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.

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 (Asia)Host nation
AFC (Asia)1996 AFC Youth Championship


CAF (Africa)1997 African Youth Championship


CONCACAF
(North, Central America & Caribbean)		1996 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament


CONMEBOL (South America)1997 South American Youth Championship


OFC (Oceania)1997 OFC U-20 Championship
UEFA (Europe)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 stage

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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Knockout stage

Round of 16

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Goalscorers

Adaílton of Brazil won the Golden Boot award for scoring ten goals. In total, 165 goals were scored by 101 different players, with seven of them credited as own goals.
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