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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = FIFA U-17 World Cup
| year = 1997
| other_titles = FIFA U-17 World Championship Egypt 1997 <br> 1997 FIFA U-17 بطولة العالم
| image = 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship.png
| size =
| caption =
| country = Egypt
| dates = 4–21 September
| num_teams = 16
| confederations = 6
| venues = 4
| cities = 4
| champion = BRA
| count = 1
| second = GHA
| third = ESP
| fourth = GER
| matches = 32
| goals = 117
| attendance = 633000
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|ESP}} [[David Rodriguez-Fraile|David]] (7 goals)
| player = {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Sergio Santamaría|Sergio]]
| fair_play = {{fbu|17|ARG}}
| prevseason = [[1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship|1995]]
| nextseason = [[1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship|1999]]
| update =
}}
The '''1997 [[FIFA U-17 World Championship]]''', the seventh edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of [[Cairo]], [[Ismailia]], [[Alexandria]], and [[Port Said]] in [[Egypt]] from 4 to 21 September 1997. Players born after 1 January 1980 could participate in this tournament.

==Venues==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center"
|-
! [[Cairo]]
! [[Port Said]]
! [[Alexandria]]
! [[Ismailia]]
|-
| [[Cairo International Stadium]]
| [[Port Said Stadium]]
| [[Alexandria Stadium]]
| [[Ismailia Stadium]]
|-
| Capacity: '''74,100'''
| Capacity: '''22,000'''
| Capacity: '''20,000'''
| Capacity: '''16,500'''
|-
|[[File:Panorma Cairo Stadium.jpg|200px]]
|[[File:ستاد النادي المصري.jpg|200px]]
|[[File:GD-EG-Alex-Stade002.JPG|200px]]
|[[File:Ismailia Stadium.jpg|200px]]
|-
! colspan="4"|
{{location map+ |Egypt |float=right |width=350 |caption= |places=
{{location map~ |Egypt |lat=30.044444 |long=31.235833 |position=left |label=[[Cairo]] }}
{{location map~ |Egypt |lat=31.25 |long=32.3 |position=top |label=[[Port Said]] }}
{{location map~ |Egypt |lat=31.2 |long=29.916667 |position=bottom |label=[[Alexandria]] }}
{{location map~ |Egypt |lat=30.583333 |long=32.266667 |position=right |label=[[Ismailia]] }}
}}
|}

==Teams==
{| class=wikitable
! Confederation
! Qualifying Tournament
! Qualifier(s)
|-
|[[Asian Football Confederation|AFC (Asia)]]
|[[1996 AFC U-17 Championship]]
|{{fbu|17|OMA}}<br />{{fbu|17|THA}}<br />{{fbu|17|BHR}}
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Confederation of African Football|CAF (Africa)]]
||Host nation
|{{fbu|17|EGY}} 
|-
|[[1997 African U-17 Championship]]
|{{fbu|17|MLI}}<br />{{fbu|17|GHA}}
|-
|[[CONCACAF|CONCACAF<br />(North, Central America & Caribbean)]]
|[[1996 CONCACAF U-17 Championship]]
|{{fbu|17|MEX}}<br />{{fbu|17|USA}}<br />{{fbu|17|CRC}}
|- 
|[[CONMEBOL|CONMEBOL (South America)]]
|[[1997 South American U-17 Championship]]
|{{fbu|17|BRA}}<br />{{fbu|17|ARG}}<br />{{fbu|17|CHI}}
|-
|[[Oceania Football Confederation|OFC (Oceania)]]
|[[1997 OFC U-17 Qualifying Tournament]]
|{{fbu|17|NZL}}
|-
|[[UEFA|UEFA (Europe)]]
|[[1997 UEFA European Under-16 Championship]]
|{{fbu|17|ESP}}<br />{{fbu|17|AUT}}<br />{{fbu|17|GER}}
|}

==Squads==
{{main|1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship squads}}

==Matches==
===Group A===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=165 |Team
!width=20 |{{Tooltip| Pld | Played}}
!width=20 |{{Tooltip| W | Won}}
!width=20 |{{Tooltip| D | Drawn}}
!width=20 |{{Tooltip| L | Lost}}
!width=20 |{{Tooltip| GF | Goals for}}
!width=20 |{{Tooltip| GA | Goals against}}
!width=26 |{{Tooltip| GD | Goal difference}}
!width=20 |{{Tooltip| Pts | Points}}
|- bgcolor="#D0F0C0"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|GER}}
|3||2||1||0||5||1||4||'''7'''
|- bgcolor="#D0F0C0"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|EGY}}
|3||1||2||0||5||4||1||'''5''' 
|- 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|CHI}}
|3||1||1||1||7||4||3||'''4'''
|- 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|THA}}
|3||0||0||3||4||12||–8||'''0''' 
|}

