1997_FIFA_U-17_World_Championship
1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship
International football competition
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.
Quick Facts FIFA U-17 World Championship Egypt 1997, Tournament details ...
| FIFA U-17 World Championship Egypt 1997 1997 FIFA U-17 بطولة العالم | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Egypt |
| Dates | 4–21 September |
| Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Brazil (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Ghana |
| Third place |  Spain |
| Fourth place |  Germany |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 117 (3.66 per match) |
| Attendance | 633,000 (19,781 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | David (7 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Sergio |
| Fair play award |  Argentina |
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More information Cairo, Port Said ...
| Cairo | Port Said | Alexandria | Ismailia |
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| Cairo International Stadium | Port Said Stadium | Alexandria Stadium | Ismailia Stadium |
| Capacity: 74,100 | Capacity: 22,000 | Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 16,500 |
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More information Confederation, Qualifying Tournament ...
| Confederation | Qualifying Tournament | Qualifier(s) |
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| AFC (Asia) | 1996 AFC U-17 Championship |  Oman Thailand Bahrain |
| CAF (Africa) | Host nation |  Egypt |
| 1997 African U-17 Championship |  Mali Ghana | |
| CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean) |
1996 CONCACAF U-17 Championship |  Mexico United States Costa Rica |
| CONMEBOL (South America) | 1997 South American U-17 Championship | Brazil Argentina Chile |
| OFC (Oceania) | 1997 OFC U-17 Qualifying Tournament |  New Zealand |
| UEFA (Europe) | 1997 UEFA European Under-16 Championship | Spain Austria Germany |
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Main article: 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship squads
Group A
More information Team, Pld ...
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More information Egypt, 3–2 ...
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More information Thailand, 2–6 ...
| Thailand | 2–6 | Chile |
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Matong  45+2'Suksomkit 82' |
Report | Viveros 41', 62' Maldonado 52' (pen.)Mirosević 67'Alvarez 83'Zuniga 89' |
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Group B
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| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Spain |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 15 | 9 |
| Mali |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| Mexico |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| New Zealand |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 | -22 | 0 |
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More information New Zealand, 0–4 ...
| New Zealand | 0–4 | Mali |
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| Report | Guindo 33' Mah. Diarra 64' Keita 70', 88' |
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More information Mexico, 2–3 ...
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More information New Zealand, 0–5 ...
| New Zealand | 0–5 | Mexico |
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| Report | Martinez 12' Salcedo 32' Gomez 41', 47' Santibanez 85' |
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More information New Zealand, 0–13 ...
| New Zealand | 0–13 | Spain |
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| Report | Sanchez 23', 29' Mateos 28', 64' Sergio 36' (pen.) David 43', 45+3', 47', 49' Royo 62' Ander 71' Corona 87'Lopez 90+1' |
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More information Mali, 3–1 ...
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Group C
More information Team, Pld ...
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Brazil |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 9 |
| Oman |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| United States |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 3 |
| Austria |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | -13 | 0 |
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More information Oman, 4–0 ...
| Oman | 4–0 | United States |
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| Al-Harbi 15' J. Al-Mukhaini 39' Saleh 46', 52' |
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More information Austria, 0–7 ...
| Austria | 0–7 | Brazil |
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| Report | Diogo 8' Fábio Pinto 13' Geovani 16' Ferrugem 38' Matuzalem 44' Ronaldinho 75' (pen.) Anailson 85' (pen.) |
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More information Oman, 3–1 ...
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More information United States, 0–3 ...
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More information United States, 4–0 ...
| United States | 4–0 | Austria |
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| Rupsis 6' Twellman 56', 67'Totten 82' |
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Group D
More information Team, Pld ...
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Ghana |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Argentina |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
 Bahrain |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 3 |
| Costa Rica |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 0 |
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More information Costa Rica, 1–3 ...
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More information Ghana, 5–1 ...
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| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 14 September - Alexandria | ||||||||||
| Brazil | 2 | |||||||||
| 18 September - Ismailia | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 0 | |||||||||
| Germany | 0 | |||||||||
| 14 September - Cairo | ||||||||||
| Brazil | 4 | |||||||||
| Germany | 0 (4) | |||||||||
| 21 September - Cairo | ||||||||||
| Mali | 0 (3) | |||||||||
| Brazil | 2 | |||||||||
| 15 September - Port Said | ||||||||||
| Ghana | 1 | |||||||||
| Ghana | 4 | |||||||||
| 18 September - Cairo | ||||||||||
| Oman | 1 | |||||||||
| Ghana | 2 | |||||||||
| 15 September - Ismailia | ||||||||||
| Spain | 1 | Third place | ||||||||
| Spain | 2 | |||||||||
| 21 September - Cairo | ||||||||||
| Egypt | 1 | |||||||||
| Spain | 2 | |||||||||
| Germany | 1 | |||||||||
Quarterfinals
More information Germany, 0–0 (a.e.t.) ...
| Germany | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Mali |
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| Report | ||
| Penalties | ||
Adzic  Deisler Miedl Truckenbrod |
4–3 |  Y. Coulibaly Camara Guindo Karambe Keita |
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More information Ghana, 4–1 ...
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Semifinals
More information Brazil, 4–0 ...
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Playoff for 3rd place
More information Germany, 1–2 ...
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Final
| 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship winners |
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 Brazil First title |
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
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
Geovanni- Matuzalem
Ahmed Belal
Awule Quaye- Miguel Mateos Rego
- 2 goals
Yaser Amer- Adiel
- Ferrugem
- Jorginho
- Ronaldinho
Juan Francisco Viveros
Silvio Adzic- Michael Coffie
Edwin Santibanez- Omar Gomez
- Ander
- David Sousa
- Ivan Sanchez
- Sergio Santamaría
Sutee Suksomkit
Taylor Twellman
- 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)
More information Rank, Team ...
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | Brazil |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | +19 | 18 | |
| 2 | Ghana |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 13 | |
| 3 | Spain |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 6 | +16 | 15 | |
| 4 | Germany |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | –1 | 8 | |
| Eliminated in the quarter-finals | ||||||||||
| 5 | Mali |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 | |
| 6 | Argentina |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 7 | |
| 7 | Oman |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 6 | |
| 8 | Egypt |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | |
| Eliminated at the group stage | ||||||||||
| 9 | Chile |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 4 | |
| 10 | Mexico |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 3 | |
| 11 | United States |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | –3 | 3 | |
| 12 | Bahrain |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | –4 | 3 | |
| 13 | Costa Rica |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | –5 | 0 | |
| 14 | Thailand |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | –8 | 0 | |
| 15 | Austria |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | –13 | 0 | |
| 16 | New Zealand |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 | –22 | 0 | |
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