Confederations Cup- football tournament among national teams, held under the auspices of FIFA. Tournament precedes Soccer World Cup and takes place exactly one year before it in the host country World Cup. Eight teams take part in it: the winners of each of the six continental championships ( European Championship, America's Cup, CONCACAF Gold Cup, Asian Cup, OFC Cup and African Cup), as well as the current World Cup winner and host country. In 2017, the tournament will be held for the 8th time. host country Confederations Cup 2017- Russia
Tournament Precursor - King Fahd Cup. The first Confederations Cup took place in 1997. At first it was held every 2 years, and since 2005 - every 4 years in the host country of the World Cup the year before.
All Confederations Cup winners: Brazil(KK-1997, KK-2005, KK-2009, KK-2013), France(KK-2001, KK-2003) and Mexico(KK-1999).
Top scorers in tournament history: Cautemoc Blanco(Mexican team) Ronaldinho(Brazil national team) - 9 goals each.
Participants of the Confederations Cup-2017: Russia, New Zealand, Portugal, Mexico(group A), Chile, Australia, Germany, Cameroon(group B).
Russian national football team in 2017 will take part in the Confederations Cup for the first time.
Kazan is a city in the Russian Federation, capital of the Republic of Tatarstan. The population of Kazan is 1 million 216 thousand people. Kazan was founded in 1005. In 2005 the city celebrated its millennium. Kazan Kremlin is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The city stands on two rivers - Volga and Kazanka. Kazan has repeatedly hosted sport competitions continental scale: European Weightlifting Championship 2011, summer Universiade 2013, World Fencing Championship 2014, world championship water sports sports 2015. In 2017, the city will host matches of the Confederations Cup. Here on June 24, 2017 the match will take place Russia - Mexico. Kazan will also accept five matches of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
"KAZAN ARENA"
The stadium in Kazan, which will host the matches of the Confederations Cup-2017 and the World Cup-2018. used football club"Rubin" for matches of the Russian Football Championship and other competitions. Also passed here Universiade-2013, World Aquatics Championship 2015. Capacity: 45 379. First Soccer game: August 17, 2014 Rubin - Lokomotiv (1:1)
Moscow is the capital of Russia, a city of federal significance, the largest population center in the country. Moscow population- 12 million 330 thousand. The first mention of the city dates back to 1147. The Moscow Kremlin, Red Square, the Novodevichy Convent and the Church of the Ascension in Kolomenskoye are included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. It's the only one Russian city hosted summer Olympic Games . Olympics 80 became a significant event in the history of Moscow. Every year Moscow hosts major sports competitions. In 2017 Moscow will host matches Confederations Cup, world championship trap shooting, tennis Kremlin Cup. Also in 2018, matches of the World Cup will be held here.
STADIUM SPARTAK
The stadium in Moscow will host matches of the 2017 Confederations Cup and the 2018 World Cup. Currently, the stadium is used by the football club "Spartak" for the games of the Russian Football Championship and other competitions. Since 2014, the stadium has hosted six matches of the Russian national football team. Capacity: 45,000 people. First football match: September 5, 2014 Spartak - Red Star (1:1)
SAINT PETERSBURG
St. Petersburg is the northern capital of Russia, a city of federal significance. The population is 5 million 225 thousand people. Earlier St. Petersburg was called Petrograd (1914-1924) and Leningrad (1924-1991). The city was founded in 1703 by Peter I. The historical center of St. Petersburg and the complexes of monuments associated with it are included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. The city stands on the Neva River on the coast of the Gulf of Finland. It will take place here Confederations Cup opening match, a game Russia - New Zealand June 17, 2017 and the tournament final on July 2, 2017. The city will also host matches of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. St. Petersburg is one of the main sports centers of the country. Zenit (football, basketball), SKA (hockey) are based here Wikipedia: St. Petersburg
STADIUM "KRESTOVSKY"
The football arena in St. Petersburg, which will host the matches of the Confederations Cup-2017, the FIFA World Cup-2018 and Euro-2020. Since the spring of 2017, it has been the home stadium of Zenit. Capacity: 67,800 people. First football match: April 23, 2017 Zenit - Ural (2: 0)
Sochi is a city in Russian Federation located in the Krasnodar Territory. The population is 401 thousand people. The city was founded in 1838. The world-famous Formula 1 Grand Prix of Russia is held here every year. Sochi is the only Russian city that has hosted the Winter Olympic Games. Winter Olympics 2014 became a significant event for the city. Here at the Olympic Fisht Stadium matches of the Confederations Cup-2017 and the World Cup-2018 will be held.
