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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = FIFA World Youth Championship
| year = 1997
| other_titles = Piala Dunia B-20 FIFA 1997<br> Piala Dunia Belia FIFA 1997
| image = 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship.png
| size = 100px
| country = Malaysia
| dates = 16 June – 5 July
| num_teams = 24
| confederations = 6
| venues = 6
| cities = 6
| champion_other = {{fbu|20|ARG}}
| count = 3
| second_other = {{fbu|20|URU}}
| third_other = {{fbu|20|IRL}}
| fourth_other = {{fbu|20|GHA}}
| matches = 52
| goals = 165
| attendance = 655827
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Adaílton (footballer, born 1977)|Adaílton]] (10 goals)
| player = {{flagicon|URU}} [[Nicolás Olivera]]
| fair_play = {{fbu|20|ARG}}
| prevseason = [[1995 FIFA World Youth Championship|1995]]
| nextseason = [[1999 FIFA World Youth Championship|1999]]
}}

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 U-20 World Cup|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 ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! [[Shah Alam]]
! [[Kuching]]
! [[Alor Setar]]
|-
| [[Shah Alam Stadium]]
| [[Sarawak Stadium]]
| [[Darul Aman Stadium]]
|-
| Capacity: '''80,000'''
| Capacity: '''40,000'''
| Capacity: '''32,387'''
|-
| [[File:Shah Alam Stadium.JPG|150px]]
| [[File:Stadium Sarawak.JPG|150px]]
| [[File:Stadium Darul Aman.jpg|150px]]
|-
!colspan="3" |{{center|1=
{{Location map+|Malaysia|width=500|float=center|caption=Location of venues|places=
{{Location map~|Malaysia|lat=3.083333|long=101.533333|label=[[Shah Alam]]|position=bottom}}
{{Location map~|Malaysia|lat=1.56|long=110.345|label=[[Kuching]]|position=right}}
{{Location map~|Malaysia|lat=6.116667|long=100.366667|label=[[Alor Setar]]|position=right}}
{{Location map~|Malaysia|lat=3.49|long=103.2|label=[[Kuantan]]|position=right}}
{{Location map~|Malaysia|lat=6.433333|long=100.2|label=[[Kangar]]|position=top}}
{{Location map~|Malaysia|lat=1.483333|long=103.733333|label=[[Johor Bahru]]|position=right}}

}}}}
|-
! [[Kuantan]]
! [[Kangar]]
! [[Johor Bahru]]
|-
| [[Darul Makmur Stadium]]
| [[Tuanku Syed Putra Stadium]]
| [[Tan Sri Hassan Yunus Stadium]]
|-
| Capacity: '''40,000'''
| Capacity: '''20,000'''
| Capacity: '''30,000'''
|-
| [[File:Darul Makmur Stadium.jpg|150px]]
| [[File:Stadium Tuanku Syed Putra (edt by cikgu HeHe).jpg|150px]]
| [[File:Stadium Larkin.jpg|150px]]
|}

== Qualification ==
The following 24 teams qualified for the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship. Host Malaysia did not have to qualify for the tournament.

{| class=wikitable
!Confederation
!Qualifying tournament
!Qualifier(s)
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Asian Football Confederation|AFC (Asia)]]
||Host nation
|{{fbu|20|MAS}}{{Ref|1|1}}
|-
|[[1996 AFC Youth Championship]]
|{{fbu|20|CHN}} <br /> {{fbu|20|JPN|1870}} <br /> {{fbu|20|KOR|1984}} <br /> {{fbu|20|UAE}}{{Ref|1|1}}
|-
|[[Confederation of African Football|CAF (Africa)]]
|[[1997 African Youth Championship]]
|{{fbu|20|CIV}} <br /> {{fbu|20|GHA}} <br /> {{fbu|20|MAR}} <br /> {{fbu|20|RSA}}{{Ref|1|1}}
|-
|[[CONCACAF|CONCACAF <br /> (North, Central America & Caribbean)]]
|[[1996 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament]]
|{{fbu|20|CAN}} <br /> {{fbu|20|CRC}} <br /> {{fbu|20|MEX}} <br /> {{fbu|20|USA}}
|-
|[[CONMEBOL|CONMEBOL (South America)]]
|[[1997 South American Youth Championship]]
|{{fbu|20|ARG}} <br /> {{fbu|20|BRA}}  <br /> {{fbu|20|PAR|1990}} <br /> {{fbu|20|URU}}
|-
|[[Oceania Football Confederation|OFC (Oceania)]]
|[[1997 OFC U-20 Championship]]
|{{fbu|20|AUS}}
|-
|[[UEFA|UEFA (Europe)]]
|[[1996 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship]]
|{{fbu|20|BEL}}{{Ref|1|1}}<br /> {{fbu|20|ENG}} <br /> {{fbu|20|FRA|1974}} <br /> {{fbu|20|HUN}} <br /> {{fbu|20|IRL}} <br /> {{fbu|20|ESP}}     
|}

{{refbegin}}
:1.{{Note|1}}Teams that made their debut.
{{refend}}

== 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 ===
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=Group stage result

|team1=URU|name_URU={{fbu|20|URU}}
|team2=MAR|name_MAR={{fbu|20|MAR}}
|team3=BEL|name_BEL={{fbu|20|BEL}}
|team4=MAS|name_MAS={{fbu|20|MAS}}
|win_URU=2|draw_URU=1|loss_URU=0|gf_URU=6|ga_URU=1
|win_MAR=1|draw_MAR=2|loss_MAR=0|gf_MAR=4|ga_MAR=2
|win_BEL=1|draw_BEL=1|loss_BEL=1|gf_BEL=4|ga_BEL=4
|win_MAS=0|draw_MAS=0|loss_MAS=3|gf_MAS=2|ga_MAS=9|status_MAS=H

|col_A=green1|text_A=Advance to [[#Knockout stage|knockout stage]]
|result1=A|result2=A|result3=A
|update=complete|source=
}}

{{football box
|date=16 June 1997<br>21:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|MAS}}
|score=1–3
|team2={{fbu|20|MAR}}
|goals1=[[Youssef Safri|Safri]] {{goal|10|o.g.}}
|goals2=[[Tarik Sektioui|Sektioui]] {{goal|14}}<br>[[Khalid Khamma|Khamma]] {{goal|33}}<br>[[Aissam El Barodi|El Barodi]] {{goal|93}} |stadium=[[Shah Alam Stadium]], Shah Alam | attendance = 25,000
|referee = [[Gilles Veissière]] (France)
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20170602063911/http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191277/match=30973/index.html (Report)]
}}
----
{{football box
|date=17 June 1997<br>20:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|URU}}
|score=3–0
|team2={{fbu|20|BEL}}
|goals1=[[Inti Podestá|Podestá]] {{goal|41}}<br>[[Fabián Coelho|Coelho]] {{goal|56||79}}
|goals2= |stadium=[[Shah Alam Stadium]], Shah Alam | attendance = 2,000
|referee = Kim Young-joo ([[South Korea]])
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180806210913/https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191277/match=30974/index.html (Report)]
}}
----
{{football box
|date=19 June 1997<br>17:30
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|MAS}}
|score=1–3
|team2={{fbu|20|URU}}
|goals1=[[Nik Ahmad Fadly|Fadly]] {{goal|11}}
|goals2=[[Marcelo Zalayeta|Zalayeta]] {{goal|24}}<br>[[Khairun Haled Masrom|Haled]] {{goal|39|o.g.}}<br>[[Hernán Rodrigo López|López]] {{goal|77}} |stadium=[[Shah Alam Stadium]], Shah Alam | attendance = 10,000
|referee = [[Gilles Veissière]] (France)
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20170603082641/http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191277/match=30985/index.html (Report)]
}}
----
{{football box
|date=19 June 1997<br>20:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|MAR}}
|score=1–1
|team2={{fbu|20|BEL}}
|goals1=[[Hamid Termina|Termina]] {{goal|79}}
|goals2=[[Gunter Van Handenhoven|Van Handenhoven]] {{goal|60}} |stadium=[[Shah Alam Stadium]], Shah Alam | attendance = 8,000
|referee = [[Ubaldo Aquino]] ([[Paraguay]])
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180807001630/https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191277/match=30986/index.html (Report)]
}}
----
{{football box
|date=22 June 1997<br>17:30
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|MAS}}
|score=0–3
|team2={{fbu|20|BEL}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Gunter Van Handenhoven|Van Handenhoven]] {{goal|10||30}}<br>[[Gauthier Remacle|Remacle]] {{goal|83}} |stadium=[[Shah Alam Stadium]], Shah Alam | attendance = 25,000
|referee = [[Ubaldo Aquino]] ([[Paraguay]])
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180807001643/https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191277/match=30997/index.html (Report)]
}}
----
{{football box
|date=22 June 1997<br>20:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|MAR}}
|score=0–0
|team2={{fbu|20|URU}}
|goals1=
|goals2= |stadium=[[Shah Alam Stadium]], Shah Alam | attendance = 25,000
|referee = Kim Young-joo ([[South Korea]])
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180807001519/https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191277/match=30998/index.html (Report)]
}}

=== Group B ===
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=Group stage result

|team1=BRA|name_BRA={{fbu|20|BRA}}
|team2=FRA|name_FRA={{fbu|20|FRA|1974}}
|team3=RSA|name_RSA={{fbu|20|RSA}}
|team4=KOR|name_KOR={{fbu|20|KOR|1984}}
|win_BRA=3|draw_BRA=0|loss_BRA=0|gf_BRA=15|ga_BRA=3
|win_FRA=2|draw_FRA=0|loss_FRA=1|gf_FRA=8|ga_FRA=7
|win_RSA=0|draw_RSA=1|loss_RSA=2|gf_RSA=2|ga_RSA=6
|win_KOR=0|draw_KOR=1|loss_KOR=2|gf_KOR=5|ga_KOR=14

|col_A=green1|text_A=Advance to [[#Knockout stage|knockout stage]]
|result1=A|result2=A
|update=complete|source=
}}

{{football box
|date=17 June 1997<br>16:30
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|KOR|1984}}
|score=0–0
|team2={{fbu|20|RSA}}
|goals1=
|goals2= |stadium=[[Sarawak Stadium]], Kuching | attendance = 20,000
|referee = [[Georg Dardenne]] (Germany)
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20170607102017/http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191277/match=30975/index.html (Report)]
}}
----
{{football box
|date=17 June 1997<br>20:45
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|FRA|1974}}
|score=0–3
|team2={{fbu|20|BRA}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Alexsandro de Souza|Alex]] {{goal|5}}<br>[[Adaílton (footballer, born 1977)|Adaílton]] {{goal|61}}<br>[[Mikaël Silvestre|Silvestre]] {{goal|90|o.g.}} |stadium=[[Sarawak Stadium]], Kuching | attendance = 40,000
|referee = [[Nik Ahmad Haji Yaakub]] ([[Malaysia]])
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180806210854/https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191277/match=30976/index.html (Report)]
}}
----
{{football box
|date=19 June 1997<br>16:30
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|KOR|1984}}
|score=2–4
|team2={{fbu|20|FRA|1974}}
|goals1=[[Park Jin-sub]] {{goal|54||68|pen.}}
|goals2=[[Thierry Henry|Henry]] {{goal|1||10}}<br>[[David Trezeguet|Trezeguet]] {{goal|2||52}} |stadium=[[Sarawak Stadium]], Kuching | attendance = 3,246
|referee = [[Peter Prendergast (referee)|Peter Prendergast]] ([[Jamaica]])
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180807001549/https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191277/match=30987/index.html (Report)]
}}
----
{{football box
|date=19 June 1997<br>19:15
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|RSA}}
|score=0–2
|team2={{fbu|20|BRA}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Adaílton (footballer, born 1977)|Adaílton]] {{goal|53||57}} |stadium=[[Sarawak Stadium]], Kuching | attendance = 7,939
|referee = [[Georg Dardenne]] (Germany)
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180806210921/https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191277/match=30988/index.html (Report)]
}}
----
{{football box
|date=22 June 1997<br>16:30
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|KOR|1984}}
|score=3–10
|team2={{fbu|20|BRA}}
|goals1=[[Lee Kwan-woo]] {{goal|56}}<br>[[Chung Seok-keun]] {{goal|73}}<br>[[Lee Jung-min (footballer)|Lee Jung-min]] {{goal|89}}
|goals2=[[Fernandão (footballer, born 1978)|Fernandão]] {{goal|19||42}}<br>[[Adaílton (footballer, born 1977)|Adaílton]] {{goal|30||32|pen.|35|pen.|39||63||69}}<br>[[Zé Elias]]<ref name="Junior">The FIFA states him as "Júnior" in the official report.</ref> {{goal|68||82}} |stadium=[[Sarawak Stadium]], Kuching | attendance = 9,576
|referee = [[Nik Ahmad Haji Yaakub]] ([[Malaysia]])
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20170601194149/http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191277/match=30999/index.html (Report)]
}}
----
{{football box
|date=22 June 1997<br>19:15
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|RSA}}
|score=2–4
|team2={{fbu|20|FRA|1974}}
|goals1=[[Junaid Hartley|Hartley]] {{goal|42||90}}
|goals2=[[David Trezeguet|Trezeguet]] {{goal|22||61}}<br>[[Thierry Henry|Henry]] {{goal|83}}<br/> [[Peter Luccin|Luccin]] {{goal|89}} |stadium=[[Sarawak Stadium]], Kuching | attendance = 9,757
|referee = [[Peter Prendergast (referee)|Peter Prendergast]] ([[Jamaica]])
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180807001626/https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191277/match=31000/index.html (Report)]
}}

=== Group C ===
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=Group stage result

|team1=GHA|name_GHA={{fbu|20|GHA}}
|team2=IRL|name_IRL={{fbu|20|IRL}}
|team3=USA|name_USA={{fbu|20|USA}}
|team4=CHN|name_CHN={{fbu|20|CHN}}
|win_GHA=2|draw_GHA=1|loss_GHA=0|gf_GHA=4|ga_GHA=2
|win_IRL=1|draw_IRL=1|loss_IRL=1|gf_IRL=4|ga_IRL=4
|win_USA=1|draw_USA=0|loss_USA=2|gf_USA=2|ga_USA=3
|win_CHN=0|draw_CHN=2|loss_CHN=1|gf_CHN=2|ga_CHN=3

|col_A=green1|text_A=Advance to [[#Knockout stage|knockout stage]]
|result1=A|result2=A|result3=A
|update=complete|source=
}}

