1997 African Youth Championship

1997 African Youth Championship
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.

Qualification

Morocco qualified automatically as hosts.[1]

First round

28/29 Sep 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
           Reunion       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 Oct 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 Reunion           [agg. 7-0]
           Mauritius     1-3 South Africa      [agg. 1-5]
           Botswana      1-2 Angola            [agg. 2-5]

Second round

21/22 Dec 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 Jan 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]

Teams

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

Group stage

Group A

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

Group B

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

Semifinals

2 April 1997

Ghana	1 – 1	South Africa

Penalties
	3 – 4

Fès

2 April 1997

Morocco	2 – 1	Ivory Coast

Fès

Third place match

5 April 1997

Ivory Coast	2 – 0	Ghana

Meknès

Final

5 April 1997

Morocco	1 – 0	South Africa

Meknès

1997 African Youth Championship
Morocco First title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

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

References

"African U-21 Championship 1997".

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[1] "African U-21 Championship 1997".