{{footballbox
|date = 4 September 1997
|time = 20:30
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|EGY}}  
|score = 3–2
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20160305114609/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191607/match=31595/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|17|THA}} 
|goals1 = [[Ahmed Belal|Belal]] {{goal|16||46}}<br />[[Mahmoud El Arabi|El Arabi]] {{goal|65}}
|goals2 = [[Bamrung Boonprom|Bamrung]] {{goal|30}}{{efn|The official match report miscredited this goal to [[Tom Tongdee]].<ref name="EGYTHA">{{Cite web |title=Egypt vs Thailand – First half broadcast on Thai television|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrFkV4aoSpM |date=21 March 2020 |access-date=22 May 2025 |website=YouTube – OAD AND HIS BAND}}</ref>}}<br />[[Sutee Suksomkit|Sutee]] {{goal|67}}
|stadium = [[Cairo International Stadium]], [[Cairo]]
|attendance = 70,000
|referee = [[Horacio Elizondo]] ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 5 September 1997
|time = 20:30
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|CHI}}  
|score = 0–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20170410133151/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191607/match=31596/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|17|GER}} 
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = [[Silvio Adzic|Adzic]] {{goal|81}}
|stadium = [[Cairo International Stadium]], [[Cairo]]
|attendance = 10,000
|referee = [[Ian McLeod (referee)|Ian McLeod]] ([[South African Football Association|South Africa]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 7 September 1997
|time = 18:15
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|EGY}}  
|score = 1–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20170410133045/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191607/match=31603/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|17|CHI}} 
|goals1 = [[Saleh Abou|Abou]] {{goal|37}}
|goals2 = [[Manuel Villalobos|Villalobos]] {{goal|69}}
|stadium = [[Cairo International Stadium]], [[Cairo]]
|attendance = 75,000
|referee = [[Gilberto Alcala]] ([[Mexican Football Federation|Mexico]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 7 September 1997
|time = 20:30
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|THA}}  
|score = 0–3
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20170410133139/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191607/match=31604/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|17|GER}} 
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Sebastian Deisler|Deisler]] {{goal|27}}<br />[[Sebastian Kehl|Kehl]] {{goal|63}}<br />[[Steffen Hofmann|Hofmann]] {{goal|84}}
|stadium = [[Cairo International Stadium]], [[Cairo]]
|attendance = 40,000
|referee = [[Victorino Rodriguez]] ([[Salvadoran Football Association|El Salvador]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 10 September 1997
|time = 20:30
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|EGY}}  
|score = 1–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20160305114614/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191607/match=31611/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|17|GER}} 
|goals1 = [[Eid Ezz|Ezz]] {{goal|66}}
|goals2 = [[Benjamin Auer|Auer]] {{goal|76}}
|stadium = [[Cairo International Stadium]], [[Cairo]]
|attendance = 80,000
|referee = [[Wilson de Souza Mendonca]] ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 10 September 1997
|time = 20:30
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|THA}}  
|score = 2–6
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20170410133055/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191607/match=31612/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|17|CHI}} 
|goals1 = [[Montree Matong|Montree]] {{goal|45+2}}<br />[[Sutee Suksomkit|Sutee]] {{goal|82}}
|goals2 = [[Juan Francisco Viveros|Viveros]] {{goal|41||62}}<br />[[Claudio Maldonado|Maldonado]] {{goal|52|pen.}}<br />[[Milovan Mirošević|Mirošević]] {{goal|67}}<br />[[Cristian Alvarez|Alvarez]] {{goal|83}}<br />[[Alonso Zuniga|Zuniga]] {{goal|89}}
|stadium = [[Ismailia Stadium]], [[Ismailia]]
|attendance = 2,500
|referee = [[Jacek Granat]] ([[Polish Football Federation|Poland]])
}}