{{football box
|date=17 June 1997<br>17:30
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|GHA}}
|score=2–1
|team2={{fbu|20|IRL}}
|goals1=[[Bashiru Gambo|Gambo]] {{goal|27}}<br>[[Mohamed Mouktar|Mouktar]] {{goal|66}}
|goals2=[[Trevor Molloy|Molloy]] {{goal|51}} |stadium=[[Darul Aman Stadium]], Alor Setar | attendance = 5,100
|referee = [[Óscar Ruiz (referee)|Óscar Ruiz]] ([[Colombia]])
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180806210823/https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191277/match=30977/index.html (Report)]
}}
----
{{football box
|date=17 June 1997<br>20:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|CHN}}
|score=0–1
|team2={{fbu|20|USA}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Brian West (soccer)|West]] {{goal|90}} |stadium=[[Darul Aman Stadium]], Alor Setar | attendance = 9,769
|referee = [[Armand Ancion]] ([[Belgium]])
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180806210909/https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191277/match=30978/index.html (Report)]
}}
----
{{football box
|date=19 June 1997<br>17:30
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|GHA}}
|score=1–1
|team2={{fbu|20|CHN}}
|goals1=[[Stephen Appiah|Appiah]] {{goal|74}}
|goals2=[[Li Jinyu]] {{goal|43}} |stadium=[[Darul Aman Stadium]], Alor Setar | attendance = 5,000
|referee = [[León Padro Borja]] ([[Mexico]])
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180807001521/https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191277/match=30989/index.html (Report)]
}}
----
{{football box
|date=19 June 1997<br>20:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|IRL}}
|score=2–1
|team2={{fbu|20|USA}}
|goals1=[[Micky Cummins|Cummins]] {{goal|6}}<br>[[Ramiro Corrales|Corrales]] {{goal|25|o.g.}}
|goals2=[[Jorge Flores (footballer born 1977)|Flores]] {{goal|39|pen.}} |stadium=[[Darul Aman Stadium]], Alor Setar | attendance = 5,000
|referee = [[Óscar Ruiz (referee)|Oscar Ruiz]] ([[Colombia]])
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20171016210019/http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191277/match=30990/index.html (Report)]
}}
----
{{football box
|date=22 June 1997<br>17:30
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|GHA}}
|score=1–0
|team2={{fbu|20|USA}}
|goals1=[[Peter Ofori-Quaye|Ofori-Quaye]] {{goal|32}}
|goals2= |stadium=[[Darul Aman Stadium]], Alor Setar | attendance = 8,000
|referee = [[Saad Mane]] ([[Kuwait]])
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180807001645/https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191277/match=31001/index.html (Report)]
}}
----
{{football box
|date=22 June 1997<br>20:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|IRL}}
|score=1–1
|team2={{fbu|20|CHN}}
|goals1=[[Micky Cummins|Cummins]] {{goal|21}}
|goals2=[[Wang Peng (footballer, born 1978)|Wang Peng]] {{goal|11}} |stadium=[[Darul Aman Stadium]], Alor Setar | attendance = 9,000
|referee = [[José Luis da Rosa Varela]] ([[Uruguay]])
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180807001459/https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191277/match=31002/index.html (Report)]
}}

=== Group D ===
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=Group stage result

|team1=ESP|name_ESP={{fbu|20|ESP}}
|team2=JPN|name_JPN={{fbu|20|JPN|1870}}
|team3=PAR|name_PAR={{fbu|20|PAR|1990}}
|team4=CRC|name_CRC={{fbu|20|CRC}}
|win_ESP=3|draw_ESP=0|loss_ESP=0|gf_ESP=8|ga_ESP=2
|win_JPN=1|draw_JPN=1|loss_JPN=1|gf_JPN=10|ga_JPN=7
|win_PAR=0|draw_PAR=2|loss_PAR=1|gf_PAR=5|ga_PAR=6
|win_CRC=0|draw_CRC=1|loss_CRC=2|gf_CRC=3|ga_CRC=11

|col_A=green1|text_A=Advance to [[#Knockout stage|knockout stage]]
|result1=A|result2=A
|update=complete|source=
}}

{{football box
|date=18 June 1997<br>17:30
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|JPN|1870}}
|score=1–2
|team2={{fbu|20|ESP}}
|goals1=[[Atsushi Yanagisawa|Yanagisawa]] {{goal|65|pen.}}
|goals2=[[Javier Farinós|Farinós]] {{goal|23}}<br>[[Miguel Ángel Angulo|Angulo]] {{goal|56}} |stadium=[[Darulmakmur Stadium]], Kuantan | attendance = 5,000
|referee = [[José Luis da Rosa Varela]] ([[Uruguay]])
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180806210914/https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191277/match=30979/index.html (Report)]
}}
----
{{football box
|date=18 June 1997<br>20:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|CRC}}
|score=1–1
|team2={{fbu|20|PAR|1990}}
|goals1=[[Steven Bryce|Bryce]] {{goal|45}}
|goals2=[[Raúl Román|Román]] {{goal|59}} |stadium=[[Darulmakmur Stadium]], Kuantan | attendance = 5,000
|referee = [[Saad Mane]] ([[Kuwait]])
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180806210838/https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191277/match=30980/index.html (Report)]
}}
----
{{football box
|date=20 June 1997<br>17:30
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|JPN|1870}}
|score=6–2
|team2={{fbu|20|CRC}}
|goals1=[[Harutaka Ono|Ono]] {{goal|3||22}}<br>[[Shunsuke Nakamura|Nakamura]] {{goal|7}}<br>[[Shinji Jojo|Jojo]] {{goal|78}}<br>[[Kenji Fukuda|Fukuda]] {{goal|93}}<br>[[Yuichiro Nagai|Nagai]] {{goal|95}}
|goals2=[[Froylán Ledezma|Ledezma]] {{goal|28}}<br>[[Alonso Solís|Solís]] {{goal|59}} |stadium=[[Darulmakmur Stadium]], Kuantan | attendance = 9,000
|referee = [[José Luis da Rosa Varela]] ([[Uruguay]])
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180806210846/https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191277/match=30991/index.html (Report)]
}}
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{{football box
|date=20 June 1997<br>20:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|ESP}}
|score=2–1
|team2={{fbu|20|PAR|1990}}
|goals1=[[José Luis Deus Rodríguez|Deus]] {{goal|30||78}}
|goals2=[[Gustavo Morinigo|Morinigo]] {{goal|65}} |stadium=[[Darulmakmur Stadium]], Kuantan | attendance = 9,000
|referee = [[Saad Mane]] ([[Kuwait]])
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180806210902/https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191277/match=30992/index.html (Report)]
}}
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{{football box
|date=23 June 1997<br>17:30
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|JPN|1870}}
|score=3–3
|team2={{fbu|20|PAR|1990}}
|goals1=[[Shinji Jojo|Jojo]] {{goal|31}}<br>[[Nozomi Hiroyama|Hiroyama]] {{goal|45}}<br>[[Atsushi Yanagisawa|Yanagisawa]] {{goal|62}}
|goals2=[[Cesar Caceres|Cáceres]] {{goal|17}}<br>[[Paulo da Silva|Da Silva]] {{goal|38}}<br>[[Juan Samudio|Samudio]] {{goal|67}} |stadium=[[Darulmakmur Stadium]], Kuantan | attendance = 5,000
|referee = [[Abderrahim El Arjoun]] ([[Morocco]])
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180807001534/https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191277/match=31003/index.html (Report)]
}}
----
{{football box
|date=23 June 1997<br>20:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|ESP}}
|score=4–0
|team2={{fbu|20|CRC}}
|goals1=[[Alberto Rivera Pizarro|Rivera]] {{goal|3}}<br>[[David Albelda|Albelda]] {{goal|23}}<br>[[Javier Farinós|Farinós]] {{goal|24|pen.}}<br>[[Diego Ribera Ramírez|Ribera]] {{goal|78}}
|goals2= |stadium=[[Darulmakmur Stadium]], Kuantan | attendance = 5,000
|referee = [[Karl-Erik Nilsson (referee)|Karl-Erik Nilsson]] ([[Sweden]])
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180806210912/https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191277/match=31004/index.html (Report)]
}}

