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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 from 3 to 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
QuitoCuencaRiobambaIbarra

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

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

Ecuador	2–0	United States
Moreira 31' Corozo 83'	(Report)

Ghana	1–0	Japan
Kamara 70'	(Report)

Ecuador	1–2	Ghana
Angulo 32'	(Report)	Sule 6' Gambo 68'

United States	1–2	Japan
Redmond 60'	(Report)	Yamazaki 49' Takahara 86'

Ecuador	0–0	Japan
	(Report)

United States	0–2	Ghana
	(Report)	Iddrisu 35' Akwei 65'

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

Argentina	3–0	Portugal
Gatti 5' La Paglia 19', 88' (pen.)	(Report)

Costa Rica	2–0	Guinea
Fonseca 80' Campos 87'	(Report)

Portugal	2–3	Guinea
Zeferino 11', 26'	(Report)	Bangoura 30' Conte 48' (pen.) Keita 65'

Argentina	2–0	Costa Rica
Caserio 62' Gatti 79'	(Report)

Portugal	3–0	Costa Rica
Vargas 88', 90+1' Adolfo 89'	(Report)

Argentina	2–0	Guinea
Peralta 18' Aimar 26'	(Report)

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

Nigeria	1–1	Qatar
Anyamkyegh 37'	(Report)	Ghulam 39'

Australia	2–2	Spain
Allsopp 16', 73'	(Report)	Duarte 55' (pen.) Mista 73'

Nigeria	2–0	Australia
Anyamkyegh 59' Obiorah 90+3'	(Report)

Qatar	0–1	Spain
	(Report)	Ferrón 83'

Qatar	0–3	Australia
	(Report)	Kewell 43' (pen.) Allsopp 48', 56'

Nigeria	2–1	Spain
Obiorah 48' Onwuzuruike 84'	(Report)	Duarte 57' (pen.)

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

Brazil	3–0	Germany
Djimi 39' Carlos Alberto 54' Juan 63'	(Report)

Oman	2–1	Canada
Al-Kathiri 43', 62' (pen.)	(Report)	Bernier 70'

Brazil	0–0	Oman
	(Report)

Germany	3–0	Canada
Brezina 23' Rost 68' Bugera 73'	(Report)

Germany	0–3	Oman
	(Report)	Al-Kathiri 4' (pen.) Al-Siyabi 81', 87'

Brazil	2–0	Canada
Bel 2' Eduardo 46'	(Report)

Knockout stage

	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

Quarter-finals

Ghana	2–0	Portugal
Bentil 12' Amaniampong 87'	(Report)

Nigeria	1–2	Oman
Chukwueke 13' (pen.)	(Report)	Al-Kathiri 32' Al-Dhabit 49'

Brazil	3–1	Australia
Rodrigo 14' Kléber 65' Marco Antônio 75'	(Report)	Allsopp 32'

Argentina	3–1	Ecuador
Mercado 36' (o.g.) Aimar 46' Gatti 66'	(Report)	Ayala 86'

Semi-finals

Ghana	3–1	Oman
Ansah 38' Kamara 54' Iddrisu 72'	(Report)	Al-Kathiri 67'

Argentina	0–3	Brazil
	(Report)	Rodrigo 74' Rocha 88' Fabio 90'

Third place play-off

Oman	0–2	Argentina
	(Report)	Gatti 20' Cambiasso 71'

Final

Ghana	3–2	Brazil
Sule 39' Iddrisu 45' Bentil 49'	(Report)	Juan 47' Marco Antônio 90'

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

• 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)

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)

• 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship
• 1995 in youth association football
• International association football competitions hosted by Ecuador
• 1995 in Ecuadorian football
• FIFA U-17 World Cup tournaments
• August 1995 sports events in South America