1997 FIFA Confederations Cup Group B explained

Group B of the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup took place between 13 and 17 December 1997. Uruguay won the group, and advanced to the knockout stage, along with group runners-up Czech Republic. United Arab Emirates and South Africa failed to advance.^[1]

Standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	3	3	0	0	8	4	+4	9
	3	1	1	1	9	5	+4	4
	3	1	0	2	2	8	-6	3
	3	0	1	2	5	7	-2	1

Results

United Arab Emirates v Uruguay

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES:
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GK	17	Muhsin Musabah
DF	5
DF	6
DF	20
MF	7
MF	13
MF	15
MF	16	Ahmed Saeed
MF	19
FW	8
FW	11	Yaser Salem Ali
Substitutions:
FW	10
FW	14
DF	3
Manager:
Milan Máčala

URUGUAY:
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GK	12	Claudio Flores
DF	2	Diego López
DF	3	Paolo Montero
DF	4	Gustavo Méndez
DF	6
MF	5	Gonzalo de los Santos
MF	7
MF	8
MF	20
FW	9
FW	10
Substitutions:
FW	11
FW	19
DF	13
Manager:
Víctor Púa

South Africa v Czech Republic

SOUTH AFRICA:
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GK	1
DF	2
DF	4
DF	5	Mark Fish
DF	9	Neil Tovey
MF	10	John Moshoeu
MF	11	Helman Mkhalele
MF	15
MF	18
FW	6
FW	12
Substitutions:
MF	8
MF	14
Manager:
Clive Barker

CZECH REPUBLIC:
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GK	1	Pavel Srníček
DF	5
DF	12
DF	13
DF	15
MF	4
MF	6
MF	7
MF	11	Radek Bejbl
MF	17
FW	9
Substitutions:
FW	8
MF	14
Manager:
Dušan Uhrin

United Arab Emirates v South Africa

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES:
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GK	17
DF	5
DF	6
DF	20
MF	7
MF	15
MF	16	Ahmed Saeed
MF	19
FW	8	Ahmed Adel
FW	10
FW	11
Substitutions:
MF	13
FW	14
DF	3
Manager:
Milan Máčala

SOUTH AFRICA:
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GK	1	Andre Arendse
DF	2
DF	4
DF	5	Mark Fish
DF	9	Neil Tovey
MF	8
MF	10	John Moshoeu
MF	11	Helman Mkhalele
MF	18
FW	6
FW	12
Substitutions:
DF	3
MF	14
FW	13
Manager:
Clive Barker

Czech Republic v Uruguay

CZECH REPUBLIC:
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GK	1	Pavel Srníček
DF	5
DF	12
DF	13	Petr Vlček
DF	15
MF	4
MF	6
MF	8
MF	11
MF	17	Vladimír Šmicer
FW	9
Substitutions:
MF	19
FW	10
DF	3
Manager:
Dušan Uhrin

URUGUAY:
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GK	12	Claudio Flores
DF	2	Diego López
DF	3
DF	4
DF	6
MF	5	Gonzalo de los Santos
MF	7
MF	8
FW	9
FW	10
FW	11
Substitutions:
MF	20
MF	14
DF	13
Manager:
Víctor Púa

United Arab Emirates v Czech Republic

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES:
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GK	17	Muhsin Musabah
DF	5
DF	6
DF	20
MF	7
MF	15	Abdulaziz Mohamed
MF	16	Ahmed Saeed
MF	19
FW	8
FW	10	Adnan Al Talyani
FW	11
Substitutions:
MF	13
FW	14
DF	3
Manager:
Milan Máčala

CZECH REPUBLIC:
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GK	1	Pavel Srníček
DF	5
DF	12
DF	13	Petr Vlček
MF	4
MF	6
MF	7
MF	11
MF	17
FW	9
FW	10
Substitutions:
DF	15
DF	2
FW	16
Manager:
Dušan Uhrin

Uruguay v South Africa

URUGUAY:
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GK	1	Carlos Nicola
DF	2
DF	15	Carlos Díaz
DF	16	César Pellegrín
DF	18	Martín Rivas
MF	13
MF	14
MF	17
MF	20
FW	11
FW	19
Substitutions:
MF	5
MF	7
MF	8
Manager:
Víctor Púa

SOUTH AFRICA:
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GK	16	Brian Baloyi
DF	2
DF	3
DF	5	Mark Fish
DF	19	Lucas Radebe
MF	10
MF	11	Helman Mkhalele
MF	18
MF	20
FW	6
FW	14
Substitutions:
DF	4
FW	13
MF	17
Manager:
Clive Barker

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