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.

Teams

Last year's finalists Burundi were disqualified in the qualifying tournament. It is not known how the other teams qualified. Eight teams entered the tournament:

•  Ivory Coast
•  Egypt
•  Ghana
•  Mali
•  Morocco (host)
•  South Africa
•  Sudan
•  Zambia

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

Ghana  v  South Africa

2 April 1997 (1997-04-02)

Ghana	1 – 1	South Africa
	Penalties
	3 – 4

Fès

Morocco  v  Ivory Coast

2 April 1997 (1997-04-02)

Morocco	2 – 1	Ivory Coast

Fès

Third Place Match

Ivory Coast  v  Ghana

5 April 1997 (1997-04-05)

Ivory Coast	2 – 0	Ghana

Meknès

Final

Morocco  v  South Africa

5 April 1997 (1997-04-05)

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.

•  Ivory Coast
•  Ghana
•  Morocco
•  South Africa

External links

• Results by RSSSF