1995 King Fahd Cup

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)	Luis García (3 goals)
Best player	Brian Laudrup[1]

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

Saudi Arabia  v  Mexico

6 January 1995 18:15 AST

Saudi Arabia	0–2	Mexico
	Report	L. García  65', 82'

King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Salvador Imperatore (Chile)

Saudi Arabia  v  Denmark

8 January 1995 00:00 AST

Saudi Arabia	0–2	Denmark
	Report	B. Laudrup  43' Wieghorst  90'

King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)

Mexico  v  Denmark

10 January 1995 00:00 AST

Mexico	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Denmark
L. García  25'	Report	Rasmussen  48'
	Penalties
Suárez Bernal Del Olmo L. García	2–4	Schjønberg M. Laudrup J. Høgh 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

Japan  v  Nigeria

6 January 1995 01:00 AST

Japan	0–3	Nigeria
	Report	Amunike  4' Adepoju  55' Amokachi  65'

King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Ion Craciunescu (Romania)

Japan  v  Argentina

8 January 1995 20:00 AST

Japan	1–5	Argentina
Miura  57'	Report	Rambert  31' Ortega  45' Batistuta  47', 86' (pen.) Chamot  54'

King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Rodrigo Badilla (Costa Rica)

Nigeria  v  Argentina

10 January 1995 01:00 AST

Nigeria	0–0	Argentina
	Report

King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

Third place play-off

Mexico  v  Nigeria

13 January 1995 18:00 AST

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

King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Ion Crăciunescu (Romania)

Final

Denmark  v  Argentina

13 January 1995 20:15 AST

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

King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

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

• RSSSF

External links

• Intercontinental Championship Saudi Arabia 1995, FIFA.com