The 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship, known as the 1993 FIFA/

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World Youth Championship for sponsorship purposes, was the 9th edition

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. U20 Brazil defeated

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, 2–1 for its third title. It took place across five cities in

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. The tournament was originally to be held in

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, but due to the

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, was moved to Australia.

Venues

Qualification

For the first time ever, Russia competed after the

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. It was also the first time Germany played after the

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. However, as they are designated as descendant of East Germany and West Germany respectively, they are not considered as tournament debutants. :1.Teams that made their debut. :2.Germany made their debut as a unified nation. They were chosen as the descendant of the now-defunct West Germany, which qualified in 1981 and 1987 tournaments. The now-defunct East Germany qualified in 1987 and 1989 tournaments. :3.Russia made their debut as independent nation. They were chosen as the descendant of the now-defunct Soviet Union, which qualified in 1977, 1979, 1983, 1985, 1989, and 1991 tournaments.

Squads

Group stage

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

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

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Final

Result

Awards

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 *

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* Gian *

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* Henry Zambrano *

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* Vicente Nieto * Chris Faklaris ;2 goals *

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* André Breitenreiter *

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* Fernando Correa ;1 goal *

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* Bruno Carvalho * Catê * Marcelinho Paulista *

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* Bernard Tchoutang * David Embé *

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* Arley Betancourth * Oscar Restrepo *

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* Daniel Addo * Isaac Asare * Mohammed Gargo * Nii Lamptey *

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* Jesús Olalde * Bambo * Aleksei Savchenko * Dmitri Ananko * Igor Zazulin *

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* Abdullah Al Takrouni * Cho Jin-ho * Serkan Reçber * Brian Kelly *

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* Diego López * Sergio Sena Lamela ;Own goal * Steve Watson (playing against South Korea) *

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(playing against Australia)

Final ranking

External links

FIFA World Youth Championship Australia 1993
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FIFA Technical Report (Part 1)(Part 2)(Part 3)
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(Part 4)
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