1997 FIFA Confederations Cup#Awards

{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name = FIFA Confederations Cup

| year = 1997

| other_titles = {{lang|ar|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 = {{flagicon|BRA}} Romário (7 goals)

| player = {{flagicon|BRA}} Denílson

| fair_play = {{fb|RSA}}

| prevseason = 1995

| nextseason = 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 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

class="wikitable sortable"
Team !Confederation !Qualification method !Date qualification secured !Participation no.
{{fb\|Saudi Arabia}} \|AFC \|Hosts and 1996 AFC Asian Cup winners \|align=center {{N/A}} \|align=center\|3rd
{{fb\|Brazil}} \|CONMEBOL \|1994 FIFA World Cup winners \|align=center\|17 July 1994 \|align=center\|1st
{{fb\|Uruguay}} \|CONMEBOL \|1995 Copa América winners \|align=center\|22 July 1995 \|align=center\|1st
{{fb\|Mexico}} \|CONCACAF \|1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners \|align=center\|20 January 1996 \|align=center\|2nd
{{fb\|South Africa}} \|CAF \|1996 African Cup of Nations winners \|align=center\|3 February 1996 \|align=center\|1st
{{fb\|Czech Republic}} \|UEFA \|UEFA Euro 1996 runners-up{{efn\|name=UEFA\|Germany, the UEFA Euro 1996 winner, declined to participate. Czech Republic, the runners-up, were invited to their place.}} \|align=center\|30 June 1996 \|align=center\|1st
{{fb\|Australia}} \|OFC \|1996 OFC Nations Cup winners \|align=center\|1 November 1996 \|align=center\|1st
{{fb\|United Arab Emirates}} \|AFC \|1996 AFC Asian Cup runners-up{{efn\|name=AFC\|The United Arab Emirates was awarded a spot in the competition because Saudi Arabia had won the 1996 AFC Asian Cup.}} \|align=center\|21 December 1996 \|align=center\|1st

class="wikitable sortable"

Team

!Confederation

!Qualification method

!Date qualification secured

!Participation no.

|AFC

|Hosts and 1996 AFC Asian Cup winners

|align=center {{N/A}}

|align=center|3rd

|CONMEBOL

|1994 FIFA World Cup winners

|align=center|17 July 1994

|align=center|1st

|CONMEBOL

|1995 Copa América winners

|align=center|22 July 1995

|align=center|1st

|CONCACAF

|1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners

|align=center|20 January 1996

|align=center|2nd

|CAF

|1996 African Cup of Nations winners

|align=center|3 February 1996

|align=center|1st

|UEFA

|UEFA Euro 1996 runners-up{{efn|name=UEFA|Germany, the UEFA Euro 1996 winner, declined to participate. Czech Republic, the runners-up, were invited to their place.}}

|align=center|30 June 1996

|align=center|1st

|OFC

|1996 OFC Nations Cup winners

|align=center|1 November 1996

|align=center|1st

|AFC

|1996 AFC Asian Cup runners-up{{efn|name=AFC|The United Arab Emirates was awarded a spot in the competition because Saudi Arabia had won the 1996 AFC Asian Cup.}}

|align=center|21 December 1996

|align=center|1st

Venue

All matches were played in 67,000-seat King Fahd International Stadium in the city of Riyadh.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

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! rowspan="4" |{{Location map+|Saudi Arabia|border=|caption=Location of the host city of the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup.|float=center|width=320|places={{Location map~|Saudi Arabia|lat=24.633333|long=46.716667|position = bottom|label=Riyadh}}}}

!Riyadh

King Fahd International Stadium

Capacity: 67,000

197x197px

Match referees

;Africa

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

;Asia

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

;Europe

{{flagicon|RUS}} Nikolai Levnikov

;North America, Central America and Caribbean

{{flagicon|TRI}} Ramesh Ramdhan

;South America

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

Squads

Group stage

File:1997 confed cup.png

=Group A=

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
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
bgcolor="#ccffcc" \|align=left\|{{fb\|BRA}} \|3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
bgcolor="#ccffcc" \|align=left\|{{fb\|AUS}} \|3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
align=left\|{{fb\|MEX}} \|3	1	0	2	8	6	+2	3
align=left\|{{fb\|KSA}} (H) \|3	1	0	2	1	8	−7	3

