1995 King Fahd Cup

The 1995 King Fahd Cup (Arabic: كأس الملك فهد‎) was the second and last tournament held under the King Fahd Cup name before the competition was retroactively sanctioned by FIFA and recognized as FIFA Confederations Cup. Disputed as the King Fahd Cup, in honor of the then Saudi ruler who organized the tournament with his country's federation (thus in the form of an unofficial tournament),[2] it was hosted by Saudi Arabia in January 1995. It was won by Denmark, who beat defending champions Argentina 2–0 in the final.[3]

1995 King Fahd Cup
كأس الملك فهد 1995
Tournament details
Host countrySaudi Arabia
CityRiyadh
Dates6 January – 13 January
Teams6 (from 5 confederations)
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)
Best player(s) Brian Laudrup[1]

Qualified teams
1995 King Fahd Cup participating teams
Team Confederation Qualification method Date qualification secured Participation no.
 Saudi Arabia AFC Hosts n/a 2nd
 Denmark UEFA UEFA Euro 1992 winners 26 June 1992 1st
 Japan AFC 1992 AFC Asian Cup winners 8 November 1992 1st
 Argentina CONMEBOL 1993 Copa América winners 4 July 1993 2nd
 Mexico CONCACAF 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners 25 July 1993 1st
 Nigeria CAF 1994 African Cup of Nations winners 10 April 1994 1st

Venue

All matches were played at the 67,000-capacity King Fahd II Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Match referees

Squads
Main article: 1995 King Fahd Cup squads

Group stage

Group A
Main article: 1995 King Fahd Cup Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Denmark 211031+24
 Mexico 211031+24
 Saudi Arabia 200204−40
Saudi Arabia 0–2 Mexico
Report L. García  65', 82'
Attendance: 25,000
Saudi Arabia 0–2 Denmark
Report B. Laudrup  43'
Wieghorst  90'
Attendance: 10,000
Denmark 1–1 Mexico
Rasmussen  88' Report L. García  72'
Penalties
Schjønberg
M. Laudrup
J. Høgh
Rieper 		4–2 Suárez
Bernal
del Olmo
L. García
Attendance: 20,000

Group B
Main article: 1995 King Fahd Cup Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Argentina 211051+44
 Nigeria 211030+34
 Japan 200218−70
Japan 0–3 Nigeria
Report Siasia  4'
Adepoju  55'
Amokachi  65'
Attendance: 25,000
Japan 1–5 Argentina
Miura  57' Report Rambert  31'
Ortega  45'
Batistuta  47', 86' (pen.)
Chamot  54'
Attendance: 10,000
Nigeria 0–0 Argentina
Report
Attendance: 20,000

Final stages
Main article: 1995 King Fahd Cup knockout stage

Third place play-off
Mexico 1–1 (a.e.t.) Nigeria
Ramírez  20' Report Amokachi  31'
Penalties
García Aspe
García
Galindo
Hermosillo
Suárez 		5–4 Okocha
Adepoju
Eguavoen
Amunike
Iroha
Attendance: 20,000

Final
Main article: 1995 King Fahd Cup Final
Denmark 2–0 Argentina
M. Laudrup  8' (pen.)
Rasmussen  75'		 Report
Attendance: 35,000

Statistics

Goalscorers

With three goals, Luis García was the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 19 goals were scored by 14 different players, with none of them credited as an own goal.

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Tournament ranking

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 A  Denmark 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7 Champions
2 B  Argentina 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 4 Runners-up
3 A  Mexico 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5 Third place
4 B  Nigeria 3 1 2 0 4 1 +3 5 Fourth place
5 A  Saudi Arabia (H) 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0 Eliminated in
group stage
6 B  Japan 2 0 0 2 1 8 −7 0
Source: FIFA[4]
(H) Host.

References
  1. Archived 2016-01-12 at the Wayback Machine; at RSSSF
  2. For FIFA statute, official competitions are those for representative teams organized by FIFA or any confederation. Representative teams are usually national teams but also club teams that represent a confederation in the interconfederal competitions or a member association in a continental competition cfr. "FIFA Statutes, April 2016 edition" (PDF). p. 5. cfr. "FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2018: Statistical-kit" (PDF). 10 December 2018. p. 13. cfr. "2018/19 UEFA Champions League regulations" (PDF). p. 10.
  3. "FIFA Confederations Cup-Part 1995 King Fahd Cup". Soccer Nostalgia. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  4. "Statistical Kit: FIFA Confederations Cup (FCC 2017 post-event edition) – Ranking by tournament" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 10 July 2017. p. 21. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
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