Junior World Cup 2003

FIFA World Youth Championship UA Emirates 2003
FIFA World Youth Championship UAE 2003
Number of nations	24  (of 180 applicants)
World Champion	Brazil (4th title)
venue	UA Emirates
Opening game	November 27, 2003
Endgame	December 19, 2003
Games	52
Gates	119  (⌀: 2.29 per game)
spectator	592,100  (⌀: 11,387 per game)
Top scorer	Eddie Johnson (4 goals)
Best player	Ismail Matar
yellow cards	219  (⌀: 4.21 per game)
Yellow-red cards	6  (⌀: 0.12 per game)
Red cards	11  (⌀: 0.21 per game)

Abu Dhabi Al-Ain Dubai Sharjah

Venues 2003 in the UAE

The 14th FIFA Junior World Cup (officially: FIFA World Youth Championship UAE 2003 ) took place from November 27th to December 19th, 2003 in the United Arab Emirates . 24 teams, including defending champions Argentina and Germany, took part in the tournament.

Brazil won the final against Spain 1-0 and was able to secure their fourth world title and thus catch up with record world champions Argentina in terms of the number of titles. The top scorer was US striker Eddie Johnson with four goals and striker Ismail Matar from the United Arab Emirates received the golden ball as the best player of the tournament .

Germany was eliminated with only one victory over the US as the bottom of Group F after the preliminary round. The youth teams from Austria and Switzerland could not qualify for the finals of the World Cup.

Venues

The World Cup games took place in seven stadiums in four different cities.

Venue	Stadion	capacity
Abu Dhabi	Zayed Sports City Stadium	50,000
	Al Jazira Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium	42,000
	Al-Nahyan Stadium	12,000
al-Ain	Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium	12,000
Dubai	Al-Maktoum Stadium	12,000
	Al-Rashid Stadium	18,000
Sharjah	Sharjah Stadium	15,000

Attendees

6 from Europe	Germany	England	Ireland	Slovakia	Spain	Czech Republic
5 from Asia	Japan	Saudi Arabia	South Korea	Uzbekistan	UA Emirates
4 from Africa	Egypt	Burkina Faso	Ivory Coast	Mali
4 from North and Central America	Canada	Mexico	Panama	United States
4 from South America	Argentina	Brazil	Colombia	Paraguay
1 from Oceania	Australia

Teams from German-speaking countries

DFB selection

player	society	Calls	Gates
01 - Alexander Walke	Werder Bremen	3	-	-	-	-
02 - Christian Lell	FC Bayern Munich	3	-	-	-	-
03 - Alexander Meyer	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	3	-	-	-	-
04 - Robert Huth	Chelsea FC	3	1	2	-	-
05 - Benjamin Wingerter	FC Schalke 04	3	-	-	-	-
06 - Michael Rundio	VfB Stuttgart	2	-	-	-	-
07 - Piotr Trochowski	FC Bayern Munich	3	1	-	-	-
08 - Christian Schulz	Werder Bremen	3	-	1	-	-
09 - Sebastian Kneißl	Chelsea FC	3	1	1	-	-
10 - Ioannis Masmanidis	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	2	-	2	-	-
11 - Denni Patschinsky	Viborg FF	1	-	-	-	-
12 - Markus Grünberger	FC Bayern Munich	-	-	-	-	-
13 - Christian Pander	FC Schalke 04	1	-	-	-	-
14 - Malik Fathi	Hertha BSC	2	-	-	-	-
15 - Sofian Chahed	Hertha BSC	-	-	-	-	-
16 - Matthias Lehmann	TSV 1860 Munich	3	-	-	-	-
17 - Dennis Buehrer	Sc freiburg	-	-	-	-	-
18 - Patrick Milk Room	Stuttgart Kickers	2	-	-	-	-
19 - Erdal Kılıçaslan	FC Bayern Munich	2	-	-	-	-
20 - Alexander Ludwig	Hertha BSC	3	-	-	-	-

• Trainer: Uli Stielike

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was held in six groups of four teams each. The six group winners and runners-up as well as the four best thirds in the group qualified for the round of 16. All games at local time: UTC + 4 , CET + 3 .

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Burkina Faso	3	2	1	0	002-000	+2	07th
2.	Slovakia	3	2	0	1	005: 200	+3	06th
3.	UA Emirates	3	1	1	1	003: 500	−2	04th
4th	Panama	3	0	0	3	001: 400	−3	00

Nov. 27, 2003 at 8:30 p.m. in Abu Dhabi (Zayed Sports City Stadium)
UA Emirates	-	Slovakia	1: 4 (0: 2)
Nov 28, 2003 at 8:30 p.m. in Abu Dhabi (Al-Jazira-Mohammed-Bin-Zayed Stadium)
Panama	-	Burkina Faso	0: 1 (0: 0)
Dec. 1, 2003 at 5:45 p.m. in Abu Dhabi (Al-Jazira-Mohammed-Bin-Zayed Stadium)
Burkina Faso	-	Slovakia	1: 0 (1: 0)
Dec. 1, 2003 at 8:30 p.m. in Abu Dhabi (Al-Jazira-Mohammed-Bin-Zayed Stadium)
Panama	-	UA Emirates	1: 2 (1: 1)
Dec. 4, 2003 at 5:45 pm in Abu Dhabi (Al-Jazira-Mohammed-Bin-Zayed-Stadion)
UA Emirates	-	Burkina Faso	0-0
Dec. 4, 2003 at 8:30 p.m. in Abu Dhabi (Al-Jazira-Mohammed-Bin-Zayed Stadium)
Slovakia	-	Panama	1: 0 (0: 0)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Argentina	3	3	0	0	007: 300	+4	09
2.	Spain	3	2	0	1	004: 200	+2	06th
3.	Mali	3	1	0	2	004: 700	−3	03
4th	Uzbekistan	3	0	0	3	003: 600	−3	00