===Group B===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=165 |Team
!width=20 |{{Tooltip| Pld | Played}}
!width=20 |{{Tooltip| W | Won}}
!width=20 |{{Tooltip| D | Drawn}}
!width=20 |{{Tooltip| L | Lost}}
!width=20 |{{Tooltip| GF | Goals for}}
!width=20 |{{Tooltip| GA | Goals against}}
!width=26 |{{Tooltip| GD | Goal difference}}
!width=20 |{{Tooltip| Pts | Points}}
|- bgcolor="#D0F0C0"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|ESP}}
|3||3||0||0||17||2||15||'''9'''
|- bgcolor="#D0F0C0"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|MLI}}
|3||2||0||1||7||2||5||'''6''' 
|- 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|MEX}}
|3||1||0||2||8||6||2||'''3'''
|- 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|NZL}}
|3||0||0||3||0||22||–22||'''0''' 
|}

{{footballbox
|date = 6 September 1997
|time = 18:15
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|NZL}}  
|score = 0–4
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20180822181421/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191607/match=31599/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|17|MLI}} 
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = [[Aboubacar Guindo|Guindo]] {{goal|33}}<br />[[Mahamadou Diarra|Mah. Diarra]] {{goal|64}} <br />[[Seydou Keita (footballer)|Keita]] {{goal|70||88}}
|stadium = [[Ismailia Stadium]], [[Ismailia]]
|attendance = 9,000
|referee = [[Jacek Granat]] ([[Polish Football Federation|Poland]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 6 September 1997
|time = 20:30
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|MEX}}  
|score = 2–3
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20180822213829/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191607/match=31600/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|17|ESP}} 
|goals1 = [[Fernando Arce|Arce]] {{goal|66}}<br />[[Edwin Santibanez|Santibanez]] {{goal|66}}
|goals2 = [[David Rodriguez-Fraile|David]] {{goal|14||84|pen.}}<br />[[Miguel Mateos Rego|Mateos]] {{goal|31}} 
|stadium = [[Ismailia Stadium]], [[Ismailia]]
|attendance = 9,000
|referee = [[Wilson de Souza Mendonca]] ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 8 September 1997
|time = 20:30
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|NZL}}  
|score = 0–5
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20180822181413/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191607/match=31608/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|17|MEX}} 
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = [[Ricardo Mauricio Martínez|Martinez]] {{goal|12}}<br />[[Saul Salcedo|Salcedo]] {{goal|32}} <br />[[Omar Gomez|Gomez]] {{goal|41||47}} <br />[[Edwin Santibanez|Santibanez]] {{goal|85}} 
|stadium = [[Ismailia Stadium]], [[Ismailia]]
|attendance = 7,500
|referee = [[Abdul Aziz A. Al Dokhail]] ([[Saudi Arabia Football Federation|Saudi Arabia]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 8 September 1997
|time = 18:15
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|MLI}}  
|score = 0–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20180822213811/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191607/match=31607/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|17|ESP}} 
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = [[David Rodriguez-Fraile|David]] {{goal|85}} 
|stadium = [[Ismailia Stadium]], [[Ismailia]]
|attendance = 6,000
|referee = [[Horacio Elizondo]] ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 11 September 1997
|time = 20:30
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|NZL}}  
|score = 0–13
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20160408042553/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191607/match=31615/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|17|ESP}} 
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = [[Iván Sánchez Zurita|Sanchez]] {{goal|23||29}}<br />[[Miguel Mateos Rego|Mateos]] {{goal|28||64}} <br />[[Sergio Santamaría|Sergio]] {{goal|36|pen.}} <br /> [[David Rodriguez-Fraile|David]] {{goal|43||45+3||47||49}} <br />[[Ivan Royo|Royo]] {{goal|62}} <br /> [[Ander]] {{goal|71}} <br /> [[Corona (footballer)|Corona]] {{goal|87}}<br/>[[Ivan Lopez (footballer)|Lopez]] {{goal|90+1}}
|stadium = [[Ismailia Stadium]], [[Ismailia]]
|attendance = 5,000
|referee = [[Abdulhamid Radwan Abdulkareem]] ([[Egyptian Football Association|Egypt]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 11 September 1997
|time = 20:30
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|MLI}}  
|score = 3–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20180822213808/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191607/match=31616/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|17|MEX}} 
|goals1 = [[Drissa Coulibaly|D. Coulibaly]] {{goal|40}}<br />[[Seydou Keita (footballer)|Keita]] {{goal|54||85}} 
|goals2 = [[Luis Ernesto Pérez|Perez]] {{goal|64}} 
|stadium = [[Cairo International Stadium]], [[Cairo]]
|attendance = 5,000
|referee = [[Lubos Michel]] ([[Slovak Football Association|Slovakia]])
}}

