# 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship

The 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship, known as the 1995 FIFA/Coca-Cola World Youth Championship for sponsorship purposes, was the 10th edition of the FIFA World Youth Championship. It was held in Qatar from 13 to 28 April 1995. The tournament took place in three venues within the city of Doha. The tournament was originally going to be held in Nigeria, but due to the meningitis outbreak, it withdrew from hosting duties. FIFA relocated the event to Qatar.

## Qualification

| Confederation | Qualifying Tournament | Qualifier(s) |
| AFC (Asia) | Host nation | Qatar |
| AFC (Asia) | 1994 AFC Youth Championship | Japan Syria |
| CAF (Africa) | 1995 African Youth Championship | Burundi Cameroon |
| CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean) | 1994 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament | Costa Rica Honduras |
| CONMEBOL (South America) | 1995 South American Youth Championship | Argentina Brazil Chile |
| OFC (Oceania) | 1994 OFC U-20 Championship | Australia |
| UEFA (Europe) | 1994 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship | Germany Netherlands Portugal Russia Spain |
    1.^ Teams that made their debut.

## Squads

For a list of the squads see 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship squads.

## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Russia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Syria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 3 | |
| 4 | Qatar (H) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Chile | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 2 | |
| 4 | Burundi | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
| 1 | Portugal | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Honduras | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 0 | |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
| 1 | Cameroon | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Germany | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |

## Knockout stages

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| April 23 - Doha (KOS) | April 23 - Doha (KOS) | | | |
| Brazil | 2 | | | |
| Brazil | 2 | April 25 - Doha (KOS) | April 25 - Doha (KOS) | | |
| Japan | 1 | April 25 - Doha (KOS) | April 25 - Doha (KOS) | |
| Japan | 1 | Brazil | 1 | |
| April 23 - Doha (KOS) | April 23 - Doha (KOS) | | Brazil | 1 | |
| April 23 - Doha (KOS) | April 23 - Doha (KOS) | Portugal | 0 | |
| Portugal (aet) | 2 | Portugal | 0 | |
| Portugal (aet) | 2 | | | | April 28 - Doha (KOS) | April 28 - Doha (KOS) |
| Australia | 1 | | | | April 28 - Doha (KOS) | April 28 - Doha (KOS) |
| Australia | 1 | | | | Brazil | 0 |
| April 23 - Doha (AAS) | April 23 - Doha (AAS) | | | | | Brazil | 0 |
| April 23 - Doha (AAS) | April 23 - Doha (AAS) | | | | Argentina | 2 |
| Spain | 4 | | | | Argentina | 2 |
| Spain | 4 | April 25 - Doha (KOS) | April 25 - Doha (KOS) | | | |
| Russia | 1 | April 25 - Doha (KOS) | April 25 - Doha (KOS) | | | |
| Russia | 1 | Spain | 0 | | | |
| April 23 - Doha (AAS) | April 23 - Doha (AAS) | | Spain | 0 | | | |
| April 23 - Doha (AAS) | April 23 - Doha (AAS) | Argentina | 3 | | Third place | Third place |
| Cameroon | 0 | Argentina | 3 | | Third place | Third place |
| Cameroon | 0 | | | | April 28 - Doha (KOS) | April 28 - Doha (KOS) |
| Argentina | 2 | | | | April 28 - Doha (KOS) | April 28 - Doha (KOS) |
| Argentina | 2 | | | | Portugal | 3 |
| | | | | | Spain | 2 |

### Final

Team details :
Brazil
Argentina
GK 1Fábio Noronha
DF2Dedimar
DF3Fabiano
DF13César Belli
DF6Léo Inácio
MF5Zé Elias
MF8Élder
MF11Gláucio
MF16Murilo
FW7Reinaldo
FW9Caio
Substitutes:
MF10Claudinho a'
MF18Denílson b'
FW17Luizao b'
Manager:
Júlio César Leal
GK1 Joaquín Irigoytía a'
DF4 Gustavo Lombardi
DF2 Sebastián Pena
DF6Juan Pablo Sorín
DF3Federico Domínguez
MF8Guillermo Larrosa
MF5Mariano Juan
MF10Ariel Ibagaza
FW17Walter Coyette
FW11Leonardo Biagini a'
FW18Cristián Chaparro
Substitutes:
GK12Gastón Pezzuti a'
FW7Francisco Guerrero
FW9Carlos Arangio
Manager:
José Pekerman :

## Result

* FIFA World Youth Championship 1995 winners
* Argentina 2nd title

## Awards

| Golden Shoe | Golden Ball | FIFA Fair Play Award |
| Joseba Etxeberria | Caio | Japan |

## Goalscorers

Joseba Etxeberria of Spain won the Golden Boot award for scoring seven goals. In total, 105 goals were scored by 58 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.

### 7 goals

* Joseba Etxeberria

### 5 goals

* Caio

### 4 goals

* Mark Viduka
* Sebastián Rozental
* Dani
* Nuno Gomes

### 3 goals

* Sebastián Pena
* Reinaldo
* Mendel Witzenhausen
* Agostinho
* Raúl

### 2 goals

* Francisco Gabriel Guerrero
* Leonardo Biagini
* Walter Coyette
* Élder
* Basile Essa
* Macdonald Ndiefi
* Valery Ntamag
* Jewison Bennette
* Amado Guevara
* Hidetoshi Nakata
* Nordin Wooter
* Iván de la Peña
* Míchel Salgado
* Raúl Ochoa
* Roger

### 1 goal

* Andrés Garrone
* Ariel Ibagaza
* Raúl Chaparro
* Robert Enes
* Murilo
* Blaise Butunungu
* Fredy Ndayishimite
* Augustine Simo
* Dante Poli
* Frank Lobos
* Jafet Soto
* Carsten Hinz
* Jan Walle
* Marcel Rath
* Edwin Medina
* Luis Oseguera
* Orvin Cabrera
* Daisuke Oku
* Nobuhisa Yamada
* Sotaro Yasunaga
* Susumu Oki
* Rob Gehring
* Wilfred Bouma
* Beto
* Mohammed Salem Al-Enazi
* Aleksandr Lipko
* Sergei Lysenko
* Sergei Semak
* Yevgeni Chumachenko
* Luis Martínez
* Nihad Al Boushi

### Own goal

* Carlos Felipe (playing against Australia)

## Final ranking

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 1 | Argentina | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 15 | Champions |
| 2 | Brazil | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 13 | Runners-up |
| 3 | Portugal | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 15 | Third place |
| 4 | Spain | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 12 | +7 | 12 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Cameroon | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 7 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 6 | Russia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 5 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 7 | Australia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 7 | Japan | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 9 | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 10 | Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 11 | Syria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 12 | Germany | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 13 | Chile | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 2 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 14 | Qatar (H) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 15 | Burundi | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 16 | Honduras | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 0 | Eliminated in Group stage |