1997 FIFA Confederations Cup final

{{Infobox football match

| title = 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup final

| image =

| event = 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup

| team1 = Brazil

| team1association = {{flagicon|Brazil|size=30px}}

| team1score = 6

| team2 = Australia

| team2association = {{flagicon|Australia|size=30px}}

| team2score = 0

| details =

| date = 21 December 1997

| stadium = King Fahd II Stadium

| city = Riyadh

| man_of_the_match1a =

| man_of_the_match1atitle =

| man_of_the_match1b =

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| referee = Pirom Un-Prasert (Thailand)

| attendance = 65,000

| weather =

| television =

| previous = 1995

| next = 1999

}}

The 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup final was a football match to determine the winners of the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup. The match was held at King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 21 December 1997 and was contested by Brazil and Australia. Brazil won the match 6–0.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}

Route to the final

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{{fb\|Australia}} \|0–0 \| style="background:#c1e0ff;"\|Match 2 \|{{fb\|Brazil}} \|0–0
{{fb\|Mexico}} \|3–2 \| style="background:#c1e0ff;"\|Match 3 \|{{fb\|Saudi Arabia}} \|0–1
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style="background:#ccffcc;" \|align=left\|{{fb\|Australia}} \|3	1	1	1	3	2	1	4
align=left\|{{fb\|Mexico}} \|3	1	0	2	8	6	2	3
align=left\|{{fb\|Saudi Arabia}} \|3	1	0	2	1	8	–7	3

| style="background:#c1e0ff;"|Final standing

| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|

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align=left\|{{fb\|Saudi Arabia}} \|3	1	0	2	1	8	–7	3

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|Opponent

|Result

||Knockout stage

|Opponent

|Result

|{{fb|Czech Republic}}

|2–0

| style="background:#c1e0ff;"|Semi-Final

|{{fb|Uruguay}}

|1–0

Match details

{{football box

| date = 21 December 1997

| time = 21:00 AST

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

| 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|Australia}}

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

| goals2 =

| stadium = King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh

| attendance = 65,000

| referee = Pirom Un-Prasert (Thailand)

}}

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GK	1	Dida
RB	2	Cafu
CB	3	Aldair
CB	4	Júnior Baiano
LB	6	Roberto Carlos
DM	5	Dunga (c)
DM	16	César Sampaio
AM	19	Juninho
AM	18	Denílson
CF	9	Ronaldo	{{yel\|72}}
CF	11	Romário
colspan=3\|Substitutions:
GK	12	Rogério Ceni
FW	7	Bebeto
MF	8	Flávio Conceição
MF	10	Leonardo
DF	13	Zé Maria
DF	14	Gonçalves
DF	15	Zé Roberto
MF	17	Doriva
MF	20	Rivaldo
MF	21	Rodrigo Fabri
DF	22	Russo
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan="4"\|Mário Zagallo

|valign="top"|300px

|valign="top" width="50%"|

width="25"\|	width="25"\|
style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center \|colspan="4"\|
GK	1	Mark Bosnich
SW	4	Milan Ivanović
RB	14	Tony Vidmar		{{suboff\|31}}
CB	5	Alex Tobin (c)
CB	2	Steve Horvat		{{suboff\|55}}
LB	3	Stan Lazaridis
CM	8	Craig Foster
CM	6	Ned Zelić
AM	10	Aurelio Vidmar		{{suboff\|31}}
CF	9	Mark Viduka	{{sent off\|0\|24}}
CF	11	Harry Kewell
colspan=3\|Substitutions:
GK	20	Zeljko Kalac
MF	7	Robbie Slater
DF	12	Matthew Bingley		{{subon\|55}}
DF	13	Robbie Hooker
MF	15	Josip Skoko
FW	16	Paul Trimboli
FW	17	Damian Mori
FW	18	John Aloisi		{{subon\|31}}
MF	19	Ernie Tapai
DF	21	Kevin Muscat		{{subon\|31}}
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan="4"\|{{flagicon\|England}} Terry Venables

width=100% style="font-size: 90%"

| width=50% valign=top|

OFFICIALS

| width=50% valign=top|

MATCH RULES

90 minutes
30 minutes of extra-time if necessary
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level:
3 substitutions allowed

References

External links

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

Final

1997

Final

Category:Brazil national football team matches

FIFA 1997

Category:December 1997 sports events in Asia

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style="width:100%; text-align:center;"
style="vertical-align:top; background:#9cf;" !colspan=2 style="width:1"\|Brazil !Round !colspan=2 style="width:1"\|Australia
style="vertical-align:top; background:#c1e0ff;" \|Opponent \|Result	Group stage \|Opponent \|Result
{{fb\|Saudi Arabia}} \|3–0 \| style="background:#c1e0ff;"\|Match 1 \|{{fb\|Mexico}} \|3–1
{{fb\|Australia}} \|0–0 \| style="background:#c1e0ff;"\|Match 2 \|{{fb\|Brazil}} \|0–0
{{fb\|Mexico}} \|3–2 \| style="background:#c1e0ff;"\|Match 3 \|{{fb\|Saudi Arabia}} \|0–1
colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"\| {\| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
style="background:#ccffcc;" \|align=left\|{{fb\|Brazil}} \|3	2	1	0	6	2	4	7
style="background:#ccffcc;" \|align=left\|{{fb\|Australia}} \|3	1	1	1	3	2	1	4
align=left\|{{fb\|Mexico}} \|3	1	0	2	8	6	2	3
align=left\|{{fb\|Saudi Arabia}} \|3	1	0	2	1	8	–7	3

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class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
style="background:#ccffcc;" \|align=left\|{{fb\|Brazil}} \|3	2	1	0	6	2	4	7
style="background:#ccffcc;" \|align=left\|{{fb\|Australia}} \|3	1	1	1	3	2	1	4
align=left\|{{fb\|Mexico}} \|3	1	0	2	8	6	2	3
align=left\|{{fb\|Saudi Arabia}} \|3	1	0	2	1	8	–7	3