1997 FIFA World Youth Championship

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1997 FIFA World Youth Championship
Piala Dunia B-20 FIFA 1997
Tournament details
Host country Malaysia
Dates June 16 – July 5
Teams 24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s) 6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Argentina (3rd title)
Runners-up  Uruguay
Third place  Republic of Ireland
Fourth place  Ghana
Tournament statistics
Matches played 52
Goals scored 165 (3.17 per match)
Attendance 655,827 (12,612 per match)
Top scorer(s) Brazil Adaílton (10 goals)
Best player Uruguay Nicolás Olivera
← Qatar 1995
Nigeria 1999 →

The 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship was the 11th staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship. It was held from June 16 to July 5, 1997 in Malaysia.

Contents

Venues [edit]

City Stadium Name Host club(s) Capacity
Shah Alam Shah Alam Stadium Selangor FA 80,000
Kuching Sarawak Stadium Sarawak FA 40,000
Alor Setar Darul Aman Stadium Kedah FA 32,387
Kuantan Darulmakmur Stadium Pahang FA 40,000
Kangar Utama Stadium Perlis FA 20,000
Johor Bahru Tan Sri Hassan Yunus Stadium Johor FA 30,000

Qualification [edit]

The following 24 teams qualified for the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship. Host Malaysia did not have to qualify for the tournament.

Confederation Qualifying Tournament Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia) AFC Youth Championship 1996  China PR
 Japan
 South Korea
 United Arab Emirates1
CAF (Africa) 1997 African Youth Championship  Ivory Coast
 Ghana
 Morocco
 South Africa1
CONCACAF
(North, Central America & Caribbean)		 1996 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament  Canada
 Costa Rica
 Mexico
 United States
CONMEBOL (South America) 1997 South American Youth Championship  Argentina
 Brazil
 Paraguay
 Uruguay
OFC (Oceania) 1997 OFC U-20 Championship  Australia
UEFA (Europe) 1996 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship  Belgium1
 England
 France
 Hungary
 Republic of Ireland
 Spain
Host nation  Malaysia1
1.^ Teams that will make their debut.

Squads [edit]

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship squads

Group stages [edit]

The 24 teams were split into six groups of four teams. Six group winners, six second place finishers and the four best third place finishers qualify for the knockout round.

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners, runners-up, and best four third-placed teams advance to the Round of 16

Group A [edit]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Uruguay 7 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5
 Morocco 5 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2
 Belgium 4 3 1 1 1 4 4 0
 Malaysia 0 3 0 0 3 2 9 −7
June 16, 1997
21:00
 Malaysia  1–3  Morocco Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)
Safri 10' (o.g.) (Report) Sektioui 14'
Khamma 33'
El Barodi 93'
June 17, 1997
20:00
 Uruguay  3–0  Belgium Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Kim Young-Joo (South Korea)
Podestá 41'
Coelho 56', 79'		 (Report)
June 19, 1997
17:30
 Malaysia  1–3  Uruguay Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)
Nik Ahmad Fadly Nik Leh 11' (Report) Zalayeta 24'
Khairun Haled Masrom 39' (o.g.)
López 77'
June 19, 1997
20:00
 Morocco  1–1  Belgium Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)
Termina 79' (Report) Van Handenhoven 60'
June 22, 1997
17:30
 Malaysia  0–3  Belgium Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)
(Report) Van Handenhoven 10', 30'
Remacle 83'
June 22, 1997
20:00
 Morocco  0–0  Uruguay Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Kim Young-Joo (South Korea)
(Report)

