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.India to host BRICS U17 Cup in 2016. The Pioneer. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015 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 for the 2016 BRICS U-17 Football Tournament in London.
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.
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 Team Confederation CONMEBOL AFC AFC UEFA CAF
Results Season Host country Final match date Winner Final match result Runners-up Third place Highest goal scorer 2016 15 October 2016 Brazil South Africa Russia Vinícius Júnior (4 goals) 2018 22 July 2018 Brazil China 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↓20162018Apps. Brazil 1st1st2 Russia3rd4th India 5th5th China PR4th2nd South Africa2nd3rd
See also BRICS Games
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