1997 African Youth Championship

The African Youth Championship 1997 was held in Morocco. It also served as qualification for the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship.

1997 African Youth Championship
بطولة أفريقيا لكرة القدم للشباب 1997
Tournament details
Host country Morocco
Dates23 March - 5 April
Teams8
Final positions
Champions Morocco (1st title)
Runners-up South Africa
Third place Ivory Coast
Fourth place Ghana

Qualification

Morocco qualified automatically as hosts.[1]

First round

 
28/29 Sep 1996:
           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
           Reunion       0-2 Zimbabwe
           South Africa  2-0 Mauritius
           Angola        3-1 Botswana
           Tanzania      w/o Burundi           [Burundi suspended by CAF following a coup d'état]
           Cameroon      w/o Togo              [Togo withdrew]
           Zambia        w/o Malawi            [Malawi withdrew]
19/20 Oct 1996:
           Tunisia       1-3 Algeria           [agg. 3-3, Algeria on away goals]
           Guinea        1-1 Burkina Faso      [agg. 1-1, Burkina Faso on away goals]
           Senegal       2-3 Ghana             [agg. 2-5]
           Chad          2-1 Nigeria           [agg. 3-6]
           Kenya         1-0 Sudan             [agg. 1-2]
           Ethiopia      5-0 Egypt             [agg. 5-5, penalties 1-2]
           Zimbabwe      5-0 Reunion           [agg. 7-0]
           Mauritius     1-3 South Africa      [agg. 1-5]
           Botswana      1-2 Angola            [agg. 2-5]

Second round

 
21/22 Dec 1996:
           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
 3/5 Jan 1997:
           Algeria        -  Mali              [Mali qualified]
           Sudan          -  Nigeria           [Sudan qualified]
           Cameroon       -  Ivory Coast       [Ivory Coast qualified]
           Ghana          -  Burkina Faso      [Ghana qualified]
           Zimbabwe       -  Egypt             [Egypt qualified]
           Tanzania      0-1 South Africa      [agg. 0-4]
           Angola        0-1 Zambia            [agg. 0-2]

Teams

Last year's finalists Burundi were disqualified in the qualifying tournament. Eight teams entered the tournament:

Group stage

Group A
Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ghana 330060+69
 Morocco 311121+14
 Egypt 31112204
 Sudan 300318–70


23 March Morocco  0–0  Egypt
Sudan  0–4  Ghana
25 March Egypt  0–1  Ghana
Morocco  2–0  Sudan
27 March Egypt  2–1  Sudan
Morocco  0–1  Ghana

Group B
Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ivory Coast 321062+47
 South Africa 320143+16
 Zambia 302145–12
 Mali 301248–41


24 March Mali  2–2  Zambia
South Africa  0–1  Ivory Coast
26 March Zambia  1–1  Ivory Coast
Mali  1–2  South Africa
28 March South Africa  2–1  Zambia
Ivory Coast  4–1  Mali

Semifinals
Ghana 1 – 1 South Africa
Penalties
3 – 4
Morocco 2 – 1 Ivory Coast

Third place match
Ivory Coast 2 – 0 Ghana

Final
Morocco 1 – 0 South Africa
 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.

References
  1. "African U-21 Championship 1997".
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