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2017 FIFA Confederations Cup

Кубок конфедераций 2017 '
Tournament details
Host country	Russia
Dates	17 June – 2 July
Teams	8 (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 played	16
Goals scored	43 (2.69 per match)
Attendance	628,304 (39,269 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Leon Goretzka Lars Stindl Timo Werner (3 goals each)
Best player	Julian Draxler

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

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.

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.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Portugal	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7
2	Mexico	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	7
3	Russia	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3
4	New Zealand	3	0	0	3	1	8	–7	0

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	3	2	1	0	7	4	+3	7
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

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

	Semifinals				Final
	28 June — Kazan
	Portugal	0(0)
	Chile (pen)	0 (3)
					2 July — Saint Petersburg
					Chile	0
					Germany	1
					Third place
	29 June — Sochi			2 July — Moscow
	Germany	4		Portugal (aet)	2
	Mexico	1			Mexico	1

Semi-finals

28 June 2017 (2017-06-28) 21:00	Portugal	0–0	Chile	Kazan Arena, Kazan Attendance: 40,855
		Report
		Penalties
	Quaresma Moutinho Nani	0–3	Vidal Aránguiz Sánchez

29 June 2017 (2017-06-29) 21:00	Germany	4–1	Mexico	Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi Attendance: 37,923
	Goretzka  6', 8' Werner  59' Younes  90+1'	Report	Fabián  89'

Third place match

2 July 2017 (2017-07-02) 15:00	Portugal	2–1 (aet)	Mexico	Otkrytie Arena, Moscow Attendance: 42,659
	Pepe  90+1' Adrien  104' (pen.)	Report	Neto  54' (o.g.)

Final

2 July 2017 (2017-07-02) 21:00	Chile	0–1	Germany	New Zenit Stadium, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 57,268
		Report	Stindl  20'

Statistics

Goal scorers

3 goals

Leon Goretzka Lars Stindl Timo Werner

2 goals

• Cristiano Ronaldo

1 goal

Tomi Juric Mark Milligan Tom Rogic James Troisi Vincent Aboubakar André-Frank Zambo Anguissa Martín Rodríguez Alexis Sánchez Eduardo Vargas Arturo Vidal

Kerem Demirbay Julian Draxler Amin Younes Néstor Araujo Marco Fabián Javier Hernández Raúl Jiménez Hirving Lozano Héctor Moreno Oribe Peralta

Chris Wood Adrien Silva Cédric Nani Pepe Ricardo Quaresma André Silva Bernardo Silva Aleksandr Samedov Fyodor Smolov

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	5	4	1	0	12	5	+7	13
2	Chile	5	1	3	1	4	3	+1	6
3	Portugal	5	3	2	0	9	3	+6	11
4	Mexico	5	2	1	2	8	10	–2	7
Eliminated in the Group stage
5	Russia	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3
6	Australia	3	0	2	1	4	5	–1	2
7	Cameroon	3	0	1	2	2	6	–4	1
8	New Zealand	3	0	0	3	1	8	–7	0

• Rankings are based on performance, not team skill. Also, these rankings are unofficial and are not based on head-to-head record.

Images for kids

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  The Official Match Ball at the FIFA Confederations Cup 2017