1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship

1997 FIFA U-17 World Cup
FIFA U-17 World Championship Egypt 1997 1997 FIFA U-17 بطولة العالم
Tournament details
Host country	Egypt
Dates	4–21 September
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (1st title)
Runners-up	Ghana
Third place	Spain
Fourth place	Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	117 (3.66 per match)
Attendance	633,000 (19,781 per match)
Top scorer(s)	David (7 goals)
Best player	Sergio

The FIFA U-17 World Championship 1997, the seventh edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Cairo, Ismailia, Alexandria, and Port Said in Egypt between 4 September and 21 September 1997. Players born after 1 January 1980 could participate in this tournament.

Venues

City	Stadium	Capacity
Cairo	Cairo International Stadium	74,100
Port Said	Port Said Stadium	22,000
Alexandria	Alexandria Stadium	20,000
Ismailia	Ismailia Stadium	16,500

Teams

Oman	Top three teams of the 1996 AFC U-17 Championship
Thailand
Bahrain
Mali	Top two teams of the 1997 African Under-17 Championship
Ghana	Top two teams of the 1997 African Under-17 Championship
Mexico	Top three teams of the 1996 CONCACAF U-17 Championship
United States
Costa Rica
Brazil	Top three teams of the Sudamericano Sub-17 1997
Argentina
Chile
New Zealand	Winner of the 1997 OFC U-17 Qualifying Tournament
Spain	Top three teams of the 1997 UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship
Austria
Germany
Egypt	Host

Squads

Matches

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	2	1	0	5	1	4	7
Egypt	3	1	2	0	5	4	1	5
Chile	3	1	1	1	7	4	3	4
Thailand	3	0	0	3	4	12	-8	0

Egypt v Thailand

4 September 1997
20:30

Egypt	3 – 2	Thailand
Belal 16', 46' Arabi 65'	Report	Tongdee 30' Suksomkit 67'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)

Chile v Germany

5 September 1997
20:30

Chile	0 – 1	Germany
	Report	Adzic 81'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ian McLeod (South Africa)

Egypt v Chile

7 September 1997
18:15

Egypt	1 – 1	Chile
Abou 37'	Report	Villalobos 69'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Gilberto Alcala (Mexico)

Thailand v Germany

7 September 1997
20:30

Thailand	0 – 3	Germany
	Report	Deisler 27' Kehl 63' Hofmann 84'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Victorino Rodriguez (El Salvador)

Egypt v Germany

10 September 1997
20:30

Egypt	1 – 1	Germany
Ezz 66'	Report	Auer 76'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonca (Brazil)

Thailand v Chile

10 September 1997
20:30

Thailand	2 – 6	Chile
Matong 45+2' Suksomkit 82'	Report	Viveros 41', 62' Maldonado 52' (pen.) Mirosević 67' Alvarez 83' Zuniga 89'

Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	17	2	15	9
Mali	3	2	1	7	2	5	6
Mexico	3	1	2	8	6	2	3
New Zealand	3	0	3	0	22	-22	0

New Zealand v Mali

6 September 1997
18:15

New Zealand	0 – 4	Mali
	Report	Guindo 33' Mah. Diarra 64' Keita 70', 88'

Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)

Mexico v Spain

6 September 1997
20:30

Mexico	2 – 3	Spain
Arce 66' Santibanez 66'	Report	David 14', 84' (pen.) Mateos 31'

Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonca (Brazil)

New Zealand v Mexico

8 September 1997
20:30

New Zealand	0 – 5	Mexico
	Report	Martinez 12' Salcedo 32' Gomez 41', 47' Santibanez 85'

Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Abdul Aziz A. Al Dokhail (Saudi Arabia)

Mali v Spain

8 September 1997
18:15

Mali	0 – 1	Spain
	Report	David 85'

Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)

New Zealand v Spain

11 September 1997
20:30

New Zealand	0 – 13	Spain
	Report	Sanchez 23', 29' Mateos 28', 64' Sergio 36' (pen.) David 43', 45+3', 47', 49' Royo 62' Ander 71' Corona 87' Lopez 90+1'

Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Abdulhamid Radwan Abdulkareem (Egypt)

Mali v Mexico

11 September 1997
20:30

Mali	3 – 1	Mexico
D. Coulibaly 40' Keita 54', 85'	Report	Perez 64'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Lubos Michel (Slovakia)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	13	1	12	9
Oman	3	2	1	8	4	4	6
United States	3	1	2	4	7	-3	3
Austria	3	0	3	1	14	-13	0

Oman v United States

6 September 1997
13:45

Oman	4 – 0	United States
Al Harbi 15' J. Al Mukhaini 39' Mohamed 46', 52'	Report

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mario Sanchez Yanten (Chile)

Austria v Brazil

6 September 1997
16:00

Austria	0 – 7	Brazil
	Report	Diogo 8' Fabio Pinto 13' Geovani 16' Ferrugem 38' Matuzalem 44' Ronaldinho 75' (pen.) Anailson 85' (pen.)

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Abdulhamid Radwan Abdulkareem (Egypt)

Oman v Austria

8 September 1997
16:00

Oman	3 – 1	Austria
Nairooz 18' Mohamed 45+1', 69'	Report	Ziervogel 74'

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Eugene Brazzale (Australia)

United States v Brazil

8 September 1997
13:45

United States	0 – 3	Brazil
	Report	Jorginho 66' Adiel 85' Matuzalem 90'

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Rene Temmink (Netherlands)

Oman v Brazil

11 September 1997
16:00

Oman	1 – 3	Brazil
Mohamed 53'	Report	Jorginho 50' Fabio Pinto 66' Geovani 84'

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Gilberto Alcala (Mexico)

United States v Austria

11 September 1997
16:00

United States	4 – 0	Austria
Rupsis 6' Twellman 56', 67' Steven Totten 82'	Report

Port Said Stadium, Port Said
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Mamadouba Engage Camara (Guinea)

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ghana	3	2	1	0	7	1	6	7
Argentina	3	2	1	0	3	0	3	7
Bahrain	3	1	0	2	4	8	-4	3
Costa Rica	3	0	0	3	1	6	-5	0

Argentina v Ghana

5 September 1997
13:45

Argentina	0 – 0	Ghana
	Report

Port Said Stadium, Port Said
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Lu Jun (China)

Costa Rica v Bahrain

5 September 1997
16:00

Costa Rica	1 – 3	Bahrain
Esquivel 67'	Report	Al Dosari 64' (pen.) Amer 79' Rashed 84'

Port Said Stadium, Port Said
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mamadouba Engage Camara (Guinea)

Argentina v Costa Rica

7 September 1997
16:00

Argentina	1 – 0	Costa Rica
Galletti 59'	Report

Port Said Stadium, Port Said
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Ghana v Bahrain

7 September 1997
13:45

Ghana	5 – 1	Bahrain
Eku 5' Ansah 8' Afriyie 52' A. Quaye 77' Abbey 89'	Report	Yaser Amer 71'

Port Said Stadium, Port Said
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Lubos Michel (Slovakia)

Argentina v Bahrain

10 September 1997
13:45

Argentina	2 – 0	Bahrain
Marchant 42' Marchano 72'	Report

Port Said Stadium, Port Said
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ian McLeod (South Africa)

Ghana v Costa Rica

10 September 1997
13:45

Ghana	2 – 0	Costa Rica
A. Quaye 12' Coffie 61'	Report

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Mario Sanchez Yanten (Chile)

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

September 14 - Alexandria

Brazil

September 18 - Ismailia

Argentina

Germany

September 14 - Cairo

Brazil

Germany

0 (4)

September 21 - Cairo

Mali

0 (3)

Brazil

September 15 - Port Said

Ghana

Ghana

September 18 - Cairo

Oman

Ghana

Third place

September 15 - Ismailia

Spain

Spain

Egypt

Germany

September 21 - Cairo

Quarterfinals

Brazil v Argentina

14 September 1997
16:00

Brazil	2 – 0	Argentina
Fabio Pinto 44', 83'	Report

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)

