2018 BRICS U-17 Football Cup

The 2018 BRICS U-17 Football Cup is 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. 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.

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 PR
Third place South Africa
Fourth place Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored39 (3.9 per match)

Teams
Team Confederation
 BrazilCONMEBOL
 China PRAFC
 IndiaAFC
 RussiaUEFA
 South AfricaCAF

Venues

The tournament held at Wits Rugby Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Format

All five teams in the tournament played each other in a round-robin once. [2]

Group stage

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Brazil 4 3 1 0 13 1 +12 10
2  China PR 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:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result .

Fixtures & results
Brazil 3–1 China PR
Wits Rugby Stadium, Johannesburg
South Africa 5−1 India
Wits Rugby Stadium, Johannesburg
Brazil 0–0 South Africa
Wits Rugby Stadium, Johannesburg
India 1−3 Russia
Wits Rugby Stadium, Johannesburg
Russia 0−5 Brazil
Wits Rugby Stadium, Johannesburg
South Africa 1−2 China PR
Wits Rugby Stadium, Johannesburg
Russia 1−4 China PR
Wits Rugby Stadium, Johannesburg
India 0−5 Brazil
Wits Rugby Stadium, Johannesburg
South Africa 2–2 Russia
Wits Rugby Stadium, Johannesburg
China PR 2−1 India
Wits Rugby Stadium, Johannesburg

References
  1. Mishra, Aniket. "Second BRICS Cup to take place in South Africa in 2018".
  2. Ntsoelengoe, Tshepo (July 18, 2018). "Bantwana kickoff Brics tournament". The Citizen.
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