1997 African U-17 Championship

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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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.

Qualification

Main article: 1997 African U-17 Championship qualification

Qualified teams

Group stage

Group A

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

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

 
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
Ghana 1–2 Mali

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

Third place match

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

Egypt 1–0 Mali

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

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