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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup canonical | 3 |
| FIFA Confederations Cup 2009 matches | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5473381 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Context triple: [Clint Dempsey, playedInConfederationsCup, 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup]
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2003 FIFA Confederations Cup
The 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup was an international football tournament held in France that served as a prelude to the 2006 FIFA World Cup, featuring champion national teams from around the world.
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FIFA Confederations Cup
The FIFA Confederations Cup was an international football tournament held every four years that featured the champions of each continental confederation, the reigning World Cup winner, and the host nation as a prelude to the FIFA World Cup.
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2010 FIFA World Cup
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th edition of the men's international football championship, notable for being the first World Cup held on the African continent and for Spain winning their first title.
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2006 FIFA World Cup
The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th edition of the men's international football championship, held across multiple cities in Germany and won by Italy after a final against France.
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FIFA Confederations Cup 2005 matches
The FIFA Confederations Cup 2005 matches were part of an international football tournament held in Germany that served as a preparatory competition for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Target entity description: 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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A.
2003 FIFA Confederations Cup
The 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup was an international football tournament held in France that served as a prelude to the 2006 FIFA World Cup, featuring champion national teams from around the world.
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B.
FIFA Confederations Cup
The FIFA Confederations Cup was an international football tournament held every four years that featured the champions of each continental confederation, the reigning World Cup winner, and the host nation as a prelude to the FIFA World Cup.
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C.
2010 FIFA World Cup
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th edition of the men's international football championship, notable for being the first World Cup held on the African continent and for Spain winning their first title.
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D.
2006 FIFA World Cup
The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th edition of the men's international football championship, held across multiple cities in Germany and won by Italy after a final against France.
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E.
FIFA Confederations Cup 2005 matches
The FIFA Confederations Cup 2005 matches were part of an international football tournament held in Germany that served as a preparatory competition for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (68)
| 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
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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
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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
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Free State Stadium NERFINISHED ⓘ Loftus Versfeld Stadium NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Bafokeng Stadium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| winner | Brazil national football team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| year | 2009 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (4)
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FIFA Confederations Cup 2009 matches