Brazil wins inaugural BRICS U-17 Football Tournament

October 15, 2016

Brazil has won the inaugural BRICS U-17 Football Tournament 2016 held at Goa on the occasion of the 8th BRICS hosted in India.
In the final match, Brazil defeated South Africa by 5-1 goals. For Brazil goals were scored by Paulo Henrique Samapaio Filho (24th Minute), Vinicius de Oliveira (34th minute), Victor de Oliveira (40th & 61st minute). For South Africa only goal was scored by S’miso Bophela .
Earlier in the match for the third place between Russia and China, Russia had defeated China by 2-1 goals.

About BRICS U-17 Football Tournament

The BRICS U-17 Football Cup is a under 17 Football tournament played among teams of five BRICS countries viz. Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
It was launched in October 2016 and seeks to transcend the traditional spheres of interaction and opens new vistas in the field of sports.
The tournament will take place once every year and following the lines of the tournaments under-17 FIFA. Each edition will be held in a BRICS nation.
In it, all five teams 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.

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