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

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.

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

• 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

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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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United Arab Emirates v Czech Republic

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)

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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)

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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

• Pavel Nedvěd
• Francisco Palencia
• Helman Mkhalele
• Nicolás Olivera
• Darío Silva

1 goal

• Mark Viduka
• John Aloisi
• Damian Mori
• Harry Kewell
• César Sampaio
• Denílson
• Júnior Baiano
• Horst Siegl

• Edvard Lasota
• Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi
• Luis Hernández
• Braulio Luna
• Ramón Ramírez
• Pollen Ndlanya
• Lucas Radebe

• Brendan Augustine
• Hassan Mubarak
• Adnan Al Talyani
• Pacheco
• Marcelo Zalayeta
• Christian Callejas
• Álvaro Recoba

Own goal

• Mohamed Obaid (against Czech Republic)

External links

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