BRICS U-17 Football Cup

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 1st historic edition was played in Goa, India in 2016 on the occasion of the 8th BRICS summit that was held in India.[1] 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[2] for the 2016 BRICS U-17 Football Tournament in London.

BRICS U-17 Football Cup
Founded2016
RegionBRICS Nations
Number of teams5
 Brazil
 Russia
 India
 China
 South Africa
Current champions Brazil (2nd title)
Most successful team(s) Brazil (2 titles)
Websitewww.bricsfootballcup.com.br

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.[3][4][5]

Teams
Team Confederation
 BrazilCONMEBOL
 China PRAFC
 IndiaAFC
 RussiaUEFA
 South AfricaCAF

Results
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
‡ 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.

See also

References
  1. India to host BRICS U17 Cup in 2016. The Pioneer. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015
  2. "PM Modi unveils BRICS U-17 Football Trophy". The Home of Indian Football. 1 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  3. "TWENTY SELECTED FOR INDIAN U-17 WOMEN'S TEAM FOR BRICS U-17 FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT". AIFF. July 13, 2018.
  4. "BRICS Cup U17 2018: India announced 35-member squad". SportsKeeda. 8 July 2018.
  5. "LISTEN: Dludlu on Alexandra visit and BRICS tournament preparations". SAFA. July 12, 2018.


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