1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship

1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship

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
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
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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.

Venues

Quito	Cuenca	Riobamba	Ibarra
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
Quito Cuenca Riobamba Ibarra

Qualified Teams

Confederation	Qualifying Tournament	Qualifier(s)
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

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship squads

Referees

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
	Group winners and runners-up advance to the Quarterfinals

Group A

Teams	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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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Group B

Teams	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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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Group C

Teams	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
Australia	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
Spain	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Qatar	3	0	1	2	1	5	-4	1

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Group D

Teams	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	7
Oman	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
Germany	3	1	0	2	3	6	-3	3
Canada	3	0	0	3	1	7	-6	0

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Knockout phase

	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

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Semifinals

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Playoff for 3rd place

Final

Result

1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship winners
Ghana Second title

Goalscorers

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

• Daniel Allsopp
• Mohammed Amar Al-Kathiri

4 goals

• Fernando Gatti

3 goals

• Abu Iddrisu

2 goals

1 goal

Own goal

• Víctor Mercado (playing against Argentina)

Final ranking

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

External links

• FIFA U-17 World Championship Ecuador 1995, FIFA.com
• FIFA Technical Report (Part 1), (Part 2) and (Part 3)