(H) Hosts{{football box

|date = 12 December 1997

|time = 16:15 AST

|team1 = {{fb-rt|KSA}}

|score = 0–3

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|team2 = {{fb|BRA}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = César Sampaio {{goal|65}}
Romário {{goal|73||80}}

|stadium = King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

|attendance = 80,000

|referee = Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 12 December 1997

|time = 19:00 AST

|team1 = {{fb-rt|MEX}}

|score = 1–3

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20160818192349/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=1979/match=17300/index.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|AUS}}

|goals1 = Hernández {{goal|80|pen.}}

|goals2 = Viduka {{goal|45}}
Aloisi {{goal|59}}
Mori {{goal|90}}

|stadium = King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

|attendance = 15,000

|referee = Pirom Un-Prasert (Thailand)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 14 December 1997

|time = 17:50 AST

|team1 = {{fb-rt|KSA}}

|score = 0–5

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20160818190955/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=1979/match=17301/index.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|MEX}}

|goals2 = Palencia {{goal|20||62}}
Blanco {{goal|68||76}}
Luna {{goal|75}}

|stadium = King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

|attendance = 15,000

|referee = Ian McLeod (South Africa)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 14 December 1997

|time = 20:00 AST

|team1 = {{fb-rt|AUS}}

|score = 0–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20160818185341/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=1979/match=17302/index.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|BRA}}

|stadium = King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

|attendance = 15,000

|referee = Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 16 December 1997

|time = 17:50 AST

|team1 = {{fb-rt|KSA}}

|score = 1–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20160818183449/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=1979/match=17303/index.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|AUS}}

|goals1 = Al-Khilaiwi {{goal|40}}

|stadium = King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

|attendance = 55,450

|referee = Javier Castrilli (Argentina)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 16 December 1997

|time = 20:00 AST

|team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA}}

|score = 3–2

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20190618001151/https://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round%3D1979/match%3D17304/index.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|MEX}}

|goals1 = Romário {{goal|41|pen.}}
Denílson {{goal|61}}
Júnior Baiano {{goal|66}}

|goals2 = Blanco {{goal|51}}
Ramírez {{goal|90}}

|stadium = King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

|attendance = 20,000

|referee = Ian McLeod (South Africa)

}}

=Group B=

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
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
bgcolor="#ccffcc" \|align=left\|{{fb\|URU}} \|3	3	0	0	8	4	+4	9
bgcolor="#ccffcc" \|align=left\|{{fb\|CZE}} \|3	1	1	1	9	5	+4	4
align=left\|{{fb\|UAE}} \|3	1	0	2	2	8	−6	3
align=left\|{{fb\|RSA}} \|3	0	1	2	5	7	−2	1

{{football box

|date = 13 December 1997

|time = 17:50 AST

|team1 = {{fb-rt|UAE}}

|score = 0–2

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20160818202731/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=1979/match=17305/index.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|URU}}

|goals2 = Olivera {{goal|45+2}}
Pacheco {{goal|90+2}}

|stadium = King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

|attendance = 13,000

|referee = Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 13 December 1997

|time = 20:00 AST

|team1 = {{fb-rt|RSA}}

|score = 2–2

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20160818200156/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=1979/match=17306/index.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|CZE}}

|goals1 = Augustine {{goal|39}}
Mkhalele {{goal|86}}

|goals2 = Šmicer {{goal|19||40}}

|stadium = King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

|attendance = 7,500

|referee = Javier Castrilli (Argentina)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 15 December 1997

|time = 17:50 AST

|team1 = {{fb-rt|UAE}}

|score = 1–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20160818194617/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=1979/match=17307/index.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|RSA}}

|goals1 = H. Mubarak {{goal|1}}

|stadium = King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

|attendance = 11,000

|referee = René Ortubé (Bolivia)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 15 December 1997

|time = 20:00 AST

|team1 = {{fb-rt|CZE}}

|score = 1–2

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20160818203412/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=1979/match=17308/index.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|URU}}

|goals1 = Siegl {{goal|89}}

|goals2 = Olivera {{goal|26}}
Zalayeta {{goal|88}}

|stadium = King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

|attendance = 9,000

|referee = Saad Mane (Kuwait)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 17 December 1997

|time = 17:50 AST

|team1 = {{fb-rt|UAE}}

|score = 1–6

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20160818205355/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=1979/match=17309/index.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|CZE}}

