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2003 FIFA World Youth Championship

2003 الإمارات العربية المتحدة
Tournament details
Host country	United Arab Emirates
Dates	27 November – 19 December
Teams	24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	7 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (4th title)
Runners-up	Spain
Third place	Colombia
Fourth place	Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Goals scored	119 (2.29 per match)
Attendance	592,100 (11,387 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Dudu Fernando Cavenaghi Eddie Johnson Daisuke Sakata (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Ismail Matar
Fair play award	Colombia
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The 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship was the 14th FIFA World Youth Championship. It took place in United Arab Emirates between 27 November and 19 December 2003. Brazil claimed their fourth title, becoming the first country to simultaneously hold all three World Cups of the same gender (senior, under-20, and under-17). The tournament was originally planned to be played 25 March to 16 April 2003, but was postponed because of the Iraq War.

Venues

Abu Dhabi									Al Ain
Zayed Sports City Stadium			Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium			Al Nahyan Stadium			Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium
Capacity: 66,000			Capacity: 15,000			Capacity: 12,000			Capacity: 12,000
Abu DhabiSharjahDubaiAl Ain2003 FIFA World Youth Championship (United Arab Emirates)
Dubai								Sharjah
Al-Maktoum Stadium				Al-Rashid Stadium				Sharjah Stadium
Capacity: 12,000				Capacity: 18,000				Capacity: 12,000

Qualification

The following 24 teams qualified for the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Confederation	Qualifying Tournament	Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)	Host nation	United Arab Emirates
	2002 AFC Youth Championship	Japan  Saudi Arabia  South Korea  Uzbekistan
CAF (Africa)	2003 African Youth Championship	Burkina Faso  Ivory Coast  Egypt  Mali
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)	2003 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament	Canada  Mexico  Panama  United States
CONMEBOL (South America)	2003 South American Youth Championship	Argentina  Brazil  Colombia  Paraguay
OFC (Oceania)	2002 OFC U-20 Championship	Australia
UEFA (Europe)	2002 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship	Czech Republic  England  Germany  Republic of Ireland  Slovakia  Spain

1. Teams that made their debut.

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship squads.

Group stage

The 24 teams were split into six groups of four teams. Six group winners, six second-place finishers and the four best third-place finishers qualify for the knockout round.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Burkina Faso	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Slovakia	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
3	United Arab Emirates (H)	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4
4	Panama	3	0	0	3	1	4	−3	0

United Arab Emirates	1–4	Slovakia
Al-Wehaibi 72'	(Report)	Brezinský 5' Halenár 23' Čech 48' Hološko 81'

Panama	0–1	Burkina Faso
	(Report)	Bance 81'

Burkina Faso	1–0	Slovakia
Zongo 6'	(Report)

Panama	1–2	United Arab Emirates
Gun 36'	(Report)	Shehab 18' (pen.) Saleh 80'

United Arab Emirates	0–0	Burkina Faso
	(Report)

Slovakia	1–0	Panama
Pečovský 49'	(Report)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Argentina	3	3	0	0	7	3	+4	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Spain	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
3	Mali	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3	3
4	Uzbekistan	3	0	0	3	3	6	−3	0

Argentina	2–1	Spain
Fernández 50', 74'	(Report)	Gabi 25'

Uzbekistan	2–3	Mali
Inomov 18' Geynrikh 63'	(Report)	Diarra 4' Berthe 51' Coulibaly 90+1'

Mali	0–2	Spain
	(Report)	Juanfran 16' S. García 77' (pen.)

Uzbekistan	1–2	Argentina
Geynrikh 4'	(Report)	Fernández 70' Cavenaghi 90+3' (pen.)

Argentina	3–1	Mali
Ferreyra 13' Herrera 26' Diakité 32' (o.g.)	(Report)	Berthe 48' (pen.)

