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1993 FIFA World Youth Championship

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Host country
  
Australia

Venue(s)
  
5 (in 5 host cities)

Runners-up
  
Ghana

Start date
  
1993

End date
  
March 20, 1993

Attendance
  
478,003

Dates
  
5–20 March

Champions
  
Brazil (3rd title)

Third place
  
England

Best player
  
Adriano Gerlin da Silva

Teams
  
16

Goals scored
  
82

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The 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Australia for second time from 5 to 20 March 1993. The 1993 championship was the 9th contested. The tournament took place in five venues: Sydney, Canberra, Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide. The tournament was to be held originally in Yugoslavia, but was moved to Australia due to the Yugoslav Wars.

Contents

Group stages

The 16 teams were split into four groups of four teams. Four group winners, and four second-place finishers qualify for the knockout round.

Goalscorers

Henry Zambrano of Colombia won the Golden Shoe award for scoring three goals. In total, 82 goals were scored by 56 different players, with two of them credited as own goals.

3 goals
  • Ante Milicic
  • Gian
  • Adriano
  • Henry Zambrano
  • Augustine Ahinful
  • Vicente Nieto
  • Chris Faklaris
  • 2 goals
    1 goal
    Own goal
  • Steve Watson (playing against South Korea)
  • Murad Magomedov (playing against Australia)
  • References

    1993 FIFA World Youth Championship Wikipedia