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2017 FIFA Confederations Cup participating teams
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The 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup was the tenth and final edition of the FIFA Confederations Cup, a quadrennial international men ‘s football tournament organised by FIFA. It was held in Russia, from 17 June to 2 July 2017, as a prelude to the 2018 FIFA World Cup. [ 1 ] Russia was announced as the host on 2 December 2010 after the state was awarded the hosting rights of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. [ 2 ] The matches were played in four stadiums in four cities : Saint Petersburg, Moscow, Kazan, and Sochi. It was the first clock Russia had hosted the tournament, and the third gear time the Confederations Cup was held in the european celibate. As hosts, Russia qualified mechanically for the tournament ; they were joined by the six winners of the FIFA confederation championships and the 2014 FIFA World Cup champions, Germany. The final tournament was played in two stages : a group stage and a latter hard stagecoach. In the group degree, each team played three games in a group of four, with the winners and runner-up from each group advancing to the smasher degree. In the knockout stage, the four teams competed in single-elimination matches, beginning with the semi-finals and ending with the final match of the tournament. A third-place match was played between the two losing semi-finalist teams. The final examination equal was besides attended by new participants of the international children ‘s social program Football for Friendship from 64 countries. The champion champions, Brazil, who won the former three Confederation Cups ( 2005, 2009, 2013 ), failed to qualify for the first time since 1995 following their passing on penalties to Paraguay in the quarter-finals of the 2015 Copa América. 2015 AFC asian Cup winners Australia became the first team to qualify from multiple confederations, having previously represented the OFC in 1997, 2001 and 2005. This was the first and only Confederations Cup to feature the video recording assistant reviewer ( VAR ). World champions Germany won their first and lone title following a 1–0 winnings over Chile in the concluding. [ 3 ] This was the last Confederations Cup held before being folded after being confirmed by FIFA that it will no longer hold anymore Confederation Cup matches in order to make way for the FIFA Club World Cup expansion, along with the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup. [ 4 ] [ 5 ]
reservation [edit ]
The eight competing teams were the host state, the reigning FIFA World Cup champions, and the six holders of the FIFA alliance championships. If any team qualified for multiple berths ( such as, if the World Cup champions besides won their continental championship ), the next best-placed team from their continental championship would have qualified. After Russia secured a blemish in the tournament as the hosts, Germany were the first team to qualify via contest, after winning the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. The final match saw the Germans clinch the state ‘s fourth world title through a 1–0 extra-time gain against Argentina. Australia were the following team to qualify after beating South Korea 2–1 after excess time, in the 2015 AFC asian Cup Final. This victory marked Australia ‘s first asian Cup acquire since their move from the Oceania Football Confederation ( OFC ) in 2006. It was besides the first time a team had become champions of two confederations, following Australia ‘s four OFC Nations Cup titles. Chile were the fourthly team to secure a blot at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup after defeating Argentina 4–1 on a penalty shoot-out following a 0–0 trace after extra time, in the 2015 Copa América Final. As 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup champions, Mexico ‘s qualifying way saw them confront 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup champions United States in the 2015 CONCACAF Cup play-off match. The fresh format, in which the two most late CONCACAF Gold Cup winners compete to decide the representative team of CONCACAF, was won by Mexico 3–2 after extra clock. New Zealand were the sixth team to qualify for the tournament after defeating Papua New Guinea 4–2 on a penalty shoot-out following a 0–0 trace after excess time, in the 2016 OFC Nations Cup Final. Portugal were the one-seventh team to qualify, after defeating host nation France 1–0 after extra time, in the UEFA Euro 2016 Final. The 2017 Africa Cup of Nations winning team, Cameroon, took the eighth and concluding spot with their 2–1 succeed against Egypt in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations Final. [ 6 ] This was the first time in FIFA Confederations Cup history that three national teams from any single confederation ( Russia, Germany and Portugal from UEFA ) participated in the tournament .
Qualified teams [edit ]
The trace teams qualified for the tournament .
Venues [edit ]
Four cities served as the venues for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] All four venues were besides among the 12 used for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. On 8 October 2015, FIFA and the Local Organising Committee agreed on the official names of the stadiums used during the tournament. [ 11 ]
agenda [edit ]
The fully schedule was announced by FIFA on 24 July 2015 ( without kick-off times, which were confirmed late ). [ 12 ] Russia was placed in position A1 in the group stagecoach and played in the orifice match against New Zealand at the Zenit Arena in Saint Petersburg on 17 June. The distribution of the knockout stage matches was as follows : [ 13 ]
draw [edit ]
The draw took stead on 26 November 2016, 18:00 MSK ( UTC+3 ), at the Tennis Academy in Kazan. [ 14 ] For the withdraw, the eight teams were allocated to two pots. Pot 1 contained the hosts Russia and the three highest-ranked teams in the November 2016 edition of the FIFA World Rankings ( shown in parentheses below ) : [ 15 ] Germany, Chile, and Portugal. Pot 2 contained the remaining four teams : Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, and the winners of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations ( whose identity was not known at the time of the pull, and careless of their identity, could not be among the three highest-ranked participating teams ), [ 16 ] which was won by Cameroon on 5 February 2017 to complete the line-up. [ 17 ] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four, with each group containing two teams from Pot 1 and two teams from Pot 2. During the draw routine, teams were drawn into alternating groups ( Group A, then Group B, repeating ), and assigned a position within the group by drawing another ball. As hosts, Russia were automatically assigned to Position A1 in the draw. Since there were three teams from Europe, one of the two groups was certain to contain two teams from the like confederation ( Russia and Portugal ), the inaugural clock time this happened in a FIFA Confederations Cup. [ 18 ]
- ^ Assigned to A1
peer officials [edit ]
A total of 9 refereeing trios ( a referee and two adjunct referees ), 1 support referee, and 8 television assistant referees were appointed for the tournament. [ 19 ] [ 20 ]
Match ball [edit ]
The Official Match Ball at the FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 The official match ball for the Cup was produced by Adidas, and was named “ Krasava ”, [ 21 ] which is a russian slang news for “ beautiful ” or “ amazing ” .
