2013 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship, Final standings
Angola rosterAires Goubel, Alexandre Jungo, Avelino Dó, Bruno Santos, Cley Cabanga, Cristiano Xavier, Daniel Manuel, Edmilson Miranda, Eric Amândio, Mílton Valente, Sílvio Sousa, Teodoro Hilário, Coach: Manuel Silva (Gi)


2013 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship for Women
The 2013 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship for Women was the 3rd FIBA Africa U16 Championship for Women, played under the rules of FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, and the FIBA Africa thereof. The tournament was hosted by Mozambique from October 5 to 12, with the games played at the Pavilhão do Maxaquene in Maputo.


2013 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship for Women
Mali defeated Egypt 62–61 in the final to win their third title in a row. and securing a spot at the 2014 U-17 World Cup.


2013 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship for Women, Final standings
Mali rosterAdama Coulibaly, Aminata Diakite, Assetou Diakite, Djeneba N'Diaye, Djenema Dembele, Kadiatou Samake, Kadidia Maiga, Kani Keita, Mariam Coulibaly, Ramata Gadiaka, Saran Traoré, Coach: Sidiya Oumarou


2013 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship for Women squads
This article displays the rosters for the participating teams at the 2013 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship for Women.


2013 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship squads
This article displays the rosters for the participating teams at the 2013 FIBA Africa U16 Championship.


2013 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup
The 2013 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup (19th edition), was an international basketball tournament  held in Meknes, Morocco, from November 22 to 29, 2013. The tournament, organized by FIBA Africa and hosted by Club Omnisport De Meknès, was contested by 8 clubs split into 2 groups, all of which qualifying for the knock-out stage (quarter, semis and final).


2013 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup, Draw
Club Omnisport De Meknès Dolphins B.C. Primeiro de Agosto USIU Flames


2013 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup, Final standings
Interclube rosterAngelina Golome, Astrida Vicente, Catarina Camufal, Elizabeth Mateus, Felizarda Jorge, Indira José, Italee Lucas, Judite Queta, Meiya Tireira, Merciana Fernandes, Nadir Manuel, Ngiendula Filipe Coach: Apolinário Paquete


2013 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup squads
This article displays the rosters for the participating teams at the 2013 FIBA Africa Club Championship for Women.


2013 FIBA Americas Championship
The 2013 FIBA Americas Championship for Men, later known as the FIBA AmeriCup, was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Americas, for the 2014 FIBA World Cup, in Spain. This FIBA AmeriCup tournament was held in Caracas, Venezuela, from August 30, to September 11, 2013. The top four teams qualified for the 2014 FIBA World Cup.


2013 FIBA Americas Championship
Mexico defeated Puerto Rico, in the final, to win their first AmeriCup title.


2013 FIBA Americas Championship, Draw
The draw was held at the Catia Theatre in Caracas on February 28. This was how the teams were seeded:


2013 FIBA Americas Championship, Draw
As hosts, Venezuela picked first the group that they played at, and their final opponent in the preliminary round. Included are the last published FIBA World Rankings prior to the draw.


2013 FIBA Americas Championship, Format
The ten teams were split into two groups. The best four teams of each group advanced to the second round, where the teams played against the four teams from the other group; each team carried over all points earned during the first round, except for those earned in the match against the team that was eliminated. The best four teams of this group advanced to the semifinals and were qualified for the 2014 FIBA World Cup.


2013 FIBA Americas Championship, Format
The United States, which won the Olympic Gold Medal in 2012, automatically qualified for the 2014 FIBA World Cup and chose not to participate in the 2013 Americas Championship. Originally, Panama were supposed to compete but was replaced by Mexico after FIBA implemented a suspension on the Panamanian Basketball Federation. Mexico was chosen as the next highest placed finisher in Panama's subcategory (COCABA) at the 2012 Centrobasket tournament.


2013 FIBA Americas Championship, Preliminary round, Group A
In Group A, team Puerto Rico secured their first round undefeated, as well as narrowly clinching their win against surprising newcomer Jamaica 88–82, while Canada and Uruguay also secured their place for the second round. Brazil lost all four games for the first time.


2013 FIBA Americas Championship, Preliminary round, Group B
Hosts Venezuela lost their first two games against surprising Mexico and Argentina, but managed to win two other games to advance the second round, despite having two losses in the game. The Mexican team lost their three-win streak to the Argentine basketball team, while Paraguay's poor efforts prevented them from winning a single game since their recent game in 2010.


2013 FIBA Americas Championship, Second round
Puerto Rico narrowly clinched their place for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup against surprising hosts Venezuela in an 85–86 thriller of an overtime match. Meanwhile, upstart Mexico also clinched their position for the World Cup from their performance, while Dominican Republic and Argentina also secured their place for the World Cup. Despite the efforts, the Canadian team were unable to put up a defensive and offensive play, thus eliminating the team for the second time since 2011. Newcomers Jamaica was also eliminated, despite winning against the Argentine team, whereas Uruguay were unable to make their debut for the Championship round, losing half of the matches throughout the Second Round.


2013 FIBA Americas Championship, Final round, Semifinals
Mexico avenged their first-round loss to world third-ranked Argentina, becoming the first team to advance to the final round. Meanwhile, Puerto Rico avenged their second-round loss against the Dominican team to secure their place in the final match against Mexico.


2013 FIBA Americas Championship for Women
The 2013 FIBA Americas Championship for Women was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Americas at the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women in Turkey. The tournament was held at the Gimnasio USBI in Xalapa, Mexico from 21–28 September 2013.


2013 FIBA Americas Championship for Women
Cuba won their fourth title after defeating Canada 77–71 in the final.


2013 FIBA Americas Championship for Women, Qualification
Qualification was done via FIBA Americas' sub-zones. USA Basketball chose not to enter its national team, because it had already qualified for the 2014 World Championships by winning the 2012 Olympics. The qualified teams were:


2013 FIBA Americas Championship for Women, Draw
The draw was held in San Juan, Puerto Rico on July 12, 2013.


2013 FIBA Americas Championship for Women, Format, Tie-breaking criteria
Ties are broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:


2013 FIBA Americas Championship qualification
The qualification for the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship in Venezuela was held as early as 2011 until 2012. There are several stages of qualification for some teams.


2013 FIBA Americas Championship qualification, Qualification format
Each FIBA Americas subzone has a specific number of berths, generally based on the relative strengths of its member national teams. For the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship, the berths distribution is:


2013 FIBA Americas Championship qualification, Qualification format, North America
For the North American zone, since there are only 2 member teams (Canada and the United States), and there are 2 berths, this means there no more qualification games to be held. Furthermore, the United States won the 2012 Olympic gold medal and was thus automatically qualified for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, thus allowing Canada to earn an automatic qualification. This means they do not have to participate, resulting in their non-participation. This opens up an extra berth, which was awarded to the fourth placed team in the South American Basketball Championship 2012. With hosts Venezuela losing in the final, the fifth placed team was invited.


2013 FIBA Americas Championship qualification, Qualification format, Central America and Caribbean
Some teams from the Central America and Caribbean Commission Zone had to qualify for the 2012 Centrobasket. The qualifying tournament was the 2011 FIBA CBC Championship for Caribbean teams. A FIBA COCABA Championship was supposedly held for teams from Mexico and Central America, but was no longer held; the supposed participants in that tournament automatically qualified to the 2012 Centrobasket.


2013 FIBA Americas Championship qualification, Qualification format, South America
The 2012 South American Basketball Championship determined the teams that will qualify for 2013 FIBA Americas Championship. Since the USA is skipping this tournament, this opened up an additional berth for South American teams, increasing the number of berths from three to four, excluding Venezuela's berth as a host. This brings the number of South America's teams to five.


2013 FIBA Americas Championship qualification, 2011 FIBA CBC Championship
The 2011 FIBC CBC Championship in the Bahamas serves as the qualifier for the 2012 Centrobasket for Caribbean national teams. The top three advance to the Centrobasket.


2013 FIBA Americas Championship qualification, 2011 FIBA CBC Championship, Final ranking
This were the final rankings. The top 3 teams qualify for the 2012 Centrobasket.


2013 FIBA Americas Championship qualification, 2012 Centrobasket, Suspension of Panama
FIBA suspended the Panamanian Basketball Federation "for many problems that Panama has been going through for several years due to conflicts of interest between two Directives that manifest hold the same authority," as announced by FIBA Secretary-General Patrick Baumann. This means Panama's "national teams and clubs and referees, cannot participate in any international competition."


2013 FIBA Americas Championship qualification, South American Basketball Championship 2012, Final ranking
This is the final ranking for the participating teams The top three teams excluding Venezuela qualify, but with the non-participation of the United States, the fourth-best team excluding Venezuela was also included.


2013 FIBA Americas Championship squads
This article displays the rosters for the participating teams at the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship.


2013 FIBA Asia 3x3 Championship
The 2013 FIBA Asia 3x3 Championship is the first edition of the FIBA Asia 3X3 championship. The games were held at Doha, Qatar between 15 May and 16 May 2013.


2013 FIBA Asia 3x3 Under-18 Championship
The 2013 FIBA Asia Under-18 3x3 Championship for Boys and Girls is the first edition of the FIBA Asia's 3x3 championship for boys and girls under the age of 18. The games were held at Bangkok, Thailand from 22 May to 24 May 2013. The Philippines and Taiwan clinched the inaugural FIBA Asia 3x3 Under-18 Championship for Boys and Girls, respectively.


2013 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
The 2013 FIBA Asia Champions Cup was the 24th staging of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the international basketball club tournament of FIBA Asia. The tournament was held in Amman, Jordan in September 13–21, 2013. The main venue was the Prince Hamzah Court. This marked the first occasion when Jordan have hosted any FIBA Asia event.


2013 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
Foolad Mahan from Iran, after going undefeated in the entire tournament, won its first ever FIBA Asia Champions Cup title after defeating Al-Rayyan from Qatar in the final game, 84–74. It was the fifth time a club from Iran has won the championship.


2013 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
ASU from the hosts Jordan, on the other hand, finished third in the tournament after defeating Al-Hala from Bahrain in the third-place game, 107-76.


2013 FIBA Asia Champions Cup, Qualification
According to the FIBA Asia rules, the number of participating teams in the FIBA Asia Champions Cup is ten. Each of the six FIBA ASIA Sub-Zones had one place, and the host was automatically qualified. The other three places are allocated to the zones according to performance in the 2012 FIBA Asia Champions Cup.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship
The 2013 FIBA Asia Championship for Men was the intercontinental championship for basketball organized by FIBA Asia that served as the qualifying tournament for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain. The tournament was held from August 1–11 in Metro Manila, Philippines. Beirut, Lebanon was supposed to host the tournament but the hosting rights was given to the Philippines citing the Syrian Civil War and security concerns in the Middle East in general. This was also the last Asian Championships that served as the qualifying round for the FIBA Basketball World Cup, as a qualifying window will be used starting 2019.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship, Hosting
During the 2012 FIBA Asia Cup in Japan, FIBA Asia accepted the bids of the Philippines, Lebanon and Iran to host the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship. The Philippines' bid, which was presented by Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP; the national basketball federation) president Manuel V. Pangilinan, SBP secretary-general Sonny Barrios, Philippine Basketball Association commissioner Chito Salud and former FIBA Asia secretary general Moying Materlino, included hosting the games at the newly constructed Mall of Asia Arena. The Lebanese bid was presented by national team player Fadi El Khatib, which was a 10-minute video demonstration of the venues, of which Ghazir Club Court would be the primary arena. The FIBA Asia Executive Committee awarded the tournament to Lebanon, which shall be hosting its first championship.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship, Hosting
Beirut was the host of the 2012 FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the Asian club championship. However, the final between Lebanese club Al-Riyadi and Mahram Tehran was put off due to political tension in the city. In a statement, FIBA Asia secretary general Hagop Khajirian said that "FIBA Asia will take a decision on holding the Final Game of the event very soon".


2013 FIBA Asia Championship, Hosting
However, with the escalating Syrian civil war, FIBA Asia announced on January 2013 that they shall move the championship to the Philippines, after the SBP expressed willingly to still host the event. This would be the first time in 40 years that the Philippines hosted the championship.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship, Qualification
According to the FIBA Asia rules, the host nation Philippines and 2012 FIBA Asia Cup champions Iran automatically qualified. East Asia, West Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Gulf each had two berths while Central Asia and South Asia each had one slot allotted. The other four places are allocated to the zones according to performance in the 2012 FIBA Asia Cup. Therefore, with Japan, Qatar, China, and Chinese Taipei finishing in the top four in that tournament other than Iran and Philippines which were both direct qualifiers, East Asia gained another three berths while the Persian Gulf gained an additional slot.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship, Qualification
Included are the teams' FIBA World Rankings prior to the tournament.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship, Qualification
Among teams that participated in 2011, Uzbekistan and Indonesia failed to qualify, and Syria did not participate. Returnees include Kazakhstan, which skipped the 2011 tournament after finishing ninth in 2009, Saudi Arabia, which failed to qualify in 2009 and last participated in 2005, Thailand, which last participated in 2001, and Hong Kong, which returned after failing to qualify in 2009 and 2011.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship, Qualification, Suspension of the Lebanese federation
Lebanon originally qualified for the tournament after placing second in the 2013 West Asian Basketball Championship. However, after the country's basketball federation was suspended indefinitely by FIBA due to unresolved conflicts within the country's national basketball federation, they were replaced by fourth-placer Iraq, who declined due to lack of preparation time, and FIBA Asia instead invited the United Arab Emirates to replace them. After the United Arab Emirates declined the invitation for the same reason, and FIBA's confirmed the Lebanese federation's suspension, FIBA Asia decided not to invite any other team, reducing the total number of teams to 15. This left Group B with only three teams, and some games were moved from the Ninoy Aquino Stadium to compensate for the lost games involving Lebanon.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship, Qualification, Suspension of the Lebanese federation
This meant all Group B teams thus automatically qualified for the second round, regardless of the outcome of their first round matches.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship, Venues
The Mall of Asia Arena (MOA Arena) was chosen as the main venue for the championship, while the Ninoy Aquino Stadium served as the second venue for the tournament. Treston College Gym, the University of Makati Gym, the Makati Coliseum and the Cuneta Astrodome were the designated practice venues.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship, Draw
The draw was held at the Centennial Ballroom of the Manila Hotel on June 6. Unlike earlier championships where the draw favored stronger teams, FIBA Asia mandated that it will be a "pure draw", or the teams were not seeded, with the host country (the Philippines) picking 13th. At the time of the draw, two participants from the SEABA region were yet to be determined and were designated as "Southeast Asia 1" and "Southeast Asia 2". A separate draw would later be held to determine which teams would be designated as "Southeast Asia 1" and "Southeast Asia 2".


2013 FIBA Asia Championship, Squads
Each team has a roster of twelve players. Only one naturalized player per team is allowed by FIBA.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship, Marketing, Broadcasting
FIBA announced that Chinese state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) earned the rights to broadcast FIBA events in China from 2013 to 2016, and that a record number of Asian broadcasters are to telecast the event. At least some matches were broadcast in 40 countries and territories all over the world.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship, Marketing, Broadcasting
In the Philippines, Solar Entertainment Corporation's Basketball TV is the official home broadcaster airing all matches from the Mall of Asia Arena. Solar has the rights to all FIBA telecasts in the Philippines until 2015. For free TV, ABC Development Corporation's flagship network, TV5, aired games involving the Philippines and the immediately preceding match, while AksyonTV aired the afternoon matches. BTV aired all games of the knockout round, while TV5 aired two quarterfinal games, the semifinals, third-place playoff and final, and AksyonTV aired a quarterfinal.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship, Marketing, Broadcasting
The TV5 airings of Philippines games were consistently among the top ten telecasts of the night throughout the tournament, and even beat shows from ABS-CBN and GMA in Mega Manila. According to Nielsen Media Research, TV5's Mega Manila audience share on 10 August was 33.1%, as against GMA's 30.1% and ABS-CBN's 24.3%; numbers for 11 August improved, with TV's 38.1% beating GMA's 31.5% and ABS-CBN's 18.3%. National audience share showed TV5 winning with a 35.3% share, or about 5.7 million people, against 28.1% of GMA and 25% of ABS-CBN.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship, Marketing, Soundtrack
There were 2 main soundtracks made for the Asian Championship, which was heard over in Philippine TV Broadcast.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship Final
The final match of the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship was the game of the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship in the Philippines to determine the champion and runner-up. The game currently holds the most watched FIBA game in a tournament, even beating the FIBA Basketball World Cup.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship Group A
Group A of the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship took place from 1 to 3 August 2013. This is the preliminary round of the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship, with the three teams with the best records (Chinese Taipei, the Philippines and Jordan) advancing to 2013 FIBA Asia Championship Group E. Saudi Arabia, the last placed team, was relegated to the 13th–15th classification round.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship Group A
All games were played at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, Philippines.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship Group A, Summary
On the first day, Chinese Taipei defeated Jordan in a close match; meanwhile, the Philippines expectedly won against Saudi Arabia, but on a closer-than-expected winning margin. The next day, the Taiwanese blew out Saudi Arabia on their second match, while the Philippines outlasted Jordan in the final minutes to win.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship Group A, Summary
In a game that is colored by the killing of the Philippine Coast Guard to a Taiwanese fisherman at the waters near Batanes, and the subsequent withdrawal of invitation from the 2013 William Jones Cup by Taiwanese to the Philippines, which were defending champions, Chinese Taipei banked on Lu Cheng-ju and Lin Chih-chieh to defeat the Filipinos to win the group. In a virtual elimination game, the Jordanians won by 16 points to eliminate the Saudi Arabians.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship Group B
Group B of the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship took place from 1 to 3 August 2013. This is the preliminary round of the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship, with the three teams with the best records advance to 2013 FIBA Asia Championship Group E.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship Group B
The competing teams are Hong Kong, Japan and Qatar. Lebanon originally qualified for the tournament, but was replaced by 2013 Gulf Basketball Championship fourth-placer United Arab Emirates after the former was suspended indefinitely by FIBA Asia due to internal squabbles in its national basketball federation. FIBA Asia eventually decided not to issue a replacement. This caused the remaining teams to qualify automatically to the second round.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship Group B, Summary
Qatar and Japan fought to a close opening game, which was won by the Qataris after Jarvis Hayes split his free throws with eight seconds remaining to provide the winning margin. The two teams then easily won over Hong Kong. All three teams qualified to the second round.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship Group C
Group C of the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship took place from 1 to 3 August 2011. This is the preliminary round of the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship, with the three teams with the best record (Iran, Korea, China) advancing to 2013 FIBA Asia Championship Group F. Malaysia, the last placed team, was relegated to the 13th–15th classification round.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship Group C
All games were played at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, Philippines.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship Group C, Summary
Iran opened the 2013 championship with an unprecedented 90-point win against Malaysia. In a close match between China and Korea, the match was tied with 30 seconds left when Cho Sung-min made his free throws to give the Koreans a two-point lead. Zhou Peng missed a shot for China, and Cho made both of his free throws off an intentional foul. The Koreans held on for the win when Chinese missed three more shots. On the next day, the Chinese scored a 91-point win against Malaysia, thereby eliminating them. Iran maintained a healthy lead against Korea in the second half, never relinquishing it to qualify for the next round. On the final day, the Malaysians had a better offensive output, but were still beaten by Korea, and Iran never relinquished the lead against China to win the group.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship Group D
Group D of the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship took place from 1 to 3 August 2011. This is the preliminary round of the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship, with the three teams with the best record (Kazakhstan, Bahrain and India) advancing to 2013 FIBA Asia Championship Group F.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship Group D
Three games will be played at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium in Manila, Philippines, while the other three games will be played at the Mall of Asia Arena at nearby Pasay. Thailand, the last placed team, was relegated to the 13th–15th classification round.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship Group D, Summary
In Manila, Bahrain defeated India in their opening round via overtime; Mohamed Kawaid scored on a three-pointer to tie the game in regulation, while Mohamed Ebrahim converted a three-pointer of his own at with 49 seconds left in OT to put the Bahrainis up for good. In Pasay, the Kazakhs won when they built a large enough lead at the end of the third quarter that made a comeback from Thailand impossible. In a game of first day winners, the match in Manila went into overtime anew when Jerri Johnson scored on a three-pointer with 15 seconds left.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship Group D, Summary
In the overtime, Konstantin Dvirnyy scored the marginal free-throws with 21 seconds left to win the game for Kazakhstan. Elsewhere, India scored an easy win against Thailand in the game held at Pasay. On the final day, Bahrain and Kazakhstan easily beat Thailand and India respectively, qualifying both to the second round; India's win against Thailand the night earlier qualified them for the second round.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship Group E
Group E of the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship will take place from 5 to 7 August 2013. This is the second round of the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship. The four teams with the best record advance to 2013 FIBA Asia Championship final round.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship Group E
All games will be played at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, Philippines. The competing teams are top three teams in Group A and Group B.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship Group E, Standings
The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the second round.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship Group F
Group F of the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship was to take place from 5 to 7 August 2013. This is the Second round of the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship. The four teams with the best record advance to 2013 FIBA Asia Championship final round.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship Group F
All games will be played at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, Philippines. The competing teams are top three teams in Group C and Group D.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship Group F, Standings
The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the second round.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship classification rounds
The classification rounds of the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship are games of the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship in the Philippines to determine the final rankings of teams ranked 9th and below. Games, which will be held from August 5 to 11, are held in the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay and in the Ninoy Aquino Stadium in nearby Manila.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship classification rounds
There are two classification rounds, both single-elimination tournaments: for 13th and 9th places. The classification for 13th place involves teams that finished last in the preliminary round. Since there were only three teams in Group B, the fourth-placed team in Group A received a bye to the 13th place playoff, with the loser between the teams from Groups C and D ranked 15th place.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship classification rounds
For the classification for 9th place, teams that finished fifth and sixth in the second round participate. The losers in the first round play for 11th place, while the winners place 9th place.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship classification rounds
For classification for 8th place and better, see 2013 FIBA Asia Championship final round.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship classification rounds, Classification 13th–15th
These are the teams that finished last in their respective preliminary round groups.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship classification rounds, Classification 9th–12th
These are the teams that finished fifth and sixth in their respective second round groups.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship final round
The final round of the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship was a series of games in the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship in the Philippines to determine the final rankings of teams ranked 8th and above. Games were held in the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay from August 9 to 11.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship final round
The final round was a single-elimination tournament with a consolation round for fifth place and a third-place playoff. The finalists and the winner of the third place playoff qualified for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship for Women
The 2013 FIBA Asia Championship for Women was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia at the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women in Turkey. The tournament was held in Bangkok, Thailand from October 27 to November 3.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship for Women
The championship was divided into two levels: Level I and Level II. The two lowest finishers of Level I met the top two finishers of Level II to determine which teams qualify for the top Level of the 2015 Championship. The losers were relegated to Level II.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship for Women
Japan defeatedSouth Korea 65–43 in the final to capture their second title.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship for Women, Participating teams
According to FIBA Asia Rules, the number of participating teams in the FIBA Asia Championship for Women was set at twelve. In order to balance the level of competitions, the Championship shall be played in two levels: Level I and Level II. The number of the teams in Level I is set at six. The six teams of Level I are set with reference to the 2011 FIBA Asia Championship for Women. The six teams of Level II are set with reference to the first six teams registered with respect to the deadlines.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship for Women, Squads
Each team has twelve players on its roster. FIBA permits one naturalised player for each team.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship for Women, Qualifying round
Winners are promoted to Level I of the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship for Women.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship for Women, Final round
Top three teams qualify to the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship qualification
The qualification for the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship was held in late 2012 from early 2013 with the Gulf region, West Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, Central Asia and South Asia each conducting tournaments.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship qualification, Central Asia
The qualification for Central Asia consisted of a single game. On May 7, 2013, in Astana, Kazakhstan beat Uzbekistan 80–60 and was qualified for the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship qualification, East Asia
The 3rd East Asian Basketball Association Championship for Men is the qualifying tournament for the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship. It also serves as a regional championship involving East Asian basketball teams. the five best teams qualifies for 2013 FIBA Asia Championship. The tournament was held from May 16 to 21, 2013 in Incheon, South Korea.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship qualification, Gulf
The 13th Gulf Basketball Championship is the qualifying tournament for the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship. it also serves as a regional championship. the three best teams qualifies for FIBA Asia Championship 2013.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship qualification, South Asia
The 2013 South Asian Basketball Association Qualifying Round for the 27th FIBA Asia Championship is the qualifying tournament for the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship. The winner qualifies for 2013 FIBA Asia Championship. The tournament will be held from June 2 to 4, 2013 in New Delhi, India.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship qualification, Southeast Asia
The 10th Southeast Asia Basketball Association Championship is the qualifying tournament for the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship; it also serves as a regional championship involving Southeast Asian basketball teams. It will be held on June 20 to June 23, 2013 at Medan, Indonesia. The two best teams will qualify for the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship qualification, West Asia
The 2013 West Asian Basketball Championship is the qualifying tournament for the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship. It also serves as a regional championship involving West Asian basketball teams. the two best teams excluding Iran qualifies for 2013 FIBA Asia Championship. The tournament was held from February 7 to February 9, 2013 in Tehran, Iran.


2013 FIBA Asia Championship squads
These are the team rosters of the 15 teams competing in the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship.


2013 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship
The 2013 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia at the 2014 FIBA Under-17 World Championship. The tournament was held in Tehran, Iran from September 25 to October 4.


2013 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship
China successfully defended their title against the first time finalists, the Philippines, 85-78, in the championship match considered as the most competitive finals so far in FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship history. Both teams, as well as Japan, who defeated Chinese Taipei for the bronze medal, 85-72, will represent FIBA Asia in the 2014 FIBA Under-17 World Championship in United Arab Emirates in 2014.


2013 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship, Qualification
According to the FIBA Asia rules, the number of participating teams in the 2013 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship was set at sixteen (16). Each zone had two places, and the hosts (Iran) and holders (China) were automatically qualified. The other four places were allocated to the zones according to performance in the 2011 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship.


2013 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship Qualification
The 2013 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship qualification was held in late 2012 and early 2013 with the Gulf region, West Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, Central Asia and South Asia each conducting tournaments.


2013 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship Qualification, Central Asia
The 2013 CABA Under-16 Championship was held at Shchuchinsk, Kazakhstan from June 26, 2013 . The winner teams qualifies for 2013 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship.


2013 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship Qualification, East Asia
All the others withdrew, so  Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea qualified automatically.


2013 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship Qualification, South Asia
The 2013 SABA Under-16 Championship was held at Dakar, Bangladesh from July 3 to 5, 2013. The winner teams qualifies for 2013 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship.


2013 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship Qualification, Southeast Asia
The 2nd SEABA Under-16 Championship was held at Yogyakarta, Indonesia from July 14 to 18, 2013.The two best teams qualifies for 2013 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship.


2013 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship Qualification, West Asia
The 2012 West Asian Under-15 Championship was held at Amman, Jordan from September 26 to 28, 2013. The three best teams excluding Iran qualifies for 2013 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship.


2013 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship for Women
The 2013 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship for Women is the qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia at the 2014 FIBA Under-17 World Championship for Women. The tournament was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka from November 23 to November 30. Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium was the main venue for the entire tournament.


2013 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship for Women
China defeated Japan in the finals, 62–50 to notch their second title, while Korea thrashed Chinese Taipei in the battle for Third Place, 86–64. China, Japan and Korea will represent FIBA Asia at the 2014 FIBA Under-17 World Championship for Women which will be held in Slovakia.


2013 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship for Women
The championship was divided into two levels: Level I and Level II. The two lowest finishers of Level I met the top two finishers of Level II to determine which teams qualified for the top Level of the 2015 Championship. The losers were relegated to Level II.


2013 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship for Women, Qualifying round
Winners are promoted to Level I of the 2015 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship for Women.


2013 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship for Women, Final round
Top three teams qualify to the 2014 FIBA Under-17 World Championship for Women.


2013 FIBA EuroChallenge Final Four
The 2013 FIBA EuroChallenge Final Four was the concluding tournament of the 2012–13 FIBA EuroChallenge season. The Final Four was held in the Karşıyaka Arena at Izmir, Turkey.


2013 FIBA Europe SuperCup Women
The 2013 FIBA Europe SuperCup Women was the fourth edition of the FIBA Europe SuperCup Women. It was held on 29 October 2013 at the Palace of Sports "Uralochka" in Yekaterinburg, Russia.


2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
The 2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship was the 27th edition of the European Under-16 Basketball Championship. 16 teams participated in the competition, which was held in Kyiv, Ukraine, from 8 to 18 August 2013. Turkey were the defending champions.


2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, First round
The first-round groups draw took place on 8 December 2012 in Freising, Germany. In this round, sixteen teams are allocated in four groups of four teams each. The top three teams of each group will advance to the Qualifying Round. The last teams will play in the Classification Group G first, then in the 9th–16th place playoffs.


2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, Second round
Twelve advancing teams from the First Round were allocated in two groups of six teams each. The top four teams of each group will advance to the quarterfinals. The last two teams of each group will play for the 9th–16th place against the teams from the Group G.


2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, Classification Group G
The last team of each group of the First Round will compete in this Classification Round.


2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division C
The 2013 FIBA U16 European Championship Division C was held in Gibraltar, from 2 to 7 July 2013. Five teams participated in the competition.


2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women
The 2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women is the 25th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women. 16 teams feature in the competition, held in Varna and Albena, Bulgaria from 1 to 11 August 2013.


2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women, First round
The first-round groups draw took place on 8 December 2012 in Freising, Germany. In the first round, the sixteen teams were allocated in four groups of four teams each. The top three teams of each group will qualify for the Second Round. The last team of each group will play in the Classification Group G first, then in the 9th–16th place playoffs.


2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women, Second round
Twelve advancing teams from the First Round will be allocated in two groups of six teams each. The top four teams of each group will advance to the quarterfinals. The last two teams of each group will play for the 9th–16th place against the teams from the Group G.


2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women, Classification Group G
The last team of each group of the First Round will compete in this Classification Round.


2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women Division B
The 2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women Division B was the 10th edition of the Division B of the European basketball championship for women's national under-16 teams. It was played in Matosinhos, Portugal, from 1 to 11 August 2013. Serbia women's national under-16 basketball team won the tournament.


2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women Division B, First round
In the first round, the teams were drawn into four groups. The first two teams from each group will advance to the Quarterfinal Groups E and F and the other teams will advance to the 9th–17th place classification (Groups G, H and I).


2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women Division C
The 2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women Division C was the 9th edition of the Division C of the FIBA U16 Women's European Championship, the third tier of the European women's under-16 basketball championship. It was played in Gibraltar from 2 to 7 July 2013. Cyprus women's national under-16 basketball team won the tournament.


2013 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
The 2013 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship was the 30th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. 16 teams participated in the competition, held in Latvia, from 18 to 28 July 2013. Croatia were the defending champions. Turkey became the new champions, taking their first title.


2013 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, First round
The first-round groups draw took place on 8 December 2012 in Freising, Germany. In the first round, the sixteen teams were allocated in four groups of four teams each. The top three teams of each group qualified for the Second Round. The last team of each group played in the Classification Group G first, then in the 9th–16th place playoffs.


2013 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, Second round
Twelve advancing teams from the First Round were allocated in two groups of six teams each. The top four teams of each group advanced to the quarterfinals. The last two teams of each group played for the 9th–16th place against the teams from the Group G.


2013 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, Classification Group G
The last team of each group of the First Round competed in this Classification Round.


2013 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B
The 2013 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B was an international basketball  competition held in Macedonia in 2013.


2013 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division C
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2013 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division C
The 2013 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division C was the 9th edition of the Division C of the FIBA U18 European Championship, the third tier of the European men's under-18 basketball championship. It was played in Andorra la Vella, Andorra, from 15 to 20 July 2013. San Marino men's national under-18 basketball team won the tournament.


2013 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women
The 2013 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women was the 30th edition of the European Under-18 Women's Basketball Championship. 16 teams featured in the competition, held in Vukovar and Vinkovci, Croatia, from 15 to 25 August 2013.


2013 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women, First round
The first-round groups draw took place on 8 December 2012 in Freising, Germany. In the first round, the sixteen teams were allocated in four groups of four teams each. The top three teams of each group will qualify for the Second Round. The last team of each group will play in the Classification Group G first, then in the 9th–16th place playoffs.


2013 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women, Second round
Twelve advancing teams from the First Round will be allocated in two groups of six teams each. The top four teams of each group will advance to the quarterfinals. The last two teams of each group will play for the 9th–16th place against the teams from the Group G.


2013 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women, Classification Group G
The last team of each group of the First Round will compete in this Classification Round.


2013 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women Division C
The 2013 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women Division C was the 8th edition of the Division C of the FIBA U18 Women's European Championship, the third tier of the European women's under-18 basketball championship. It was played in Andorra la Vella, Andorra, from 15 to 20 July 2013. Andorra women's national under-18 basketball team won the tournament.


2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
The 2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the 16th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The competition was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 9 to 21 July 2013. For the first time competition was increased to 20 participating teams from tournament scheme of 16 teams which was introduced in 2005.


2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, First round
The first-round groups draw took place on 8 December 2012 in Freising, Germany. In this round, the twenty teams were allocated in four groups of five teams each. The top three advanced to the Second Round. The last two teams of each group played in the Classification Games.


2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B
The 2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B was the ninth edition of the Division B of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, the second-tier of European U-20 basketball. As in 2008, the tournament was held in Romania. Pitești was the host city.


2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B, First round
Twelve teams were allocated in two groups or six teams each. The top four teams advanced to the Quarterfinals, whereas the last two teams played for the 9th–12th place in the Classification Games.


2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B, Classification Games for 9th – 12th place
The last two teams of each group competed in a round robin for the 9th–12th place.


2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women
The 2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women was the 12th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women. 16 teams participated in the competition, held in Samsun, Turkey, from 4 to 14 July 2013.


2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women, First round
The first-round groups draw took place on 8 December 2012 in Freising, Germany. In the first round, the sixteen teams were allocated in four groups of four teams each. The top three teams of each group will qualify for the Second Round. The last team of each group will play in the Classification Group G first, then in the 9th–16th place playoffs.


2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women, Second round
Twelve advancing teams from the First Round were allocated in two groups of six teams each. The top four teams of each group advanced to the quarterfinals. The last two teams of each group played for the 9th–16th place against the teams from the Group G.


2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women, Classification Group G
The last team of each group of the First Round competed in this Classification Round.


2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women Division B
The 2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women Division B was the ninth edition of the Division B of the Women's European basketball championship for national under-20 teams. It was held in Albena, Bulgaria, from 4 to 14 July 2013. Belgium women's national under-20 basketball team won the tournament.


2013 FIBA Intercontinental Cup
The 2013 FIBA Intercontinental Cup was the 23rd edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup for men's professional basketball clubs and the 22nd edition of the tournament being in the form of a true intercontinental tournament for clubs. The 2 game aggregate score tournament took place at the Ginásio José Corrêa arena in Barueri, São Paulo, Brazil, on October 4 and October 6, 2013, in order to determine the world club champion. The tournament was contested between the 2012–13 season EuroLeague champions, Olympiacos, and the 2013 FIBA Americas League champions, Pinheiros Sky.


2013 FIBA Oceania Championship
The 2013 FIBA Oceania Championship for Men was the 21st edition of the tournament. The tournament featured a two-game series between Australia and New Zealand between 14 and 18 August. It also served as the qualifying tournament of FIBA Oceania for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain. The first game was held in Auckland, New Zealand followed by the second game in Canberra, Australia. Australia won their 18th title in the tournament, but the two teams still advanced to the World Cup.


2013 FIBA Oceania Championship for Women
The 2013 FIBA Oceania Championship for Women was the 15th edition of the tournament. The tournament featured a two-game series between Australia and New Zealand between 14 and 18 August. Game one was held in Auckland, New Zealand followed by the second game in Canberra, Australia.


2013 FIBA Stanković Continental Champions' Cup
The 2013 FIBA Stanković Continental Champions' Cup, or 2013 FIBA Mini World Cup, officially called Dongfeng Yueda KIA FIBA Stanković Continental Champions' Cup 2013, were the 10th and 11th annual FIBA Stanković Continental Champions' Cup tournaments. They were held as two separate round-robin tournaments, in Lanzhou and Guangzhou, from June 27 to July 9.


2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championship
The 2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championship(Czech: Mistrovství světa FIBA do 19 let 2013) was hosted by the Czech Republic from June 27 to July 7, 2013.


2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championship
The United States won their fifth title by defeating Serbia 82–68 in the final.


2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championship, Format
Teams played a round robin in the preliminary round, with the top three teams advancing to the main round. The teams played against the teams from the other groups. The top four teams advanced to the knockout stage.


2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championship, Preliminary round
The draw for the tournament was held on 15 January 2013 in Prague, Czech Republic.


2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women
The 2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women (Lithuanian:2013 m. FIBA iki 19 metų pasaulio moterų čempionatas)was hosted by Lithuania from July 18 until July 28, 2013.


2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women
The United States won their fifth straight and sixth overall title by defeating France 69–63 in the final.


2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women, Format
Teams played a round robin in the preliminary round, with the top three teams advancing to the main round. The teams played against the teams from the other groups. The top four teams advanced to the knockout stage.


2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women, Group stage
The draw for the tournament was held on 17 January 2013 in Vilnius, Lithuania.


2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or
The 2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or Gala was the fourth year for FIFA's awards for the top football players and coaches of the year. The awards were given out in Zürich on 13 January 2014. The deadline for voting was 15 November 2013 but was extended to 29 November 2013 for the first time in history.


2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or
Portugal winger Cristiano Ronaldo won the Ballon d'Or award as the World Player of the Year. It was his second Ballon d'Or, after winning the award in 2008, as well as his first FIFA Ballon d'Or. He became the first and only player in the 21st century to win the award after going trophyless during the year. With the win, he ended Lionel Messi's domination of the award. Nadine Angerer was announced as the Women's World Player of the Year recipient, while Jupp Heynckes claimed the World Coach of the Year for Men's Football, and Silvia Neid the World Coach of the Year for Women's Football. The ninety-minute ceremony was hosted by Fernanda Lima along with Ruud Gullit.


2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or, Voting
The deadline for voting was 15 November 2013. However, for the first time ever, on 20 November 2013, FIFA announced that voting was extended to 29 November 2013 "after not receiving a response of enough eligible voters before the original deadline", when Lionel Messi was leading the vote. The winners were announced on 13 January 2014.


2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or, Voting
During the voting and prior to it, bookmakers and betting sites had Lionel Messi as the favorite to win the award for the fifth consecutive time, with Frank Ribery coming second.


2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or, Winners and nominees, FIFA Ballon d'Or
A shortlist of 23 male players was compiled by members of FIFA's Football Committee as well as a group of experts from France Football. It was announced on 29 October 2013.


2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or, Winners and nominees, FIFA Ballon d'Or
There were three voters per FIFA member federation: one journalist and the coaches and captain of the national men's team.


2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or, Winners and nominees, FIFA Ballon d'Or
The following 20 men were originally in contention for the 2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or:


2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or, Winners and nominees, FIFA Ballon d'or Prix d'Honneur
Pelé was given an honorary Ballon d'Or, having won three FIFA World Cups with Brazil but never an individual award from FIFA, as during his playing career only European-based players were eligible to win the original Ballon d'Or.


2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or, Contenders, FIFA Women's World Player of the Year
On 29 October 2012, a 10-player shortlist was unveiled for the FIFA's Women's Player of the Year, which was chosen by experts from FIFA's Committee for Women's Football and the FIFA Women's World Cup and a group of experts from France Football. It was announced on 29 October 2013.


2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or, Contenders, FIFA Women's World Player of the Year
The three finalists for the award, announced on 9 December 2013, are indicated in bold.


2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or, Contenders, FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men's Football
This award will be decided by the same voters and system as that of the men's player award. The shortlist of candidates was announced on 29 October 2013, with the three finalists (indicated in bold type) announced on 9 December 2013.


2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or, Contenders, FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women's Football
This award will be decided by the same voters and system as that of the women's player award. The shortlist was announced on 29 October 2013, and the three finalists (indicated in bold type) were announced on 9 December 2013.


2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
The 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the seventh edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. Overall, this was the 17th edition of a world cup in beach soccer since the establishment of the Beach Soccer World Championships which ran from 1995–2004 but was not governed by FIFA. It took place from 18–28 September 2013 at Tahua To'ata Stadium (Stade Tahua To'ata) in Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia and was the fourth tournament to have taken place outside Brazil. This was the second tournament to take place since the establishment of a longer two-year cycle of tournaments. This was also the first FIFA tournament held in a Pacific country other than New Zealand, and the first senior FIFA tournament took place in the region.


2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
The tournament was confirmed in March 2010. Russia successfully defended their title.


2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Qualifying rounds, African Zone
The CAF qualifiers took place from 22–26 May 2013 in El Jadida, Morocco to determine the two teams for the finals. The qualifiers were originally scheduled for 10–14 April, and then 29 May-2 June 2013 in Casablanca. Senegal and Ivory Coast qualified for the two available spots.


2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Qualifying rounds, Asian Zone
The AFC qualifiers took place from 22–26 January 2013 at a temporary stadium and adjacent pitch on Katara Beach in Doha, Qatar, to determine the three teams to qualify for the finals. Iran, Japan and the United Arab Emirates took the three spots.


2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Qualifying rounds, European Zone
The UEFA qualifiers took place in Moscow, Russia on 1–8 July 2012. Spain, Russia, Ukraine and the Netherlands grabbed the four available spots.


2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Qualifying rounds, North, Central American and Caribbean Zone
The CONCACAF qualifiers took place from 8–12 May 2013 in Nassau, Bahamas to determine the two spots available. The United States, and El Salvador claimed the two spots.


2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Qualifying rounds, Oceanian Zone
The OFC qualifiers took place from 30 August to 2 September 2013 on the grounds of the University of New Caledonia in Nouméa, New Caledonia to determine the second OFC team to qualify for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup (Tahiti having already qualified as hosts). They were originally to have taken place from 4–9 August 2013 in the 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup's host city of Papeete, Tahiti. Due to difficulties with the dimensions of the pitch that was to be used for the qualifiers, and Tahiti's declined not to participate in the tournament, it was decided that the tournament should be moved to reduce costs. It was originally scheduled for 12–14 June.


2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Qualifying rounds, South American Zone
The CONMEBOL qualifiers took place from 10–17 February 2013 at a temporary stadium in Merlo, a town in the San Luis Province of Argentina, to determine the three spots available. Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay claimed the three spots.


2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Teams
The allocation of slots for this competition was approved by the FIFA Executive Committee in May 2012.


2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Teams
These are the teams that qualified for the World Cup:


2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Venue
All matches were played at the Tahua To'ata Stadium in Papeete.


2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Match ball
All matches were played using the new Adidas Cafusa match ball; this version was slightly-modified from the match ball used at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup.


2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Official song
Tu'e Popo' by Sabrina was the official song of the tournament, and the video features the island rhythms of the host country and the city of Papeete.


2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Referees
FIFA chose 24 officials to referee the matches at the World Cup. From the 24 referees, at least one referee representing each confederation; four from the AFC, three from CAF, five from CONMEBOL, three from CONCACAF, one from the OFC and eight from UEFA, with all 24 officials being from different countries. The referees were revealed in July 2013.


2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Draw
The final draw was held on 5 June 2013 at 19:30 (local time) at the Maison de la Culture (Te Fare Tauhiti Nui) in Papeete, Tahiti. The hosts, Tahiti, and the defending champions, Russia, were assigned to positions A1 and D1 prior to the draw. Teams from the same confederation could not be drawn against each other at the group stage.


2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Draw
Note: At the time the draw was conducted, the OFC qualifier was not yet known.


2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Squads
Teams must name a 12-man squad (two of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline. The squads were announced by FIFA on 11 September 2013.


2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Group stage
Each team earns three points for a win, two points for a win in extra time or a penalty shoot-out, and no points for a defeat.


2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Group stage
Where two or more teams end the group stage with the same number of points, their ranking is determined by the following criteria:


2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final
The 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final was the last match of the 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup which took place on September 28, 2013 at the Tahua To'ata Stadium, in the Tahitian capital, Papeete. The final was contested between Spain, who had never competed in the FIFA final before, and defending champions Russia. Team Russia won the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup for the second time.


2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Match details
Assistant referees:Christian Zimmermann (Switzerlannd)Hugo Pado (Solomon Islands)Timekeeper:Bakhtiyor Namazov (Uzbekistan)Fifth official:Mariano Romo (Argentina)


2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA)
The 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for UEFA is a beach soccer tournament that was played in Moscow, Russia from 1 – 8 July 2012. It determined the four teams that would qualify for the 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Papeete, Tahiti. All matches were played on two temporary stadium courts at Victory Park at Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow.


2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA), Participating teams and draw
The draw to divide the 24 teams into six groups of four was conducted on 9 June 2012.


2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA), Group stage
All kickoff times are of local time in Moscow (UTC+04:00).


2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA), Playoff stage
All kickoff times are of local time in Moscow (UTC+04:00).


2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA), Playoff stage, Round of 16
For the first time in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup UEFA Qualifying tournament, a straight knockout stage was not used. Instead, the eight winners of the Round of 16 were divided into two groups of four. The compositions of the groups were formed on the basis of the composite ranking based on the results of the first group stage and the Round of 16.


2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA), Playoff stage, Round of 16
Group G consisted of the Round of 16 winners with the 1st, 4th, 5th and 8th best records, while Group H consisted of the Round of 16 winners with the 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 7th best records. The group winners would play in the final, while the second-place teams would play for third place. In any event, the top two teams in each group would qualify for the 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.


2013 FIFA Club World Cup
The 2013 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2013 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was the 10th edition of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised international club football tournament between the winners of the six continental confederations as well as the host nation's league champions. It was hosted by Morocco, and played from 11 to 21 December 2013.


2013 FIFA Club World Cup
Corinthians were the defending champions, but could not defend their title after being eliminated in the 2013 Copa Libertadores round of 16.


2013 FIFA Club World Cup
Bayern Munich won the title for the first time after defeating Raja Casablanca 2–0 in the final.


2013 FIFA Club World Cup, Host bids
There were four countries bidding to host the 2013 and 2014 tournaments (same host for both tournaments):


2013 FIFA Club World Cup, Host bids
In October 2011, FIFA said that Iran, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates all withdrew their bids, leaving Morocco as the only bidder. FIFA officially announced Morocco as host on 17 December 2011.


2013 FIFA Club World Cup, Venues
The venues for the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup were in Marrakesh and Agadir.


2013 FIFA Club World Cup, Organisation, Emblem
The official emblem of the tournament was unveiled in Casablanca on 2 September 2013.


2013 FIFA Club World Cup, Organisation, Ticketing
Pre -sale tickets were available from 14 to 27 October 2013, while the open sales phase began on 28 October 2013.


2013 FIFA Club World Cup, Organisation, Trophy tour
A tour of the FIFA Club World Cup Trophy took place from October to December 2013, starting from Yokohama, the site of the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup Final, before visiting the cities of each participating team, and ending at Casablanca before the start of the tournament.


2013 FIFA Club World Cup, Refereeing, Goal-line technology
For the second year in a row, goal-line technology was used for the tournament. GoalControl GmbH was chosen as the official goal-line technology provider.


2013 FIFA Club World Cup, Refereeing, Vanishing spray
Following successful trials at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup and 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup, FIFA approved the vanishing spray to be used by the tournament referees to mark the ten-yard line for the defending team during a free kick.


2013 FIFA Club World Cup, Squads
Each team named a 23-man squad (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline of 29 November 2013. Injury replacements were allowed until 24 hours before the team's first match.


2013 FIFA Club World Cup, Squads
A total of 31 nationalities were represented in the squads of the seven teams.


2013 FIFA Club World Cup, Matches
The draw was held on 9 October 2013 at 19:00 WEST (UTC+1), at the La Mamounia Hotel in Marrakesh, to decide the "positions" in the bracket for the three teams which entered the quarter-finals (champions of AFC, CAF, and CONCACAF).


2013 FIFA Club World Cup, Final standings
Note: As 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.


2013 FIFA Club World Cup, Awards
FIFA also named a man of the match for the best player in each game at the tournament.


2013 FIFA Club World Cup Final
The 2013 FIFA Club World Cup Final was the final match of the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup, an association football tournament hosted by Morocco. It was the 10th final of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised tournament between the winners of the six continental confederations as well as the host nation's league champions.


2013 FIFA Club World Cup Final
The final was contested between German club Bayern Munich, representing UEFA as the reigning champions of the UEFA Champions League, and Moroccan club Raja Casablanca, representing the host country as the reigning champions of the Botola. It was played at the Stade de Marrakech in Marrakesh on 21 December 2013.


2013 FIFA Club World Cup Final, Background, Bayern Munich
Bayern Munich qualified for the tournament as winners of the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League, following a 2–1 win against Borussia Dortmund in the final. This was Bayern Munich's first time competing in the tournament. They twice won the Intercontinental Cup, the predecessor of the FIFA Club World Cup, in 1976 and 2001. They reached the final after defeating Chinese club Guangzhou Evergrande in the semi-finals.


2013 FIFA Club World Cup Final, Background, Raja Casablanca
Raja Casablanca won the 2012–13 Botola to earn the host country berth of the tournament. This was Raja Casablanca's second time competing in the tournament, having participated in the competition in the inaugural edition in 2000. They were the second team to reach the final of the competition (after Corinthians in 2000) under the condition of being the host nation's national champions, as well as the second African finalist (after TP Mazembe in 2010). They reached the final after defeating New Zealand club Auckland City in the play-off round, Mexican club Monterrey in the quarter-finals, and Brazilian club Atletico Mineiro in the semi-finals.


2013 FIFA Club World Cup Final, Match, Summary
Bayern Munich defender Dante opened the scoring in the seventh minute; after Jérôme Boateng headed Xherdan Shaqiri's corner into his path, he turned and shot past goalkeeper Khalid Askri. Thiago got the second for Bayern in the 22nd minute, when he shot right-footed into the far corner from the edge of the penalty area after a pull-back pass from the left from David Alaba. Bayern had the chance to add a third midway through the second half, but Shaqiri hit the crossbar from six yards before Thiago shot the rebound high and wide. Raja Casablanca almost got themselves back into the game late on, when Vianney Mabidé found himself onside only to shoot straight at Manuel Neuer in the Bayern goal, and captain Mouhcine Moutouali hit the rebound over the bar from just outside the goal area.


2013 FIFA Club World Cup Final, Match, Details
Assistant referees:Emerson de Carvalho (Brazil)Marcelo Van Gasse (Brazil)Fourth official:Mark Geiger (United States)Fifth official:Sean Hurd (United States)


2013 FIFA Club World Cup squads
Each team in the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup had to name a 23-man squad (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline of 29 November 2013. Injury replacements were allowed until 24 hours before the team's first match.


2013 FIFA Club World Cup squads, Al-Ahly
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 FIFA Club World Cup squads, Atlético Mineiro
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 FIFA Club World Cup squads, Auckland City
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 FIFA Club World Cup squads, Bayern Munich
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 FIFA Club World Cup squads, Guangzhou Evergrande
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 FIFA Club World Cup squads, Monterrey
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 FIFA Club World Cup squads, Raja Casablanca
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2013 FIFA Confederations Cup
The 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup was the ninth FIFA Confederations Cup, which was held in Brazil from 15 to 30 June 2013 as a prelude to the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The most recent winners of the six continental championships appeared in the tournament, along with hosts Brazil and UEFA Euro 2012 runners-up Italy, who qualified because the Euro 2012 winners, Spain, had also won the most recent FIFA World Cup in 2010 thus securing a spot in the tournament.


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup
Host nation, Brazil successfully defended their title with a 3–0 win over Spain in the final. It was their fourth Confederations Cup title and third in a row, after previous wins in 1997, 2005 and 2009.


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup
According to then FIFA president Sepp Blatter, the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup was the best version of the tournament ever played. The competition was the first national team tournament to employ goal-line technology, which was also used at the 2014 World Cup.


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, Draw
The draw for the competition was held at the Palácio das Convenções in the Anhembi Convention Center in São Paulo, Brazil on 1 December 2012.


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, Draw
Teams from the same confederation were not drawn into the same group, therefore, one team each from UEFA and from CONMEBOL was drawn in each group. Brazil and Spain had automatically been assigned as A1 and B1 respectively, therefore, Italy and Uruguay were assigned respectively to Group A and Group B.


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, Match officials
Ten trios of officials were announced by FIFA on 13 May 2013.


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, Squads
Teams had to name a 23-man squad (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline of 3 June 2013. The squads were announced by FIFA on 7 June 2013.


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, Group stage
The competition's dates were confirmed by FIFA on 27 July 2011 in the build-up to the draw for the 2014 World Cup's preliminary qualification rounds. As the competition partially overlapped with the fourth round of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification in Asian zone, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) asked FIFA to consider a change of date. However, the AFC decided that the match day would only be adjusted for the AFC representative at the Confederations Cup, Japan. The official final schedule was presented in Rio de Janeiro on 30 May 2012.


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, Group stage
All eight teams entered the group stage. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals, while the bottom two teams in each group were eliminated from the tournament. The ranking of the teams in each group was determined as follows:


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, Group stage
If two or more teams were equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings were determined as follows:


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time would be played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, Statistics, Goalscorers
Fernando Torres was awarded the Golden Boot award on tie-breakers. Both he and Fred scored five goals and made one assist, but Torres was given the award due to having played fewer minutes over the tournament. In total, 68 goals were scored by 38 different players, with three of them credited as own goals.


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, Statistics, 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.


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, Match ball
The official match ball for the Cup was produced by Adidas, a development of the Adidas Tango 12. It was unveiled during the draw for the competition. The ball is named "Cafusa" (pronounced [kɐˈfuzɐ]) – a syllabic abbreviation of the words "carnaval" (Carnival), "futebol" (football) and "samba", aside of being homophonous with cafuza, the Portuguese name for a zamba i.e. a woman of mixed Amerindian and black African descent. Former Brazil captain Cafu was invited to officially unveil the ball.


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, Prize money
The competing national football associations received prize money from FIFA based on their representative team's final finishing position.


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, Goal-line technology
The 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup was the first international tournament for national teams to use goal-line technology. The IFAB officially approved the use of goal-line technology in July 2012, and it was first used in a FIFA competition for the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup in December 2012. Having trialled systems from both Hawk-Eye and GoalRef during the Club World Cup, FIFA announced on 2 April 2013 that the German technology GoalControl had been chosen as the official goal-line technology for the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup. Its system, GoalControl-4D, uses 14 high-speed cameras located around the pitch and directed at both goals. It was used in the match for third place between Uruguay and Italy to determine the scorer of Italy's first goal.


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, Protests
Prior to the opening ceremony at the Brasilia National Stadium on 15 June, demonstrations took place outside the stadium, organised by people unhappy with the amount of public money spent to enable the hosting of the FIFA World Cup. Police used tear gas and pepper spray to quell the protests.


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, Protests
The demonstrations were part of wider unrest and rioting in Brazilian cities initially sparked by increased ticket prices on public transport, but growing to express deeper public disenchantment with the financial management of the country by its government, specially due to the high inflation. The Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff as well as FIFA president Sepp Blatter were heavily booed as they were announced to conduct their speeches at the tournament's opening. Further protests took place the following day prior to the game between Mexico and Italy in Rio de Janeiro. Blatter said that the protesters "should not use football to make their demands heard", and that the public expenditure on staging the tournaments was on "items that are for the future, not just for the World Cup".


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, Protests
As the protests continued to intensify during the week, with a reported participation of over a million people taking to the streets in a hundred different towns and cities, reports in the Brazilian media suggested that FIFA was having to negotiate with the teams to keep them in Brazil and that the tournament could be abandoned. However, a FIFA statement on 21 June insisted that "to date, neither FIFA nor the local organising committee have ever discussed any such possibility of cancelling the FIFA Confederations Cup".


