1997 FIFA World Youth Championship


The 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship, known as the 1997 FIFA/Coca-Cola World Youth Championship for sponsorship purposes, was the 11th staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship. It was held from 16 June to 5 July 1997 in Malaysia. It was the first FIFA tournament hosted by a Southeast Asian country.

Venues

Qualification

The following 24 teams qualified for the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship. Host Malaysia did not have to qualify for the tournament.
ConfederationQualifying tournamentQualifier
AFC Host nation
AFC 1996 AFC Youth Championship


CAF 1997 African Youth Championship


CONCACAF
1996 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament


CONMEBOL 1997 South American Youth Championship


OFC 1997 OFC U-20 Championship
UEFA 1996 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship




Squads

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

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.

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Group E

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Group F

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Ranking of third-placed teams

Knockout stage

Round of 16

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

Result

Awards

Goalscorers

of Brazil won the Golden Shoe award for scoring ten goals. In total, 165 goals were scored by 101 different players, with seven of them credited as own goals.
;10 goals
;5 goals
;4 goals
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Broadcasting rights of 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship

Africa

Américas

Asia

: RCTI, TVRI, SCTV, TPI, ANTV

Europe