1997 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A explained

Group A of the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup took place between 12 and 16 December 1997. Brazil won the group, and advanced to the knockout stage, along with group runners-up Australia. Mexico and Saudi Arabia failed to advance.^[1]

Standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
	3	1	0	2	8	6	+2	3
	3	1	0	2	1	8	-7	3

Results

Saudi Arabia v Brazil

SAUDI ARABIA:
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GK	1	Mohamed Al-Deayea
DF	2
DF	3
DF	4
DF	13
MF	6	Ibrahim Al-Harbi
MF	10
MF	14
MF	16	Khamis Al-Dosari
FW	9
FW	11
Substitutions:
MF	8
FW	7
Manager:
Otto Pfister

BRAZIL:
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GK	1	Dida
RB	2
CB	4
CB	3
LB	15	Zé Roberto
RM	8
CM	16
LM	18
RF	9
CF	11	Romário
LF	10	Leonardo (c)
Substitutions:
MF	19
MF	20
DF	13
Manager:
Mário Zagallo

Mexico v Australia

MEXICO:
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GK	1	Oswaldo Sánchez
RB	14
CB	2	Claudio Suárez
CB	3
LB	8	Braulio Luna
RM	13
CM	6
CM	9
LM	7
RF	11
LF	20
Substitutions:
RF	10
LF	15
LB	18
Manager:
Manuel Lapuente

AUSTRALIA:
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GK	20
RB	14	Tony Vidmar
CB	2	Steve Horvat
CB	5	Alex Tobin (c)
LB	3	Stan Lazaridis
RM	8	Craig Foster
CM	7
LM	6
AM	10
FW	9
FW	18	John Aloisi
Substitutions:
DF	13	Robbie Hooker
FW	17	Damian Mori
MF	19	Ernie Tapai
Manager:
Terry Venables

Saudi Arabia v Mexico

SAUDI ARABIA:
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GK	1	Mohamed Al-Deayea
DF	2
DF	3
DF	13
DF	17
MF	6	Ibrahim Al-Harbi
MF	10
MF	14
MF	16
FW	9
FW	11
Substitutions:
MF	8
Manager:
Otto Pfister

MEXICO:
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GK	1	Oswaldo Sánchez
RB	13
CB	2	Claudio Suárez
CB	5
LB	18	Salvador Carmona
RM	9	Paulo Chávez
CM	4
CM	6
LM	8
RF	17
LF	11
Substitutions:
FW	15
MF	16
Manager:
Manuel Lapuente

Australia v Brazil

AUSTRALIA:
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GK	1	Mark Bosnich
SW	4	Milan Ivanović
RB	14	Tony Vidmar
CB	2
CB	5	Alex Tobin (c)
LB	3	Stan Lazaridis
CM	6	Ned Zelić
CM	8	Craig Foster
AM	10
FW	9
FW	18
Substitutions:
MF	19	Ernie Tapai
FW	17
DF	12	Matthew Bingley
Manager:
Terry Venables

BRAZIL:
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GK	1	Dida
RB	13
CB	4
CB	3
LB	6	Roberto Carlos
CM	8
CM	16
RAM	20
LAM	10	Leonardo (c)
FW	7
FW	9
Substitutions:
MF	18
MF	17
Manager:
Mário Zagallo

Saudi Arabia v Australia

SAUDI ARABIA:
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GK	1	Mohamed Al-Deayea
DF	3	Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi
DF	4
DF	12
DF	13
MF	6	Ibrahim Al-Harbi
MF	10	Saeed Al-Owairan
MF	14
MF	16
FW	9
FW	11
Substitutions:
DF	19
MF	8
Manager:
Otto Pfister

AUSTRALIA:
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GK	1	Mark Bosnich
CB	2
CB	4
CB	5	Alex Tobin (c)
RM	8	Craig Foster
CM	6	Ned Zelić
CM	15
LM	3	Stan Lazaridis
AM	7	Robbie Slater
FW	17
FW	18
Substitutions:
FW	9
FW	11
MF	10
Manager:
Terry Venables

Brazil v Mexico

BRAZIL:
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GK	1
RB	13
CB	4
CB	3
LB	6	Roberto Carlos
CM	5	Dunga (c)
CM	8
RAM	19	Juninho
LAM	18
FW	9
FW	11	Romário
Substitutions:
FW	7
GK	12
Manager:
Mário Zagallo

MEXICO:
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GK	12	Óscar Pérez
RB	13
CB	2	Claudio Suárez
CB	3
CB	5
LB	18	Salvador Carmona
RM	17
CM	6
LM	8
RF	15
LF	11	Cuauhtémoc Blanco
Substitutions:
RF	10
LM	7
Manager:
Manuel Lapuente

Notes and References

https://web.archive.org/web/20151006024138/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/news/y=2007/m=3/news=saudi-arabia-1997-brazil-burn-bright-501843.html 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup