The match was held at the Krestovsky Stadium in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on 2 July 2017,[5] and was contested by the winners of the semi-finals, Chile and Germany.

[6][7] Germany won the final 1–0 via a 20th-minute goal from Lars Stindl to claim their first and only FIFA Confederations Cup title.

The match was Chile's first Confederations Cup final in their inaugural participation in the tournament, having qualified by winning the Copa América in 2015 for the very first time.

This achievement meant Chile is the fifth South American country, after Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Venezuela, to have reached the final of any FIFA competitions.

The sides faced each other competitively for the first time another year later at the 1962 FIFA World Cup, which Chile hosted, with West Germany winning 2–0 in the group stage.

[14] A total of two South American teams (Argentina and Brazil) and two European countries (Denmark and France) had previously won the Confederations Cup.

Chile started the final the better of the two sides, and had a clear goal scoring opportunity inside four minutes which was well saved by Marc-André ter Stegen from Arturo Vidal.

Chile continued to pressure Germany with several goal attempts, including a wayward shot from Eduardo Vargas and a long range effort from Vidal which was also well saved by Ter Stegen.

Germany managed to hang on to their one-goal advantage to win the FIFA Confederations Cup for the first time in their history.