1993 FIFA World Youth Championship
The 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship, known as the 1993 FIFA/Coca-Cola World Youth Championship for sponsorship purposes, was the 9th staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship. It took place across five cities in Australia. The tournament was to be held originally in Yugoslavia, but was moved to Australia due to the Yugoslav Wars.
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 Vicente Nieto Chris Faklaris Henry Zambrano Augustine Ahinful (3 goals) |
Best player(s) | Adriano |
Fair play award | England |
Brazil won their third World Youth Championship title after beating Ghana 2–1.
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.
- 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) Host.
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 |
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 | 4 | +4 | 3 | |
3 | South Korea | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | Turkey | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 1 |
Turkey | 1–6 | United States |
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Reçber 85' | (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 | 2–2 | United States |
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Lee 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 |
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' |
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 Lima
- 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 |