGloveWinner Tim Howard NERFINISHED
groupStageStructure Group A and Group B
hasOpeningMatch South Africa vs Iraq
hostCity Bloemfontein NERFINISHED
Johannesburg NERFINISHED
Pretoria NERFINISHED
Rustenburg NERFINISHED
hostConfederation CAF NERFINISHED
hostCountry South Africa NERFINISHED
hostedByNationAsWorldCupRehearsal South Africa NERFINISHED
hostSelectionDate 2004-05-15
hostSelectionEvent FIFA Executive Committee meeting NERFINISHED
isWorldCupRehearsalFor 2010 FIFA World Cup NERFINISHED
numberOfConfederations 6
numberOfGoals 44
numberOfHostCities 4
numberOfMatches 16
numberOfTeams 8
numberOfVenues 4
openingMatchStadium Ellis Park Stadium NERFINISHED
organizer FIFA
participatingTeam Brazil national football team NERFINISHED
Egypt national football team NERFINISHED
Iraq national football team NERFINISHED
Italy national football team NERFINISHED
New Zealand national football team NERFINISHED
South Africa national football team NERFINISHED
Spain national football team NERFINISHED
United States men's national soccer team NERFINISHED
precedes 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup NERFINISHED
qualifiedTeamAsAfcChampion Iraq national football team NERFINISHED
qualifiedTeamAsCafChampion Egypt national football team NERFINISHED
qualifiedTeamAsConcacafChampion United States men's national soccer team NERFINISHED
qualifiedTeamAsConmebolChampion Brazil national football team NERFINISHED
qualifiedTeamAsOfcChampion New Zealand national football team NERFINISHED
qualifiedTeamAsUefaChampion Spain national football team NERFINISHED
qualifiedTeamAsWorldCupHolder Italy national football team NERFINISHED
qualifiedTeamAsWorldCupHost South Africa national football team NERFINISHED
runnerUp United States men's national soccer team NERFINISHED
semiFinalFormat Group A winner vs Group B runner-up
Group B winner vs Group A runner-up
sport association football
startDate 2009-06-14
thirdPlace Spain national football team NERFINISHED
topScorer Luis Fabiano NERFINISHED
topScorerGoals 5
tournamentFormat two groups of four teams followed by knockout stage
venue Ellis Park Stadium NERFINISHED
Free State Stadium NERFINISHED
Loftus Versfeld Stadium NERFINISHED
Royal Bafokeng Stadium NERFINISHED
winner Brazil national football team NERFINISHED
year 2009

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All Whites confederationsCupAppearance 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup
FIFA Confederations Cup 2005 matches followedBy 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup
this entity surface form: FIFA Confederations Cup 2009 matches
Clint Dempsey playedInConfederationsCup 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup