1995 King Fahd Cup

The 1995 King Fahd Cup was the second and last tournament held under the King Fahd Cup name before the competition was retroactively sanctioned by FIFA and recognized as FIFA Confederations Cup. Disputed as the King Fahd Cup, in honor of the then Saudi ruler who organized the tournament with his country's federation, it was hosted by Saudi Arabia in January 1995. It was won by Denmark, who beat defending champions Argentina 2–0 in the final.

Venue

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

Match referees

;Africa • Lim Kee Chong ;Asia • Ali Bujsaim ;Europe • Ion Crăciunescu ;North America, Central America and Caribbean • Rodrigo Badilla ;South America • Salvador Imperatore ==Squads==

Group stage

Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- ==Third place play-off==

Final

The 1995 King Fahd Cup Final was held at King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 13 January 1995. The match was contested by Denmark and the title holders, Argentina. Denmark won their first King Fahd Cup/Confederations Cup title. ==Statistics==

Statistics

Goalscorers With three goals, Luis García was the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 19 goals were scored by 14 different players, with none of them credited as an own goal. ;3 goals • Luis García ;2 goals • Gabriel Batistuta • Peter Rasmussen • Daniel Amokachi ;1 goal • José Chamot • Ariel Ortega • Sebastián Rambert • Brian Laudrup • Michael Laudrup • Morten Wieghorst • Kazuyoshi Miura • Ramón Ramírez • Mutiu Adepoju • Emmanuel Amunike Tournament ranking ==References==

Source: Wikipedia ↗

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