1995 FIFA World Youth Championship
International football competition
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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.
Host countryQatar
Dates13–28 April
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue3 (in 1 host city)
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Qatar |
| Dates | 13–28 April |
| Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue | 3 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Argentina (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Brazil |
| Third place |  Portugal |
| Fourth place |  Spain |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 105 (3.28 per match) |
| Attendance | 455,000 (14,219 per match) |
| Top scorer | Joseba Etxeberria (7 goals) |
| Best player | Caio |
| Fair play award |  Japan |
← 1993 1997 → | |
Qualification
- 1.^Teams that made their debut.
Squads
For a list of the squads see 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship squads.
Group stage
Group A
| 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 |
| Russia | 2–0 | Syria |
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Chumachenko  2' Lysenko 90' |
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Group B
| 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 |
| Spain | 6–3 | Chile |
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| Etxeberria 9', 13' Ochoa 20', 61' Salgado 47' De la Peña 80' (pen.) |
(Report) | Rozental 52' Poli 77'Lobos 83' |
Group C
| 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 |
| Netherlands | 0–1 | Argentina |
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| (Report) | Garrone 90' |
Group D
| 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 |
| Costa Rica | 2–1 | Germany |
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| Bennette 42' (pen.) Soto 52' |
(Report) | Walle 90' |
| Costa Rica | 1–3 | Cameroon |
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| Bennette 30' |
(Report) | Ndiefi 26' Essa 36', 75' |
Knockout stages
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| April 23 - Doha (KOS) | ||||||||||
| Brazil | 2 | |||||||||
| April 25 - Doha (KOS) | ||||||||||
| Japan | 1 | |||||||||
| Brazil | 1 | |||||||||
| April 23 - Doha (KOS) | ||||||||||
| Portugal | 0 | |||||||||
| Portugal (a.e.t.)
| 2 | |||||||||
| April 28 - Doha (KOS) | ||||||||||
| Australia | 1 | |||||||||
| Brazil | 0 | |||||||||
| April 23 - Doha (AAS) | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 2 | |||||||||
| Spain | 4 | |||||||||
| April 25 - Doha (KOS) | ||||||||||
| Russia | 1 | |||||||||
| Spain | 0 | |||||||||
| April 23 - Doha (AAS) | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 3 | Third place | ||||||||
| Cameroon | 0 | |||||||||
| April 28 - Doha (KOS) | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 2 | |||||||||
| Portugal | 3 | |||||||||
| Spain | 2 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
| Portugal | 3–2 | Spain |
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| Nuno Gomes 68', 82' Dani 73' |
(Report) | Salgado 25' De la Peña 38' |
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Result
| FIFA World Youth Championship 1995 winners |
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 Argentina 2nd title |
Awards
| Golden Shoe | Golden Ball | FIFA Fair Play Award |
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| Joseba Etxeberria |
Caio |
Japan |
Goalscorers
Joseba Etxeberria of Spain won the Golden Boot 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
Francisco Gabriel Guerrero- Leonardo Biagini
- Walter Coyette
Élder
Basile Essa- Macdonald Ndiefi
- Valery Ntamag
Jewison Bennette
Amado Guevara
Hidetoshi Nakata
Nordin Wooter
Iván de la Peña- Míchel Salgado
- Raúl Ochoa
- Roger
- 1 goal
- Andrés Garrone
- Ariel Ibagaza
- Raúl Chaparro
Robert Enes- Murilo
Blaise Butunungu- Fredy Ndayishimite
- Augustine Simo
Dante Poli- Frank Lobos
- Jafet Soto
Carsten Hinz- Jan Walle
- Marcel Rath
- Edwin Medina
- Luis Oseguera
- Orvin Cabrera
- Daisuke Oku
- Nobuhisa Yamada
- Sotaro Yasunaga
- Susumu Oki
- Rob Gehring
- Wilfred Bouma
Beto
Mohammed Salem Al-Enazi
Aleksandr Lipko- Sergei Lysenko
- Sergei Semak
- Yevgeni Chumachenko
- Luis Martínez
Nihad Al Boushi
- Own goal
- Carlos Felipe (playing against Australia)
Final ranking
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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| 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 |