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, Protests
FIFA General Secretary Jérôme Valcke subsequently admitted that FIFA had held a "crisis meeting" involving the Brazilian government regarding the completion of the tournament, but sought to distance FIFA from the wider social unrest, stating that "the most important thing for us is to detach the World Cup or the Confederations Cup from these problems. We are not the answer to all problems and we are definitely not the reason for such a crisis. We are just part of what Brazil is doing for the next 20 years....the light FIFA is being shown in here, is the wrong one". He also reaffirmed that the protests had not caused FIFA to consider moving the 2014 World Cup away from Brazil.


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, Protests
Just before the final in Rio de Janeiro, a large crowd marched towards the stadium both in support of the team and in continuation over the original protests. Though largely peaceful, there were some disturbances.


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Final
The 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Final was a football match to determine the winners of the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup. The match was held at the Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 30 June 2013 and was contested by the winners of the semi-finals, Brazil and Spain. Brazil defeated Spain 3–0 with goals from Fred and Neymar, thus breaking Spain's record of 29 games without a defeat.


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Final
The match was Brazil's fifth appearance in the final (after 1997, 1999, 2005 and 2009). Spain reached their first ever Confederations Cup final. The win gave Brazil their third consecutive Confederations Cup.


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Background
Before the final, Brazil and Spain had previously faced each other eight times, of which Brazil have recorded a total of four wins compared to Spain's two, with the remaining two matches ending in draws. The two sides' debut match was played on 27 May 1934, in the first round of the 1934 FIFA World Cup in Italy, held at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris in Genoa. It ended in a 3–1 win in favor of Spain. Sixteen years later, at the 1950 World Cup, the two sides met again in the final round stage, which contained Sweden and Uruguay. Brazil responded by winning 6–1 in front of their 153,000 home spectators. The last meeting took place 13 November 1999, in a 0–0 friendly draw at the Balaídos, Vigo, Spain.


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Background
Brazil had won the FIFA Confederations Cup three times, in 1997 against Australia, in 2005 against Argentina and 2009 against the United States. They had competed in every Confederations Cup competition since FIFA's takeover in 1997, with Brazil losing the 1999 final against Mexico 4–3. Spain qualified for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, their first ever appearance after winning the UEFA European Championship in 2008 against Germany. They reached the semi-finals, but lost 2–0 to the United States, resulting in Spain competing for the third-place play-off against South Africa, who had lost 1–0 against Brazil in the second semi-final match. The match ended in a 3–2 scoreline for Spain. Brazil were ranked 22nd in the FIFA World Rankings, considered to be their worst rank ever achieved, while Spain were ranked first.


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Route to the final
Group A of the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup took place from 15 to 22 June 2013 in Belo Horizonte's Mineirão, Brasília's Mané Garrincha, Fortaleza's Castelão, Recife's Arena Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro's, Maracanã and Salvador's Arena Fonte Nova. The group consisted of defending champions Brazil, Italy, Japan, and Mexico.


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Matches, Brazil vs Japan
Assistant referees:Bertino Miranda (Portugal)Tiago Trigo (Portugal)Fourth official:Felix Brych (Germany)Fifth official:Mark Borsch (Germany)


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Matches, Mexico vs Italy
Assistant referees:Sergio Román (Chile)Carlos Astroza (Chile)Fourth official:Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)Fifth official:Redouane Achik (Morocco)


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Matches, Brazil vs Mexico
Assistant referees:Mike Mullarkey (England)Darren Cann (England)Fourth official:Enrique Osses (Chile)Fifth official:Carlos Astroza (Chile)


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Matches, Italy vs Japan
Assistant referees:Hernán Maidana (Argentina)Juan Pablo Belatti (Argentina)Fourth official:Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)Fifth official:William Torres (El Salvador)


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Matches, Italy vs Brazil
Assistant referees:Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan)Bahadyr Kochkarov (Kyrgyzstan)Fourth official:Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)Fifth official:Toru Sagara (Japan)


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Matches, Japan vs Mexico
Assistant referees:Stefan Lupp (Germany)Mark Borsch (Germany)Fourth official:Howard Webb (England)Fifth official:Mike Mullarkey (England)


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Matches, Spain vs Uruguay
Assistant referees:Toru Sagara (Japan)Toshiyuki Nagi (Japan)Fourth official:Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)Fifth official:Sander van Roekel (Netherlands)


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Matches, Tahiti vs Nigeria
Assistant referees:William Torres (El Salvador)Juan Zumba (El Salvador)Fourth official:Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)Fifth official:Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan)


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Matches, Spain vs Tahiti
This game holds the record for the biggest margin of victory in a FIFA senior men's tournament. The previous record was nine goals which occurred three times: the first occurred in 1954 when Hungary defeated South Korea 9–0, the second was during the 1974 FIFA World Cup as Yugoslavia defeated Zaire by the same score of 9–0, and the third and final happened in 1982 when Hungary dispatched El Salvador 10–1.


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Matches, Spain vs Tahiti
Assistant referees:Redouane Achik (Morocco)Abdelhak Etchiali (Algeria)Fourth official:Felix Brych (Germany)Fifth official:Stefan Lupp (Germany)


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Matches, Nigeria vs Uruguay
Assistant referees:Sander van Roekel (Netherlands)Erwin Zeinstra (Netherlands)Fourth official:Pedro Proença (Portugal)Fifth official:Bertino Miranda (Portugal)


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Matches, Nigeria vs Spain
Assistant referees:William Torres (El Salvador)Juan Zumba (El Salvador)Fourth official:Diego Abal (Argentina)Fifth official:Hernán Maidana (Argentina)


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Matches, Uruguay vs Tahiti
Assistant referees:Bertino Miranda (Portugal)Tiago Trigo (Portugal)Fourth official:Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)Fifth official:Abdelhak Etchiali (Algeria)


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, External links
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2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Pre-match, Venue
The Estádio do Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro was announced as the venue of the final. It is the largest of the six 2013 Confederations Cup venues. The stadium was used at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Pre-match, Match ball
The Adidas Cafusa, provided by Adidas, was the official match ball of the tournament. The ball had been previously used at the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup.


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Pre-match, Officials
Björn Kuipers of the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) and UEFA was selected to referee the final. Having been an international referee since 2006, he made his debut in the 2006 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship youth competition, where he officiated in the final between Czech Republic under-17s and Russia under-17s. One year later, he appeared in his first Champions League match in July between Zeta and Kaunas in the first qualifying round. On 14 January 2009, Kuipers was promoted to elite level in European football.


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Pre-match, Officials
This led to him taking charge of his first proper Champions League match on 29 September 2009 in the group stage between Barcelona and Dynamo Kyiv. Ahead of the final, Kuipers had refereed 23 Champions League matches and 15 UEFA Cup/Europa League matches, including his first senior final, the 2013 UEFA Europa League Final between Benfica and Chelsea. He has also refereed at the 2010 FIFA Club World Cup and UEFA Euro 2012.


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Pre-match, Officials
Kuipers was assisted by his compatriots Sander van Roekel and Erwin Zeinstra; the trio had previously taken charge of the Group B match between Nigeria and Uruguay earlier in the tournament. They were joined by fourth and fifth officials Felix Brych and Mark Borsch, representing the German Football Association (DFB).


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Match, Summary
In the second minute of the game, a cross from the right by Hulk was not dealt with by defenders Álvaro Arbeloa, Gerard Piqué or goalkeeper Iker Casillas. The ball fell to Brazil forward Fred, who had slipped and while lying on the ground managed to improvise and poke the ball past Casillas to give Brazil the lead. In 39th minute, Spain almost equalised when Pedro beat the goalkeeper from the right but saw his shot hooked off the line and over the bar by David Luiz.


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Match, Summary
Brazil increased their lead just before half time when Oscar passed to Neymar on the left side of the penalty area and he hit the ball left footed hard and high at the near post past Casillas. The third goal for Brazil arrived two minutes into the second half when Fred curled the ball low right footed inside the far post from the left, with Casillas getting his fingers to the shot but unable to keep it out. Five minutes later, Marcelo tripped Jesús Navas to give away a penalty. Sergio Ramos took the penalty but he shot low, right-footed, and past the goalkeeper's right post. In the 68th minute, Gerard Piqué was shown a red card for bringing down Neymar just outside the penalty area.


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, Match, Details
Assistant referees:Sander van Roekel (Netherlands)Erwin Zeinstra (Netherlands)Fourth official:Felix Brych (Germany)Fifth official:Mark Borsch (Germany)


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A
Group A of the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup took place from 15 to 22 June 2013 in Belo Horizonte's Mineirão, Brasília's Mané Garrincha, Fortaleza's Castelão, Recife's Arena Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro's, Maracanã and Salvador's Arena Fonte Nova. The group consisted of host nation and defending champions Brazil, Italy, Japan, and Mexico.