"FISHT"
Stadium in Adler, built for the 2014 Olympic Games. It hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics. After the Olympics, it was closed for renovation. The arena will host matches of the 2017 Confederations Cup and the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Capacity: 40 000. First football match: March 28, 2017 Russia - Belgium (3:3).
Every year, Orthodox believers in Russia celebrate the holiday -Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary .
This day is celebrated by the Orthodox Church as a day of universal joy. A blessed event took place in the small Galilean city of Nazareth (according to other sources - in Jerusalem).
The parents of the Virgin Mary, the righteous Joachim and Anna, for a long time there were no children. Anna and Joachim were barren, and in those days this was considered a punishment for the sins they allegedly committed. Because of this, the couple suffered bullying from their compatriots, and absolutely not justified, because they behaved very decently.
Despite constant ridicule, the future parents of the Most Holy Theotokos did not lose hope that someday they would have a child, and passionately prayed to God for this. In addition to prayers, high rank to be the parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the future mother of our Lord Jesus Christ, they prepared themselves with a virtuous life and worthy behavior.
When Joachim and Anna were already in adulthood, the Archangel Gabriel appeared to them and announced the joyful news that their prayers were heard and that their daughter Mary would be born, through whom salvation would be given to the whole world.
The full name of the holiday is:
Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary.
Other events on September 21:
* Day of military glory dedicated to the victory of the Russian regiments in the Battle of Kulikovo. Six and a half centuries ago, Russian troops led by Dmitry Donskoy fought the hordes of the Golden Horde. The battle took place on the Kulikovo field and marked the beginning of the liberation of Rus' from the power of foreign invaders who came from the East.* International Day of Peace. The event was established by the United Nations and is dedicated to "establishing peace in the world", and most importantly - the cessation of war. On September 21, the opposing sides temporarily cease hostilities (they introduce a "ceasefire regime").
* World Day of Russian Unity- so far this is an unofficial holiday, which has been celebrated on September 21 since 2010.
There are still two years before the World Cup. However, FIFA is preparing the so-called "seed" before the world championship - Confederations Cup 2017 of the year. This tournament will take place on the territory of Russia, in four cities.
The participants in this competition will be the strongest teams from six continents, as well as the current champion of the last world and the country in whose territory the next World Cup will be held. Russia is hosting the 2018 World Cup. Therefore, the season of "experiences" for the Russian fan will begin next year.
Dates
This tournament is the eighth in a row. The competition will begin on June 19 and will be held until July 2, 2017 in Russia. The group round is scheduled for June 17-25, and the 1/2 finals are scheduled for June 28 and 29. main, final the match will take place July 2nd The match for the third place will also take place on the same day.
In addition to the dates of the Confederation Cup, the football arenas where they will take place are also known. Firstly, this is the Zenith Arena. The stadium can accommodate almost 70,000 spectators.
This complex will host the very first and final final match. In addition to the arena in St. Petersburg, the list of announced ones includes: the Moscow Otkritie arena, the Fisht stadium in Sochi, and the Kazan Arena in Kazan.
These competitions will be an excellent preparation for the upcoming World Championships. A year before the 2018 World Cup, the participating country will check how ready it is to host the most important world championship. Thus, maximum organization is needed from city officials and sports functionaries, as well as the mobility of volunteers in preparation for the World Cup.
Who will take part in the championship
Eight teams will compete for gold, silver and bronze. This list includes six Continental gold medal winners, winner last championship world, as well as the country where the 2018 World Cup will be held.
On this moment seven teams have been identified that will take part in the Confederation Cup in 2017. These are Australia's Asian Cup winner, Chile's South American champion, last year's CONCACAF gold medalist Mexico, 2016 OFC Nations Cup winner New Zealand, and the just-completed European Championship 2016. - Portugal national team.
This list also includes Russia and Germany. The German squad won the last World Cup in 2014, and Russia got into the Confederation Cup due to the fact that it hosts the 2018 World Cup on its territory.
All eight teams were divided into two groups: "A" and "B". The Russian team got into basket "A".
