Brazil became the winners of the 2005 Confederations Cup on 29th June, when they beat arch rivals Argentina in the final in Frankfurt.  The young side put out by hosts Germany won back the hearts of the home fans, taking third place with a battling 4-3 win in the third place play-off match against Mexico, despite playing for over
an hour with only 10 men. 

Other teams in the tournament, seen as a dress rehearsal for the World Cup itself, were Greece, Japan, Argentina, Australia,
Mexico and Tunisia. 

The tournament began as two groups of 4:

Group A	Group B
Australia	Brazil
Argentina	Greece
Germany	Japan
Tunisia	Mexico

The fixtures were staged in 5 of the World Cup stadiums.  All the results:

Date		Score		Venue
15th June	Argentina	2 - 1	Tunisia	Cologne
15th June	Germany	4 - 3	Australia	Frankfurt
16th June	Japan	1 - 2	Mexico	Hanover
16th June	Brazil	3 - 0	Greece	Leipzig
18th June	Tunisia	0 - 3	Germany	Cologne
18th June	Australia	2 - 4	Argentina	Nuremberg
19th June	Mexico	1 - 0	Brazil	Hanover
19th June	Greece	0 - 1	Japan	Frankfurt
21st June	Australia	0 - 2	Tunisia	Leipzig
21st June	Argentina	2 - 2	Germany	Nuremberg
22nd June	Greece	0 - 0	Mexico	Frankfurt
22nd June	Japan	2 - 2	Brazil	Cologne
Semi-finals
25th June	Germany	2 - 3	Brazil	Nuremberg
26th June	Mexico	1 - 1 (4-5 on pens)	Argentina	Hanover
3rd place
29th June	Germany	4 - 3 (aet)	Mexico	Leipzig
Final
29th June	Brazil	4 - 1	Argentina	Frankfurt

You'll find a selection of our scrapbook photos from the semi-finals and finals on the following pages:

Semi-final, Germany v Brazil

Semi-final, Mexico v Argentina

Final, Brazil v Argentina