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1997 FIFA World Youth Championship
Piala Dunia B-20 FIFA 1997
Tournament details
Host country  Malaysia
Dates June 16 – July 5
Teams 24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s) 6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions   Argentina (3rd title)
Runner-up   Uruguay
Third place   Republic of Ireland
Fourth place  Ghana
Tournament statistics
Matches played 52
Goals scored 158 (3.04 per match)
Attendance 655,827 (12,612 per match)
Top scorer(s) Brazil Adaílton (10 goals)
Best player Uruguay Nicolás Olivera

The 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship was 11th staging of FIFA World Youth Championship. It was held from June 16 to July 5, 1997 in Malaysia.

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[edit] Venues

City Stadium Name Host club(s) Capacity
Shah Alam Shah Alam Stadium Selangor 81,000
Kuching Sarawak Stadium Sarawak 40,000
Alor Setar Darul Aman Stadium Kedah 32,387
Kuantan Darulmakmur Stadium Pahang 40,000
Kangar Utama Stadium Perlis 30,000
Johor Bahru Tan Sri Hassan Yunus Stadium Johor 30,000

[edit] Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship squads

[edit] Group stages

The 24 teams were split into six groups of four teams. Six group winners, six second place finishers and the four best third place finishers qualify for the knockout round.

[edit] Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Uruguay 7 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5
 Morocco 5 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2
 Belgium 4 3 1 1 1 4 4 0
 Malaysia 0 3 0 0 3 2 9 −7
June 16, 1997
21:00
 Malaysia  1–3  Morocco Shah Alam Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)
Safri 10' (o.g.) (Report) Sektioui 14'
Khamma 33'
El Barodi 93'
June 17, 1997
20:00
 Uruguay  3–0  Belgium Shah Alam Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Kim Young-Joo (South Korea)
Podestá 41'
Coelho 56', 79'		 (Report)
June 19, 1997
17:30
 Malaysia  1–3  Uruguay Shah Alam Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)
Nik Leh Nik 11' (Report) Zalayeta 24'
Haled 39' (o.g.)
López 77'
June 19, 1997
20:00
 Morocco  1–1  Belgium Shah Alam Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)
Termina 79' (Report) Van Handenhoven 60'
June 22, 1997
17:30
 Malaysia  0–3  Belgium Shah Alam Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)
(Report) Van Handenhoven 10', 30'
Remacle 83'
June 22, 1997
20:00
 Morocco  0–0  Uruguay Shah Alam Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Kim Young-Joo (South Korea)
(Report)

[edit] Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Brazil 9 3 3 0 0 15 3 +12
 France 6 3 2 0 1 8 7 +1
 South Africa 1 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4
 Korea Republic 1 3 0 1 2 5 14 −9
June 17, 1997
16:30
 Korea Republic  0–0  South Africa Sarawak Stadium, Kuching
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Georg Dardenne (Germany)
(Report)
June 17, 1997
20:45
 France  0–3  Brazil Sarawak Stadium, Kuching
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Nik Ahmad Haji Yaakub (Malaysia)
(Report) Alex 5'
Adaílton 61'
Silvestre 90' (o.g.)
June 19, 1997
16:30
 Korea Republic  2–4  France Sarawak Stadium, Kuching
Attendance: 3,246
Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)
Park J.S. 54', 68' (pen.) (Report) Henry 1', 10'
Trézéguet 2', 52'
June 19, 1997
19:15
 South Africa  0–2  Brazil Sarawak Stadium, Kuching
Attendance: 7,939
Referee: Georg Dardenne (Germany)
(Report) Adaílton 53', 57'
June 22, 1997
16:30
 Korea Republic  3–10  Brazil Sarawak Stadium, Kuching
Attendance: 9,576
Referee: Nik Ahmad Haji Yaakub (Malaysia)
Lee K.W. 56'
Chung 73'
Lee J.M. 89'		 (Report) Fernandão 19', 42'
Adaílton 30', 32' (pen.), 35' (pen.), 39', 63', 69'
Zé Elias [1] 68', 82'
June 22, 1997
19:15
 South Africa  2–4  France Sarawak Stadium, Kuching
Attendance: 9,757
Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)
Hartley 42', 90' (Report) Trézéguet 22', 61'
Henry 83'
Luccin 89'

[edit] Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Ghana 7 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2
 Republic of Ireland 4 3 1 1 1 4 4 0
 United States 3 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1
 China PR 2 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1
June 17, 1997
17:30
 Ghana  2–1  Republic of Ireland Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar
Attendance: 5,100
Referee: Oscar Ruiz (Colombia)
Gambo 27'
Mouktar 66'		 (Report) Molloy 51'
June 17, 1997
20:00
 China PR  0–1  United States Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar
Attendance: 9,769
Referee: Amand Ancion (Belgium)
(Report) West 90'
June 19, 1997
17:30
 Ghana  1–1  China PR Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: León Padro Borja (Mexico)
Appiah 74' (Report) Li Jinyu 43'
June 19, 1997
20:00
 Republic of Ireland  2–1  United States Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Oscar Ruiz (Colombia)
Cummins 6'
Corrales 25' (o.g.)		 (Report) Flores 39' (pen.)
June 22, 1997
17:30
 Ghana  1–0  United States Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Saad Mane (Kuwait)
Ofori-Quaye 32' (Report)
June 22, 1997
20:00
 Republic of Ireland  1–1  China PR Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: José Luis da Rosa Varela (Uruguay)
Cummins 21' (Report) Wang Peng 11'

[edit] Group D

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Spain 9 3 3 0 0 8 2 +6
 Japan 4 3 1 1 1 10 7 +3
 Paraguay 2 3 0 2 1 5 6 −1
 Costa Rica 1 3 0 1 2 3 11 −8
June 18, 1997
17:30
 Japan  1–2  Spain Darulmakmur Stadium, Kuantan
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: José Luis da Rosa Varela (Uruguay)
Yanagisawa 65' (pen.) (Report) Farinós 23'
Angulo 56'
June 18, 1997
20:00
 Costa Rica  1–1  Paraguay Darulmakmur Stadium, Kuantan
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Saad Mane (Kuwait)
Bryce 45' (Report) Román 59'
June 20, 1997
17:30
 Japan  6–2  Costa Rica Darulmakmur Stadium, Kuantan
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: José Luis da Rosa Varela (Uruguay)
Oono 3', 22'
Nakamura 7'
Ono 78'
Fukuda 93'
Nagai 95'		 (Report) Ledezma 28'
Solís 59'
June 20, 1997
20:00
 Spain  2–1  Paraguay Darulmakmur Stadium, Kuantan
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Saad Mane (Kuwait)
Deus 30', 78' (Report) Morinigo 65'
June 23, 1997
17:30
 Japan  3–3  Paraguay Darulmakmur Stadium, Kuantan
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Abderrahim El Arjoun (Morocco)
Ono 31'
Hiroyama 45'
Yanagisawa 62'		 (Report) Cáceres 17'
Da Silva 38'
Samudio 67'
June 23, 1997
20:00
 Spain  4–0  Costa Rica Darulmakmur Stadium, Kuantan
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)
Rivera 3'
Albelda 23'
Farinós 24' (pen.)
Ribera 78'		 (Report)