Predictions for the winner
This sports tournament appeared not so long ago. The forerunner of the competition was the King Fahd Cup, which was played in the 92nd and 95th years. Under the leadership of FIFA, these competitions began to take place in 1997.
The team with the record number of victories in this championship is Brazil. The players of this team raised the coveted cup over their heads four times. France is second in terms of victories. In their piggy bank of trophies there are two cups of this tournament. Argentina, the Danes and Mexico have one "gold" each, if we take into account the King Fahd Cup.
Taking into account all the circumstances, the Conference Cup cannot be attributed to "exhibition". For prizes, players fight not only in every second of the match, but even die, in the truest sense of the word. Such a tragedy happened in 2003. During the semi-final match between Mexico and Cameroon, the player from the African team died.
Who will be the winner in the future fight for the Confederation Cup in 2017 is still difficult to even guess. There is still a year before the start of this football festival.
Tournament ticket prices
Free sale of tickets for the games of this football event will begin in the second quarter of this year. However, the possibility to book tickets is already present today. The cost of a lucky ticket to one of the most beautiful football arenas ranges from 4000 to 15000 rubles.
The discrepancy in price between the first category and VIP places is already more than 10,000 rubles. By the way, these are only prices for group round matches. It's even scary to imagine how much a ticket for the most decisive, final match will cost.
Afterword
There is still a lot of time before the Conference Cup 2017. The last participant of this competition has not yet been determined, and the logo of the upcoming football tournament has not even been created. Specific ticket prices are also not known and most of the issues related to the organization of the 2017 Conference Cup have not been resolved. So a clear picture of what it will be and how it will look like, the future tournament has not yet developed.
Well, fans of the Russian team should be patient. No one knows how the domestic squad will prove itself in this cup, especially after such a serious failure at the last European Championship 2016. But, for the record, once in the Confederation Cup, modest Mexico took the prize, so everything is in the hands of the national team.
On June 17, the Confederations Cup 2017 will begin in St. Petersburg, which will become a dress rehearsal before the FIFA World Cup starting in Russia in a year. The Confederations Cup is held for the eighth time, it will be attended by the teams of Russia, Germany, Chile, Cameroon, New Zealand, Australia, Mexico and Portugal. Teams form two groups of 4 teams, then there will be two semi-finals and a final.
Fans of our country, first of all, are interested in the team of Stanislav Cherchesov. The schedule of matches of our team was known in advance and built in such a way as to play at stadiums in different cities. Netizens are also concerned about the question "where will the opening of the tournament take place." The opening of the tournament - the match between Russia and New Zealand - will be held at the stadium "Krestovsky" in St. Petersburg. The final of the tournament will also take place there. The St. Petersburg schedule also includes a June 22 game between Cameroon and Australia and a June 24 match between New Zealand and Portugal.
The schedule of games in Sochi is tighter. On June 19, teams from Australia and Germany will play at the Fisht stadium. June 21 teams of Mexico and New Zealand. Germany will play Cameroon on June 25 and one of the semi-finals will take place on June 29.
The schedule of matches where Russia will participate is known only before the playoffs. Since our guys still have to fight for the exit from the group along with the national teams of Portugal, New Zealand and Mexico. In addition to the game in St. Petersburg with New Zealand, the Russians on June 21 in Moscow at the "Opening Arena" will play a match with the Portuguese, and on June 24 in Kazan against Mexico. All matches will start at 18:00 Moscow time.
The official website of the tournament is already up and running, where you can find out more detailed information according to the game schedule. The dates for the Confederations Cup 2017 are from June 17 to July 2.
Confederations Cup 2017: lineups, Interesting Facts about teams
Group A: Mexico, Russia, Portugal, New Zealand
On the eve of the rehearsal of the home world championship, the Russian team lost one of the best strikers - Artyom Dziuba. Forward “Zenith” said that his health does not allow to help the team. Also because of the injury dropped midfielder "Spartacus" Roman Zobnin, who had high hopes.
The ambitions of this team are very modest. Head coach Anthony Hudson noted that the task of his team at the Confederations Cup is to win at least one match, which New Zealand has not been able to do before.
Portugal, reigning European champions, 8th in the FIFA rankings, main star - Cristiano Ronaldo
Critics call Portugal the “under-champion” of Europe due to the fact that the team of Fernando Santos at Euro 2016 won only one match in regular time - in the semi-finals, the Portuguese scored two unanswered goals against the Welsh.
