2003 FIFA World Youth Championship

2003 FIFA World Youth Championship
2003 الإمارات العربية المتحدة

Tournament details
Host country	United Arab Emirates
Dates	November 27 – December 19
Teams	24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	7 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (4th title)
Runners-up	Spain
Third place	Colombia
Fourth place	Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Goals scored	119 (2.29 per match)
Attendance	592,100 (11,387 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Dudu Fernando Cavenaghi Eddie Johnson Daisuke Sakata (4 goals)
Best player	Ismail Matar
← 2001 2005 →

The 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in United Arab Emirates between November 27 and December 19, 2003. The 2003 championship was the 14th contested. The competition was originally planned to be played earlier in that year, but was moved because of the Iraq War.

Venues

City	Stadium Name	Host club(s)	Capacity
Abu Dhabi	Sheikh Zayed Stadium	No host club(s)	66,000
Abu Dhabi	Al-Nahyan Stadium	Al Wahda	12,000
Abu Dhabi	Mohammad Bin Zayed Stadium	Al-Jazeera Club	15,000
Al Ain	Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium	Al Ain Club	12,000
Dubai	Al-Maktoum Stadium	Al-Nasr Sports Club	12,000
Dubai	Al-Rashid Stadium	Al-Ahli (UAE)	18,000
Sharjah	Sharjah Stadium	Sharjah FC	12,000

Qualification

The following 24 teams qualified for the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Confederation	Qualifying Tournament	Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)	AFC Youth Championship 2002	South Korea Japan Saudi Arabia Uzbekistan¹
CAF (Africa)	2003 African Youth Championship	Burkina Faso¹ Mali Egypt Côte d'Ivoire
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)	2003 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament	Canada Mexico United States Panama¹
CONMEBOL (South America)	2003 South American Youth Championship	Colombia Brazil Argentina Paraguay
OFC (Oceania)	2003 OFC U-20 Championship	Australia
UEFA (Europe)	2002 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship	Spain Slovakia¹ Czech Republic England Republic of Ireland Germany
Host nation		United Arab Emirates

1.^ Teams that will make their debut.

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship squads.

Tournament

The 24 teams were split into six groups of four teams. Six group winners, six second place finishers and the four best third place finishers qualify for the knockout round.

Key to colours in group tables
	Group winners, runners-up, and best four third-placed teams advance to the Round of 16

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Burkina Faso	7	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2
Slovakia	6	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3
United Arab Emirates	4	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2
Panama	0	3	0	0	3	1	4	−3

November 27, 2003 20:30	United Arab Emirates	1 – 4	Slovakia	Zayed City Sports Stadium, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 46,000 Referee: Elizondo (Argentina)
	Al-Wehaibi 72'	(Report)	Brezinsky 5' Halenar 23' Čech 48' Holosko 81'

November 28, 2003 20:30	Panama	0 – 1	Burkina Faso	Mohammad Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Rosetti (Italy)
		(Report)	Bance 81'

December 1, 2003 17:45	Burkina Faso	1 – 0	Slovakia	Mohammad Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Al-Delawar (Bahrain)
	Zongo 6'	(Report)

December 1, 2003 20:30	Panama	1 – 2	United Arab Emirates	Mohammad Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 15,000 Referee: De Bleeckere (Belgium)
	Gun 36'	(Report)	Shehab 18' (pen.) Saleh 80'

December 4, 2003 17:45	United Arab Emirates	0 – 0	Burkina Faso	Mohammad Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Ruiz (Colombia)
		(Report)

December 4, 2003 20:30	Slovakia	1 – 0	Panama	Mohammad Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Benouza (Algeria)
	Pecovsky 49'	(Report)

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
Argentina	9	3	3	0	7	3	+4
Spain	6	3	2	1	4	2	+2
Mali	3	3	1	2	4	7	−3
Uzbekistan	0	3	0	3	3	6	−3

November 28, 2003 17:45	Argentina	2 – 1	Spain	Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Archundia (Mexico)
	Fernández 50', 74'	(Report)	Gabi 25'

November 28, 2003 20:30	Uzbekistan	2 – 3	Mali	Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Souza (Brazil)
	Innomov 18' Geynrikh 63'	(Report)	Diarra 4' Berthe 51' Coulibaly 90+1'

December 1, 2003 17:45	Mali	0 – 2	Spain	Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Ruiz (Colombia)
		(Report)	Juanfran 16' Sergio García 77' (pen.)

December 1, 2003 20:30	Uzbekistan	1 – 2	Argentina	Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Diouf (Senegal)
	Geynrikh 4'	(Report)	Fernández 70' Cavenaghi 90+3' (pen.)

December 4, 2003 17:45	Argentina	3 – 1	Mali	Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah Attendance: 5,000 Referee: De Bleeckere (Belgium)
	Ferreyra 13' Herrera 26' Diakite 32' (o.g.)	(Report)	Berthe 48' (pen.)

