1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship

3rd U-17 World Championship for the FIFA/JVC Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Ecuador
Dates	August 3 - August 20, 1995
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Ghana (2nd title)
Runner-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
Best player	Mohammed Al-Kathiri

The FIFA U-17 World Championship 1995 was held in the cities of Guayaquil, Portoviejo, Quito, Ibarra, Cuenca, and Riobamba in Ecuador between 3 August and 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.

Contents 1 Qualified Teams 2 Squads 3 Referees 4 Matches 4.1 Group A 4.2 Group B 4.3 Group C 4.4 Group D 5 Knockout Phase 5.1 Quarterfinals 5.2 Semifinals 5.3 Playoff for 3rd place 5.4 Final 6 Result 7 Top Goalscorers 8 External links

[edit] Qualified Teams

Africa (African U-17 Championship 1995)

•  Ghana
•  Guinea
•  Nigeria

Asia (AFC U-17 Championship 1994)

•  Japan
•  Oman
•  Qatar

Europe (UEFA U-16 Championship 1995)

•  Germany
•  Spain
•  Portugal

North America (CONCACAF U-17 Championship 1994)

•  Canada
•  Costa Rica
•  United States

South America (Sudamericano Sub-17 1995)

•  Argentina
•  Brazil

Oceania (OFC U-17 Qualifying Tournament 1995)

•  Australia

Host Nation (Automatic Qualification)

•  Ecuador

[edit] Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship squads

[edit] Referees

Asia Hossein Asgari Ahmad Haji Yaakub Africa Pierre Mounguengui Said Belqola CONCACAF Antonio Marrufo Ramesh Ramdhan

South America Roger Zambrano Epifiano González José Luis da Rosa Europe Fritz Stuchlik Hartmut Strampe Leslie Irvine Vasyl Melnychuk Oceania Barry Tasker

[edit] Matches

[edit] 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

August 3, 1995 20:15	Ecuador	2–0	United States	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (AUT)
	Moreira  31' Corozo  83'	(Report)

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August 3, 1995 18:00	Ghana	1–0	Japan	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Leslie Irvine (NIR)
	Kamara  70'	(Report)

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August 5, 1995 18:15	Ecuador	1–2	Ghana	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito Attendance: 18,000 Referee: José Luis da Rosa (URU)
	Angulo  32'	(Report)	Sule  6' Gambo  68'

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August 5, 1995 16:00	United States	1–2	Japan	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (AUT)
	Redmond  60'	(Report)	Yamazaki  49' Takahara  86'

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August 8, 1995 20:15	Ecuador	0–0	Japan	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Said Belqola (MAR)
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August 8, 1995 18:00	United States	0–2	Ghana	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Vasyl Melnychuk (UKR)
		(Report)	Iddrisu  35' Akwei  65'

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[edit] 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

August 4, 1995 18:00	Argentina	3–0	Portugal	Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar, Cuenca Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (GER)
	Gatti  5' La Paglia  19'  88' (pen.)	(Report)

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August 4, 1995 20:15	Costa Rica	2–0	Guinea	Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar, Cuenca Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Barry Tasker (NZL)
	Fonseca  80' Campos  87'	(Report)

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August 6, 1995 13:15	Portugal	2–3	Guinea	Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar, Cuenca Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Ahmed Haji Yaakub (MAS)
	Zeferino  11'  26'	(Report)	Bangoura  30' Conte  48' (pen.) Keita  65'

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August 6, 1995 20:15	Argentina	2–0	Costa Rica	Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar, Cuenca Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Hossein Asgari (IRN)
	Caserio  62' Gatti  79'	(Report)

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August 9, 1995 18:00	Portugal	3–0	Costa Rica	Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar, Cuenca Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Roger Zambrano (ECU)
	Vargas  88'  90+1' Adolfo  89'	(Report)

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August 9, 1995 20:15	Argentina	2–0	Guinea	Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar, Cuenca Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Antonio Marrufo (MEX)
	Peralta  18' Aimar  26'	(Report)

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[edit] 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

August 4, 1995 12:00	Nigeria	1–1	Qatar	Estadio Olímpico de Riobamba, Riobamba Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Antonio Marrufo (MEX)
	Anyamkygh  37'	(Report)	Ghulam  39'

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August 4, 1995 14:15	Australia	2–2	Spain	Estadio Olímpico de Riobamba, Riobamba Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Ramesh Ramdhan (TRI)
	Allsopp  16'  73'	(Report)	Duarte  55' (pen.) Mista  73'

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August 6, 1995 12:00	Nigeria	2–0	Australia	Estadio Olímpico de Riobamba, Riobamba Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Roger Zambrano (ECU)
	Anyamkygh  59' Obiorah  90+3'	(Report)

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August 6, 1995 14:15	Qatar	0–1	Spain	Estadio Olímpico de Riobamba, Riobamba Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Epifiano Gonzalez (PAR)
		(Report)	Ferrón  83'

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August 9, 1995 12:00	Qatar	0–3	Australia	Estadio Olímpico de Riobamba, Riobamba Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (GER)
		(Report)	Kewell  43' (pen.) Allsopp  48'  56'

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August 9, 1995 14:15	Nigeria	2–1	Spain	Estadio Olímpico de Riobamba, Riobamba Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Barry Tasker (NZL)
	Obiorah  48' Onwuzuruike  84'	(Report)	Duarte  57' (pen.)