[edit] Group E

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Australia 7 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2
 Argentina 6 3 2 0 1 8 5 +3
 Canada 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 0
 Hungary 0 3 0 0 3 1 6 −5
June 18, 1997
17:30
 Hungary  0–3  Argentina Utama Stadium,[2] Kangar
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Abderrahim El Arjoun (Morocco)
(Report) Romeo 9'
Scaloni 42'
Riquelme 50'
June 18, 1997
20:00
 Australia  0–0  Canada Utama Stadium,[2] Kangar
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)
(Report)
June 20, 1997
17:30
 Hungary  0–1  Australia Utama Stadium,[2] Kangar
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Abderrahim El Arjoun (Morocco)
(Report) Allsopp 90'
June 20, 1997
20:00
 Argentina  2–1  Canada Utama Stadium,[2] Kangar
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)
Romeo 32'
Riquelme 65'		 (Report) Bent 43' (pen.)
June 23, 1997
17:30
 Hungary  1–2  Canada Utama Stadium,[2] Kangar
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: León Padro Borja (Mexico)
Szili 3' (pen.) (Report) De Rosario 6'
Kindel 64'
June 23, 1997
20:00
 Argentina  3–4  Australia Utama Stadium,[2] Kangar
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Amand Ancion (Belgium)
Romeo 9'
Placente 70'
Riquelme 88' (pen.)		 (Report) Salapasidis 39', 40', 55', 90' (pen.)

[edit] Group F

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 England 9 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7
 Mexico 4 3 1 1 1 6 2 +4
 United Arab Emirates 3 3 1 0 2 2 10 −8
 Côte d'Ivoire 1 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3
June 18, 1997
17:30
 Mexico  5–0  United Arab Emirates Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Sándor Piller (Hungary)
Lillingston 26', 56' (pen.)
Cariño 40'
Torres 60'
Santacruz 70'		 (Report)
June 18, 1997
20:00
 Côte d'Ivoire  1–2  England Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Intaz Shah (Fiji)
Cisse 22' (Report) Owen 6' (pen.)
Shepherd 69'
June 20, 1997
17:30
 Mexico  1–1  Côte d'Ivoire Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Intaz Shah (Fiji)
Lillingston 44' (Report) Dié 33'
June 20, 1997
20:00
 United Arab Emirates  0–5  England Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Falla N'Doye (Senegal)
(Report) Murphy 7', 35', 50' (pen.)
Owen 52'
Abdulla 60' (o.g.)
June 23, 1997
17:30
 Mexico  0–1  England Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Falla N'Doye (Senegal)
(Report) Owen 65'
June 23, 1997
20:00
 United Arab Emirates  2–0  Côte d'Ivoire Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Sándor Piller (Hungary)
Ali 52'
Kazim 85'		 (Report)

[edit] Four best teams in third place

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Belgium 4 3 1 1 1 4 4 0
 Canada 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 0
 United States 3 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1
 United Arab Emirates 3 3 1 0 2 2 10 −8
 Paraguay 2 3 0 2 1 5 6 −1
 South Africa 1 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4

[edit] Knockout stages

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                           
25 June - Kuala Lumpur            
  Uruguay  3
29 June - Kuala Lumpur
  United States  0  
  Uruguay (PSO)  1 (7)
25 June - Kuching
    France  1 (6)  
  Mexico  0
2 July - Kuala Lumpur
  France  1  
  Uruguay (AET)  3
26 June - Kangar
    Ghana  2  
  Australia  0
29 June - Johor Bahru
  Japan  1  
  Japan  1
26 June - Alor Setar
    Ghana (AET)  2  
  Ghana  3
5 July - Kuala Lumpur
  United Arab Emirates  0  
  Uruguay  1
26 June - Kuantan
    Argentina  2
  Spain  2
29 June - Kuala Lumpur
  Canada  0  
  Spain  0
25 June - Kuala Lumpur
    Republic of Ireland  1  
  Republic of Ireland (AET)  2
2 July - Kuching
  Morocco  1  
  Republic of Ireland  0
26 June - Johor Bahru
    Argentina  1   Third place
  England  1
29 June - Kuching 5 July - Kuala Lumpur
  Argentina  2  
  Argentina  2   Ghana  1
25 June - Kuching
    Brazil  0     Republic of Ireland  2
  Brazil  10
  Belgium  0  

