1997 FIFA Confederations Cup
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{{Infobox International Football Competition
| tourney_name = FIFA Confederations Cup
| year = 1997
| other_titles = {{lang|ar|1997 السعودية}}
| image = SaudiArabia1997.JPG
| size = 150px
| caption = 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup official logo
| country = Saudi Arabia
| dates = [[12 December]] - [[21 December]]
| num_teams = 8
| confederations = 6
| venues = 1
| cities = 1
| champion = BRA
| count = 1
| second = AUS
| third = CZE
| fourth = URU
| matches = 16
| goals = 51
| attendance = 333500
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Romário]] (7 goals)
| player = {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Denílson de Oliveira Araújo|Denílson]]
}}
The '''1997 FIFA Confederations Cup''' was the first [[FIFA Confederations Cup|Confederations Cup]] to be organised by [[FIFA]]. The tournament had been previously been played in [[1992 King Fahd Cup|1992]] and [[1995 King Fahd Cup|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 national football team|Brazil]], who beat [[Australia national football team|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]]
==Participating teams==
*{{fb|KSA}} - hosts and [[1996 AFC Asian Cup]] winners
*{{fb|BRA}} - [[1994 FIFA World Cup]] winners
*{{fb|URU}} - [[Copa América 1995|1995 Copa América]] winners
*{{fb|RSA}} - [[1996 African Cup of Nations]] winners
*{{fb|AUS}} - [[1996 OFC Nations Cup]] winners
*{{fb|CZE}} - [[UEFA Euro 1996]] runners-up<ref>The Czech Republic took Germany's place as Europe's representative as the Euro 96 winners, Germany, declined to participate.</ref>
*{{fb|MEX}} - [[1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup]] winners
*{{fb|UAE}} - [[1996 AFC Asian Cup]] runners-up
==Match officials==
{{col-begin-small}}
{{col-2}}
;Africa
*{{flagicon|NIG}} [[Lucien Bouchardeau]]
*{{flagicon|RSA}} [[Ian McLeod (referee)|Ian McLeod]]
;Asia
*{{flagicon|KUW}} [[Saad Mane]]
*{{flagicon|THA}} [[Pirom Un-Prasert]]
;Europe
*{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Nikolai Levnikov]]
{{col-2}}
;North and Central America
*{{flagicon|TRI}} [[Ramesh Ramdhan]]
;South America
*{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Javier Castrilli]]
*{{flagicon|BOL}} [[René Ortube]]
{{col-end}}
==Squads==
See [[1997 FIFA Confederations Cup squads]]
==Group stage==
===Group A===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width="175"|Team
!width="20"|Pld
!width="20"|W
!width="20"|D
!width="20"|L
!width="20"|GF
!width="20"|GA
!width="20"|GD
!width="20"|Pts
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{fb|BRA}}
|3||2||1||0||6||2||+4||'''7'''
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{fb|AUS}}
|3||1||1||1||3||2||+1||'''4'''
|-
|align=left|{{fb|MEX}}
|3||1||0||2||8||6||+2||'''3'''
|-
|align=left|{{fb|KSA}}
|3||1||0||2||1||8||−7||'''3'''
|}
{{footballbox
|date = [[1997-12-12]]
|time = 16:15
|team1 = {{fb-rt|KSA}}
|score = 0 – 3
|team2 = {{fb|BRA}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[César Sampaio]] {{goal|65}}<br />[[Romário]] {{goal|73}} {{goal|80}}
|stadium = [[King Fahd II Stadium]], [[Riyadh]]
|attendance = 50,000
|referee = [[Nikolai Levnikov]] ([[Football Union of Russia|Russia]]) }}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[1997-12-12]]
|time = 19:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|MEX}}
|score = 1 – 3
|team2 = {{fb|AUS}}
|goals1 = [[Luis Hernández (footballer)|Hernández]] {{goal|80|pen.}}
|goals2 = [[Mark Viduka|Viduka]] {{goal|45}}<br />[[John Aloisi|Aloisi]] {{goal|59}}<br />[[Damian Mori|Mori]] {{goal|90}}
|stadium = [[King Fahd II Stadium]], [[Riyadh]]
|attendance = 15,000
|referee = [[Pirom Un-Prasert]] ([[Football Association of Thailand|Thailand]]) }}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[1997-12-14]]
|time = 17:50
|team1 = {{fb-rt|KSA}}
|score = 0 – 5
|team2 = {{fb|MEX}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Francisco Palencia|Palencia]] {{goal|20}} {{goal|62}}<br />[[Cuauhtémoc Blanco|Blanco]] {{goal|68}} {{goal|76}}<br />[[Braulio Luna|Luna]] {{goal|75}}
