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, Brazil became the first country to be the reigning champion of both major FIFA tournaments (the World Cup and the Confederations Cup), as well as champion of their respective confederation by winning the 1997 Copa América. This feat has since been accomplished once by France, victorious in the 1998 World Cup, UEFA Euro 2000 and the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup.

Qualified teams
1Germany, the UEFA Euro 1996 winner, declined to participate. Czech Republic, the runners-up, were invited to their place.

2The United Arab Emirates was awarded a spot in the competition because Saudi Arabia had won the 1996 AFC Asian Cup.

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

Match referees

 * Africa
 * Lucien Bouchardeau
 * Ian McLeod
 * Asia
 * Saad Mane
 * 🇹🇭 Pirom Un-Prasert
 * Europe
 * 🇷🇺 Nikolai Levnikov


 * North America, Central America and Caribbean
 * Ramesh Ramdhan
 * South America
 * 🇦🇷 Javier Castrilli
 * 🇧🇴 René Ortubé

Group A
(H) Hosts

Awards
Source: FIFA

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.