1997 African U-17 Championship

1997 African U-17 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Botswana
City	Gaborone
Dates	11–24 May
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Egypt (1st title)
Runners-up	Mali
Third place	Ghana
Fourth place	Ethiopia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	46 (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

•   Angola
•   Botswana (host nation)
•   Ivory Coast
•   Egypt
•   Ethiopia
•   Ghana
•   Mali
•   Zimbabwe

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	7	Knockout stage
2	Mali	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
3	Ivory Coast	3	1	1	1	7	2	+5	4
4	Botswana (H)	3	0	0	3	1	11	−10	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

11 May 1997

Botswana	0 – 2	Egypt

National Stadium, Gaborone

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11 May 1997

Ivory Coast	0 – 0	Mali

National Stadium, Gaborone

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14 May 1997

Egypt	0 – 0	Mali

National Stadium, Gaborone

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14 May 1997

Botswana	0 – 7	Ivory Coast

National Stadium, Gaborone

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17 May 1997

Egypt	2 – 0	Ivory Coast

National Stadium, Gaborone

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17 May 1997

Botswana	1 – 2	Mali

National Stadium, Gaborone

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ghana	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6	Knockout stage
2	Ethiopia	3	2	0	1	10	8	+2	6
3	Angola	3	1	1	1	7	6	+1	4
4	Zimbabwe	3	0	1	2	2	8	−6	1

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

12 May 1997

Ghana	4 – 1	Ethiopia

National Stadium, Gaborone

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12 May 1997

Zimbabwe	1 – 1	Angola

National Stadium, Gaborone

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15 May 1997

Ethiopia	4 – 3	Angola

National Stadium, Gaborone

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15 May 1997

Ghana	2 – 0	Zimbabwe

National Stadium, Gaborone

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17 May 1997

Ethiopia	5 – 1	Zimbabwe

National Stadium, Gaborone

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17 May 1997

Angola	3 – 1	Ghana

National Stadium, Gaborone

Knock-out stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	May 21 - Gaborone
	Egypt	1
					May 24 - Gaborone
	Ethiopia	0
					Egypt	1
	May 21 - Gaborone
					Mali	0
	Ghana	1
	Mali	2
					Third place
					May 24 - Gaborone
					Ethiopia	0
					Ghana	1

Semi-finals

21 May 1997

Egypt	1–0	Ethiopia

National Stadium, Gaborone

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21 May 1997

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

24 May 1997

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

24 May 1997

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.

•   Mali
•   Ghana
•   Egypt (qualified as host)

External links

• RSSSF.com
• Confederation of African Football