1995 King Fahd Cup

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1995 King Fahd Cup
كأس الملك فهد 1995
Tournament details
Host country Saudi Arabia
Dates 6 January – 13 January
Teams 6 (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 played 8
Goals scored 19 (2.38 per match)
Attendance 165,000 (20,625 per match)
Top scorer(s) Mexico Luis García (3 goals)
Best player Denmark Brian Laudrup[1]
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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 sanctioned by FIFA and renamed the FIFA Confederations Cup. It was hosted by Saudi Arabia in January 1995. It was won by Denmark, who beat defending champions Argentina 2–0 in the final.

Qualified teams

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

Venue

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

Match officials

Squads

See 1995 King Fahd Cup squads

Group stage

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 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0

6 January 1995
18:15 AST
Saudi Arabia  0–2  Mexico
Report L. García Goal 65', 82'
King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Salvador Imperatore (Chile)

8 January 1995
00:00 AST
Saudi Arabia  0–2  Denmark
Report B. Laudrup Goal 43'
Wieghorst Goal 90'
King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)

10 January 1995
00:00 AST
Mexico  1–1
(a.e.t.)		  Denmark
L. García Goal 25' Report Rasmussen Goal 48'
  Penalties  
Suárez Penalty scored
Bernal Penalty missed
Del Olmo Penalty scored
L. García Penalty missed		 2–4 Penalty scored Schjønberg
Penalty scored M. Laudrup
Penalty scored J. Høgh
Penalty scored Rieper
King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Salvador Imperatore (Chile)

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

6 January 1995
01:00 AST
Japan  0–3  Nigeria
Report Amunike Goal 4'
Adepoju Goal 55'
Amokachi Goal 65'
King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Ion Craciunescu (Romania)

8 January 1995
20:00 AST
Japan  1–5  Argentina
Miura Goal 57' Report Rambert Goal 31'
Ortega Goal 45'
Batistuta Goal 47', 86' (pen.)
Chamot Goal 54'
King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Rodrigo Badilla (Costa Rica)

10 January 1995
01:00 AST
Nigeria  0–0  Argentina
Report

Third place play-off

13 January 1995
18:00 AST
Mexico  1–1
(a.e.t.)		  Nigeria
Ramírez Goal 20' Report Amokachi Goal 31'
  Penalties  
García Aspe Penalty scored
L. García Penalty scored
Galindo Penalty scored
Hermosillo Penalty scored
Suárez Penalty scored		 5–4 Penalty scored Okocha
Penalty scored Adepoju
Penalty scored Eguavoen
Penalty scored Iroha
Penalty missed Amunike
King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Ion Crăciunescu (Romania)

Final

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Main article: 1995 King Fahd Cup Final

13 January 1995
20:15 AST
Denmark  2–0  Argentina
M. Laudrup Goal 8' (pen.)
Rasmussen Goal 75'		 Report

Goalscorers

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

References

  1. ↑ [1]; at RSSSF

External links

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