| Piala Dunia B-20 FIFA 1997 Piala Dunia Belia FIFA 1997 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Malaysia |
| Dates | 16 June – 5 July |
| Teams | 24 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue | 6 (in 6 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Third place | |
| Fourth place | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 52 |
| Goals scored | 165 (3.17 per match) |
| Attendance | 655,827 (12,612 per match) |
| Top scorer | |
| Best player | |
| Fair play award | |
←1995 1999 → | |
The1997 FIFA World Youth Championship, known as the1997 FIFA/Coca-Cola World Youth Championship for sponsorship purposes, was the 11th staging of theFIFA World Youth Championship. It was held from 16 June to 5 July 1997 inMalaysia. It was the first FIFA tournament hosted by a Southeast Asian country.
| Shah Alam | Kuching | Alor Setar |
|---|---|---|
| Shah Alam Stadium | Sarawak Stadium | Darul Aman Stadium |
| Capacity:80,000 | Capacity:40,000 | Capacity:32,387 |
Location of venues | ||
| 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 |
The following 24 teams qualified for the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship. Host Malaysia did not have to qualify for the tournament.
For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see1997 FIFA World Youth Championship squads
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.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 | Advance toknockout stage | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0 |
| Morocco | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Termina | (Report) | Van Handenhoven |
| Malaysia | 0–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Van Handenhoven Remacle |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 9 | Advance toknockout stage | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 1 |
| South Korea | 2–4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Park Jin-sub | (Report) | Henry Trezeguet |
| South Africa | 0–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Adaílton |
| South Korea | 3–10 | |
|---|---|---|
| Lee Kwan-woo Chung Seok-keun Lee Jung-min | (Report) | Fernandão Adaílton Zé Elias[1] |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 | Advance toknockout stage | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
| China | 0–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | West |
| Republic of Ireland | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Cummins Corrales | (Report) | Flores |
| Republic of Ireland | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Cummins | (Report) | Wang Peng |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 | Advance toknockout stage | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 1 |
| Costa Rica | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bryce | (Report) | Román |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | Advance toknockout stage | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |
| Argentina | 3–4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Romeo Placente Riquelme | (Report) | Salapasidis |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 9 | Advance toknockout stage | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
| Mexico | 5–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Lillingston Cariño Torres Santacruz | (Report) |
| Mexico | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Lillingston | (Report) | Dié |
| United Arab Emirates | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Ali Kazim | (Report) |
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | Advance toknockout stage | |
| 2 | E | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 3 | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | ||
| 4 | F | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 3 | ||
| 5 | D | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 2 | ||
| 6 | B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| 25 June –Shah Alam | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 29 June –Shah Alam | ||||||||||||||
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 1 (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 25 June –Kuching | ||||||||||||||
| 1 (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 July –Shah Alam | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 26 June –Kangar | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 29 June –Johor Bahru | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 26 June –Alor Setar | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 July –Shah Alam | ||||||||||||||
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 26 June –Kuantan | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 29 June –Shah Alam | ||||||||||||||
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 25 June –Shah Alam | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 July –Kuching | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 26 June –Johor Bahru | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Third place | |||||||||||||
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 29 June –Kuching | 5 July –Shah Alam | |||||||||||||
| 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 25 June –Kuching | ||||||||||||||
| 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 10 | ||||||||||||||
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Brazil | 10–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Álvaro Éder Gaúcho Alex Roni Adaílton Zé Elias[1] | (Report) |
| Uruguay | 3–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Zalayeta Olivera | (Report) |
| Australia | 0–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Yanagisawa |
| Argentina | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Scaloni Perezlindo | (Report) |
| Spain | 0–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Molloy |
| Japan | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | |
|---|---|---|
| Yanagisawa | (Report) | Ansah Ofori-Quaye |
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| FIFA World Youth Championship 1997 winners |
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Argentina Third title |
| Golden Shoe | Golden Ball | Fair Play Award |
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Adaílton of Brazil won theGolden Boot award for scoring ten goals. In total, 165 goals were scored by 101 different players, with seven of them credited as own goals.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 18 | Champions | |
| 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 14 | Runners-up | |
| 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 13 | Third place | |
| 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 13 | Fourth place | |
| 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 5 | +20 | 12 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals | |
| 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 9 | Eliminated in Round of 16 | |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 | ||
| 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 | ||
| 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 4 | ||
| 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 | ||
| 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 3 | ||
| 17 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 2 | Eliminated in Group stage | |
| 18 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | ||
| 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | ||
| 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | ||
| 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 1 | ||
| 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 1 | ||
| 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 | ||
| 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0 |