Qualifying tournament
Morocco qualified automatically as hosts.
First round
28/29 Sep 1996:
Algeria 0-2 Tunisia
Mali 3-0 Mauritania
Burkina Faso 0-0 Guinea
Ghana 2-0 Senegal
Nigeria 5-1 Chad
Sudan 2-0 Kenya
Benin 0-1 Ivory Coast
Egypt 5-0 Ethiopia
Reunion 0-2 Zimbabwe
South Africa 2-0 Mauritius
Angola 3-1 Botswana
Tanzania w/o Burundi [Burundi suspended by CAF following a coup
d'état]
Cameroon w/o Togo [Togo withdrew]
Zambia w/o Malawi [Malawi withdrew]
19/20 Oct 1996:
Tunisia 1-3 Algeria [agg. 3-3, Algeria on away goals]
Guinea 1-1 Burkina Faso [agg. 1-1, Burkina Faso on away goals]
Senegal 2-3 Ghana [agg. 2-5]
Chad 2-1 Nigeria [agg. 3-6]
Kenya 1-0 Sudan [agg. 1-2]
Ethiopia 5-0 Egypt [agg. 5-5, penalties 1-2]
Zimbabwe 5-0 Reunion [agg. 7-0]
Mauritius 1-3 South Africa [agg. 1-5]
Botswana 1-2 Angola [agg. 2-5]
Second round
21/22 Dec 1996:
Mali 3-2 Algeria
Nigeria 2-1 Sudan
Ivory Coast 5-3 Cameroon
Burkina Faso 1-1 Ghana
Egypt 2-1 Zimbabwe
South Africa 3-0 Tanzania
Zambia 1-0 Angola
3/5 Jan 1997:
Algeria - Mali [Mali qualified]
Sudan - Nigeria [Sudan qualified]
Cameroon - Ivory Coast [Ivory Coast qualified]
Ghana - Burkina Faso [Ghana qualified]
Zimbabwe - Egypt [Egypt qualified]
Tanzania 0-1 South Africa [agg. 0-4]
Angola 0-1 Zambia [agg. 0-2]
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.
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