1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship

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1997 FIFA U-17 World Cup
FIFA U-17 World Championship Egypt 1997
1997 FIFA U-17 بطولة العالم
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Tournament details
Host countryEgypt
Dates4–21 September
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (1st title)
Runners-up Ghana
Third place Spain
Fourth place Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored117 (3.66 per match)
Attendance633,000 (19,781 per match)
Top scorer(s)Spain (7 goals)
Best player(s)Spain Sergio
Fair play award Argentina
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The FIFA U-17 World Championship 1997, the seventh edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Cairo, Ismailia, Alexandria, and Port Said in Egypt between 4 September and 21 September 1997. Players born after 1 January 1980 could participate in this tournament.

Venues[]

City Stadium Capacity
Cairo Cairo International Stadium 74,100
Port Said Port Said Stadium 22,000
Alexandria Alexandria Stadium 20,000
Ismailia Ismailia Stadium 16,500

Teams[]

Confederation Qualifying Tournament Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia) 1996 AFC U-17 Championship  Oman
 Thailand
 Bahrain
CAF (Africa) Host nation  Egypt
1997 African U-17 Championship  Mali
 Ghana
CONCACAF
(North, Central America & Caribbean) 		1996 CONCACAF U-17 Championship  Mexico
 United States
 Costa Rica
CONMEBOL (South America) 1997 South American U-17 Championship  Brazil
 Argentina
 Chile
OFC (Oceania)  New Zealand
UEFA (Europe) 1997 UEFA European Under-16 Championship  Spain
 Austria
 Germany

Squads[]

Main article: 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship squads

Matches[]

Group A[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Germany 3 2 1 0 5 1 4 7
 Egypt 3 1 2 0 5 4 1 5
 Chile 3 1 1 1 7 4 3 4
 Thailand 3 0 0 3 4 12 -8 0


Egypt 3–2 Thailand
Belal Goal 16', 46'
Goal 65'		 Report Goal 30'
Suksomkit Goal 67'
Attendance: 70,000
Chile 0–1 Germany
Report Adzic Goal 81'
Attendance: 10,000
Egypt 1–1 Chile
Goal 37' Report Villalobos Goal 69'
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: (Mexico)
Thailand 0–3 Germany
Report Deisler Goal 27'
Kehl Goal 63'
Hofmann Goal 84'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: (El Salvador)
Egypt 1–1 Germany
Goal 66' Report Auer Goal 76'
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: (Brazil)
Thailand 2–6 Chile
Goal 45+2'
Suksomkit Goal 82'		 Report Viveros Goal 41', 62'
Maldonado Goal 52' (pen.)
Mirosević Goal 67'
Alvarez Goal 83'
Zuniga Goal 89'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: (Poland)

Group B[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 3 3 0 0 17 2 15 9
 Mali 3 2 0 1 7 2 5 6
 Mexico 3 1 0 2 8 6 2 3
 New Zealand 3 0 0 3 0 22 -22 0
New Zealand 0–4 Mali
Report Guindo Goal 33'
Mah. Diarra Goal 64'
Keita Goal 70', 88'
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: (Poland)
Mexico 2–3 Spain
Arce Goal 66'
Santibanez Goal 66'		 Report Goal 14', 84' (pen.)
Goal 31'
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: (Brazil)
New Zealand 0–5 Mexico
Report Martinez Goal 12'
Salcedo Goal 32'
Goal 41', 47'
Santibanez Goal 85'
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: (Saudi Arabia)
Mali 0–1 Spain
Report Goal 85'
Attendance: 6,000
New Zealand 0–13 Spain
Report Goal 23', 29'
Goal 28', 64'
Sergio Goal 36' (pen.)
Goal 43', 45+3', 47', 49'
Goal 62'
Ander Goal 71'
Corona Goal 87'
Goal 90+1'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: (Egypt)
Mali 3–1 Mexico
Goal 40'
Keita Goal 54', 85'		 Report Perez Goal 64'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Lubos Michel (Slovakia)

Group C[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 3 3 0 0 13 1 12 9
 Oman 3 2 0 1 8 4 4 6
 United States 3 1 0 2 4 7 -3 3
 Austria 3 0 0 3 1 14 -13 0
Oman 4–0 United States
Al-Harbi Goal 15'
J. Al-Mukhaini Goal 39'
Mohamed Goal 46', 52'		 Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mario Sanchez Yanten (Chile)
Austria 0–7 Brazil
Report Diogo Goal 8'
Fabio Pinto Goal 13'
Geovani Goal 16'
Ferrugem Goal 38'
Matuzalem Goal 44'
Ronaldinho Goal 75' (pen.)
Goal 85' (pen.)
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: (Egypt)
Oman 3–1 Austria
Goal 18'
Mohamed Goal 45+1', 69'		 Report Goal 74'
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: (Australia)
United States 0–3 Brazil
Report Jorginho Goal 66'
Adiel Goal 85'
Matuzalem Goal 90'
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Rene Temmink (Netherlands)
Oman 1–3 Brazil
Mohamed Goal 53' Report Jorginho Goal 50'
Fabio Pinto Goal 66'
Geovani Goal 84'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: (Mexico)
United States 4–0 Austria
Goal 6'
Twellman Goal 56', 67'
Goal 82'		 Report
Port Said Stadium, Port Said
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: (Guinea)

Group D[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ghana 3 2 1 0 7 1 6 7
 Argentina 3 2 1 0 3 0 3 7
 Bahrain 3 1 0 2 4 8 -4 3
 Costa Rica 3 0 0 3 1 6 -5 0
Argentina 0–0 Ghana
Report
Port Said Stadium, Port Said
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Lu Jun (China)
Costa Rica 1–3 Bahrain
Esquivel Goal 67' Report Goal 64' (pen.)
Goal 79'
Goal 84'
Port Said Stadium, Port Said
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: (Guinea)
Argentina 1–0 Costa Rica
Galletti Goal 59' Report
Port Said Stadium, Port Said
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Ghana 5–1 Bahrain
Goal 5'
Ansah Goal 8'
Afriyie Goal 52'
A. Quaye Goal 77'
Goal 89'		 Report Goal 71'
Port Said Stadium, Port Said
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Lubos Michel (Slovakia)
Argentina 2–0 Bahrain
Marchant Goal 42'
Marchano Goal 72'		 Report
Port Said Stadium, Port Said
Attendance: 10,000
Ghana 2–0 Costa Rica
A. Quaye Goal 12'
Goal 61'		 Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Mario Sanchez Yanten (Chile)

Knockout stage[]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
14 September - Alexandria
 
 
 Brazil2
 
18 September - Ismailia
 
 Argentina0
 
 Germany0
 
14 September - Cairo
 
 Brazil4
 
 Germany0 (4)
 
21 September - Cairo
 
 Mali0 (3)
 
 Brazil2
 
15 September - Port Said
 
 Ghana1
 
 Ghana4
 
18 September - Cairo
 
 Oman1
 
 Ghana2
 
15 September - Ismailia
 
 Spain1 Third place
 
 Spain2
 
21 September - Cairo
 
 Egypt1
 
 Spain2
 
 
 Germany1
 

Quarterfinals[]

Brazil 2–0 Argentina
Fabio Pinto Goal 44', 83' Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: (Poland)
Germany 0–0 (a.e.t.) Mali
Report
Penalties
Adzic Penalty scored
Deisler Penalty scored
Penalty scored
Truckenbrod Penalty scored		 4–3 Penalty missed
Penalty scored Camara
Penalty scored Guindo
Penalty scored
Penalty missed Keita
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Lu Jun (China)
Ghana 4–1 Oman
Goal 25' (o.g.)
Goal 42'
Afriyie Goal 79'
A. Quaye Goal 88'		 Report Goal 57'
Port Said Stadium, Port Said
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Rene Temmink (Netherlands)
Spain 2–1 Egypt
Sergio Goal 28'
Camacho Goal 66'		 Report Belal Goal 31'
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: (El Salvador)

Semifinals[]

Brazil 4–0 Germany
Adiel Goal 4'
Goal 85'
Ferrugem Goal 86'
Ronaldinho Goal 88' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 8,500
Spain 1–2 Ghana
Sousa Goal 35' Report Attram Goal 47'
Owusu Afriyie Goal 79'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Mario Sanchez Yanten (Chile)

Playoff for 3rd place[]

Germany 1–2 Spain
Adzic Goal 59' (pen.) Report Ander Goal 30'
Sousa Goal 85' (pen.)
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: (El Salvador)

Final[]

Brazil 2–1 Ghana
Matuzalem Goal 63'
Andrey Goal 87'		 Report Afriyie Goal 39'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Result[]

 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship Winners 

Brazil
First title

Goalscorers[]

David of Spain won the Golden Shoe award for scoring seven goals. In total, 117 goals were scored by 73 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.

7 goals
  • Spain
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
  • Brazil Geovanni
  • Brazil Matuzalem
  • Egypt Ahmed Belal
  • Ghana Awule Quaye
  • Spain
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal
  • Oman (playing against Ghana)

Final ranking[]

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Brazil 6 6 0 0 21 2 +19 18
2  Ghana 6 4 1 1 14 5 +9 13
3  Spain 6 5 0 1 22 6 +16 15
4  Germany 6 2 2 2 6 7 –1 8
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5  Mali 4 2 1 1 7 2 +5 7
6  Argentina 4 2 1 1 3 2 +1 7
7  Oman 4 2 0 2 9 8 +1 6
8  Egypt 4 1 2 1 6 6 0 5
Eliminated at the group stage
9  Chile 3 1 1 1 7 4 +3 4
10  Mexico 3 1 0 2 8 6 +2 3
11  United States 3 1 0 2 4 7 –3 3
12  Bahrain 3 1 0 2 4 8 –4 3
13  Costa Rica 3 0 0 3 1 6 –5 0
14  Thailand 3 0 0 3 4 12 –8 0
15  Austria 3 0 0 3 1 14 –13 0
16  New Zealand 3 0 0 3 0 22 –22 0

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