Qualifying tournament:
Burundi were disqualified from the African Under-20 championship qualifiers
because of the travel embargo following a coup d’etat.
Final tournament in Morocco.
Group A (in Fès)
23 Mar 1997 Morocco 0-0 Egypt 1.GHANA 3 3 0 0 6- 0 9
Sudan 0-4 Ghana 2.MOROCCO 3 1 1 1 2- 1 4
25 Mar 1997 Egypt 0-1 Ghana 3.Egypt 3 1 1 1 2- 2 4
Morocco 2-0 Sudan 4.Sudan 3 0 0 3 1- 8 0
27 Mar 1997 Egypt 2-1 Sudan
Morocco 0-1 Ghana
Group B (in Meknès)
24 Mar 1997 Mali 2-2 Zambia 1.IVORY COAST 3 2 1 0 6- 2 7
South Africa 0-1 Ivory Coast 2.SOUTH AFRICA 3 2 0 1 4- 3 6
26 Mar 1997 Zambia 1-1 Ivory Coast 3.Zambia 3 0 2 1 4- 5 2
Mali 1-2 South Africa 4.Mali 3 0 1 2 4- 8 1
28 Mar 1997 South Africa 2-1 Zambia
Ivory Coast 4-1 Mali
Semifinals (in Fès)
2 Apr 1997 Ghana 1-1 South Africa [3-4 pen]
Morocco 2-1 Ivory Coast
Third Place Match (in Meknès)
5 Apr 1997 Ivory Coast 2-0 Ghana
Final (in Meknès)
5 Apr 1997 Morocco 1-0 South Africa
Morocco, South Africa, Ivory Coast and Ghana qualified for World Youth Cup.
Qualifying information thanks to Josef Bobrowsky (jrjb@chello.at)
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