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 | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 32 |
Goals scored | 82 (2.56 per match) |
Attendance | 478,003 (14,938 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() (3 goals) |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
Fair play award | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | |
4 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 3 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 1 |
Turkey ![]() | 1–6 | ![]() |
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Reçber 85' | (Report) | Baba 22' Joseph 26', 72' Faklaris 28', 46', 90' |
England ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Bart-Williams 69' | (Report) |
South Korea ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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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 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 1 |
Mexico ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Salazar 60', 72' | (Report) | Al Takrouni 5' |
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
13 March - Sydney | ||||||||||
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17 March - Sydney | ||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||
14 March - Melbourne | ||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||
![]() | 0 (4) | |||||||||
20 March - Sydney | ||||||||||
![]() | 0 (3) | |||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||
13 March - Brisbane | ||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||
17 March - Melbourne | ||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
14 March - Adelaide | ||||||||||
![]() | 2 | Third place | ||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||
20 March - Sydney | ||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
England ![]() | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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(Report) | ||
Penalties | ||
Pollock ![]() Caskey ![]() Thompson ![]() Bart-Williams ![]() |
4–3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Brazil ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Bruno 32', 90' Adriano 51' |
(Report) |
Semi-finals
Australia ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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(Report) | Marcelinho 77' Catê 89' |
Awards
Golden Shoe | Golden Ball | Fair Play Award |
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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 | ![]() |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 11 | Champions |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 8 | Runners-up |
3 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 8 | Third place |
4 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 6 | Fourth place |
5 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 5 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
6 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 5 | |
7 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 4 | |
8 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 3 | |
9 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
10 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
11 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | |
12 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 2 | |
13 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | |
14 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 1 | |
15 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 1 | |
16 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |