2016 BRICS U-17 Football Cup

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.

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)

Teams
BRICS leaders with captains of the U-17 football teams.
Team Confederation
 BrazilCONMEBOL
 China PRAFC
 IndiaAFC
 RussiaUEFA
 South AfricaCAF

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

Format

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

Table
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:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result .

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

Final and Third place match

Third-place match
Russia 2–1 China PR
Kolesnichenko  66'
Chelidze  84'		 Report Qianglong  34'

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

Winner
 2016 BRICS U-17 Football Cup 

Brazil
First title


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

References
  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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