1997 FIFA Confederations Cup final

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Football match

1997 FIFA Confederations Cup finalEvent| 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup

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| Brazil | Australia

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Date| 21 December 1997
Venue| King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh
Referee| Pirom Un-Prasert (Thailand)
Attendance| 65,000

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The 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup final was a football match to determine the winners of the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup. The match was held at King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 21 December 1997, and was contested by Brazil and Australia. Brazil won the match 6–0.

## Route to the final

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Brazil  | Round  | Australia

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Opponent  | Result  | Group stage | Opponent  | Result
Saudi Arabia | 3–0  | Match 1  |  Mexico | 3–1
Australia | 0–0  | Match 2  |  Brazil | 0–0
Mexico | 3–2  | Match 3  |  Saudi Arabia | 0–1
| Team  |  Pld  |  W  |  D  |  L  |  GF  |  GA  |  GD  |  Pts

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Brazil | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 7
Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4
Mexico | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3
Saudi Arabia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | –7 | 3
Final standing  |  | Team  |  Pld  |  W  |  D  |  L  |  GF  |  GA  |  GD  |  Pts

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Brazil | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 7
Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4
Mexico | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3
Saudi Arabia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | –7 | 3
Opponent  | Result  | Knockout stage | Opponent  | Result
Czech Republic | 2–0  | Semi-Final  |  Uruguay | 1–0

## Match details

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21 December 1997

21:00 AST

Brazil | 6–0|  Australia

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Ronaldo 15', 27', 59'
Romário 38', 53', 75' (pen.) | Report |

King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: Pirom Un-Prasert (Thailand)

Brazil

Australia

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GK | 1 | Dida
RB | 2 | Cafu
CB | 3 | Aldair
CB | 4 | Júnior Baiano
LB | 6 | Roberto Carlos
DM | 5 | Dunga (c)
DM | 16 | César Sampaio
AM | 19 | Juninho
AM | 18 | Denílson
CF | 9 | Ronaldo |  72'
CF | 11 | Romário
Substitutions:
GK | 12 | Rogério Ceni
FW | 7 | Bebeto
MF | 8 | Flávio Conceição
MF | 10 | Leonardo
DF | 13 | Zé Maria
DF | 14 | Gonçalves
DF | 15 | Zé Roberto
MF | 17 | Doriva
MF | 20 | Rivaldo
MF | 21 | Rodrigo Fabri
DF | 22 | Russo
Manager:
Mário Zagallo
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GK | 1 | Mark Bosnich
SW | 4 | Milan Ivanović
RB | 14 | Tony Vidmar |  |  31'
CB | 5 | Alex Tobin (c)
CB | 2 | Steve Horvat |  |  55'
LB | 3 | Stan Lazaridis
CM | 8 | Craig Foster
CM | 6 | Ned Zelić
AM | 10 | Aurelio Vidmar |  |  31'
CF | 9 | Mark Viduka |  24'
CF | 11 | Harry Kewell
Substitutions:
GK | 20 | Zeljko Kalac
MF | 7 | Robbie Slater
DF | 12 | Matthew Bingley |  |  55'
DF | 13 | Robbie Hooker
MF | 15 | Josip Skoko
FW | 16 | Paul Trimboli
FW | 17 | Damian Mori
FW | 18 | John Aloisi |  |  31'
MF | 19 | Ernie Tapai
DF | 21 | Kevin Muscat |  |  31'
Manager:
Terry Venables

OFFICIALS

* Assistant referees:
* Mohamed Al Musawi (Oman)
* Jacques Poudevigne (France)

MATCH RULES

* 90 minutes
* 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary
* Penalty shoot-out if scores still level:
* 3 substitutions allowed

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## References

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## External links

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* Match report

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1997 FIFA Confederations Cup

Stages|

* Group stage
* Group A
* Group B
* Knockout stage
* Final

General information|

* Squads

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FIFA Confederations Cup

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