1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship

The 1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship, the fifth edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Tokyo, Hiroshima, Kyoto, Kobe, Nagoya, and Gifu City in Japan from 21 August to 4 September 1993. Players born after 1 August 1976 were allowed to participate in the tournament.

1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship

2nd FIFA U-17 World Championship for the JVC Cup 1993 FIFA U-17世界選手権
Tournament details
Host country	Japan
Dates	21 August – 4 September
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Nigeria (2nd title)
Runners-up	Ghana
Third place	Chile
Fourth place	Poland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	107 (3.34 per match)
Attendance	233,000 (7,281 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Wilson Oruma (6 goals)
Best player(s)	Daniel Addo
Fair play award	Nigeria
← 1991 1995 →

Venues

Tokyo	Hiroshima	Kobe
Tokyo National Stadium	Hiroshima Big Arch	Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
Capacity: 48,000	Capacity: 50,000	Capacity: 35,910
Tokyo Hiroshima Kobe Gifu City Kyoto Nagoya
Gifu City	Kyoto	Nagoya
Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium	Paloma Mizuho Rugby Stadium
Capacity: 26,109	Capacity: 20,588	Capacity: 15,000

Qualified Teams

Confederation	Qualifying Tournament	Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)	Host nation	Japan
	1992 AFC U-17 Championship	China  Qatar
CAF (Africa)	1993 African U-17 Qualifying for World Cup	Ghana  Nigeria  Tunisia
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)	1992 CONCACAF U-17 Tournament	Canada  Mexico  United States
CONMEBOL (South America)	1993 South American U-17 Football Championship	Argentina  Chile  Colombia
OFC (Oceania)	1993 OFC U-17 Championship	Australia
UEFA (Europe)	1993 UEFA U-16 Championship	Italy  Poland  Czechoslovakia

Squads

For the complete list of players, see 1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship squads.

Referees

Asia Shin-Ichiro Obata Omar Al-Mohanna Africa Jean-Fidele Diramba Alhagi Faye CONCACAF Benito Archundia Brian Hall

South America Javier Castrilli Salvador Imperatore John Toro Rendón Europe Eric Blareau Sandor Piller José Pratas Anders Frisk

Group stage

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ghana	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	9	Advanced to quarter finals
2	Japan	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
3	Mexico	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3	3
4	Italy	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

21 August

19:30

Japan	0–1	Ghana
	(Report)	Fameye 5'

Tokyo National Stadium, Tokyo

Attendance: 21,938

Referee: Javier Castrilli

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22 August

19:00

Italy	1–2	Mexico
Totti 57'	(Report)	Santa Cruz 38' E. García 69'

Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium, Kobe

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: John Toro Rendón

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24 August

19:00

Japan	0–0	Italy
	(Report)

Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium, Kobe

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Jean-Fidele Diramba

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24 August

17:00

Ghana	4–1	Mexico
Dadzie 38', 62' D. Addo 52' Duah 77'	(Report)	Santa Cruz 56'

Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium, Kobe

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Eric Blareau

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26 August

19:00

Japan	2–1	Mexico
Funakoshi 6' Matsuda 58'	(Report)	E. García 7'

Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium, Kobe

Attendance: 7,500

Referee: Javier Castrilli

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26 August

17:00

Ghana	4–0	Italy
Duah 22' D. Addo 29' Fameye 32' Dadzie 71'	(Report)

Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium, Kobe

Attendance: 7,500

Referee: John Toro Rendon

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	3	3	0	0	14	0	+14	9	Advanced to quarter finals
2	Australia	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4
3	Argentina	3	1	1	1	7	6	+1	4
4	Canada	3	0	0	3	0	18	−18	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

22 August

17:00

Australia	2–2	Argentina
Naglieri 6' Ristevski 27'	(Report)	Grande 34' Biagini 57'

Mizuho Rugby Stadium, Nagoya

Attendance: 7,952

Referee: Anders Frisk

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22 August

19:00

Canada	0–8	Nigeria
	(Report)	Kanu 1', 24', 65' (pen.) Anosike 36', 68' Ibrahim 43', 77' Odini 76'

Mizuho Rugby Stadium, Nagoya

Attendance: 7,952

Referee: Salvador Imperatore

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24 August

17:00

Australia	5–0	Canada
Carter 5', 12' Bilokavić 48', 55' Bosevski 68'	(Report)

