1997 African Youth Championship
بطولة أفريقيا لكرة القدم للشباب 1997
Tournament details
Host countryMorocco Morocco
Dates23 March – 5 April
Teams8
Final positions
Champions Morocco (1st title)
Runners-up South Africa
Third place Ivory Coast
Fourth place Ghana

The African Youth Championship 1997 was held in Morocco. It also served as qualification for the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Qualification

First round

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
Algeria  0-2  Tunisia
Mali  3-0  Mauritania
Burkina Faso  0-0  Guinea
Ghana  2-0  Senegal
Nigeria  5-1  Chad
Sudan  2-0  Kenya
Benin  0-1  Ivory Coast
Egypt  5-0  Ethiopia
Réunion  0-2  Zimbabwe
South Africa  2-0  Mauritius
Angola  3-1  Botswana
Tanzania  w/o  Burundi
Cameroon  w/o  Togo
Zambia  w/o  Malawi
Tunisia  1-3 (3-3 agg.)  Algeria
Guinea  1-1 (1-1 agg.)  Burkina Faso
Senegal  2-3 (2-5 agg.)  Ghana
Chad  2-1 (3-6 agg.)  Nigeria
Kenya  1-0 (1-2 agg.)  Sudan
Ethiopia  5-0 (5-5 agg., 1-2 p)  Egypt
Zimbabwe  5-0 (7-0 agg.)  Réunion
Mauritius  1-3 (1-5 agg.)  South Africa
Botswana  1-2 (2-5 agg.)  Angola

Second round

Round two matches took place on 21-22 December 1996 and 3-5 January 1997.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Mali  3-2  Algeria
Nigeria  2-1  Sudan
Ivory Coast  5-3  Cameroon
Burkina Faso  1-1  Ghana
Egypt  2-1  Zimbabwe
South Africa  3-0  Tanzania
Zambia  1-0  Angola
Algeria   Mali
Sudan   Nigeria
Cameroon   Ivory Coast
Ghana   Burkina Faso
Zimbabwe   Egypt
Tanzania  0-1 (0-4 agg.)  South Africa
Angola  0-1 (0-2 agg.)  Zambia

Teams

Last year's finalists Burundi were disqualified in the qualifying tournament. Eight teams entered the tournament:

Group stage

Group A

Group A matches took place on 23, 25 and 27 March 1997.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Morocco  0-0  Egypt
Sudan  0-4  Ghana
Egypt  0-1  Ghana
Morocco  2-0  Sudan
Egypt  2-1  Sudan
Morocco  0-1  Ghana
Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ghana 330060+69
 Morocco 311121+14
 Egypt 31112204
 Sudan 300318–70

Group B

Group B matches took place on 24, 26 and 28 March 1997.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Mali  2-2  Zambia
South Africa  0-1  Ivory Coast
Zambia  1-1  Ivory Coast
Mali  1-2  South Africa
South Africa  2-1  Zambia
Ivory Coast  4-1  Mali
Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ivory Coast 321062+47
 South Africa 320143+16
 Zambia 302145–12
 Mali 301248–41

Semifinals

Ghana 1 – 1 South Africa
Penalties
3 – 4
Morocco 2 – 1 Ivory Coast

Third place match

Ivory Coast 2 – 0 Ghana

Final

Morocco 1 – 0 South Africa
 1997 African Youth Championship 

Morocco

First title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The four best performing teams qualified for the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship.

References

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