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.
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 Soviet and West Germany respectively, they are not considered as tournament debutants.Confederation | Qualifying Tournament | Qualifier |
AFC | 1992 AFC Youth Championship | |
CAF | 1993 African Youth Championship | |
CONCACAF | 1992 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament | |
CONMEBOL | 1992 South American Youth Championship | |
OFC | Host nation | |
UEFA | 1992 UEFA European Under-18 Football 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
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Third place play-off
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Result
Awards
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
- Paul Agostino
- Julian Joachim
- André Breitenreiter
- Carsten Jancker
- Emmanuel Duah
- Luis Salazar
- Aleksandr Karatayev
- Lee Ki-hyung
- Miles Joseph
- Fabián O'Neill
- Fernando Correa
- 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
- Steve Watson
- Murad Magomedov
Final ranking