Junior World Cup 1995

FIFA World Youth Championship Qatar 1995
FIFA World Youth Championship Qatar 1995
Number of nations	16  (of 147 applicants)
World Champion	Argentina (2nd title)
venue	Qatar
Opening game	April 13, 1995
Endgame	April 28, 1995
Games	32
Gates	105  (⌀: 3.28 per game)
spectator	455,000  (⌀: 14,219 per game)
Top scorer	Joseba Etxeberria (7 goals)
Best player	Caio
yellow cards	163  (⌀: 5.09 per game)
Yellow-red cards	19  (⌀: 0.59 per game)
Red cards	9  (⌀: 0.28 per game)

The 10th FIFA Junior World Cup (officially: 8th World Youth Championship for the FIFA / Coca-Cola Cup ) took place in Qatar from April 13th to 28th, 1995 . A total of 16 teams took part in the tournament. The World Cup was originally supposed to take place in Nigeria at the end of March.

Argentina won the final 2-0 against defending champions Brazil and thus secured their second title after 1979 . Third place went to Portugal, who beat Spain 3-2. The Brazilian Caio was voted the best player of the tournament, while the top scorer was the Spaniard Joseba Etxeberria with seven goals.

The German team was eliminated in the preliminary round as the bottom of the group with only two draws and one defeat. The national teams from Austria and Switzerland could not qualify for the World Cup finals.

Doha

1995 in Qatar

Venues

All games took place in or around Doha and were played in three different stadiums.

• Al Ahli Stadium
• Qatar SC Stadium
• Khalifa International Stadium

Attendees

5 from Europe	Germany	Netherlands	Portugal	Russia	Spain
3 from Asia	Japan	Qatar	Syria
3 from South America	Argentina	Brazil	Chile
2 from Africa	Burundi	Cameroon
2 from North and Central America	Costa Rica	Honduras
1 from Oceania	Australia

Teams from German-speaking countries

DFB selection

player	society	Calls	Gates
01 - Simon Jentzsch	Bayer 05 Uerdingen	3	-	-	-	-
02 - Frank Riethmann	Borussia Dortmund	3	-	-	-	-
03 - Markus Stern	Hertha BSC	1	-	-	-	-
04 - Mustafa Dogan	Bayer 05 Uerdingen	3	-	-	-	-
05 - Christoph Chylla	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	3	-	1	-	-
06 - Andreas Egler	Borussia Monchengladbach	1	-	-	-	-
07 - Carsten Hinz	Borussia Dortmund	3	1	1	-	-
08 - Tobias Büttner	VfB Stuttgart	3	-	1	-	-
09 - Marcel Rath	Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl	2	1	-	1	-
10 - Frank Gerster	FC Bayern Munich	3	-	-	-	-
11 - Christian Fährmann	Hertha BSC	1	-	-	-	-
12 - Conny Wieland	BSV Brandenburg	-	-	-	-	-
13 - Tobias Sumelka	FC Twente Enschede	3	-	-	-	-
14 - Jan Walle	Tennis Borussia Berlin	2	1	-	-	-
15 - Sven Fischer	1. FC Cologne	2	-	-	-	1
16 - Sebastian Helbig	FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt	2	-	2	-	-
17 - Marco Küntzel	Hansa Rostock	3	-	1	-	-
18 - Til Bettenstaedt	FC Schalke 04	2	-	-	-	-

• Trainer: Hans-Jürgen Dörner

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was held in 4 groups with 4 teams each. The first two in each group qualified for the quarter-finals.
All games at local time: UTC + 3 , CEST + 1 .

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Brazil	3	2	1	0	008-000	+8	07th
2.	Russia	3	1	2	0	003: 100	+2	05
3.	Syria	3	1	0	2	001: 800	−7	03
4th	Qatar	3	0	1	2	001: 400	−3	01

April 13, 1995, 8:15 pm at the Khalifa International Stadium				spectator
Qatar	-	Russia	1: 1 (0: 0)	65,000
April 14, 1995, 5:15 pm at the Khalifa International Stadium
Syria	-	Brazil	0: 6 (0: 2)	40,000
April 16, 1995, 5:15 pm at the Khalifa International Stadium
Qatar	-	Syria	0: 1 (0: 0)	60,000
April 17, 1995, 5:15 pm at the Khalifa International Stadium
Russia	-	Brazil	0-0	5,000
April 19, 1995, 5:15 pm at the Khalifa International Stadium
Qatar	-	Brazil	0: 2 (0: 0)	40,000
April 19, 1995, 5:15 pm at Al Ahli Stadium
Russia	-	Syria	2: 0 (1: 0)	3,000

