1995 King Fahd Cup

1995 King Fahd Cup
Tournament details
Host countrySaudi Arabia
Dates6 January – 13 January
Teams6
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Denmark (1st title)
Runners-up Argentina
Third place Mexico
Fourth place Nigeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored19 (2.38 per match)
Attendance165,000 (20,625 per match)
Top scorer(s) Luis García (3 goals)

The 1995 FIFA Confederations Cup was the 2nd King Fahd Cup tournament. It took place in Saudi Arabia from 6 January to 13 January. Denmark won the tournament after defeating Argentina. Mexico got third place.[1]

Results

Group Stage

Key to colours in group tables
Team advanced to the final.
Team advanced to the third place match.

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Denmark* 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 4
Mexico 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 4
Saudi Arabia 2 1 0 0 2 4 –4 0
*: Denmark finished top of the group because they did a penalty shootout with Mexico and won.

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Argentina 2 1 1 0 5 1 +4 4
Nigeria 2 1 1 0 3 0 +3 4
Japan 2 0 0 2 1 8 –7 0

Thrid place match

Mexico 1–1
(a.e.t.)
 Nigeria
Ramírez  20' (Report) Amokachi  31'
Penalties
García Aspe
L. García
Galindo
Hermosillo
Suárez
5–4 Okocha
Adepoju
Eguavoen
Iroha
Amunike
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Ion Craciunescu (Romania)

Final

Denmark 2–0 Argentina
M. Laudrup  8'
P. Rasmussen  75'
(Report)
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

References

  1. FIFA.com. "FIFA Confederations Cup archive". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2019-01-26. Archived 2019-12-19 at the Wayback Machine