|stadium = [[King Fahd II Stadium]], [[Riyadh]]
|attendance = 15,000
|referee = [[Ian McLeod (referee)|Ian McLeod]] ([[South African Football Association|South Africa]]) }}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[1997-12-14]]
|time = 20:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|AUS}}
|score = 0 – 0
|team2 = {{fb|BRA}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[King Fahd II Stadium]], [[Riyadh]]
|attendance = 15,000
|referee = [[Lucien Bouchardeau]] ([[Fédération Nigerienne de Football|Niger]]) }}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[1997-12-16]]
|time = 17:50
|team1 = {{fb-rt|KSA}}
|score = 1 – 0
|team2 = {{fb|AUS}}
|goals1 = [[Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi|Al-Khilaiwi]] {{goal|40}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[King Fahd II Stadium]], [[Riyadh]]
|attendance = 20,000
|referee = [[Javier Castrilli]] ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]]) }}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[1997-12-16]]
|time = 20:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA}}
|score = 3 – 2
|team2 = {{fb|MEX}}
|goals1 = [[Romário]] {{goal|41|pen.}}<br />[[Denílson de Oliveira Araújo|Denílson]] {{goal|61}}<br />[[Júnior Baiano]] {{goal|66}}
|goals2 = [[Cuauhtémoc Blanco|Blanco]] {{goal|51}}<br />[[Ramón Ramírez|Ramírez]] {{goal|90}}
|stadium = [[King Fahd II Stadium]], [[Riyadh]]
|attendance = 20,000
|referee = [[Ian McLeod (referee)|Ian McLeod]] ([[South African Football Association|South Africa]]) }}
===Group B===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width="175"|Team
!width="20"|Pld
!width="20"|W
!width="20"|D
!width="20"|L
!width="20"|GF
!width="20"|GA
!width="20"|GD
!width="20"|Pts
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{fb|URU}}
|3||3||0||0||8||4||+4||'''9'''
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{fb|CZE}}
|3||1||1||1||9||5||+4||'''4'''
|-
|align=left|{{fb|UAE}}
|3||1||0||2||2||8||−6||'''3'''
|-
|align=left|{{fb|RSA}}
|3||0||1||2||5||7||−2||'''1'''
|}
{{footballbox
|date = [[1997-12-13]]
|time = 17:50
|team1 = {{fb-rt|UAE}}
|score = 0 – 2
|team2 = {{fb|URU}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Nicolás Olivera|Olivera]] {{goal|47}}<br />[[Antonio Pacheco D'Agosti|Pacheco]] {{goal|90}}
|stadium = [[King Fahd II Stadium]], [[Riyadh]]
|attendance = 13,000
|refereee = [[Ramesh Ramdhan]] ([[Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation|Trinidad and Tobago]]) }}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[1997-12-13]]
|time = 20:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|RSA}}
|score = 2 – 2
|team2 = {{fb|CZE}}
|goals1 = [[Brendan Augustine|Augustine]] {{goal|39}}<br />[[Helman Mkhalele|Mkhalele]] {{goal|86}}
|goals2 = [[Vladimír Šmicer|Šmicer]] {{goal|19}} {{goal|40}}
|stadium = [[King Fahd II Stadium]], [[Riyadh]]
|attendance = 7,500
|referee = [[Javier Castrilli]] ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]]) }}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[1997-12-15]]
|time = 17:50
|team1 = {{fb-rt|UAE}}
|score = 1 – 0
|team2 = {{fb|RSA}}
|goals1 = [[Hassan Mubarak|H. Mubarak]] {{goal|5}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[King Fahd II Stadium]], [[Riyadh]]
|attendance = 11,000
|referee = [[René Ortube]] ([[Federación Boliviana de Fútbol|Bolivia]]) }}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[1997-12-15]]
|time = 20:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CZE}}
|score = 1 – 2
|team2 = {{fb|URU}}
|goals1 = [[Horst Siegl|Siegl]] {{goal|89}}
|goals2 = [[Nicolás Olivera|Olivera]] {{goal|26}}<br />[[Marcelo Zalayeta|Zalayeta]] {{goal|88}}
|stadium = [[King Fahd II Stadium]], [[Riyadh]]
|attendance = 9,000
|referee = [[Saad Mane]] ([[Kuwait Football Association|Kuwait]]) }}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[1997-12-17]]
|time = 17:50
|team1 = {{fb-rt|UAE}}
|score = 1 – 6
|team2 = {{fb|CZE}}
|goals1 = [[Adnan Al-Talyani|Al-Talyani]] {{goal|78}}
|goals2 = [[Mohamed Obaid|Obaid]] {{goal|11|o.g.}}<br />[[Pavel Nedvěd|Nedvěd]] {{goal|22}} {{goal|31}}<br />[[Vladimír Šmicer|Šmicer]] {{goal|42}} {{goal|68}} {{goal|71}}
|stadium = [[King Fahd II Stadium]], [[Riyadh]]
|attendance = 8,000
|referee = [[René Ortube]] ([[Federación Boliviana de Fútbol|Bolivia]]) }}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[1997-12-17]]
|time = 20:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|URU}}
|score = 4 – 3
|team2 = {{fb|RSA}}
|goals1 = [[Darío Silva|Silva]] {{goal|12}} {{goal|66}}<br />[[Álvaro Recoba|Recoba]] {{goal|42}}<br/>[[Christian Callejas|Callejas]] {{goal|90}}
|goals2 = [[Lucas Radebe|Radebe]] {{goal|11}}<br />[[Helman Mkhalele|Mkhalele]] {{goal|69}}<br />[[Pollen Ndlanya|Ndlanya]] {{goal|77}}
|stadium = [[King Fahd II Stadium]], [[Riyadh]]
|attendance = 8,000
|referee = [[Ramesh Ramdhan]] ([[Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation|Trinidad and Tobago]]) }}
==Knockout stage==
{{Round4-with third
<!-- Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!-- semi-finals -->
|[[December 19]] - [[Riyadh]]|'''{{fb|BRA}}'''|2|{{fb|CZE}}|0
|[[December 19]] - [[Riyadh]]|{{fb|URU}}|0|'''{{fb|AUS}}'''|1
<!-- final -->
|[[December 21]] - [[Riyadh]]|'''{{fb|BRA}}'''|6|{{fb|AUS}}|0
<!-- third place play-off -->
|[[December 21]] - [[Riyadh]]|'''{{fb|CZE}}'''|1|{{fb|URU}}|0
}}
===Semi-finals===
{{footballbox
|date = [[1997-12-19]]
|time = 15:15
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA}}
|score = 2 – 0
|team2 = {{fb|CZE}}
|goals1 = [[Romário]] {{goal|54}}<br />[[Ronaldo]] {{goal|83}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[King Fahd II Stadium]], [[Riyadh]]
|attendance = 28,000
|referee = [[Lucien Bouchardeau]] ([[Fédération Nigerienne de Football|Niger]]) }}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[1997-12-19]]
|time = 19:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|URU}}
|score = 0 – 1 ([[Extra time|a.e.t.]])
|report =
|team2 = {{fb|AUS}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Harry Kewell|Kewell]] {{golden goal|92}}
|stadium = [[King Fahd II Stadium]], [[Riyadh]]
|attendance = 22,000
|referee = [[Nikolai Levnikov]] ([[Football Union of Russia|Russia]]) }}
===Third place play-off===
{{footballbox
|date = [[1997-12-21]]
|time = 17:50
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CZE}}
|score = 1 – 0
|team2 = {{fb|URU}}
|goals1 = [[Edvard Lasota|Lasota]] {{goal|63}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[King Fahd II Stadium]], [[Riyadh]]
|attendance = 27,000
|referee = [[Lucien Bouchardeau]] ([[Fédération Nigerienne de Football|Niger]]) }}
===Final===
{{footballbox
|date = [[1997-12-21]]
|time = 21:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA}}
|score = 6 – 0
|team2 = {{fb|AUS}}
|goals1 = [[Ronaldo]] {{goal|15}} {{goal|27}} {{goal|59|pen.}}<br />[[Romário]] {{goal|38}} {{goal|53}} {{goal|75}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[King Fahd II Stadium]], [[Riyadh]]
|attendance = 65,000
|referee = [[Pirom Un-Prasert]] ([[Football Association of Thailand|Thailand]]) }}
{{winners|fb|1997 Confederations Cup Winner|Brazil|First}}
==Top scorers==
'''7 goals'''
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Romário]]
'''5 goals'''
*{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Vladimír Šmicer]]
'''4 goals'''
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima|Ronaldo]]
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{{International football}}
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{{reflist}}
[[Category:1997 in football (soccer)|Confederations Cup]]
[[Category:FIFA Confederations Cup]]
[[Category:Sports festivals hosted in Saudi Arabia|Confederations Cup]]
[[Category:1997 in Saudi Arabia|Confederations Cup]]
[[ar:كأس القارات 1997]]
[[ca:Copa Confederacions 1997]]
[[de:Konföderationen-Pokal 1997]]
[[es:Copa Confederaciones 1997]]
[[fr:Coupe des Confédérations 1997]]
[[it:Confederations Cup 1997]]
[[ja:FIFAコンフェデレーションズカップ1997]]
[[pl:Puchar Konfederacji w piłce nożnej 1997]]
[[pt:Copa das Confederações de 1997]]
[[ru:Кубок Конфедераций 1997]]
[[sv:FIFA Confederations Cup 1997]]