December 4, 2003 20:30	Spain	1 – 0	Uzbekistan	Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Busacca (Switzerland)
	Iniesta 15'	(Report)

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Australia	7	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2
Brazil	4	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1
Canada	3	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2
Czech Republic	2	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1

November 28, 2003 17:45	Brazil	2 – 0	Canada	Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai Attendance: 13,150 Referee: González (Spain)
	Daniel Carvalho 56' Nilmar 84'	(Report)

November 28, 2003 20:30	Czech Republic	1 – 1	Australia	Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai Attendance: 8,200 Referee: Diouf (Senegal)
	Limberský 24'	(Report)	McDonald 49'

December 1, 2003 17:45	Australia	2 – 1	Canada	Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai Attendance: 8,200 Referee: Kwon (Korea Republic)
	Brosque 12' McKay 54'	(Report)	Hume 33'

December 1, 2003 20:30	Czech Republic	1 – 1	Brazil	Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Archundia (Mexico)
	Limberský 34'	(Report)	Adaílton 37'

December 4, 2003 17:45	Brazil	2 – 3	Australia	Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Rosetti (Italy)
	Juninho 75' Dudu 87'	(Report)	Danze 31', 37' Dilevski 47'

December 4, 2003 20:30	Canada	1 – 0	Czech Republic	Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Elizondo (Argentina)
	Hume 80'	(Report)

Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Japan	6	3	2	0	1	3	4	−1
Colombia	5	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3
Egypt	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	0
England	1	3	0	1	2	0	2	−2

November 29, 2003 17:45	Colombia	0 – 0	Egypt	Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Busacca (Switzerland)
		(Report)

November 29, 2003 20:30	Japan	1 – 0	England	Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Stott (United States)
	Sakata 54'	(Report)

December 2, 2003 17:45	England	0 – 1	Egypt	Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Maidin (Singapore)
		(Report)	Moteab 74'

December 2, 2003 20:30	Japan	1 – 4	Colombia	Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai Attendance: 7,200 Referee: Breeze (Australia)
	Sakata 75'	(Report)	de la Cuesta 35' Castrillón 43' Aguilar 65' Rivas 90+3'

December 5, 2003 17:45	Colombia	0 – 0	England	Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai Attendance: 9,210 Referee: Al-Delawar (Bahrain)
		(Report)

December 5, 2003 20:30	Egypt	0 – 1	Japan	Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai Attendance: 11,800 Referee: Archundia (Mexico)
		(Report)	Hirayama 79'

Group E

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Republic of Ireland	7	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3
Côte d'Ivoire	5	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1
Saudi Arabia	2	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1
Mexico	1	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3

November 29, 2003 17:45	Saudi Arabia	1 – 2	Republic of Ireland	Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al Ain Attendance: 9,055 Referee: Breeze (Australia)
	Al-Mahyani 49'	(Report)	Elliott 18', 77'

November 29, 2003 20:30	Mexico	1 – 2	Côte d'Ivoire	Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al Ain Attendance: 6,350 Referee: Kwon (Korea Republic)
	de Nigris 85'	(Report)	Tohoua 19' Koné 58'

December 2, 2003 17:45	Côte d'Ivoire	2 – 2	Republic of Ireland	Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al Ain Attendance: 10,265 Referee: Busacca (Switzerland)
	Koné 12', 67'	(Report)	Paisley 36' Elliott 74'

December 2, 2003 20:30	Mexico	1 – 1	Saudi Arabia	Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al Ain Attendance: 10,950 Referee: Stott (United States)
	Pinto 30'	(Report)	Majrashi 15'

December 5, 2003 17:45	Saudi Arabia	0 – 0	Côte d'Ivoire	Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al Ain Attendance: 10,370 Referee: Kwon (Korea Republic)
		(Report)

December 5, 2003 20:30	Republic of Ireland	2 – 0	Mexico	Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al Ain Attendance: 9,230 Referee: De Souza (Brazil)
	Paisley 35' Kelly 85'	(Report)

Group F

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
United States	6	3	2	1	6	4	+2
Paraguay	6	3	2	1	4	3	+1
South Korea	3	3	1	2	2	3	−1
Germany	3	3	1	2	3	5	−2

November 29, 2003 17:45	Paraguay	1 – 3	United States	Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Maidin (Singapore)
	dos Santos 6'	(Report)	Johnson 53' Magee 68' Convey 81'

November 29, 2003 20:30	South Korea	2 – 0	Germany	Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Benouza (Algeria)
	Lee H.J. 51' Lee J.M. 70'	(Report)

December 2, 2003 17:45	Germany	3 – 1	United States	Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Souza (Brazil)
	Huth 47' Trochowski 60' Kneissl 63'	(Report)	Whitbread 77'

December 2, 2003 20:30	South Korea	0 – 1	Paraguay	Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Rosetti (Italy)
		(Report)	Velázquez 14'

December 5, 2003 17:45	Paraguay	2 – 0	Germany	Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 6,000 Referee: González (Spain)
	López 39' Valdez 57'	(Report)

December 5, 2003 20:30	United States	2 – 0	South Korea	Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Breeze (AUS)
	Johnson 13' (pen.), 24' (pen.)	(Report)

