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.
 Brazilian team celebrating with the trophy at the Fatorda Stadium in 2016 | |
| Founded | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Region | BRICS Nations |
| Number of teams | 5 Brazil Russia India China South Africa |
| Current champions | Brazil (2nd title) |
| Most successful team(s) | Brazil (2 titles) |
| Website | www |
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 edit
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 edit
| Team | Confederation |
|---|---|
| Brazil |
CONMEBOL |
| China |
AFC |
| India |
AFC |
| Russia |
UEFA |
| South Africa |
CAF |
Results edit
| Season | Host country | Final match date | Winner | Final match result | Runners-up | Third place | Highest goal scorer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | India
|
15 October 2016 | Brazil
|
5–1
|
South Africa
|
Russia
|
Vinícius Júnior (4 goals)
|
| 2018 | South Africa
|
22 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 edit
| Hosts→ Teams↓ |
2016
|
2018
|
Apps. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil
|
1st | 1st | 2 |
| Russia
|
3rd | 4th | |
| India
|
5th | 5th | |
| China PR
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4th | 2nd | |
| South Africa
|
2nd | 3rd |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ India to host BRICS U17 Cup in 2016. The Pioneer. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015
- ^ "PM Modi unveils BRICS U-17 Football Trophy". The Home of Indian Football. 1 October 2016. Archived from the original on 3 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ "TWENTY SELECTED FOR INDIAN U-17 WOMEN'S TEAM FOR BRICS U-17 FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT". AIFF. July 13, 2018.
- ^ "BRICS Cup U17 2018: India announced 35-member squad". SportsKeeda. 8 July 2018.
- ^ "LISTEN: Dludlu on Alexandra visit and BRICS tournament preparations". SAFA. July 12, 2018.
External links edit
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