1997 FIFA World Youth Championship

1997 FIFA World Youth Championship

Piala Dunia B-20 FIFA 1997
Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
Dates	16 June – 5 July
Teams	24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (3rd title)
Runners-up	Uruguay
Third place	Republic of Ireland
Fourth place	Ghana
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Goals scored	165 (3.17 per match)
Attendance	655,827 (12,612 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Adaílton (10 goals)
Best player	Nicolás Olivera

The 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship was the 11th staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship. It was held from 16 June to 5 July 1997 in Malaysia.

Venues

Shah Alam	Kuching	Alor Setar
Shah Alam Stadium	Sarawak Stadium	Darul Aman Stadium
Capacity: 80,000	Capacity: 40,000	Capacity: 32,387
Shah Alam Kuching Alor Setar Kuantan Kangar Johor Bahru Location of venues of 1997 FIFA Youth Championship
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

Qualification

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

Confederation	Qualifying Tournament	Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)	AFC Youth Championship 1996	China PR  Japan  South Korea  United Arab Emirates^1
CAF (Africa)	1997 African Youth Championship	Ivory Coast  Ghana  Morocco  South Africa^1
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)	1996 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament	Canada  Costa Rica  Mexico  United States
CONMEBOL (South America)	1997 South American Youth Championship	Argentina  Brazil  Paraguay  Uruguay
OFC (Oceania)	1997 OFC U-20 Championship	Australia
UEFA (Europe)	1996 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship	Belgium^1  England  France  Hungary  Republic of Ireland  Spain
Host nation		Malaysia^1

1.^ Teams that made their debut.

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

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Status
Uruguay	7	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	Advanced to the round of 16
Morocco	5	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2
Belgium	4	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
Malaysia	0	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	Eliminated

Malaysia  v  Morocco

16 June 1997 21:00

Malaysia	1–3	Morocco
Safri 10' (o.g.)	(Report)	Sektioui 14' Khamma 33' El Barodi 93'

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

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Uruguay  v  Belgium

17 June 1997 20:00

Uruguay	3–0	Belgium
Podestá 41' Coelho 56', 79'	(Report)

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Kim Young-joo (South Korea)

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Malaysia  v  Uruguay

19 June 1997 17:30

Malaysia	1–3	Uruguay
Nik Ahmad Fadly Nik Leh 11'	(Report)	Zalayeta 24' Khairun Haled Masrom 39' (o.g.) López 77'

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

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Morocco  v  Belgium

19 June 1997 20:00

Morocco	1–1	Belgium
Termina 79'	(Report)	Van Handenhoven 60'

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)

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Malaysia  v  Belgium

22 June 1997 17:30

Malaysia	0–3	Belgium
	(Report)	Van Handenhoven 10', 30' Remacle 83'

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)

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Morocco  v  Uruguay

22 June 1997 20:00

Morocco	0–0	Uruguay
	(Report)

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Kim Young-joo (South Korea)

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Status
Brazil	9	3	3	0	0	15	3	+12	Advanced to the round of 16
France	6	3	2	0	1	8	7	+1
South Africa	1	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
South Korea	1	3	0	1	2	5	14	−9	Eliminated

South Korea  v  South Africa

17 June 1997 16:30

South Korea	0–0	South Africa
	(Report)

Sarawak Stadium, Kuching Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Georg Dardenne (Germany)

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France  v  Brazil

17 June 1997 20:45

France	0–3	Brazil
	(Report)	Alex 5' Adaílton 61' Silvestre 90' (o.g.)

Sarawak Stadium, Kuching Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Nik Ahmad Haji Yaakub (Malaysia)

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South Korea  v  France

19 June 1997 16:30

South Korea	2–4	France
Park Jin-sub 54', 68' (pen.)	(Report)	Henry 1', 10' Trezeguet 2', 52'

Sarawak Stadium, Kuching Attendance: 3,246 Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

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South Africa  v  Brazil

19 June 1997 19:15

South Africa	0–2	Brazil
	(Report)	Adaílton 53', 57'

Sarawak Stadium, Kuching Attendance: 7,939 Referee: Georg Dardenne (Germany)