===Group C===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=165 |Team
!width=20 |{{Tooltip| Pld | Played}}
!width=20 |{{Tooltip| W | Won}}
!width=20 |{{Tooltip| D | Drawn}}
!width=20 |{{Tooltip| L | Lost}}
!width=20 |{{Tooltip| GF | Goals for}}
!width=20 |{{Tooltip| GA | Goals against}}
!width=26 |{{Tooltip| GD | Goal difference}}
!width=20 |{{Tooltip| Pts | Points}}
|- bgcolor="#D0F0C0"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|BRA}}
|3||3||0||0||13||1||12||'''9'''
|- bgcolor="#D0F0C0"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|OMA}}
|3||2||0||1||8||4||4||'''6''' 
|- 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|USA}}
|3||1||0||2||4||7||–3||'''3'''
|- 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|AUT}}
|3||0||0||3||1||14||–13||'''0''' 
|}

{{footballbox
|date = 6 September 1997
|time = 13:45
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|OMA}}  
|score = 4–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20180822213849/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191607/match=31601/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|17|USA}} 
|goals1 = [[Mohsin Al-Harbi|Al-Harbi]] {{goal|15}}<br />[[Yaqoob Juma Al-Mukhaini|J. Al-Mukhaini]] {{goal|39}} <br />[[Hashim Saleh|Saleh]] {{goal|46||52}} 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Alexandria Stadium]], [[Alexandria]]
|attendance = 20,000
|referee = [[Mario Sanchez Yanten]] ([[Football Federation of Chile|Chile]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 6 September 1997
|time = 16:00
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|AUT}}  
|score = 0–7
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20170410133057/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191607/match=31602/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|17|BRA}} 
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = [[Diogo Rincón|Diogo]] {{goal|8}}<br />[[Fábio Pinto]] {{goal|13}} <br /> [[Geovani]] {{goal|16}} <br /> [[Rodrigo (footballer, born October 1980)|Ferrugem]] {{goal|38}} <br /> [[Matuzalem]] {{goal|44}} <br /> [[Ronaldinho]] {{goal|75|pen.}} <br /> [[Anaílson]] {{goal|85|pen.}} 
|stadium = [[Alexandria Stadium]], [[Alexandria]]
|attendance = 20,000
|referee = [[Abdulhamid Radwan Abdulkareem]] ([[Egyptian Football Association|Egypt]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 8 September 1997
|time = 16:00
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|OMA}}  
|score = 3–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20180822213833/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191607/match=31610/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|17|AUT}} 
|goals1 = [[Rahdwan Nairooz|Nairooz]] {{goal|18}}<br />[[Hashim Saleh|Saleh]] {{goal|45+1||69}} 
|goals2 = [[Alexander Ziervogel|Ziervogel]] {{goal|74}}
|stadium = [[Alexandria Stadium]], [[Alexandria]]
|attendance = 19,000
|referee = [[Eugene Brazzale]] ([[Football Federation Australia|Australia]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 8 September 1997
|time = 13:45
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|USA}}  
|score = 0–3
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20170410133143/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191607/match=31609/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|17|BRA}} 
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = [[Jorginho Paulista|Jorginho]] {{goal|66}}<br />[[Adiel]] {{goal|85}}<br />[[Matuzalem]] {{goal|90}} 
|stadium = [[Alexandria Stadium]], [[Alexandria]]
|attendance = 19,000
|referee = [[Rene Temmink]] ([[Royal Dutch Football Association|Netherlands]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 11 September 1997
|time = 16:00
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|OMA}}  
|score = 1–3
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20170410133204/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191607/match=31617/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|17|BRA}} 
|goals1 = [[Hashim Saleh|Saleh]] {{goal|53}}
|goals2 = [[Jorginho Paulista|Jorginho]] {{goal|50}}<br />[[Fábio Pinto]] {{goal|66}}<br />[[Geovani]] {{goal|84}} 
|stadium = [[Alexandria Stadium]], [[Alexandria]]
|attendance = 20,000
|referee = [[Gilberto Alcala]] ([[Mexican Football Federation|Mexico]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 11 September 1997
|time = 16:00
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|USA}}  
|score = 4–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20170410133131/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191607/match=31618/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|17|AUT}} 
|goals1 = [[Charles Rupsis|Rupsis]] {{goal|6}}<br />[[Taylor Twellman|Twellman]] {{goal|56||67}}<br />[[Steven Totten|Totten]] {{goal|82}} 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Port Said Stadium]], [[Port Said]]
|attendance = 4,000
|referee = [[Mamadouba Engage Camara]] ([[Guinean Football Federation|Guinea]])
}}

