The 1997 African U-17 Championship was a football competition organized by the

Confederation of African Football The Confederation of African Football, or CAF for short (french: link=yes, Confédération Africaine de Football, ar, link=yes, الاتحاد الأفريقي لكرة القدم, al-Ittiḥād al-Afrīqī li-Kurat al-Qadam), is the administ ...

(CAF). The tournament took place in Botswana. It also served as CAF's qualifier for the

1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship The FIFA U-17 World Championship 1997, the seventh edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Cairo, Ismailia, Alexandria, and Port Said in Egypt between 4 September and 21 September 1997. Players born after 1 January 1980 could particip ...

in Egypt, who automatically qualified as host. As Egypt won this tournament, third placed-team Ghana qualified.

Qualification

Qualified teams

* * (host nation) * * * * * *

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Knock-out stage

Semi-finals

---- For winning their semi-final,

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qualified for the

Third place match

For winning the third place match,

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

qualified for the

with

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

missing out.

Final

Winners

Countries to participate in 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship

The 3 teams which qualified for

. * * * (qualified as host)

References

External links

RSSSF.comConfederation of African Football
{{CAF African U-17 Football Championship Africa U-17 Cup of Nations

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African Under-17 Championship International association football competitions hosted by Botswana Football competitions in Botswana Football in Gaborone 1997 in youth association football