1997 FIFA Confederations Cup

1997 FIFA Confederations Cup
1997 السعودية

1997 FIFA Confederations Cup official logo
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
Fair play award  South Africa

The 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup was the first Confederations Cup to be organised by FIFA. The tournament had 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.

Qualified teams

1997 FIFA Confederations Cup participating teams
Team Confederation Qualification method Date qualification secured Participation no.
 Saudi Arabia AFC Hosts and 1996 AFC Asian Cup winner 3rd
 Brazil CONMEBOL 1994 FIFA World Cup winner 17 July 1994 1st
 Uruguay CONMEBOL 1995 Copa América winner 22 July 1995 1st
 Mexico CONCACAF 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup winner 20 January 1996 2nd
 South Africa CAF 1996 African Cup of Nations winner 3 February 1996 1st
 Czech Republic UEFA UEFA Euro 1996 runners-up 1 30 June 1996 1st
 Australia OFC 1996 OFC Nations Cup winner 1 November 1996 1st
 United Arab Emirates AFC 1996 AFC Asian Cup runners-up 2 21 December 1996 1st

1Germany, the UEFA Euro 1996 winner, declined to take part.

2United Arab Emirates was awarded a spot in the competition because Saudi Arabia had won the 1996 AFC Asian Cup.

Venue

All matches were played in:

Riyadh
King Fahd II Stadium
Capacity: 67,000

Match officials

Africa
Asia
Europe
North America, Central America and Caribbean
South America

Squads

See 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup squads

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 321062+47
 Australia 311132+14
 Mexico 310286+23
 Saudi Arabia 310218−73

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

12 December 1997
19:00 AST
Mexico  1–3  Australia
Hernández  80' (pen.) Report Viduka  45'
Aloisi  59'
Mori  90'

14 December 1997
17:50 AST
Saudi Arabia  0–5  Mexico
Report Palencia  20', 62'
Blanco  68', 76'
Luna  75'
King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Ian McLeod (South Africa)

14 December 1997
20:00 AST
Australia  0–0  Brazil
Report

16 December 1997
17:50 AST
Saudi Arabia  1–0  Australia
Al-Khilaiwi  40' Report

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

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Uruguay 330084+49
 Czech Republic 311195+44
 United Arab Emirates 310228−63
 South Africa 301257−21

13 December 1997
17:50 AST
United Arab Emirates  0–2  Uruguay
Report Olivera  45+2'
Pacheco  90+2'

13 December 1997
20:00 AST
South Africa  2–2  Czech Republic
Augustine  39'
Mkhalele  86'		 Report Šmicer  19', 40'

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

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

17 December 1997
20:00 AST
Uruguay  4–3  South Africa
Silva  12', 66'
Recoba  42'
Callejas  90'		 Report Radebe  11'
Mkhalele  69'
Ndlanya  77'

Knockout stage

Semi-finals 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
Romário  54'
Ronaldo  83'		 Report

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

Third place play-off

21 December 1997
17:50 AST
Czech Republic  1–0  Uruguay
Lasota  63' Report

Final

21 December 1997
21:00 AST
Brazil  6–0  Australia
Ronaldo  15', 27', 59'
Romário  38', 53', 75' (pen.)		 Report

Awards

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

Goalscorers

Romário received the Golden Shoe award for scoring seven goals. In total, 52 goals were scored by 32 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.

7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

References

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