=== Group E ===
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=Group stage result

|team1=AUS|name_AUS={{fbu|20|AUS}}
|team2=ARG|name_ARG={{fbu|20|ARG}}
|team3=CAN|name_CAN={{fbu|20|CAN}}
|team4=HUN|name_HUN={{fbu|20|HUN}}
|win_AUS=2|draw_AUS=1|loss_AUS=0|gf_AUS=5|ga_AUS=3
|win_ARG=2|draw_ARG=0|loss_ARG=1|gf_ARG=8|ga_ARG=5
|win_CAN=1|draw_CAN=1|loss_CAN=1|gf_CAN=3|ga_CAN=3
|win_HUN=0|draw_HUN=0|loss_HUN=3|gf_HUN=1|ga_HUN=6

|col_A=green1|text_A=Advance to [[#Knockout stage|knockout stage]]
|result1=A|result2=A|result3=A
|update=complete|source=
}}

{{football box
|date=18 June 1997<br>17:30
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|HUN}}
|score=0–3
|team2={{fbu|20|ARG}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Bernardo Romeo|Romeo]] {{goal|9}}<br>[[Lionel Scaloni|Scaloni]] {{goal|42}}<br>[[Juan Román Riquelme|Riquelme]] {{goal|50}} |stadium=[[Utama Stadium]],<ref name="Utama">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.</ref> [[Kangar]] | attendance = 13,000
|referee = [[Abderrahim El Arjoun]] ([[Morocco]])
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180625185133/https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191277/match=30981/index.html (Report)]
}}
----
{{football box
|date=18 June 1997<br>20:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|AUS}}
|score=0–0
|team2={{fbu|20|CAN}}
|goals1=
|goals2= |stadium=[[Utama Stadium]],<ref name="Utama"/> [[Kangar]] | attendance = 13,000
|referee = [[Karl-Erik Nilsson (referee)|Karl-Erik Nilsson]] ([[Sweden]])
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180806210917/https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191277/match=30982/index.html (Report)]
}}
----
{{football box
|date=20 June 1997<br>17:30
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|HUN}}
|score=0–1
|team2={{fbu|20|AUS}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Daniel Allsopp|Allsopp]] {{goal|90}} |stadium=[[Utama Stadium]],<ref name="Utama"/> [[Kangar]] | attendance = 6,000
|referee = [[Abderrahim El Arjoun]] ([[Morocco]])
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180806210916/https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191277/match=30993/index.html (Report)]
}}
----
{{football box
|date=20 June 1997<br>20:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|ARG}}
|score=2–1
|team2={{fbu|20|CAN}}
|goals1=[[Bernardo Romeo|Romeo]] {{goal|32}}<br>[[Juan Román Riquelme|Riquelme]] {{goal|65}}
|goals2=[[Jason Bent|Bent]] {{goal|43|pen.}} |stadium=[[Utama Stadium]],<ref name="Utama"/> [[Kangar]] | attendance = 12,000
|referee = [[Karl-Erik Nilsson (referee)|Karl-Erik Nilsson]] ([[Sweden]])
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180625161138/https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191277/match=30994/index.html (Report)]
}}
----
{{football box
|date=23 June 1997<br>17:30
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|HUN}}
|score=1–2
|team2={{fbu|20|CAN}}
|goals1=[[Attila Szili|Szili]] {{goal|3|pen.}}
|goals2=[[Dwayne De Rosario|De Rosario]] {{goal|6}}<br>[[Steve Kindel|Kindel]] {{goal|64}} |stadium=[[Utama Stadium]],<ref name="Utama"/> [[Kangar]] | attendance = 4,000
|referee = [[León Padro Borja]] ([[Mexico]])
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180806210918/https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191277/match=31005/index.html (Report)]
}}
----
{{football box
|date=23 June 1997<br>20:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|ARG}}
|score=3–4
|team2={{fbu|20|AUS}}
|goals1=[[Bernardo Daniel Romeo|Romeo]] {{goal|9}}<br>[[Diego Placente|Placente]] {{goal|70}}<br>[[Juan Román Riquelme|Riquelme]] {{goal|88|pen.}}
|goals2=[[Kostas Salapasidis|Salapasidis]] {{goal|39||40||55||90|pen.}} |stadium=[[Utama Stadium]],<ref name="Utama"/> [[Kangar]] | attendance = 8,000
|referee = [[Armand Ancion]] ([[Belgium]])
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180625185138/https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191277/match=31006/index.html (Report)]
}}

=== Group F ===
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=Group stage result

|team1=ENG|name_ENG={{fbu|20|ENG}}
|team2=MEX|name_MEX={{fbu|20|MEX}}
|team3=UAE|name_UAE={{fbu|20|UAE}}
|team4=CIV|name_CIV={{fbu|20|CIV}}
|win_ENG=3|draw_ENG=0|loss_ENG=0|gf_ENG=8|ga_ENG=1
|win_MEX=1|draw_MEX=1|loss_MEX=1|gf_MEX=6|ga_MEX=2
|win_UAE=1|draw_UAE=0|loss_UAE=2|gf_UAE=2|ga_UAE=10
|win_CIV=0|draw_CIV=1|loss_CIV=2|gf_CIV=2|ga_CIV=5

|col_A=green1|text_A=Advance to [[#Knockout stage|knockout stage]]
|result1=A|result2=A|result3=A
|update=complete|source=
}}

{{football box
|date=18 June 1997<br>17:30
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|MEX}}
|score=5–0
|team2={{fbu|20|UAE}}
|goals1=[[Eduardo Lillingston|Lillingston]] {{goal|26||56|pen.}}<br>[[Carlos Cariño|Cariño]] {{goal|40}}<br/> [[Gerardo Torres|Torres]] {{goal|60}}<br>[[Omar Santacruz|Santacruz]] {{goal|70}}
|goals2= |stadium=[[Tan Sri Dato Hj Hassan Yunos Stadium|Larkin Stadium]], Johor Bahru | attendance = 14,000
|referee = [[Sándor Piller]] ([[Hungary]])
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180806210859/https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191277/match=30983/index.html (Report)]
}}
----
{{football box
|date=18 June 1997<br>20:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|CIV}}
|score=1–2
|team2={{fbu|20|ENG}}
|goals1=[[Souleymane Cissé (footballer, born 1977)|Cissé]] {{goal|22}}
|goals2=[[Michael Owen|Owen]] {{goal|6|pen.}}<br>[[Paul Shepherd|Shepherd]] {{goal|69}} |stadium=[[Tan Sri Dato Hj Hassan Yunos Stadium|Larkin Stadium]], Johor Bahru | attendance = 14,000
|referee = [[Intaz Shah]] ([[Fiji]])
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160513085854/http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191277/match=30984/index.html (Report)]
}}
----
{{football box
|date=20 June 1997<br>17:30
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|MEX}}
|score=1–1
|team2={{fbu|20|CIV}}
|goals1=[[Eduardo Lillingston|Lillingston]] {{goal|44}}
|goals2=[[Serge Dié|Dié]] {{goal|33}} |stadium=[[Tan Sri Dato Hj Hassan Yunos Stadium|Larkin Stadium]], Johor Bahru | attendance = 9,000
|referee = [[Intaz Shah]] ([[Fiji]])
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180807001535/https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191277/match=30995/index.html (Report)]
}}
----
{{football box
|date=20 June 1997<br>20:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|UAE}}
|score=0–5
|team2={{fbu|20|ENG}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Danny Murphy (footballer born 1977)|Murphy]] {{goal|7||35||50|pen.}}<br/> [[Michael Owen|Owen]] {{goal|52}}<br>[[Abdulla Ahmed Abdulla|Abdulla]] {{goal|60|o.g.}} |stadium=[[Tan Sri Dato Hj Hassan Yunos Stadium|Larkin Stadium]], Johor Bahru | attendance = 12,000
|referee = [[Falla N'Doye]] ([[Senegal]])
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160513085714/http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191277/match=30996/index.html (Report)]
}}
----
{{football box
|date=23 June 1997<br>17:30
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|MEX}}
|score=0–1
|team2={{fbu|20|ENG}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Michael Owen|Owen]] {{goal|65}} |stadium=[[Tan Sri Dato Hj Hassan Yunos Stadium|Larkin Stadium]], Johor Bahru | attendance = 9,000
|referee = [[Falla N'Doye]] ([[Senegal]])
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160513082703/http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191277/match=31007/index.html (Report)]
}}
----
{{football box
|date=23 June 1997<br>20:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|UAE}}
|score=2–0
|team2={{fbu|20|CIV}}
|goals1=[[Yaser Salem Ali|Ali]] {{goal|52}}<br>[[Mohamed Kazim|Kazim]] {{goal|85}}
|goals2= |stadium=[[Tan Sri Dato Hj Hassan Yunos Stadium|Larkin Stadium]], Johor Bahru | attendance = 9,000
|referee = [[Sándor Piller]] ([[Hungary]])
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180806210911/https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191277/match=31008/index.html (Report)]
}}

