2003 FIFA World Youth Championship

May 2016 FIFA World Youth Championship 2003 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.jpg FIFA World Youth Championship Emirates 20032003 الإمارات العربية المتحدة United Arab Emirates 27 November – 19 December 24 6 7 4 20 BRA 4 20 ESP 20 COL 20 ARG 52 119 592100 BRA DuduARG Fernando CavenaghiUSA Eddie JohnsonJPN Daisuke Sakata(4 goals) UAE Ismail Matar 20 COL 2001 2005 The 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship was the 14th FIFA World Youth Championship. It took place in United Arab Emirates between 27 November and 19 December 2003. Brazil claimed their fourth title, becoming the first country to simultaneously hold all three World Cups of the same gender (senior, under-20, and under-17).Brazil had won the 2002 FIFA World Cup and 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship.Meenaghan Gary When Iniesta and football's future stars discovered UAE's passion: The 2003 Fifa World Youth Championships https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/when-iniesta-and-football-s-future-stars-discovered-uae-s-passion-the-2003-fifa-world-youth-championships-1.15532 29 August 2023 The National 29 July 2015 Brazil, in contrast, were delighted: the victory completed a remarkable treble for the South American nation, whose senior team had won the World Cup a year earlier in Japan and South Korea, and whose Under 17s had beat Cesc Fabregas's Spain in their own world championship final a few months later. The tournament was originally planned to be played 25 March to 16 April 2003, but was postponed because of the Iraq War. Venues Abu DhabiAl AinZayed Sports City StadiumMohammed bin Zayed StadiumAl Nahyan StadiumSheikh Khalifa International StadiumCapacity: 66,000Capacity: 15,000Capacity: 12,000Capacity: 12,000200x200px200x200px200x200px200x200pxUnited Arab Emirates none 500 United Arab Emirates 24.4533 54.3920 Abu Dhabi left United Arab Emirates 25.35 55.39 Sharjah right United Arab Emirates 25.2502 55.2997 Dubai left United Arab Emirates 24.2075 55.7447 Al Ain rightDubaiSharjahAl-Maktoum StadiumAl-Rashid StadiumSharjah StadiumCapacity: 12,000Capacity: 18,000Capacity: 12,000200x200px200x200px200x200px Qualification The following 24 teams qualified for the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship. ConfederationQualifying TournamentQualifier(s)AFC (Asia)Host nation20 UAE2002 AFC Youth Championship20 JPN 20 KSA 20 KOR 1997 20 UZB1 1CAF (Africa)2003 African Youth Championship20 BFA1 1 20 CIV 20 EGY 20 MLICONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)2003 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament20 CAN 20 MEX 20 PAN1 1 20 USACONMEBOL (South America)2003 South American Youth Championship20 ARG 20 BRA 20 COL 20 PAR 1990OFC (Oceania)2002 OFC U-20 Championship20 AUSUEFA (Europe)2002 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship20 CZE 20 ENG 20 GER 20 IRL 20 SVK1 1 20 ESP 1.1Teams that made their debut. Match officials ConfederationRefereeAFCAUS Matthew Breeze (Australia)Bahrain Rahman Al-Delawar (Bahrain)Singapore Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)KOR Kwon Jong-chul (South Korea)CAFAlgeria Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)Senegal Abdou Diouf (Senegal)CONCACAFMEX Benito Archundia (Mexico)USA Kevin Stott (United States)CONMEBOLARG Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)BRA Wilson de Souza (Brazil)COL Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)UEFABelgium Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)ITA Roberto Rosetti (Italy)ESP Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain)Switzerland Massimo Busacca (Switzerland) Squads For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship squads. Group stage 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. Group A main WDL Group stage result BFA 20 BFA SVK 20 SVK UAE 20 UAE PAN 20 PAN 2 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 5 2 1 1 1 3 5 H 0 0 3 1 4 green1 Advance to knockout stage A A A complete FIFA 27 November 2003 20:30 20 UAE 1–4 20 SVK Al-Wehaibi 72 Brezinský 5 Halenár 23 Čech 48 Hološko 81 Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi 46,000 Horacio Elizondo (Argentina) (Report) 28 November 2003 20:30 20 PAN 0–1 20 BFA Bance 81 Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 4,500 Roberto Rosetti (Italy) (Report) 1 December 2003 17:45 20 BFA 1–0 20 SVK Zongo 6 Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 3,500 Rahman Al-Delawar (Bahrain) (Report) 1 December 2003 20:30 20 PAN 1–2 20 UAE Gun 36 Shehab 18 pen. Saleh 80 Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 15,000 Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium) (Report) 4 December 2003 17:45 20 UAE 0–0 20 BFA Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 13,000 Óscar Ruiz (Colombia) (Report) 4 December 2003 20:30 20 SVK 1–0 20 PAN Pečovský 49 Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 4,000 Mohamed Benouza (Algeria) (Report) Group B main WDL Group stage result ARG 20 ARG ESP 20 ESP MLI 20 MLI UZB 20 UZB 3 0 0 7 3 2 0 1 4 2 1 0 2 4 7 0 0 3 3 6 green1 Advance to knockout stage A A complete FIFA 28 November 2003 17:45 20 ARG 2–1 20 ESP Fernández 50 74 Gabi 25 Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah 15,000 Benito Archundia (Mexico) (Report) 28 November 2003 20:30 20 UZB 2–3 20 MLI Inomov 18 Geynrikh 63 Diarra 4 Berthe 51 Coulibaly 90+1 Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah 3,000 Wilson de Souza (Brazil) (Report) 1 December 2003 17:45 20 MLI 0–2 20 ESP Juanfran 16 S. García 77 pen. Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah 6,500 Óscar Ruiz (Colombia) (Report) 1 December 2003 20:30 20 UZB 1–2 20 ARG Geynrikh 4 Fernández 70 Cavenaghi 90+3 pen. Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah 8,500 Abdou Diouf (Senegal) (Report) 4 December 2003 17:45 20 ARG 3–1 20 MLI Ferreyra 13 Herrera 26 Diakité 32 o.g. Berthe 48 pen. Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah 5,000 Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium) (Report) 4 December 2003 20:30 20 ESP 1–0 20 UZB Iniesta 15 Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah 4,000 Massimo Busacca (Switzerland) (Report) Group C main WDL Group stage result AUS 20 AUS BRA 20 BRA CAN 20 CAN CZE 20 CZE 2 1 0 6 4 1 1 1 5 4 1 0 2 2 4 0 2 1 2 3 green1 Advance to knockout stage A A A complete FIFA 28 November 2003 17:45 20 BRA 2–0 (Report) 20 CAN D. Carvalho 56 Nilmar 84 Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai 13,150 Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain) 28 November 2003 20:30 20 CZE 1–1 (Report) 20 AUS Limberský 24 McDonald 49 Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai 8,200 Abdou Diouf (Senegal) 1 December 2003 17:45 20 AUS 2–1 (Report) 20 CAN Brosque 12 McKay 54 Hume 33 Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai 8,200 Kwon Jong-Chul (South Korea) 1 December 2003 20:30 