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When the World Cup champion is also winner of its confederation championship, then the runner-up champion takes the place, ensuring eight teams for the tournament. In the 2005 Tournament , however, Brazil , as World Cup champion and Germany , as host, had qualified. When Brazil also won the Copa América , instead of the eighth spot going to Germany (as runner-up in the World Cup), it went instead to Argentina , which was the runner-up in the Copa América. The first tournament was held in Saudi Arabia in 1992 , and was known as the King Fahd Cup, named after King Fahd Of Saudi Arabia . In 1997 , FIFA upgraded the status of the competition to an official tournament, increased the number of teams to eight, and renamed it the ''FIFA Confederations Cup''. The competition since was held every two years. From 2005 onwards, the tournament was changed to be held to once in every four years. The tournament will be held one year prior to each World Cup at the country that will host the World Cup the following year. This decision was made to make the Confederations Cup a dress rehearsal for the World Cup (for the host nations as well as the participating teams). The 2003 Tournament was marred by tragedy, when the Cameroon player Marc-Vivien Foé collapsed and died during the semi-final against Colombia . LIST OF TOURNAMENTS BROADCASTING RIGHTS
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