1997 African U-17 Championship

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.

1997 African U-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryBotswana
CityGaborone
Dates11–24 May
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Egypt (1st title)
Runners-up Mali
Third place Ghana
Fourth place Ethiopia
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored46 (2.88 per match)
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Qualification

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Qualified teams

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Group stage

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Group A

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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
  Botswana 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0


Botswana  0 – 2  Egypt

Ivory Coast  0 – 0  Mali

Egypt  0 – 0  Mali

Botswana  0 – 7  Ivory Coast

Egypt  2 – 0  Ivory Coast

Botswana  1 – 2  Mali

Group B

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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
  Zimbabwe 3 0 1 2 2 8 −6 1


Ghana  4 – 1  Ethiopia

Zimbabwe  1 – 1  Angola

Ethiopia  4 – 3  Angola

Ghana  2 – 0  Zimbabwe

Ethiopia  5 – 1  Zimbabwe

Angola  3 – 1  Ghana

Knock-out stage

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
May 21 - Gaborone
 
 
  Egypt1
 
May 24 - Gaborone
 
  Ethiopia0
 
  Egypt1
 
May 21 - Gaborone
 
  Mali0
 
  Ghana1
 
 
  Mali2
 
Third place
 
 
May 24 - Gaborone
 
 
  Ethiopia0
 
 
  Ghana1

Semi-finals

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Egypt  1–0  Ethiopia

Ghana  1–2  Mali

For winning their semi-final, Mali qualified for the 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship

Third place match

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Ethiopia  0–1  Ghana

For winning the third place match, Ghana qualified for the 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship with Ethiopia missing out.

Final

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Egypt  1–0  Mali

Winners

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1997 CAF Under-17 Championship
 
Egypt
First title

Countries to participate in 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship

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The 3 teams which qualified for 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship.

References

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