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A, Matches, Brazil vs Japan
Assistant referees:Bertino Miranda (Portugal)Tiago Trigo (Portugal)Fourth official:Felix Brych (Germany)Fifth official:Mark Borsch (Germany)


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A, Matches, Mexico vs Italy
Assistant referees:Sergio Román (Chile)Carlos Astroza (Chile)Fourth official:Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)Fifth official:Redouane Achik (Morocco)


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A, Matches, Brazil vs Mexico
Assistant referees:Mike Mullarkey (England)Darren Cann (England)Fourth official:Enrique Osses (Chile)Fifth official:Carlos Astroza (Chile)


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A, Matches, Italy vs Japan
Assistant referees:Hernán Maidana (Argentina)Juan Pablo Belatti (Argentina)Fourth official:Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)Fifth official:William Torres (El Salvador)


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A, Matches, Italy vs Brazil
Assistant referees:Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan)Bahadyr Kochkarov (Kyrgyzstan)Fourth official:Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)Fifth official:Toru Sagara (Japan)


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A, Matches, Japan vs Mexico
Assistant referees:Stefan Lupp (Germany)Mark Borsch (Germany)Fourth official:Howard Webb (England)Fifth official:Mike Mullarkey (England)


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Group B
Group A of the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup took place from 16 to 23 June 2013 in Belo Horizonte's Mineirão, Fortaleza's Castelão, Recife's Arena Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro's, Maracanã and Salvador's Arena Fonte Nova. The group consisted of Nigeria, Spain, Tahiti, and Uruguay.


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Group B, Matches, Spain vs Uruguay
Assistant referees:Toru Sagara (Japan)Toshiyuki Nagi (Japan)Fourth official:Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)Fifth official:Sander van Roekel (Netherlands)


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Group B, Matches, Tahiti vs Nigeria
Assistant referees:William Torres (El Salvador)Juan Zumba (El Salvador)Fourth official:Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)Fifth official:Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan)


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Group B, Matches, Spain vs Tahiti
This game holds the record for the biggest margin of victory in a FIFA senior men's tournament. The previous record was nine goals which occurred three times: the first occurred in 1954 when Hungary defeated South Korea 9–0, the second was during the 1974 FIFA World Cup as Yugoslavia defeated Zaire by the same score of 9–0, and the third and final happened in 1982 when Hungary dispatched El Salvador 10–1.


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Group B, Matches, Spain vs Tahiti
Assistant referees:Redouane Achik (Morocco)Abdelhak Etchiali (Algeria)Fourth official:Felix Brych (Germany)Fifth official:Stefan Lupp (Germany)


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Group B, Matches, Nigeria vs Uruguay
Assistant referees:Sander van Roekel (Netherlands)Erwin Zeinstra (Netherlands)Fourth official:Pedro Proença (Portugal)Fifth official:Bertino Miranda (Portugal)


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Group B, Matches, Nigeria vs Spain
Assistant referees:William Torres (El Salvador)Juan Zumba (El Salvador)Fourth official:Diego Abal (Argentina)Fifth official:Hernán Maidana (Argentina)


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Group B, Matches, Uruguay vs Tahiti
Assistant referees:Bertino Miranda (Portugal)Tiago Trigo (Portugal)Fourth official:Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)Fifth official:Abdelhak Etchiali (Algeria)


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup knockout stage
The knockout stage of the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup began on 26 June with the semi-final round, and concluded on 30 June 2013 with the final at the Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro. The top two teams from each group advanced to the knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination style tournament. A third place match was included and played between the two losing teams of the semi-finals.


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup knockout stage
In the knockout stage (including the final), if a match was level at the end of 90 minutes, extra time of two periods (15 minutes each) would be played. If the score was still level after extra time, the match would be decided by a penalty shoot-out.


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup knockout stage, Semi-finals, Brazil vs Uruguay
Assistant referees:Carlos Astroza (Chile)Sergio Román (Chile)Fourth official:Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)Fifth official:William Torres (El Salvador)


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup knockout stage, Semi-finals, Spain vs Italy
Assistant referees:Mike Mullarkey (England)Darren Cann (England)Fourth official:Pedro Proença (Portugal)Fifth official:Bertino Miranda (Portugal)


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup knockout stage, Third place play-off
Assistant referees:Redouane Achik (Morocco)Abdelhak Etchiali (Algeria)Fourth official:Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)Fifth official:Toru Sagara (Japan)


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup knockout stage, Final
Assistant referees:Sander van Roekel (Netherlands)Erwin Zeinstra (Netherlands)Fourth official:Felix Brych (Germany)Fifth official:Mark Borsch (Germany)


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup squads
The following is a list of squads for each nation who competed at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil from 15 to 30 June 2013, as a prelude to the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Each squad consisted of 23 players, three of which had to be goalkeepers. Replacement of injured players was permitted until 24 hours before the team's game. Players marked (c) were named as captain for their national team.


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup squads, Group A, Brazil
On 7 June, Leandro Damião withdrew from the squad with a thigh injury and was replaced by Jô.


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup squads, Group A, Mexico
De la Torre named his 23-man squad on 20 May 2013.


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup squads, Group B, Spain
Del Bosque named his 23-man squad on 2 June 2013.


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup squads, Player representation, By club nationality
Nations in italics are not represented by their national teams in the finals.


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup statistics
These are the statistics for the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, an eight-team tournament running from 15 June 2013 through 30 June 2013. The tournament took place in Brazil.


2013 FIFA Confederations Cup statistics, Overall statistics
Updated to games played on 2 July 2013. Team(s) rendered in italics represent(s) the host nation(s). The competition's winning team is rendered in bold. (1) – Total games lost not counted in total games played (total games lost = total games won)(2) – Total number of games drawn (tied) for all teams = Total number of games drawn (tied) ÷ 2 (both teams involved)


2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup
The 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the fifteenth tournament of the FIFA U-17 World Cup. The tournament was held in the United Arab Emirates between 17 October and 8 November. Nigeria won the tournament after defeating Mexico 3–0 in the final, claiming the country's fourth title. Sweden won the bronze with a 4–1 victory over Argentina in the third-place play-off match.


2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Venues
In June 2012, FIFA selected the Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium in Al Ain, the Al Nahyan Stadium in Abu Dhabi, the Al-Rashid Stadium in Dubai, the Emirates Club Stadium in Ras al-Khaimah and the Fujairah Club Stadium in the state of Fujairah as venues. The use of Sharjah Stadium in Sharjah was initially proposed, and finally selected as a venue, in September 2012. Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium replaced Al Nahyan Stadium of Abu Dhabi and will host the final.


2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Teams
In addition to host nation United Arab Emirates, 23 nations qualified from six separate continental competitions.


2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Squads
Teams had to name a 21-man squad (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline.


2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Draw
The final draw for group stage was held on 26 August 2013 in Abu Dhabi at the Bab Al Bahr Hotel at 19:00 (local time).


2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Draw
Prior to the draw, FIFA announced that as host, the United Arab Emirates would be placed as 'A1', to assist with ticket sales. The continental champions of the confederations AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, and UEFA are assigned to the other five groups. Teams from the same confederation cannot be drawn against each other at the group stage.


2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Draw
United Arab Emirates (assigned to Group A) Iran Iraq Japan Uzbekistan (assigned to Group C) New Zealand


2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Draw
Argentina (assigned to Group E) Brazil Uruguay Venezuela Mexico (assigned to Group F) Panama


2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Draw
Canada Honduras Côte d'Ivoire (assigned to Group B) Morocco Nigeria Tunisia


2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Draw
Austria Croatia Italy Russia (assigned to Group D) Slovakia Sweden


2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Logo and tickets
The logo of the competition was unveiled on 5 March 2013, including the local organising committee asking Omar Abdulrahman to be a 'brand ambassador' for this event.


2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Logo and tickets
'Stadium package' tickets for the Tournament went on sale on 26 June, with the ability to buy tickets per match once the draw has been made.


2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Logo and tickets
A falcon known as 'Shaqran' will be the mascot for the World Cup, after being introduced to local journalists on 13 May .


2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Group stage
The winners and runners-up from each group, as well as the best four third-placed teams, qualified for the first round of the knockout stage (round of 16).


2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Group stage
The ranking of each team in each group is determined as follows:


2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Group stage
If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows:


2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Group stage, Ranking of third-placed teams
The four best teams among those ranked third are determined as follows:


2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Knockout stage
In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, no extra time will be played, with the match to be determined by a penalty shoot-out.


2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Goalscorers
Top scorers after the end of the tournament this year.


2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup
The 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the nineteenth edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, since its inception in 1977 as the FIFA World Youth Championship. It ran from 21 June to 13 July 2013. At the FIFA Executive Meeting in Zürich on 3 March 2011, Turkey beat other bids to host the series games, from host competition by the United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistan. In its bid, Turkey suggested the use of thirteen stadiums in ten of its cities, before deciding in February 2012, that seven cities would play host to games.


2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup
This tournament marked the first time in its history that neither Argentina nor Brazil (the most successful teams in the competition) qualified. It was also only the second time that Brazil had not taken part (the first time was the 1979 edition).


2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup
France won the tournament and their first U-20 World Cup, and thus became the first nation to win all five FIFA 11-a-side men's titles (FIFA World Cup, FIFA Confederations Cup, FIFA U-20 World Cup, FIFA U-17 World Cup, and Olympic gold medal).


2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Bids
At the deadline date of 17 January 2011, three member associations confirmed they would be bidding for the event. Neither Turkey nor Uzbekistan had ever been hosts to a FIFA competition, while the United Arab Emirates were hosts of the U-20s in 2003.


2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Qualification
In addition to host nation Turkey, 23 nations qualified from six separate continental competitions.


2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Organization and emblem
To mark the one year countdown date to the competition, FIFA, as well as members of the Turkish FA, announced that the emblem would be presented to the media on 25 June 2012 at Ciragan Palace Mabeyn Hall in Istanbul. Details of the ticketing access were made publicly available on 30 November 2012.


2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Organization and emblem
Host city logos for each participating stadium were shown to the general public on 20 March 2013, with each taking inspiration from their surroundings. The official logo included an Evil Eye protector, worn or hung inside Turkish homes to bring luck.


2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Mascot
The mascot for the tournament was called Kanki, a blue-eyed Kangal puppy.