1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship explained

Tourney Name:	FIFA U-17 World Cup
Year:	1997
Other Titles:	FIFA U-17 World Championship Egypt 1997 1997 FIFA U-17 بطولة العالم
Country:	Egypt
Dates:	4–21 September
Num Teams:	16
Confederations:	6
Venues:	4
Cities:	4
Champion:	BRA
Count:	1
Second:	GHA
Third:	ESP
Fourth:	GER
Matches:	32
Goals:	117
Attendance:	633000
Top Scorer:	David (7 goals)
Player:	Sergio
Prevseason:	1995
Nextseason:	1999

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 from 4 to 21 September 1997. Players born after 1 January 1980 could participate in this tournament.

Venues

Cairo	Port Said	Alexandria	Ismailia
Cairo International Stadium	Port Said Stadium	Alexandria Stadium	Ismailia Stadium
Capacity: 74,100	Capacity: 22,000	Capacity: 20,000	Capacity: 16,500

Teams

Confederation	Qualifying Tournament	Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)	1996 AFC U-17 Championship
CAF (Africa)	Host nation
CAF (Africa)	1997 African U-17 Championship
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)	1996 CONCACAF U-17 Championship
CONMEBOL (South America)	1997 South American U-17 Championship
OFC (Oceania)	1997 OFC U-17 Qualifying Tournament
UEFA (Europe)	1997 UEFA European Under-16 Championship

Squads

See main article: 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship squads.

Matches

Group A

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	3	2	1	0	5	1	4	7
	3	1	2	0	5	4	1	5
	3	1	1	1	7	4	3	4
	3	0	0	3	4	12	-8	0

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Group B

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	3	3	0	0	17	2	15	9
	3	2	0	1	7	2	5	6
	3	1	0	2	8	6	2	3
	3	0	0	3	0	22	-22	0

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Group C

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	3	3	0	0	13	1	12	9
	3	2	0	1	8	4	4	6
	3	1	0	2	4	7	-3	3
	3	0	0	3	1	14	-13	0

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Group D

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	3	2	1	0	7	1	6	7
	3	2	1	0	3	0	3	7
	3	1	0	2	4	8	-4	3
	3	0	0	3	1	6	-5	0

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Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Final

Goalscorers

David of Spain won the Golden Shoe award for scoring seven goals. In total, 117 goals were scored by 73 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.

7 goals

David

5 goals

Hashim Saleh

4 goals

3 goals

Geovanni
Matuzalem
Ahmed Belal
Awule Quaye
Miguel Mateos Rego

2 goals

1 goal

Julio Marchant
Luciano Galletti
Mauro Marchano
Alexander Ziervogel
Rashid Al-Dosari
Salah Rashed
Andrey
Anailson
Diogo
Alonso Zuniga
Claudio Maldonado
Cristian Alvarez
Manuel Villalobos
Milovan Mirošević
Juan Bautista Esquivel
Eid Ezz
Mahmoud Arabi
Saleh Abou
Benjamin Auer
Sebastian Deisler
Sebastian Kehl
Steffen Hofmann
Aziz Ansah
Godwin Attram
Johnson Eku
Wisdom Abbey
Aboubacar Guindo
Drissa Coulibaly
Mahamadou Diarra
Fernando Arce
Luis Ernesto Pérez
Ricardo Mauricio Martínez
Saul Salcedo
Juma Al-Mukhaini
Mohsin Al-Harbi
Rahdwan Nairooz
Saleh Al-Amri
Corona
Ivan Lopez
Ivan Royo
Juanjo Camacho
Montree Matong
Tom Tongdee
Charles Rupsis
Steven Totten

Own goal

Mahfoudh Al-Mukhaini (playing against Ghana)

Final ranking

width=20	Rank	width=200	Team
1		6	6	0	0	21	2	+19	18
2		6	4	1	1	14	5	+9	13
3		6	5	0	1	22	6	+16	15
4		6	2	2	2	6	7	–1	8
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5		4	2	1	1	7	2	+5	7
6		4	2	1	1	3	2	+1	7
7		4	2	0	2	9	8	+1	6
8		4	1	2	1	6	6	0	5
Eliminated at the group stage
9		3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4
10		3	1	0	2	8	6	+2	3
11		3	1	0	2	4	7	–3	3
12		3	1	0	2	4	8	–4	3
13		3	0	0	3	1	6	–5	0
14		3	0	0	3	4	12	–8	0
15		3	0	0	3	1	14	–13	0
16		3	0	0	3	0	22	–22	0

External links

FIFA U-17 World Championship Egypt 1997, FIFA.com
FIFA Technical Report (Part 1), (Part 2) and (Part 3)