1997 African U-17 Championship Explained

Tourney Name:	African U-17 Championship
Year:	1997
City:	Gaborone
Country:	Botswana
Dates:	11–24 May
Num Teams:	8
Confederations:	1
Count:	1
Matches:	16
Goals:	46
Prevseason:	1995
Nextseason:	1999

The 1997 African U-17 Championship was a football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament took place in Botswana. It also served as CAF's qualifier for the 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Egypt, who automatically qualified as host. As Egypt won this tournament, third placed-team Ghana qualified.

Qualification

See main article: 1997 African U-17 Championship qualification.

Qualified teams

- (host nation)

Group stage

Group A

width=185	Team	width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20	width=20	width=20	width=20	width=391	Status
	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	7	Advanced to the semi-finals
	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5	Advanced to the semi-finals
	3	1	1	1	7	2	+5	4	Eliminated and missed out on the 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship
	3	0	0	3	1	11	−10	0

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Group B

width=185	Team	width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20	width=20	width=20	width=20	width=391	Status
	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6	Advanced to the semi-finals
	3	2	0	1	10	8	+2	6	Advanced to the semi-finals
	3	1	1	1	7	6	+1	4	Eliminated and missed out on the 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship
	3	0	1	2	2	8	−6	1

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Knock-out stage

Semi-finals

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For winning their semi-final, Mali qualified for the 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship

Third place match

For winning the third place match, Ghana qualified for the 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship with Ethiopia missing out.