1997 African Youth Championship
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.
Qualification[]
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Morocco qualified automatically as hosts.[1]
First round[]
28/29 Sep 1996: 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 Reunion 0-2 Zimbabwe South Africa 2-0 Mauritius Angola 3-1 Botswana Tanzania w/o Burundi [Burundi suspended by CAF following a coup d'état] Cameroon w/o Togo [Togo withdrew] Zambia w/o Malawi [Malawi withdrew]
19/20 Oct 1996: Tunisia 1-3 Algeria [agg. 3-3, Algeria on away goals] Guinea 1-1 Burkina Faso [agg. 1-1, Burkina Faso on away goals] Senegal 2-3 Ghana [agg. 2-5] Chad 2-1 Nigeria [agg. 3-6] Kenya 1-0 Sudan [agg. 1-2] Ethiopia 5-0 Egypt [agg. 5-5, penalties 1-2] Zimbabwe 5-0 Reunion [agg. 7-0] Mauritius 1-3 South Africa [agg. 1-5] Botswana 1-2 Angola [agg. 2-5]
Second round[]
21/22 Dec 1996: 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
3/5 Jan 1997: Algeria - Mali [Mali qualified] Sudan - Nigeria [Sudan qualified] Cameroon - Ivory Coast [Ivory Coast qualified] Ghana - Burkina Faso [Ghana qualified] Zimbabwe - Egypt [Egypt qualified] Tanzania 0-1 South Africa [agg. 0-4] Angola 0-1 Zambia [agg. 0-2]
Teams[]
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[]
Group A[]
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 |
23 March | Morocco ![]() |
0–0 | ![]() |
Sudan ![]() |
0–4 | ![]() | |
25 March | Egypt ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() |
Morocco ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() | |
27 March | Egypt ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
Morocco ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() |
Group B[]
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 |
24 March | Mali ![]() |
2–2 | ![]() |
South Africa ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() | |
26 March | Zambia ![]() |
1–1 | ![]() |
Mali ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() | |
28 March | South Africa ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
Ivory Coast ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() |
Semifinals[]
Ghana ![]() | 1 – 1 | ![]() |
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Penalties | ||
3 – 4 |
Morocco ![]() | 2 – 1 | ![]() |
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Third place match[]
Ivory Coast ![]() | 2 – 0 | ![]() |
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Final[]
Morocco ![]() | 1 – 0 | ![]() |
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1997 African Youth Championship |
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![]() Morocco First title |
Qualification to World Youth Championship[]
The four best performing teams qualified for the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship.
References[]
External links[]
Categories:
- Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
- 1997 in African football
- International association football competitions hosted by Morocco
- 1996–97 in Moroccan football
- 1996–97 in South African soccer
- 1996–97 in Ghanaian football
- 1996–97 in Egyptian football
- 1997 in youth association football