|goals1 = Al Talyani {{goal|78}}

|goals2 = Obaid {{goal|11|o.g.}}
Nedvěd {{goal|22||31}}
Šmicer {{goal|42||68||71}}

|stadium = King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

|attendance = 8,000

|referee = René Ortubé (Bolivia)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 17 December 1997

|time = 20:00 AST

|team1 = {{fb-rt|URU}}

|score = 4–3

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20160818192013/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=1979/match=17310/index.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|RSA}}

|goals1 = Silva {{goal|12||66}}
Recoba {{goal|42}}
Callejas {{goal|90}}

|goals2 = Radebe {{goal|11}}
Mkhalele {{goal|69}}
Ndlanya {{goal|77}}

|stadium = King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

|attendance = 8,000

|referee = Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago)

}}

Knockout stage

{{Round4-with third

|December 19 - Riyadh|{{fb|BRA}}|2|{{fb|CZE}}|0

|December 19 - Riyadh|{{fb|URU}}|0|{{fb|AUS}} (a.e.t.)|1

|December 21 - Riyadh|{{fb|BRA}}|6|{{fb|AUS}}|0

|December 21 - Riyadh|{{fb|CZE}}|1|{{fb|URU}}|0

}}

=Semi-finals=

{{football box

|date = 19 December 1997

|time = 15:15 AST

|team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA}}

|score = 2–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20160818203940/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=1982/match=17311/index.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|CZE}}

|goals1 = Romário {{goal|54}}
Ronaldo {{goal|83}}

|stadium = King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

|attendance = 28,000

|referee = Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 19 December 1997

|time = 19:00 AST

|team1 = {{fb-rt|URU}}

|score = 0–1

|agget = yes

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20160818193831/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=1982/match=17312/index.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|AUS}}

|goals2 = Kewell {{golden goal|92}}

|stadium = King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

|attendance = 22,000

|referee = Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)

}}

=Third place play-off=

{{football box

|date = 21 December 1997

|time = 17:50 AST

|team1 = {{fb-rt|CZE}}

|score = 1–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20160818190241/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=1983/match=17488/index.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|URU}}

|goals1 = Lasota {{goal|63}}

|stadium = King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

|attendance = 27,000

|referee = Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger)

}}

=Final=

{{football box

|date = 21 December 1997

|time = 21:00 AST

|team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA}}

|score = 6–0

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20160408091040/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=1984/match=17489/index.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|AUS}}

|goals1 = Ronaldo {{goal|15||27||59}}
Romário {{goal|38||53||75|pen.}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

|attendance = 65,000

|referee = Pirom Un-Prasert (Thailand)

}}

Awards

class="wikitable" style="margin: 0 auto;"
Golden Ball !Golden Shoe !FIFA Fair Play Trophy
align=center\|{{flagicon\|BRA}} Denílson \|align=center\|{{flagicon\|BRA}} Romário \|rowspan="5" align=center\|{{fb\|RSA}}
Silver Ball !Silver Shoe
align=center\|{{flagicon\|BRA}} Romário \|align=center\|{{flagicon\|CZE}} Vladimír Šmicer
Bronze Ball !Bronze Shoe
align=center\|{{flagicon\|CZE}} Vladimír Šmicer \|align=center\|{{flagicon\|BRA}} Ronaldo

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Golden Ball

!Golden Shoe

!FIFA Fair Play Trophy

align=center|{{flagicon|BRA}} Denílson

|align=center|{{flagicon|BRA}} Romário

|rowspan="5" align=center|{{fb|RSA}}

Silver Ball

!Silver Shoe

align=center|{{flagicon|BRA}} Romário

|align=center|{{flagicon|CZE}} Vladimír Šmicer

Bronze Ball

!Bronze Shoe

align=center|{{flagicon|CZE}} Vladimír Šmicer

|align=center|{{flagicon|BRA}} Ronaldo

{{small|Source: FIFA{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/archive/saudiarabia1997/awards/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102094957/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/archive/saudiarabia1997/awards/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 January 2016|title=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 Šmicer

;4 goals

{{flagicon|BRA}} Ronaldo

;3 goals

{{flagicon|MEX}} Cuauhtémoc Blanco

;2 goals

{{flagicon|CZE}} Pavel Nedvěd
{{flagicon|MEX}} Francisco Palencia
{{flagicon|RSA}} Helman Mkhalele
{{flagicon|URU}} Nicolás Olivera
{{flagicon|URU}} Darío Silva

