# 1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship

The 1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship, the fifth edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Tokyo, Hiroshima, Kyoto, Kobe, Nagoya, and Gifu City in Japan from 21 August to 4 September 1993. Players born after 1 August 1976 were allowed to participate in the tournament.

## Venues

| Tokyo | Hiroshima | Kobe |
| Tokyo National Stadium | Hiroshima Big Arch | Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium |
| Capacity: 48,000 | Capacity: 50,000 | Capacity: 35,910 |
| TokyoHiroshimaKobeGifu CityKyotoNagoya |||
| Gifu City | Kyoto | Nagoya |
| Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium | Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium | Paloma Mizuho Rugby Stadium |
| Capacity: 26,109 | Capacity: 20,588 | Capacity: 15,000 |

## Qualified Teams

| Confederation | Qualifying Tournament | Qualifier(s) |
| AFC (Asia) | Host nation | Japan |
| AFC (Asia) | 1992 AFC U-17 Championship | China Qatar |
| CAF (Africa) | 1993 African U-17 Qualifying for World Cup | Ghana Nigeria Tunisia |
| CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean) | 1992 CONCACAF U-17 Tournament | Canada Mexico United States |
| CONMEBOL (South America) | 1993 South American U-17 Football Championship | Argentina Chile Colombia |
| OFC (Oceania) | 1993 OFC U-17 Championship | Australia |
| UEFA (Europe) | 1993 UEFA U-16 Championship | Italy Poland Czechoslovakia |

## Squads

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

## Group stage

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ghana | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 9 | Advanced to quarter finals |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | Advanced to quarter finals |
| 3 | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Italy | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Nigeria | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | +14 | 9 | Advanced to quarter finals |
| 2 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 4 | Advanced to quarter finals |
| 3 | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Canada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | −18 | 0 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 | Advanced to quarter finals |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 4 | Advanced to quarter finals |
| 3 | Colombia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Qatar | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 | |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Poland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 | Advanced to quarter finals |
| 2 | Chile | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 5 | Advanced to quarter finals |
| 3 | Tunisia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | China | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | |

## Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 29 August – Kyoto | 29 August – Kyoto | | | |
| Chile | 4 | | | |
| Chile | 4 | 1 September – Tokyo | 1 September – Tokyo | | |
| Czechoslovakia | 1 | 1 September – Tokyo | 1 September – Tokyo | |
| Czechoslovakia | 1 | Ghana | 3 | |
| 29 August – Kobe | 29 August – Kobe | | Ghana | 3 | |
| 29 August – Kobe | 29 August – Kobe | Chile | 0 | |
| Ghana | 1 | Chile | 0 | |
| Ghana | 1 | | | | 4 September – Tokyo | 4 September – Tokyo |
| Australia | 0 | | | | 4 September – Tokyo | 4 September – Tokyo |
| Australia | 0 | | | | Nigeria | 2 |
| 29 August – Gifu | 29 August – Gifu | | | | | Nigeria | 2 |
| 29 August – Gifu | 29 August – Gifu | | | | Ghana | 1 |
| Nigeria | 2 | | | | Ghana | 1 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1 September – Hiroshima | 1 September – Hiroshima | | | |
| Japan | 1 | 1 September – Hiroshima | 1 September – Hiroshima | | | |
| Japan | 1 | Nigeria | 2 | | | |
| 29 August – Hiroshima | 29 August – Hiroshima | | Nigeria | 2 | | | |
| 29 August – Hiroshima | 29 August – Hiroshima | Poland | 1 | | Third place | Third place |
| Poland | 3 | Poland | 1 | | Third place | Third place |
| Poland | 3 | | | | 4 September – Tokyo | 4 September – Tokyo |
| United States | 0 | | | | 4 September – Tokyo | 4 September – Tokyo |
| United States | 0 | | | | Chile | 1 (4) |
| | | | | | Poland | 1 (2) |

### Final
## Result

* 1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship winners
* Nigeria Second title

## 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
* Nwankwo Kanu
* 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
* Ricardo Ciciliano
* Edgar García
* Edgar Santa Cruz
* Festus Odini
* Ibrahim
* Maciej Terlecki
* Piotr Orliński
* Hassan Al-Otaibi
* Fayzal Arouri
* Pierre Venditti

### 1 goal

* Federico Domínguez
* Mauro Cantoro
* Rodrigo Vilariño
* David Ristevski
* Nick Bosevski
* Sebastian Naglieri
* Alejandro Osorio
* Yao Xia
* Yu Genwei
* Juan Madrid
* Libor Sionko
* Miroslav Rada
* Miroslav Vápeník
* Richard Spanik
* Zoltán Novota
* Daniel Armah
* Francesco Totti
* Hidetoshi Nakata
* Naoki Matsuda
* 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

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Nigeria | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | +17 | 12 |
| 2 | Ghana | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 10 |
| 3 | Chile | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 7 |
| 4 | Poland | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 8 |
| Eliminated in the quarter-finals ||||||||||
| 5 | Czechoslovakia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 5 |
| 6 | Australia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 3 |
| 7 | United States | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Japan | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 |
| Eliminated at the group stage ||||||||||
| 9 | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 3 |
| 10 | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 2 |
| 11 | Colombia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 |
| 12 | Tunisia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 |
| 13 | Qatar | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 2 |
| 14 | China | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
| 15 | Italy | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 |
| 16 | Canada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | −18 | 0 |