1997 African Youth Championship

بطولة أفريقيا لكرة القدم للشباب 1997
Tournament details
Host country	Morocco
Dates	23 March – 5 April
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Morocco (1st title)
Runners-up	South Africa
Third place	Ivory Coast
Fourth place	Ghana
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The African Youth Championship 1997 was held in Morocco. It also served as qualification for the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship.^{[ citation needed]}

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:

•   Ivory Coast
•   Egypt
•   Ghana
•   Mali
•   Morocco (host)
•   South Africa
•   Sudan
•   Zambia

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	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9
Morocco	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1	4
Egypt	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
Sudan	3	0	0	3	1	8	–7	0

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	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
South Africa	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
Zambia	3	0	2	1	4	5	–1	2
Mali	3	0	1	2	4	8	–4	1

Semifinals

2 April 1997 (1997-04-02)

Ghana	1 – 1	South Africa
Penalties
	3 – 4

Fès

2 April 1997 (1997-04-02)

Morocco	2 – 1	Ivory Coast

Fès

Third place match

5 April 1997 (1997-04-05)

Ivory Coast	2 – 0	Ghana

Meknès

Final

5 April 1997 (1997-04-05)

Morocco	1 – 0	South Africa

Meknès

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.

•   Ivory Coast
•   Ghana
•   Morocco
•   South Africa

References

External links

• Results by RSSSF