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.^{[citation needed]}

2016 BRICS U-17 Football Cup

Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, unveiling the trophy in New Delhi, 2016.
Tournament details
Host country	India
Dates	5–15 October 2016
Teams	5 (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
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	32 (2.67 per match)
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Teams

BRICS leaders with captains of the U-17 football teams.

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

Venues

Margao	Goa 2016 BRICS U-17 Football Cup (India)
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Capacity: 19,000
Bambolim
GMC Athletic 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	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: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result .

Fixtures & results

5 October 2016 (2016-10-05)

16:00 IST

China	0–2	Brazil
	Report	Gabriel 1' Matos 65'

GMC Athletic Stadium, Bambolim

5 October 2016 (2016-10-05)

20:00 IST

Russia	1–0	India
Lopatin 3'	Report

GMC Athletic Stadium, Bambolim

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7 October 2016 (2016-10-07)

16:00 IST

South Africa	1–0	India
Radzilani 23'	Report

GMC Athletic Stadium, Bambolim

7 October 2016 (2016-10-07)

20:00 IST

China	1–4	Russia
Qianglong 90'	Report	Kolesnichenko 6', 69' Lopatin 60', 74'

GMC Stadium, Bambolim

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9 October 2016 (2016-10-09)

16:00 IST

Brazil	2–0	Russia
Victor Oliviera 38' Vinícius Júnior 78'	Report

GMC Stadium, Bambolim

9 October 2016 (2016-10-09)

20:00 IST

South Africa	0–0	China
	Report

GMC Stadium, Bambolim

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11 October 2016 (2016-10-11)

16:00 IST

India	0–1	China
	Report	Cong 90+5'

GMC Stadium, Bambolim

11 October 2016 (2016-10-11)

20:00 IST

Brazil	3–0	South Africa
Nestor 8' Franco 74' Vinícius Júnior 82'	Report

GMC Stadium, Bambolim

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13 October 2016 (2016-10-13)

16:00 IST

Russia	1–3	South Africa
Skrobotov 45'	Report	Foster 22' Mavuso 54' Le Roux 84'

GMC Stadium, Bambolim

13 October 2016 (2016-10-13)

20:00 IST

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

15 October 2016 (2016-10-15)

10:00 IST

Russia	2–1	China
Kolesnichenko 66' Chelidze 84'	Report	Qianglong 34'

Fatorda Stadium, Margao

Final

15 October 2016 (2016-10-15)

15:30 IST

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

Fatorda Stadium, Margao

Winner

2016 BRICS U-17 Football Cup
Brazil First title

Goalscorers

4 goals

• Vinícius Júnior

3 goals

• Victor Oliviera
• Kirill Kolesnichenko
• Daniil Lopatin

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