Group B [edit]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Brazil 9 3 3 0 0 15 3 +12
 France 6 3 2 0 1 8 7 +1
 South Africa 1 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4
 South Korea 1 3 0 1 2 5 14 −9
June 17, 1997
16:30
 South Korea  0–0  South Africa Sarawak Stadium, Kuching
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Georg Dardenne (Germany)
(Report)
June 17, 1997
20:45
 France  0–3  Brazil Sarawak Stadium, Kuching
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Nik Ahmad Haji Yaakub (Malaysia)
(Report) Alex 5'
Adaílton 61'
Silvestre 90' (o.g.)
June 19, 1997
16:30
 South Korea  2–4  France Sarawak Stadium, Kuching
Attendance: 3,246
Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)
Park Jin-Sub 54', 68' (pen.) (Report) Henry 1', 10'
Trézéguet 2', 52'
June 19, 1997
19:15
 South Africa  0–2  Brazil Sarawak Stadium, Kuching
Attendance: 7,939
Referee: Georg Dardenne (Germany)
(Report) Adaílton 53', 57'
June 22, 1997
16:30
 South Korea  3–10  Brazil Sarawak Stadium, Kuching
Attendance: 9,576
Referee: Nik Ahmad Haji Yaakub (Malaysia)
Lee Kwan-Woo 56'
Chung Seok-Keun 73'
Lee Jung-Min 89'		 (Report) Fernandão 19', 42'
Adaílton 30', 32' (pen.), 35' (pen.), 39', 63', 69'
Zé Elias [1] 68', 82'
June 22, 1997
19:15
 South Africa  2–4  France Sarawak Stadium, Kuching
Attendance: 9,757
Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)
Hartley 42', 90' (Report) Trézéguet 22', 61'
Henry 83'
Luccin 89'

Group C [edit]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Ghana 7 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2
 Republic of Ireland 4 3 1 1 1 4 4 0
 United States 3 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1
 China PR 2 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1
June 17, 1997
17:30
 Ghana  2–1  Republic of Ireland Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar
Attendance: 5,100
Referee: Oscar Ruiz (Colombia)
Gambo 27'
Mouktar 66'		 (Report) Molloy 51'
June 17, 1997
20:00
 China PR  0–1  United States Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar
Attendance: 9,769
Referee: Amand Ancion (Belgium)
(Report) West 90'
June 19, 1997
17:30
 Ghana  1–1  China PR Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: León Padro Borja (Mexico)
Appiah 74' (Report) Li Jinyu 43'
June 19, 1997
20:00
 Republic of Ireland  2–1  United States Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Oscar Ruiz (Colombia)
Cummins 6'
Corrales 25' (o.g.)		 (Report) Flores 39' (pen.)
June 22, 1997
17:30
 Ghana  1–0  United States Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Saad Mane (Kuwait)
Ofori-Quaye 32' (Report)
June 22, 1997
20:00
 Republic of Ireland  1–1  China PR Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: José Luis da Rosa Varela (Uruguay)
Cummins 21' (Report) Wang Peng 11'

Group D [edit]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Spain 9 3 3 0 0 8 2 +6
 Japan 4 3 1 1 1 10 7 +3
 Paraguay 2 3 0 2 1 5 6 −1
 Costa Rica 1 3 0 1 2 3 11 −8
June 18, 1997
17:30
 Japan  1–2  Spain Darulmakmur Stadium, Kuantan
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: José Luis da Rosa Varela (Uruguay)
Yanagisawa 65' (pen.) (Report) Farinós 23'
Angulo 56'
June 18, 1997
20:00
 Costa Rica  1–1  Paraguay Darulmakmur Stadium, Kuantan
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Saad Mane (Kuwait)
Bryce 45' (Report) Román 59'
June 20, 1997
17:30
 Japan  6–2  Costa Rica Darulmakmur Stadium, Kuantan
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: José Luis da Rosa Varela (Uruguay)
Ono 3', 22'
Nakamura 7'
Ono 78'
Fukuda 93'
Nagai 95'		 (Report) Ledezma 28'
Solís 59'
June 20, 1997
20:00
 Spain  2–1  Paraguay Darulmakmur Stadium, Kuantan
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Saad Mane (Kuwait)
Deus 30', 78' (Report) Morinigo 65'
June 23, 1997
17:30
 Japan  3–3  Paraguay Darulmakmur Stadium, Kuantan
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Abderrahim El Arjoun (Morocco)
Ono 31'
Hiroyama 45'
Yanagisawa 62'		 (Report) Cáceres 17'
Da Silva 38'
Samudio 67'
June 23, 1997
20:00
 Spain  4–0  Costa Rica Darulmakmur Stadium, Kuantan
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)
Rivera 3'
Albelda 23'
Farinós 24' (pen.)
Ribera 78'		 (Report)

