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Football match
The
2001 FIFA Confederations Cup final
was a
football
match to determine the winners of the
2001 FIFA Confederations Cup
. The match was held at
International Stadium Yokohama
,
Yokohama
, Japan, on 10 June 2001 and was contested by
Japan
and
France
.
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France won the match 1?0 with the only goal coming after half an hour, when
Patrick Vieira
headed in over the advancing keeper
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi
from the edge of the penalty area after a long pass from
Frank Leboeuf
in midfield.
[2]
This was Japan's first ever final in a senior FIFA competition, and as of 2022, it is also the one of only three senior FIFA finals to feature an AFC team.
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