1995 FIFA World Youth Championship

The 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship, known as the 1995 FIFA/Coca-Cola World Youth Championship for sponsorship purposes, was the 10th edition of the FIFA World Youth Championship. It was held in Qatar from 13 to 28 April 1995. The tournament took place in three venues within the city of Doha. The tournament was originally going to be held in Nigeria, but due to the meningitis outbreak, it withdrew from hosting duties. FIFA relocated the event to Qatar.

1995 FIFA World Youth Championship
1995 بطولة العالم للشباب تحت 20 سنة
Tournament details
Host countryQatar
Dates13–28 April
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)3 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Argentina (2nd title)
Runners-up Brazil
Third place Portugal
Fourth place Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored105 (3.28 per match)
Attendance455,000 (14,219 per match)
Top scorer(s)Spain Joseba Etxeberria (7 goals)
Best player(s)Brazil Caio
Fair play award Japan
1993
1997

Qualification

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Confederation Qualifying Tournament Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia) Host nation   Qatar
1994 AFC Youth Championship   Japan
  Syria
CAF (Africa) 1995 African Youth Championship   Burundi1
  Cameroon
CONCACAF
(North, Central America & Caribbean)
1994 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament   Costa Rica
  Honduras
CONMEBOL (South America) 1995 South American Youth Championship   Argentina
  Brazil
  Chile
OFC (Oceania) 1994 OFC U-20 Championship   Australia
UEFA (Europe) 1994 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship   Germany
  Netherlands
  Portugal
  Russia
  Spain
1.^ Teams that made their debut.

Squads

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For a list of the squads see 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship squads

Group stages

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1   Brazil 3 2 1 0 8 0 +8 7 Advance to knockout stage
2   Russia 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2 5
3   Syria 3 1 0 2 1 8 −7 3
4   Qatar (H) 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Qatar  1–1  Russia
Al Enazi   54' (Report) Semak   52'

Syria  0–6  Brazil
(Report) Reinaldo   12' (pen.), 25', 70'
Élder   67'
Caio   73'
Murilo   85'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Alain Sars (France)

Qatar  0–1  Syria
(Report) Al Boushi   52'

Russia  0–0  Brazil
(Report)
Attendance: 5,000

Qatar  0–2  Brazil
(Report) Caio   50'
Élder   61'

Russia  2–0  Syria
Chumachenko   2'
Lysenko   90'
(Report)
Attendance: 3,000

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1   Spain 3 3 0 0 13 5 +8 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   Japan 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
3   Chile 3 0 2 1 6 9 −3 2
4   Burundi 3 0 1 2 2 8 −6 1
Source: [citation needed]
Burundi  1–5  Spain
Ndayishimite   82' (Report) Martínez   26'
Raúl   36'
Roger   40' (pen.)
Etxeberria   72', 86'
Attendance: 1,000

Chile  2–2  Japan
Rozental   11' (pen.), 67' (Report) Oki   47'
Nakata   87'
Attendance: 2,000

Burundi  1–1  Chile
Butunungu   83' (Report) Rozental   14'

Spain  2–1  Japan
Roger   8'
Raúl   83'
(Report) Nakata   69'
Attendance: 4,000

Burundi  0–2  Japan
(Report) Yasunaga   10'
Yamada   17' (pen.)
Attendance: 4,000

Spain  6–3  Chile
Etxeberria   9', 13'
Ochoa   20', 61'
Salgado   47'
De la Peña   80' (pen.)
(Report) Rozental   52'
Poli   77'
Lobos   83'

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1   Portugal 3 3 0 0 7 2 +5 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   Argentina 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
3   Netherlands 3 1 0 2 7 5 +2 3
4   Honduras 3 0 0 3 5 14 −9 0
Source: [citation needed]
Netherlands  0–1  Argentina
(Report) Garrone   90'

Honduras  2–3  Portugal
Guevara   26'
Cabrera   34'
(Report) Nuno Gomes   18', 66'
Dani   53'

Netherlands  7–1  Honduras
Wooter   3', 44'
Witzenhausen   10', 24', 77'
Gehring   67'
Bouma   78'
(Report) [1] Oseguera   48' (pen.)
Attendance: 20,000

Argentina  0–1  Portugal
(Report) Dani   71'
Attendance: 8,000

Netherlands  0–3  Portugal
(Report) Beto   9' (pen.)
Dani   47'
Agostinho   70'

Argentina  4–2  Honduras
Ibagaza   6'
Pena   3', 42', 72'
(Report) Guevara   48'
Medina   60'
Attendance: 3,000

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1   Cameroon 3 2 1 0 7 4 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2   Australia 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
3   Costa Rica 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3
4   Germany 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
Source: [citation needed]
Australia  2–0  Costa Rica
Viduka   51'
Enes   74' (pen.)
(Report)