Mizuho Rugby Stadium, Nagoya

Attendance: 6,810

Referee: Sandor Piller

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24 August

19:00

Argentina	0–4	Nigeria
	(Report)	Oruma 60', 79' Anosike 62' Kanu 66'

Mizuho Rugby Stadium, Nagoya

Attendance: 6,810

Referee: Anders Frisk

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26 August

17:00

Australia	0–2	Nigeria
	(Report)	Kanu 51' Oruma 68'

Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium, Gifu City

Attendance: 5,732

Referee: Salvador Imperatore

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26 August

19:00

Argentina	5–0	Canada
Vilariño 13' Domínguez 24' Grande 33' Biagini 61' Cantoro 70'	(Report)

Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium, Gifu City

Attendance: 5,732

Referee: Sandor Piller

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czechoslovakia	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7	Advanced to quarter finals
2	United States	3	1	1	1	8	5	+3	4
3	Colombia	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3
4	Qatar	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

22 August

17:00

Colombia	0–2	Qatar
	(Report)	Al-Otaibi 10', 66'

Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium, Kyoto

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Benito Archundia

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22 August

19:00

United States	2–2	Czechoslovakia
Venditti 12' Armas 52'	(Report)	Sionko 37' Ruman 42'

Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium, Kyoto

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Alhagi Faye

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24 August

17:00

Colombia	2–1	United States
Ciciliano 24' Madrid 87'	(Report)	Cooks 86'

Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium, Kyoto

Attendance: 8,200

Referee: José Pratas

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24 August

19:00

Qatar	0–2	Czechoslovakia
	(Report)	Spanik 8' (pen.) Ruman 78'

Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium, Kyoto

Attendance: 8,200

Referee: Alhagi Faye

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26 August

17:00

Colombia	1–3	Czechoslovakia
Ciciliano 66'	(Report)	Vápeník 28' Rada 56' Novota 77'

Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium, Kyoto

Attendance: 3,700

Referee: Benito Archundia

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26 August

19:00

Qatar	1–5	United States
Al-Enazi 55'	(Report)	Venditti 13' Moore 14' Cooks 47', 53', 72'

Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium, Kyoto

Attendance: 3,700

Referee: José Pratas

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland	3	2	1	0	8	4	+4	7	Advanced to quarter finals
2	Chile	3	1	2	0	7	5	+2	5
3	Tunisia	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3
4	China	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

22 August

17:00

Chile	2–2	China
Neira 62' Rozental 67'	(Report)	Yu Genwei 18' Yao Xia 60'

Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima

Attendance: 1,608

Referee: Brian Hall

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22 August

19:00

Tunisia	1–3	Poland
Arouri 54'	(Report)	Kosztowniak 26' Terlecki 57' Wyczalkowski 79'

Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima

Attendance: 1,608

Referee: Omar Al-Mohanna

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24 August

17:00

Chile	2–0	Tunisia
Tapia 4' Neira 48'	(Report)

Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima

Attendance: 1,503

Referee: Shin-Ichiro Obata

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24 August

19:00

China	0–2	Poland
	(Report)	Kosztowniak 48' Andruszczak 78'

Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima

Attendance: 1,503

Referee: Omar Al-Mohanna

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26 August

17:00

Chile	3–3	Poland
Osorio 38' Rozental 61' (pen.) Neira 67'	(Report)	Orliński 14', 34' Wichniarek 43'

Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima

Attendance: 4,851

Referee: Shin-Ichiro Obata

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26 August

19:00

China	0–1	Tunisia
	(Report)	Arouri 23'

Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima

Attendance: 4,851

Referee: Eric Blareau

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	29 August – Kyoto
	Chile	4
					1 September – Tokyo
	Czechoslovakia	1
					Ghana	3
	29 August – Kobe
					Chile	0
	Ghana	1
									4 September – Tokyo
	Australia	0
									Nigeria	2
	29 August – Gifu
									Ghana	1
	Nigeria	2
					1 September – Hiroshima
	Japan	1
					Nigeria	2
	29 August – Hiroshima
					Poland	1			Third place
	Poland	3
									4 September – Tokyo
	United States	0
									Chile	1 (4)
									Poland	1 (2)

