1997 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 TeamConfederationQualification methodDate qualification securedParticipation no.AFCHosts and 1996 AFC Asian Cup winneralign=center 3rdCONMEBOL1994 FIFA World Cup winners17 July 19941stCONMEBOL1995 Copa América winners22 July 19951stCONCACAF1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners20 January 19962ndCAF1996 African Cup of Nations winners3 February 19961stUEFAUEFA Euro 1996 runners-up30 June 19961stOFC1996 OFC Nations Cup winners1 November 19961stAFC1996 AFC Asian Cup runners-up21 December 19961st

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

+RiyadhKing Fahd International StadiumCapacity: 67,000

Match referees

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 Ortubé

Squads

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Final

Awards Golden BallGolden ShoeFIFA Fair Play Trophy Denílson RomárioSilver BallSilver Shoe Romário Vladimír ŠmicerBronze BallBronze Shoe Vladimír Šmicer Ronaldo

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 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 Antonio Pacheco Marcelo Zalayeta Christian Callejas Álvaro Recoba

Own goal Mohamed Obaid (against Czech Republic)

Tournament ranking

Team of the Tournament

GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards Mohamed Al-Deayea Michal Horňák Mark Fish Júnior Baiano David Nyathi Ned Zelic Dunga Roberto Carlos Nicolás Olivera Vladimír Šmicer Romário

1997 FIFA Confederations Cup

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