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South Korea  v  Brazil

22 June 1997 16:30

South Korea	3–10	Brazil
Lee Kwan-woo 56' Chung Seok-keun 73' Lee Jung-min 89'	(Report)	Fernandão 19', 42' Adaílton 30', 32' (pen.), 35' (pen.), 39', 63', 69' Zé Elias[1] 68', 82'

Sarawak Stadium, Kuching Attendance: 9,576 Referee: Nik Ahmad Haji Yaakub (Malaysia)

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South Africa  v  France

22 June 1997 19:15

South Africa	2–4	France
Hartley 42', 90'	(Report)	Trezeguet 22', 61' Henry 83' Luccin 89'

Sarawak Stadium, Kuching Attendance: 9,757 Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Status
Ghana	7	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	Advanced to the round of 16
Republic of Ireland	4	3	1	1	1	4	4	0
United States	3	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
China PR	2	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	Eliminated

Ghana  v  Republic of Ireland

17 June 1997 17:30

Ghana	2–1	Republic of Ireland
Gambo 27' Mouktar 66'	(Report)	Molloy 51'

Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar Attendance: 5,100 Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

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China PR  v  United States

17 June 1997 20:00

China PR	0–1	United States
	(Report)	West 90'

Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar Attendance: 9,769 Referee: Amand Ancion (Belgium)

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Ghana  v  China PR

19 June 1997 17:30

Ghana	1–1	China PR
Appiah 74'	(Report)	Li Jinyu 43'

Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar Attendance: 5,000 Referee: León Padro Borja (Mexico)

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Republic of Ireland  v  United States

19 June 1997 20:00

Republic of Ireland	2–1	United States
Cummins 6' Corrales 25' (o.g.)	(Report)	Flores 39' (pen.)

Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Oscar Ruiz (Colombia)

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Ghana  v  United States

22 June 1997 17:30

Ghana	1–0	United States
Ofori-Quaye 32'	(Report)

Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Saad Mane (Kuwait)

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Republic of Ireland  v  China PR

22 June 1997 20:00

Republic of Ireland	1–1	China PR
Cummins 21'	(Report)	Wang Peng 11'

Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar Attendance: 9,000 Referee: José Luis da Rosa Varela (Uruguay)

Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Status
Spain	9	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	Advanced to the round of 16
Japan	4	3	1	1	1	10	7	+3
Paraguay	2	3	0	2	1	5	6	−1	Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
Costa Rica	1	3	0	1	2	3	11	−8	Eliminated

Japan  v  Spain

18 June 1997 17:30

Japan	1–2	Spain
Yanagisawa 65' (pen.)	(Report)	Farinós 23' Angulo 56'

Darulmakmur Stadium, Kuantan Attendance: 5,000 Referee: José Luis da Rosa Varela (Uruguay)

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Costa Rica  v  Paraguay

18 June 1997 20:00

Costa Rica	1–1	Paraguay
Bryce 45'	(Report)	Román 59'

Darulmakmur Stadium, Kuantan Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Saad Mane (Kuwait)

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Japan  v  Costa Rica

20 June 1997 17:30

Japan	6–2	Costa Rica
Ono 3', 22' Nakamura 7' Ono 78' Fukuda 93' Nagai 95'	(Report)	Ledezma 28' Solís 59'

Darulmakmur Stadium, Kuantan Attendance: 9,000 Referee: José Luis da Rosa Varela (Uruguay)

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Spain  v  Paraguay

20 June 1997 20:00

Spain	2–1	Paraguay
Deus 30', 78'	(Report)	Morinigo 65'

Darulmakmur Stadium, Kuantan Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Saad Mane (Kuwait)

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Japan  v  Paraguay

23 June 1997 17:30

Japan	3–3	Paraguay
Ono 31' Hiroyama 45' Yanagisawa 62'	(Report)	Cáceres 17' Da Silva 38' Samudio 67'

Darulmakmur Stadium, Kuantan Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Abderrahim El Arjoun (Morocco)

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Spain  v  Costa Rica

23 June 1997 20:00

Spain	4–0	Costa Rica
Rivera 3' Albelda 23' Farinós 24' (pen.) Ribera 78'	(Report)

Darulmakmur Stadium, Kuantan Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)

