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)

The 1997 African U-17 Championship was a football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament took place in Botswana. The top two teams, besides Egypt (qualifies as host), qualified for the 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship. As Egypt won this tournament, third placed-team Ghana qualified.

Qualification

First round

The first leg match was played on 24th August 1996. The second leg match was played on 15th September 1996. The winner advanced to the Second Round.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
South Africa	1 – 4	Angola	1 – 1	0 – 3

Second round

The matches were played between February and March 1997, but little information is available as all the results of the second leg matches are unknown. The winners advanced to the Finals.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Angola	1 – 0	Somalia	1 – 0
Madagascar	0 – 1	Zimbabwe	0 – 1
Ethiopia	1 – 0	Zambia	1 – 0
Guinea	0 – 0	Egypt	0 – 0
Ghana	4 – 1	Burkina Faso	4 – 1
Cameroon	0 – 1	Ivory Coast	0 – 1
Mali	2 – 1	Benin	2 – 1

Qualified teams

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

Group stage

Legend
Advanced to semi-finals

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Egypt 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4 7 Mali 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5 Ivory Coast 3 1 1 1 7 2 +5 4 Botswana 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0 Botswana v Egypt 11 May 1997 Botswana 0 – 2 Egypt National Stadium, Gaborone Ivory Coast v Mali 11 May 1997 Ivory Coast 0 – 2 Mali National Stadium, Gaborone Egypt v Mali 14 May 1997 Egypt 0 – 0 Mali National Stadium, Gaborone Botswana v Ivory Coast 14 May 1997 Botswana 0 – 7 Ivory Coast National Stadium, Gaborone Egypt v Ivory Coast 17 May 1997 Egypt 2 – 0 Ivory Coast National Stadium, Gaborone Botswana v Mali 17 May 1997 Botswana 1 – 2 Mali National Stadium, Gaborone Group B Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Ghana 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6 Ethiopia 3 2 0 1 10 8 +2 6 Angola 3 1 1 1 7 6 +1 4 Zimbabwe 3 0 1 2 2 8 −6 1 Ghana v Ethiopia 12 May 1997 Ghana 4 – 1 Ethiopia National Stadium, Gaborone Zimbabwe v Angola 12 May 1997 Zimbabwe 1 – 1 Angola National Stadium, Gaborone Ethiopia v Angola 15 May 1997 Ethiopia 4 – 3 Angola National Stadium, Gaborone Ghana v Zimbabwe 15 May 1997 Ghana 2 – 0 Zimbabwe National Stadium, Gaborone Ethiopia v Zimbabwe 17 May 1997 Ethiopia 5 – 1 Zimbabwe National Stadium, Gaborone Angola v Ghana 17 May 1997 Angola 3 – 1 Ghana National Stadium, Gaborone Knock-out stage Semi-finals Final May 21 - Gaborone  Egypt  1    Ethiopia  0     May 24 - Gaborone      Egypt  1    Mali  0 Third place May 21 - Gaborone May 24 - Gaborone  Ghana  1  Ethiopia  0  Mali  2    Ghana  1 Semi-finals Egypt v Ethiopia 21 May 1997 Egypt 1–0 Ethiopia National Stadium, Gaborone Ghana v Mali 21 May 1997 Ghana 1–2 Mali National Stadium, Gaborone Third place match Ethiopia v Ghana 24 May 1997 Ethiopia 0–1 Ghana National Stadium, Gaborone Final Egypt v Mali 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) References External links RSSSF.com Confederation of African Football