1997 African Under-21 Football Championship / qualification

The qualification for the U-21 African Cup of Nations in 1997 was held to determine the seven finalists alongside hosts Morocco . The games took place between September 28, 1996 and January 5, 1997.

mode

The registered teams determined the seven final round participants in two qualifying rounds in the knockout system with home and return legs. In the event of a tie, the away goal rule decided on progress. If there was also a tie, a penalty shoot- out was carried out without extra time .

First round

The first legs were played on September 28 and 29, the second legs on October 19 and 20, 1996.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Algeria	(a) 3: 3(a)	Tunisia	0: 2	3: 1
Mali	:	Mauritania	3-0	:
Burkina Faso	(a) 1: 1(a)	Guinea	0-0	1: 1
Ghana	5: 2	Senegal	2-0	3: 2
Nigeria	6: 3	Chad	5: 1	1: 2
Sudan	2: 1	Kenya	2-0	0: 1
Benin	:	Ivory Coast	0: 1	:
Egypt	5: 5 2: 1 i. E.	Ethiopia	5-0	0: 5
Reunion	0: 7	Zimbabwe	0: 2	0: 5
South Africa	5: 1	Mauritius	2-0	3: 1
Angola	5: 2	Botswana	3: 1	2: 1
Tanzania	:	Burundi	:	:
Cameroon	:	Togo	:	:
Zambia	:	Malawi	:	:

Burundi was excluded. Togo and Malawi withdrew their team.

Second round

The first legs were played on December 21 and 22, 1996, the second legs between January 3 and 5, 1997.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Mali	:	Algeria	3: 2	:
Nigeria	:	Sudan	2: 1	:
Ivory Coast	:	Cameroon	5: 3	:
Burkina Faso	:	Ghana	1: 1	:
Egypt	:	Zimbabwe	2: 1	:
South Africa	4-0	Tanzania	3-0	1-0
Zambia	2-0	Angola	1-0	1-0

Result

Mali, Sudan, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Egypt, South Africa and Zambia qualified for the finals.

Web links

• African U-21 Championship 1997 on rsssf.com (English)