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The FIFA Confederations Cup is an association football tournament for national teams, held every two years by FIFA. It is contested by the winners of each of the six continental championships, with one or more other teams invited, to bring the number of teams up to eight.
The first tournament was held in Saudi Arabia in 1992, and was known as the King Fahd Cup. In 1997, FIFA upgraded the status of the competition, increased the number of teams to eight, and renamed it the FIFA Confederations Cup. In 2001 it was hosted by South Korea and Japan as a warmup for the 2002 World Cup, and this precedent will continue in June 2005, when 2006 World Cup hosts Germany will host the Confederations Cup 2005.
The 2003 tournament was marred by tragedy, when the Cameroon player Marc-Vivien Foé collapsed and died during the semi-final against Colombia.
List of tournaments
See also
| FIFA Confederations Cup
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