=== Ranking of third-placed teams ===
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=Result

|team1=BEL|name_BEL={{fbu|20|BEL}}
|team2=CAN|name_CAN={{fbu|20|CAN}}
|team3=USA|name_USA={{fbu|20|USA}}
|team4=UAE|name_UAE={{fbu|20|UAE}}
|team5=PAR|name_PAR={{fbu|20|PAR|1990}}
|team6=RSA|name_RSA={{fbu|20|RSA}}
|win_BEL=1|draw_BEL=1|loss_BEL=1|gf_BEL=4|ga_BEL=4
|win_CAN=1|draw_CAN=1|loss_CAN=1|gf_CAN=3|ga_CAN=3
|win_USA=1|draw_USA=0|loss_USA=2|gf_USA=2|ga_USA=3
|win_UAE=1|draw_UAE=0|loss_UAE=2|gf_UAE=2|ga_UAE=10
|win_PAR=0|draw_PAR=2|loss_PAR=1|gf_PAR=5|ga_PAR=6
|win_RSA=0|draw_RSA=1|loss_RSA=2|gf_RSA=2|ga_RSA=6

|show_groups=y
|group_BEL=[[#Group A|A]]
|group_CAN=[[#Group E|E]]
|group_USA=[[#Group C|C]]
|group_UAE=[[#Group F|F]]
|group_PAR=[[#Group D|D]]
|group_RSA=[[#Group B|B]]

|col_A=green1|text_A=Advance to [[#Knockout stage|knockout stage]]
|result1=A|result2=A|result3=A|result4=A
|update=complete|source=
}}

== Knockout stage ==
{{Round16
<!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!--round 16  -->
|25 June – [[Shah Alam]]|'''{{fbu|20|Uruguay}}|'''3'''|{{fbu|20|United States}}|0
|25 June – [[Kuching]]|{{fbu|20|Mexico}}|0|'''{{fbu|20|France}}'''|'''1
|26 June – [[Kangar]]|{{fbu|20|Australia}}|0|'''{{fbu|20|Japan}}'''|'''1
|26 June – [[Alor Setar]]|'''{{fbu|20|Ghana}}'''|'''3|{{fbu|20|United Arab Emirates}}|0
|26 June – [[Kuantan]]|'''{{fbu|20|Spain}}'''|'''2|{{fbu|20|Canada}}|0
|25 June – [[Shah Alam]]|'''{{fbu|20|IRL}}''' ([[Overtime (association football)|aet]])|'''2|{{fbu|20|Morocco}}|1
|26 June – [[Johor Bahru]]|{{fbu|20|England}}|1|'''{{fbu|20|Argentina}}'''|'''2
|25 June – [[Kuching]]|'''{{fbu|20|Brazil}}'''|'''10|{{fbu|20|Belgium}}|0
<!--quarter finals  -->
|29 June – [[Shah Alam]]|'''{{fbu|20|URU}}''' ([[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|pen.]])|'''1 (7)|{{fbu|20|FRA|1974}}|1 (6)
|29 June – [[Johor Bahru]]|{{fbu|20|JPN|1870}}|1|'''{{fbu|20|GHA}}''' ([[Overtime (association football)|aet]])|'''2
|29 June – [[Shah Alam]]|{{fbu|20|ESP}}|0|'''{{fbu|20|IRL}}'''|'''1
|29 June – [[Kuching]]|'''{{fbu|20|ARG}}'''|'''2|{{fbu|20|BRA}}|0
<!--semi-finals  -->
|2 July – [[Shah Alam]]|'''{{fbu|20|URU}}''' ([[Overtime (association football)|aet]])|'''3|{{fbu|20|GHA}}|2
|2 July – [[Kuching]]|{{fbu|20|IRL}}|0|'''{{fbu|20|ARG}}'''|'''1
<!--final  -->
|5 July – [[Shah Alam]]|{{fbu|20|URU}}|1|'''{{fbu|20|ARG}}'''|'''2
<!--third place  -->
|5 July – [[Shah Alam]]|{{fbu|20|GHA}}|1|'''{{fbu|20|IRL}}'''|'''2
}}

