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 Gifu City in

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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 ''

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''.

Referees

Asia * Shin-Ichiro Obata * Omar Al-Mohanna Africa * Jean-Fidele Diramba * Alhagi Faye CONCACAF * Benito Archundia * 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 t ...

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 *

José Pratas José João Mendes Pratas (6 October 1957 – 1 October 2017) was a Portuguese football referee. He was born in Évora, where he died on 1 October 2017, at the age of 59. He was in the first national category between 1988-1989 and 2002-2003, ar ...

Anders Frisk Anders Frisk (born 18 February 1963) is a Swedish insurance agent by trade and a former football referee. Frisk chose to go into early retirement from refereeing due to pressure from death threats made against him and his family. He is fluent ...

Group stage

All times are

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( UTC+9)

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 * Wilson Oruma ;5 goals *

Manuel Neira Manuel Alejandro Neira Díaz (born 12 October 1977) is a retired Chilean football player who played as a striker. He played for clubs including Colo-Colo (Chile), UD Las Palmas (Spain), Racing Club (Argentina) and Unión Española (Chile), an ...

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, ...

* Peter Anosike ;4 goals * Sebastián Rozental * Joseph Fameye * Judah Cooks ;3 goals * Petr Ruman * Daniel Addo * Emmanuel Duah * Essuman Dadzie * Tomasz Kosztowniak ;2 goals * Andrés Grande * Leonardo Biagini * Jonathon Carter * Paul Bilokapić *

Héctor Tapia Héctor Santiago Tapia Urdile (born 30 September 1977), also known as Tito Tapia, is a Chilean football manager and former player who played as a forward. Career Tapia has played for Colo Colo, Universidad Católica, Palestino and Unión ...

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 Roberto Mauro Cantoro (born 1 September 1976 in Ramos Mejia, La Matanza Partido, Argentina), nicknamed El Toro, is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He also has Italian and Polish citizenships. Personal ...

* Rodrigo Vilariño * David Ristevski *

Nick Bosevski Nick Bosevski (born 2 December 1976) is an Australian footballer. He played two seasons for IFK Norrköping. Bosevski spent most of his playing career in Australia with a spell at Liège, Belgium (then in Division 2) in 2000/2001 and at Norrk ...

* Sebastian Naglieri * Alejandro Osorio *

Yao Xia Yao Xia ( Simplified Chinese: 姚夏; Pinyin: ''Yáo Xià'') (born 28 January 1974) is a Chinese football coach and a former international footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or striker. As a youngster he would make a name for himse ...

Yu Genwei Yu Genwei (Chinese: 于根伟) (born 7 January 1974) is a former Chinese international footballer who played his entire career for Tianjin Teda as an attacking midfielder or striker. Internationally he represented the Chinese football team whe ...

* Juan Madrid * Libor Sionko * Miroslav Rada * Miroslav Vápeník * Richard Spanik * Zoltán Novota * Daniel Armah *

Francesco Totti Francesco Totti (; born 27 September 1976) is an Italian former professional footballer who played solely for Roma and the Italy national team. He is often referred to as ''Er Bimbo de Oro'' (The Golden Boy), ''L'Ottavo Re di Roma'' (The Eig ...

* Hidetoshi Nakata *

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 *

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;Own goal * Dante Poli (playing against Poland)

Final ranking

External links

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