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Spain	3	3	0	0	013: 500	+8	09
2.	Japan	3	1	1	1	005: 400	+1	04th
3.	Chile	3	0	2	1	006: 900	−3	02
4th	Burundi	3	0	1	2	002: 800	−6	01

April 13, 1995, 5:15 p.m. at Al Ahli Stadium				spectator
Burundi	-	Spain	1: 5 (0: 3)	1,000
April 14, 1995, 5:15 p.m. at Al Ahli Stadium
Chile	-	Japan	2: 2 (1: 0)	2,000
April 16, 1995, 5:15 p.m. at Al Ahli Stadium
Burundi	-	Chile	1: 1 (0: 1)	3,000
April 17, 1995, 5:15 p.m. at Al Ahli Stadium
Spain	-	Japan	2: 1 (2: 1)	4,000
April 19, 1995, 7:45 p.m. at the Khalifa International Stadium
Burundi	-	Japan	0: 2 (0: 2)	4,000
April 19, 1995, 7:45 p.m. at Al Ahli Stadium
Spain	-	Chile	6: 3 (3: 0)	3,000

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Portugal	3	3	0	0	007: 200	+5	09
2.	Argentina	3	2	0	1	005: 300	+2	06th
3.	Netherlands	3	1	0	2	007: 500	+2	03
4th	Honduras	3	0	0	3	005:140	−9	00

April 13, 1995, 5:15 pm at the Qatar Sport Club Stadium				spectator
Netherlands	-	Argentina	0: 1 (0: 0)	2,000
April 14, 1995, 7:45 p.m. at the Khalifa International Stadium
Honduras	-	Portugal	2: 3 (2: 1)	10,000
April 16, 1995, 7:45 p.m. at the Khalifa International Stadium
Netherlands	-	Honduras	Aborted 7: 1 (4: 0)	20,000
April 17, 1995, 7:45 p.m. at the Khalifa International Stadium
Argentina	-	Portugal	0: 1 (0: 0)	8,000
April 20, 1995, 5:15 pm at the Khalifa International Stadium
Netherlands	-	Portugal	0: 3 (0: 1)	4,000
April 20, 1995, 5:15 p.m. at Al Ahli Stadium
Argentina	-	Honduras	4: 2 (3: 0)	3,000

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Cameroon	3	2	1	0	007: 400	+3	07th
2.	Australia	3	1	1	1	005: 400	+1	04th
3.	Costa Rica	3	1	0	2	003: 600	−3	03
4th	Germany	3	0	2	1	003: 400	−1	02

April 13, 1995, 7:45 p.m. at Al Ahli Stadium				spectator
Australia	-	Costa Rica	2: 0 (0: 0)	1,000
April 14, 1995, 7:45 p.m. at Al Ahli Stadium
Cameroon	-	Germany	1: 1 (0: 1)	1,000
April 16, 1995, 7:45 p.m. at Al Ahli Stadium
Australia	-	Cameroon	2: 3 (1: 0)	5,000
April 17, 1995, 7:45 p.m. at Al Ahli Stadium
Costa Rica	-	Germany	2: 1 (1: 0)	5,000
April 20, 1995, 7:45 p.m. at the Khalifa International Stadium
Australia	-	Germany	1: 1 (0: 1)	4,000
April 20, 1995, 7:45 p.m. at Al Ahli Stadium
Costa Rica	-	Cameroon	1: 3 (1: 2)	6,000

Final round

All games at local time: UTC + 3 , CEST + 1 .

