1997 African U-17 Championship

1997 African U-17 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Botswana
City	Gaborone
Dates	11 - 24 May
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Egypt (1st title)
Runners-up	Mali
Third place	Ghana
Fourth place	Ethiopia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	46 (2.88 per match)
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The 1997 African U-17 Championship was a football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament took place in Botswana. It also served as CAF's qualifier for the 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Egypt, who automatically qualified as host. As Egypt won this tournament, third placed-team Ghana qualified.

Qualification[]

First round[]

The first leg match was played on 24 August 1996. The second leg match was played on 15 September 1996. The winner advanced to the Second Round.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
South Africa	1 – 4	Angola	1 – 1	0 – 3

Second round[]

The matches were played between February and March 1997, but little information is available as all the results of the second leg matches are unknown. The winners advanced to the Finals.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Angola	1 – 0		1 – 0	[1]
	0 – 1[2]		0 – 1	[3]
Ethiopia	1 – 0[2]	Zambia	1 – 0	[3]
Guinea	0 – 0[2]	Egypt	0 – 0	[3]
Ghana	4 – 1[2]	Burkina Faso	4 – 1	[3]
Cameroon	0 – 1[2]	Ivory Coast	0 – 1	[3]
Mali	2 – 1[2]	Benin	2 – 1	[3]

Qualified teams[]

•  Angola
•   (host nation)
•  Ivory Coast
•  Egypt
•  Ethiopia
•  Ghana
•  Mali
•  

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status  Egypt 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4 7 Advanced to the semi-finals  Mali 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5  Ivory Coast 3 1 1 1 7 2 +5 4 Eliminated and missed out on the 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship   3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0 11 May 1997   0 – 2  Egypt National Stadium, Gaborone 11 May 1997 Ivory Coast  0 – 0  Mali National Stadium, Gaborone 14 May 1997 Egypt  0 – 0  Mali National Stadium, Gaborone 14 May 1997   0 – 7  Ivory Coast National Stadium, Gaborone 17 May 1997 Egypt  2 – 0  Ivory Coast National Stadium, Gaborone 17 May 1997   1 – 2  Mali National Stadium, Gaborone Group B[] Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status  Ghana 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6 Advanced to the semi-finals  Ethiopia 3 2 0 1 10 8 +2 6  Angola 3 1 1 1 7 6 +1 4 Eliminated and missed out on the 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship   3 0 1 2 2 8 −6 1 12 May 1997 Ghana  4 – 1  Ethiopia National Stadium, Gaborone 12 May 1997   1 – 1  Angola National Stadium, Gaborone 15 May 1997 Ethiopia  4 – 3  Angola National Stadium, Gaborone 15 May 1997 Ghana  2 – 0   National Stadium, Gaborone 17 May 1997 Ethiopia  5 – 1   National Stadium, Gaborone 17 May 1997 Angola  3 – 1  Ghana National Stadium, Gaborone Knock-out stage[]   Semi-finals Final                 May 21 - Gaborone      Egypt 1   May 24 - Gaborone    Ethiopia 0    Egypt 1   May 21 - Gaborone    Mali 0    Ghana 1      Mali 2   Third place     May 24 - Gaborone      Ethiopia 0      Ghana 1 Semi-finals[] 21 May 1997 Egypt  1–0  Ethiopia National Stadium, Gaborone 21 May 1997 Ghana  1–2  Mali National Stadium, Gaborone For winning their semi-final, Mali qualified for the 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship Third place match[] 24 May 1997 Ethiopia  0–1  Ghana National Stadium, Gaborone For winning the third place match, Ghana qualified for the 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship with Ethiopia missing out. Final[] 24 May 1997 Egypt  1–0  Mali National Stadium, Gaborone Winners[] 1997 CAF Under-17 Championship Egypt First title Countries to participate in 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship[] The 3 teams which qualified for 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship.  Mali  Ghana  Egypt (qualified as host) References[] ^ One-match round. ^ a b c d e f The result of the second leg is unknown. ^ a b c d e f Unknown result. External links[] RSSSF.com Confederation of African Football