1997 FIFA Confederations Cup

1997 FIFA Confederations Cup
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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

1 Participating teams
2 Venue
3 Match officials
4 Squads
5 Group stage
- 5.1 Group A
- 5.2 Group B
6 Knockout stage
7 Awards
8 Top scorers
9 References

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

Asia

Europe

Nikolai Levnikov

North America, Central America and Caribbean

Ramesh Ramdhan

South America

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'

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'

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'

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

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)

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'	King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 13,000

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'

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)

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'

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'

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

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	King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 68,000 Referee: Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger)
	Romário 54' Ronaldo 83'	(Report)

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

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

1997 FIFA Confederations Cup finalists

Champions	Brazil

Runners-up	Australia

Third place	Czech Republic

Fourth place	Uruguay

Eliminated in group stage	Mexico · Saudi Arabia · South Africa · United Arab Emirates

FIFA Confederations Cup

Tournaments	Saudi Arabia 1992 Saudi Arabia 1995 Saudi Arabia 1997 Mexico 1999 Korea Republic/Japan 2001 France 2003 Germany 2005 South Africa 2009 Brazil 2013 Russia 2017 Qatar 2021

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Squads	1992 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2009

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