Spain	1–0	Uzbekistan
Iniesta 15'	(Report)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Australia	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Brazil	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
3	Canada	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
4	Czech Republic	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2

Brazil	2–0	Canada
D. Carvalho 56' Nilmar 84'	(Report)

Czech Republic	1–1	Australia
Limberský 24'	(Report)	McDonald 49'

Australia	2–1	Canada
Brosque 12' McKay 54'	(Report)	Hume 33'

Czech Republic	1–1	Brazil
Limberský 34'	(Report)	Adaílton 37'

Brazil	2–3	Australia
Juninho 75' Dudu 87'	(Report)	Danze 31', 37' Dilevski 47'

Canada	1–0	Czech Republic
Hume 80'	(Report)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Japan	3	2	0	1	3	4	−1	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Colombia	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3	5
3	Egypt	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4
4	England	3	0	1	2	0	2	−2	1

Colombia	0–0	Egypt
	(Report)

Japan	1–0	England
Sakata 54'	(Report)

England	0–1	Egypt
	(Report)	Moteab 74'

Japan	1–4	Colombia
Sakata 75'	(Report)	De la Cuesta 35' Castrillón 43' Aguilar 65' Rivas 90+3'

Colombia	0–0	England
	(Report)

Egypt	0–1	Japan
	(Report)	Hirayama 79'

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Republic of Ireland	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Ivory Coast	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
3	Saudi Arabia	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
4	Mexico	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Saudi Arabia	1–2	Republic of Ireland
Al-Mehyani 49'	(Report)	Elliott 18', 77'

Mexico	1–2	Ivory Coast
De Nigris 85'	(Report)	Tohoua 19' Koné 58'

Ivory Coast	2–2	Republic of Ireland
Koné 12', 67'	(Report)	Paisley 36' Elliott 74'

Mexico	1–1	Saudi Arabia
Pinto 30'	(Report)	Majrashi 15'

Saudi Arabia	0–0	Ivory Coast
	(Report)

Republic of Ireland	2–0	Mexico
Paisley 35' Kelly 85'	(Report)

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	United States	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Paraguay	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
3	South Korea	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3
4	Germany	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3

Paraguay	1–3	United States
Dos Santos 6'	(Report)	Johnson 53' Magee 68' Convey 81'

South Korea	2–0	Germany
Lee H.J. 51' Lee J.M. 70'	(Report)

Germany	3–1	United States
Huth 47' Trochowski 60' Kneissl 63'	(Report)	Whitbread 77'

South Korea	0–1	Paraguay
	(Report)	Velázquez 14'

Paraguay	2–0	Germany
López 39' Valdez 57'	(Report)

United States	2–0	South Korea
Johnson 13' (pen.), 24' (pen.)	(Report)

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	D	Egypt	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	A	United Arab Emirates (H)	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4
3	F	South Korea	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3
4	C	Canada	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
5	B	Mali	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3	3
6	E	Saudi Arabia	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2

Knockout stages

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

8 December

Burkina Faso

0

12 December

Canada

1

Canada

1

9 December

Spain (aet)

2

Paraguay

0

15 December

Spain

1

Spain

1

9 December

Colombia

0

Republic of Ireland

2

12 December

Colombia (aet)

3

Colombia

1

9 December

United Arab Emirates

0

Australia

0

19 December

United Arab Emirates

1

Spain

0

8 December

Brazil

1

Japan (aet)

2

12 December

South Korea

1

Japan

1

9 December

Brazil

5

Brazil (aet)

2

15 December

Slovakia

1

Brazil

1

8 December

Argentina

0

Third place

United States

2

12 December

19 December

Ivory Coast

0

United States

1

Colombia

2

8 December

Argentina (aet)

2

Argentina

1

Argentina (aet)

2

Egypt

1

Round of 16

Japan	2–1 (a.e.t.)	South Korea
Sakata 82', 105'	(Report)	Choi S.K. 38'

Argentina	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Egypt
Cavenaghi 27', 114'	(Report)	Metwaly 42'

Burkina Faso	0–1	Canada
	(Report)	Simpson 59'

United States	2–0	Ivory Coast
Mapp 7' Johnson 43' (pen.)	(Report)

Brazil	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Slovakia
Dudu 83', 100'	(Report)	Sebo 61'

Paraguay	0–1	Spain
	(Report)	S. García 66'

Australia	0–1	United Arab Emirates
	(Report)	Matar 89'

Republic of Ireland	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Colombia
Doyle 85' McCarthy 90+2'	(Report)	Perea 11' Montaño 70' Carrillo 104'

Quarter-finals

Canada	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Spain
Hume 53'	(Report)	Iniesta 35' Arizmendi 97'

Colombia	1–0	United Arab Emirates
Montaño 14'	(Report)

United States	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Argentina
Convey 59'	(Report)	Mascherano 90+4' Cavenaghi 104' (pen.)