[edit] Round of 16

June 25, 1997
16:15
 Brazil  10–0  Belgium Sarawak Stadium, Kuching
Attendance: 8,267
Referee: Saad Mane (Kuwait)
Álvaro 3', 13'
Éder 32'
Alex 41', 48', 85'
Roni 67', 78'
Adaílton 82'
Zé Elias [1] 87'		 (Report)
June 25, 1997
17:30
 Uruguay  3–0  United States Shah Alam Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Georg Dardenne (Germany)
Zalayeta 24', 34'
Olivera 41'		 (Report)
June 25, 1997
19:15
 Mexico  0–1  France Sarawak Stadium, Kuching
Attendance: 10,101
Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)
(Report) Luccin 90'
June 25, 1997
20:30
 Republic of Ireland  2–1 (a.e.t.)  Morocco Shah Alam Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)
Fenn 35'
Duff 97'		 (Report) Inman 43' (o.g.)
June 26, 1997
16:30
 Australia  0–1  Japan Utama Stadium,[2] Kangar
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: León Padro Borja (Mexico)
(Report) Yanagisawa 44'
June 26, 1997
17:15
 England  1–2  Argentina Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Sándor Piller (Hungary)
Carragher 49' (Report) Riquelme 10' (pen.)
Aimar 26'
June 26, 1997
19:40
 Ghana  3–0  United Arab Emirates Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Amand Ancion (Belgium)
Ackon 32'
Sule 79'
Issaka 88'		 (Report)
June 26, 1997
19:40
 Spain  2–0  Canada Darulmakmur Stadium, Kuantan
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Abderrahim El Arjoun (Morocco)
Deus 77'
Rivera 90'		 (Report)

[edit] Quarter-finals

June 29, 1997
17:00
 Uruguay  1–1 (a.e.t.)
(7–6 pen.)		  France Shah Alam Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Falla N'Doye (Senegal)
Olivera 68' (Report) Trézéguet 27'
June 29, 1997
17:00
 Argentina  2–0  Brazil Sarawak Stadium, Kuching
Attendance: 34,896
Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)
Scaloni 79'
Perezlindo 90'		 (Report)
June 29, 1997
20:00
 Spain  0–1  Republic of Ireland Shah Alam Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: León Padro Borja (Mexico)
(Report) Molloy 52' (pen.)
June 29, 1997
20:00
 Japan  1–2 (a.e.t.)  Ghana Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru
Attendance: 18,700
Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)
Yanagisawa 80' (Report) Ansah 9'
Ofori-Quaye 97'

[edit] Semi-finals

July 2, 1997
16:30
 Republic of Ireland  0–1  Argentina Sarawak Stadium, Kuching
Attendance: 14,976
Referee: Kim Young-Joo (South Korea)
(Report) Romeo 55'
July 2, 1997
20:30
 Uruguay  3–2 (a.e.t.)  Ghana Shah Alam Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)
Zalayeta 13'
Coelho 45'
Perea 105'		 (Report) Lawson 45'
Melono 78' (o.g.)

[edit] Third place play-off

July 5, 1997
17:30
 Ghana  1–2  Republic of Ireland Shah Alam Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)
Sule 5' (Report) Baker 2'
Duff 33'

[edit] Final

July 5, 1997
20:30
 Uruguay  1–2  Argentina Shah Alam Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 62,000
Referee: Saad Mane (Kuwait)
García 15' (Report) Cambiasso 26'
Quintana 43'

[edit] Result

 FIFA World Youth Championship 1997 Winners 

Argentina
Third title

[edit] Awards

Golden Shoe Golden Ball Fair Play Award
Brazil Adaílton Uruguay Nicolás Olivera  Argentina

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b The FIFA states him as "Júnior" in the official report.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g The FIFA gives no information on the Stadium used in this match, but the Utama Stadium was the only one suitable by then for a match like this.

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