| 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.
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| This list (which may have dates, numbers, etc.) may be better in a sortable table format.(November 2018) |
Morocco qualified automatically as hosts. [1]
| 28-29 September 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 | |
Réunion  | 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 October 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 | Réunion | agg. 7-0 |
| Mauritius | 1-3 | South Africa | agg. 1-5 |
| Botswana | 1-2 | Angola | agg. 2-5 |
| 21-22 December 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 January 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 |
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 | Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 9 |
| Morocco | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
| Egypt | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Sudan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | –7 | 0 |
| 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 |
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 |
| South Africa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 |
| Zambia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | –1 | 2 |
| Mali | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | –4 | 1 |
| 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 |
| Ghana | 1 – 1 | South Africa |
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| Penalties | ||
| 3 – 4 | ||
| Morocco | 2 – 1 | Ivory Coast |
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| Ivory Coast | 2 – 0 | Ghana |
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| Morocco | 1 – 0 | South Africa |
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