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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.

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ghana	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Morocco (H)	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1	4
3	Egypt	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ivory Coast	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	South Africa	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
3	Zambia	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2
4	Mali	3	0	1	2	4	8	−4	1

Knockout stage

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.

•  Ivory Coast
•  Ghana
•  Morocco
•  South Africa

References

External links

• Results by RSSSF

• U-20 Africa Cup of Nations
• 1997 in African football
• International association football competitions hosted by Morocco
• 1996–97 in Moroccan football
• 1996–97 in South African soccer
• 1996–97 in Ghanaian football
• 1996–97 in Egyptian football
• 1997 in youth association football