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
Goa () is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is located between the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north and Karnataka to the ...
during the
8th BRICS summit which was also held in India. It began on 5 October and concluded with the final on 15 October. Brazil won the cup defeating South Africa in the final. The tournament featured the under-17 teams of all five members of
BRICS
BRICS is an acronym for five leading emerging economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. The first four were initially grouped as "BRIC" (or "the BRICs") in 2001 by Goldman Sachs economist Jim O'Neill, who coined the ter ...
with the final taking place at the
Fatorda Stadium.
Teams
Venues
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.
Group stage
Table
Fixtures & results
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Final and Third place match
Third-place match
Final
Winner
Goalscorers
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Vinícius Júnior
Vinícius José Paixão de Oliveira Júnior (born 12 July 2000), commonly known as Vinícius Júnior or Vini Jr. (), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a winger for La Liga club Real Madrid and the Brazil national team. Consi ...
;3 goals
* Victor Oliviera
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Kirill Kolesnichenko
Kirill Aleksandrovich Kolesnichenko (russian: Кирилл Александрович Колесниченко; born 31 January 2000) is a Russian football player who plays as a left winger or left-back for Leningradets Leningrad Oblast on loan ...
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Daniil Lopatin
;2 goals
* Tao Qianglong
;1 goal
* Cong
* Alan de Souza
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Paulinho Paulinho is a Portuguese nickname for people named ''Paulo'' (Paulo -inho, little Paulo). People known as Paulinho include:
Music
*Paulinho da Costa (born 1948), Brazilian percussionist
*Paulinho da Viola (born 1942), Brazilian sambista
*Paulinho ...
* Leonardo Franco
* Victor Gabriel
* Vitor Matos
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Rodrigo Nestor
Rodrigo Nestor Bertalia (born 9 August 2000) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for São Paulo as a midfielder.
Career statistics
;Notes
Honours
;São Paulo
Main
*Copa do Brasil: 2023
* Supercopa do Brasil: 2024
*Campeonato P ...
* Vinicius Oliviera
* Marcos Santos
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Brenner
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Komal Thatal
* Georgy Chelidze
* Bophela
* Lyle Foster
* Luke Le Roux
* Mswati Mavuso
* Ndamalelo Radzilani
References
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BRICS
BRICS is an acronym for five leading emerging economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. The first four were initially grouped as "BRIC" (or "the BRICs") in 2001 by Goldman Sachs economist Jim O'Neill, who coined the ter ...
2016 in Indian sport
International association football competitions hosted by India
BRICS U-17 Football Cup
2016–17 in Indian football
Sport in Goa