The
African Youth Championship
The U-20 Africa Cup of Nations also called TotalEnergies U-20 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsoring reason (previously known as the African Youth Championship or the African U-20 Championship) is the main international youth football competition ...
1997 was held in
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...
. It also served as qualification for the
1997 FIFA World Youth Championship
The 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship, known as the 1997 FIFA/Coca-Cola World Youth Championship for sponsorship purposes, was the 11th staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship. It was held from 16 June to 5 July 1997 in Malaysia. It was th ...
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Qualification
Morocco qualified automatically as hosts.
First round
28/29 Sep 1996:
Algeria 0-2 Tunisia
Mali 3-0 Mauritania
Burkina Faso 0-0 Guinea
Ghana 2-0 Senegal
Nigeria 5-1 Chad
Sudan 2-0 Kenya
Benin 0-1 Ivory Coast
Egypt 5-0 Ethiopia
Reunion 0-2 Zimbabwe
South Africa 2-0 Mauritius
Angola 3-1 Botswana
Tanzania w/o Burundi
urundi suspended by CAF following a coup d'état Cameroon w/o Togo
ogo withdrew Zambia w/o Malawi
alawi withdrew
19/20 Oct 1996:
Tunisia 1-3 Algeria
gg. 3-3, Algeria on away goals Guinea 1-1 Burkina Faso
gg. 1-1, Burkina Faso on away goals Senegal 2-3 Ghana
gg. 2-5 Chad 2-1 Nigeria
gg. 3-6 Kenya 1-0 Sudan
gg. 1-2 Ethiopia 5-0 Egypt
gg. 5-5, penalties 1-2 Zimbabwe 5-0 Reunion
gg. 7-0 Mauritius 1-3 South Africa
gg. 1-5 Botswana 1-2 Angola
gg. 2-5
Second round
21/22 Dec 1996:
Mali 3-2 Algeria
Nigeria 2-1 Sudan
Ivory Coast 5-3 Cameroon
Burkina Faso 1-1 Ghana
Egypt 2-1 Zimbabwe
South Africa 3-0 Tanzania
Zambia 1-0 Angola
3/5 Jan 1997:
Algeria - Mali
ali qualified Sudan - Nigeria
udan qualified Cameroon - Ivory Coast
vory Coast qualified Ghana - Burkina Faso
hana qualified Zimbabwe - Egypt
gypt qualified Tanzania 0-1 South Africa
gg. 0-4 Angola 0-1 Zambia
gg. 0-2
Teams
Last year's finalists Burundi were disqualified in the qualifying tournament. Eight teams entered the tournament:
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Group stage
Group A
Group B
Semifinals
Third place match
Final
Qualification to World Youth Championship
The four best performing teams qualified for the
1997 FIFA World Youth Championship
The 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship, known as the 1997 FIFA/Coca-Cola World Youth Championship for sponsorship purposes, was the 11th staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship. It was held from 16 June to 5 July 1997 in Malaysia. It was th ...
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References
External links
Results by RSSSF
{{African Youth Championship
Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
Youth
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1997
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1996–97 in Moroccan football
1996–97 in South African soccer
1996–97 in Ghanaian football
1996–97 in Egyptian football
1997 in youth association football