Group E [edit]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Australia 7 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2
 Argentina 6 3 2 0 1 8 5 +3
 Canada 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 0
 Hungary 0 3 0 0 3 1 6 −5
June 18, 1997
17:30
 Hungary  0–3  Argentina Utama Stadium,[2] Kangar
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Abderrahim El Arjoun (Morocco)
(Report) Romeo 9'
Scaloni 42'
Riquelme 50'
June 18, 1997
20:00
 Australia  0–0  Canada Utama Stadium,[2] Kangar
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)
(Report)
June 20, 1997
17:30
 Hungary  0–1  Australia Utama Stadium,[2] Kangar
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Abderrahim El Arjoun (Morocco)
(Report) Allsopp 90'
June 20, 1997
20:00
 Argentina  2–1  Canada Utama Stadium,[2] Kangar
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)
Romeo 32'
Riquelme 65'		 (Report) Bent 43' (pen.)
June 23, 1997
17:30
 Hungary  1–2  Canada Utama Stadium,[2] Kangar
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: León Padro Borja (Mexico)
Szili 3' (pen.) (Report) De Rosario 6'
Kindel 64'
June 23, 1997
20:00
 Argentina  3–4  Australia Utama Stadium,[2] Kangar
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Amand Ancion (Belgium)
Romeo 9'
Placente 70'
Riquelme 88' (pen.)		 (Report) Salapasidis 39', 40', 55', 90' (pen.)

Group F [edit]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 England 9 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7
 Mexico 4 3 1 1 1 6 2 +4
 United Arab Emirates 3 3 1 0 2 2 10 −8
 Ivory Coast 1 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3
June 18, 1997
17:30
 Mexico  5–0  United Arab Emirates Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Sándor Piller (Hungary)
Lillingston 26', 56' (pen.)
Cariño 40'
Torres 60'
Santacruz 70'		 (Report)
June 18, 1997
20:00
 Ivory Coast  1–2  England Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Intaz Shah (Fiji)
Cisse 22' (Report) Owen 6' (pen.)
Shepherd 69'
June 20, 1997
17:30
 Mexico  1–1  Ivory Coast Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Intaz Shah (Fiji)
Lillingston 44' (Report) Dié 33'
June 20, 1997
20:00
 United Arab Emirates  0–5  England Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Falla N'Doye (Senegal)
(Report) Murphy 7', 35', 50' (pen.)
Owen 52'
Abdulla 60' (o.g.)
June 23, 1997
17:30
 Mexico  0–1  England Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Falla N'Doye (Senegal)
(Report) Owen 65'
June 23, 1997
20:00
 United Arab Emirates  2–0  Ivory Coast Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Sándor Piller (Hungary)
Ali 52'
Kazim 85'		 (Report)

Ranking of third-placed teams [edit]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Belgium 4 3 1 1 1 4 4 0
 Canada 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 0
 United States 3 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1
 United Arab Emirates 3 3 1 0 2 2 10 −8
 Paraguay 2 3 0 2 1 5 6 −1
 South Africa 1 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4

Knockout stages [edit]

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                           
25 June - Shah Alam            
  Uruguay  3
29 June - Shah Alam
  United States  0  
  Uruguay (PSO)  1 (7)
25 June - Kuching
    France  1 (6)  
  Mexico  0
2 July - Shah Alam
  France  1  
  Uruguay (AET)  3
26 June - Kangar
    Ghana  2  
  Australia  0
29 June - Johor Bahru
  Japan  1  
  Japan  1
26 June - Alor Setar
    Ghana (AET)  2  
  Ghana  3
5 July - Shah Alam
  United Arab Emirates  0  
  Uruguay  1
26 June - Kuantan
    Argentina  2
  Spain  2
29 June - Shah Alam
  Canada  0  
  Spain  0
25 June - Shah Alam
    Republic of Ireland  1  
  Republic of Ireland (AET)  2
2 July - Kuching
  Morocco  1  
  Republic of Ireland  0
26 June - Johor Bahru
    Argentina  1   Third place
  England  1
29 June - Kuching 5 July - Shah Alam
  Argentina  2  
  Argentina  2   Ghana  1
25 June - Kuching
    Brazil  0     Republic of Ireland  2
  Brazil  10
  Belgium  0  

Round of 16 [edit]

