1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship

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 

CairoPort SaidAlexandriaIsmailiaCairo International StadiumPort Said StadiumAlexandria StadiumIsmailia StadiumCapacity: 74,100Capacity: 22,000Capacity: 20,000Capacity: 16,500200x200px200x200px200x200px200x200px

 Teams 
ConfederationQualifying TournamentQualifier(s)AFC (Asia)1996 AFC U-17 ChampionshipCAF (Africa)Host nation1997 African U-17 ChampionshipCONCACAF(North, Central America & Caribbean)1996 CONCACAF U-17 ChampionshipCONMEBOL (South America)1997 South American U-17 ChampionshipOFC (Oceania)1997 OFC U-17 Qualifying TournamentUEFA (Europe)1997 UEFA European Under-16 Championship

 Matches 

 Group A 
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 Group B 
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 Group C 
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 Group D 
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 Knockout stage 

 Quarterfinals 

 Semifinals 

 Playoff for 3rd place 

 Final 

 Result 

 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 

RankTeam16600212 +191826411145 +91336501226 +16154622267–18Eliminated in the quarter-finals5421172 +576421132 +177420298 +16841216605Eliminated at the group stage9311174 +3410310286 +2311310247–3312310248–4313300316–50143003412–80153003114–130163003022–220

 Other websites 

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

Category:20th century in Egypt
Category:Football in Cairo
Category:FIFA U-17 World Cup
Category:History of Alexandria
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