1997 FIFA Confederations Cup knockout stage

Football tournament knockout stage July 2023 July 2023 The knockout stage of the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup began on 19 December with the semi-final round, and concluded on 21 December 1997 with the final at the King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh. The top two teams from each group advanced to the knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination style tournament. A third place match was included and played between the two losing teams of the semi-finals.1997 FIFA Confederations Cup overview In the knockout stage (including the final), if a match was level at the end of 90 minutes, extra time of two periods (15 minutes each) would be played. If the score was still level after extra time, the match would be decided by a penalty shoot-out. Additionally, a golden goal rule was used, according to which if the goal is scored during the extra time, the game ends immediately and the scoring team becomes the winner. Qualified teams Group Winners Runners-up A BRA AUS B URU CZE Bracket 19 December – Riyadh BRA 2 CZE 0 19 December – Riyadh URU 0 AUS 1 21 December – Riyadh BRA 6 AUS 0 21 December – Riyadh CZE 1 URU 0 Semi-finals Brazil vs Czech Republic 19 December 1997 15:15 AST BRA 2–0 Report CZE Romário 54Ronaldo 83 King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh 28,000 Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger) _bra96h _bra96h _bra96h _whitestripes _blue_band FFDD00 FFDD00 FFDD00 0000FF FFFFFF Brazil_czechrepublic1996 _czechrepublic1996 _czechrepublic1996 _czechrepublic1996 _czechrepublic1996 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FFFFFF 004891 Czech Republic BRA 100pxBRAZIL: GK 1 DidaRB 2 Cafu 24CB 4 Júnior Baiano 20 70CB 3 Aldair 35LB 6 Roberto CarlosCM 5 Dunga (c) 77CM 8 Flávio Conceição 87RAM 19JuninhoLAM 10 Leonardo 45FW 9 Ronaldo FW 11RomárioSubstitutions: MF 18Denílson 45DF 14Gonçalves 70MF 16César Sampaio 87Manager:Mário ZagalloCZE 100pxCZECH REPUBLIC: GK 1 Pavel SrníčekDF 5 Michal Horňák 82DF 12 Karel Rada DF 13 Petr Vlček 64DF 15 Edvard Lasota MF 4 Pavel Nedvěd 7 73MF 6 Zdeněk Svoboda MF 7 Jiří Němec 68MF 11 Radek Bejbl 89MF 17 Vladimír ŠmicerFW 9 Pavel Kuka Substitutions: DF 2 Ivo Ulich 73MF 8 Karel Poborský 82DF 3 Luboš Kozel 89Manager:Dušan Uhrin Uruguay v Australia 19 December 1997 19:00 AST URU 0–1 yes Report AUS Kewell 92 King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh 22,000 Nikolai Levnikov (Russia) _uruguay1997-98h _uruguay1997-98h _uruguay1997-98h _color_3_stripes_red 87CEFA 87CEFA 87CEFA FFFFFF FFFFFF Uruguay _aus97h _aus97h _aus97h _aus97h FFDF00 FFDF00 FFDF00 000000 000000 Australia URU 100pxURUGUAY: GK12Claudio FloresDF2Diego LópezDF3Paolo MonteroDF4Gustavo Méndez 5DF6Edgardo Adinolfi MF5Gonzalo de los SantosMF7Pablo García MF8Líber VespaMF20Álvaro Recoba 81FW9Marcelo Zalayeta 4FW10Nicolás OliveraSubstitutions:FW11Darío Silva 81Manager:Víctor PúaAUS 100pxAUSTRALIA: GK 1 Mark BosnichSW 4 Milan IvanovićCB 5 Alex Tobin (c)CB 14Tony VidmarCB 21 Kevin Muscat 28RM 8 Craig FosterCM 6 Ned ZelicCM 10Aurelio Vidmar 80LM 3 Stan LazaridisFW 9 Mark Viduka FW 11Harry KewellSubstitutions:MF 15 Josip Skoko 80Manager:England Terry Venables Third-place match 21 December 1997 17:50 AST CZE 1–0 Report URU Lasota 63 King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh 27,000 Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger) _czech96a _czech96a _czech96a _czechrepublic1996 _color_3_stripes_on_white FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 004891 Czech Republic _uruguay1997-98h _uruguay1997-98h _uruguay1997-98h _white stripes _top_on_black 87CEFA 87CEFA 87CEFA 000000 8DB7EF Uruguay CZE 100pxCZECH REPUBLIC: GK 1 Pavel SrníčekDF 7 Jiří Němec 34DF 12 Karel Rada DF 13 Petr Vlček DF 18 Milan Fukal 78MF 4 Pavel NedvědMF 6 Zdeněk Svoboda 29MF 11 Radek Bejbl 58MF 17 Vladimír Šmicer 78FW 9 Pavel Kuka FW 16 Vratislav Lokvenc 88Substitutions: MF 15 Edvard Lasota 58MF 8 Karel Poborský 83 78DF 5 Michal Horňák 88Manager:Dušan UhrinURU 100pxURUGUAY: GK12Claudio FloresDF2Diego López 67DF3Paolo MonteroDF4Gustavo Méndez DF6Edgardo Adinolfi MF5Gonzalo de los SantosMF7Pablo García MF8Líber Vespa 79MF20Álvaro RecobaFW9Marcelo Zalayeta FW10Nicolás Olivera 35Substitutions:FW11Darío Silva 90 79DF13Pablo Hernández 67Manager:Víctor Púa Final 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup final 21 December 1997 21:00 AST Brazil 6–0 Report Australia Ronaldo 15 27 59Romário 38 53 75 pen. King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh 65,000 Pirom Un-Prasert (Thailand) _bra96h _bra96h _bra96h _whitestripes _blue_band FFDD00 FFDD00 FFDD00 0000FF FFFFFF Brazil _aus97a _aus97a _aus97h _aus97h 004044 004044 004044 000000 000000 Australia GK 1 DidaRB 2 CafuCB 4 Júnior BaianoCB 3 AldairLB 6 Roberto CarlosCM 5 Dunga (c)CM 16César SampaioRAM 19JuninhoLAM 18DenílsonFW 9 Ronaldo 72FW 11RomárioManager:Mário Zagallo300px GK 1 Mark BosnichSW 4 Milan IvanovićRB 14Tony Vidmar 31CB 5 Alex Tobin (c)CB 2 Steve Horvat 55LB 3 Stan LazaridisCM 8 Craig FosterCM 6 Ned ZelicAM 10Aurelio Vidmar 31CF 9 Mark Viduka 0 24CF 11Harry KewellSubstitutions:FW 18 John Aloisi 31DF 21 Kevin Muscat 31DF 12 Matthew Bingley 55Manager:England Terry Venables OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Mohamed Al Musawi (Oman) Jacques Poudevigne (France) References Knockout stage Knockout stage Knockout stage Knockout stage Knockout stage Category:December 1997 sports events in Asia 1997 1997 1997