2017 FIFA Confederations Cup

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)

2017 FIFA Confederations Cup participating teams

The 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup is the 10th edition of the FIFA Confederations Cup, a quadrennial international men's football tournament organised by FIFA. It will be 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 country was awarded the hosting rights of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.^[2] The matches will be played in four different stadiums across four cities: Saint Petersburg, Moscow, Kazan and Sochi. It will be the first time Russia hosts the tournament, and the third time the Confederations Cup is held within the European continent. As hosts, Russia automatically qualified for the tournament. The six winners of the FIFA confederation championships as well as the 2014 FIFA World Cup champions, Germany, also qualified.

The final tournament will be played in two stages: a group stage and a latter knockout stage. In the group stage each team will play three games in a group of four, with the winners and runners-up from each group advancing to the knockout stage. In the knockout stage the four teams will competed in single-elimination matches, beginning with the semi-finals and ending with the final match of the tournament. A third-place match will also be played between the two losing teams of the semi-finals.

The defending champions, Brazil, who won the previous three Confederation Cups (2005, 2009, 2013) failed to qualify following their loss on penalties to Paraguay in the quarter-finals of the 2015 Copa América. 2015 AFC Asian Cup winners Australia also became the first team to qualify from multiple confederations, having previously represented the OFC in 1997, 2001 and 2005.

Qualification

The eight competing teams will be the host nation, the reigning FIFA World Cup champions, and the six holders of the FIFA confederation championships. If any team qualifies for multiple berths (such as, if the World Cup champions also won their continental championship), the next best-placed team from their continental championship qualifies.

After Russia secured a spot in the tournament as hosts, Germany were the first team to qualify via competition, after winning the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. The final match saw the Germans clinch the country's fourth world title through a 1–0 extra-time win to Argentina. Australia were the next team to qualify after besting South Korea 1–2 in extra-time in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup Final. The victory marked Australia's first Asian Cup win since their move from the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) in 2006. It was also the first time a team had become champions of two confederations, following Australia's four OFC Nations Cup titles. Chile were the fourth team to secure a spot at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup after defeating Argentina in the 2015 Copa América Final on a penalty shootout after a goalless draw. As 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup champions Mexico's qualifying path saw them face 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup champions United States in the 2015 CONCACAF Cup play-off match. The new format, in which the two most recent CONCACAF Gold Cup winners compete to decide the representative team of CONCACAF, was won by the Mexicans 3–2.

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament.

Country	Confederation	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearance in tournament¹
Russia	UEFA	2018 FIFA World Cup hosts	12 December 2010	1st
Germany	UEFA	2014 FIFA World Cup winners	213 July 2014	3rd (1999, 2005)
Australia	AFC	2015 AFC Asian Cup winners	331 January 2015	4th (1997, 2001, 2005)
Chile	CONMEBOL	2015 Copa América winners	44 July 2015	1st
Mexico	CONCACAF	2015 CONCACAF Cup winners	510 October 2015	7th (1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2013)
TBD	OFC	2016 OFC Nations Cup winners	611 June 2016	TBD
TBD	UEFA	UEFA Euro 2016 winners^{[upper-alpha 1]}	710 July 2016	TBD
TBD	CAF	2017 Africa Cup of Nations winners	85 February 2017	TBD

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

↑ If Russia or Germany win Euro 2016, the best-placed FIFA member not yet qualified will take the spot (see below).

Teams in contention

CAF berth

Winners of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations

Teams qualified for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations

Teams competing in qualifying that can advance to the final tournament

OFC berth

Winners of the 2016 OFC Nations Cup

Teams qualified for the 2016 OFC Nations Cup

UEFA berth

Winners of UEFA Euro 2016

Teams qualified for UEFA Euro 2016

Note: Russia (host nation) and Germany (World Cup champion) have already qualified for the Confederations Cup.

Final draw

The draw is scheduled to take place on 26 November 2016 at the Tennis Academy in the city of Kazan.^[3]

Venues

Four cities will serve as the venues for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup.^[4]^[5] All four venues will also be 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.^[6]

Saint Petersburg	Moscow Saint Petersburg Kazan Sochi		Moscow
Piter Arena			Otkrytie Arena
Capacity: 66,881 (new stadium)			Capacity: 44,829

Kazan			Sochi
Kazan Arena			Fisht Olympic Stadium
Capacity: 45,015			Capacity: 47,659

Schedule

The full schedule was announced by FIFA on 24 July 2015 (without kick-off times, which will be confirmed later).^[7]^[8] Russia will be placed in position A1 in the group stage and play in the opening match at the Zenit Arena in Saint Petersburg on 17 June. The distribution of the knockout stage matches are as follows:^[9]

The Piter Arena in Saint Petersburg will host the final on 2 July.
The Kazan Arena in Kazan will host the first semi-final on 28 June.
The Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi will host the second semi-final on 29 June.
The Otkrytie Arena in Moscow will host the third place match on 2 July.

