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Romário (7 goals)BRA}} Denílson RSA}}1995 King Fahd Cup>19951999 FIFA Confederations Cup>1999}}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, 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 World Cup, UEFA Euro 2000 and the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup.

Qualified teams{| class"wikitable sortable"

!Team!Confederation!Qualification method!Date qualification secured!Participation no.Saudi Arabia}}Asian Football Confederation>AFC|Hosts and 1996 AFC Asian Cup winnersn/a3rdBrazil}}|CONMEBOL|1994 FIFA World Cup winners17 July 19941stUruguay}}|CONMEBOL|1995 Copa América winners22 July 19951stMexico}}|CONCACAF|1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners20 January 19962ndSouth Africa}}Confederation of African Football>CAF|1996 African Cup of Nations winners3 February 19961stCzech Republic}}|UEFA|UEFA Euro 1996 runners-up130 June 19961stAustralia}}Oceania Football Confederation>OFC|1996 OFC Nations Cup winners1 November 19961stUnited Arab Emirates}}Asian Football Confederation>AFC|1996 AFC Asian Cup runners-up221 December 19961st1Germany, the UEFA Euro 1996 winner, declined to participate. Czech Republic, the runners-up, were invited to their place. 2The United 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 67,000-seat King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh.{{fact|date=July 2023}}

Match referees

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Africa

• {{flagicon|NIG}} Lucien Bouchardeau
• {{flagicon|RSA}} Ian McLeod

Asia

• {{flagicon|KUW}} Saad Mane
• {{flagicon|THA}} Pirom Un-Prasert

Europe

• {{flagicon|RUS}} Nikolai Levnikov

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North America, Central America and Caribbean

• {{flagicon|TRI}} Ramesh Ramdhan

South America

• {{flagicon|ARG}} Javier Castrilli
• {{flagicon|BOL|civil}} René Ortubé

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Squads

Group stage

(File:1997 confed cup.png|300px|thumb|1997 FIFA Confederations Cup participating teams)

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"{{fb|BRA}}|7 bgcolor="#ccffcc"{{fb|AUS}}|4{{fb|MEX}}|3{{fb|KSA}}|3{{footballbox|date = 12 December 1997UTC+3>ASTKSA}}|score = 0–3|report = weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160818185207weblink">ReportBRA}}|goals1 = César Sampaio {{goal>65}}Romário {{goal|80}}|stadium = King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh|attendance = 80,000Nikolai Levnikov (Russian Football Union>Russia)}}

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{{footballbox|date = 12 December 1997UTC+3>ASTMEX}}|score = 1–3|report = weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160818192349weblink">ReportAUS}}Luis Hernández (footballer, born 1968)>Hernández {{goalpen.}}Mark Viduka>Viduka {{goalJohn Aloisi>Aloisi {{goalDamian Mori>Mori {{goal|90}}|stadium = King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh|attendance = 15,000Pirom Un-Prasert (Football Association of Thailand>Thailand)}}

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{{footballbox|date = 14 December 1997UTC+3>ASTKSA}}|score = 0–5|report = weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160818190955weblink">ReportMEX}}Francisco Palencia>Palencia {{goalCuauhtémoc Blanco>Blanco {{goalBraulio Luna>Luna {{goal|75}}|stadium = King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh|attendance = 15,000Ian McLeod (referee)>Ian McLeod (South Africa)}}

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{{footballbox|date = 14 December 1997UTC+3>ASTAUS}}|score = 0–0|report = weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160818185341weblink">ReportBRA}}|stadium = King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh|attendance = 15,000Lucien Bouchardeau (Nigerien Football Federation>Niger)}}

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{{footballbox|date = 16 December 1997UTC+3>ASTKSA}}|score = 1–0|report = weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160818183449weblink">ReportAUS}}Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi>Al-Khilaiwi {{goal|40}}|stadium = King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh|attendance = 55,450Javier Castrilli (Argentine Football Association>Argentina)}}

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{{footballbox|date = 16 December 1997UTC+3>ASTBRA}}|score = 3–2|report = weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20190618001151weblink">ReportMEX}}Romário {{goal>41Denílson de Oliveira Araújo>Denílson {{goalJúnior Baiano {{goal>66}}Cuauhtémoc Blanco>Blanco {{goalRamón Ramírez (footballer)>Ramírez {{goal|90}}|stadium = King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh|attendance = 20,000Ian McLeod (referee)>Ian McLeod (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"{{fb|URU}}|9 bgcolor="#ccffcc"{{fb|CZE}}|4{{fb|UAE}}|3{{fb|RSA}}|1{{footballbox|date = 13 December 1997UTC+3>ASTUAE}}|score = 0–2|report = weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160818202731weblink">ReportURU}}Nicolás Olivera>Olivera {{goalAntonio Pacheco D'Agosti>Pacheco {{goal|90+2}}|stadium = King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh|attendance = 13,000Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago Football Association>Trinidad and Tobago)}}

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{{footballbox|date = 13 December 1997UTC+3>ASTRSA}}|score = 2–2|report = weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160818200156weblink">ReportCZE}}Brendan Augustine>Augustine {{goalHelman Mkhalele>Mkhalele {{goal|86}}Vladimír Šmicer>Šmicer {{goal|40}}|stadium = King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh|attendance = 7,500Javier Castrilli (Argentine Football Association>Argentina)}}

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{{footballbox|date = 15 December 1997UTC+3>ASTUAE}}|score = 1–0|report = weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160818194617weblink">ReportRSA}}Hassan Mubarak>H. Mubarak {{goal|1}}|stadium = King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh|attendance = 11,000René Ortubé (Bolivian Football Federation>Bolivia)}}

