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1997 African Youth Championship

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Host country
  
Morocco

Teams
  
8

Runners-up
  
South Africa

Dates
  
23 March - 5 April

Champions
  
Morocco (1st title)

Third place
  
Ivory Coast

The African Youth Championship 1997 was held in Morocco. It also served as qualification for the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Contents

Teams

Last year's finalists Burundi were disqualified in the qualifying tournament. It is not known how the other teams qualified. Eight teams entered the tournament:

  •  Ivory Coast
  •  Egypt
  •  Ghana
  •  Mali
  •  Morocco (host)
  •  South Africa
  •  Sudan
  •  Zambia

    • Qualification to World Youth Championship

    The four best performing teams qualified for the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship.

  •  Ivory Coast
  •  Ghana
  •  Morocco
  •  South Africa

    • References

    1997 African Youth Championship Wikipedia
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