The 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup was the first

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to be organised by FIFA. The tournament had previously been played in 1992 and

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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

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, who 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

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and the Confederations Cup), as well as champion of their respective confederation by winning the

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. This feat has since been accomplished once by France, victorious in the 1998 World Cup,

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and the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup.

Qualified teams

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, the

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winner, declined to participate. ²The

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia ( The Middle East). It is located at t ...

was awarded a spot in the competition because Saudi Arabia had won the

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Venue

All matches were played in 67,000-seat

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Match referees

;Africa * Lucien Bouchardeau * Ian McLeod ;Asia * Saad Mane * Pirom Un-Prasert ;Europe * Nikolai Levnikov ;North America, Central America and Caribbean *

Ramesh Ramdhan Ramesh Ramdhan (born July 25, 1960) is a football (soccer) referee from Trinidad and Tobago, The first referee from the Caribbean to officiate in the WC Finals (Japan-Croatia) during the 1998 FIFA World Cup held in France. Ramdhan also officiated ...

;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

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Third place play-off

Final

Awards

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 Cuauhtémoc Blanco Bravo (; born 17 January 1973) is a Mexican politician and former professional footballer who is the current Governor of Morelos under the coalition '' Juntos Haremos Historia''. He formerly served as the municipal president ...

;2 goals *

Pavel Nedvěd Pavel Nedvěd (; born 30 August 1972) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is regarded as one of the most successful players to emerge from the Czech Republic, winning domestic and European accolades with Ital ...

Francisco Palencia Juan Francisco Palencia Hernández (born 28 April 1973) is a Mexican former professional footballer and manager. Club career Cruz Azul Palencia trained with the Cruz Azul youth system at age 13 and made his debut in the Primera División (Fi ...

* Helman Mkhalele * Nicolás Olivera *

Darío Silva Darío Debray Silva Pereira (born 2 November 1972) is a Uruguayan retired professional footballer who played as a striker. After making a name for himself in his country and in Italy with Cagliari, he spent the following seven years of his car ...

;1 goal *

Mark Viduka Mark Antony Viduka ( ; born 9 October 1975) is an Australian retired football player who played as a centre forward. He captained the Australia national team to the Round of 16 at the 2006 FIFA World Cup which remains their best ever performance ...

John Aloisi John Aloisi () (born 5 February 1976) is an Australian former soccer player and current head coach of A-League club Western United. In a professional career that spanned 20 seasons, with league totals of 459 games and 127 goals, he was the firs ...

Damian Mori Damian Mori (born 30 September 1970) is an Australian former football player who is an assistant coach for Adelaide United. He won two Johnny Warren Medals, awarded to the best player in the Australian league and was top scorer on 5 occasions. ...

* Harry Kewell *

César Sampaio Carlos César Sampaio Campos (born 31 March 1968) is a Brazilian football pundit and retired footballer, who played as a midfielder. Club career A former defensive midfielder, César Sampaio is one of the few players who played for the four ma ...

* Denílson * Júnior Baiano *

Horst Siegl Horst Siegl (born 15 February 1969) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a striker. He played for Czechoslovakia and later Czech Republic, for both he played total 23 matches and scored 7 goals. He played two matches for th ...

* Edvard Lasota * Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi * Luis Hernández * Braulio Luna * Ramón Ramírez * Pollen Ndlanya *

Lucas Radebe Lucas Valeriu Ntuba Radebe OIS (born 12 April 1969) is a South African former professional footballer who played as a centre back. He began playing in South Africa with Kaizer Chiefs, before transferring to Leeds United, where he played 256 ...

* Brendan Augustine * Hassan Mubarak *

Adnan Al Talyani Adnan Khamis Mohammed Obaid Al-Talyani Al Suwaidi ( ar, عدنان خميس محمد عبيد الطلياني السويدي) (born 30 October 1964) is a retired footballer from the United Arab Emirates who played as a forward in the UAE Foo ...

* Antonio Pacheco * Marcelo Zalayeta *

Christian Callejas Christian Fabián Callejas Rodríguez (born 17 May 1978) is a Uruguayan former football player and current manager. Honours Hibernians * Maltese Premier League **Champion, 2008–09 Uruguay * Copa América ** Runner-up: 1999 External linksPro ...

* Álvaro Recoba ;Own goal * Mohamed Obaid (against Czech Republic)

Tournament ranking

Team of the Tournament

References

External links

FIFA Confederations Cup Saudi Arabia 1997
FIFA.com
FIFA Technical Report (Part 1)(Part 2)
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(Part 3)
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