German soccer championship of the B-Juniors 1996/97

The German B youth championship in 1997 was the 21st edition of this competition. The champions were FC Bayern Munich , who defeated Werder Bremen 3-0 in the final.

Participating teams

Regional Association North	Regional Association West	Regional Association Southwest	Regional Association South	Regional Association Northeast
Schleswig-Holstein : Holstein Kiel Hamburg : Hamburger SV Bremen : Werder Bremen Lower Saxony : Hannover 96	Westphalia : VfL Bochum Middle Rhine : 1. FC Cologne Lower Rhine : KFC Uerdingen 05	Rhineland : Eisbachtal sports fans Southwest : 1. FC Kaiserslautern Saarland : 1. FC Saarbrücken	Hessen : Eintracht Frankfurt Baden : Karlsruher SC South Baden : SC Freiburg Württemberg : VfB Stuttgart Bayern : FC Bayern Munich	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania : FC Hansa Rostock Brandenburg : FC Energie Cottbus Berlin : FC Hertha 03 Zehlendorf Saxony-Anhalt : 1. FC Magdeburg Thuringia : FC Carl Zeiss Jena Saxony : 1. FC Dynamo Dresden

Preliminary round

date		Result
Group north-west:
Sun June 22, 1997, 11:00 a.m.	SV Werder Bremen	2: 2 n.V. (4: 1 i.E. )	KFC Uerdingen 05
Sun June 22, 1997, 11:00 a.m.	1. FC Magdeburg	1: 2	1. FC Cologne
Sun June 22, 1997, 11:00 a.m.	FC Hertha 03 Zehlendorf	1: 1 n.V. (5: 4 p.e. )	Hamburger SV
Group south-southwest:
Sun June 22, 1997, 11:00 a.m.	1. FC Dynamo Dresden	1: 2	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Sun June 22, 1997, 1 p.m.	Eisbachtal sports fans	0: 3	FC Carl Zeiss Jena

Round of 16

date		Result
Group north-west:
Sun June 29, 1997, 11:00 a.m.	FC Hertha 03 Zehlendorf	1: 2	VfL Bochum
Sun June 29, 1997, 10:00 a.m.	FC Energie Cottbus	0: 7	1. FC Cologne
Sun June 29, 1997, 11:00 a.m.	SV Werder Bremen	8-0	FC Hansa Rostock
Sun June 29, 1997, 1 p.m.	Hannover 96	8-0	Holstein Kiel
Group south-southwest:
Sun June 29, 1997, 10:30 a.m.	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1: 2	Karlsruher SC
Sun June 29, 1997, 2:30 p.m.	VfB Stuttgart	8: 1	FC Carl Zeiss Jena
Sun June 29, 1997, 11:00 a.m.	Eintracht Frankfurt	6: 2	Sc freiburg
Sun June 29, 1997, 11:00 a.m.	1. FC Saarbrücken	2: 6	FC Bayern Munich

Quarter finals

date		Result
Group north-west:
Sun July 6, 1997, 11:00 a.m.	VfL Bochum	1-0	1. FC Cologne
Sun July 6, 1997, 11:00 a.m.	Hannover 96	2: 3	SV Werder Bremen
Group south-southwest:
Sun July 6, 1997, 10:30 a.m.	Karlsruher SC	2: 3	VfB Stuttgart
Sun July 6, 1997, 11:00 a.m.	Eintracht Frankfurt	0: 4	FC Bayern Munich

Semifinals

date		Result
Group north-west:
Sun July 13, 1997, 11:00 a.m.	VfL Bochum	1: 3	SV Werder Bremen
Group south-southwest:
Sun July 13, 1997, 11:00 a.m.	VfB Stuttgart	0: 3	FC Bayern Munich

final

FC Bayern Munich		SV Werder Bremen
	Sunday, July 20, 1997 at 11 a.m. in Unterhaching ( Stadion Am Sportpark ) Result: 3: 0 (2: 0) Spectators: 3,500 Referee: Michael Prengel ( Düsseldorf )
	Matthias Küfner - Marcin Mamzer, Stephan Kling , Stefan Bürgermeier, Simon Kelletshofer - Sebastian Backer , Benjamin Schöckel , Steffen Hofmann (66th Sebastian Bönig ), Zvjezdan Misimović (60th Daniel Jungwirth ) - Patrick Mölzl (51st Thomas Hitzlsperger ), Aykin Aydemir (45. David Reinisch) Trainer: Udo Bassemir	Tim Hashagen - Simon Knipper (30th Benjamin Tietz), Hannes Wilking, Markus Krösche , Lars Schmedes - Sedat Korkmaz (56th Dennis Votava), Tunc, Jan-Michael Meyerdierks (33rd Torrico) - Yasin Cadir (73rd Cengiz Kaksi) , Daniel Niemann, Marc Schacht Trainer: Frank Neubarth
	1-0 Zvjezdan Misimović (32nd) 2-0 Zvjezdan Misimović (35th) 3-0 Steffen Hofmann (62nd)

Individual evidence

• Kicker sports magazine : Born 1997 , Olympia-Verlag GmbH, ISSN  0023-1290
• Football Week: Born 1997 , Football Week Verlag GmbH, ISSN  1618-9493