The 1997 World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships was the 7th edition of the World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships which took place on 4–6 April 1997 in Seoul, South Korea. The qualifying competition took place on 4 April 1997 for 7 nations in the men's event and 6 nations in the women's event. Three best nations qualified for the final event.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	South Korea Kim Dong-sung Lee Ho-eung Kim Sun-tae Lee Jun-hwan Jun Suk-ju	Japan Satoru Terao Hitoshi Uematsu Yugo Shinohara Naoya Tamura Jun Uematsu	Italy Orazio Fagone Maurizio Carnino Mirko Vuillermin Michele Antonioli Nicola Franceschina
Women	South Korea Won Hye-kyung Chun Lee-kyung An Sang-mi Kim Yun-mi Choi Min-kyung	Canada Nathalie Lambert Isabelle Charest Christine Boudrias Catherine Dussault Annie Perreault	Japan Ayako Tsubaki Ikue Teshigawara Sachi Ozawa Nobuko Yamada Chikage Tanaka

Rank	Nation	Total
	South Korea	57
	Japan	40
	Italy	39
4	Canada	38
5	China	29
6	Hungary	17
7	Netherlands	15
8	Australia	Qual. comp.
9	United States
10	Kazakhstan
11	South Africa

Rank	Nation	Total
	South Korea	59
	Canada	45
	Japan	40
4	China	33
5	Netherlands	25
6	Italy	22
7	Austria	11
8	United States	Qual. comp.
9	Ukraine
10	Australia

• Results
• Results in ISU's database^{[dead link‍]}
• Results book