1997 FIFA Confederations Cup

1997 FIFA Confederations Cup

1997 السعودية
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Tournament details
Host country	Saudi Arabia
Dates	12 December - 21 December
Teams	8 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (1st title)
Runners-up	Australia
Third place	Czech Republic
Fourth place	Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	52 (3.25 per match)
Attendance	333,500 (20,844 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Romário (7 goals)
Best player	Denílson
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The 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup was the first Confederations Cup to be organised by FIFA. The tournament had been previously been played in 1992 and 1995 as the King Fahd Cup. This edition of the tournament was hosted by Saudi Arabia, as with the previous editions, in December 1997 and was the first to feature representatives from all of the FIFA confederations. It was won by Brazil, who beat Australia 6–0 in the final. After winning the 1997 tournament, Brazil became the first country to be the reigning champion of both major FIFA tournaments (the World Cup and the Confederations Cup), as well as champion of their respective confederation by winning the 1997 Copa América. This feat has since been accomplished once by France, victorious in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2000 and the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup

Participating teams

1997 FIFA Confederations Cup participating teams

Team	Confederation	Qualification	Participation
Saudi Arabia	AFC	Hosts and 1996 AFC Asian Cup winners	3rd
Brazil	CONMEBOL	1994 FIFA World Cup winners	1st
Uruguay	CONMEBOL	1995 Copa América winners	1st
South Africa	CAF	1996 African Cup of Nations winners	1st
Australia	OFC	1996 OFC Nations Cup winners	1st
Czech Republic	UEFA	UEFA Euro 1996 runners-up[1]	1st
Mexico	CONCACAF	1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup Winners	2nd
United Arab Emirates	AFC	1996 AFC Asian Cup runners-up	1st

Venue

All matches were played in:

Riyadh
King Fahd II Stadium
Capacity: 67,000

Match officials

Africa Lucien Bouchardeau Ian McLeod Asia Saad Mane Pirom Un-Prasert Europe Nikolai Levnikov

North America, Central America and Caribbean Ramesh Ramdhan South America Javier Castrilli René Ortube

Squads

See 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup squads

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
Australia	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
Mexico	3	1	0	2	8	6	+2	3
Saudi Arabia	3	1	0	2	1	8	−7	3

12 December 1997 16:15 AST	Saudi Arabia	0 – 3	Brazil	King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)
		(Report)	César Sampaio  65' Romário  73', 80'

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12 December 1997 19:00 AST	Mexico	1 – 3	Australia	King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Pirom Un-Prasert (Thailand)
	Hernández  80' (pen.)	(Report)	Viduka  45' Aloisi  59' Mori  90'

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14 December 1997 17:50 AST	Saudi Arabia	0 – 5	Mexico	King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Ian McLeod (South Africa)
		(Report)	Palencia  20', 62' Blanco  68', 76' Luna  75'

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14 December 1997 20:00 AST	Australia	0 – 0	Brazil	King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger)
		(Report)

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16 December 1997 17:50 AST	Saudi Arabia	1 – 0	Australia	King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 55,450 Referee: Javier Castrilli (Argentina)
	Al-Khilaiwi  40'	(Report)

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16 December 1997 20:00 AST	Brazil	3 – 2	Mexico	King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Ian McLeod (South Africa)
	Romário  41' (pen.) Denílson  61' Júnior Baiano  66'	(Report)	Blanco  51' Ramírez  90'

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Uruguay	3	3	0	0	8	4	+4	9
Czech Republic	3	1	1	1	9	5	+4	4
United Arab Emirates	3	1	0	2	2	8	−6	3
South Africa	3	0	1	2	5	7	−2	1

13 December 1997 17:50 AST	United Arab Emirates	0 – 2	Uruguay	King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 13,000
		(Report)	Olivera  45+2' Pacheco  90+2'

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13 December 1997 20:00 AST	South Africa	2 – 2	Czech Republic	King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Javier Castrilli (Argentina)
	Augustine  39' Mkhalele  86'	(Report)	Šmicer  19', 40'

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15 December 1997 17:50 AST	United Arab Emirates	1 – 0	South Africa	King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 11,000 Referee: René Ortube (Bolivia)
	H. Mubarak  5'	(Report)

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15 December 1997 20:00 AST	Czech Republic	1 – 2	Uruguay	King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Saad Mane (Kuwait)
	Siegl  89'	(Report)	Olivera  26' Zalayeta  88'

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17 December 1997 17:50 AST	United Arab Emirates	1 – 6	Czech Republic	King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 8,000 Referee: René Ortube (Bolivia)
	Al-Talyani  78'	(Report)	Obaid  11' (o.g.) Nedvěd  22', 31' Šmicer  42', 68', 71'

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17 December 1997 20:00 AST	Uruguay	4 – 3	South Africa	King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago)
	Silva  12', 66' Recoba  42' Callejas  90'	(Report)	Radebe  11' Mkhalele  69' Ndlanya  77'

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	December 19 - Riyadh
	Brazil	2
	Czech Republic	0
					December 21 - Riyadh
					Brazil	6
					Australia	0
					Third place
	December 19 - Riyadh			December 21 - Riyadh
	Uruguay	0		Czech Republic	1
	Australia (a.e.t.)	1			Uruguay	0

Semi-finals

19 December 1997 15:15 AST	Brazil	2 – 0	Czech Republic	King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 68,000 Referee: Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger)
	Romário  54' Ronaldo  83'	(Report)

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19 December 1997 19:00 AST	Uruguay	0 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Australia	King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)
		(Report)	Kewell  92'

Third place play-off

21 December 1997 17:50 AST	Czech Republic	1 – 0	Uruguay	King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger)
	Lasota  63'	(Report)

Final

Main article: 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup Final

21 December 1997 21:00 AST	Brazil	6 – 0	Australia	King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Pirom Un-Prasert (Thailand)
	Ronaldo  15', 27', 59' Romário  38', 53', 75' (pen.)	(Report)

Awards

Golden Ball Winner	Golden Shoe Winner	FIFA Fair Play Trophy
Denilson	Romário	South Africa
Silver Ball Winner	Silver Shoe Winner
Romário	Vladimír Šmicer
Bronze Ball Winner	Bronze Shoe Winner
Vladimír Šmicer	Ronaldo

Top scorers

7 goals

• Romário

5 goals

• Vladimír Šmicer

4 goals

• Ronaldo

References

1. ^ The Czech Republic took Germany's place as Europe's representative as the Euro 96 winners, Germany, declined to participate.