2003 FIFA World Youth Championship

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2003 FIFA World Youth Championship
2003 الإمارات العربية المتحدة
2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.jpg
Tournament details
Host countryUnited Arab Emirates
Dates27 November – 19 December
Teams24 (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 played52
Goals scored119 (2.29 per match)
Attendance592,100 (11,387 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Dudu
Argentina Fernando Cavenaghi
United States Eddie Johnson
Japan Daisuke Sakata
(4 goals)
Best player(s)United Arab Emirates Ismail Matar
Fair play award Colombia
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2005 →

The 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in United Arab Emirates between 27 November and 19 December 2003. The 2003 championship was the 14th contested. The competition was originally planned to be played earlier in that year, 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
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2003 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
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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
 Uzbekistan1
CAF (Africa) 2003 African Youth Championship  Burkina Faso1
 Ivory Coast
 Egypt
 Mali
CONCACAF
(North, Central America & Caribbean) 		2003 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament  Canada
 Mexico
 Panama1
 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
 Slovakia1
 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
Source:[citation needed]
(H) Host
United Arab Emirates 1–4 Slovakia
Al-Wehaibi Goal 72' (Report) Brezinský Goal 5'
Halenár Goal 23'
Čech Goal 48'
Hološko Goal 81'
Attendance: 46,000
Panama 0–1 Burkina Faso
(Report) Bance Goal 81'
Attendance: 4,500
Burkina Faso 1–0 Slovakia
Zongo Goal 6' (Report)
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: (Bahrain)
Panama 1–2 United Arab Emirates
Gun Goal 36' (Report) Shehab Goal 18' (pen.)
Goal 80'
Attendance: 15,000
United Arab Emirates 0–0 Burkina Faso
(Report)
Attendance: 13,000
Slovakia 1–0 Panama
Pečovský Goal 49' (Report)
Attendance: 4,000

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
Source:[citation needed]
Argentina 2–1 Spain
Fernández Goal 50', 74' (Report) Gabi Goal 25'
Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah
Attendance: 15,000
Uzbekistan 2–3 Mali
Innomov Goal 18'
Geynrikh Goal 63'		 (Report) Diarra Goal 4'
Berthe Goal 51'
Coulibaly Goal 90+1'
Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: (Brazil)
Mali 0–2 Spain
(Report) Juanfran Goal 16'
S. García Goal 77' (pen.)
Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah
Attendance: 6,500
Uzbekistan 1–2 Argentina
Geynrikh Goal 4' (Report) Fernández Goal 70'
Cavenaghi Goal 90+3' (pen.)
Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Abdou Diouf (Senegal)
Argentina 3–1 Mali
Ferreyra Goal 13'
Herrera Goal 26'
Diakité Goal 32' (o.g.)		 (Report) Berthe Goal 48' (pen.)
Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah
Attendance: 5,000
Spain 1–0 Uzbekistan
Iniesta Goal 15' (Report)
Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah
Attendance: 4,000

Group C[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Australia 3 2 1 0 6 7 −1 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
Source:[citation needed]
Brazil 2–0 Canada
Carvalho Goal 56'
Nilmar Goal 84'		 (Report)
Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 13,150
Czech Republic 1–1 Australia
Limberský Goal 24' (Report) McDonald Goal 49'
Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 8,200
Referee: Abdou Diouf (Senegal)
Australia 2–1 Canada
Brosque Goal 12'
McKay Goal 54'		 (Report) Hume Goal 33'
Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 8,200
Referee: Kwon Jong-Chul (South Korea)
Czech Republic 1–1 Brazil
Limberský Goal 34' (Report) Adaílton Goal 37'
Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 12,500
Brazil 2–3 Australia
Juninho Goal 75'
Dudu Goal 87'		 (Report) Danze Goal 31', 37'
Dilevski Goal 47'
Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 10,000
Canada 1–0 Czech Republic
Hume Goal 80' (Report)
Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 4,000

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
Source:[citation needed]
Colombia 0–0 Egypt
(Report)
Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 11,000
Japan 1–0 England
Sakata Goal 54' (Report)  
Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 12,000
England 0–1 Egypt
(Report) Moteab Goal 74'
Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 12,000
Japan 1–4 Colombia
Sakata Goal 75' (Report) De la Cuesta Goal 35'
Castrillón Goal 43'
Aguilar Goal 65'
Rivas Goal 90+3'
Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 7,200
Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)
Colombia 0–0 England
(Report)
Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 9,210
Referee: (Bahrain)
Egypt 0–1 Japan
(Report) Hirayama Goal 79'
Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 11,800

