# 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

| Team | Confederation | Qualification method | Date qualification secured | Participation no. |
| Saudi Arabia | AFC | Hosts and 1996 AFC Asian Cup winners | — | 3rd |
| Brazil | CONMEBOL | 1994 FIFA World Cup winners | 17 July 1994 | 1st |
| Uruguay | CONMEBOL | 1995 Copa América winners | 22 July 1995 | 1st |
| Mexico | CONCACAF | 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners | 20 January 1996 | 2nd |
| South Africa | CAF | 1996 African Cup of Nations winners | 3 February 1996 | 1st |
| Czech Republic | UEFA | UEFA Euro 1996 runners-up | 30 June 1996 | 1st |
| Australia | OFC | 1996 OFC Nations Cup winners | 1 November 1996 | 1st |
| United Arab Emirates | AFC | 1996 AFC Asian Cup runners-up | 21 December 1996 | 1st |

## Venue

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

## 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 (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 3 |
(H) Hosts

### 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 |

## Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| December 19 - Riyadh | December 19 - Riyadh |
| Brazil | 2 |
| Brazil | 2 | December 21 - Riyadh | December 21 - Riyadh |
| Czech Republic | 0 | December 21 - Riyadh | December 21 - Riyadh |
| Czech Republic | 0 | Brazil | 6 |
| December 19 - Riyadh | December 19 - Riyadh | | Brazil | 6 |
| December 19 - Riyadh | December 19 - Riyadh | Australia | 0 |
| Uruguay | 0 | Australia | 0 |
| Australia (a.e.t.) | 1 | | |
| Australia (a.e.t.) | 1 | Third place | Third place |
| | | December 21 - Riyadh | December 21 - Riyadh |
| | | Czech Republic | 1 |
| | | Uruguay | 0 |

### Final
## Awards

| Golden Ball | Golden Shoe | FIFA Fair Play Trophy |
| Denílson | Romário | South Africa |
| Silver Ball | Silver Shoe | South Africa |
| Romário | Vladimír Šmicer | South Africa |
| Bronze Ball | Bronze Shoe | South Africa |
| Vladimír Šmicer | Ronaldo | South Africa |
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

* 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

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.
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 1 | A | Brazil | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 13 | Champions |
| 2 | A | Australia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 7 | Runners-up |
| 3 | B | Czech Republic | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 7 | Third place |
| 4 | B | Uruguay | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 9 | Fourth place |
| 5 | A | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 6 | B | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 7 | A | Saudi Arabia (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 8 | B | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 1 | Eliminated in group stage |

### Team of the Tournament

| Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
| Mohamed Al-Deayea | Michal Horňák Mark Fish Júnior Baiano David Nyathi | Ned Zelic Dunga Roberto Carlos Nicolás Olivera | Vladimír Šmicer Romário |