Group E

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Status
Australia	7	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	Advanced to the round of 16
Argentina	6	3	2	0	1	8	5	+3
Canada	4	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
Hungary	0	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	Eliminated

Hungary  v  Argentina

18 June 1997 17:30

Hungary	0–3	Argentina
	(Report)	Romeo 9' Scaloni 42' Riquelme 50'

Utama Stadium,[2] Kangar Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Abderrahim El Arjoun (Morocco)

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Australia  v  Canada

18 June 1997 20:00

Australia	0–0	Canada
	(Report)

Utama Stadium,[2] Kangar Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)

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Hungary  v  Australia

20 June 1997 17:30

Hungary	0–1	Australia
	(Report)	Allsopp 90'

Utama Stadium,[2] Kangar Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Abderrahim El Arjoun (Morocco)

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Argentina  v  Canada

20 June 1997 20:00

Argentina	2–1	Canada
Romeo 32' Riquelme 65'	(Report)	Bent 43' (pen.)

Utama Stadium,[2] Kangar Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)

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Hungary  v  Canada

23 June 1997 17:30

Hungary	1–2	Canada
Szili 3' (pen.)	(Report)	De Rosario 6' Kindel 64'

Utama Stadium,[2] Kangar Attendance: 4,000 Referee: León Padro Borja (Mexico)

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Argentina  v  Australia

23 June 1997 20:00

Argentina	3–4	Australia
Romeo 9' Placente 70' Riquelme 88' (pen.)	(Report)	Salapasidis 39', 40', 55', 90' (pen.)

Utama Stadium,[2] Kangar Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Amand Ancion (Belgium)

Group F

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Status
England	9	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	Advanced to the round of 16
Mexico	4	3	1	1	1	6	2	+4
United Arab Emirates	3	3	1	0	2	2	10	−8	Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
Ivory Coast	1	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	Eliminated

Mexico  v  United Arab Emirates

18 June 1997 17:30

Mexico	5–0	United Arab Emirates
Lillingston 26', 56' (pen.) Cariño 40' Torres 60' Santacruz 70'	(Report)

Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Sándor Piller (Hungary)

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Ivory Coast  v  England

18 June 1997 20:00

Ivory Coast	1–2	England
Cisse 22'	(Report)	Owen 6' (pen.) Shepherd 69'

Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Intaz Shah (Fiji)

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Mexico  v  Ivory Coast

20 June 1997 17:30

Mexico	1–1	Ivory Coast
Lillingston 44'	(Report)	Dié 33'

Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Intaz Shah (Fiji)

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United Arab Emirates  v  England

20 June 1997 20:00

United Arab Emirates	0–5	England
	(Report)	Murphy 7', 35', 50' (pen.) Owen 52' Abdulla 60' (o.g.)

Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Falla N'Doye (Senegal)

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Mexico  v  England

23 June 1997 17:30

Mexico	0–1	England
	(Report)	Owen 65'

Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Falla N'Doye (Senegal)

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United Arab Emirates  v  Ivory Coast

23 June 1997 20:00

United Arab Emirates	2–0	Ivory Coast
Ali 52' Kazim 85'	(Report)

Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Sándor Piller (Hungary)

Ranking of third-placed teams

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Status
Belgium	4	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	Advanced to the last 16
Canada	4	3	1	1	1	3	3	0
United States	3	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1
United Arab Emirates	3	3	1	0	2	2	10	−8
Paraguay	2	3	0	2	1	5	6	−1	Eliminated
South Africa	1	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4

Knockout stages

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

25 June – Shah Alam

Uruguay

3

29 June – Shah Alam

United States

0

Uruguay (pen.)

