2017 FIFA Confederations Cup will start in a few days. The 10th FIFA Confederations Cup will be played in Russia from 17th June to 2nd July 2017. It is a great quadrennial international tournament where 6 recent continental champions meet along with the latest FIFA World Cup winner and the hosts of upcoming FIFA World Cup.
There were lots of memories from the previous nine editions of this tournament. In this article, we will show some important past stats of this tournament, which everyone should keep in mind during the upcoming edition.
But before moving on to the stats, we are showing at first the qualification process for 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup.
Qualification for 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup
| Country | Confederation | Qualification process | Previous appearances in FIFA Confederations Cup | Best results in this tournament |
| Russia | UEFA | Host nation of 2018 FIFA World Cup | None | – |
| Germany | UEFA | Winner of 2014 FIFA World Cup | 1999, 2005 | Third Place (2005) |
| Australia | AFC | Winner of 2015 AFC Asian Cup | 1997, 2001, 2005 | Runner-up (1997) |
| Chile | CONMEBOL | Winner of 2015 Copa America | None | – |
| Mexico | CONCACAF | Winner of 2015 CONCACAF Cup | 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2013 | Champion (1999) |
| New Zealand | OFC | Winner of 2016 OFC Nations Cup | 1999, 2003, 2009 | Group Stage |
| Portugal | UEFA | Winner of UEFA Euro 2016 | None | – |
| Cameroon | CAF | Winner of 2017 Africa Cup of Nations | 2001, 2003 | Runner-up (2003) |
(Note: This is the first time for Australia to qualify for this tournament as a champion of the Asian Confederation. All of their previous appearances were as champion of the Oceania Confederation)
Tournament History
The inaugural tournament had been held in Saudi Arabia in 1992. The first two editions of the tournament were known as King Fahd Cup (Confederations Winners Cup or Intercontinental Championship), which had been organised by Saudi Arabia in 1992 and 1995. Since the next edition in 1997, the tournament is known as FIFA Confederations Cup as FIFA has taken over the organisation responsibility of the competition.
From 1995 to 2005, this tournament had been held every two years. But since 2005, the tournament has been held now every four years.
The important details of the previous nine editions of the tournament are given below.
Previous champions
| Year | Host | No.of teams | Champion | Runner-up | FIFA Fair Play Award | Best player award (Nation) | Golden Shoe (Nation) | Golden Glove (Nation) |
| 1992 | Saudi Arabia | 4 | Argentina | Saudi Arabia | – | – | Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina) | – |
| 1995 | Saudi Arabia | 6 | Denmark | Argentina | – | – | Luis Garcia (Mexico) | – |
| 1997 | Saudi Arabia | 8 | Brazil | Australia | South Africa | Denilson (Brazil) | Romario (Brazil) | – |
| 1999 | Mexico | 8 | Mexico | Brazil | New Zealand and Brazil | Ronaldinho (Brazil) | Ronaldinho (Brazil) | – |
| 2001 | South Korea and Japan | 8 | France | Japan | Japan | Robert Pires (France) | Robert Pires (France) | – |
| 2003 | France | 8 | France | Cameroon | Japan | Thierry Henry (France) | Thierry Henry (France) | – |
| 2005 | Germany | 8 | Brazil | Argentina | Greece | Adriano (Brazil) | Adriano (Brazil) | Oswaldo Sanchez (Mexico) |
| 2009 | South Africa | 8 | Brazil | USA | Brazil | Kaka (Brazil) | Luis Fabiano (Brazil) | Tim Howard (USA) |
| 2013 | Brazil | 8 | Brazil | Spain | Spain | Neymar (Brazil) | Fernando Torres (Spain) | Julio Cesar (Brazil) |
Important Stats of FIFA Confederations Cup (Before the beginning of 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup)
(Team Stats)
- Most no.of tournament victories – Brazil (4 times)
- Most no.of tournament participations – Brazil (7 times)
- Most no.of matches played – Brazil (33 matches)
- Most no.of matches won – Brazil (23 matches)
- Largest victory – Spain 10 – 0 Tahiti (Estadio do Maracana, Rio de Janeiro on 20th June 2013)
- Most no.of goals scored in a match – i) Brazil 8 – 2 Saudi Arabia (at Jalisco, Guadalajara on 1st August 1999)
ii) Spain 10 – 0 Tahiti (Estadio do Maracana, Rio de Janeiro on 20th June 2013)
(Individual Stats)
- Most no.of matches played – Dida (22 matches; Nation – Brazil)
- Most no.of goals scored – Cuauhtemoc Blanco (9 goals; Nation – Mexico) and Ronaldinho (9 goals; Nation – Brazil)
- Most no.of hat-tricks scored – Fernando Torres (2 times; Nation – Spain)
