Football at the 1997 Jeux de la Francophonie
# Football at the 1997 Jeux de la Francophonie

Each nation brought their under-20 teams to compete in a group and knockout tournament. The top teams and the best second placed team advanced to the knockout stage of the competition. Canada won the tournament after a penalty shootout with Congo.

## Group stage

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Congo | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 |
| Canada | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Niger | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 |
| Benin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cameroon | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 |
| France | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 |
| Seychelles | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 0 |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Madagascar | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 |
| Gabon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 |

## Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| Canada | 1 |
| Canada | 1 | - | - |
| Cameroon | 0 | - | - |
| Cameroon | 0 | Canada | 0 (5) |
| - | - | | Canada | 0 (5) |
| - | - | Congo | 0 (3) |
| Congo | 4 | Congo | 0 (3) |
| Madagascar | 3 | | |
| Madagascar | 3 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Cameroon | 2 |
| | | Madagascar | 1 |
