 Brazilian team celebrating with the trophy at theFatorda Stadium in 2016 | |
| Founded | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Region | BRICS Nations |
| Teams | 5 Brazil Russia India China South Africa |
| Current champions | Brazil (2nd title) |
| Most championships | Brazil (2 titles) |
| Website | www |
The BRICS U-17 Football Cup is a U-17 Football tournament played among teams of fiveBRICS countries - economic block formed byBrazil,Russia,India,China andSouth Africa. The first historic edition was played inGoa,India in 2016 on the occasion of the8th BRICS summit that was held inIndia.[1] The Tournament will take place once every year with 10-day and following the lines of the tournaments under-17FIFA. Each edition will be held in aBRICS 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.
Brics Football Cup was not held in 2017 during theXiamen Summit, but the tournament come back for the second edition forJohannesburg Summit, 2018. In this edition Women's U-17 teams of respective countries competed for the cup.[3][4][5]
On the very first tournament, held inGoa,India around-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 inJohannesburg,South Africa. The teams were given awards according to their places in points table after round-robin stage.
| Team | Confederation |
|---|---|
| Brazil | CONMEBOL |
| China | AFC |
| India | AFC |
| Russia | UEFA |
| South Africa | CAF |
| 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 |
| Hosts→ Teams↓ | 2016 | 2018 | Apps. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 1st | 1st | 2 |
| Russia | 3rd | 4th | |
| India | 5th | 5th | |
| China PR | 4th | 2nd | |
| South Africa | 2nd | 3rd |
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