| ESP Football : World League 1 | Date : Monday 1st July 1997 |
| Team : Manchester United | Manager : Simon Rush |
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| Pos | Team | Pl | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| 1 | Manchester United | 19 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 46 | 10 | 48 |
| 2 | Wimbledon | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 37 |
| 3 | Leeds United | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 35 |
| 4 | Liverpool | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 21 | 34 |
| 5 | West Ham United | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 8 | 32 |
| 6 | Coventry City | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 30 |
| 7 | Chelsea | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 24 | 28 |
| 8 | Sheffield Wednesday | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 27 |
| 9 | Bolton Wanderers | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 27 |
| 10 | Newcastle United | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 17 | 25 |
| 11 | Blackburn Rovers | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 25 |
| 12 | Everton | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 27 | 24 |
| 13 | Arsenal | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 21 |
| 14 | Crystal Palace | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 31 | 21 |
| 15 | Derby County | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 20 |
| 16 | Tottenham Hotspur | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 24 | 20 |
| 17 | Leicester City | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 31 | 20 |
| 18 | Aston Villa | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 28 | 20 |
| 19 | Barnsley | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 32 | 15 |
| 20 | Southampton | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 38 | 12 |