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1997 FIFA Confederations Cup

Field	Value
tourney_name	FIFA Confederations Cup
year	1997
other_titles	1997 السعودية
image	1997 FIFA Confederations Cup.png
size	160px
caption	1997 FIFA Confederations Cup official logo
country	Saudi Arabia
dates	12–21 December
num_teams	8
confederations	6
venues	1
cities	1
champion	BRA
count	1
second	AUS
third	CZE
fourth	URU
matches	16
goals	52
attendance	333500
top_scorer	BRA Romário (7 goals)
player	BRA Denílson
fair_play
prevseason	[1995](1995-king-fahd-cup)
nextseason	[1999](1999-fifa-confederations-cup)

The 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup was the first Confederations Cup to be organized 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, in a rematch of their goalless group stage encounter, beat Australia 6–0 in the final. After winning the 1997 tournament along with the 1994 FIFA World Cup and 1997 Copa América, Brazil became the first country to be the reigning champion of both major FIFA tournaments (the World Cup and the Confederations Cup), and champion of their respective confederation. This feat has since been accomplished once by France, victorious in the 1998 World Cup, UEFA Euro 2000, and the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup. Brazil repeated this feat again in 2005.

Qualified teams

Confederation	Qualification method	Date qualification secured	Participation no.
AFC	Hosts and [1996 AFC Asian Cup](1996-afc-asian-cup) winners	align=center	3rd
CONMEBOL	[1994 FIFA World Cup](1994-fifa-world-cup) winners	17 July 1994	1st
CONMEBOL	[1995 Copa América](1995-copa-america) winners	22 July 1995	1st
CONCACAF	[1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup](1996-concacaf-gold-cup) winners	20 January 1996	2nd
CAF	[1996 African Cup of Nations](1996-african-cup-of-nations) winners	3 February 1996	1st
UEFA	UEFA Euro 1996 runners-up	30 June 1996	1st
OFC	[1996 OFC Nations Cup](1996-ofc-nations-cup) winners	1 November 1996	1st
AFC	[1996 AFC Asian Cup](1996-afc-asian-cup) runners-up	21 December 1996	1st

Venue

All matches were played in 67,000-seat King Fahd International Stadium in the city of Riyadh.

Riyadh
King Fahd International Stadium
Capacity: 67,000
[[File:キングファハド国際スタジアム.jpg	197x197px]]

Match referees

;Africa

NIG Lucien Bouchardeau
RSA Ian McLeod ;Asia
KUW Saad Mane
THA Pirom Un-Prasert ;Europe
RUS Nikolai Levnikov ;North America, Central America and Caribbean
TRI Ramesh Ramdhan ;South America
ARG Javier Castrilli
BOL René Ortubé

Squads

Main article: 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup squads

Group stage

1997 FIFA Confederations Cup participating teams

Group A

Main article: 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
	3	1	0	2	8	6	+2	3
(H)	3	1	0	2	1	8	−7	3

(H) Hosts{{football box Romário

Aloisi Mori

Blanco Luna

Denílson Júnior Baiano Ramírez

Group B

Main article: 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup Group B

Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	3	0	0	8	4	+4	9
3	1	1	1	9	5	+4	4
3	1	0	2	2	8	−6	3
3	0	1	2	5	7	−2	1

Pacheco

Mkhalele

Zalayeta

Nedvěd Šmicer

Recoba Callejas Mkhalele Ndlanya

Knockout stage

Main article: 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup knockout stage

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Semi-finals

Ronaldo

Third place play-off

Final

Main article: 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup final

Romário

Awards

Golden Ball	Golden Shoe	FIFA Fair Play Trophy	Silver Ball	Silver Shoe	Bronze Ball	Bronze Shoe
BRA Denílson	BRA Romário
BRA Romário	CZE Vladimír Šmicer
CZE Vladimír Šmicer	BRA Ronaldo

Source: FIFA

Statistics

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

BRA Romário

;5 goals

CZE Vladimír Šmicer

;4 goals

BRA Ronaldo

;3 goals

MEX Cuauhtémoc Blanco

;2 goals

CZE Pavel Nedvěd
MEX Francisco Palencia
RSA Helman Mkhalele
URU Nicolás Olivera
URU Darío Silva

;1 goal

AUS Mark Viduka
AUS John Aloisi
AUS Damian Mori
AUS Harry Kewell
BRA César Sampaio
BRA Denílson
BRA Júnior Baiano
CZE Horst Siegl
CZE Edvard Lasota
KSA Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi
MEX Luis Hernández
MEX Braulio Luna
MEX Ramón Ramírez
RSA Pollen Ndlanya
RSA Lucas Radebe
RSA Brendan Augustine
UAE Hassan Mubarak
UAE Adnan Al Talyani
URU Antonio Pacheco
URU Marcelo Zalayeta
URU Christian Callejas
URU Álvaro Recoba

;Own goal

UAE Mohamed Obaid (against Czech Republic)

Tournament ranking

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

group stage

Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards

Notes

References

"FIFA Confederations Cup Saudi Arabia 1997 {{!}} Awards". Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA).
(10 July 2017). "Statistical Kit: FIFA Confederations Cup (FCC 2017 post-event edition) – Ranking by tournament". Fédération Internationale de Football Association.
(3 February 2018). "Soccer Nostalgia: FIFA Confederations Cup-Part Five (1997 FIFA Confederations Cup)".

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