Anyone knows the answer? What is the meaning of this cup, what´s the difference with others NT competitions and what the purpose??
From FIFA's perspective: It is, as the FIFA website calls it, the "Cup of Champions" -- an opportunity for the most recent winners of the championships of each confederation (EURO 2000, Gold Cup 2002, 2002 African Cup of Nations, Copa America 2001, etc.) to face off. As the Chairman of the Organizing Committee puts it, it's "a continental showdown - the opportunity for regional champions to come together in the spirit of competition and fair play, to challenge each other for the right to claim the inter-continental crown." Further, he notes, "The competition also provides a welcome opportunity for the so-called lesser Confederations to test their progress against the nations of the more established and wealthier Continents...." http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/event/committee,2003,1045,10.html
? I still don't see the difference in a big picture type of way between this and the world cup. And inter-continental champion? I the World Cup Champion not an inter-continental champion as well?