1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship
International football competition
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The 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship, 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.
Host countryEgypt
Dates4–21 September
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venues4 (in 4 host cities)
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Egypt |
| Dates | 4–21 September |
| Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venues | 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 | David (7 goals) |
| Best player | Sergio |
| Fair play award |  Argentina |
← 1995 1999 → | |
Venues
| 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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Teams
| 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 |
Squads
Matches
Group A
| Egypt | 1–1 | Chile |
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Abou  37' |
Report | Villalobos 69' |
Group B
| 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 |
| New Zealand | 0–4 | Mali |
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| Report | Guindo 33' Mah. Diarra 64' Keita 70', 88' |
| New Zealand | 0–5 | Mexico |
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| Report | Martinez 12' Salcedo 32' Gomez 41', 47' Santibanez 85' |
Group C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Oman | 4–0 | United States |
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| Al-Harbi 15' J. Al-Mukhaini 39' Saleh 46', 52' |
Report |
| United States | 4–0 | Austria |
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| Rupsis 6' Twellman 56', 67'Totten 82' |
Report |
Group D
| 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 |
| Argentina | 1–0 | Costa Rica |
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| Galletti 59' |
Report |
| Ghana | 2–0 | Costa Rica |
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| A. Quaye 12' Coffie 61' |
Report |
Knockout stage
| 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
| Brazil | 2–0 | Argentina |
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| Fábio Pinto 44', 83' |
Report |
Semifinals
Playoff for 3rd place
Final
Result
| 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship winners |
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 Brazil First title |
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
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
Geovanni- Matuzalém
Ahmed Belal
Awule Quaye- Miguel Mateos
- 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
- Anaílson
- Diogo
- Alonso Zuniga
- Claudio Maldonado
- Cristian Alvarez
- Manuel Villalobos
- Milovan Mirošević
Juan Bautista Esquivel- Eid Ezz
- Mahmoud El 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
- Bamrung Boonprom
- Montree Matong
- Charles Rupsis
- Steven Totten
- Own goal
- Mahfoudh Al-Mukhaini (against Ghana)
Final ranking
| 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 | |