All times are local Moscow time (UTC+3)

Group stage

The group stage of the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup will take place from 17–25 June 2017. Each team will play three games, with the winners and runners-up from each group advancing to the knockout stage.

Tiebreaking criteria for group stage
The teams will be ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned Drawing of lots

Group A

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Russia (H)	Knockout stage
2	A2	Knockout stage
3	A3
4	A4

First match(es) will be played on 17 June 2017. Source: FIFA
(H) Host.

Russia v A2

17 June 2017
18:00

Russia	Match 1	A2

Piter Arena, Saint Petersburg

A3 v A4

18 June 2017
18:00

A3	Match 2	A4

Kazan Arena, Kazan

Russia v A3

21 June 2017
18:00

Russia	Match 5	A3

Otkrytie Arena, Moscow

A4 v A2

21 June 2017
21:00

A4	Match 6	A2

Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi

A4 v Russia

24 June 2017
18:00

A4	Match 9	Russia

Kazan Arena, Kazan

A2 v A3

24 June 2017
18:00

A2	Match 10	A3

Piter Arena, Saint Petersburg

Group B

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	B1	Knockout stage
2	B2	Knockout stage
3	B3
4	B4

First match(es) will be played on 18 June 2017. Source: FIFA

B1 v B2

18 June 2017
21:00

B1	Match 3	B2

Otkrytie Arena, Moscow

B3 v B4

19 June 2017
18:00

B3	Match 4	B4

Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi

B1 v B3

22 June 2017
18:00

B1	Match 7	B3

Piter Arena, Saint Petersburg

B4 v B2

22 June 2017
21:00

B4	Match 8	B2

Kazan Arena, Kazan

B4 v B1

25 June 2017
18:00

B4	Match 11	B1

Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi

B2 v B3

25 June 2017
18:00

B2	Match 12	B3

Otkrytie Arena, Moscow

Knockout stage

In all matches in the knockout stage, if the score are level at the end of 90 minutes, two 15-minute periods of extra time will take place. If the score are still level after extra time, the match will be decided by a penalty shoot-out.

	Semi-finals				Final

	28 June — Kazan

	Winner Group A
					2 July — Saint Petersburg
	Runner-up Group B
					Winner Match 13
	29 June — Sochi
					Winner Match 14
	Winner Group B

	Runner-up Group A
					Third Place

					2 July — Moscow

					Loser Match 13

					Loser Match 14

Semi-finals

Winner Group A v Runner-up Group B

28 June 2017
21:00

Winner Group A	Match 13	Runner-up Group B

Kazan Arena, Kazan

Winner Group B v Runner-up Group A

29 June 2017
21:00

Winner Group B	Match 14	Runner-up Group A

Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi

Third place match

Loser Match 13 v Loser Match 14

2 July 2017
15:00

Loser Match 13	Match 15	Loser Match 14

Otkrytie Arena, Moscow

Final

Winner Match 13 v Winner Match 14

2 July 2017
21:00

Winner Match 13	Match 16	Winner Match 14

Piter Arena, Saint Petersburg

References

↑ "Ethics: Executive Committee unanimously supports recommendation to publish report on 2018/2022 FIFA World Cup™ bidding process". FIFA.com. 19 December 2014.
↑ "Blatter makes Russia visit". FIFA. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
↑ http://welcome2018.com/en/materials/21637/
↑ "Mutko to chair 2018 World Cup organising committee". supersport.com. 27 April 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
↑ "Russia 2018 to start and finish at Luzhniki Stadium". FIFA.com. 15 December 2012.
↑ "Stadium names for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ confirmed". FIFA.com. 8 October 2015.
↑ "Match schedules for FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 and 2018 FIFA World Cup™ unveiled". FIFA.com. 24 July 2015.
↑ "FIFA Confederations Cup Russia 2017 - Match Schedule" (PDF). FIFA.com.
↑ "2022 FIFA World Cup to be played in November/December". FIFA.com. 20 March 2015.

External links

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