===Group D===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=165 |Team
!width=20 |{{Tooltip| Pld | Played}}
!width=20 |{{Tooltip| W | Won}}
!width=20 |{{Tooltip| D | Drawn}}
!width=20 |{{Tooltip| L | Lost}}
!width=20 |{{Tooltip| GF | Goals for}}
!width=20 |{{Tooltip| GA | Goals against}}
!width=26 |{{Tooltip| GD | Goal difference}}
!width=20 |{{Tooltip| Pts | Points}}
|- bgcolor="#D0F0C0"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|GHA}}
|3||2||1||0||7||1||6||'''7'''
|- bgcolor="#D0F0C0"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|ARG}}
|3||2||1||0||3||0||3||'''7''' 
|- 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|BHR|1972}}
|3||1||0||2||4||8||–4||'''3'''
|- 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|CRC}}
|3||0||0||3||1||6||–5||'''0''' 
|}

{{footballbox
|date = 5 September 1997
|time = 13:45
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|ARG}}  
|score = 0–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20180822213757/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191607/match=31597/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|17|GHA}} 
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Port Said Stadium]], [[Port Said]]
|attendance = 30,000
|referee = [[Lu Jun (referee)|Lu Jun]] ([[Chinese Football Association|China]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 5 September 1997
|time = 16:00
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|CRC}}  
|score = 1–3
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20180822181404/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191607/match=31598/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|17|BHR|1972}} 
|goals1 = [[Juan Bautista Esquivel|Esquivel]] {{goal|67}}
|goals2 = [[Rashid Al-Dosari|Al-Dosari]] {{goal|64|pen.}}<br />[[Yaser Amer|Amer]] {{goal|79}} <br /> [[Salah Rashed|Rashed]] {{goal|84}}
|stadium = [[Port Said Stadium]], [[Port Said]]
|attendance = 20,000
|referee = [[Mamadouba Engage Camara]] ([[Guinean Football Federation|Guinea]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 7 September 1997
|time = 16:00
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|ARG}}  
|score = 1–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20180822213755/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191607/match=31606/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|17|CRC}} 
|goals1 = [[Luciano Galletti|Galletti]] {{goal|59}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Port Said Stadium]], [[Port Said]]
|attendance = 10,000
|referee = [[Terje Hauge]] ([[Football Association of Norway|Norway]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 7 September 1997
|time = 13:45
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|GHA}}  
|score = 5–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20180822181417/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191607/match=31605/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|17|BHR|1972}} 
|goals1 = [[Johnson Eku|Eku]] {{goal|5}}<br />[[Aziz Ansah|Ansah]] {{goal|8}}<br />[[Owusu Afriyie|Afriyie]] {{goal|52}}<br />[[Awule Quaye|A. Quaye]] {{goal|77}}<br />[[Wisdom Abbey|Abbey]] {{goal|89}}
|goals2 = [[Yaser Amer|Amer]] {{goal|71}}
|stadium = [[Port Said Stadium]], [[Port Said]]
|attendance = 20,000
|referee = [[Lubos Michel]] ([[Slovak Football Association|Slovakia]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 10 September 1997
|time = 13:45
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|ARG}}  
|score = 2–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20180822213851/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191607/match=31613/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|17|BHR|1972}} 
|goals1 = [[Julio Marchant|Marchant]] {{goal|42}}<br />[[Mauro Marchano|Marchano]] {{goal|72}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Port Said Stadium]], [[Port Said]]
|attendance = 10,000
|referee = [[Ian McLeod (referee)|Ian McLeod]] ([[South African Football Association|South Africa]])
}}
----{{footballbox
|date = 10 September 1997
|time = 13:45
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|GHA}}  
|score = 2–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20180822181415/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191607/match=31614/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|17|CRC}} 
|goals1 = [[Awule Quaye|A. Quaye]] {{goal|12}}<br />[[Michael Coffie|Coffie]] {{goal|61}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Alexandria Stadium]], [[Alexandria]]
|attendance = 8,000
|referee = [[Mario Sanchez Yanten]] ([[Football Federation of Chile|Chile]])
}}