=== Round of 16 ===
{{football box
|date=25 June 1997
|time=16:15
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|BRA}}
|score=10–0
|team2={{fbu|20|BEL}}
|goals1=[[Álvaro Luiz Maior de Aquino|Álvaro]] {{goal|3||13}} <br/> [[Éder Gaúcho]] {{goal|32}} <br/> [[Alexsandro de Souza|Alex]] {{goal|41||48||85}} <br/> [[Roniéliton dos Santos|Roni]] {{goal|67||78}} <br/> [[Adaílton (footballer, born 1977)|Adaílton]] {{goal|82}} <br/> [[Zé Elias]]<ref name="Junior"/> {{goal|87}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Sarawak Stadium]], Kuching
|attendance=8,267
|referee=[[Saad Mane]] ([[Kuwait]])
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20170603084604/http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191285/match=31011/index.html (Report)]
}}
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{{football box
|date=25 June 1997
|time=17:30
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|URU}}
|score=3–0
|team2={{fbu|20|USA}}
|goals1=[[Marcelo Zalayeta|Zalayeta]] {{goal|24||34}} <br/> [[Nicolás Olivera|Olivera]] {{goal|41}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Shah Alam Stadium]], Shah Alam
|attendance=2,500
|referee=[[Georg Dardenne]] (Germany)
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180806210825/https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191285/match=31009/index.html (Report)]
}}
----
{{football box
|date=25 June 1997
|time=19:15
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|MEX}}
|score=0–1
|team2={{fbu|20|FRA|1974}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Peter Luccin|Luccin]] {{goal|90}}
|stadium=[[Sarawak Stadium]], Kuching
|attendance=10,101
|referee=[[Ubaldo Aquino]] ([[Paraguay]])
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180807001628/https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191285/match=31012/index.html (Report)]
}}
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{{football box
|date=25 June 1997
|time=20:30
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|IRL}}
|score=2–1
|aet=yes
|team2={{fbu|20|MAR}}
|goals1=[[Neale Fenn|Fenn]] {{goal|35}} <br/> [[Damien Duff|Duff]] {{goal|97}}
|goals2=[[Niall Inman|Inman]] {{goal|43|o.g.}}
|stadium=[[Shah Alam Stadium]], Shah Alam
|attendance=3,000
|referee=[[Peter Prendergast (referee)|Peter Prendergast]] ([[Jamaica]])
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180807001517/https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191285/match=31010/index.html (Report)]
}}
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{{football box
|date=26 June 1997
|time=16:30
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|AUS}}
|score=0–1
|team2={{fbu|20|JPN|1870}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Atsushi Yanagisawa|Yanagisawa]] {{goal|44}}
|stadium=[[Utama Stadium]],<ref name="Utama"/> [[Kangar]]
|attendance=8,000
|referee=[[León Padro Borja]] ([[Mexico]])
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180806210837/https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191285/match=31015/index.html (Report)]
}}
----
{{football box
|date=26 June 1997
|time=17:15
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|ENG}}
|score=1–2
|team2={{fbu|20|ARG}}
|goals1=[[Jamie Carragher|Carragher]] {{goal|49}}
|goals2=[[Juan Román Riquelme|Riquelme]] {{goal|10|pen.}} <br/> [[Pablo Aimar|Aimar]] {{goal|26}}
|stadium=[[Tan Sri Dato Hj Hassan Yunos Stadium|Larkin Stadium]], Johor Bahru
|attendance=17,000
|referee=[[Sándor Piller]] ([[Hungary]])
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160513082401/http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191285/match=31016/index.html (Report)]
}}
----
{{football box
|date=26 June 1997
|time=19:40
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|GHA}}
|score=3–0
|team2={{fbu|20|UAE}}
|goals1=[[Richard Ackon|Ackon]] {{goal|32}} <br/> [[Baba Sule|Sule]] {{goal|79}} <br/> [[Awudu Issaka|Issaka]] {{goal|88}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Darul Aman Stadium]], Alor Setar
|attendance=17,000
|referee=[[Armand Ancion]] ([[Belgium]])
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180807001547/https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191285/match=31013/index.html (Report)]
}}
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{{football box
|date=26 June 1997
|time=19:40
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|ESP}}
|score=2–0
|team2={{fbu|20|CAN}}
|goals1=[[José Luis Deus Rodríguez|Deus]] {{goal|77}} <br/> [[Alberto Rivera Pizarro|Rivera]] {{goal|90}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Darulmakmur Stadium]], Kuantan
|attendance=10,000
|referee=[[Abderrahim El Arjoun]] ([[Morocco]])
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180806210840/https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191285/match=31014/index.html (Report)]
}}

=== Quarter-finals ===
{{football box
|date=29 June 1997
|time=17:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|URU}}
|score=1–1
|aet=yes
|penaltyscore=7–6
|team2={{fbu|20|FRA|1974}}
|goals1=[[Nicolás Olivera|Olivera]] {{goal|68}}
|goals2=[[David Trezeguet|Trezeguet]] {{goal|27}}
|stadium=[[Shah Alam Stadium]], Shah Alam
|attendance=9,000
|referee=[[Falla N'Doye]] ([[Senegal]])
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20190112024808/https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191286/match=31017/index.html (Report)]
}}
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{{football box
|date=29 June 1997
|time=17:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|ARG}}
|score=2–0
|team2={{fbu|20|BRA}}
|goals1=[[Lionel Scaloni|Scaloni]] {{goal|79}} <br/> [[Martín Perezlindo|Perezlindo]] {{goal|90}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Sarawak Stadium]], Kuching
|attendance=34,896
|referee=[[Gilles Veissière]] (France)
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180409012724/http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191286/match=31020/index.html (Report)]
}}
----
{{football box
|date=29 June 1997
|time=20:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|ESP}}
|score=0–1
|team2={{fbu|20|IRL}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Trevor Molloy|Molloy]] {{goal|52|pen.}}
|stadium=[[Shah Alam Stadium]], Shah Alam
|attendance=9,000
|referee=[[León Padro Borja]] ([[Mexico]])
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20190112024808/https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191286/match=31018/index.html (Report)]
}}
----
{{football box
|date=29 June 1997
|time=20:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|JPN|1870}}
|score=1–2
|aet=yes
|team2={{fbu|20|GHA}}
|goals1=[[Atsushi Yanagisawa|Yanagisawa]] {{goal|80}}
|goals2=[[Joseph Ansah|Ansah]] {{goal|9}} <br/> [[Peter Ofori-Quaye|Ofori-Quaye]] {{goal|97}}
|stadium=[[Tan Sri Dato Hj Hassan Yunos Stadium|Larkin Stadium]], Johor Bahru
|attendance=18,700
|referee=[[Ubaldo Aquino]] ([[Paraguay]])
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20190112024808/https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191286/match=31019/index.html (Report)]
}}
----

=== Semi-finals ===
{{football box
|date=2 July 1997
|time=16:30
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|IRL}}
|score=0–1
|team2={{fbu|20|ARG}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Bernardo Daniel Romeo|Romeo]] {{goal|55}} |stadium=[[Sarawak Stadium]], Kuching | attendance = 14,976
|referee = [[Kim Young-Joo]] ([[South Korea]])
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180806210842/https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191287/match=31022/index.html (Report)]
}}
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{{football box
|date=2 July 1997
|time=20:30
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|URU}}
|score=3–2 |aet=yes
|team2={{fbu|20|GHA}}
|goals1=[[Marcelo Zalayeta|Zalayeta]] {{goal|13}} <br /> [[Fabián Coelho|Coelho]] {{goal|45}}<br/> [[Álvaro Perea|Perea]] {{goal|105}}
|goals2=[[Odartey Lawson|Lawson]] {{goal|45}} <br/> [[Alejandro Meloño|Meloño]] {{goal|78|o.g.}} |stadium=[[Shah Alam Stadium]], Shah Alam | attendance = 15,000
|referee = [[Karl-Erik Nilsson (referee)|Karl-Erik Nilsson]] ([[Sweden]])
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150720022732/http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191287/match=31021/index.html (Report)]
}}

=== Third place play-off ===
{{football box
|date=5 July 1997
|time=17:30
|team1={{fbu-rt|20|GHA}}
|score=1–2
|team2={{fbu|20|IRL}}
|goals1=[[Baba Sule|Sule]] {{goal|5}}
|goals2=[[Desmond Baker|Baker]] {{goal|2}}<br/> [[Damien Duff|Duff]] {{goal|33}}|stadium=[[Shah Alam Stadium]], Shah Alam | attendance = 28,000
|referee = [[Peter Prendergast (referee)|Peter Prendergast]] ([[Jamaica]])
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180807001610/https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=191288/match=31023/index.html (Report)]
}}

=== Final ===
{{football box
|date = 5 July 1997
|time = 20:30
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|URU}}
|score = 1–2
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/u20worldcup/malaysia1997/match-center/31024 Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|20|ARG}}
|goals1 = [[Pablo Gabriel García|García]] {{goal|15}} 
|goals2 = [[Esteban Cambiasso|Cambiasso]] {{goal|26}} <br/> [[Diego Quintana|Quintana]] {{goal|43}} 
|stadium = [[Shah Alam Stadium]], Shah Alam
|attendance = 62,000
|referee = [[Saad Mane]] ([[Kuwait]])
}}
{| style="width:100%" class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
!{{smaller|Team details}}
|-
|
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
{{Football kit
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| pattern_b = _uruguay1995-97a
| pattern_ra = _uruguay1995-97a
| pattern_sh = _redsides 
| pattern_so = _redtop
| leftarm = ff1400
| body = ff1400
| rightarm = ff1400
| shorts = ffffff
| socks = ffffff
| title = Uruguay
}}
{{col-2}}
{{Football kit
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| pattern_b  = _arg96a1
| pattern_ra = _arg96a1
| pattern_sh = _arg94a
| pattern_so = _arg9495a
| leftarm    = 0030E0
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 | title = Argentina
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{{col-end}}
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
{| style="font-size:90%; margin:0.2em auto;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
| GK ||'''1'''|| [[Gustavo Munúa]]
|-
| DF ||'''2'''|| Álvaro Perea
|-
| DF ||'''3'''|| [[Martín Rivas (footballer, born 1977)|Martín Rivas]]
|-
| DF ||'''4'''|| [[Carlos Díaz (footballer, born 1979)|Carlos Díaz]] || {{yel}} 
|-
| DF ||'''6'''|| [[César Pellegrín]] || || {{suboff}}
|-
| DF ||'''13'''|| [[Alejandro Meloño]] || || {{suboff}}
|-
| MF ||'''5'''|| [[Pablo García (footballer, born 1977)|Pablo García]]
|-
| MF ||'''7'''|| [[Christian Callejas]] || {{yel}} || {{suboff}}
|-
| MF ||'''8'''|| [[Fabián Coelho]]
|-
| FW ||'''9'''|| [[Marcelo Zalayeta]]
|-
| FW ||'''10'''|| [[Nicolás Olivera]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutes:''' 
|-
| MF || '''15'''|| [[Mario Regueiro]] || || {{subon}}
|-
| MF || '''18'''|| Sebastián Cartagena || || {{subon}}
|-
| FW || '''17 '''|| [[Rodrigo López (footballer, born 1978)|Rodrigo López]]|| || {{subon}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:''' 
|-
|colspan=4|{{flagicon|URU}} [[Víctor Púa]]
|}
{{col-2}}
{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size:90%; margin:0.2em auto;"
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
| GK ||'''1'''|| [[Leo Franco]]
|-
| RB ||'''18'''|| [[Lionel Scaloni]] || || {{suboff}}
|-
| CB ||'''3'''|| [[Walter Samuel]]
|-
| CB ||'''13'''|| [[Fabián Cubero]]
|-
| LB ||'''2'''|| [[Leandro Cufré]]
|-
| DM ||'''5'''|| [[Esteban Cambiasso]]
|-
| RM ||'''4'''|| Juan Serrizuela
|-
| LM ||'''14'''|| [[Diego Placente]]
|-
| AM ||'''8'''|| [[Juan Román Riquelme]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
| SS ||'''7'''|| [[Diego Quintana]] || || {{suboff}}
|-
| CF ||'''9'''|| [[Bernardo Romeo]] || || {{suboff}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutes:''' 
|-
| MF || '''10'''|| [[Pablo Aimar]] || || {{subon}}
|-
| MF || '''11'''|| [[Pablo Rodríguez (footballer, born 1977)|Pablo Rodríguez]] || || {{subon}}
|-
| FW || '''15'''|| [[Martín Perezlindo]] || || {{subon}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:''' 
|-
|colspan=4|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[José Pekerman]]
|} 
{{col-end}}
|}

== Result ==
{{winners|fbu|20|FIFA World Youth Championship 1997 winners|Argentina|Third}}

== Awards ==
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center; margin:auto"
!Golden Shoe
!Golden Ball
!Fair Play Award
|-
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Adaílton (footballer, born 1977)|Adaílton]]
|{{flagicon|URU}} [[Nicolás Olivera]]
|{{fbu|20|ARG}}
|}

== Goalscorers ==

[[Adaílton (footballer, born 1977)|Adaílton]] of Brazil won the [[FIFA U-20 World Cup#Awards|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.

;10 goals
* {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Adaílton (footballer, born 1977)|Adaílton]]
;5 goals
* {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[David Trezeguet]]
;4 goals
{{colbegin|colwidth=18em}}
* {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Bernardo Romeo]]
* {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Juan Román Riquelme]]
* {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Kostas Salapasidis]]
* {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Alex (footballer, born 1977)|Alex]]
* {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Atsushi Yanagisawa]]
* {{flagicon|URU}} [[Marcelo Zalayeta]]
{{colend}}
;3 goals
{{colbegin|colwidth=18em}}
* {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Gunter Van Handenhoven]]
* {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Zé Elias]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Danny Murphy (footballer, born 1977)|Danny Murphy]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Michael Owen]]
* {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Thierry Henry]]
* {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Eduardo Lillingston]]
* {{flagicon|ESP}} [[José Luis Deus]]
* {{flagicon|URU}} [[Fabián Coelho]]
{{colend}}
;2 goals
{{colbegin|colwidth=18em}}
* {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Scaloni]]
* {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Álvaro Luiz Maior de Aquino|Álvaro]]
* {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Fernandão (footballer, born 1978)|Fernandão]]
* {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Rôni]]
* {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Peter Luccin]]
* {{flagicon|GHA}} [[Baba Sule]]
* {{flagicon|GHA}} [[Peter Ofori-Quaye]]
* {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Harutaka Ono]]
* {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shinji Jojo]]
* {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Damien Duff]]
* {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Micky Cummins]]
* {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Trevor Molloy]]
* {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Junaid Hartley]]
* {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Park Jin-sub]]
* {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Alberto Rivera Pizarro|Alberto Rivera]]
* {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Javier Farinós]]
* {{flagicon|URU}} [[Nicolás Olivera]]
{{colend}}
;1 goal
{{colbegin|colwidth=18em}}
* {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Diego Placente]]
* {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Diego Quintana]]
* {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Esteban Cambiasso]]
* {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Martín Perezlindo]]
* {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Pablo Aimar]]
* {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Daniel Allsopp]]
* {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Éder Gaúcho]]
* {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Gauthier Remacle]]
* {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Dwayne De Rosario]]
* {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Jason Bent]]
* {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Steve Kindel]]
* {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Li Jinyu]]
* {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Wang Peng (footballer, born 1978)|Wang Peng]]
* {{flagicon|CRC}} [[Alonso Solís]]
* {{flagicon|CRC}} [[Froylán Ledezma]]
* {{flagicon|CRC}} [[Steven Bryce]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jamie Carragher]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Paul Shepherd]]
* {{flagicon|GHA}} [[Awudu Issaka]]
* {{flagicon|GHA}} [[Bashiru Gambo]]
* {{flagicon|GHA}} [[Joseph Ansah]]
* {{flagicon|GHA}} [[Mohamed Mouktar]]
* {{flagicon|GHA}} [[Odartey Lawson]]
* {{flagicon|GHA}} [[Richard Ackon]]
* {{flagicon|GHA}} [[Stephen Appiah]]
* {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Attila Szili]]
* {{flagicon|CIV}} [[Serge Dié]]
* {{flagicon|CIV}} [[Souleymane Cissé (footballer, born 1977)|Souleymane Cissé]]
* {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kenji Fukuda]]
* {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Nozomi Hiroyama]]
* {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shunsuke Nakamura]]
* {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yuichiro Nagai]]
* {{flagicon|MAS}} [[Nik Ahmad Fadly]]
* {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Carlos Cariño]]
* {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Gerardo Torres]]
* {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Omar Santacruz]]
* {{flagicon|MAR}} [[Aissam El Barodi]]
* {{flagicon|MAR}} [[Hamid Termina]]
* {{flagicon|MAR}} [[Khalid Khamma]]
* {{flagicon|MAR}} [[Tarik Sektioui]]
* {{flagicon|PAR|1990}} [[César Cáceres Cañete|César Cáceres]]
* {{flagicon|PAR|1990}} [[Gustavo Morinigo]]
* {{flagicon|PAR|1990}} [[Juan Samudio]]
* {{flagicon|PAR|1990}} [[Paulo da Silva]]
* {{flagicon|PAR|1990}} [[Raúl Román]]
* {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Desmond Baker]]
* {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Neale Fenn]]
* {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Chung Seok-keun]]
* {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Lee Jung-min (footballer)|Lee Jung-min]]
* {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Lee Kwan-woo]]
* {{flagicon|ESP}} [[David Albelda]]
* {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Diego Ribera Ramírez|Diego Ribera]]
* {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Miguel Ángel Angulo]]
* {{flagicon|UAE}} [[Mohamed Kazim]]
* {{flagicon|UAE}} [[Yaser Salem Ali]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brian West (soccer)|Brian West]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jorge Flores (soccer)|Jorge Flores]]
* {{flagicon|URU}} [[Álvaro Perea]]
* {{flagicon|URU}} [[Hernán Rodrigo López|Rodrigo López]]
* {{flagicon|URU}} [[Inti Podestá]]
* {{flagicon|URU}} [[Pablo Gabriel García|Pablo García]]
{{colend}}
;Own goal
{{colbegin|colwidth=32em}}
* {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Mikaël Silvestre]] (playing against Brazil)
* {{flagicon|MAS}} [[Khairun Haled Masrom]] (playing against Uruguay)
* {{flagicon|MAR}} [[Youssef Safri]] (playing against Malaysia)
* {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Niall Inman]] (playing against Morocco)
* {{flagicon|UAE}} [[Abdulla Ahmed Abdulla]] (playing against England)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ramiro Corrales]] (playing against Republic of Ireland)
* {{flagicon|URU}} [[Alejandro Meloño]] (playing against Ghana)
{{colend}}