Quarter-finals

29 August

19:00

Ghana	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Australia
D. Addo 92'	(Report)

Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium, Kobe

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Benito Archundia

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29 August

19:00

Nigeria	2–1	Japan
Oruma 1' Odini 40'	(Report)	Nakata 56'

Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium, Gifu City

Attendance: 19,000

Referee: Sandor Piller

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29 August

19:00

Czechoslovakia	1–4	Chile
Ruman 40'	(Report)	Rozental 11' (pen.) Tapia 31' Neira 65', 66'

Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium, Kyoto

Attendance: 7,500

Referee: Jean-Fidele Diramba

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29 August

19:00

Poland	3–0	United States
Terlecki 39' Kosztowniak 59' Magiera 80'	(Report)

Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima

Attendance: 2,854

Referee: John Toro Rendon

Semi-finals

1 September

19:00

Ghana	3–0	Chile
Fameye 29' Armah 48' Duah 80'	(Report)

National Stadium, Tokyo

Attendance: 7,500

Referee: Anders Frisk

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1 September

19:00

Nigeria	2–1	Poland
Oruma 52' Anosike 57'	(Report)	Szymkowiak 79'

Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Benito Archundia

Third place play-off

4 September

16:30

Chile	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 pen.)	Poland
Rozental 77' (pen.)	(Report)	Poli 26' (o.g.)

National Stadium, Tokyo

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Omar Al-Mohanna

Final

4 September

19:30

Ghana	1–2	Nigeria
Fameye 80'	(Report)	Oruma 3' Anosike 75'

National Stadium, Tokyo

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Javier Castrilli

Result

1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship winners
Nigeria Second title

Goalscorers

Wilson Oruma of Nigeria won the Golden Shoe award for scoring six goals. In total, 107 goals were scored by 56 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.

6 goals

• Wilson Oruma

5 goals

• Manuel Neira
• Nwankwo Kanu
• Peter Anosike

4 goals

• Sebastián Rozental
• Joseph Fameye
• Judah Cooks

3 goals

• Petr Ruman
• Daniel Addo
• Emmanuel Duah
• Essuman Dadzie
• Tomasz Kosztowniak

2 goals

• Andrés Grande
• Leonardo Biagini
• Jonathon Carter
• Paul Bilokapić
• Héctor Tapia
• Ricardo Ciciliano
• Edgar García
• Edgar Santa Cruz
• Festus Odini
• Ibrahim
• Maciej Terlecki
• Piotr Orliński
• Hassan Al-Otaibi
• Fayzal Arouri
• Pierre Venditti

1 goal

• Federico Domínguez
• Mauro Cantoro
• Rodrigo Vilariño
• David Ristevski
• Nick Bosevski
• Sebastian Naglieri
• Alejandro Osorio
• Yao Xia
• Yu Genwei
• Juan Madrid
• Libor Sionko
• Miroslav Rada
• Miroslav Vápeník
• Richard Spanik
• Zoltán Novota
• Daniel Armah
• Francesco Totti
• Hidetoshi Nakata
• Naoki Matsuda
• Yuzo Funakoshi
• Artur Andruszczak
• Artur Wichniarek
• Artur Wyczalkowski
• Jacek Magiera
• Mirosław Szymkowiak
• Mohamed Al-Enazi
• Jason Moore
• Steve Armas

Own goal

• Dante Poli (playing against Poland)

Final ranking

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Nigeria	6	6	0	0	20	3	+17	12
2	Ghana	6	5	0	1	14	3	+11	10
3	Chile	6	2	3	1	12	10	+2	7
4	Poland	6	3	2	1	13	7	+6	8
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5	Czechoslovakia	4	2	1	1	8	7	+1	5
6	Australia	4	1	1	2	7	5	+2	3
7	United States	4	1	1	2	8	8	0	3
8	Japan	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1	3
Eliminated at the group stage
9	Argentina	3	1	1	1	7	6	+1	3
10	Mexico	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3	2
11	Colombia	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	2
12	Tunisia	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	2
13	Qatar	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	2
14	China	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1
15	Italy	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1
16	Canada	3	0	0	3	0	18	−18	0

External links

• FIFA U-17 World Championship Japan 1993, FIFA.com
• FIFA Technical Report (Part 1) and (Part 2)