==Knockout stage==
{{Round8-with third
<!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!--quarter-finals  -->
|14 September - [[Alexandria]]|'''{{fbu|17|BRA}}'''|2|{{fbu|17|ARG}}|0
|14 September - [[Cairo]]|'''{{fbu|17|GER}}'''|0 (4)|{{fbu|17|MLI}}|0 (3)
|15 September - [[Port Said]]|'''{{fbu|17|GHA}}'''|4|{{fbu|17|OMA}}|1
|15 September - [[Ismailia]]|'''{{fbu|17|ESP}}'''|2|{{fbu|17|EGY}}|1
<!--semi-finals  -->
|18 September - [[Ismailia]]|{{fbu|17|GER}}|0|'''{{fbu|17|BRA}}'''|4
|18 September - [[Cairo]]|'''{{fbu|17|GHA}}'''|2|{{fbu|17|ESP}}|1
<!--final  -->
|21 September - [[Cairo]]|'''{{fbu|17|BRA}}'''|2|{{fbu|17|GHA}}|1
<!--third place match-->
|21 September - [[Cairo]]|'''{{fbu|17|ESP}}'''|2|{{fbu|17|GER}}|1
|style=white-space:nowrap|bold_winner=high}}

===Quarterfinals===

{{footballbox
|date=14 September 1997
|time= 16:00
|team1= {{fbu-rt|17|BRA}}
|score= 2–0
|team2= {{fbu|17|ARG}}
|goals1= [[Fábio Pinto]] {{goal|44||83}}
|goals2= 
|stadium = [[Alexandria Stadium]], [[Alexandria]]
|attendance = 20,000
|referee = [[Jacek Granat]] ([[Polish Football Federation|Poland]])
|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20180822213909/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191612/match=31620/index.html Report] }}
----
{{footballbox
|date=14 September 1997
|time= 20:30
|team1= {{fbu-rt|17|GER}}
|score= 0–0|aet=yes
|team2= {{fbu|17|MLI}}
|goals1= 
|goals2= 
|penalties1=[[Silvio Adzic|Adzic]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Sebastian Deisler|Deisler]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Michael Miedl|Miedl]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Jens Truckenbrod|Truckenbrod]] {{pengoal}}
|penaltyscore=4–3
|penalties2={{penmiss}} [[Youssouf Coulibaly|Y. Coulibaly]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Abdoulaye Camara|Camara]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Aboubacar Guindo|Guindo]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Alfousseini Karambe|Karambe]]<br />{{penmiss}} [[Seydou Keita (footballer)|Keita]]
|stadium = [[Cairo International Stadium]], [[Cairo]]
|attendance = 7,000
|referee = [[Lu Jun (referee)|Lu Jun]] ([[Chinese Football Association|China]])
|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20180822181414/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191612/match=31619/index.html Report] }}
----
{{footballbox
|date=15 September 1997
|time= 16:00
|team1= {{fbu-rt|17|GHA}}
|score= 4–1
|team2= {{fbu|17|OMA}}
|goals1= [[Mahfoudh Al Mukhaini|Al-Mukhaini]] {{goal|25|o.g.}} <br/> [[Michael Coffie|Coffie]] {{goal|42}}<br/> [[Owusu Afriyie|Afriyie]] {{goal|79}}<br/> [[Awule Quaye|A. Quaye]] {{goal|88}}
|goals2= [[Saleh Al-Amri (Omani footballer)|Al-Amri]] {{goal|57}}
|stadium = [[Port Said Stadium]], [[Port Said]]
|attendance = 15,000
|referee = [[Rene Temmink]] ([[Royal Dutch Football Association|Netherlands]])
|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20180822213815/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191612/match=31622/index.html Report] }}
----
{{footballbox
|date=15 September 1997
|time= 20:30
|team1= {{fbu-rt|17|ESP}}
|score= 2–1
|team2= {{fbu|17|EGY}}
|goals1= [[Sergio Santamaría|Sergio]] {{goal|28}} <br/> [[Juanjo Camacho|Camacho]] {{goal|66}}
|goals2= [[Ahmed Belal|Belal]] {{goal|31}}
|stadium = [[Ismailia Stadium]], [[Ismailia]]
|attendance = 13,500
|referee = [[Victorino Rodriguez]] ([[Salvadoran Football Association|El Salvador]])
|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20160305093946/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191612/match=31621/index.html Report] }}