Cameroon  1–1  Germany
Simo   90' (Report) Hinz   9' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,000

Australia  2–3  Cameroon
Viduka   11', 72' (Report) Ntamag   52', 90'
Ndiefi   67'
Attendance: 5,000

Costa Rica  2–1  Germany
Bennette   42' (pen.)
Soto   52'
(Report) Walle   90'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Alain Sars (France)

Australia  1–1  Germany
Viduka   54' (Report) Rath   23'

Costa Rica  1–3  Cameroon
Bennette   30' (Report) Ndiefi   26'
Essa   36', 75'
Attendance: 6,000

Knockout stages

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
April 23 - Doha
 
 
  Brazil2
 
April 25 - Doha
 
  Japan1
 
  Brazil1
 
April 23 - Doha
 
  Portugal0
 
  Portugal (aet)2
 
April 28 - Doha
 
  Australia1
 
  Brazil0
 
April 23 - Doha
 
  Argentina2
 
  Spain4
 
April 25 - Doha
 
  Russia1
 
  Spain0
 
April 23 - Doha
 
  Argentina3 Third place
 
  Cameroon0
 
April 28 - Doha
 
  Argentina2
 
  Portugal3
 
 
  Spain 2
 

Quarter-finals

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Brazil  2–1  Japan
Caio   26', 40' (Report) Oku   15'

Spain  4–1  Russia
Raúl   3'
Etxeberria   13', 21', 62'
(Report) Lipko   65' (pen.)
Attendance: 4,000

Portugal  2–1 (a.e.t.)  Australia
Agostinho   66', 100' (Report) Carlos Felipe   72' (o.g.)
Attendance: 5,000

Cameroon  0–2  Argentina
(Report) Guerrero   37'
Coyette   49'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Alain Sars (France)

Semi-finals

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Brazil  1–0  Portugal
Caio   90' (Report)

Spain  0–3  Argentina
(Report) Biagini   21'
Coyette   54'
Chaparro   81'

Third place play-off

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Portugal  3–2  Spain
Nuno Gomes   68', 82'
Dani   73'
(Report) Salgado   25'
De la Peña   38'

Final

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Brazil  0–2  Argentina
(Report) Biagini   25'
Guerrero   89'

Result

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 FIFA World Youth Championship 1995 winners 
 
Argentina
Second title

Awards

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Golden Shoe Golden Ball FIFA Fair Play Award
  Joseba Etxeberria   Caio   Japan

Goalscorers

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Joseba Etxeberria of Spain won the Golden Shoe award for scoring seven goals. In total, 105 goals were scored by 58 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.

7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Final ranking

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1   Argentina 6 5 0 1 12 3 +9 15 Champions
2   Brazil 6 4 1 1 11 3 +8 13 Runners-up
3   Portugal 6 5 0 1 12 6 +6 15 Third place
4   Spain 6 4 0 2 19 12 +7 12 Fourth place
5   Cameroon 4 2 1 1 7 6 +1 7 Eliminated in
Quarter-finals
6   Russia 4 1 2 1 4 5 −1 5
7   Australia 4 1 1 2 6 6 0 4
7   Japan 4 1 1 2 6 6 0 4
9   Netherlands 3 1 0 2 7 5 +2 3 Eliminated in
Group stage
10   Costa Rica 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3
11   Syria 3 1 0 2 1 8 −7 3
12   Germany 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
13   Chile 3 0 2 1 6 9 −3 2
14   Qatar (H) 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
15   Burundi 3 0 1 2 2 8 −6 1
16   Honduras 3 0 0 3 5 14 −9 0
Source: rsssf.com
(H) Hosts

Notes

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  1. ^ FIFA reports this match was halted after 77 minutes because Honduras were left with only six players on the field, after four red cards, and one serious injury, with no more substitutions available. FIFA incorrectly state that a team with only seven players is not allowed (seven is Ok, six is not). FIFA (and others) report the game ended after 77 minutes, along with a 78th-minute goal. Those times may seem contradictory, but they are not. Goals are always attributed to the minute that has not yet ended. But the record of an abandoned game always reports the number of minutes completed. For example, the last goal could have been scored (let's say) at precisely 77 minutes and 20 seconds after the initial whistle. And let's further say it was followed just 20 seconds later by the decision to abandon the game. The official record would show a 78th-minute goal in a game that was abandoned after 77 minutes (just like this game).
  2. ^ FIFA reports Doha Stadium as the one used in the final. However, no such stadium existed in Qatar at that time. The RSSSF indicates the Khalifa Stadium instead, which is something much more probable, since it was by then the only stadium in Doha with the capacity stated for this final.
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