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
Source:[citation needed]
Saudi Arabia 1–2 Republic of Ireland
Al-Mehyani Goal 49' (Report) Elliott Goal 18', 77'
Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al Ain
Attendance: 9,055
Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)
Mexico 1–2 Ivory Coast
De Nigris Goal 85' (Report) Tohoua Goal 19'
Koné Goal 58'
Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al Ain
Attendance: 6,350
Referee: Kwon Jong-Chul (South Korea)
Ivory Coast 2–2 Republic of Ireland
Koné Goal 12', 67' (Report) Paisley Goal 36'
Elliott Goal 74'
Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al Ain
Attendance: 10,265
Mexico 1–1 Saudi Arabia
Pinto Goal 30' (Report) Majrashi Goal 15'
Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al Ain
Attendance: 10,950
Saudi Arabia 0–0 Ivory Coast
(Report)
Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al Ain
Attendance: 10,370
Referee: Kwon Jong-Chul (South Korea)
Republic of Ireland 2–0 Mexico
Paisley Goal 35'
Kelly Goal 85'		 (Report)
Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al Ain
Attendance: 9,230
Referee: (Brazil)

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
Source:[citation needed]
Paraguay 1–3 United States
Dos Santos Goal 6' (Report) Johnson Goal 53'
Magee Goal 68'
Convey Goal 81'
Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 3,500
South Korea 2–0 Germany
Lee H.J. Goal 51'
Lee J.M. Goal 70'		 (Report)
Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 8,000
Germany 3–1 United States
Huth Goal 47'
Trochowski Goal 60'
Kneissl Goal 63'		 (Report) Whitbread Goal 77'
Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: (Brazil)
South Korea 0–1 Paraguay
(Report) Velázquez Goal 14'
Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 5,000
Paraguay 2–0 Germany
López Goal 39'
Valdez Goal 57'		 (Report)
Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 6,000
United States 2–0 South Korea
Johnson Goal 13' (pen.), 24' (pen.) (Report)
Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)

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
Source:[citation needed]
(H) Host

Knockout stages[]

Bracket[]

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
8 December
 
 
 Japan (aet)2
 
12 December
 
 South Korea1
 
 Japan1
 
9 December
 
 Brazil5
 
 Brazil (aet)2
 
15 December
 
 Slovakia1
 
 Brazil1
 
8 December
 
 Argentina0
 
 Argentina (aet)2
 
12 December
 
 Egypt1
 
 Argentina (aet)2
 
8 December
 
 United States1
 
 United States2
 
19 December
 
 Ivory Coast0
 
 Brazil1
 
8 December
 
 Spain0
 
 Burkina Faso0
 
12 December
 
 Canada1
 
 Canada1
 
9 December
 
 Spain (aet)2
 
 Paraguay0
 
15 December
 
 Spain1
 
 Spain1
 
9 December
 
 Colombia0 Third place
 
 Australia0
 
12 December19 December
 
 United Arab Emirates1
 
 United Arab Emirates0 Argentina1
 
9 December
 
 Colombia1  Colombia2
 
 Republic of Ireland2
 
 
 Colombia (aet)3
 

Round of 16[]

Japan 2–1 (a.e.t.) South Korea
Sakata Goal 82', Golden goal 105' (Report) Choi Goal 38'
Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 5,500
Burkina Faso 0–1 Canada
(Report) Simpson Goal 59'
Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Kwon Jong-chul (South Korea)
Argentina 2–1 (a.e.t.) Egypt
Cavenaghi Goal 27', Golden goal 114' (Report) Goal 42'
Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 10,800
United States 2–0 Ivory Coast
Mapp Goal 7'
Johnson Goal 43' (pen.)		 (Report)
Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 3,210
Brazil 2–1 (a.e.t.) Slovakia
Dudu Goal 83', Golden goal 100' (Report) Sebo Goal 61'
Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah
Attendance: 12,800
Australia 0–1 United Arab Emirates
(Report) Matar Goal 89'
Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: (Brazil)
Paraguay 0–1 Spain
(Report) S. García Goal 66'
Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al Ain
Attendance: 9,250
Republic of Ireland 2–3 (a.e.t.) Colombia
Doyle Goal 85'
McCarthy Goal 90+2'		 (Report) Perea Goal 11'
Montaño Goal 70'
Carrillo Golden goal 106'
Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al Ain
Attendance: 6,860

Quarter-finals[]

Canada 1–2 (a.e.t.) Spain
Hume Goal 53' (Report) Iniesta Goal 35'
Arizmendi Golden goal 97'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: (Brazil)
United States 1–2 (a.e.t.) Argentina
Convey Goal 59' (Report) Mascherano Goal 90+4'
Cavenaghi Golden goal 104'  (pen.)
Attendance: 15,500
Colombia 1–0 United Arab Emirates
Montaño Goal 14' (Report)
Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 13,000
Japan 1–5 Brazil
Hirayama Goal 89' (Report) Carvalho Goal 2', 13'
Kléber Goal 15'
Nilmar Goal 34', 90+1'
Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 10,000

Semi-finals[]

Brazil 1–0 Argentina
Dudu Goal 65' (Report)
Attendance: 16,000
Spain 1–0 Colombia
Iniesta Goal 86' (pen.) (Report)
Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 5,700

Third place play-off[]

Colombia 2–1 Argentina
Carrillo Goal 16'
Castrillón Goal 62'		 (Report) Ferreyra Goal 45+1'
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)

Final[]

Spain 0–1 Brazil
(Report) Fernandinho Goal 87'
Attendance: 55,000

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
United States Eddie Johnson United Arab Emirates Ismail Matar  Colombia

Goalscorers[]

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
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
Source: rsssf.com
(H) Host

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