20 CZE 1–1 (Report) 20 BRA Limberský 34 Adaílton 37 Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai 12,500 Benito Archundia (Mexico) 4 December 2003 17:45 20 BRA 2–3 (Report) 20 AUS Juninho 75 Dudu 87 Danze 31 37 Dilevski 47 Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai 10,000 Roberto Rosetti (Italy) 4 December 2003 20:30 20 CAN 1–0 (Report) 20 CZE Hume 80 Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai 4,000 Horacio Elizondo (Argentina) Group D main WDL Group stage result JPN 20 JPN COL 20 COL EGY 20 EGY ENG 20 ENG 2 0 1 3 4 1 2 0 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 green1 Advance to knockout stage A A A complete FIFA 29 November 2003 17:45 20 COL 0–0 (Report) 20 EGY Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai 11,000 Massimo Busacca (Switzerland) 29 November 2003 20:30 20 JPN 1–0 (Report) 20 ENG Sakata 54   Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai 12,000 Kevin Stott (United States) 2 December 2003 17:45 20 ENG 0–1 (Report) 20 EGY Moteab 74 Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai 12,000 Shamsul Maidin (Singapore) 2 December 2003 20:30 20 JPN 1–4 (Report) 20 COL Sakata 75 De la Cuesta 35 Castrillón 43 Aguilar 65 Rivas 90+3 Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai 7,200 Matthew Breeze (Australia) 5 December 2003 17:45 20 COL 0–0 (Report) 20 ENG Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai 9,210 Rahman Al-Delawar (Bahrain) 5 December 2003 20:30 20 EGY 0–1 (Report) 20 JPN Hirayama 79 Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai 11,800 Benito Archundia (Mexico) Group E main WDL Group stage result IRL 20 IRL CIV 20 CIV KSA 20 KSA MEX 20 MEX 2 1 0 6 3 1 2 0 4 3 0 2 1 2 3 0 1 2 2 5 green1 Advance to knockout stage A A complete FIFA 29 November 2003 17:45 20 KSA 1–2 (Report) 20 IRL Al-Mehyani 49 Elliott 18 77 Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al Ain 9,055 Matthew Breeze (Australia) 29 November 2003 20:30 20 MEX 1–2 (Report) 20 CIV De Nigris 85 Tohoua 19 Koné 58 Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al Ain 6,350 Kwon Jong-Chul (South Korea) 2 December 2003 17:45 20 CIV 2–2 (Report) 20 IRL Koné 12 67 Paisley 36 Elliott 74 Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al Ain 10,265 Massimo Busacca (Switzerland) 2 December 2003 20:30 20 MEX 1–1 (Report) 20 KSA Pinto 30 Majrashi 15 Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al Ain 10,950 Kevin Stott (United States) 5 December 2003 17:45 20 KSA 0–0 (Report) 20 CIV Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al Ain 10,370 Kwon Jong-Chul (South Korea) 5 December 2003 20:30 20 IRL 2–0 (Report) 20 MEX Paisley 35 Kelly 85 Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al Ain 9,230 Wilson de Souza (Brazil) Group F main WDL Group stage result USA 20 USA PAR 20 PAR 1990 KOR 20 KOR 1997 GER 20 GER 2 0 1 6 4 2 0 1 4 3 1 0 2 2 3 1 0 2 3 5 green1 Advance to knockout stage A A A complete FIFA 29 November 2003 17:45 20 PAR 1990 1–3 (Report) 20 USA Dos Santos 6 Johnson 53Magee 68Convey 81 Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi 3,500 Shamsul Maidin (Singapore) 29 November 2003 20:30 20 KOR 1997 2–0 (Report) 20 GER Lee H.J. 51Lee J.M. 70 Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi 8,000 Mohamed Benouza (Algeria) 2 December 2003 17:45 20 GER 3–1 (Report) 20 USA Huth 47Trochowski 60Kneissl 63 Whitbread 77 Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi 6,000 Wilson de Souza (Brazil) 2 December 2003 20:30 20 KOR 1997 0–1 (Report) 20 PAR 1990 Velázquez 14 Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi 5,000 Roberto Rosetti (Italy) 5 December 2003 17:45 20 PAR 1990 2–0 (Report) 20 GER López 39Valdez 57 Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi 6,000 Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain) 5 December 2003 20:30 20 USA 2–0 (Report) 20 KOR 1997 Johnson 13 pen. 24 pen. Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi 8,000 Matthew Breeze (Australia) Ranking of third-placed teams main WDL Result EGY 20 EGY UAE 20 UAE KOR 20 KOR 1997 CAN 20 CAN MLI 20 MLI KSA 20 KSA 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 5 H 1 0 2 2 3 1 0 2 2 4 1 0 2 4 7 0 2 1 2 3 y D A F C B E green1 Advance to knockout stage A A A A complete Knockout stages Bracket N16 white-space:nowrap yes high Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Third place play-off 8 December – Abu Dhabi (Al-Nahyan) 20 BFA 0 20 CAN 1 9 December – Al Ain 20 PAR 1990 0 20 ESP 1 9 December – Al Ain 20 IRL 2 20 COL 3 9 December – Sharjah 20 AUS 0 20 UAE 1 8 December – Abu Dhabi (Al-Nahyan) 20 JPN 2 20 KOR 1997 1 9 December – Sharjah 20 BRA 2 20 SVK 1 8 December – Dubai (Al-Maktoum) 20 USA 2 20 CIV 0 8 December – Dubai (Al-Maktoum) 20 ARG 2 20 EGY 1 12 December – Abu Dhabi (MbZ) 20 CAN 1 20 ESP 2 12 December – Dubai (Al-Rashid) 20 COL 1 20 UAE 0 12 December – Dubai (Al-Rashid) 20 JPN 1 20 BRA 5 12 December – Abu Dhabi (MbZ) 20 USA 1 20 ARG 2 15 December – Dubai (Al-Rashid) 20 ESP 1 20 COL 0 15 December – Abu Dhabi (MbZ) 20 BRA 1 20 ARG 0 19 December – Abu Dhabi (Sports City) 20 ESP 0 20 BRA 1 19 December – Abu Dhabi (Sports City) 20 COL 2 20 ARG 1 Round of 16 8 December 2003 18:00 20 JPN 2–1 y 20 KOR 1997 Sakata 82, 105 Choi S.K. 38 Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi 5,500 Horacio Elizondo (Argentina) (Report) 8 December 2003 18:00 20 ARG 2–1 y 20 EGY Cavenaghi 27, 114 Metwaly 42 Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai 10,800 Massimo Busacca (Switzerland) (Report) 8 December 2003 21:00 20 BFA 0–1 20 CAN Simpson 59 Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi 5,000 Kwon Jong-chul (South Korea) (Report) 8 December 2003 21:00 20 USA 2–0 20 CIV Mapp 7Johnson 43 pen. Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai 3,210 Óscar Ruiz (Colombia) (Report) 9 December 2003 18:00 20 BRA 2–1 y 20 SVK Dudu 83, 100 Sebo 61 Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah 12,800 Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain) (Report) 9 December 2003 18:00 20 PAR 1990 0–1 20 ESP S. García 66 Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al Ain 9,250 Benito Archundia (Mexico) (Report) 9 December 2003 21:00 20 AUS 0–1 20 UAE Matar 89 Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah 13,500 Wilson de Souza (Brazil) (Report) 9 December 2003 21:00 20 IRL 2–3 y 20 COL Doyle 85McCarthy 90+2 Perea 11Montaño 70Carrillo 104 Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al Ain 6,860 Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium) (Report) Quarter-finals 12 December 2003 18:00 20 CAN 1–2 y 20 ESP Hume 53 Iniesta 35Arizmendi 97 Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 15,000 Wilson de Souza (Brazil) (Report) 12 December 2003 18:00 20 COL 1–0 20 UAE Montaño 14 Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai 13,000 Horacio Elizondo (Argentina) (Report) 12 December 2003 21:00 20 USA 1–2 y 20 ARG Convey 59 Mascherano 90+4Cavenaghi 104 pen. Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 15,500 Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain) (Report) 12 December 2003 21:00 20 JPN 1–5 20 BRA Hirayama 89 D. Carvalho 2 13Kléber 15Nilmar 34 90+1 Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai 10,000 Óscar Ruiz (Colombia) (Report) Semi-finals 15 December 2003 18:00 20 BRA 1–0 20 ARG Dudu 65 Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 16,000 Benito Archundia (Mexico) (Report) 15 December 2003 21:00 20 ESP 1–0 20 COL Iniesta 86 pen. Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai 5,700 Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium) (Report) Third place play-off 19 December 2003 18:00 20 COL 2–1 20 ARG Carrillo 16Castrillón 62 Ferreyra 45+1 Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi 55,000 Matthew Breeze (Australia) (Report) Final 19 December 2003 20:45 20 ESP 0–1 20 BRA Fernandinho 87 Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi 55,000 Roberto Rosetti (Italy) (Report) _esp0204h _esp0204h _esp0204h _esp0204h _esp0204h E80113 E80113 E80113 003060 003060 Spain _brasil2002 _brasil2002 _brasil2002 _bra02h _bra02H FFCC00 FFCC00 FFCC00 003399 FFFFFF Brazil Result fbu 20 2003 FIFA World Youth champions Brazil Fourth 2nd Place 3rd Place 4th Place 20 Spain 20 Colombia 20 Argentina Awards Golden ShoeGolden BallFIFA Fair Play AwardUSA Eddie JohnsonUAE Ismail Matar20 COL Goalscorers 4 goals 18em BRA Dudu ARG Fernando Cavenaghi JPN Daisuke Sakata USA Eddie Johnson 3 goals 18em CIV Arouna Koné ESP Andrés Iniesta BRA Daniel Carvalho IRL Stephen Elliott ARG Leandro Fernández CAN Iain Hume BRA Nilmar 2 goals 18em ARG Osmar Ferreyra AUS Anthony Danze COL Erwin Carrillo COL Jaime Castrillón COL Victor Montano CZE David Limberský IRL Stephen Paisley JPN Sota Hirayama MLI Mamadi Berthe ESP Sergio García USA Bobby Convey UZB Alexander Geynrikh 1 goal 57 players with one goal. Final ranking main WDL BRA 20 Brazil ESP 20 Spain COL 20 Colombia ARG 20 Argentina USA 20 United States JPN 20 Japan UAE 20 United Arab Emirates CAN 20 Canada IRL 20 Republic of Ireland AUS 20 Australia BUR 20 Burkina Faso SVK 20 Slovakia PAR 20 Paraguay 1990 CIV 20 Ivory Coast EGY 20 Egypt KOR 20 South Korea GER 20 Germany MLI 20 Mali KSA 20 Saudi Arabia CZE 19 20 Czech Republic ENG 20 England MEX 20 Mexico UZB 20 Uzbekistan PAN 20 Panama 5 1 1 14 6 5 0 2 8 4 4 2 1 10 5 5 0 2 12 8 3 0 2 9 6 3 0 2 6 10 2 1 2 4 6 H 2 0 3 4 6 2 1 1 8 6 2 1 1 6 5 2 1 1 2 1 2 0 2 6 4 2 0 2 4 4 1 2 1 4 5 1 1 2 2 3 1 0 3 3 5 1 0 2 3 5 1 0 2 4 7 0 2 1 2 3 0 2 1 2 3 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 2 2 5 0 0 3 3 6 0 0 3 1 4 1st 2nd 3rd 4th QF QF QF QF R16 R16 R16 R16 R16 R16 R16 R16 GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS yes yes yes Final result #FFD700 Champions #C0C0C0 Runners-up #CD7F32 Third place Fourth place Eliminated inQuarter-finals Eliminated inRound of 16 Eliminated inGroup stage complete rsssf.com Notes References External links FIFA World Youth Championship UAE 2003 https://web.archive.org/web/20190705171350/https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/archive/uae2003/index.html 5 July 2019 , FIFA.com RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 2003 FIFA Technical Report 2003 World Championship World Championship Category:2003–04 in Emirati football 2003 2003 Category:November 2003 sports events in Asia Category:December 2003 sports events in Asia