Germany v Mali

14 September 1997
20:30

Germany	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Mali
	Report
	Penalties
Adzic Deisler Miedl Truckenbrod	4 – 3	Y. Coulibaly Camara Guindo Karambe Keita

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Lu Jun (China)

Ghana v Oman

15 September 1997
16:00

Ghana	4 – 1	Oman
Al Mukhaini 25' (o.g.) Coffie 42' Afriyie 79' A. Quaye 88'	Report	Al Amri 57'

Port Said Stadium, Port Said
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Rene Temmink (Netherlands)

Spain v Egypt

15 September 1997
20:30

Spain	2 – 1	Egypt
Sergio 28' Camacho 66'	Report	Belal 31'

Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Victorino Rodriguez (El Salvador)

Semifinals

Germany v Brazil

18 September 1997
16:00

Germany	0 – 4	Brazil
	Report	Adiel 4' Geovanie 85' Ferrugem 86' Ronaldinho 88' (pen.)

Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Ian McLeod (South Africa)

Spain v Ghana

18 September 1997
20:30

Spain	1 – 2	Ghana
Sousa 35'	Report	Attram 47' Owusu Afriyie 79'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Mario Sanchez Yanten (Chile)

Playoff for 3rd place

Germany v Spain

21 September 1997
15:30

Germany	1 – 2	Spain
Adzic 59' (pen.)	Report	Ander 30' Sousa 85' (pen.)

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Victorino Rodriguez (El Salvador)

Final

Brazil v Ghana

21 September 1997
18:15

Brazil	2 – 1	Ghana
Matuzalem 63' Andrey 87'	Report	Afriyie 39'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Result

1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship Winners
Brazil First title

Goalscorers

David of Spain won the Golden Shoe award for scoring seven goals. In total, 117 goals were scored by 73 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.

7 goals

David

5 goals

Hashim Saleh

4 goals

3 goals

Geovanni
Matuzalem
Ahmed Belal
Awule Quaye
Miguel Mateos Rego

2 goals

Silvio Adzic
Michael Coffie
Edwin Santibanez
Omar Gomez
Ander

1 goal

Eid Ezz
Mahmoud Arabi
Saleh Abou
Benjamin Auer
Sebastian Deisler
Sebastian Kehl
Steffen Hofmann
Aziz Ansah
Godwin Attram
Johnson Eku
Wisdom Abbey
Aboubacar Guindo
Drissa Coulibaly
Mahamadou Diarra
Fernando Arce

Luis Ernesto Pérez
Ricardo Mauricio Martínez
Saul Salcedo
Juma Al Mukhaini
Mohsin Al Harbi
Rahdwan Nairooz
Salah Al Amri
Corona
Ivan Lopez
Ivan Royo
Juanjo Camacho
Montree Matong
Tom Tongdee
Charles Rupsis
Steven Totten

Own goal

Mahfoudh Al Mukhaini (playing against Ghana)

Final ranking

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Brazil	6	6	0	0	21	2	+19	18
2	Ghana	6	4	1	1	14	5	+9	13
3	Spain	6	5	0	1	22	6	+16	15
4	Germany	6	2	2	2	6	7	–1	8
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5	Mali	4	2	1	1	7	2	+5	7
6	Argentina	4	2	1	1	3	2	+1	7
7	Oman	4	2	0	2	9	8	+1	6
8	Egypt	4	1	2	1	6	6	0	5
Eliminated at the group stage
9	Chile	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4
10	Mexico	3	1	0	2	8	6	+2	3
11	United States	3	1	0	2	4	7	–3	3
12	Bahrain	3	1	0	2	4	8	–4	3
13	Costa Rica	3	0	0	3	1	6	–5	0
14	Thailand	3	0	0	3	4	12	–8	0
15	Austria	3	0	0	3	1	14	–13	0
16	New Zealand	3	0	0	3	0	22	–22	0

External links

FIFA U-17 World Championship Egypt 1997, FIFA.com
FIFA Technical Report (Part 1), (Part 2) and (Part 3)

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