June 25, 1997
16:15
 Brazil  10–0  Belgium Sarawak Stadium, Kuching
Attendance: 8,267
Referee: Saad Mane (Kuwait)
Álvaro 3', 13'
Éder 32'
Alex 41', 48', 85'
Roni 67', 78'
Adaílton 82'
Zé Elias [1] 87'		 (Report)
June 25, 1997
17:30
 Uruguay  3–0  United States Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Georg Dardenne (Germany)
Zalayeta 24', 34'
Olivera 41'		 (Report)
June 25, 1997
19:15
 Mexico  0–1  France Sarawak Stadium, Kuching
Attendance: 10,101
Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)
(Report) Luccin 90'
June 25, 1997
20:30
 Republic of Ireland  2–1 (a.e.t.)  Morocco Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)
Fenn 35'
Duff 97'		 (Report) Inman 43' (o.g.)
June 26, 1997
16:30
 Australia  0–1  Japan Utama Stadium,[2] Kangar
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: León Padro Borja (Mexico)
(Report) Yanagisawa 44'
June 26, 1997
17:15
 England  1–2  Argentina Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Sándor Piller (Hungary)
Carragher 49' (Report) Riquelme 10' (pen.)
Aimar 26'
June 26, 1997
19:40
 Ghana  3–0  United Arab Emirates Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Amand Ancion (Belgium)
Ackon 32'
Sule 79'
Issaka 88'		 (Report)
June 26, 1997
19:40
 Spain  2–0  Canada Darulmakmur Stadium, Kuantan
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Abderrahim El Arjoun (Morocco)
Deus 77'
Rivera 90'		 (Report)

Quarter-finals [edit]

June 29, 1997
17:00
 Uruguay  1–1 (a.e.t.)
(7–6 pen.)		  France Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Falla N'Doye (Senegal)
Olivera 68' (Report) Trézéguet 27'
June 29, 1997
17:00
 Argentina  2–0  Brazil Sarawak Stadium, Kuching
Attendance: 34,896
Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)
Scaloni 79'
Perezlindo 90'		 (Report)
June 29, 1997
20:00
 Spain  0–1  Republic of Ireland Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: León Padro Borja (Mexico)
(Report) Molloy 52' (pen.)
June 29, 1997
20:00
 Japan  1–2 (a.e.t.)  Ghana Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru
Attendance: 18,700
Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)
Yanagisawa 80' (Report) Ansah 9'
Ofori-Quaye 97'

Semi-finals [edit]

July 2, 1997
16:30
 Republic of Ireland  0–1  Argentina Sarawak Stadium, Kuching
Attendance: 14,976
Referee: Kim Young-Joo (South Korea)
(Report) Romeo 55'
July 2, 1997
20:30
 Uruguay  3–2 (a.e.t.)  Ghana Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)
Zalayeta 13'
Coelho 45'
Perea 105'		 (Report) Lawson 45'
Melono 78' (o.g.)

Third place play-off [edit]

July 5, 1997
17:30
 Ghana  1–2  Republic of Ireland Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)
Sule 5' (Report) Baker 2'
Duff 33'

Final [edit]

July 5, 1997
20:30
 Uruguay  1–2  Argentina Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam
Attendance: 62,000
Referee: Saad Mane (Kuwait)
García 15' (Report) Cambiasso 26'
Quintana 43'

Result [edit]

 FIFA World Youth Championship 1997 Winners 

Argentina
Third title

Awards [edit]

Golden Shoe Golden Ball Fair Play Award
Brazil Adaílton Uruguay Nicolás Olivera  Argentina

Final ranking [edit]

  1.  Argentina
  2.  Uruguay
  3.  Republic of Ireland
  4.  Ghana
  5.  Japan
  6.  Spain
  7.  Brazil
  8.  France
  9.  Canada
  10.  United Arab Emirates
  11.  England
  12.  Australia
  13.  Morocco
  14.  Mexico
  15.  United States
  16.  Belgium
  17.  Malaysia
  18.  South Africa
  19.  South Korea
  20.  China PR
  21.  Paraguay
  22.  Costa Rica
  23.  Hungary
  24.  Ivory Coast

Notes [edit]

  1. ^ a b The FIFA states him as "Júnior" in the official report.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g The FIFA gives no information on the Stadium used in this match, but the Utama Stadium was the only one suitable by then for a match like this.

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