1997 African Youth Championship
بطولة أفريقيا لكرة القدم للشباب 1997 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Morocco |
Dates | 23 March - 5 April |
Teams | 8 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Morocco (1st title) |
Runners-up | South Africa |
Third place | Ivory Coast |
Fourth place | Ghana |
The African Youth Championship 1997 was held in Morocco. It also served as qualification for the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship.
Qualification
This list (which may have dates, numbers, etc.) may be better in a sortable table format. (November 2018) |
Morocco qualified automatically as hosts.[1]
First round
28/29 Sep 1996: Algeria 0-2 Tunisia Mali 3-0 Mauritania Burkina Faso 0-0 Guinea Ghana 2-0 Senegal Nigeria 5-1 Chad Sudan 2-0 Kenya Benin 0-1 Ivory Coast Egypt 5-0 Ethiopia Reunion 0-2 Zimbabwe South Africa 2-0 Mauritius Angola 3-1 Botswana Tanzania w/o Burundi [Burundi suspended by CAF following a coup d'état] Cameroon w/o Togo [Togo withdrew] Zambia w/o Malawi [Malawi withdrew]
19/20 Oct 1996: Tunisia 1-3 Algeria [agg. 3-3, Algeria on away goals] Guinea 1-1 Burkina Faso [agg. 1-1, Burkina Faso on away goals] Senegal 2-3 Ghana [agg. 2-5] Chad 2-1 Nigeria [agg. 3-6] Kenya 1-0 Sudan [agg. 1-2] Ethiopia 5-0 Egypt [agg. 5-5, penalties 1-2] Zimbabwe 5-0 Reunion [agg. 7-0] Mauritius 1-3 South Africa [agg. 1-5] Botswana 1-2 Angola [agg. 2-5]
Second round
21/22 Dec 1996: Mali 3-2 Algeria Nigeria 2-1 Sudan Ivory Coast 5-3 Cameroon Burkina Faso 1-1 Ghana Egypt 2-1 Zimbabwe South Africa 3-0 Tanzania Zambia 1-0 Angola
3/5 Jan 1997: Algeria - Mali [Mali qualified] Sudan - Nigeria [Sudan qualified] Cameroon - Ivory Coast [Ivory Coast qualified] Ghana - Burkina Faso [Ghana qualified] Zimbabwe - Egypt [Egypt qualified] Tanzania 0-1 South Africa [agg. 0-4] Angola 0-1 Zambia [agg. 0-2]
Teams
Last year's finalists Burundi were disqualified in the qualifying tournament. Eight teams entered the tournament:
- Ivory Coast
- Egypt
- Ghana
- Mali
- Morocco (host)
- South Africa
- Sudan
- Zambia
Group stage
Group A
Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Ghana | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 9 |
Morocco | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
Egypt | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Sudan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | –7 | 0 |
23 March | Morocco | 0–0 | Egypt |
Sudan | 0–4 | Ghana | |
25 March | Egypt | 0–1 | Ghana |
Morocco | 2–0 | Sudan | |
27 March | Egypt | 2–1 | Sudan |
Morocco | 0–1 | Ghana |
Group B
Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Ivory Coast | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 |
South Africa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 |
Zambia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | –1 | 2 |
Mali | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | –4 | 1 |
24 March | Mali | 2–2 | Zambia |
South Africa | 0–1 | Ivory Coast | |
26 March | Zambia | 1–1 | Ivory Coast |
Mali | 1–2 | South Africa | |
28 March | South Africa | 2–1 | Zambia |
Ivory Coast | 4–1 | Mali |
Semifinals
Ghana | 1 – 1 | South Africa |
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Penalties | ||
3 – 4 |
Morocco | 2 – 1 | Ivory Coast |
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Third place match
Ivory Coast | 2 – 0 | Ghana |
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Final
Morocco | 1 – 0 | South Africa |
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1997 African Youth Championship |
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Morocco First title |
Qualification to World Youth Championship
The four best performing teams qualified for the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship.
References
External links
Categories:
- Articles requiring tables from November 2018
- Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
- 1997 in African football
- International association football competitions hosted by Morocco
- 1996–97 in Moroccan football
- 1996–97 in South African soccer
- 1996–97 in Ghanaian football
- 1996–97 in Egyptian football
- 1997 in youth association football