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{{Infobox football tournament
| image = Brazil won the 1st BRICS U-17 Football Tournament 2016, in Goa on October 15, 2016.jpg
| caption = Brazilian team celebrating with the trophy at the [[Fatorda Stadium]] in 2016
| logo =
| founded = 2016
| number of teams = 5 {{BRA}} {{RUS}} {{IND}} {{CHN}} {{RSA}}
| region = [[BRICS|BRICS Nations]]
| current champions = {{fbu|17|BRA}} (2nd title)
| most successful team = {{fbu|17|BRA}} (2 titles)
| website = {{URL|http://www.bricsfootballcup.com.br/}}
| broadcasters =
}}

'''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]].<ref>[http://www.dailypioneer.com/sports/india-to-host-brics-u17-cup-in-2016.html India to host BRICS U17 Cup in 2016]. The Pioneer. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015</ref> 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|BRICS nation]]. On 1 October 2016 The Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi, unveiled the Trophy<ref>{{cite news|title=PM Modi unveils BRICS U-17 Football Trophy|url=http://thif-live.com/pm-modi-unveils-brics-u-17-football-trophy/|accessdate=3 October 2016|publisher=The Home of Indian Football}}</ref> for the 2016 BRICS U-17 Football Tournament in London.

Brics Football Cup was not held in 2017 during the [[9th BRICS summit|Xiamen Summit]], but the tournament come back for the second edition for [[10th BRICS summit|Johannesburg Summit]], 2018. In this edition Women's U-17 teams of respective countries competed for the cup.<ref>{{cite news|title=TWENTY SELECTED FOR INDIAN U-17 WOMEN'S TEAM FOR BRICS U-17 FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=9034|work=AIFF}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=BRICS Cup U17 2018: India announced 35-member squad|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/brics-cup-u17-2018-india-announced-35-member-squad|work=SportsKeeda}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=LISTEN: Dludlu on Alexandra visit and BRICS tournament preparations|url=https://www.safa.net/2018/07/12/listen-dludlu-alexandra-visit-brics-tournament-preps/|work=SAFA}}</ref>

==History==
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==Format==
On the very first tournament, held in [[Goa]], [[India]] a [[Round-robin tournament|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==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! Team
! Confederation
|-
| {{fbwu|17|BRA}} || [[CONMEBOL]]
|-
| {{fbwu|17|CHN}} || [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]
|-
| {{fbwu|17|IND}} || [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]
|-
| {{fbwu|17|RUS}} || [[UEFA]]
|-
| {{fbwu|17|RSA}} || [[Confederation of African Football|CAF]]
|}

==Results==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Season
! scope="col" | Host country
! scope="col" | Final match date
! scope="col" | Winner
! scope="col" | Final match result
! scope="col" | Runners-up
! scope="col" | Third place
! scope="col" | Highest goal scorer
|-
| [[2016 BRICS U-17 Football Cup|2016]]
| {{flag|India}}
| 15 October 2016
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Brazil national under-17 football team|Brazil]]
| {{center|5–1}}
| {{flagicon|ZA}} [[South Africa national under-17 football team|South Africa]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Russia national under-17 football team|Russia]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Vinícius Júnior]] (4 goals)
|-
| [[2018 BRICS U-17 Football Cup|2018]]
| {{flag|South Africa}}
| 22 July 2018
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Brazil women's national under-17 football team|Brazil]]
| {{center|‡}}
| {{flagicon|CHN}} [[China women's national under-17 football team|China]]
| {{flagicon|ZA}} [[South Africa women's national under-17 football team|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==
{|class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|-
!Hosts→ Teams↓
![[2016 BRICS U-17 Football Cup|2016]] {{flagicon|IND}}
![[2018 BRICS U-17 Football Cup|2018]] {{flagicon|RSA}}
!Apps.
|-
!{{flagicon|BRA}} Brazil
|bgcolor=gold|'''1st'''
|bgcolor=gold|'''1st'''
!rowspan=5|2
|-
!{{flagicon|RUS}} Russia
|bgcolor=#cc9966|'''3rd'''
|4th
|-
!{{flagicon|IND}} India
|5th
|5th
|-
!{{flagicon|CHN}} China PR
|4th
|bgcolor=silver|'''2nd'''
|-
!{{flagicon|RSA}} South Africa
|bgcolor=silver|'''2nd'''
|bgcolor=#cc9966|'''3rd'''
|}

==See also==
* [[BRICS]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.bricsfootballcup.com.br/}}

{{BRICS}}

[[Category:BRICS]]
[[Category:Recurring sporting events established in 2016]]

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Shanchan at 19:41, 27 February 2022