FIFA Confederation Cup 2017 Russia - Fixtures and Schedule

FIFA Confederations Cup is a football tournament was founded in 1992, And this will be the tenth time the tournament is taking place, the cup takes place every four years. A total of five different teams have won the Confederations Cup. next year’s FIFA Confederation will be held in Russia and will kick off from June 17 to 2nd July 2017.

The Countries  that has Qualified for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup are, Russia (hosts), Germany (FIFA 2014 World Cup winners), Australia (Asian Cup winners) , Chile (Copa América champions)  Mexico (CONCACAF Cup winners) Portugal (2016 Euro Cup), New Zealand (OFC Nations Cup 2016 Winner) and the winners of the CAF Africa Cup of Nations 2017 which is yet to be played will join the Qualified teams in the FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 Group Stages.

In preparations for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
Here are the full schedules and dates for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup which will be held in Russia.

In November last year FIFA came together and drew for the group stages which have now been finalized with Cameroon hoping on the teams to have qualified for the FIFA Confederations Cup 2017. They sit in group B

– Group A:
Russia     New Zealand     Mexico     Portugal


– Group B:
Germany     Australia     Chile     Cameroon


17 June                    Russia vs New Zealand  (Group A)

18 June                    Portugal vs Mexico  (Group A)

18 June                    Cameroon vs Chile  (Group B)

19 June                    Australia vs Germany  (Group B)

21 June                    Russia vs Portugal  (Group A)

21 June                   Mexico vs New Zealand  (Group A)

22 June                   Cameroon vs Australia  (Group B)

22 June                   Germany vs Chile  (Group B)

24 June                   Mexico vs Russia  (Group A)

24 June                   Portugal vs New Zealand  (Group A)

25 June                      Germany vs Cameroon  (Group B)

25 June                   Chile vs Australia  (Group B)

28 June                   1st Semifinal  (group A winner vs Group B runners-up)

29 June                   2nd Semifinal  (group B winner vs Group A runners-up)

02 July                   Third Play Playoff  (Losing semifinalists)

02 July                      The Final

Four Russian cities have been selected as official tournament hosts for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup. All these four venues will also be among the 12 that will be used for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. And these are as follows. Zenit Arena Saint Petersburg 67,000 seater, Otkrytie Arena Moscow 45,000 capacity, Kazan Arena Kazan 45,000 capacity and  Fisht Olympic Stadium Sochi 48,000 Venues.