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 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.

1993 FIFA World Youth Championship

FIFA Youth World Cup Australia 1993
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 →

Venues

Sydney	Melbourne	Adelaide
Sydney Football Stadium	Olympic Park Stadium	Football Park
Capacity: 45,500	Capacity: 18,500	Capacity: 51,240
Sydney Melbourne Adelaide Brisbane Canberra Location of venues
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)
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

Main article: 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship 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
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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

5 March 1993

20:30

Australia	2–1	Colombia
Milicic 39' Muscat 78'	Report	Zambrano 35'

Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

Attendance: 31,883

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

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6 March 1993

20:30

Russia	2–0	Cameroon
Zazulin 1' Karataev 37'	Report

Bruce Stadium, Canberra

Attendance: 5,362

Referee: Renato Marsiglia (Brazil)

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8 March 1993

18:15

Colombia	3–2	Cameroon
Zambrano 43', 83' Restrepo 45'	Report	Foé 12' Ndiefi 44'

Bruce Stadium, Canberra

Attendance: 3,749

Referee: Essa Rashed Al Jassas (Kuwait)

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8 March 1993

20:30

Australia	3–1	Russia
Magomedov 12' (o.g.) Milicic 69' Agostino 81'	Report	Chudin 18'

Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

Attendance: 18,982

Referee: Rodrigo Badilla (Costa Rica)

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11 March 1993

18:15

Colombia	1–3	Russia
Betancourth 63' (pen.)	Report	Karataev 6' (pen.) Ananko 19' Savchenko 86'

Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

Attendance: 27,581

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

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11 March 1993

20:30

Australia	0–2	Cameroon
	Report	Tchoutang 44' Embe 90'

Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

Attendance: 27,581

Referee: Renato Marsiglia (Brazil)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

6 March 1993

18:15

Portugal	0–1	Germany
	(Report)	Jancker 86'

Lang Park, Brisbane

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Rémi Harrel (France)

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6 March 1993

20:30

Uruguay	1–1	Ghana
Correa 22'	(Report)	Ahinful 72'

Lang Park, Brisbane

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)

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9 March 1993

18:15

Germany	2–2	Ghana
Breitenreiter 39' Jancker 80'	(Report)	Kuffour 36' Duah 70'

Lang Park, Brisbane

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Letchmanasamy Kathirveloo (Malaysia)

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9 March 1993

20:30

Portugal	1–2	Uruguay
Bambo 32'	(Report)	O'Neill 8', 87'

Lang Park, Brisbane

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Fredy Burgos Escobar (Guatemala)

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11 March 1993
18:15

Germany	1–2	Uruguay
Breitenreiter 74'	(Report)	López 2' Correa 65'

Lang Park, Brisbane

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)

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11 March 1993
20:30

Portugal	0–2	Ghana
	(Report)	Lamptey 5' Akonnor 42'

Lang Park, Brisbane

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Letchmanasamy Kathirveloo (Malaysia)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

7 March 1993

18:15

South Korea	1–1	England
Watson 32' (o.g.)	(Report)	Pearce 82'

Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne

Attendance: 15,732

Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

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7 March 1993

20:30

Turkey	0–6	United States
	(Report)	Baba 22' Joseph 26', 72' Faklaris 28', 46', 90'

Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne

Attendance: 15,732

Referee: Jorge Nieves (Uruguay)

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9 March 1993

18:15

England	1–0	United States
Bart-Williams 69'	(Report)

Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne

Attendance: 9,274

Referee: Jorge Nieves (Uruguay)

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9 March 1993

20:30

South Korea	1–1	Turkey
Cho Jin-ho 32'	(Report)	Reçber 85'

Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne

Attendance: 9,274

Referee: Dodji Mawuk Hounnake Kouassi (Togo)

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11 March 1993

18:15

England	1–0	Turkey
Joachim 12'	(Report)

Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne

Attendance: 12,972

Referee: Jorge Nieves (Uruguay)

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11 March 1993

20:30

South Korea	2–2	United States
Lee Ki-hyung 39', 52'	(Report)	Kelly 37' Zavagnin 78'

Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne

Attendance: 12,972

Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

7 March 1993

18:15

Mexico	3–0	Norway
Nieto 45', 71' Olalde 84'	(Report)

Football Park, Adelaide

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Richard Lorenc (Australia)

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7 March 1993

20:30

Brazil	0–0	Saudi Arabia
	(Report)

Football Park, Adelaide

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Sergei Khusainov (Russia)

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9 March 1993

18:15

Norway	0–0	Saudi Arabia
	(Report)

Football Park, Adelaide

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Omer Yengo (Congo)

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9 March 1993

20:30

Mexico	1–2	Brazil
Nieto 80'	(Report)	Adriano 22' (pen.) Gian 56' (pen.)

Football Park, Adelaide

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Armando Pérez Hoyos (Colombia)

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11 March 1993

18:15

Norway	0–2	Brazil
	(Report)	Gian 59' Adriano 62'

Football Park, Adelaide

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Sergei Khusainov (Russia)

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11 March 1993

20:30

Mexico	2–1	Saudi Arabia
Salazar 60', 72'	(Report)	Al Takrouni 5'

Football Park, Adelaide

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Richard Lorenc (Australia)

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

13 March 1993

18:15

Uruguay	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Australia
Sena Lamela 21'	(Report)	Agostino 59' Carbone 99'

Lang Park, Brisbane

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Rémi Harrel (France)

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13 March 1993

20:30

Russia	0–3	Ghana
	(Report)	Ahinful 72' Addo 75' Asare 83'

Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

Attendance: 16,710

Referee: Rodrigo Badilla (Costa Rica)

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14 March 1993

18:15

England	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Mexico
	(Report)
Penalties
Pollock Caskey Thompson Bart-Williams	4–3	Olalde Amante Astivia C. González Solis

Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

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14 March 1993

20:30

Brazil	3–0	United States
Bruno 32', 90' Adriano 51'	(Report)

Football Park, Adelaide

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

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Semi-finals

17 March 1993

18:30

Australia	0–2	Brazil
	(Report)	Marcelinho 77' Catê 89'

Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne

Attendance: 22,100

Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

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17 March 1993

20:30

Ghana	2–1	England
Ahinful 14' (pen.) Gargo 24'	(Report)	Pollock 49' (pen.)

Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

Attendance: 21,069

Referee: Armando Pérez Hoyos (Colombia)

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Third place play-off

20 March 1993

16:30

England	2–1	Australia
Unsworth 39' Joachim 85'	(Report)	Milicic 52'

Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

Attendance: 40,015

Referee: Letchmanasamy Kathirveloo (Malaysia)

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Final

20 March 1993

19:00

Ghana	1–2	Brazil
Duah 15'	(Report)	Yan 50' Gian 88'

Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

Attendance: 40,015

Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)

Result

FIFA World Youth Championship 1993 winners
Brazil Third title

Awards

Golden Shoe	Golden Ball	Fair Play Award
Henry Zambrano	Adriano	England

Goalscorers

Henry Zambrano of Colombia won the Golden Boot 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

• Paul Agostino
• Julian Joachim
• André Breitenreiter
• Carsten Jancker
• Emmanuel Duah
• Luis Salazar
• Aleksandr Karatayev
• Lee Ki-hyung
• Miles Joseph
• Fabián O'Neill
• Fernando Correa

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
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

Source: rsssf.com
(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)