1997 FIFA Confederations Cup knockout stage explained

The knockout stage of the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup began on 19 December with the semi-final round, and concluded on 21 December 1997 with the final at the King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh. The top two teams from each group advanced to the knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination style tournament. A third place match was included and played between the two losing teams of the semi-finals.^[1]

In the knockout stage (including the final), if a match was level at the end of 90 minutes, extra time of two periods (15 minutes each) would be played. If the score was still level after extra time, the match would be decided by a penalty shoot-out. Additionally, a golden goal rule was used, according to which if the goal is scored during the extra time, the game ends immediately and the scoring team becomes the winner.

Semi-finals

Brazil vs Czech Republic

BRAZIL: width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 Dida RB 2 CB 4 CB 3 LB 6 Roberto Carlos CM 5 Dunga (c) CM 8 RAM 19 Juninho LAM 10 FW 9 FW 11 Romário Substitutions: MF 18 DF 14 MF 16 Manager: Mário Zagallo

CZECH REPUBLIC: width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 Pavel Srníček DF 5 DF 12 DF 13 DF 15 MF 4 MF 6 MF 7 MF 11 MF 17 Vladimír Šmicer FW 9 Substitutions: DF 2 MF 8 DF 3 Manager: Dušan Uhrin

Uruguay v Australia

URUGUAY: width=25 ! width=25 GK 12 Claudio Flores DF 2 Diego López DF 3 Paolo Montero DF 4 DF 6 MF 5 Gonzalo de los Santos MF 7 MF 8 Líber Vespa MF 20 FW 9 FW 10 Nicolás Olivera Substitutions: FW 11 Manager: Víctor Púa

AUSTRALIA: width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 Mark Bosnich SW 4 Milan Ivanović CB 5 Alex Tobin (c) CB 14 Tony Vidmar CB 21 RM 8 Craig Foster CM 6 Ned Zelić CM 10 Aurelio Vidmar LM 3 Stan Lazaridis FW 9 FW 11 Harry Kewell Substitutions: MF 15 Josip Skoko Manager: Terry Venables

Third-place match

CZECH REPUBLIC: GK 1 Pavel Srníček DF 7 DF 12 DF 13 DF 18 MF 4 Pavel Nedvěd MF 6 MF 11 MF 17 FW 9 FW 16 Substitutions: MF 15 MF 8 DF 5 Manager: Dušan Uhrin

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

Final

See main article: 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup Final.

GK 1 Dida RB 2 Cafu CB 4 Júnior Baiano CB 3 Aldair LB 6 Roberto Carlos CM 5 Dunga (c) CM 16 César Sampaio RAM 19 Juninho LAM 18 Denílson FW 9 FW 11 Romário Manager: Mário Zagallo

GK 1 Mark Bosnich SW 4 Milan Ivanović RB 14 Tony Vidmar CB 5 Alex Tobin (c) CB 2 LB 3 Stan Lazaridis CM 8 Craig Foster CM 6 Ned Zelić AM 10 Aurelio Vidmar CF 9 CF 11 Harry Kewell Substitutions: FW 18 DF 21 DF 12 Manager: Terry Venables

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

Notes and References

1. 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 overview