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from 4 to 21 September 1997. Players born after 1 January 1980 could participate in this tournament.

Venues

Teams

Squads

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

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Semifinals

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Playoff for 3rd place

Final

Result

Goalscorers

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;5 goals * Hashim Saleh ;4 goals * Fábio Pinto * Owusu Afriyie * Seydou Keita ;3 goals *

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* Matuzalem * Ahmed Belal * Awule Quaye * Miguel Mateos Rego ;2 goals * Yaser Amer * Adiel * Ferrugem * Jorginho *

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* Juan Francisco Viveros * Silvio Adzic * Michael Coffie * Edwin Santibanez * Omar Gomez *

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* David Sousa * Ivan Sanchez * Sergio Santamaría * Sutee Suksomkit *

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;1 goal * Julio Marchant * Luciano Galletti * Mauro Marchano * Alexander Ziervogel * Rashid Al-Dosari * Salah Rashed *

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* Anaílson * Diogo * Alonso Zuniga * Claudio Maldonado * Cristian Alvarez * Manuel Villalobos * Milovan Mirošević * Juan Bautista Esquivel * Eid Ezz * Mahmoud El Arabi * Saleh Abou * Benjamin Auer * Sebastian Deisler * Sebastian Kehl * Steffen Hofmann * Aziz Ansah * Godwin Attram * Johnson Eku * Wisdom Abbey * Aboubacar Guindo * Drissa Coulibaly *

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* Fernando Arce * Luis Ernesto Pérez * Ricardo Mauricio Martínez * Saul Salcedo * Juma Al-Mukhaini * Mohsin Al-Harbi * Rahdwan Nairooz * Saleh Al-Amri * Corona * Ivan Lopez * Ivan Royo * Juanjo Camacho * Bamrung Boonprom * Montree Matong * Charles Rupsis * Steven Totten ;Own goal * Mahfoudh Al-Mukhaini (against Ghana)

Final ranking

Notes

References

External links

FIFA U-17 World Championship Egypt 1997
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FIFA Technical Report (Part 1)(Part 2)
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