;1 goal

{{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

;Own goal

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

=Tournament ranking=

{{small|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.}}

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=complete |source=FIFA{{cite web |url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/63aba86a50f3702d/original/ju89uisxenzryk4kigom-pdf.pdf |title=Statistical Kit: FIFA Confederations Cup (FCC 2017 post-event edition) – Ranking by tournament |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |page=21 |date=10 July 2017 |access-date=28 September 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928194424/https://resources.fifa.com/image/upload/-519816.pdf?cloudid=ju89uisxenzryk4kigom |archive-date=28 September 2019}}

|status_KSA=H

|name_AUS={{fb|AUS}}

|name_BRA={{fb|BRA}}

|name_CZE={{fb|CZE}}

|name_MEX={{fb|MEX}}

|name_KSA={{fb|KSA}}

|name_RSA={{fb|RSA}}

|name_UAE={{fb|UAE}}

|name_URU={{fb|URU}}

|show_groups=T

|group_AUS=A

|group_BRA=A

|group_CZE=B

|group_MEX=A

|group_KSA=A

|group_RSA=B

|group_UAE=B

|group_URU=B

|res_col_header=Final result

|col_1st=#FFD700 |text_1st=Champions

|col_2nd=#C0C0C0 |text_2nd=Runners-up

|col_3rd=#CD7F32 |text_3rd=Third place

|text_4th=Fourth place

|text_GS=Eliminated in
group stage

|split4=yes

}}

= Team of the Tournament =

{{Cite web|url=http://soccernostalgia.blogspot.com/2018/02/fifa-confederations-cup-part-five-1997.html|title=Soccer Nostalgia: FIFA Confederations Cup-Part Five (1997 FIFA Confederations Cup)|date=3 February 2018}}

class="wikitable" style="mArgin: 0 auto;"
Goalkeeper !Defenders !Midfielders !Forwards
valign=top\| {{flagicon\|SAU}} Mohamed Al-Deayea \|valign=top\| {{flagicon\|CZE}} Michal Horňák {{flagicon\|RSA}} Mark Fish {{flagicon\|BRA}} Júnior Baiano {{flagicon\|RSA}} David Nyathi \|valign=top\| {{flagicon\|AUS}} Ned Zelic {{flagicon\|BRA}} Dunga {{flagicon\|BRA}} Roberto Carlos {{flagicon\|URU}} Nicolás Olivera \|valign=top\| {{flagicon\|CZE}} Vladimír Šmicer {{flagicon\|BRA}} Romário

class="wikitable" style="mArgin: 0 auto;"

Goalkeeper

!Defenders

!Midfielders

!Forwards

valign=top|

{{flagicon|SAU}} Mohamed Al-Deayea

|valign=top|

{{flagicon|CZE}} Michal Horňák

{{flagicon|RSA}} Mark Fish

{{flagicon|BRA}} Júnior Baiano

{{flagicon|RSA}} David Nyathi

|valign=top|

{{flagicon|AUS}} Ned Zelic

{{flagicon|BRA}} Dunga

{{flagicon|BRA}} Roberto Carlos

{{flagicon|URU}} Nicolás Olivera

|valign=top|

{{flagicon|CZE}} Vladimír Šmicer

{{flagicon|BRA}} Romário

Notes

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20190607101403/https://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/archive/saudiarabia1997/index.html/ FIFA Confederations Cup Saudi Arabia 1997], FIFA.com
[https://web.archive.org/web/20111220061007/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/10/10/cc%5f97%5ftr%5fsaudi%5fpart1%5f324.pdf FIFA Technical Report (Part 1)], [https://web.archive.org/web/20111220064841/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/10/08/cc%5f97%5ftr%5fsaudi%5fpart2%5f323.pdf (Part 2)] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20111220064317/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/10/05/cc%5f97%5ftr%5fsaudi%5fpart3%5f322.pdf (Part 3)]

1997

Category:December 1997 sports events in Asia

Category:1997 in men's association football

1997 FIFA Confederations Cup#Awards

Qualified teams

Venue

Match referees

Squads

Group stage

=Group A=

=Group B=

Knockout stage

=Semi-finals=

=Third place play-off=

=Final=

Awards

Statistics

=Goalscorers=

=Tournament ranking=

= Team of the Tournament =

See also

Notes

References

External links