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)

Qualification

First round

The first leg match was played on 24 August 1996. The second leg match was played on 15 September 1996. The winner advanced to the Second Round.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
South Africa  1 – 4  Angola 1 – 1 0 – 3

Second round

The matches were played between February and March 1997, but little information is available as all the results of the second leg matches are unknown. The winners advanced to the Finals.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Angola  1 – 0  Somalia 1 – 0 [1]
Madagascar  0 – 1[2]  Zimbabwe 0 – 1 [3]
Ethiopia  1 – 0[2]  Zambia 1 – 0 [3]
Guinea  0 – 0[2]  Egypt 0 – 0 [3]
Ghana  4 – 1[2]  Burkina Faso 4 – 1 [3]
Cameroon  0 – 1[2]  Ivory Coast 0 – 1 [3]
Mali  2 – 1[2]  Benin 2 – 1 [3]

Qualified teams

Group stage

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
 Egypt 321040+47Advanced to the semi-finals
 Mali 312021+15
 Ivory Coast 311172+54Eliminated and missed out on the 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship
 Botswana 3003111−100


Botswana 0 – 2 Egypt
National Stadium, Gaborone
Ivory Coast 0 – 0 Mali
National Stadium, Gaborone
Egypt 0 – 0 Mali
National Stadium, Gaborone
Botswana 0 – 7 Ivory Coast
National Stadium, Gaborone
Egypt 2 – 0 Ivory Coast
National Stadium, Gaborone
Botswana 1 – 2 Mali
National Stadium, Gaborone

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
 Ghana 320174+36Advanced to the semi-finals
 Ethiopia 3201108+26
 Angola 311176+14Eliminated and missed out on the 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship
 Zimbabwe 301228−61


Ghana 4 – 1 Ethiopia
National Stadium, Gaborone
Zimbabwe 1 – 1 Angola
National Stadium, Gaborone
Ethiopia 4 – 3 Angola
National Stadium, Gaborone
Ghana 2 – 0 Zimbabwe
National Stadium, Gaborone
Ethiopia 5 – 1 Zimbabwe
National Stadium, Gaborone
Angola 3 – 1 Ghana
National Stadium, Gaborone

Knock-out stage

 
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

Egypt 1–0 Ethiopia
National Stadium, Gaborone
Ghana 1–2 Mali
National Stadium, Gaborone

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

Third place match

Ethiopia 0–1 Ghana
National Stadium, Gaborone

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

Final

Egypt 1–0 Mali
National Stadium, Gaborone

Winners

1997 CAF Under-17 Championship

Egypt
First title

Countries to participate in 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship

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

References

  1. One-match round.
  2. The result of the second leg is unknown.
  3. Unknown result.
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