Today the Confederations Cup tournament kicks off with a match between the national teams of Russia and New Zealand.
Here are some of the most interesting numbers of the biggest summer football festival.
118 - that's the number of clubs from 30 countries around the world that will have representatives in the tournament taking place in Russia. The leaders - Leverkusen's "Bayer", Lisbon's "Sporting", Moscow's "Spartak" or Wellington's "Phoenix" (with five players each).
100 - the percentage of local league players that will make up the Russian national team. In the Cameroonian team - on the contrary, the match will be played solely by toughened legionaries.
38 - years and 4 months. That's the age of the oldest tournament player, Mexican Rafa Marquez.
36 - years and 98 days. The youngest coach, Anthony Hudson (New Zealand) will hold the first place in Confederations Cup history according to this indicator.
29 - years and one month. That's the average age of the oldest tournament team players, Chile. The youngest team is Germany (average age 24 years and 4 months).
7 - the number of times Mexico will have participated in the tournament, which will put them on par with record holders Brazil.
4 - the number of times Brazil has triumphed in the tournament (1997, 2005, 2009, 2013). In second place in terms of titles is France (2001, 2003).
3 - the number of teams representing Europe. This is a record number for the tournament, where one confederation will have as many as three teams.
3 - the number of times the host countries have triumphed in the tournament (Mexico 1999, France 2003 and Brazil 2013).
0 - no foreign coach has ever led a team to victory in the Confederations Cup. At one time, half of the teams were led by specialists invited from abroad (Cameroon, Chile, Mexico, and New Zealand).