== Final ranking ==

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|team1=ARG|name_ARG={{fbu|20|Argentina}}
|team2=URU|name_URU={{fbu|20|Uruguay}}
|team3=IRL|name_IRL={{fbu|20|Republic of Ireland}}
|team4=GHA|name_GHA={{fbu|20|Ghana}}
|team5=BRA|name_BRA={{fbu|20|Brazil}}
|team6=ESP|name_ESP={{fbu|20|Spain}}
|team7=FRA|name_FRA={{fbu|20|France|1974}}
|team8=JPN|name_JPN={{fbu|20|Japan}}
|team9=ENG|name_ENG={{fbu|20|England}}
|team10=AUS|name_AUS={{fbu|20|Australia}}
|team11=MAR|name_MAR={{fbu|20|Morocco}}
|team12=MEX|name_MEX={{fbu|20|Mexico}}
|team13=CAN|name_CAN={{fbu|20|Canada}}
|team14=BEL|name_BEL={{fbu|20|Belgium}}
|team15=USA|name_USA={{fbu|20|United States}}
|team16=UAE|name_UAE={{fbu|20|United Arab Emirates}}
|team17=PAR|name_PAR={{fbu|20|Paraguay|1990}}
|team18=CHN|name_CHN={{fbu|20|China}}
|team19=CIV|name_CIV={{fbu|20|Ivory Coast}}
|team20=RSA|name_RSA={{fbu|20|South Africa}}
|team21=CRC|name_CRC={{fbu|20|Costa Rica}}
|team22=KOR|name_KOR={{fbu|20|South Korea|1984}}
|team23=HUN|name_HUN={{fbu|20|Hungary}}
|team24=MAS|name_MAS={{fbu|20|Malaysia}}
|win_ARG=6|draw_ARG=0|loss_ARG=1|gf_ARG=15|ga_ARG=7
|win_URU=4|draw_URU=2|loss_URU=1|gf_URU=14|ga_URU=6
|win_IRL=4|draw_IRL=1|loss_IRL=2|gf_IRL=9|ga_IRL=7
|win_GHA=4|draw_GHA=1|loss_GHA=2|gf_GHA=12|ga_GHA=8
|win_BRA=4|draw_BRA=0|loss_BRA=1|gf_BRA=25|ga_BRA=5
|win_ESP=4|draw_ESP=0|loss_ESP=1|gf_ESP=10|ga_ESP=3
|win_FRA=3|draw_FRA=1|loss_FRA=1|gf_FRA=10|ga_FRA=8
|win_JPN=2|draw_JPN=1|loss_JPN=2|gf_JPN=12|ga_JPN=9
|win_ENG=3|draw_ENG=0|loss_ENG=1|gf_ENG=9|ga_ENG=3
|win_AUS=2|draw_AUS=1|loss_AUS=1|gf_AUS=5|ga_AUS=4
|win_MAR=1|draw_MAR=2|loss_MAR=1|gf_MAR=5|ga_MAR=4
|win_MEX=1|draw_MEX=1|loss_MEX=2|gf_MEX=6|ga_MEX=3
|win_CAN=1|draw_CAN=1|loss_CAN=2|gf_CAN=3|ga_CAN=5
|win_BEL=1|draw_BEL=1|loss_BEL=2|gf_BEL=4|ga_BEL=14
|win_USA=1|draw_USA=0|loss_USA=3|gf_USA=2|ga_USA=6
|win_UAE=1|draw_UAE=0|loss_UAE=3|gf_UAE=2|ga_UAE=13
|win_PAR=0|draw_PAR=2|loss_PAR=1|gf_PAR=5|ga_PAR=6
|win_CHN=0|draw_CHN=2|loss_CHN=1|gf_CHN=2|ga_CHN=3
|win_CIV=0|draw_CIV=1|loss_CIV=2|gf_CIV=2|ga_CIV=5
|win_RSA=0|draw_RSA=1|loss_RSA=2|gf_RSA=2|ga_RSA=6
|win_CRC=0|draw_CRC=1|loss_CRC=2|gf_CRC=3|ga_CRC=11
|win_KOR=0|draw_KOR=1|loss_KOR=2|gf_KOR=5|ga_KOR=14
|win_HUN=0|draw_HUN=0|loss_HUN=3|gf_HUN=1|ga_HUN=6
|win_MAS=0|draw_MAS=0|loss_MAS=3|gf_MAS=2|ga_MAS=9|status_MAS=H

|result1=1st|result2=2nd|result3=3rd|result4=4th
|result5=QF|result6=QF|result7=QF|result8=QF
|result9=R16|result10=R16|result11=R16|result12=R16|result13=R16|result14=R16|result15=R16|result16=R16
|result17=GS|result18=GS|result19=GS|result20=GS|result21=GS|result22=GS|result23=GS|result24=GS
|split4=yes|split8=yes|split16=yes

|res_col_header=Final result
|col_1st=#FFD700|text_1st=Champions
|col_2nd=#C0C0C0|text_2nd=Runners-up
|col_3rd=#CD7F32|text_3rd=Third place
|text_4th=Fourth place
|text_QF=Eliminated in<br />[[#Quarter-finals|Quarter-finals]]
|text_R16=Eliminated in<br />[[#Round of 16|Round of 16]]
|text_GS=Eliminated in<br />[[#Group stage|Group stage]]
|update=complete|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wyc97.html rsssf.com]
}}

== Notes ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{commons category}}
* [https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/archive/malaysia1997/index.html FIFA World Youth Championship Malaysia 1997] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821174600/https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/archive/malaysia1997/index.html |date=21 August 2019 }}, FIFA.com
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wyc97.html RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 1997]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100106062324/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/05/70/wyc%5f97%5ftr%5fpart1%5f183.pdf FIFA Technical Report (Part 1)], [https://web.archive.org/web/20111220061614/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/05/66/wyc%5f97%5ftr%5fpart2%5f182.pdf (Part 2)], [https://web.archive.org/web/20121107235435/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/05/60/wyc%5f97%5ftr%5fpart3%5f181.pdf (Part 3)] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20111220060744/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/05/58/wyc%5f97%5ftr%5fpart4%5f180.pdf (Part 4)]

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