2016 BRICS U-17 Football Cup

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2016 BRICS U-17 Football Cup
Tournament details
Host country India
Dates5–15 October 2016
Teams5 (from BRICS confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (1st title)
Runners-up South Africa
Third place Russia
Fourth place China PR
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored32 (2.67 per match)
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The 2016 BRICS U-17 Football Cup was the first edition of the BRICS U-17 Football Cup. It took place in the Indian state of Goa during the 8th BRICS summit which was also held in India. It began on 5 October and concluded with the final on 15 October.[1] Brazil won the cup defeating South Africa in the final. The tournament featured the under-17 teams of all five members of BRICS with the final taking place at the Fatorda Stadium.

Teams[edit]

BRICS leaders with captains of the U-17 football teams.
Team Confederation
 Brazil CONMEBOL
 China PR AFC
 India AFC
 Russia UEFA
 South Africa CAF

Venues[edit]

Margao
2016 BRICS U-17 Football Cup (India)
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Capacity: 19,000
Fatorda Stadium.jpg
Bambolim
GMC Stadium
Capacity: 3,600

Format[edit]

All five teams in the tournament shall play each other in a round-robin before the top two teams qualify for the final and the third and fourth place teams play in the third-place match.[2]

Group stage[edit]

Table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 4 4 0 0 10 1 +9 12 Final
2  South Africa 4 2 1 1 4 4 0 7
3  Russia 4 2 0 2 6 6 0 6 Third place match
4  China PR 4 1 1 2 2 6 −4 4
5  India 4 0 0 4 1 6 −5 0
Updated to match(es) played on 9 October 2016. Source:[citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result .

Fixtures & results[edit]

China PR 0–2 Brazil
Report Gabriel Goal 1'
Matos Goal 65'
Russia 1–0 India
Lopatin Goal 3' Report
South Africa 1–0 India
Radzilani Goal 23' Report
China PR 1–4 Russia
Qianglong Goal 90' Report Kolesnichenko Goal 6', 69'
Lopatin Goal 60', 74'
Brazil 2–0 Russia
Victor Oliviera Goal 38'
Vinícius Júnior Goal 78'		 Report
South Africa 0–0 China PR
Report
India 0–1 China PR
Report Cong Goal 90+5'
Brazil 3–0 South Africa
Nestor Goal 8'
Franco Goal 74'
Vinícius Júnior Goal 82'		 Report
Russia 1–3 South Africa
Skrobotov Goal 45' Report Foster Goal 22'
Mavuso Goal 54'
Le Roux Goal 84'
India 1–3 Brazil
Thatal Goal 19' Report Brenner Goal 2'
Santos Goal 30'
Vinícius Júnior Goal 82'

Final and Third place match[edit]

Third-place match[edit]

Russia 2–1 China PR
Kolesnichenko Goal 66'
Chelidze Goal 84'		 Report Qianglong Goal 34'

Final[edit]

Brazil 5–1 South Africa
Paulinho Goal 24'
Vinícius Júnior Goal 35'
Victor OliveiraGoal 40', 60'
Alan de Souza Goal 90+3'		 Report Bophela Goal 89'

Winner[edit]

 2016 BRICS U-17 Football Cup 
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First title


Goalscorers[edit]

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
  • China Tao Qianglong
1 goal
  • China Cong
  • Brazil Alan de Souza
  • Brazil Paulinho
  • Brazil Leonardo Franco
  • Brazil Victor Gabriel
  • Brazil Vitor Matos
  • Brazil Rodrigo Nestor
  • Brazil Vinicius Oliviera
  • Brazil Marcos Santos
  • Brazil Brenner
  • India Komal Thatal
  • Russia Georgy Chelidze
  • South Africa Bophela
  • South Africa Lyle Foster
  • South Africa Luke Le Roux
  • South Africa Mswati Mavuso
  • South Africa Ndamalelo Radzilani

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Mishra, Aniket (29 September 2015). "Inaugural BRICS Cup to take place in India in 2016". SportsKeeda. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "BRICS U-17 Football Cup 2016: Participants, Schedule, Timings (IST), Venue". SportsKeeda. 4 October 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2016.


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