| Tourney Name: | WAFU Club Championship |
| Year: | 1997 |
| Num Teams: | 7 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Champion Other: |  Ghapoha Readers |
| Count: | 1 |
| Second Other: | JS Ténéré |
| Matches: | 12 |
| Prevseason: | 1996 |
| Nextseason: | 1998 |
The 1997 WAFU Club Championship was the 19th football club tournament season that took place for the runners-up or third place of each West African country's domestic league, the West African Club Championship. It was won by Ghana's Ghapoha Readers after defeating Niger's JS Ténéré in the second leg.[1] More than last season and fewer than in 1995, seven clubs took part.
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Ghapoha Readers directly headed to the quarterfinals
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