BRICS U-17 Football Cup explained

Founded:2016
Number Of Teams:5




Region:BRICS Nations
Current Champions: (2nd title)
Most Successful Team: (2 titles)

The BRICS U-17 Football Cup is a U-17 Football tournament played among teams of five BRICS countries - economic block formed by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The first historic edition was played in Goa, India in 2016 on the occasion of the 8th BRICS summit that was held in India.[1] The Tournament will take place once every year with 10-day and following the lines of the tournaments under-17 FIFA. Each edition will be held in a BRICS nation. On 1 October 2016 The Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi, unveiled the Trophy[2] for the 2016 BRICS U-17 Football Tournament in London.

Brics Football Cup was not held in 2017 during the Xiamen Summit, but the tournament come back for the second edition for Johannesburg Summit, 2018. In this edition Women's U-17 teams of respective countries competed for the cup.[3] [4] [5]

Format

On the very first tournament, held in Goa, India a round-robin stage was played. From this round, 1st and 2nd teams of points table entered final and on the other hand 3rd and 4th teams of points table entered 3rd place game respectively. 5th team was directly eliminated after first round.

In the second edition, only round-robin stage was played in Johannesburg, South Africa. The teams were given awards according to their places in points table after round-robin stage.

Teams

TeamConfederation
CONMEBOL
AFC
AFC
UEFA
CAF

Results

SeasonHost countryFinal match dateWinnerFinal match resultRunners-upThird placeHighest goal scorer
2016 India15 October 2016 Brazil South Africa Russia Vinícius Júnior (4 goals)
2018 South Africa22 July 2018 Brazil China South Africa

There was no knock-out match played, the tournament was played as league tournament, team with highest point won the cup, in this case Brazil.

Team performance

Hosts→
Teams↓
2016
2018
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Russia3rd4th
India 5th5th
China PR4thbgcolor=silver2nd
South Africabgcolor=silver2nd3rd

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.dailypioneer.com/sports/india-to-host-brics-u17-cup-in-2016.html India to host BRICS U17 Cup in 2016
  2. News: PM Modi unveils BRICS U-17 Football Trophy. 3 October 2016. The Home of Indian Football. 1 October 2016. 3 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161003110038/http://thif-live.com/pm-modi-unveils-brics-u-17-football-trophy/. dead.
  3. News: TWENTY SELECTED FOR INDIAN U-17 WOMEN'S TEAM FOR BRICS U-17 FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT. AIFF. July 13, 2018.
  4. News: BRICS Cup U17 2018: India announced 35-member squad. SportsKeeda. 8 July 2018.
  5. News: LISTEN: Dludlu on Alexandra visit and BRICS tournament preparations. SAFA. July 12, 2018.