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
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

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

Saudi Arabia v Brazil

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)

Mexico v Australia

12 December 1997
19:00 AST

Mexico	1–3	Australia
Hernández 80' (pen.)	Report	Viduka 45' Aloisi 59' Mori 90'

King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Pirom Un-Prasert (Thailand)

Saudi Arabia v Mexico

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)

Australia v Brazil

14 December 1997
20:00 AST

Australia	0–0	Brazil
	Report

King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger)

Saudi Arabia v Australia

16 December 1997
17:50 AST

Saudi Arabia	1–0	Australia
Al-Khilaiwi 40'	Report

King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 55,450
Referee: Javier Castrilli (Argentina)

Brazil v Mexico

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	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

United Arab Emirates v Uruguay

13 December 1997
17:50 AST

United Arab Emirates	0–2	Uruguay
	Report	Olivera 45+2' Pacheco 90+2'

King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago)

South Africa v Czech Republic

13 December 1997
20:00 AST

South Africa	2–2	Czech Republic
Augustine 39' Mkhalele 86'	Report	Šmicer 19', 40'

King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Javier Castrilli (Argentina)

United Arab Emirates v South Africa

15 December 1997
17:50 AST

United Arab Emirates	1–0	South Africa
H. Mubarak 5'	Report

King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: René Ortube (Bolivia)

Czech Republic v Uruguay

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)

Uruguay v South Africa

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'

King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago)

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

Brazil v Czech Republic

19 December 1997
15:15 AST

Brazil	2–0	Czech Republic
Romário 54' Ronaldo 83'	Report

King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger)

Uruguay v Australia

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

Czech Republic v Uruguay

21 December 1997
17:50 AST

Czech Republic	1–0	Uruguay
Lasota 63'	Report

King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger)

Final

Main article: 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup Final

Brazil v Australia

21 December 1997
21:00 AST

Brazil	6–0	Australia
Ronaldo 15', 27', 59' Romário 38', 53', 75' (pen.)	Report

King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Pirom Un-Prasert (Thailand)

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

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

Romário

5 goals

Vladimír Šmicer

4 goals

Ronaldo

3 goals

Cuauhtémoc Blanco

2 goals

1 goal

Own goal

Mohamed Obaid (against Czech Republic)

References

External links

FIFA Confederations Cup Saudi Arabia 1997, FIFA.com
FIFA Technical Report (Part 1), (Part 2) and (Part 3)

1997 FIFA Confederations Cup finalists

Brazil

Eliminated in the
group stage

Group A	Mexico Saudi Arabia

Group B	South Africa United Arab Emirates

FIFA Confederations Cup

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

Finals	1992 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2009 2013 2017

Squads	1992 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2009 2013 2017

Other articles	Finals Goalscorers Hat-tricks Records Red cards Team appearances

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