2017 FIFA Confederations Cup

2017 FIFA Confederations Cup

Кубок конфедераций 2017
Tournament details
Host country	Russia
Dates	17 June – 2 July
Teams	8 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)

The 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup is the 10th edition of the FIFA Confederations Cup, a quadrennial international men's football tournament organized by FIFA, and will be held between 17 June and 2 July 2017,^[1] as a prelude to the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The host will be Russia, as announced on 2 December 2010 after the country was awarded the hosting rights of the 2018 World Cup.^[2]

Since the host country, Russia and the 2014 World Cup Champions, Germany, are both from UEFA, and a third team will qualify from UEFA Euro 2016, this will be the first time that three teams from the same confederation will take part in any Confederations Cup. 2015 AFC Asian Cup winners Australia became the first team to qualify from multiple confederations, having previously represented the OFC in 1997, 2001 and 2005.

Brazil, who have won the previous three Confederation Cups (2005, 2009, 2013), failed to qualify following their loss on penalties to Paraguay in the quarterfinals of the 2015 Copa América. This will mark the first time since the tournament's inception that Brazil will not participate (excluding the King Fahd Cup).

Qualified teams

The eight competing teams will be the hosts, the reigning World Cup champions, and the six holders of the FIFA confederation championships. Starting from this tournament, the two most recent CONCACAF Gold Cup champions will compete in a play-off (called the CONCACAF Cup) to decide the representative team of CONCACAF.^[3]

If any team qualifies for multiple berths (e.g., if the World Cup champions also won their continental championship), the next best-placed team from their continental championship qualifies.

Past Confederations Cup championships won are in bold.

Team	Confederation	Qualification method	Date of qualification secured	Appearance
Russia	UEFA	2018 FIFA World Cup host	12 December 2010	1st
Germany	UEFA	2014 FIFA World Cup winners	213 July 2014	3rd (1999, 2005)
Australia	AFC	2015 AFC Asian Cup winners	331 January 2015	4th (1997, 2001, 2005)
Chile	CONMEBOL	2015 Copa América winners	44 July 2015	1st
Mexico	CONCACAF	2015 CONCACAF Cup winners	510 October 2015	7th (1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2013)
TBD	OFC	2016 OFC Nations Cup winners	611 June 2016	TBD
TBD	UEFA	UEFA Euro 2016 winners[upper-alpha 1]	710 July 2016	TBD
TBD	CAF	2017 Africa Cup of Nations winners	812 February 2017	TBD

Teams in contention

CAF berth

Winners of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations

Teams qualified for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations

•  Gabon

Teams competing in qualifying that can advance to the final tournament

OFC berth

Winners of the 2016 OFC Nations Cup

Teams qualified for the 2016 OFC Nations Cup

UEFA berth

Winners of UEFA Euro 2016

Teams qualified for UEFA Euro 2016

Note: Russia (host nation) and Germany (World Cup champion) have already qualified for the Confederations Cup.

Venues

Four cities will serve as the venues for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup.^[4][5] All four venues will also be among the 12 used for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

On 8 October 2015, FIFA and the Local Organising Committee agreed on the official names of the stadiums used during the tournament.^[6]

Saint Petersburg	Moscow Saint Petersburg Kazan Sochi		Moscow
Piter Arena			Otkrytie Arena
Capacity: 66,881 (new stadium)			Capacity: 44,829
Kazan			Sochi
Kazan Arena			Fisht Olympic Stadium
Capacity: 45,015			Capacity: 47,659

Schedule

The full schedule was announced by FIFA on 24 July 2015 (without kick-off times, which will be confirmed later).^[7][8] Russia will be placed in position A1 in the group stage and play in the opening match at the Zenit Arena in Saint Petersburg on 17 June. The distribution of the knockout stage matches are as follows:^[9]

• The Piter Arena in Saint Petersburg will host the final on 2 July.
• The Kazan Arena in Kazan will host the first semi-final on 28 June.
• The Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi will host the second semi-final on 29 June.
• The Otkrytie Arena in Moscow will host the third place match on 2 July.

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
2	A2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	A3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	A4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Russia  v A2

17 June 2017 (2017-06-17) 18:00

Russia	Match 1	A2

Piter Arena, Saint Petersburg

Russia  v A3

21 June 2017 (2017-06-21)

Russia	Match 5	A3

Otkrytie Arena, Moscow

A4 v  Russia

24 June 2017 (2017-06-24) 18:00

A4	Match 9	Russia

Kazan Arena, Kazan

Group B

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Third place match

Final

References

External links

• FIFA Confederations Cup, FIFA.com

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