2017 FIFA Confederations Cup

The 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup (Russian: Кубок конфедераций 2017) was the 10th and final FIFA Confederations Cup tournament. It took place from 17 June to 2 July. It was hosted in Russia.

2017 FIFA Confederations Cup
Кубок конфедераций 2017 (in Russian)
Tournament details
Host countryRussia
Dates17 June – 2 July
Teams8 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Germany (1st title)
Runners-up Chile
Third place Portugal
Fourth place Mexico
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored43 (2.69 per match)
Attendance628,304 (39,269 per match)
Top scorer(s) Leon Goretzka
Lars Stindl
Timo Werner
(3 goals each)
Best player(s) Julian Draxler

The tournament featured the following teams: Russia (hosts), Germany, Australia, Chile, Mexico, New Zealand, Portugal and Cameroon. Besides the hosts, all of the other teams qualified because they either won the FIFA World Cup or their regional championship.

Venues

Four cities were chosen for the tournament, Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Sochi and Kazan.[1][2]

Venues
Name New Zenit Stadium Kazan Arena Otkrytie Arena Fisht Olympic Stadium
Photo
City Saint Petersburg Kazan Moscow Sochi
Capacity 66,881 45,015 44,829 47,659
Creation 2016 2013 2014 2013

Qualification

Team Confederation Why they qualified
Russia UEFA 2018 FIFA World Cup host
Germany UEFA 2014 FIFA World Cup winners
Australia AFC 2015 AFC Asian Cup winners
Chile CONMEBOL 2015 Copa América winners
 Mexico CONCACAF 2015 CONCACAF Cup winners
 New Zealand OFC 2016 OFC Nations Cup winners
Portugal UEFA UEFA Euro 2016 winners[B]
 Cameroon CAF 2017 Africa Cup of Nations winners

Group stage

The dates for the tournament were chosen on 24 July 2015.[3]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Portugal 321072+57
2  Mexico 321064+27
3  Russia 31023303
4  New Zealand 300318–70
17 June 2017
Russia 2–0 New Zealand
18 June 2017
Portugal 2–2 Mexico
21 June 2017
Russia 0–1 Portugal
Mexico 2–1 New Zealand
24 June 2017
Mexico 2–1 Russia
New Zealand 0–4 Portugal

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Germany 321074+37
2  Chile 312042+25
3  Australia 302145–12
4  Cameroon 301226–41
18 June 2017
Cameroon 0–2 Chile
19 June 2017
Australia 2–3 Germany
22 June 2017
Cameroon 1–1 Australia
Germany 1–1 Chile
25 June 2017
Germany 3-1 Cameroon
Chile 1-1 Australia

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
28 June — Kazan
 
 
 Portugal0(0)
 
2 July — Saint Petersburg
 
 Chile (pen)0 (3)
 
 Chile0
 
29 June — Sochi
 
 Germany1
 
 Germany4
 
 
 Mexico1
 
Third place
 
 
2 July — Moscow
 
 
 Portugal (aet)2
 
 
 Mexico1

Semi-finals

Portugal 0–0 Chile
Report
Penalties
Quaresma
Moutinho
Nani
0–3 Vidal
Aránguiz
Sánchez
Kazan Arena, Kazan
Attendance: 40,855
Germany 4–1 Mexico
Goretzka  6', 8'
Werner  59'
Younes  90+1'
Report Fabián  89'
Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi
Attendance: 37,923

Third place match

Portugal 2–1 (aet) Mexico
Pepe  90+1'
Adrien  104' (pen.)
Report Neto  54' (o.g.)
Otkrytie Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 42,659

Final

Chile 0–1 Germany
Report Stindl  20'

Statistics

Goal scorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
  • Tomi Juric
  • Mark Milligan
  • Tom Rogic
  • James Troisi
  • Vincent Aboubakar
  • André-Frank Zambo Anguissa
  • Martín Rodríguez
  • Alexis Sánchez
  • Eduardo Vargas
  • Arturo Vidal
1 own goal
  • Michael Boxall (against Russia)
  • Luís Neto (against Mexico)

Tournament rankings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Germany 5410125+713
2  Chile 513143+16
3  Portugal 532093+611
4  Mexico 5212810–27
Eliminated in the Group stage
5  Russia 31023303
6  Australia 302145–12
7  Cameroon 301226–41
8  New Zealand 300318–70
  • Rankings are based on performance, not team skill. Also, these rankings are unofficial and are not based on head-to-head record.

References

  1. "Mutko to chair 2018 World Cup organising committee". supersport.com. 27 April 2011. Archived from the original on 20 December 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  2. "Russia 2018 to start and finish at Luzhniki Stadium". FIFA.com. 15 December 2012. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  3. "Match schedules for FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 and 2018 FIFA World Cup™ unveiled". FIFA.com. 24 July 2015. Archived from the original on 5 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
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