FIFA Confederations Cup

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defunct sporting event international football tournament

The FIFA Confederations Cup was an international football tournament held every four years that featured the champions of each continental confederation, the reigning World Cup winner, and the host nation as a prelude to the FIFA World Cup.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
FIFA Confederations Cup canonical	25
2013 FIFA Confederations Cup	2
FIFA Confederations Cup (defunct)	1
FIFA Confederations Cup 2003	1
FIFA Confederations Cup 2009	1
FIFA Confederations Cup 2013	1
FIFA Confederations Cup tournaments	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1142347 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: FIFA Confederations Cup
Context triple: [FIFA, organizesTournament, FIFA Confederations Cup]

A. FIFA Club World Cup
The FIFA Club World Cup is an international football tournament organized by FIFA that brings together champion clubs from each continental confederation to compete for the title of world club champion.
B. FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup is the premier international football (soccer) tournament contested by national teams from around the world every four years.
C. FIFA U-20 World Cup
The FIFA U-20 World Cup is an international football tournament that showcases the world’s best male players under 20, serving as a major platform for emerging talent.
D. FIFA Confederations Cup 2017
The FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 was the final edition of FIFA’s quadrennial international tournament for continental champions, held in Russia as a prelude to the 2018 World Cup.
E. FIFA U-17 World Cup
The FIFA U-17 World Cup is an international football tournament that showcases the world’s best male players under 17, serving as a key platform for emerging talent on the global stage.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: FIFA Confederations Cup
Target entity description: The FIFA Confederations Cup was an international football tournament held every four years that featured the champions of each continental confederation, the reigning World Cup winner, and the host nation as a prelude to the FIFA World Cup.

A. FIFA Club World Cup
The FIFA Club World Cup is an international football tournament organized by FIFA that brings together champion clubs from each continental confederation to compete for the title of world club champion.
B. FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup is the premier international football (soccer) tournament contested by national teams from around the world every four years.
C. FIFA U-20 World Cup
The FIFA U-20 World Cup is an international football tournament that showcases the world’s best male players under 20, serving as a major platform for emerging talent.
D. FIFA Confederations Cup 2017
The FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 was the final edition of FIFA’s quadrennial international tournament for continental champions, held in Russia as a prelude to the 2018 World Cup.
E. FIFA U-17 World Cup
The FIFA U-17 World Cup is an international football tournament that showcases the world’s best male players under 17, serving as a key platform for emerging talent on the global stage.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	defunct sporting event ⓘ international football tournament ⓘ international football tournament ⓘ
abolished	2019 ⓘ
confederationsRepresented	AFC ⓘ CAF ⓘ CONCACAF ⓘ CONMEBOL ⓘ OFC ⓘ UEFA ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Saudi Arabia ⓘ
editionsHeld	10 ⓘ
firstEdition	1992 King Fahd Cup ⓘ
firstEditionAsFIFAEvent	1997 FIFA Confederations Cup ⓘ
format	group stage and knockout stage ⓘ
formerFrequency	biennial ⓘ
frequency	quadrennial ⓘ
governingBody	FIFA ⓘ
inception	1992 ⓘ 1992 ⓘ
knockoutRounds	final ⓘ semi-finals ⓘ third place play-off ⓘ
lastChampion	Germany national football team ⓘ
lastEdition	2017 FIFA Confederations Cup ⓘ linked to: FIFA Confederations Cup 2017
lastHostCountry	Russia ⓘ
mostSuccessfulTeam	Brazil national football team ⓘ
numberOfFIFAConfederationsCupTitles	4 ⓘ
numberOfGroups	2 ⓘ
numberOfTeamsAtFinals	8 ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ French ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
organizer	FIFA ⓘ Saudi Arabian Football Federation ⓘ
predecessor	King Fahd Cup ⓘ
purpose	test event for FIFA World Cup host country ⓘ
qualificationIncludes	AFC Asian Cup winners ⓘ linked to: AFC Asian Cup CAF Africa Cup of Nations winners ⓘ linked to: Africa Cup of Nations CONCACAF Gold Cup winners ⓘ linked to: CONCACAF Gold Cup CONMEBOL Copa América winners ⓘ linked to: Copa América FIFA World Cup holders ⓘ linked to: FIFA World Cup OFC Nations Cup winners ⓘ linked to: OFC Nations Cup UEFA European Championship winners ⓘ linked to: UEFA European Championship host nation ⓘ
region	worldwide ⓘ
replaced	King Fahd Cup ⓘ
replacedBy	FIFA Club World Cup expanded format ⓘ linked to: FIFA Club World Cup
sport	association football ⓘ
teamsPerGroup	4 ⓘ
typicalHostRole	FIFA World Cup host nation ⓘ
yearsHeld	1992 ⓘ 1995 ⓘ 1997 ⓘ 1999 ⓘ 2001 ⓘ 2003 ⓘ 2005 ⓘ 2009 ⓘ 2013 ⓘ 2017 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

FIFA → organizesTournament → FIFA Confederations Cup ⓘ

CONCACAF Gold Cup → qualifiesFor → FIFA Confederations Cup ⓘ

Portugal national football team → competition → FIFA Confederations Cup ⓘ

Thierry Henry → wonCompetition → FIFA Confederations Cup 2003 ⓘ