1997 U-17 World Cup
1997 FIFA U-16 World Cup | |
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FIFA U-16 World Championship 1997 | |
Number of nations | 16 |
World Champion | Brazil (1st title) |
venue | Egypt |
Opening game | 4th September 1997 |
Endgame | September 21, 1997 |
Games | 32 |
Gates | 117 (⌀: 3.66 per game) |
spectator | 500,000 (⌀: 15,625 per game) |
Top scorer | David Rodríguez (7 goals) |
Best player | Sergio |
yellow cards | 102 (⌀: 3.19 per game) |
Yellow-red cards | 3 (⌀: 0.09 per game) |
Red cards | 4 (⌀: 0.13 per game) |
The 7th U-17 World Cup took place in Egypt from September 4th to 21st, 1997 . The defending champion was the national team of Ghana , the new title holder was the national team of Brazil .
The teams of the DFB and the ÖFB were able to qualify for the tournament. However, while the Austrians were over after the preliminary round, in which they had no win and only scored one goal, the German selection was only eliminated in the semifinals against eventual world champions Brazil with a 4-0 draw. She also lost the game for third place.
Venues
1997 venues in Egypt |
city | Stadion | capacity |
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Cairo | Cairo International Stadium | 74,100 |
Port Said | Port Said Stadium | 22,000 |
Alexandria | Alexandria Stadium | 20,000 |
Ismailia | Ismailia Stadium | 16,500 |
Attendees
3 from Europe |
Germany |
Spain |
Austria |
3 from South America |
Argentina |
Brazil |
Chile |
3 from North and Central America |
Costa Rica |
Mexico |
United States |
3 from Africa |
Egypt |
Ghana |
Mali |
3 from Asia |
Bahrain |
Thailand |
Oman |
1 from Oceania |
New Zealand |
Teams from German-speaking countries
DFB selection
1 Christian Wetklo 2 Alexander Hauschild 3 Matthias Straub 4 Michael Zepek 5 Jens Truckenbrod 6 Marco Christ 7 Carsten Sträßer 8 Sebastian Kehl 9 Benjamin Auer 10 Sebastian Deisler 11 Steffen Hofmann 12 Roman Weidenfeller 13 Sebastian Backer 14 Oliver Dittrich 15 Francis Bugri 16 Fabio Morena 17 Michael Miedl 18 Silvio Adzic
Trainer: Bernd Stöber
ÖFB selection
1 Hans-Peter Berger 2 Yalcin Demir 3 Bernd Kren 4 Christian Mikula 5 Martin Stranzl 6 Thomas Eder 7 Gerald Krajic 8 Jürgen Kampel 9 Christoph Froch 10 Lukas Habeler 11 Michael Mörz 12 Paul Scharner 13 Thomas Schmidhuber 14 Ivan Kristo 15 Wolfgang Mair 16 Alexander Ziervogel 17 Kai Schoppitsch 18 Klemens Schimpl
Trainer: Paul Gludovatz
mode
- The preliminary round is played in four groups of four teams each.
- The first two in each group reach the quarter-finals.
- From the quarter-finals onwards, the knockout system will continue.
Preliminary round
Group A
Pl. | country | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5: 1 | +4 | 7th |
2. | Egypt | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5: 4 | +1 | 5 |
3. | Chile | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7: 4 | +3 | 4th |
4th | Thailand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4:12 | −8 | 0 |
09/04/1997 | |||
Egypt | - | Thailand | 3: 2 |
Chile | - | Germany | 0: 1 |
07.09.1997 | |||
Egypt | - | Chile | 1: 1 |
Thailand | - | Germany | 0: 3 |
09/10/1997 | |||
Egypt | - | Germany | 1: 1 |
Thailand | - | Chile | 2: 6 |
Group B
Pl. | country | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17: 2 | +15 | 9 |
2. | Mali | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7: 2 | +5 | 6th |
3. | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8: 6 | +2 | 3 |
4th | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0:22 | −22 | 0 |
09/06/1997 | |||
New Zealand | - | Mali | 0: 4 |
Mexico | - | Spain | 2: 3 |
09/08/1997 | |||
New Zealand | - | Mexico | 0: 5 |
Mali | - | Spain | 0: 1 |
09/11/1997 | |||
New Zealand | - | Spain | 0:13 |
Mali | - | Mexico | 3: 1 |
Group C
Pl. | country | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13: 1 | +12 | 9 |
2. | Oman | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8: 4 | +4 | 6th |
3. | United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4: 7 | −3 | 3 |
4th | Austria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1:14 | −13 | 0 |
09/06/1997 | |||
Oman | - | United States | 4-0 |
Austria | - | Brazil | 0: 7 |
09/08/1997 | |||
Oman | - | Austria | 3: 1 |
United States | - | Brazil | 0: 3 |
09/11/1997 | |||
Oman | - | Brazil | 1: 3 |
United States | - | Austria | 4-0 |
Group D
Pl. | country | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | Ghana | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7: 1 | +6 | 7th |
2. | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | +3 | 7th |
3. | Bahrain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4: 8 | −4 | 3 |
4th | Costa Rica | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1: 6 | −5 | 0 |
09/05/1997 | |||
Argentina | - | Ghana | 0-0 |
Costa Rica | - | Bahrain | 1: 3 |
07.09.1997 | |||
Argentina | - | Costa Rica | 1-0 |
Ghana | - | Bahrain | 5: 1 |
09/10/1997 | |||
Argentina | - | Bahrain | 2-0 |
Ghana | - | Costa Rica | 2-0 |
Final round
Quarter finals
09/14/1997 | |||
Germany | - | Mali | 0: 0 a.d., 4: 3 in E. |
Brazil | - | Argentina | 2-0 |
09/15/1997 | |||
Spain | - | Egypt | 2: 1 |
Ghana | - | Oman | 4: 1 |
Semifinals
09/18/1997 | |||
Germany | - | Brazil | 0: 4 |
Spain | - | Ghana | 1: 2 |
3rd place match
09/21/1997 | |||
Germany | - | Spain | 1: 2 |
final
09/21/1997 | |||
Brazil | - | Ghana | 2: 1 |
Best goal scorers
Below are the top scorers of the 1997 U-17 World Cup. They are sorted alphabetically according to the number of hits or if the number of goals is the same.
space | player | Gates |
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1 | David | 7th |
2 | Hashim Al Balushi | 5 |
3 | Seydou Keita | 4th |
Fábio Pinto | 4th | |
Owusu Afriyie | 4th |