BRICS U-17 Football Cup

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BRICS U-17 Football Cup
Brazil won the 1st BRICS U-17 Football Tournament 2016, in Goa on October 15, 2016.jpg
Brazilian team celebrating with the trophy at the Fatorda Stadium in 2016
Founded2016
Region BRICS Nations
Number of teams5
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flag of India.svg  India
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Current championsFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (2nd title)
Most successful team(s)Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (2 titles)
Website www.bricsfootballcup.com.br

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.

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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
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil CONMEBOL
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China AFC
Flag of India.svg  India AFC
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia UEFA
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa CAF

Results

SeasonHost countryFinal match dateWinnerFinal match resultRunners-upThird placeHighest goal scorer
2016 Flag of India.svg  India 15 October 2016 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
51
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa Flag of Russia.svg Russia Flag of Brazil.svg Vinícius Júnior (4 goals)
2018 Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 22 July 2018 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China Flag of South Africa.svg 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
Flag of India.svg
2018
Flag of South Africa.svg
Apps.
Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil1st1st2
Flag of Russia.svg Russia3rd4th
Flag of India.svg India5th5th
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China PR4th2nd
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa2nd3rd

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