===Semifinals===
{{footballbox
|date=18 September 1997
|time= 16:00
|team1= {{fbu-rt|17|BRA}}
|score= 4–0
|team2= {{fbu|17|GER}}
|goals1= [[Adiel]] {{goal|4}} <br/> [[Geovanie]] {{goal|85}} <br/> [[Rodrigo (footballer, born October 1980)|Ferrugem]] {{goal|86}} <br/> [[Ronaldinho]] {{goal|88|pen.}}
|goals2= 
|stadium = [[Ismailia Stadium]], [[Ismailia]]
|attendance = 8,500
|referee = [[Ian McLeod (referee)|Ian McLeod]] ([[South African Football Association|South Africa]])
|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20170324175812/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191612/match=31623/index.html Report] }}
----
{{footballbox
|date=18 September 1997
|time= 20:30
|team1= {{fbu-rt|17|ESP}}
|score= 1–2
|team2= {{fbu|17|GHA}}
|goals1= [[David Sousa (footballer, born 1980)|Sousa]] {{goal|35}}
|goals2= [[Godwin Attram|Attram]] {{goal|47}} <br/> [[Owusu Afriyie|Afriyie]] {{goal|79}}
|stadium = [[Cairo International Stadium]], [[Cairo]]
|attendance = 4,000
|referee = [[Mario Sanchez Yanten]] ([[Football Federation of Chile|Chile]])
|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20180822213753/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191612/match=31624/index.html Report] }}

===Playoff for 3rd place===
{{footballbox
|date=21 September 1997
|time= 15:30
|team1= {{fbu-rt|17|GER}}
|score= 1–2
|team2= {{fbu|17|ESP}}
|goals1= [[Silvio Adzic|Adzic]] {{goal|59|pen.}}
|goals2= [[Ander]] {{goal|30}} <br/> [[David Sousa (footballer, born 1980)|Sousa]] {{goal|85|pen.}}
|stadium = [[Cairo International Stadium]], [[Cairo]]
|attendance = 8,000
|referee = [[Victorino Rodriguez]] ([[Salvadoran Football Association|El Salvador]])
|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20180402105552/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191612/match=31625/index.html Report] }}

===Final===
{{footballbox
|date=21 September 1997
|time= 18:15
|team1= {{fbu-rt|17|BRA}}
|score= 2–1
|team2= {{fbu|17|GHA}}
|goals1= [[Matuzalem]] {{goal|63}} <br/> [[Andrey Santos Mayr|Andrey]] {{goal|87}}
|goals2= [[Owusu Afriyie|Afriyie]] {{goal|39}}
|stadium = [[Cairo International Stadium]], [[Cairo]]
|attendance = 35,000
|referee = [[Terje Hauge]] ([[Football Association of Norway|Norway]])
|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20180409012659/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191612/match=31626/index.html Report] }}

==Result==
{{winners|fbu|17|1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship winners|Brazil|First}}

==Goalscorers==

David of Spain won the [[FIFA U-17 World Cup#Awards|Golden Shoe]] award for scoring seven goals. In total, 117 goals were scored by 73 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.

