The 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup will be the 10th FIFA Confederations Cup, a quadrennial international men's football tournament organised by FIFA. It will be held in Russia, from 17 June to 2 July 2017, as a prelude to the 2018 FIFA World Cup.


The Confederations Cup will kick off on Saturday, June 17 when hosts Russia take on New Zealand at 18:00 local time (16:00 BST). Their Group A rivals Portugal and Mexico will then clash the following day, as will Cameroon and Chile in Group B.


A long season with his club has not put Cristiano Ronaldo off this tournament; the reigning Ballon d'Or winner has been selected by Fernando Santos and will play for European champions Portugal.


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Ronaldo is part of a strong squad that also includes Pepe, Bernardo Silva and Raphael Guerreiro. In fact, only two members of their starting XI for the Euro 2016 final will miss this tournament; Joao Mario, who is injured, and Renato Sanches, who will play at the European Under-21 Championship instead.


Chile are also bringing their two stars in Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez and Bayern Munich enforcer Arturo Vidal, while Manchester City goalkeeper Claudio Bravo will hope to rediscover his best form as the national team's captain.


This is the fourth summer in a row in which La Roja have played in a tournament, and they are unlikely to get a break until 2020.


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Whereas Chile will attempt to plough through their busy schedule, though, Germany boss Joachim Low has given most of his stars the summer off. The inexperience of Germany's squad is illustrated by the fact that it will be captained by 23-year-old Julian Draxler, with Joshua Kimmich, Leroy Sane and Shkodran Mustafi the other stand-out names.


Mexico, with Rafael Marquez still going strong and Javier Hernandez leading the line, could be a dark horse but hosts Russia have endured a nightmarish year and are lacking an influx of young talent beyond Aleksey Miranchuk and Aleksandr Golovin.


If he plays in the pre-tournament friendly against Brazil, meanwhile, Tim Cahill will be in line to earn his 100th cap for Australia in the third game of the group stage.


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WHO IS COMPETING?


Each Team Competing are Champoins drawn from each Contenents around the world;


Australia – 2015 AFC Asian Cup Champions (Asia)


Chile – 2015 Copa America winners (South America)


Germany – 2014 FIFA World Cup Champions


Mexico – 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners (Central America)


New Zealand – 2016 OFC Nations Cup winners (Oceania)




Portugal – EURO 2016 winners (Europe)


Russia – Host Nation


Cameroon – Winner of African Cup of Nations


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