2018 BRICS U-17 Football Cup

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2018 BRICS U-17 Football Cup
Tournament details
Host country South Africa
Dates18–22 July 2018
Teams5 (from BRICS confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Brazil
Runners-up China
Third place South Africa
Fourth place Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored39 (3.9 per match)
2016

The 2018 BRICS U-17 Football Cup was the second edition of the BRICS U-17 Football Cup. It took place under the 2018 BRICS Games in Johannesburg, South Africa during the 10th BRICS summit which was held in South Africa. It had begun on 18 July and concluded with the final on 22 July.[1] The tournament featured the women's under-17 teams of all five members of BRICS making it first women's under 17 tournament between BRICS nation.[2] Brazil topped the group and win the tournament on basis of match points as it was organised as league tournament. This was Brazil second BRICS cup title as they had also won men's edition in 2016.[3]

Teams[edit]

Team Confederation
 Brazil CONMEBOL
 China AFC
 India AFC
 Russia UEFA
 South Africa CAF

Venues[edit]

The tournament held at Wits Rugby Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa.[4]

Format[edit]

All five teams in the tournament played each other in a round-robin once.[5]

Group stage[edit]

Table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Brazil 4 3 1 0 13 1 +12 10
2  China 4 3 0 1 9 6 +3 9
3  South Africa 4 1 2 1 8 5 +3 5
4  Russia 4 1 1 2 6 12 −6 4
5  India 4 0 0 4 3 15 −12 0
Updated to match(es) played on 23 July 2018. Source:[citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result .

Fixtures & results[edit]

Brazil 3–1 China
South Africa 5−1 India
Brazil 0–0 South Africa
India 1−3 Russia
Russia 0−5 Brazil
South Africa 1−2 China
Russia 1−4 China
India 0−5 Brazil
South Africa 2–2 Russia
China 2−1 India

References[edit]

  1. ^ Mishra, Aniket. "Second BRICS Cup to take place in South Africa in 2018".
  2. ^ "BRICS Cup U17 2018". Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  3. ^ "India U-17 women's football team lose to Brazil in BRICS tournament". Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  4. ^ Ntsoelengoe, Tshepo (18 July 2018). "Bantwana kickoff Brics tournament". The Citizen.
  5. ^ Ntsoelengoe, Tshepo (18 July 2018). "Bantwana kickoff Brics tournament". The Citizen.