1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship

1997 FIFA U-17 World Cup
FIFA U-17 World Championship Egypt 1997
1997 FIFA U-17 بطولة العالم
Tournament details
Host countryEgypt
Dates4–21 September
Teams16 (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 played32
Goals scored117 (3.66 per match)
Attendance633,000 (19,781 per match)
Top scorer(s) David (7 goals)
Best player(s) Sergio
Fair play award Argentina

The FIFA U-17 World Championship 1997 was a tournament. It was the seventh version of the tournament. It was in the cities of Cairo, Ismailia, Alexandria, and Port Said in Egypt. The tournaments were between 4 September and 21 September 1997. Players born after 1 January 1980 could join 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  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

Matches

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Germany 3 2 1 0 5 1 4 7
 Egypt 3 1 2 0 5 4 1 5
 Chile 3 1 1 1 7 4 3 4
 Thailand 3 0 0 3 4 12 -8 0


Egypt 3–2 Thailand
Belal  16', 46'
Arabi  65'		 Report Tongdee  30'
Suksomkit  67'
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)
Chile 0–1 Germany
Report Adzic  81'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ian McLeod (South Africa)
Egypt 1–1 Chile
Abou  37' Report Villalobos  69'
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Gilberto Alcala (Mexico)
Thailand 0–3 Germany
Report Deisler  27'
Kehl  63'
Hofmann  84'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Victorino Rodriguez (El Salvador)
Egypt 1–1 Germany
Ezz  66' Report Auer  76'
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonca (Brazil)
Thailand 2–6 Chile
Matong  45+2'
Suksomkit  82'		 Report Viveros  41', 62'
Maldonado  52' (pen.)
Mirosević  67'
Alvarez  83'
Zuniga  89'
Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 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
Report Guindo  33'
Mah. Diarra  64'
Keita  70', 88'
Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)
Mexico 2–3 Spain
Arce  66'
Santibanez  66'		 Report David  14', 84' (pen.)
Mateos  31'
Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Wilson de Souza Mendonca (Brazil)
New Zealand 0–5 Mexico
Report Martinez  12'
Salcedo  32'
Gomez  41', 47'
Santibanez  85'
Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Abdul Aziz A. Al Dokhail (Saudi Arabia)
Mali 0–1 Spain
Report David  85'
Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)
New Zealand 0–13 Spain
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'
Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Abdulhamid Radwan Abdulkareem (Egypt)
Mali 3–1 Mexico
D. Coulibaly  40'
Keita  54', 85'		 Report Perez  64'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Lubos Michel (Slovakia)

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
Al-Harbi  15'
J. Al-Mukhaini  39'
Mohamed  46', 52'		 Report
Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mario Sanchez Yanten (Chile)
Austria 0–7 Brazil
Report Diogo  8'
Fabio Pinto  13'
Geovani  16'
Ferrugem  38'
Matuzalem  44'
Ronaldinho  75' (pen.)
Anailson  85' (pen.)
Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Abdulhamid Radwan Abdulkareem (Egypt)
Oman 3–1 Austria
Nairooz  18'
Mohamed  45+1', 69'		 Report Ziervogel  74'
Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Eugene Brazzale (Australia)
United States 0–3 Brazil
Report Jorginho  66'
Adiel  85'
Matuzalem  90'
Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Rene Temmink (Netherlands)
Oman 1–3 Brazil
Mohamed  53' Report Jorginho  50'
Fabio Pinto  66'
Geovani  84'
Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Gilberto Alcala (Mexico)
United States 4–0 Austria
Rupsis  6'
Twellman  56', 67'
Steven Totten  82'		 Report
Port Said Stadium, Port Said
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Mamadouba Engage Camara (Guinea)

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 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 0–0 Ghana
Report
Port Said Stadium, Port Said
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Lu Jun (China)
Costa Rica 1–3 Bahrain
Esquivel  67' Report Al Dosari  64' (pen.)
Amer  79'
Rashed  84'
Port Said Stadium, Port Said
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mamadouba Engage Camara (Guinea)
Argentina 1–0 Costa Rica
Galletti  59' Report
Port Said Stadium, Port Said
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Ghana 5–1 Bahrain
Eku  5'
Ansah  8'
Afriyie  52'
A. Quaye  77'
Abbey  89'		 Report Yaser Amer  71'
Port Said Stadium, Port Said
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Lubos Michel (Slovakia)
Argentina 2–0 Bahrain
Marchant  42'
Marchano  72'		 Report
Port Said Stadium, Port Said
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ian McLeod (South Africa)
Ghana 2–0 Costa Rica
A. Quaye  12'
Coffie  61'		 Report
Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Mario Sanchez Yanten (Chile)

Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
14 September - Alexandria
 
 
 Brazil2
 
18 September - Ismailia
 
 Argentina0
 
 Germany0
 
14 September - Cairo
 
 Brazil4
 
 Germany0 (4)
 
21 September - Cairo
 
 Mali0 (3)
 
 Brazil2
 
15 September - Port Said
 
 Ghana1
 
 Ghana4
 
18 September - Cairo
 
 Oman1
 
 Ghana2
 
15 September - Ismailia
 
 Spain1Third place
 
 Spain2
 
21 September - Cairo
 
 Egypt1
 
 Spain2
 
 
 Germany1
 

Quarterfinals

Brazil 2–0 Argentina
Fabio Pinto  44', 83' Report
Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland)
Germany 0–0 (a.e.t.) Mali
Report
Penalties
Adzic
Deisler
Miedl
Truckenbrod 		4–3 Y. Coulibaly
Camara
Guindo
Karambe
Keita
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Lu Jun (China)
Ghana 4–1 Oman
Al Mukhaini  25' (o.g.)
Coffie  42'
Afriyie  79'
A. Quaye  88'		 Report Al Amri  57'
Port Said Stadium, Port Said
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Rene Temmink (Netherlands)
Spain 2–1 Egypt
Sergio  28'
Camacho  66'		 Report Belal  31'
Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Victorino Rodriguez (El Salvador)

Semifinals

Brazil 4–0 Germany
Adiel  4'
Geovanie  85'
Ferrugem  86'
Ronaldinho  88' (pen.)		 Report
Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Ian McLeod (South Africa)
Spain 1–2 Ghana
Sousa  35' Report Attram  47'
Owusu Afriyie  79'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Mario Sanchez Yanten (Chile)

Playoff for 3rd place

Germany 1–2 Spain
Adzic  59' (pen.) Report Ander  30'
Sousa  85' (pen.)
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Victorino Rodriguez (El Salvador)

Final

Brazil 2–1 Ghana
Matuzalem  63'
Andrey  87'		 Report Afriyie  39'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Result

 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship Winners 

Brazil
First title

Goalscorers

David of Spain won the Golden Shoe award. They got it for scoring seven goals. 117 goals were made by 73 players. One player scored against themselves.

7 goals
  • David
5 goals
  • Hashim Saleh
4 goals
  • Fabio Pinto
  • Owusu Afriyie
  • Seydou Keita
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
  • Rashed Al Dosari
  • Salah Rashed
  • Andrey
  • Anailson
  • Diogo
  • Alonso Zuniga
  • Claudio Maldonado
  • Cristian Alvarez
  • Manuel Villalobos
  • Milovan Mirošević
  • Juan Bautista Esquivel Lobo
  • 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
  • Salah Al Amri
  • Corona
  • Ivan Lopez
  • Ivan Royo
  • Juanjo Camacho
  • Montree Matong
  • Tom Tongdee
  • Charles Rupsis
  • Steven Totten
Own goal(scoring against themselves)
  • Mahfoudh Al Mukhaini (playing against Ghana)

Final ranking

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
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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