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1997 African Youth Championship

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1997 African Youth Championship
بطولة أفريقيا لكرة القدم للشباب 1997
Tournament details
Host countryMorocco Morocco
Dates23 March – 5 April
Teams8
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.[citation needed]

Qualification

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First round

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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

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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

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Last year's finalists Burundi were disqualified in the qualifying tournament. Eight teams entered the tournament:

Group stage

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Group A

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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
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Group B

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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
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers

Knockout stage

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Semifinals

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Ghana 1 – 1 South Africa
Penalties
3 – 4
Morocco 2 – 1 Ivory Coast

Third place match

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Ivory Coast 2 – 0 Ghana

Final

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Morocco 1 – 0 South Africa


 1997 African Youth Championship 

Morocco
First title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

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The four best performing teams qualified for the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship.

References

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