Overview

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Brazil	2
	Japan	1
					Brazil	1
					Portugal	0
	Portugal	1 (2)
	Australia	1 (1)
									Brazil	0
									Argentina	2
	Spain	4th
	Russia	1
					Spain	0			Game for third place
					Argentina	3
	Cameroon	0							Portugal	3
	Argentina	2							Spain	2

Quarter finals

April 23, 1995, 5:15 pm at the Khalifa International Stadium				spectator
Brazil	-	Japan	2: 1 (2: 1)	5,000
April 23, 1995, 5:15 pm at Al Ahli Stadium
Spain	-	Russia	4: 1 (3: 0)	4,000
April 23, 1995, 8:15 pm at the Khalifa International Stadium
Portugal	-	Australia	2: 1 a.d. (1: 1, 0: 0)	5,000
April 23, 1995, 8:15 pm at Al Ahli Stadium
Cameroon	-	Argentina	0: 2 (0: 1)	7,000

Semifinals

April 25, 1995, 5:15 pm at the Khalifa International Stadium				spectator
Brazil	-	Portugal	1: 0 (0: 0)	10,000
April 25, 1995, 8:15 pm at the Khalifa International Stadium
Spain	-	Argentina	0: 3 (0: 1)	10,000

3rd place match

April 28, 1995, 2:45 p.m. at the Khalifa International Stadium				spectator
Portugal	-	Spain	3: 2 (0: 2)	50,000

final

Brazil		Argentina
	April 28, 1995, 5:45 p.m. Khalifa International Stadium ( Doha ) Result: 0: 2 (0: 1) Spectators: 65,000 Referee: Dermot Gallagher ( England )
	Fábio - Dedimar , Fabiano , Leonardo , César Belli - Zé Elias , Élder (57th Luizão ), Gláucio , Murilo (73rd Claudinho ) - Reinaldo (81st Denílson ), Caio . Coach: Júlio César Leal	Joaquín Irigoytía (89th Gastón Pezzuti ) - Sebastián Peña , Federico Hernán Domínguez , Gustavo Lombardi , Juan Pablo Sorín - Mariano Juan , Ariel Ibagaza , Guillermo Larrosa , Walter Coyette - Leonardo Biagini (86th Francisco Guerrero ), Raúl Chaparro (63rd Carlos Arangio ). Coach: José Pékerman
		Leonardo Biagini (25th) Francisco Guerrero (89th)
	Fabiano, Zé Elias, Dedimar, Caio, Élder	Sebastián Peña, Guillermo Larrosa, Raúl Chaparro, Ariel Ibagaza
	César Belli (78th)

Awards

Caio (Brazil) was honored as the best player ahead of Dani (Portugal) and Joaquin Irigoytia (Argentina). The golden shoe for the most successful goalscorer went to Joseba Etxeberria (Spain) with seven goals . The second best scorer was the Brazilian Caio (5 goals). Dani , Nuno Gomes (both Portugal), Sebastian Rozental (Chile) and Mark Viduka (Australia) scored four goals each . The fair play prize went to the team from Japan (5 yellow cards in four games).

Others

The game between the Netherlands and Honduras in Group C ended prematurely, with fewer than seven players on the side of Honduras with ten minutes to go. Referee Masayoshi Okada has already sent off four Honduras players. A fifth Hondurian was injured and unable to continue playing, but the coach was unable to replace him as Honduras had already run out of substitutes. The Netherlands' 7-1 victory over Honduras was the first official game in a FIFA competition to be abandoned prematurely.

It became known that the international betting mafia first tried to influence the results of a soccer World Cup. A Malaysian man, a Thai man, an Indonesian and two Malaysian women were arrested. The Malaysian had $ 90,000 in his suitcase, apparently a bribe. The young players, mainly from Africa, were approached in hotel bars in order to inspire confidence with photos showing idols from your country with one of the gang members. Prostitutes were also assigned to the players. Players from Portugal, Cameroon and Burundi reported being promised up to $ 1,000. It could not be confirmed whether the Netherlands - Honduras game described above was rigged.

Best goal scorers

Below are the top scorers of the 1995 Junior World Championships. They are sorted alphabetically according to the number of hits or if the number of goals is the same.

space	player	Gates
1	Joseba Etxeberria	7th
2	Caio Ribeiro	5
3	Dani	4th
	Nuno Gomes	4th
	Sebastián Rozental	4th
	Mark Viduka	4th

Web links

• 1995 World Youth Championship on FIFA.com
• FIFA Technical Report: Part 1 (PDF; 10.5 MB) - Part 2 (PDF; 11.2 MB) - Part 3 (PDF; 13.3 MB)