1997 African Youth Championship
Appearance
بطولة أفريقيا لكرة القدم للشباب 1997 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | ![]() |
Dates | 23 March – 5 April |
Teams | 8 |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
The African Youth Championship 1997 was held in Morocco. It also served as qualification for the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship.[citation needed]
Qualification
[edit]First round
[edit]First round matches took place on 28-29 September and 19-20 October 1996. Togo and Malawi withdrew and Burundi was suspended by CAF following a coup d'état.
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Algeria ![]() |
0-2 | ![]() |
Mali ![]() |
3-0 | ![]() |
Burkina Faso ![]() |
0-0 | ![]() |
Ghana ![]() |
2-0 | ![]() |
Nigeria ![]() |
5-1 | ![]() |
Sudan ![]() |
2-0 | ![]() |
Benin ![]() |
0-1 | ![]() |
Egypt ![]() |
5-0 | ![]() |
Réunion ![]() |
0-2 | ![]() |
South Africa ![]() |
2-0 | ![]() |
Angola ![]() |
3-1 | ![]() |
Tanzania ![]() |
w/o | ![]() |
Cameroon ![]() |
w/o | ![]() |
Zambia ![]() |
w/o | ![]() |
Tunisia ![]() |
1-3 (3-3 agg.) | ![]() |
Guinea ![]() |
1-1 (1-1 agg.) | ![]() |
Senegal ![]() |
2-3 (2-5 agg.) | ![]() |
Chad ![]() |
2-1 (3-6 agg.) | ![]() |
Kenya ![]() |
1-0 (1-2 agg.) | ![]() |
Ethiopia ![]() |
5-0 (5-5 agg., 1-2 p) | ![]() |
Zimbabwe ![]() |
5-0 (7-0 agg.) | ![]() |
Mauritius ![]() |
1-3 (1-5 agg.) | ![]() |
Botswana ![]() |
1-2 (2-5 agg.) | ![]() |
Second round
[edit]Round two matches took place on 21-22 December 1996 and 3-5 January 1997.
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Mali ![]() |
3-2 | ![]() |
Nigeria ![]() |
2-1 | ![]() |
Ivory Coast ![]() |
5-3 | ![]() |
Burkina Faso ![]() |
1-1 | ![]() |
Egypt ![]() |
2-1 | ![]() |
South Africa ![]() |
3-0 | ![]() |
Zambia ![]() |
1-0 | ![]() |
Algeria ![]() |
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Sudan ![]() |
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Cameroon ![]() |
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Ghana ![]() |
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Zimbabwe ![]() |
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Tanzania ![]() |
0-1 (0-4 agg.) | ![]() |
Angola ![]() |
0-1 (0-2 agg.) | ![]() |
Teams
[edit]Last year's finalists Burundi were disqualified in the qualifying tournament. Eight teams entered the tournament:
Ivory Coast
Egypt
Ghana
Mali
Morocco (host)
South Africa
Sudan
Zambia
Group stage
[edit]Group A
[edit]Group A matches took place on 23, 25 and 27 March 1997.
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Morocco ![]() |
0-0 | ![]() |
Sudan ![]() |
0-4 | ![]() |
Egypt ![]() |
0-1 | ![]() |
Morocco ![]() |
2-0 | ![]() |
Egypt ![]() |
2-1 | ![]() |
Morocco ![]() |
0-1 | ![]() |
Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 9 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | –7 | 0 |
Group B
[edit]Group B matches took place on 24, 26 and 28 March 1997.
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Mali ![]() |
2-2 | ![]() |
South Africa ![]() |
0-1 | ![]() |
Zambia ![]() |
1-1 | ![]() |
Mali ![]() |
1-2 | ![]() |
South Africa ![]() |
2-1 | ![]() |
Ivory Coast ![]() |
4-1 | ![]() |
Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 |
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | –1 | 2 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | –4 | 1 |
Semifinals
[edit]Ghana ![]() | 1 – 1 | ![]() |
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Penalties | ||
3 – 4 |
Morocco ![]() | 2 – 1 | ![]() |
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Third place match
[edit]Ivory Coast ![]() | 2 – 0 | ![]() |
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Final
[edit]Morocco ![]() | 1 – 0 | ![]() |
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1997 African Youth Championship |
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![]() Morocco First title |
Qualification to World Youth Championship
[edit]The four best performing teams qualified for the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship.