1997 FIFA World Youth Championship
Piala Dunia B-20 FIFA 1997 Piala Dunia Belia FIFA 1997 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Malaysia |
Dates | 16 June – 5 July |
Teams | 24 (from 6 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 6 (in 6 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 52 |
Goals scored | 165 (3.17 per match) |
Attendance | 655,827 (12,612 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
Fair play award | ![]() |
The 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship, known as the 1997 FIFA/Coca-Cola World Youth Championship for sponsorship purposes, was the 11th staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship. It was held from 16 June to 5 July 1997 in Malaysia. It was the first FIFA tournament hosted by a Southeast Asian country.
Venues[]
Shah Alam | Kuching | Alor Setar |
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Shah Alam Stadium | Sarawak Stadium | Darul Aman Stadium |
Capacity: 80,000 | Capacity: 40,000 | Capacity: 32,387 |
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Kuantan | Kangar | Johor Bahru |
Darul Makmur Stadium | Tuanku Syed Putra Stadium | Tan Sri Hassan Yunus Stadium |
Capacity: 40,000 | Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 30,000 |
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Qualification[]
The following 24 teams qualified for the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship. Host Malaysia did not have to qualify for the tournament.
Confederation | Qualifying tournament | Qualifier(s) |
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AFC (Asia) | Host nation | ![]() |
1996 AFC Youth Championship | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
CAF (Africa) | 1997 African Youth Championship | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean) |
1996 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
CONMEBOL (South America) | 1997 South American Youth Championship | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
OFC (Oceania) | 1997 OFC U-20 Championship | ![]() |
UEFA (Europe) | 1996 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
- 1.^ Teams that made their debut.
Squads[]
For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship squads
Group stages[]
The 24 teams were split into six groups of four teams. Six group winners, six-second place finishers and the four best third place finishers qualify for the knockout round.
Group A[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0 |
(H) Host
Morocco ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Termina ![]() |
(Report) | Van Handenhoven ![]() |
Malaysia ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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(Report) | Van Handenhoven ![]() ![]() |
Group B[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 1 |
South Korea ![]() | 2–4 | ![]() |
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Park Jin-sub ![]() |
(Report) | Henry ![]() Trezeguet ![]() |
South Africa ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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(Report) | Adaílton ![]() |
South Korea ![]() | 3–10 | ![]() |
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Lee Kwan-woo ![]() Chung Seok-keun ![]() ![]() |
(Report) | Fernandão ![]() Adaílton ![]() Zé Elias[1] ![]() |
Group C[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
China PR ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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(Report) | West ![]() |
Republic of Ireland ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Cummins ![]() Corrales ![]() |
(Report) | Flores ![]() |
Ghana ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Ofori-Quaye ![]() |
(Report) |
Group D[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 2 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 1 |
Japan ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Yanagisawa ![]() |
(Report) | Farinós ![]() Angulo ![]() |
Costa Rica ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Bryce ![]() |
(Report) | Román ![]() |
Japan ![]() | 6–2 | ![]() |
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Ono ![]() Nakamura ![]() Jojo ![]() Fukuda ![]() Nagai ![]() |
(Report) | Ledezma ![]() Solís ![]() |
Spain ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Deus ![]() |
(Report) | Morinigo ![]() |
Japan ![]() | 3–3 | ![]() |
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Jojo ![]() Hiroyama ![]() Yanagisawa ![]() |
(Report) | ![]() Da Silva ![]() Samudio ![]() |
Group E[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |
Argentina ![]() | 3–4 | ![]() |
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Romeo ![]() Placente ![]() Riquelme ![]() |
(Report) | Salapasidis ![]() |
Group F[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
Mexico ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Lillingston ![]() ![]() Torres ![]() ![]() |
(Report) |
Ivory Coast ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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(Report) | Owen ![]() Shepherd ![]() |
Mexico ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Lillingston ![]() |
(Report) | Dié ![]() |
United Arab Emirates ![]() | 0–5 | ![]() |
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(Report) | Murphy ![]() Owen ![]() ![]() |
United Arab Emirates ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Ali ![]() ![]() |
(Report) |
Ranking of third-placed teams[]
Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Result |
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1 | A | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | E | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
3 | C | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | |
4 | F | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 3 | |
5 | D | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 2 | |
6 | B | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
Knockout stage[]
Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
25 June – Shah Alam | ||||||||||||||
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29 June – Shah Alam | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 (7) | |||||||||||||
25 June – Kuching | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 (6) | |||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
2 July – Shah Alam | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||
26 June – Kangar | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
29 June – Johor Bahru | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
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26 June – Alor Setar | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||
5 July – Shah Alam | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
26 June – Kuantan | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
29 June – Shah Alam | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
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25 June – Shah Alam | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
2 July – Kuching | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
26 June – Johor Bahru | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | Third place | ||||||||||||
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29 June – Kuching | 5 July – Shah Alam | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | ![]() | 1 | |||||||||||
25 June – Kuching | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | ![]() | 2 | |||||||||||
![]() | 10 | |||||||||||||
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Round of 16[]
Brazil ![]() | 10–0 | ![]() |
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Álvaro ![]() Éder ![]() Alex ![]() Roni ![]() Adaílton ![]() Zé Elias[1] ![]() |
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Uruguay ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Zalayeta ![]() Olivera ![]() |
(Report) |
Australia ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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(Report) | Yanagisawa ![]() |
England ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Carragher ![]() |
(Report) | Riquelme ![]() Aimar ![]() |
Spain ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Deus ![]() Rivera ![]() |
(Report) |
Quarter-finals[]
Argentina ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Scaloni ![]() Perezlindo ![]() |
(Report) |
Japan ![]() | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Yanagisawa ![]() |
(Report) | Ansah ![]() Ofori-Quaye ![]() |
Semi-finals[]
Third place play-off[]
Final[]
showTeam details |
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Result[]
FIFA World Youth Championship 1997 Winners |
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![]() Argentina Third title |
Awards[]
Golden Shoe | Golden Ball | Fair Play Award |
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Goalscorers[]
Adaílton of Brazil won the Golden Shoe award for scoring ten goals. In total, 165 goals were scored by 101 different players, with seven of them credited as own goals.
- 10 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Diego Placente
Diego Quintana
Esteban Cambiasso
Martín Perezlindo
Pablo Aimar
Daniel Allsopp
Éder Gaúcho
Dwayne De Rosario
Jason Bent
Steve Kindel
Li Jinyu
Wang Peng
Alonso Solís
Froylán Ledezma
Steven Bryce
Jamie Carragher
Paul Shepherd
Awudu Issaka
Bashiru Gambo
Joseph Ansah
Odartey Lawson
Richard Ackon
Stephen Appiah
Attila Szili
Serge Dié
Kenji Fukuda
Nozomi Hiroyama
Shunsuke Nakamura
Yuichiro Nagai
Nik Ahmad Fadly Nik Leh
Gerardo Torres
Aissam El Barodi
Hamid Termina
Tarik Sektioui
César Cáceres
Gustavo Morinigo
Juan Samudio
Paulo da Silva
Raúl Román
Desmond Baker
Neale Fenn
Chung Seok-keun
Lee Kwan-woo
David Albelda
Diego Ribera
Miguel Ángel Angulo
Yaser Salem Ali
Brian West
Jorge Flores
Rodrigo López
Inti Podestá
Pablo García
- Own goal
Mikaël Silvestre (playing against Brazil)
Khairun Haled Masrom (playing against Uruguay)
Youssef Safri (playing against Malaysia)
Niall Inman (playing against Morocco)
(playing against England)
Ramiro Corrales (playing against Republic of Ireland)
Alejandro Meloño (playing against Ghana)
Final ranking[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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1 | ![]() |
7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 18 | Champions |
2 | ![]() |
7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 14 | Runners-up |
3 | ![]() |
7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 13 | Third place |
4 | ![]() |
7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 13 | Fourth place |
5 | ![]() |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 5 | +20 | 12 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
6 | ![]() |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 12 | |
7 | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 10 | |
8 | ![]() |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 7 | |
9 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 9 | Eliminated in Round of 16 |
10 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 | |
11 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | |
12 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 | |
13 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 | |
14 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 4 | |
15 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 | |
16 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 3 | |
17 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 2 | Eliminated in Group stage |
18 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
19 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | |
20 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | |
21 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 1 | |
22 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 1 | |
23 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 | |
24 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0 |
Broadcasting rights of 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship[]
Américas[]
Venezuela: Venevisión
Asia[]
Indonesia : RCTI, TVRI, SCTV, TPI, ANTV
Notes[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b The FIFA states him as "Júnior" in the official report.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g The FIFA gives no information on the Stadium used in this match, but the Utama Stadium was the only one suitable by then for a match like this.
External links[]
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