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

Main article: 1997 African U-17 Championship qualification

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