The Mexicans will take part in the Confederations Cup for the seventh time. In addition to them, only Brazilians who did not qualify for this tournament participated in the previous six draws. Of the participants in this draw, only Mexico has previously won the trophy.
Group B: Germany, Chile, Cameroon, Australia
Only three football players who became world champions in 2014 got into the application of the German national team. These are Julian Draxler, Shkodran Mustafi and Mattias Ginter, however, the latter did not play a single match in Brazil. Therefore, the main star in this team is more of a coach than one of the players.
The Chilean team has been in Russia for the longest time. On June 9, she played a test match with the Russian national team, which ended in a draw - 1:1. By the way, it is the Chileans who are leading in terms of the number of foreign fans at the Confederations Cup.
Cameroon goalkeepers Fabrice Ondoa of Sevilla and Andre Onana of Ajax are cousins. Onana spent his first year in adult football, shining in the Dutch championship, but is still number two in the national team.
Previously, Australia was part of the Oceania Football Confederation, but since 2006 has been the representative of the Asian region. Thus, she became the only team in the world that won the championships of two confederations.
No one could even think of such a thing, but it happened. The German national team is the winner of the Confederations Cup 2017. Everything was decided on July 2 at the St. Petersburg Arena stadium in St. Petersburg. Understudies of Neuer, Müller, Götze, Reus, Gundogan, Hummels and other Bundestim stars defeated the powerful Chile national team with Alexis Sanchez at the forefront in the final match.
Germany received the first Confederations Cup in its history thanks to a minimal victory over the Chileans. As part of the Bundesteam, Borussia M midfielder Lars Stindl scored. It is worth noting that the wards of Antonio Pizzi had more possession of the ball and more often hit on goal, but Lev outdid his opponent tactically, scoring a goal at the beginning of the meeting, and began to play exclusively on counterattacks.
No one expected such a sensation from Lev's team. The head coach of the Bundestim did not pull the main stars of the German national team from vacation, and brought an experimental squad to Russia. Young guys, called by the head coach to defend the honor of the country at KK-2017, showed their best side. Throughout the tournament, the German national team showed decent football, despite the lack of teamwork. Having become the owner of the Confederations Cup, Joachim Löw can safely go home and prepare for the upcoming World Cup.
The path of the German national team to the final of KK-2017
The German national team qualified for the tournament as the 2014 FIFA World Cup Champion. According to the results of the draw for the final part of the KK-2017, the team of Joachim Löw got into group B, which also included the teams of Australia, Chile and Cameroon.
In the first match group tournament the Germans barely scored 3 points, beating the Australians 3:2. The Bundestim team played the second match against the Chileans and managed to get a draw. In the final match of group B, the Germans defeated the Cameroonians with a score of 3: 1, taking first place.
In the semi-finals of the tournament, the German national team met with the Mexican national team. The result of the meeting was unexpected. The Germans defeated the ambitious Mexicans with a score of 4:1 and went to the winner of the Portugal-Chile pair.
Joachim Löw about the tournament
The head coach of the German national team Joachim Löw thanked the organizers of the tournament for the excellent conditions created for his team.
“I would like to thank Russia, you were good hosts,” Lev said at a press conference. - We played in different cities, at different stadiums, but everywhere the conditions were simply exceptional. The tournament is organized just fine. We met with unusual, but very good people. Russia is an interesting country. We had the opportunity to meet with ordinary Russians, and this communication was very interesting. I would like to thank Russia for the fact that your country organized such a wonderful tournament.”
Chile - Germany: final results
For the German national team, this Confederations Cup was the first in history. Before, best result The Bundesteam at the tournament was 3rd in 2005.
Julian Draxler was recognized as the best player of the tournament, and top scorer his teammate Timo Werner.
Chile 0-1 Germany
Goals: Lars Stindl 20′
Chile: Bravo, Medel, Beausejour, Hara, Vidal, Aranguis, Vargas, Hernandez, Sanchez, Diaz (Valencia 53), Isla.
Head Coach: Juan Antonio Pizzi
Germany: ter Stegen, Mustafi, Rüdiger, Hector, Ginter, Rudy, Kimmich, Goretzka, Draxler, Stindl, Werner (Jan, 79).
Head Coach: Joachim Löw
Venue: St. Petersburg Arena, St. Petersburg