1997 African Youth Championship

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

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

Teams

Last year's finalists Burundi were disqualified in the qualifying tournament. It is not known how the other teams qualified. 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

2 April 1997 (1997-04-02)
Ghana  1 – 1  South Africa
  Penalties  
3 – 4

2 April 1997 (1997-04-02)
Morocco  2 – 1  Ivory Coast


Third Place Match

5 April 1997 (1997-04-05)
Ivory Coast  2 – 0  Ghana


Final

5 April 1997 (1997-04-05)
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.

External links


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