1993 FIFA World Youth Championship
FIFA Youth World Cup Australia 1993 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Australia |
Dates | 5–20 March |
Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 5 (in 5 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Brazil (3rd title) |
Runners-up | Ghana |
Third place | England |
Fourth place | Australia |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 32 |
Goals scored | 82 (2.56 per match) |
Attendance | 478,003 (14,938 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Gian Adriano Ante Milicic Nieto Chris Faklaris Henry Zambrano Augustine Ahinful (3 goals) |
Best player(s) | Adriano |
Fair play award | England |
← 1991 1995 → |
The 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship, known as the 1993 FIFA/Coca-Cola World Youth Championship for sponsorship purposes, was the 9th edition FIFA World Youth Championship. U20 Brazil defeated Ghana, 2–1 for its third title. It took place across five cities in Australia. The tournament was originally to be held in Yugoslavia, but due to the Yugoslav Wars, was moved to Australia.
Venues
Sydney | Melbourne | Adelaide |
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Sydney Football Stadium | Olympic Park Stadium | Football Park |
Capacity: 45,500 | Capacity: 18,500 | Capacity: 51,240 |
Brisbane | Canberra | |
Lang Park | Bruce Stadium | |
Capacity: 52,500 | Capacity: 25,011 | |
Qualification
For the first time ever, Russia competed after the dissolution of Soviet Union. It was also the first time Germany played after the reunification. However, as they are designated as descendant of East Germany and West Germany respectively, they are not considered as tournament debutants.
Confederation | Qualifying Tournament | Qualifier(s) |
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AFC (Asia) | 1992 AFC Youth Championship | Saudi Arabia South Korea |
CAF (Africa) | 1993 African Youth Championship | Cameroon Ghana1 |
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean) | 1992 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament | Mexico United States |
CONMEBOL (South America) | 1992 South American Youth Championship | Brazil Colombia Uruguay |
OFC (Oceania) | Host nation | Australia |
UEFA (Europe) | 1992 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship | England Germany2 Norway Portugal Russia3 Turkey1 |
- 1.^ Teams that made their debut.
- 2.^ Germany made their debut as a unified nation. They were chosen as the descendant of the now-defunct West Germany, which qualified in 1981 and 1987 tournaments. The now-defunct East Germany qualified in 1987 and 1989 tournaments.
- 3.^ Russia made their debut as independent nation. They were chosen as the descendant of the now-defunct Soviet Union, which qualified in 1977, 1979, 1983, 1985, 1989, and 1991 tournaments.
Squads
Group stage
The 16 teams were split into four groups of four teams. Four group winners, and four second-place finishers qualify for the knockout round.
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | Russia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Australia (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | |
3 | Cameroon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | |
4 | Colombia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 2 |
(H) Hosts
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | Uruguay | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Ghana | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | |
3 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | Portugal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
Germany | 1–2 | Uruguay |
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Breitenreiter 74' | (Report) | López 2' Correa 65' |
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | England | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | United States | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 3 | |
3 | South Korea | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | Turkey | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 1 |
South Korea | 1–1 | England |
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Watson 32' (o.g.) | (Report) | Pearce 82' |
Turkey | 0–6 | United States |
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(Report) | Baba 22' Joseph 26', 72' Faklaris 28', 46', 90' |
England | 1–0 | United States |
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Bart-Williams 69' | (Report) |
South Korea | 1–1 | Turkey |
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Cho Jin-ho 32' | (Report) | Reçber 85' |
South Korea | 2–2 | United States |
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Lee Ki-hyung 39', 52' | (Report) | Kelly 37' Zavagnin 78' |
Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 | |
3 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | |
4 | Norway | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 1 |
Brazil | 0–0 | Saudi Arabia |
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(Report) |
Norway | 0–0 | Saudi Arabia |
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(Report) |
Mexico | 2–1 | Saudi Arabia |
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Salazar 60', 72' | (Report) | Al Takrouni 5' |
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
13 March - Sydney | ||||||||||
Russia | 0 | |||||||||
17 March - Sydney | ||||||||||
Ghana | 3 | |||||||||
Ghana | 2 | |||||||||
14 March - Melbourne | ||||||||||
England | 1 | |||||||||
England (pen.) | 0 (4) | |||||||||
20 March - Sydney | ||||||||||
Mexico | 0 (3) | |||||||||
Ghana | 1 | |||||||||
13 March - Brisbane | ||||||||||
Brazil | 2 | |||||||||
Uruguay | 1 | |||||||||
17 March - Melbourne | ||||||||||
Australia (aet) | 2 | |||||||||
Australia | 0 | |||||||||
14 March - Adelaide | ||||||||||
Brazil | 2 | Third place | ||||||||
Brazil | 3 | |||||||||
20 March - Sydney | ||||||||||
United States | 0 | |||||||||
England | 2 | |||||||||
Australia | 1 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
England | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Mexico |
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(Report) | ||
Penalties | ||
Pollock Caskey Thompson Bart-Williams | 4–3 | Olalde Amante Astivia C. González Solis |
Brazil | 3–0 | United States |
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Bruno 32', 90' Adriano 51' | (Report) |
Semi-finals
Australia | 0–2 | Brazil |
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(Report) | Marcelinho 77' Catê 89' |
Third place play-off
Final
Result
FIFA World Youth Championship 1993 winners |
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Brazil Third title |
Awards
Golden Shoe | Golden Ball | Fair Play Award |
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Henry Zambrano | Adriano | England |
Goalscorers
Henry Zambrano of Colombia won the Golden Shoe award for scoring three goals. In total, 82 goals were scored by 56 different players, with two of them credited as own goals.
- 3 goals
- Ante Milicic
- Gian
- Adriano
- Henry Zambrano
- Augustine Ahinful
- Vicente Nieto
- Chris Faklaris
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Anthony Carbone
- Kevin Muscat
- Bruno Carvalho
- Catê
- Marcelinho Paulista
- Yan Razera
- Bernard Tchoutang
- David Embé
- Marc-Vivien Foé
- Pius Ndiefi
- Arley Betancourth
- Oscar Restrepo
- Chris Bart-Williams
- David Unsworth
- Ian Pearce
- Jamie Pollock
- Charles Akonnor
- Daniel Addo
- Isaac Asare
- Mohammed Gargo
- Nii Lamptey
- Samuel Kuffour
- Jesús Olalde
- Bambo
- Aleksei Savchenko
- Dmitri Ananko
- Igor Zazulin
- Sergei Chudin
- Abdullah Al Takrouni
- Cho Jin-ho
- Serkan Reçber
- Brian Kelly
- Imad Baba
- Kerry Zavagnin
- Diego López
- Sergio Sena Lamela
- Own goal
- Steve Watson (playing against South Korea)
- Murad Magomedov (playing against Australia)
Final ranking
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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1 | Brazil | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 11 | Champions |
2 | Ghana | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 8 | Runners-up |
3 | England | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 8 | Third place |
4 | Australia (H) | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 6 | Fourth place |
5 | Mexico | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 5 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
6 | Uruguay | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 5 | |
7 | Russia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 4 | |
8 | United States | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 3 | |
9 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
10 | South Korea | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
11 | Cameroon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | |
12 | Colombia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 2 | |
13 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | |
14 | Norway | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 1 | |
15 | Turkey | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 1 | |
16 | Portugal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
(H) Hosts
External links
- FIFA World Youth Championship Australia 1993 Archived 4 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine, FIFA.com
- RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 1993
- FIFA Technical Report (Part 1), (Part 2), (Part 3) and (Part 4)
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