1 (7)

25 June – Kuching

France

1 (6)

Mexico

0

2 July – Shah Alam

France

1

Uruguay (aet)

3

26 June – Kangar

Ghana

2

Australia

0

29 June – Johor Bahru

Japan

1

Japan

1

26 June – Alor Setar

Ghana (aet)

2

Ghana

3

5 July – Shah Alam

United Arab Emirates

0

Uruguay

1

26 June – Kuantan

Argentina

2

Spain

2

29 June – Shah Alam

Canada

0

Spain

0

25 June – Shah Alam

Republic of Ireland

1

Republic of Ireland (aet)

2

2 July – Kuching

Morocco

1

Republic of Ireland

0

26 June – Johor Bahru

Argentina

1

Third Place

England

1

29 June – Kuching

5 July – Shah Alam

Argentina

2

Argentina

2

Ghana

1

25 June – Kuching

Brazil

0

Republic of Ireland

2

Brazil

10

Belgium

0

Round of 16

Brazil  v  Belgium

25 June 1997 16:15

Brazil	10–0	Belgium
Álvaro 3', 13' Éder 32' Alex 41', 48', 85' Roni 67', 78' Adaílton 82' Zé Elias[1] 87'	(Report)

Sarawak Stadium, Kuching Attendance: 8,267 Referee: Saad Mane (Kuwait)

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Uruguay  v  United States

25 June 1997 17:30

Uruguay	3–0	United States
Zalayeta 24', 34' Olivera 41'	(Report)

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Georg Dardenne (Germany)

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Mexico  v  France

25 June 1997 19:15

Mexico	0–1	France
	(Report)	Luccin 90'

Sarawak Stadium, Kuching Attendance: 10,101 Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)

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Republic of Ireland  v  Morocco

25 June 1997 20:30

Republic of Ireland	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Morocco
Fenn 35' Duff 97'	(Report)	Inman 43' (o.g.)

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

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Australia  v  Japan

26 June 1997 16:30

Australia	0–1	Japan
	(Report)	Yanagisawa 44'

Utama Stadium,[2] Kangar Attendance: 8,000 Referee: León Padro Borja (Mexico)

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England  v  Argentina

26 June 1997 17:15

England	1–2	Argentina
Carragher 49'	(Report)	Riquelme 10' (pen.) Aimar 26'

Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Sándor Piller (Hungary)

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Ghana  v  United Arab Emirates

26 June 1997 19:40

Ghana	3–0	United Arab Emirates
Ackon 32' Sule 79' Issaka 88'	(Report)

Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Amand Ancion (Belgium)

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Spain  v  Canada

26 June 1997 19:40

Spain	2–0	Canada
Deus 77' Rivera 90'	(Report)

Darulmakmur Stadium, Kuantan Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Abderrahim El Arjoun (Morocco)

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Quarter-finals

Uruguay  v  France

29 June 1997 17:00

Uruguay	1–1 (a.e.t.) (7–6 pen.)	France
Olivera 68'	(Report)	Trezeguet 27'

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Falla N'Doye (Senegal)

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Argentina  v  Brazil

29 June 1997 17:00

Argentina	2–0	Brazil
Scaloni 79' Perezlindo 90'	(Report)

Sarawak Stadium, Kuching Attendance: 34,896 Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

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Spain  v  Republic of Ireland

29 June 1997 20:00

Spain	0–1	Republic of Ireland
	(Report)	Molloy 52' (pen.)

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam Attendance: 9,000 Referee: León Padro Borja (Mexico)

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Japan  v  Ghana

29 June 1997 20:00

Japan	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Ghana
Yanagisawa 80'	(Report)	Ansah 9' Ofori-Quaye 97'

Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru Attendance: 18,700 Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)

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Semi-finals

Republic of Ireland  v  Argentina

2 July 1997 16:30

Republic of Ireland	0–1	Argentina
	(Report)	Romeo 55'

Sarawak Stadium, Kuching Attendance: 14,976 Referee: Kim Young-Joo (South Korea)

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Uruguay  v  Ghana

2 July 1997 20:30

Uruguay	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Ghana
Zalayeta 13' Coelho 45' Perea 105'	(Report)	Lawson 45' Meloño 78' (o.g.)

