2017 FIFA Confederations Cup

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2017 FIFA Confederations Cup
Кубок конфедераций 2017
2017 FIFA Confederations cup.png
Tournament details
Host country Russia
Dates 17 June – 2 July
Teams 8 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s) 4 (in 4 host cities)
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2017 FIFA Confederations Cup participating teams

The 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup is the 10th edition of the FIFA Confederations Cup, a quadrennial international men's football tournament organised by FIFA. It will be held in Russia from 17 June to 2 July 2017 as a prelude to the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[1]

Russia was announced as the host on 2 December 2010 after the country was awarded the hosting rights of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[2] The matches will be played in four different stadiums across four cities: Saint Petersburg, Moscow, Kazan and Sochi. It will be the first time Russia hosts the tournament, and the third time the Confederations Cup is held within the European continent. As hosts, Russia automatically qualified for the tournament. The six winners of the FIFA confederation championships as well as the 2014 FIFA World Cup champions, Germany, also qualified.

The final tournament will be played in two stages: a group stage and a latter knockout stage. In the group stage each team will play three games in a group of four, with the winners and runners-up from each group advancing to the knockout stage. In the knockout stage the four teams will competed in single-elimination matches, beginning with the semi-finals and ending with the final match of the tournament. A third-place match will also be played between the two losing teams of the semi-finals.

The defending champions, Brazil, who won the previous three Confederation Cups (2005, 2009, 2013) failed to qualify following their loss on penalties to Paraguay in the quarter-finals of the 2015 Copa América. 2015 AFC Asian Cup winners Australia also became the first team to qualify from multiple confederations, having previously represented the OFC in 1997, 2001 and 2005.

Qualification

The eight competing teams will be the host nation, the reigning FIFA World Cup champions, and the six holders of the FIFA confederation championships. If any team qualifies for multiple berths (such as, if the World Cup champions also won their continental championship), the next best-placed team from their continental championship qualifies.

After Russia secured a spot in the tournament as hosts, Germany were the first team to qualify via competition, after winning the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. The final match saw the Germans clinch the country's fourth world title through a 1–0 extra-time win to Argentina. Australia were the next team to qualify after beating South Korea 1–2 in extra-time in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup Final. The victory marked Australia's first Asian Cup win since their move from the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) in 2006. It was also the first time a team had become champions of two confederations, following Australia's four OFC Nations Cup titles. Chile were the fourth team to secure a spot at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup after defeating Argentina in the 2015 Copa América Final on a penalty shootout after a goalless draw. As 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup champions Mexico's qualifying path saw them face 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup champions United States in the 2015 CONCACAF Cup play-off match. The new format, in which the two most recent CONCACAF Gold Cup winners compete to decide the representative team of CONCACAF, was won by the Mexicans 3–2.

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament.

Country Confederation Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearance in tournament1
 Russia UEFA 2018 FIFA World Cup hosts 2 December 2010 1st
 Germany UEFA 2014 FIFA World Cup winners 13 July 2014 3rd (1999, 2005)
 Australia AFC 2015 AFC Asian Cup winners 31 January 2015 4th (1997, 2001, 2005)
 Chile CONMEBOL 2015 Copa América winners 4 July 2015 1st
 Mexico CONCACAF 2015 CONCACAF Cup winners 10 October 2015 7th (1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2013)
TBD OFC 2016 OFC Nations Cup winners 11 June 2016 TBD
TBD UEFA UEFA Euro 2016 winners[upper-alpha 1] 10 July 2016 TBD
TBD CAF 2017 Africa Cup of Nations winners 5 February 2017 TBD
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
  1. ↑ If Russia or Germany win Euro 2016, the best-placed FIFA member not yet qualified will take the spot[citation needed] (see below).

Teams in contention

CAF berth

Winners of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations

Teams qualified for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations
Teams competing in qualifying that can advance to the final tournament

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OFC berth

Winners of the 2016 OFC Nations Cup

Teams that can still win the 2016 OFC Nations Cup

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UEFA berth

Winners of UEFA Euro 2016

Teams qualified for UEFA Euro 2016

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

Final draw

The draw is scheduled to take place on 26 November 2016 at the Tennis Academy in the city of Kazan.[3]

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
Piter Arena Otkrytie Arena
Capacity: 66,881
(new stadium)		 Capacity: 44,829
Krestovsky Stadium2.jpg Spartak stadium (Otkrytiye Arena), 23 August 2014.JPG
Kazan Sochi
Kazan Arena Fisht Olympic Stadium
Capacity: 45,015 Capacity: 47,659
RubinKazanNewStadium.png Стадион Фишт.JPG

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 draw will be held on 26 November 2016 in Kazan.[citation needed]

All times are local Moscow time (UTC+3)

Group stage

The group stage of the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup will take place from 17–25 June 2017. Each team will play three games, with the winners and runners-up from each group advancing to the knockout 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
First match(es) will be played on 17 June 2017. Source: FIFA
(H) Host.

17 June 2017 (2017-06-17)
18:00
Russia  Match 1 A2

18 June 2017 (2017-06-18)
18:00
A3 Match 2 A4

21 June 2017 (2017-06-21)
18:00
Russia  Match 5 A3

21 June 2017 (2017-06-21)
21:00
A4 Match 6 A2

24 June 2017 (2017-06-24)
18:00
A4 Match 9  Russia

24 June 2017 (2017-06-24)
18:00
A2 Match 10 A3

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 B1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2 B2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 B4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 18 June 2017. Source: FIFA

18 June 2017 (2017-06-18)
21:00
B1 Match 3 B2

19 June 2017 (2017-06-19)
18:00
B3 Match 4 B4

22 June 2017 (2017-06-22)
18:00
B1 Match 7 B3

22 June 2017 (2017-06-22)
21:00
B4 Match 8 B2

25 June 2017 (2017-06-25)
18:00
B4 Match 11 B1

25 June 2017 (2017-06-25)
18:00
B2 Match 12 B3

Knockout stage

In all matches in the knockout stage, if the score are level at the end of 90 minutes, two 15-minute periods of extra time will take place. If the score are still level after extra time, the match will be decided by a penalty shoot-out.

 
 Semi-finals Final
 
            
 
 28 June — Kazan
 
 
 Winner Group A
 
 2 July — Saint Petersburg
 
 Runner-up Group B
 
 Winner Match 13
 
 29 June — Sochi
 
 Winner Match 14
 
 Winner Group B
 
 
 Runner-up Group A
 
 Third Place
 
 
 2 July — Moscow
 
 
 Loser Match 13
 
 
 Loser Match 14

Semi-finals

28 June 2017 (2017-06-28)
21:00
Winner Group A Match 13 Runner-up Group B

29 June 2017 (2017-06-29)
21:00
Winner Group B Match 14 Runner-up Group A

Third place match

2 July 2017 (2017-07-02)
15:00
Loser Match 13 Match 15 Loser Match 14

Final

2 July 2017 (2017-07-02)
21:00
Winner Match 13 Match 16 Winner Match 14

References

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