1997 African Youth Championship

July 2023 African Youth Championship 1997 بطولة أفريقيا لكرة القدم للشباب 1997 250px MAR Morocco 23 March – 5 April 8 20 MAR 1 20 ZAF 20 CIV 20 GHA 1995 1999 The African Youth Championship 1997 was held in Morocco. It also served as qualification for the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship.November 2023 Qualification First round 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. 20 ALG 0-2 20 TUN 2 20 MLI 3-0 20 MRT 1 20 BUR 0-0 20 GUI 20 GHA 2-0 20 SEN 1 20 NGR 5-1 20 CHA 1 20 SUD 2-0 20 KEN 1 20 BEN 0-1 20 CIV 2 20 EGY 5-0 20 ETH 1 20 REU 0-2 20 ZIM 2 20 ZAF 2-0 20 Mauritius 1 20 ANG 3-1 20 BOT 1 20 TAN w/o 20 Burundi 1 20 CMR w/o 20 TOG 1 20 ZAM w/o 20 MWI 1 20 TUN 1-3 (3-3 agg.) 20 ALG 2 20 GUI 1-1 (1-1 agg.) 20 BUR 20 SEN 2-3 (2-5 agg.) 20 GHA 2 20 CHA 2-1 (3-6 agg.) 20 NGR 1 20 KEN 1-0 (1-2 agg.) 20 SUD 1 20 ETH 5-0 (5-5 agg., 1-2 p) 20 EGY 20 ZIM 5-0 (7-0 agg.) 20 REU 1 20 Mauritius 1-3 (1-5 agg.) 20 ZAF 2 20 BOT 1-2 (2-5 agg.) 20 ANG 2 Second round Round two matches took place on 21-22 December 1996 and 3-5 January 1997. 20 Mali 3-2 20 Algeria 1 20 Nigeria 2-1 20 Sudan 20 Ivory Coast 5-3 20 Cameroon 1 20 Burkina Faso 1-1 20 Ghana 20 Egypt 2-1 20 Zimbabwe 1 20 South Africa 3-0 20 Tanzania 1 20 Zambia 1-0 20 Angola 1 20 Algeria 20 Mali 2 20 Sudan 20 Nigeria 1 20 Cameroon 20 Ivory Coast 2 20 Ghana 20 Burkina Faso 1 20 Zimbabwe 20 Egypt 2 20 Tanzania 0-1 (0-4 agg.) 20 South Africa 2 20 Angola 0-1 (0-2 agg.) 20 Zambia 2 Teams Last year's finalists Burundi were disqualified in the qualifying tournament. Eight teams entered the tournament: 20 CIV 20 EGY 20 GHA 20 MLI 20 MAR (host) 20 ZAF 20 SDN 20 ZAM Group stage Group A Group A matches took place on 23, 25 and 27 March 1997. 20 MAR 0-0 20 EGY 20 SDN 0-4 20 GHA 2 20 EGY 0-1 20 GHA 2 20 MAR 2-0 20 SDN 1 20 EGY 2-1 20 SDN 1 20 MAR 0-1 20 GHA 2 main WDL 20 GHA 20 MAR 20 EGY 20 SUD complete 3 0 0 6 0 1 1 1 2 1 H 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 8 GHA, MAR, EGY, SUD Group tiebreakers Q KO KO green1 Advance to knockout stage Group B Group B matches took place on 24, 26 and 28 March 1997. 20 MLI 2-2 20 ZAM 20 ZAF 0-1 20 CIV 2 20 ZAM 1-1 20 CIV 20 MLI 1-2 20 ZAF 2 20 ZAF 2-1 20 ZAM 1 20 CIV 4-1 20 MLI 1 main WDL 20 CIV 20 RSA 20 ZAM 20 MLI complete 2 1 0 6 2 2 0 1 4 3 0 2 1 4 5 0 1 2 4 8 CIV, RSA, ZAM, MLI Group tiebreakers Q KO KO green1 Advance to knockout stage Knockout stage Semifinals 1997 4 2 y 20 GHA 1 – 1 3 – 4 20 ZAF Fès 1997 4 2 y 20 MAR 2 – 1 20 CIV Fès Third place match 1997 4 5 y 20 CIV 2 – 0 20 GHA Meknès Final 1997 4 5 y 20 MAR 1 – 0 20 ZAF Meknès fb 1997 African Youth Championship Morocco First Qualification to World Youth Championship The four best performing teams qualified for the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship. 20 CIV 20 GHA 20 MAR 20 ZAF References External links Results by RSSSF 1997 Youth Championship Youth Championship Championship Category:1996–97 in Moroccan football Category:Men's international association football competitions hosted by Morocco Category:1997 FIFA World Youth Championship qualification Category:Sport in Fez, Morocco Category:Sport in Meknes Category:March 1997 sports events in Africa Category:April 1997 in sports Category:April 1997 in Africa