1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship
International football competition
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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.
Host countryEcuador
Dates3–20 August
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venues6 (in 6 host cities)
| 3rd U-17 World Championship for the FIFA/JVC Cup-Ecuador 1995 3er Campeonato Mundial Sub-17 por la Copa FIFA/JVC-Ecuador 1995 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Ecuador |
| Dates | 3–20 August |
| Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venues | 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 | Mohammed Al-Kathiri |
| Fair play award | Brazil |
← 1993 1997 → | |
Venues
| Quito | Cuenca | Riobamba | Ibarra |
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| 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 |
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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
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Asia
Africa
CONCACAF
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South America
Europe
Oceania
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Group stage
| Key to colours in group tables | |
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| 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 |
| Ecuador | 2–0 | United States |
|---|---|---|
Moreira  31'Corozo 83' |
(Report) |
| United States | 1–2 | Japan |
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| Redmond 60' |
(Report) | Yamazaki 49' Takahara 86' |
| United States | 0–2 | Ghana |
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| (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 |
| Costa Rica | 2–0 | Guinea |
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| Fonseca 80' Campos 87' |
(Report) |
| Argentina | 2–0 | Costa Rica |
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| Caserio 62' Gatti 79' |
(Report) |
| Portugal | 3–0 | Costa Rica |
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| Vargas 88', 90+1' Adolfo 89' |
(Report) |
Group C
| Nigeria | 1–1 | Qatar |
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| Anyamkyegh 37' |
(Report) | Ghulam 39' |
| Nigeria | 2–0 | Australia |
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| Anyamkyegh 59' Obiorah 90+3' |
(Report) |
Group D
| Brazil | 3–0 | Germany |
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| Djimi 39' Carlos Alberto 54'Juan 63' |
(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
Semi-finals
| Ghana | 3–1 | Oman |
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| Ansah 38' Kamara 54'Iddrisu 72' |
(Report) | Al-Kathiri 67' |
Third place play-off
Final
Result
| 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship winners |
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 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
- 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 Anyamkyegh- 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 | |