1995 King Fahd Cup

2nd FIFA Confederations Cup, held in Saudi Arabia

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]

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)Mexico Luis García (3 goals)
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Results

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Group Stage

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

Group A

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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

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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

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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
Denmark  2–0  Argentina
M. Laudrup   8'
P. Rasmussen   75'
(Report)

References

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  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