Japan	1–5	Brazil
Hirayama 89'	(Report)	D. Carvalho 2', 13' Kléber 15' Nilmar 34', 90+1'

Semi-finals

Brazil	1–0	Argentina
Dudu 65'	(Report)

Spain	1–0	Colombia
Iniesta 86' (pen.)	(Report)

Third place play-off

Colombia	2–1	Argentina
Carrillo 16' Castrillón 62'	(Report)	Ferreyra 45+1'

Final

Spain	0–1	Brazil
	(Report)	Fernandinho 87'

Spain

Brazil

Result

2003 FIFA World Youth champions
Brazil Fourth title

2nd Place	3rd Place	4th Place
Spain	Colombia	Argentina

Awards

Golden Shoe	Golden Ball	FIFA Fair Play Award
Eddie Johnson	Ismail Matar	Colombia

Goalscorers

4 goals

• Dudu
• Fernando Cavenaghi
• Daisuke Sakata
• Eddie Johnson

3 goals

• Arouna Koné
• Andrés Iniesta
• Daniel Carvalho
• Stephen Elliott
• Leandro Fernández
• Iain Hume
• Nilmar

2 goals

• Osmar Ferreyra
• Anthony Danze
• Erwin Carrillo
• Jaime Castrillón
• Victor Montano
• David Limberský
• Stephen Paisley
• Sota Hirayama
• Mamadi Berthe
• Sergio García
• Bobby Convey
• Alexander Geynrikh

1 goal

• 57 players with one goal.

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Brazil	7	5	1	1	14	6	+8	16	Champions
2	Spain	7	5	0	2	8	4	+4	15	Runners-up
3	Colombia	7	4	2	1	10	5	+5	14	Third place
4	Argentina	7	5	0	2	12	8	+4	15	Fourth place
5	United States	5	3	0	2	9	6	+3	9	Eliminated in Quarter-finals
6	Japan	5	3	0	2	6	10	−4	9
7	United Arab Emirates (H)	5	2	1	2	4	6	−2	7
8	Canada	5	2	0	3	4	6	−2	6
9	Republic of Ireland	4	2	1	1	8	6	+2	7	Eliminated in Round of 16
10	Australia	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	7
11	Burkina Faso	4	2	1	1	2	1	+1	7
12	Slovakia	4	2	0	2	6	4	+2	6
13	Paraguay	4	2	0	2	4	4	0	6
14	Ivory Coast	4	1	2	1	4	5	−1	5
15	Egypt	4	1	1	2	2	3	−1	4
16	South Korea	4	1	0	3	3	5	−2	3
17	Germany	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3	Eliminated in Group stage
18	Mali	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3	3
19	Saudi Arabia	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
19	Czech Republic	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
21	England	3	0	1	2	0	2	−2	1
22	Mexico	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1
23	Uzbekistan	3	0	0	3	3	6	−3	0
24	Panama	3	0	0	3	1	4	−3	0

Notes

1. Brazil had won the 2002 FIFA World Cup and 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship.

References

1. Meenaghan, Gary (29 July 2015). "When Iniesta and football's future stars discovered UAE's passion: The 2003 Fifa World Youth Championships". The National. Retrieved 29 August 2023. Brazil, in contrast, were delighted: the victory completed a remarkable treble for the South American nation, whose senior team had won the World Cup a year earlier in Japan and South Korea, and whose Under 17s had beat Cesc Fabregas's Spain in their own world championship final a few months later.

External links

• FIFA World Youth Championship UAE 2003 Archived 5 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine, FIFA.com
• RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 2003
• FIFA Technical Report

• 2003 in youth association football
• FIFA World Youth Championship
• International association football competitions hosted by the United Arab Emirates
• 2003–04 in Emirati football
• November 2003 sports events in Asia
• December 2003 sports events in Asia