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{{footballbox|date = 15 December 1997UTC+3>ASTCZE}}|score = 1–2|report = weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160818203412weblink">ReportURU}}Horst Siegl>Siegl {{goal|89}}Nicolás Olivera>Olivera {{goalMarcelo Zalayeta>Zalayeta {{goal|88}}|stadium = King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh|attendance = 9,000Saad Mane (Kuwait Football Association>Kuwait)}}

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{{footballbox|date = 17 December 1997UTC+3>ASTUAE}}|score = 1–6|report = weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160818205355weblink">ReportCZE}}Adnan Al Talyani>Al Talyani {{goal|78}}Mohamed Obaid Al-Zahiri>Obaid {{goalo.g.}}Pavel Nedvěd {{goal>2231}}Vladimír Šmicer {{goal>426871}}|stadium = King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh|attendance = 8,000René Ortubé (Bolivian Football Federation>Bolivia)}}

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{{footballbox|date = 17 December 1997UTC+3>ASTURU}}|score = 4–3|report = weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160818192013weblink">ReportRSA}}Darío Silva>Silva {{goalÁlvaro Recoba>Recoba {{goalChristian Callejas>Callejas {{goal|90}}Lucas Radebe>Radebe {{goalHelman Mkhalele>Mkhalele {{goalPollen Ndlanya>Ndlanya {{goal|77}}|stadium = King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh|attendance = 8,000Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago Football Association>Trinidad and Tobago)}}

Knockout stage

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Semi-finals

{{footballbox|date = 19 December 1997UTC+3>ASTBRA}}|score = 2–0|report = weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160818203940weblink">ReportCZE}}Romário {{goal>54}}Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer) {{goal>83}}|stadium = King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh|attendance = 28,000Lucien Bouchardeau (Nigerien Football Federation>Niger)}}

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{{footballbox|date = 19 December 1997UTC+3>ASTURU}}|score = 0–1|aet = y|report = weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160818193831weblink">ReportAUS}}Harry Kewell>Kewell {{golden goal|92}}|stadium = King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh|attendance = 22,000Nikolai Levnikov (Russian Football Union>Russia)}}

Third place play-off

{{footballbox|date = 21 December 1997UTC+3>ASTCZE}}|score = 1–0|report = weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160818190241weblink">ReportURU}}Edvard Lasota>Lasota {{goal|63}}|stadium = King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh|attendance = 27,000Lucien Bouchardeau (Nigerien Football Federation>Niger)}}

Final

{{footballbox|date = 21 December 1997UTC+3>ASTBRA}}|score = 6–0|report = weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160408091040weblink">ReportAUS}}Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)>Ronaldo {{goalRomário {{goal>385375|pen.}}|goals2 = |stadium = King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh|attendance = 65,000Pirom Un-Prasert (Football Association of Thailand>Thailand)}}

Awards{| class"wikitable" style"margin: 0 auto;"

!Golden Ball!Golden Shoe!FIFA Fair Play Trophy{{flagiconDenílson de Oliveira Araújo>Denílson{{flagicon|BRA}} Romário{{fb|RSA}}!Silver Ball!Silver Shoe{{flagicon|BRA}} Romário{{flagicon|CZE}} Vladimír Šmicer!Bronze Ball!Bronze Shoe{{flagicon|CZE}} Vladimír Šmicer{{flagiconRonaldo (Brazilian footballer)>Ronaldo{{small|Source: FIFAWEB,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160102094957weblink">weblink dead, January 2, 2016, FIFA Confederations Cup Saudi Arabia 1997 {{!, Awards|website=FIFA.com|publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)|access-date=20 October 2017}}}}

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

• {{flagicon|BRA}} Romário

5 goals

• {{flagicon|CZE}} Vladimír Å micer

4 goals

• {{flagicon|BRA}} Ronaldo

3 goals

• {{flagicon|MEX}} Cuauhtémoc Blanco

2 goals

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• {{flagicon|CZE}} Pavel NedvÄ›d
• {{flagicon|MEX}} Francisco Palencia
• {{flagicon|RSA}} Helman Mkhalele
• {{flagicon|URU}} Nicolás Olivera
• {{flagicon|URU}} Darío Silva

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1 goal

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

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Own goal

• {{flagicon|UAE}} Mohamed Obaid (against Czech Republic)

Tournament ranking

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Team of the Tournament

WEB,weblink Soccer Nostalgia: FIFA Confederations Cup-Part Five (1997 FIFA Confederations Cup), 3 February 2018, {| class="wikitable" style="mArgin: 0 auto;"!Goalkeeper!Defenders!Midfielders!Forwards{{flagicon|SAU}} Mohamed Al-Deayea{{flagicon|CZE}} Michal Horňák{{flagicon|RSA}} Mark Fish{{flagicon|BRA}} Júnior Baiano{{flagicon|RSA}} David Nyathi{{flagicon|AUS}} Ned Zelic{{flagicon|BRA}} Dunga{{flagicon|BRA}} Roberto Carlos{{flagicon|URU}} Nicolás Olivera{{flagicon|CZE}} Vladimír Šmicer{{flagicon|BRA}} Romário

See also

• 1997 Tournoi de France

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

{{Commons category|1997 FIFA Confederations Cup}}

• weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20190607101403weblink">FIFA Confederations Cup Saudi Arabia 1997, FIFA.com
• weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20111220061007weblink">FIFA Technical Report (Part 1), weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20111220064841weblink">(Part 2) and weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20111220064317weblink">(Part 3)

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