1997 African U-17 Championship

The 1997 African U-17 Championship was a football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament took place in Botswana. It also served as CAF's qualifier for the 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Egypt, who automatically qualified as host. As Egypt won this tournament, third placed-team Ghana qualified.

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)

Qualification

First round

The first leg match was played on 24 August 1996. The second leg match was played on 15 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

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status Egypt 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4 7 Advanced to the semi-finals Mali 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5 Ivory Coast 3 1 1 1 7 2 +5 4 Eliminated and missed out on the 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship Botswana 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0 11 May 1997 Botswana 0 – 2 Egypt National Stadium, Gaborone 11 May 1997 Ivory Coast 0 – 0 Mali National Stadium, Gaborone 14 May 1997 Egypt 0 – 0 Mali National Stadium, Gaborone 14 May 1997 Botswana 0 – 7 Ivory Coast National Stadium, Gaborone 17 May 1997 Egypt 2 – 0 Ivory Coast National Stadium, Gaborone 17 May 1997 Botswana 1 – 2 Mali National Stadium, Gaborone Group B Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status Ghana 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6 Advanced to the semi-finals Ethiopia 3 2 0 1 10 8 +2 6 Angola 3 1 1 1 7 6 +1 4 Eliminated and missed out on the 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship Zimbabwe 3 0 1 2 2 8 −6 1 12 May 1997 Ghana 4 – 1 Ethiopia National Stadium, Gaborone 12 May 1997 Zimbabwe 1 – 1 Angola National Stadium, Gaborone 15 May 1997 Ethiopia 4 – 3 Angola National Stadium, Gaborone 15 May 1997 Ghana 2 – 0 Zimbabwe National Stadium, Gaborone 17 May 1997 Ethiopia 5 – 1 Zimbabwe National Stadium, Gaborone 17 May 1997 Angola 3 – 1 Ghana National Stadium, Gaborone Knock-out stage   Semi-finals Final                 May 21 - Gaborone     Egypt 1   May 24 - Gaborone   Ethiopia 0   Egypt 1   May 21 - Gaborone   Mali 0   Ghana 1     Mali 2   Third place     May 24 - Gaborone     Ethiopia 0     Ghana 1 Semi-finals 21 May 1997 Egypt 1–0 Ethiopia National Stadium, Gaborone 21 May 1997 Ghana 1–2 Mali National Stadium, Gaborone For winning their semi-final, Mali qualified for the 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship Third place match 24 May 1997 Ethiopia 0–1 Ghana National Stadium, Gaborone For winning the third place match, Ghana qualified for the 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship with Ethiopia missing out. Final 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