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
Qualified teams Confederation Qualifying tournament Qualifier(s)AFC (Asia)1994 AFC U-17 ChampionshipCAF (Africa)1995 African U-17 ChampionshipCONCACAF(North, Central America & Caribbean)1994 CONCACAF U-17 TournamentCONMEBOL (South America)Host nation1995 South American U-17 ChampionshipOFC (Oceania)1995 OFC U-17 Qualifying TournamentUEFA (Europe)1995 UEFA U-16 Championship
Squads For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship squads
Referees
Asia Hossein Asgari Ahmad Haji Yaakub Africa Pierre Mounguengui Said Belqola Fethi Barkallah CONCACAF Antonio Marrufo Ramesh Ramdhan
South America Roger Zambrano Epifanio González José Luis da Rosa Europe Fritz Stuchlik Hartmut Strampe Leslie Irvine Vasyl Melnychuk Oceania Barry Tasker
Group stage
Key to colours in group tablesGroup winners and runners-up advance to the Quarterfinals Group A TeamsGPWDLGFGAGDPts330051+49311132+1431112204300316-50
Group B TeamsGPWDLGFGAGDPts330070+79310256-13310236-33310225-33
Group C TeamsGPWDLGFGAGDPts321052+37311154+1431114404301215-41
Group D TeamsGPWDLGFGAGDPts321050+57321051+47310236-33300317-60
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
Result
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 Anyamkyegh 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
RankTeam16600134+91826411134+91336501124+8154631287+110 Eliminated in the quarter-finals5421164+276411267–147411245–148410358–33 Eliminated at the group stage931114404103111220411310236–3311310236–3313310225–3314301215–4115300316–5016300317–60
External links FIFA U-17 World Championship Ecuador 1995, FIFA.com FIFA Technical Report (Part 1), (Part 2) and (Part 3)