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)

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Third place play-off

Ghana  v  Republic of Ireland

5 July 1997 17:30

Ghana	1–2	Republic of Ireland
Sule 5'	(Report)	Baker 2' Duff 33'

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

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Final

Uruguay  v  Argentina

5 July 1997 20:30

Uruguay	1–2	Argentina
García 15'	(Report)	Cambiasso 26' Quintana 43'

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam Attendance: 62,000 Referee: Saad Mane (Kuwait)

Result

FIFA World Youth Championship 1997 Winners
Argentina Third title

Awards

Golden Shoe	Golden Ball	Fair Play Award
Adaílton	Nicolás Olivera	Argentina

Goalscorers

Adaílton 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

• Adaílton

5 goals

• David Trezeguet

4 goals

• Bernardo Romeo
• Juan Román Riquelme
• Kostas Salapasidis
• Alex
• Atsushi Yanagisawa
• Marcelo Zalayeta

3 goals

• Gunter Van Handenhoven
• Zé Elias
• Danny Murphy
• Michael Owen
• Thierry Henry
• Eduardo Lillingston
• José Luis Deus
• Fabián Coelho

2 goals

Lionel Scaloni Álvaro Fernandão Rôni Peter Luccin Baba Sule

Peter Ofori-Quaye Harutaka Ono Shinji Ono Damien Duff Micky Cummins Trevor Molloy

Junaid Hartley Park Jin-sub Alberto Rivera Javier Farinós Nicolás Olivera

1 goal

Diego Placente Diego Quintana Esteban Cambiasso Martín Perezlindo Pablo Aimar Daniel Allsopp Éder Gaúcho Gauthier Remacle Dwayne De Rosario Jason Bent Steve Kindel Li Jinyu Wang Peng Alonso Solís Froylán Ledezma Steven Bryce Jamie Carragher Paul Shepherd Awudu Issaka Bashiru Gambo Joseph Ansah

Mohamed Mouktar Odartey Lawson Richard Ackon Stephen Appiah Attila Szili Serge Dié Souleymane Cisse Kenji Fukuda Nozomi Hiroyama Shunsuke Nakamura Yuichiro Nagai Nik Ahmad Fadly Nik Leh Carlos Cariño Gerardo Torres Omar Santacruz Aissam El Barodi Hamid Termina Khalid Khamma Tarik Sektioui César Cáceres

Gustavo Morinigo Juan Samudio Paulo da Silva Raúl Román Desmond Baker Neale Fenn Chung Seok-keun Lee Jung-min Lee Kwan-woo David Albelda Diego Ribera Miguel Ángel Angulo Mohamed Kazim Yaser Salem Ali Brian West Jorge Flores Álvaro Perea Rodrigo López Inti Podestá Pablo García

Own goal

Mikaël Silvestre (playing against Brazil) Khairun Haled Masrom (playing against Uruguay) Youssef Safri (playing against Malaysia)

Niall Inman (playing against Morocco) Abdulla Ahmed Abdulla (playing against England)

Ramiro Corrales (playing against Republic of Ireland) Alejandro Meloño (playing against Ghana)

Final ranking

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Argentina	7	6	0	1	15	7	+8	18
2	Uruguay	7	4	2	1	14	6	+8	14
3	Republic of Ireland	7	4	1	2	9	7	+2	13
4	Ghana	7	4	1	2	12	8	+4	13
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5	Brazil	5	4	0	1	25	5	+20	12
6	Spain	5	4	0	1	10	3	+7	12
7	France	5	3	1	1	10	8	+2	10
8	Japan	5	2	1	2	12	9	+3	7
Eliminated in the Round of 16
9	England	4	3	0	1	9	3	+6	9
10	Australia	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	7
11	Morocco	4	1	2	1	5	4	+1	5
12	Mexico	4	1	1	2	6	3	+3	4
13	Canada	4	1	1	2	3	5	−2	4
14	Belgium	4	1	1	2	4	14	−10	4
15	United States	4	1	0	3	2	6	−4	3
16	United Arab Emirates	4	1	0	3	2	13	−11	3
Eliminated at the group stage
17	Paraguay	3	0	2	1	5	6	−1	2
18	China PR	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
19	Ivory Coast	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1
20	South Africa	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1
21	Costa Rica	3	0	1	2	3	11	−8	1
22	South Korea	3	0	1	2	5	14	−9	1
23	Hungary	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0
24	Malaysia	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	0

Notes

1. The FIFA states him as "Júnior" in the official report.
2. 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.

External links

• FIFA World Youth Championship Malaysia 1997, FIFA.com
• RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 1997
• FIFA Technical Report (Part 1), (Part 2), (Part 3) and (Part 4)