1997 FIFA Confederations Cup final
# 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup final

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

| Brazil | Brazil | Round | Australia | Australia |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 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  Brazil 32106247  Australia 31113214  Mexico 31028623  Saudi Arabia 310218–73 | Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Brazil 32106247  Australia 31113214  Mexico 31028623  Saudi Arabia 310218–73 | Final standing | Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Brazil 32106247  Australia 31113214  Mexico 31028623  Saudi Arabia 310218–73 | Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Brazil 32106247  Australia 31113214  Mexico 31028623  Saudi Arabia 310218–73 |
| Opponent | Result | Knockout stage | Opponent | Result |
| Czech Republic | 2–0 | Semi-Final | Uruguay | 1–0 |

## Match details

| Brazil | Australia |
| - | - |

Dida :

| RB | 2 | Cafu |
| - | - | - |
| CB | 3 | Aldair |
| CB | 4 | Júnior Baiano |
| LB | 6 | Roberto Carlos |
| CM | 5 | Dunga (c) |
| CM | 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 ||||

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 |