;7 goals
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[David Rodriguez-Fraile|David]]
;5 goals
*{{flagicon|OMA}} [[Hashim Saleh]]
;4 goals
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Fábio Pinto]]
*{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Owusu Afriyie]]
*{{flagicon|MLI}} [[Seydou Keita (footballer)|Seydou Keita]]
;3 goals
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Geovanni Deiberson Maurício|Geovanni]]
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Matuzalem]]
*{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Ahmed Belal]]
*{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Awule Quaye]]
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Miguel Mateos Rego]]
;2 goals
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{flagicon|BHR|1972}} [[Yaser Amer]]
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Adiel]]
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Rodrigo (footballer, born October 1980)|Ferrugem]]
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Jorginho Paulista|Jorginho]]
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Ronaldinho]]
*{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Juan Francisco Viveros]]
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Silvio Adzic]]
*{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Michael Coffie]]
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Edwin Santibanez]]
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Omar Gomez]]
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Ander]]
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[David Sousa (footballer, born 1980)|David Sousa]]
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Iván Sánchez Zurita|Ivan Sanchez]]
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Sergio Santamaría]]
*{{flagicon|THA}} [[Sutee Suksomkit]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Taylor Twellman]]
{{div col end}}
;1 goal
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Julio Marchant]]
*{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Luciano Galletti]]
*{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Mauro Marchano]]
*{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Alexander Ziervogel]]
*{{flagicon|BHR|1972}} [[Rashid Al-Dosari]]
*{{flagicon|BHR|1972}} [[Salah Rashed]]
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Andrey Santos Mayr|Andrey]]
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Anaílson]]
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Diogo Rincón|Diogo]]
*{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Alonso Zuniga]]
*{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Claudio Maldonado]]
*{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Cristian Alvarez]]
*{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Manuel Villalobos]]
*{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Milovan Mirošević]]
*{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Juan Bautista Esquivel]]
*{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Eid Ezz]]
*{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Mahmoud El Arabi]]
*{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Saleh Abou]]
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Benjamin Auer]]
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Sebastian Deisler]]
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Sebastian Kehl]]
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Steffen Hofmann]]
*{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Aziz Ansah]]
*{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Godwin Attram]]
*{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Johnson Eku]]
*{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Wisdom Abbey]]
*{{flagicon|MLI}} [[Aboubacar Guindo]]
*{{flagicon|MLI}} [[Drissa Coulibaly]]
*{{flagicon|MLI}} [[Mahamadou Diarra]]
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Fernando Arce]]
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Luis Ernesto Pérez]]
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Ricardo Mauricio Martínez]]
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Saul Salcedo]]
*{{flagicon|OMA}} [[Juma Al-Mukhaini]]
*{{flagicon|OMA}} [[Mohsin Al-Harbi]]
*{{flagicon|OMA}} [[Rahdwan Nairooz]]
*{{flagicon|OMA}} [[Saleh Al-Amri (Omani footballer)|Saleh Al-Amri]]
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Corona (footballer)|Corona]]
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Ivan Lopez (footballer)|Ivan Lopez]]
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Ivan Royo]]
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Juanjo Camacho]]
*{{flagicon|THA}} [[Bamrung Boonprom]]
*{{flagicon|THA}} [[Montree Matong]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Charles Rupsis]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Steven Totten]]
{{div col end}}
;Own goal
*{{flagicon|OMA}} [[Mahfoudh Al-Mukhaini]] (against Ghana)

==Final ranking==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width=20|Rank
!width=200|Team
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pld|Played}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}
|- style="background:gold;"
|1
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Brazil}}
|6||6||0||0||21||2||+19||'''18'''
|- style="background:silver;"
|2
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Ghana}}
|6||4||1||1||14||5||+9||'''13'''
|- style="background:#a67d3d;"
|3
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Spain}}
|6||5||0||1||22||6||+16||'''15'''
|- style="background:beige;"
|4
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Germany}}
|6||2||2||2||6||7||–1||'''8'''
|-
| colspan="11"| '''Eliminated in the quarter-finals'''
|-
|5
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Mali}}
|4||2||1||1||7||2||+5||'''7'''
|-
|6
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Argentina}}
|4||2||1||1||3||2||+1||'''7'''
|-
|7
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Oman}}
|4||2||0||2||9||8||+1||'''6'''
|-
|8
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Egypt}}
|4||1||2||1||6||6||0||'''5'''
|-
| colspan="11"| '''Eliminated at the group stage'''
|-
|9
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Chile}}
|3||1||1||1||7||4||+3||'''4'''
|-
|10
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Mexico}}
|3||1||0||2||8||6||+2||'''3'''
|-
|11
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|United States}}
|3||1||0||2||4||7||–3||'''3'''
|-
|12
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Bahrain|1972}}
|3||1||0||2||4||8||–4||'''3'''
|-
|13
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Costa Rica}}
|3||0||0||3||1||6||–5||'''0'''
|-
|14
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Thailand}}
|3||0||0||3||4||12||–8||'''0'''
|-
|15
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Austria}}
|3||0||0||3||1||14||–13||'''0'''
|-
|16
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|New Zealand}}
|3||0||0||3||0||22||–22||'''0'''
|}

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160305023128/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/archive/egypt1997/index.html FIFA U-17 World Championship Egypt 1997], FIFA.com
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20111220070646/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/07/39/u17%5f97%5ftr%5fpart1%5f239.pdf FIFA Technical Report (Part 1)], [https://web.archive.org/web/20111220055702/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/07/26/u17%5f97%5ftr%5fpart2%5f236.pdf (Part 2)] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20100106062441/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/07/22/u17%5f97%5ftr%5fpart3%5f235.pdf (Part 3)]

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