1995_FIFA_U-17_World_Championship
1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship
International football competition
The 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship was the sixth edition of the FIFA U-17 World Championship which was held in the cities of Guayaquil, Portoviejo, Quito, Ibarra, Cuenca, and Riobamba in Ecuador between 3 and 20 August 1995. Players born after 1 August 1978 could participate in this tournament. Ecuador was originally to have hosted the 1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship but due to an outbreak of cholera, that tournament was moved to Italy. It was the first time Ecuador hosted a FIFA tournament.
Quick Facts 3rd U-17 World Championship for the FIFA/JVC Cup-Ecuador 1995 3er Campeonato Mundial Sub-17 por la Copa FIFA/JVC-Ecuador 1995, Tournament details ...
| 3rd U-17 World Championship for the FIFA/JVC Cup-Ecuador 1995 3er Campeonato Mundial Sub-17 por la Copa FIFA/JVC-Ecuador 1995 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Ecuador |
| Dates | 3–20 August |
| Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 6 (in 6 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Ghana (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Brazil |
| Third place |  Argentina |
| Fourth place |  Oman |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 84 (2.63 per match) |
| Attendance | 463,000 (14,469 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Mohammed Al-Kathiri Daniel Allsopp (5 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Mohammed Al-Kathiri |
| Fair play award | Brazil |
← 1993 1997 → | |
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More information Quito, Cuenca ...
| Quito | Cuenca | Riobamba | Ibarra |
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| Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa | Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar | Estadio Olímpico de Riobamba | Estadio Olímpico de Ibarra |
| Capacity: 35,742 | Capacity: 16,540 | Capacity: 14,400 | Capacity: 18,600 |
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More information Confederation, Qualifying Tournament ...
| Confederation | Qualifying Tournament | Qualifier(s) |
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| AFC (Asia) | 1994 AFC U-17 Championship |  Japan Oman Qatar |
| CAF (Africa) | 1995 African U-17 Championship | Ghana Guinea Nigeria |
| CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean) |
1994 CONCACAF U-17 Tournament |  Canada Costa Rica United States |
| CONMEBOL (South America) | Host nation |  Ecuador |
| 1995 South American U-17 Championship | Argentina Brazil | |
| OFC (Oceania) | 1995 OFC U-17 Qualifying Tournament | Australia |
| UEFA (Europe) | 1995 UEFA U-16 Championship |  Germany Spain Portugal |
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For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship squads
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Asia
Africa
CONCACAF
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South America
Europe
Oceania
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More information Key to colours in group tables ...
| Key to colours in group tables | |
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| Group winners and runners-up advance to the Quarterfinals | |
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Group A
More information Teams, GP ...
| Teams | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Ghana |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 9 |
| Ecuador |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
| Japan |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| United States |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 0 |
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More information United States, 1–2 ...
| United States | 1–2 | Japan |
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Redmond  60' |
(Report) | Yamazaki 49' Takahara 86' |
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Group B
More information Teams, GP ...
| Teams | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Argentina |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 9 |
| Portugal |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 3 |
| Guinea |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 3 |
| Costa Rica |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
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More information Argentina, 3–0 ...
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More information Portugal, 2–3 ...
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More information Portugal, 3–0 ...
| Portugal | 3–0 | Costa Rica |
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| Vargas 88', 90+1' Adolfo 89' |
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Group C
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More information Australia, 2–2 ...
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More information Qatar, 0–3 ...
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More information Nigeria, 2–1 ...
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Group D
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More information Brazil, 3–0 ...
| Brazil | 3–0 | Germany |
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| Djimi 39' Carlos Alberto 54'Juan 63' |
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More information Oman, 2–1 ...
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| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 12 August - Quito | ||||||||||
| Ghana | 2 | |||||||||
| 17 August - Portoviejo | ||||||||||
| Portugal | 0 | |||||||||
| Ghana | 3 | |||||||||
| 13 August - Portoviejo | ||||||||||
| Oman | 1 | |||||||||
| Oman | 2 | |||||||||
| 20 August - Guayaquil | ||||||||||
| Nigeria | 1 | |||||||||
| Ghana | 3 | |||||||||
| 12 August - Guayaquil | ||||||||||
| Brazil | 2 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 3 | |||||||||
| 17 August - Guayaquil | ||||||||||
| Ecuador | 1 | |||||||||
| Brazil | 3 | |||||||||
| 13 August - Portoviejo | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 0 | Third place | ||||||||
| Brazil | 3 | |||||||||
| 20 August - Guayaquil | ||||||||||
| Australia | 1 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 2 | |||||||||
| Oman | 0 | |||||||||
Quarterfinals
More information Nigeria, 1–2 ...
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More information Brazil, 3–1 ...
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Semifinals
More information Ghana, 3–1 ...
| Ghana | 3–1 | Oman |
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| Ansah 38' Kamara 54'Iddrisu 72' |
(Report) | Al-Kathiri 67' |
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More information Argentina, 0–3 ...
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Playoff for 3rd place
Final
More information Ghana, 3–2 ...
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| 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship winners |
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 Ghana Second title |
Daniel Allsopp of Australia won the Golden Shoe award for scoring five goals. In total, 84 goals were scored by 57 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
Fernando Gatti
- 3 goals
Abu Iddrisu
- 2 goals
- César La Paglia
- Pablo Aimar
Juan- Marco Antônio
- Rodrigo
- Baba Sule
- Dini Kamara
- Emmanuel Bentil
Edward Anyamkygh- James Obiorah
Taqi Al-Siyabi
Vargas- Zeferino
Jesús Duarte
- 1 goal
- Esteban Cambiasso
- Luis Caserio
- Sixto Peralta
Harry Kewell- Bel
- Carlos Alberto
- Djimi
- Eduardo
- Fabio
- Kléber
- Rocha
Patrice Bernier
Andrey Campos- Nelson Fonseca
Diego Ayala- Exon Corozo
- Felix Angulo
- Luis Moreira
Alexander Bugera- Damian Brezina
- Timo Rost
- Attakora Amaniampong
- Bashiru Gambo
- Charles Akwei
- Joseph Ansah
Ibrahima Conte- Ousmane Bangoura
- Souleymane Keita
Kotaro Yamazaki- Naohiro Takahara
- Chiedu Chukwueke
- Henry Onwuzuruike
- Hani Al-Dhabit
- Adolfo
Jaweed Ghulam- Jordi Ferrón
- Mista
Jorge Redmond
- Own goal
- Víctor Mercado (playing against Argentina)
More information Rank, Team ...
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | Ghana |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 18 | |
| 2 | Brazil |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 13 | |
| 3 | Argentina |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 15 | |
| 4 | Oman |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 10 | |
| Eliminated in the quarter-finals | ||||||||||
| 5 | Nigeria |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 | |
| 6 | Australia |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | –1 | 4 | |
| 7 | Ecuador |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | –1 | 4 | |
| 8 | Portugal |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | –3 | 3 | |
| Eliminated at the group stage | ||||||||||
| 9 | Spain |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 10 | Japan |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 11 | Germany |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | –3 | 3 | |
| 11 | Guinea |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | –3 | 3 | |
| 13 | Costa Rica |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | –3 | 3 | |
| 14 | Qatar |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | –4 | 1 | |
| 15 | United States |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | –5 | 0 | |
| 16 | Canada |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | –6 | 0 | |
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