# 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship

The 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship was the sixth edition of the FIFA U-17 World Championship which was held in the cities of Guayaquil, Portoviejo, Quito, Ibarra, Cuenca, and Riobamba in Ecuador from 3 to 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. It was the first time Ecuador hosted a FIFA tournament.

## Venues

| Quito | Cuenca | Riobamba | Ibarra |
| Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa | Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar | Estadio Olímpico de Riobamba | Estadio Olímpico de Ibarra |
| Capacity: 35,742 | Capacity: 16,540 | Capacity: 14,400 | Capacity: 18,600 |
| QuitoCuencaRiobambaIbarra ||||

## Qualified Teams

| Confederation | Qualifying Tournament | Qualifier(s) |
| AFC (Asia) | 1994 AFC U-17 Championship | Japan Oman Qatar |
| CAF (Africa) | 1995 African U-17 Championship | Ghana Guinea Nigeria |
| CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean) | 1994 CONCACAF U-17 Tournament | Canada Costa Rica United States |
| CONMEBOL (South America) | Host nation | Ecuador |
| CONMEBOL (South America) | 1995 South American U-17 Championship | Argentina Brazil |
| OFC (Oceania) | 1995 OFC U-17 Qualifying Tournament | Australia |
| UEFA (Europe) | 1995 UEFA U-16 Championship | Germany Spain Portugal |

## Squads

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

## Group stage

Key to colours in group tables :
* Group winners and runners-up advance to the Quarterfinals

### 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 |

### 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 |

### 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 |

### 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 |

## Knockout stage

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

### Final
## Result

* 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship winners
* Ghana Second title

## Goalscorers

Daniel Allsopp of Australia won the Golden Shoe award for scoring five goals. In total, 84 goals were scored by 57 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.

### 5 goals

* Daniel Allsopp
* Mohammed Amar Al-Kathiri

### 4 goals

* Fernando Gatti

### 3 goals

* Abu Iddrisu

### 2 goals

* César La Paglia
* Pablo Aimar
* Juan
* Marco Antônio
* Rodrigo
* Baba Sule
* Dini Kamara
* Emmanuel Bentil
* Edward Anyamkygh
* James Obiorah
* Taqi Al-Siyabi
* Vargas
* Zeferino
* Jesús Duarte

### 1 goal

* Esteban Cambiasso
* Luis Caserio
* Sixto Peralta
* Harry Kewell
* Bel
* Carlos Alberto
* Djimi
* Eduardo
* Fabio
* Kléber
* Rocha
* Patrice Bernier
* Andrey Campos
* Nelson Fonseca
* Diego Ayala
* Exon Corozo
* Felix Angulo
* Luis Moreira
* Alexander Bugera
* Damian Brezina
* Timo Rost
* Attakora Amaniampong
* Bashiru Gambo
* Charles Akwei
* Joseph Ansah
* Ibrahima Conte
* Ousmane Bangoura
* Souleymane Keita
* Kotaro Yamazaki
* Naohiro Takahara
* Chiedu Chukwueke
* Henry Onwuzuruike
* Hani Al-Dhabit
* Adolfo
* Jaweed Ghulam
* Jordi Ferrón
* Mista
* Jorge Redmond

### Own goal

* Víctor Mercado (playing against Argentina)

## Final ranking

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Ghana | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 18 |
| 2 | Brazil | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 13 |
| 3 | Argentina | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 15 |
| 4 | Oman | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 10 |
| Eliminated in the quarter-finals ||||||||||
| 5 | Nigeria | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 |
| 6 | Australia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | –1 | 4 |
| 7 | Ecuador | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | –1 | 4 |
| 8 | Portugal | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | –3 | 3 |
| Eliminated at the group stage ||||||||||
| 9 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | –3 | 3 |
| 11 | Guinea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | –3 | 3 |
| 13 | Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | –3 | 3 |
| 14 | Qatar | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | –4 | 1 |
| 15 | United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | –5 | 0 |
| 16 | Canada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | –6 | 0 |