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1997 African U-17 Championship

Field	Value
tourney_name	African U-17 Championship
year	1997
image	1997 African U-17 Championship logo.jpg
city	Gaborone
country	Botswana
dates	11–24 May
num_teams	8
confederations	1
champion_other
count	1
second_other
third_other
fourth_other
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

Main article: 1997 African U-17 Championship qualification

Qualified teams

(host nation)

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Knock-out stage

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Semi-finals

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.

Final

Winners

Countries to participate in 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship

The 3 teams which qualified for 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship.

(qualified as host)

References

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