The 1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship, the fifth edition of the

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, was held in the cities of

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, and

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between 21 August and 4 September 1993. Players born after 1 August 1976 were allowed to participate in the tournament.

Venues

Qualified Teams

Squads

For the complete list of players, see '' 1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship squads''.

Referees

Asia * Shin-Ichiro Obata * Omar Al-Mohanna Africa * Jean-Fidele Diramba *

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Benito Archundia Benito Armando Archundia Téllez (born March 21, 1966) is a Mexican former football referee. He is known in Mexico as Armando Archundia, but appears as Benito Archundia in FIFA records. He has been a professional referee since 1985 and has had his ...

* Brian Hall South America *

Javier Castrilli Javier Castrilli (born May 22, 1957) is a former football referee from Buenos Aires, Argentina. He worked as a referee from 1980 to 1998, earning the nickname ''El Sheriff'' due to his character and decisions on the field by strictly imposing ...

Salvador Imperatore Salvador Imperatore Marcone (born 11 March 1950) is a Chilean former football referee. He officiated the opening match at the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup, as well as the semi-final between the United States and Germany. He was later on call as ...

* John Toro Rendón Europe * Eric Blareau * Sandor Piller *

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Group stage

All times are

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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

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Playoff for 3rd place

Final

Result

Goalscorers

Wilson Oruma of Nigeria won the Golden Shoe award for scoring six goals. In total, 107 goals were scored by 56 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal. ;6 goals *

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;5 goals * Manuel Neira *

Nwankwo Kanu Nwankwo Kanu (born 1 August 1976) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He was a member of the Nigeria national team, and played for Nigerian team Iwuanyanwu Nationale, Dutch side Ajax, Inter Milan of Italy, and ...

Peter Anosike Peter Ikechukwu Anosike (born 24 December 1976) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Club career Anosike started his career with Belgian top flight side AA Gent, where he made two league appearances without sc ...

;4 goals *

Sebastián Rozental Sebastián Rozental Igualt ( he, סבסטיאן רוזנטל; born 1 September 1976) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or striker. At club level, Rozental played for Universidad Católica (1992� ...

* Joseph Fameye * Judah Cooks ;3 goals *

Petr Ruman Petr Ruman (born 2 November 1976) is a Czech former professional association football, footballer who manages SpVgg Greuther Fürth II, Greuther Fürth II. Career In the first competitive match for 1. FSV Mainz 05 in the 2005–06 season, Ruman ...

* Daniel Addo *

Emmanuel Duah Emmanuel Duah (born 14 November 1976) is a Ghanaian former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Midfielder#Winger, winger. Club career Duah was born in Kumasi, Ghana. After his exploits at the 1991 FIFA U-17 World Champ ...

* Essuman Dadzie * Tomasz Kosztowniak ;2 goals * Andrés Grande *

Leonardo Biagini Leonardo Ángel Biagini (born 13 April 1977) is an Argentine retired footballer who played as a striker. Most of his professional career was spent in Spain where he arrived at the age of 18, going on to represent six clubs in more than one dec ...

* Jonathon Carter * Paul Bilokapić * Héctor Tapia *

Ricardo Ciciliano Ricardo Manuel Ciciliano Bustillo (September 23, 1976 – September 17, 2020) was a Colombian football midfielder. Career Ciciliano was born in Barranquilla. From 2006, Ciciliano played at Millonarios where he achieved several remarkable fea ...

* Edgar García * Edgar Santa Cruz * Festus Odini *

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* Maciej Terlecki * Piotr Orliński * Hassan Al-Otaibi * Fayzal Arouri * Pierre Venditti ;1 goal * Federico Domínguez * Mauro Cantoro * Rodrigo Vilariño * David Ristevski *

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* Sebastian Naglieri * Alejandro Osorio * Yao Xia * Yu Genwei * Juan Madrid *

Libor Sionko Libor Sionko (born 1 February 1977) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. At club level he started in his home town of Ostrava, playing for the youth teams of TJ Vítkovice and Baník Ostrava. Professionally, he ...

* Miroslav Rada * Miroslav Vápeník * Richard Spanik * Zoltán Novota * Daniel Armah *

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Naoki Matsuda was a Japanese professional footballer who played as a central defender for the Japan national team. Club career Matsuda was born in Kiryu on 14 March 1977. After graduating from high school, he joined Yokohama Marinos (later ''Yokohama F. M ...

* Yuzo Funakoshi * Artur Andruszczak * Artur Wichniarek * Artur Wyczalkowski * Jacek Magiera * Mirosław Szymkowiak * Mohamed Al-Enazi * Jason Moore * Steve Armas ;Own goal * Dante Poli (playing against Poland)

Final ranking

External links

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