1997 FIFA Confederations Cup

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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)
Runner-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

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

Contents 1 Participating teams 2 Venue 3 Match officials 4 Squads 5 Group stage 5.1 Group A 5.2 Group B 6 Knockout stage 6.1 Semi-finals 6.2 Third place play-off 6.3 Final 7 Awards 8 Top scorers 9 References

[edit] Participating teams

•  Saudi Arabia - hosts and 1996 AFC Asian Cup winners
•  Brazil - 1994 FIFA World Cup winners
•  Uruguay - 1995 Copa América winners
•  South Africa - 1996 African Cup of Nations winners
•  Australia - 1996 OFC Nations Cup winners
•  Czech Republic - UEFA Euro 1996 runners-up^[1]
•  Mexico - 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners
•  United Arab Emirates - 1996 AFC Asian Cup runners-up

[edit] Venue

All matches were played in:

Riyadh
King Fahd II Stadium
Capacity: 67,000

[edit] 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

[edit] Squads

See 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup squads

[edit] Group stage

[edit] 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

1997-12-12 16:15	Saudi Arabia	0 – 3	Brazil	King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)
			César Sampaio  65' Romário  73', 80'

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

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1997-12-14 17:50	Saudi Arabia	0 – 5	Mexico	King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ian McLeod (South Africa)
			Palencia  20', 62' Blanco  68', 76' Luna  75'

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1997-12-14 20:00	Australia	0 – 0	Brazil	King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger)

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1997-12-16 17:50	Saudi Arabia	1 – 0	Australia	King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Javier Castrilli (Argentina)
	Al-Khilaiwi  40'

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1997-12-16 20:00	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'		Blanco  51' Ramírez  90'

[edit] 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

1997-12-13 17:50	United Arab Emirates	0 – 2	Uruguay	King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 13,000
			Olivera  47' Pacheco  90'

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1997-12-13 20:00	South Africa	2 – 2	Czech Republic	King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Javier Castrilli (Argentina)
	Augustine  39' Mkhalele  86'		Šmicer  19', 40'

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1997-12-15 17:50	United Arab Emirates	1 – 0	South Africa	King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 11,000 Referee: René Ortube (Bolivia)
	H. Mubarak  5'

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1997-12-15 20:00	Czech Republic	1 – 2	Uruguay	King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Saad Mane (Kuwait)
	Siegl  89'		Olivera  26' Zalayeta  88'

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1997-12-17 17:50	United Arab Emirates	1 – 6	Czech Republic	King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 8,000 Referee: René Ortube (Bolivia)
	Al-Talyani  78'		Obaid  11' (o.g.) Nedvěd  22', 31' Šmicer  42', 68', 71'

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1997-12-17 20:00	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'		Radebe  11' Mkhalele  69' Ndlanya  77'

[edit] 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	1			Uruguay	0

[edit] Semi-finals

1997-12-19 15:15	Brazil	2 – 0	Czech Republic	King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger)
	Romário  54' Ronaldo  83'

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1997-12-19 19:00	Uruguay	0 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Australia	King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)
			Kewell  92'

[edit] Third place play-off

1997-12-21 17:50	Czech Republic	1 – 0	Uruguay	King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger)
	Lasota  63'

[edit] Final

1997-12-21 21:00	Brazil	6 – 0	Australia	King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Pirom Un-Prasert (Thailand)
	Ronaldo  15', 27', 59' (pen.) Romário  38', 53', 75'

1997 Confederations Cup Winner
Brazil First title

[edit] Awards

Golden Shoe Winner	Golden Ball Winner	FIFA Fair Play Trophy
Romário	Denilson	South Africa

Silver Ball Winner	Bronze Ball Winner
Romário	Vladimir Smicer
Silver Shoe Winner	Bronze Shoe Winner
Vladimir Smicer	Ronaldo

[edit] Top scorers

7 goals

• Romário

5 goals

• Vladimír Šmicer

4 goals

• Ronaldo

[edit] References

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