Squads [edit ]
Each team had to name a preliminary police squad of 30 players. From the preliminary police squad, the team had to name a final squad of 23 players ( three of whom must be goalkeepers ) by the FIFA deadline. Players in the final team could be replaced due to good wound up to 24 hours prior to kickoff of the team ‘s beginning match, where the successor players did not need to be in the preliminary police squad. [ 22 ] The official squads were announced by FIFA on 8 June 2017. [ 23 ] [ 24 ]
Group stage [edit ]
All times are local anesthetic, MSK ( UTC+3 ). [ 25 ]
Tiebreakers [edit ]
The peak two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals. The rankings of teams in each group were determined as follows ( regulations Article 19.6 ) : [ 22 ]
- points obtained in all group matches;
- goal difference in all group matches;
- number of goals scored in all group matches;
If two or more teams were equal on the footing of the above three criteria, their rankings were determined as follows :
- points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- fair play points
- first yellow card: minus 1 point;
- indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points;
- direct red card: minus 4 points;
- yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points;
- drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.
Group A [edit ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Portugal
3
2
1
0
7
2
+5
7
Advance to knockout stage
2
Mexico
3
2
1
0
6
4
+2
7
3
Russia ( H )
3
1
0
2
3
3
0
3
4
New Zealand
3
0
0
3
1
8
−7
0
( H ) Host source : FIFA Host
Group B [edit ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Germany
3
2
1
0
7
4
+3
7
Advance to knockout stage
2
Chile
3
1
2
0
4
2
+2
5
3
Australia
3
0
2
1
4
5
−1
2
4
Cameroon
3
0
1
2
2
6
−4
1
Knockout stage [edit ]
In the hard stage, if a match was floor at the end of normal act clock, extra fourth dimension was played ( two periods of 15 minutes each ), where each team was allowed to make a fourthly substitution. If calm tied after extra time, the equal was decided by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners. [ 22 ]
bracket [edit ]
third place play-off [edit ]
final [edit ]
Awards [edit ]
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. [ 26 ] The actor awards were all sponsored by Adidas .
additionally, Fifa.com shortlisted six goals so that football fans could vote on the tournaments ‘ best. [ 28 ] The poll closed on 10 July .
Hyundai Goal of the Tournament
Goalscorer
Opponent
Score
Round
Marco Fabián
Germany
3–1
Semi-finals
Statistics [edit ]
Goalscorers [edit ]
There were 43 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2.69 goals per equal. 3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
reservoir : FIFA [ 29 ]
tournament ranking [edit ]
Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in excess meter are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draw .
Pos
Grp
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Final result
1
B
Germany
5
4
1
0
12
5
+7
13
Champions
2
B
Chile
5
1
3
1
4
3
+1
6
Runners-up
3
A
Portugal
5
3
2
0
9
3
+6
11
Third place
4
A
Mexico
5
2
1
2
8
10
−2
7
Fourth place
5
A
Russia ( H )
3
1
0
2
3
3
0
3
Eliminated in
group stage
6
B
Australia
3
0
2
1
4
5
−1
2
7
B
Cameroon
3
0
1
2
2
6
−4
1
8
A
New Zealand
3
0
0
3
1
8
−7
0
[30]
( H ) Host source : FIFAHost
Prize money [edit ]
Based on final examination position, teams received pry money from FIFA. [ 31 ]
Competition stage
Final position
Prize money (US dollars)
Final
Winners
$5,000,000
Runners-up
$4,500,000
Match for third place
Third place
$3,500,000
Fourth place
$3,000,000
Group stage
Fifth to eighth place
$2,000,000
Ticketing [edit ]
Tickets were distributed in four stages : pre-sale for holders of Visa cards, random draw, first-come first-served, and last-minute sales. [ 32 ]
Broadcasting rights [edit ]
- ^ excludes Israel
- ^ excludes South Africa
- ^ ITV did not broadcast the third-place match
Logistics [edit ]
free travel via extra trains travelling between server cities during the sporting events were provided to spectators holding match tickets or documents granting access to the match, along with FAN ID. [ 64 ] FAN IDs were issued to all spectators of the FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 for entree to a stadium. FAN ID gave the opportunity to use exempt enchant services on the match days in the cities hosting the sports events. The foreign citizens, who come to the russian Federation as spectators of the FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 matches, could use their FAN IDs for multiple visa-free entry into and exit from the russian Federation upon presentation of valid identity documents that are recognized as such by the russian Federation, during the time period that started ten days before the date of the foremost equal and ended ten days after the date of the last match of the FIFA Confederations Cup 2017. [ 65 ] In 2015, the russian Ministry of Sport and Local Organising Committee launched a web site aimed at providing coverage of the preparation process ahead of the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup and 2018 FIFA World Cup. [ 66 ]