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). 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: 12,000DubaiSharjahAl-Maktoum StadiumAl-Rashid StadiumSharjah StadiumCapacity: 12,000Capacity: 18,000Capacity: 12,000
Qualification
The following 24 teams qualified for the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.
ConfederationQualifying TournamentQualifier(s)AFC (Asia)Host nation2002 AFC Youth Championship CAF (Africa)2003 African Youth Championship CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)2003 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament CONMEBOL (South America)2003 South American Youth Championship OFC (Oceania)2002 OFC U-20 ChampionshipUEFA (Europe)2002 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship
1.Teams that made their debut.
Match officials ConfederationRefereeAFC Matthew Breeze (Australia) Rahman Al-Delawar (Bahrain) Shamsul Maidin (Singapore) Kwon Jong-chul (South Korea)CAF Mohamed Benouza (Algeria) Abdou Diouf (Senegal)CONCACAF Benito Archundia (Mexico) Kevin Stott (United States)CONMEBOL Horacio Elizondo (Argentina) Wilson de Souza (Brazil) Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)UEFA Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium) Roberto Rosetti (Italy) Eduardo Iturralde González (Spain) 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
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Ranking of third-placed teams
Knockout stages Bracket
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
Result
2nd Place 3rd Place 4th Place
Awards Golden ShoeGolden BallFIFA Fair Play Award Eddie Johnson Ismail Matar
Goalscorers 4 goals
Dudu Fernando Cavenaghi Daisuke Sakata Eddie Johnson
3 goals
Arouna Koné Andrés Iniesta Daniel Carvalho Stephen Elliott Leandro Fernández Iain Hume Nilmar
2 goals
Osmar Ferreyra Anthony Danze Erwin Carrillo Jaime Castrillón Victor Montano David Limberský Stephen Paisley Sota Hirayama Mamadi Berthe Sergio García Bobby Convey Alexander Geynrikh
1 goal 57 players with one goal.
Final ranking
Notes
References
External links FIFA World Youth Championship UAE 2003 , FIFA.com RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 2003 FIFA Technical Report