1997 African Under-21 Football Championship

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1997 African Under-21 Football Championship
African Youth Championship 1997
Number of nations 8  (of 29 applicants)
African champions MoroccoMorocco Morocco (1st title)
venue MoroccoMorocco Morocco
Opening game March 23, 1997
Endgame April 5, 1997
Games 16
Gates 37  (⌀: 2.31 per game)

The 1997 U-21 African Football Championship was the tenth edition of the tournament for junior football national teams (U-21) in Africa organized by the African Football Association (CAF) . The tournament was held in Morocco from March 23rd to April 5th, 1997 . The hosts won with a 1-0 win over South Africa . The two finalists as well as the losing semi-finalists Ghana and Ivory Coast qualified for the 1997 Junior World Cup in Malaysia.

Attendees

The following teams qualified for the finals:

mode

The teams first played a preliminary round in two groups of four teams each. The first two in each group qualified for the semi-finals. If there was a tie, extra time and possibly a penalty shoot-out was played there.

Group A

Group A was held in Fez .

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. GhanaGhana Ghana  3  3  0  0 006-000  +6 09
 2. MoroccoMorocco Morocco  3  1  1  1 002: 100  +1 04th
 3. EgyptEgypt Egypt  3  1  1  1 002: 200  ± 0 04th
 4th SudanSudan Sudan  3  0  0  3 001: 800  −7 00

Group B

Group B was held in Meknes .

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Ivory CoastIvory Coast Ivory Coast  3  2  1  0 006: 200  +4 07th
 2. South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa  3  2  0  1 004: 300  +1 06th
 3. ZambiaZambia Zambia  3  0  2  1 004: 500  −1 02
 4th MaliMali Mali  3  0  1  2 004: 800  −4 01

Semifinals

Result
GhanaGhana Ghana 1: 1
3: 4 i. E. 		South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa
Ivory CoastIvory Coast Ivory Coast 1: 2 MoroccoMorocco Morocco

Third place game

Result
Ivory CoastIvory Coast Ivory Coast 2-0 GhanaGhana Ghana

final

The final was held in Meknes .

Result
MoroccoMorocco Morocco 1-0 South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa

World Championship

Morocco , South Africa , Ivory Coast and Ghana qualified for the 1997 Junior World Cup in Malaysia. There, Morocco moved into second place behind Uruguay , but ahead of Belgium and the hosts in the round of 16, where they were eliminated by Ireland . Ghana finished their preliminary group ahead of Ireland, the USA and China as winners. After beating the United Arab Emirates , Ghana knocked out Japan in the quarterfinals and eliminated Uruguay in the semifinals. South Africa was eliminated in the preliminary round against Brazil and France , the Ivory Coast against England , Mexico and the United Arab Emirates.

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