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[edit] 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

August 4, 1995 13:00	Brazil	3–0	Germany	Estadio Olímpico de Ibarra, Ibarra Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Said Belqola (MAR)
	Djimi  39' Carlos Alberto  54' Juan  63'	(Report)

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August 4, 1995 15:15	Oman	2–1	Canada	Estadio Olímpico de Ibarra, Ibarra Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Pierre Mounguengui (GAB)
	Al-Kathiri  43'  62' (pen.)	(Report)	Bernier  70'

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August 6, 1995 14:00	Brazil	0–0	Oman	Estadio Olímpico de Ibarra, Ibarra Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Vasyl Melnychuk (UKR)
		(Report)

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August 6, 1995 16:15	Germany	3–0	Canada	Estadio Olímpico de Ibarra, Ibarra Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Said Belqola (MAR)
	Brezina  23' Rost  68' Brugera  73'	(Report)

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August 9, 1995 13:00	Germany	0–3	Oman	Estadio Olímpico de Ibarra, Ibarra Attendance: 9,000 Referee: José Luis da Rosa (URU)
		(Report)	Al-Kathiri  4' (pen.) Al-Siyabi  81'  87'

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August 9, 1995 15:15	Brazil	2–0	Canada	Estadio Olímpico de Ibarra, Ibarra Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Leslie Irvine (NIR)
	Bel  2' Eduardo  46'	(Report)

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[edit] Knockout Phase

	Quarter finals				Semi finals				Final
	August 12 - Quito
	Ghana	2
					August 17 - Portoviejo
	Portugal	0
					Ghana	3
	August 13 - Portoviejo
					Oman	1
	Oman	2
									August 20 - Guayaquil
	Nigeria	1
									Ghana	3
	August 12 - Guayaquil
									Brazil	2
	Argentina	3
					August 17 - Guayaquil
	Ecuador	1
					Brazil	3			Third place
	August 13 - Portoviejo
					Argentina	0
	Brazil	3							Argentina	2
	Australia	1							Oman	0
									August 20 - Guayaquil

[edit] Quarterfinals

August 12, 1995 17:00	Ghana	2–0	Portugal	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Epifiano Gonzalez (PAR)
	Bentil  12' Amaniampong  87'	(Report)

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August 12, 1995 20:00	Nigeria	1–2	Oman	Estadio Reales Tamarindos, Portoviejo Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (GER)
	Chukwueke  13' (pen.)	(Report)	Al-Kathiri  32' Al-Nobi  49'

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August 13, 1995 14:00	Brazil	3–1	Australia	Estadio Reales Tamarindos, Portoviejo Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Antonio Maruffo (MEX)
	Rodrigo  14' Kléber  65' Marco Antônio  75'	(Report)	Allsopp  32'

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August 13, 1995 17:00	Argentina	3–1	Ecuador	Estadio Monumental, Guayaquil Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Leslie Irvine (NIR)
	Mercado  36' (o.g.) Aimar  46' Gatti  66'	(Report)	Ayala  86'

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[edit] Semifinals

August 17, 1995 17:00	Ghana	3–1	Oman	Estadio Reales Tamarindos, Portoviejo Attendance: 18,000 Referee: José Luis da Rosa (URU)
	Ansah  38' Kamara  54' Iddrisu  72'	(Report)	Al-Kathiri 67'

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August 17, 1995 20:00	Argentina	0–3	Brazil	Estadio Monumental, Guayaquil Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (AUT)
		(Report)	Rodrigo 74' Rocha 88' Fabio 90'

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[edit] Playoff for 3rd place

August 20, 1995 14:30	Oman	0–2	Argentina	Estadio Monumental, Guayaquil Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Said Belqola (MAR)
		(Report)	Gatti  20' Cambiasso  71'

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[edit] Final

August 20, 1995 17:00	Ghana	3–2	Brazil	Estadio Monumental, Guayaquil Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Leslie Irvine (NIR)
	Sule  39' Iddrisu  45' Bentil  49'		Juan  47' Marco Antônio  90'

[edit] Result

1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship Winners
Ghana Second title

[edit] Top Goalscorers

Team	Players	Goals
	Mohammed Al-Kathiri	5
	Daniel Allsopp	5
	Fernando Gatti	4

[edit] External links

• FIFA.com: FIFA U-17 World Championship Ecuador 1995

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