Ranking of third-placed teams

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Egypt	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	0
United Arab Emirates	4	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2
South Korea	3	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1
Canada	3	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2
Mali	3	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3
Saudi Arabia	2	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1

Knockout Round

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

8 December

Japan (aet)

12 December

South Korea

Japan

9 December

Brazil

Brazil (aet)

15 December

Slovakia

Brazil

8 December

Argentina

Argentina (aet)

12 December

Egypt

Argentina (aet)

8 December

United States

United States

19 December

Côte d'Ivoire

Brazil

8 December

Spain

Burkina Faso

12 December

Canada

Canada

9 December

Spain (aet)

Paraguay

15 December

Spain

9 December

Colombia

Third place

Australia

12 December

19 December

United Arab Emirates

Colombia

9 December

United Arab Emirates

Argentina

Republic of Ireland

Colombia (aet)

Knockout stage

Round of 16

December 08, 2003 18:00	Japan	2 – 1 (AET)	South Korea	Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Elizondo (Argentina)
	Sakata 82', 105'	(Report)	Choi 38'

December 08, 2003 21:00	Burkina Faso	0 – 1	Canada	Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Kwon (South Korea)
		(Report)	Simpson 59'

December 08, 2003 18:00	Argentina	2 – 1 (AET)	Egypt	Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai Attendance: 10,800 Referee: Bussaca (Switzerland)
	Cavenaghi 27', 114'	(Report)	Metwaly 42'

December 08, 2003 21:00	United States	2 – 0	Côte d'Ivoire	Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai Attendance: 3,210 Referee: Ruiz (Colombia)
	Mapp 7' Johnson 43' (pen.)	(Report)

December 09, 2003 18:00	Brazil	2 – 1 (AET)	Slovakia	Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah Attendance: 12,800 Referee: González (Spain)
	Dudu 83', 100'	(Report)	Sebo 61'

December 09, 2003 21:00	Australia	0 – 1	United Arab Emirates	Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah Attendance: 13,500 Referee: de Souza (Brazil)
		(Report)	Matar 89'

December 09, 2003 18:00	Paraguay	0 – 1	Spain	Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al Ain Attendance: 9,250 Referee: Archundia (Mexico)
		(Report)	Sergio García 66'

December 09, 2003 21:00	Republic of Ireland	2 – 3 (AET)	Colombia	Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al Ain Attendance: 6,860 Referee: de Bleeckere (Belgium)
	Doyle 85' McCarthy 90+2'	(Report)	Perea 11' Montaño 70' Carrillo 106'

Quarter-finals

December 12, 2003 18:00	Canada	1 – 2 (AET)	Spain	Al Jazira Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 15,000 Referee: de Souza (Brazil)
	Hume 53'	(Report)	Iniesta 35' Arizmendi 97'

December 12, 2003 21:00	United States	1 – 2 (AET)	Argentina	Al Jazira Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 15,500 Referee: González (Spain)
	Convey 59'	(Report)	Mascherano 90+4' Cavenaghi 104' (pen.)

December 12, 2003 18:00	Colombia	1 – 0	United Arab Emirates	Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Elizondo (Argentina)
	Montaño 14'	(Report)

December 12, 2003 21:00	Japan	1 – 5	Brazil	Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ruiz (Colombia)
	Hirayama 89'	(Report)	Carvalho 2', 13' Kléber 15' Nilmar 34', 90+1'

Semi-finals

December 15, 2003 18:00	Brazil	1 – 0	Argentina	Al Jazira Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Archundia (Mexico)
	Dudu 65'	(Report)

December 15, 2003 21:00	Spain	1 – 0	Colombia	Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai Attendance: 5,700 Referee: de Bleeckere (Belgium)
	Iniesta 86' (pen.)	(Report)

Third place play-off

December 19, 2003 18:00	Colombia	2 – 1	Argentina	Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Breeze (Australia)
	Carrillo 16' Castrillón 62'	(Report)	Ferreyra 45+1'

Final

December 19, 2003 20:45	Spain	0 – 1	Brazil	Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Rosetti (Italia)
		(Report)	Fernandinho 87'

Result

2003 FIFA World Youth Champions
Brazil Fourth title

2nd Place	3rd Place	4th Place
Spain	Colombia	Argentina

Awards

Golden Shoe	Golden Ball	FIFA Fair Play Award
Eddie Johnson	Ismail Matar	Colombia

Goalscorers

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

57 players with one goal.

FIFA U-20 World Cup

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Qualification	AFC · CAF · CONCACAF · CONMEBOL · OFC · UEFA

Squads	1977 · 1979 · 1981 · 1983 · 1985 · 1987 · 1989 · 1991 · 1993 · 1995 · 1997 · 1999 · 2001 · 2003 · 2005 · 2007 · 2009 · 2011

Team appearances

2003 FIFA World Youth Championship

Contents

Venues

Qualification

Squads

Tournament

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Ranking of third-placed teams

Knockout Round

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Final

Result

Awards

Goalscorers