Nov 28, 2003 at 5:45 p.m. in Sharjah
Argentina	-	Spain	2: 1 (0: 1)
Nov 28, 2003 at 8:30 p.m. in Sharjah
Uzbekistan	-	Mali	2: 3 (1: 1)
Dec. 1, 2003 at 5:45 p.m. in Sharjah
Mali	-	Spain	0: 2 (0: 1)
Dec. 1, 2003 at 8:30 p.m. in Sharjah
Uzbekistan	-	Argentina	1: 2 (1: 0)
4th Dec. 2003 at 5:45 p.m. in Sharjah
Argentina	-	Mali	3: 1 (3: 0)
December 4, 2003 at 8:30 p.m. in Sharjah
Spain	-	Uzbekistan	1: 0 (1: 0)

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Australia	3	2	1	0	006: 400	+2	07th
2.	Brazil	3	1	1	1	005: 400	+1	04th
3.	Canada	3	1	0	2	002: 400	−2	03
4th	Czech Republic	3	0	2	1	002: 300	−1	02

Nov 28, 2003 at 5:45 p.m. in Dubai (Al-Rashid Stadium)
Brazil	-	Canada	2: 0 (0: 0)
Nov 28, 2003 at 8:30 p.m. in Dubai (Al-Rashid Stadium)
Czech Republic	-	Australia	1: 1 (1: 0)
Dec. 1, 2003 at 5:45 p.m. in Dubai (Al-Rashid Stadium)
Australia	-	Canada	2: 1 (1: 1)
Dec. 1, 2003 at 8:30 p.m. in Dubai (Al-Rashid Stadium)
Czech Republic	-	Brazil	1: 1 (1: 1)
Dec. 4, 2003 at 5:45 pm in Dubai (Al-Rashid Stadium)
Brazil	-	Australia	2: 3 (0: 2)
4th Dec. 2003 at 8:30 p.m. in Dubai (Al-Rashid Stadium)
Canada	-	Czech Republic	1: 0 (0: 0)

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Japan	3	2	0	1	003: 400	−1	06th
2.	Colombia	3	1	2	0	004: 100	+3	05
3.	Egypt	3	1	1	1	001: 100	± 0	04th
4th	England	3	0	1	2	000: 200	−2	01

Nov. 29, 2003 at 5:45 pm in Dubai (Al-Maktoum Stadium)
Colombia	-	Egypt	0-0
Nov. 29, 2003 at 8:30 p.m. in Dubai (Al-Maktoum Stadium)
Japan	-	England	1: 0 (0: 0)
Dec. 2, 2003 at 5:45 pm in Dubai (Al-Maktoum Stadium)
England	-	Egypt	0: 1 (0: 0)
Dec. 2, 2003 at 8:30 p.m. in Dubai (Al-Maktoum Stadium)
Japan	-	Colombia	1: 4 (0: 2)
Dec. 5, 2003 at 5:45 p.m. in Dubai (Al-Maktoum Stadium)
Colombia	-	England	0-0
Dec. 5, 2003 at 8:30 p.m. in Dubai (Al-Maktoum Stadium)
Egypt	-	Japan	0: 1 (0: 0)

Group E

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Ireland	3	2	1	0	006: 300	+3	07th
2.	Ivory Coast	3	1	2	0	004: 300	+1	05
3.	Saudi Arabia	3	0	2	1	002: 300	−1	02
4th	Mexico	3	0	1	2	002: 500	−3	01

Nov 29, 2003 at 5:45 p.m. in Al-Ain
Saudi Arabia	-	Ireland	1: 2 (0: 1)
Nov. 29, 2003 at 8:30 p.m. in Al-Ain
Mexico	-	Ivory Coast	1: 2 (0: 1)
Dec. 2, 2003 at 5:45 p.m. in Al Ain
Ivory Coast	-	Ireland	2: 2 (1: 1)
Dec. 2, 2003 at 8:30 p.m. in Al-Ain
Mexico	-	Saudi Arabia	1: 1 (1: 1)
Dec. 5, 2003 at 5:45 p.m. in Al Ain
Saudi Arabia	-	Ivory Coast	0-0
Dec. 5, 2003 at 8:30 p.m. in Al-Ain
Ireland	-	Mexico	2: 0 (1: 0)

Group F.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	United States	3	2	0	1	006: 400	+2	06th
2.	Paraguay	3	2	0	1	004: 300	+1	06th
3.	South Korea	3	1	0	2	002: 300	−1	03
4th	Germany	3	1	0	2	003: 500	−2	03

Nov. 29, 2003 at 5:45 pm in Abu Dhabi (Al-Nahyan Stadium)
Paraguay	-	United States	1: 3 (1: 0)
Nov 29, 2003 at 8:30 p.m. in Abu Dhabi (Al-Nahyan Stadium)
South Korea	-	Germany	2: 0 (0: 0)
Dec. 2, 2003 at 5:45 pm in Abu Dhabi (Al-Nahyan Stadium)
Germany	-	United States	3: 1 (0: 0)
Dec. 2, 2003 at 8:30 p.m. in Abu Dhabi (Al-Nahyan Stadium)
South Korea	-	Paraguay	0: 1 (0: 1)
Dec. 5, 2003 at 5:45 pm in Abu Dhabi (Al-Nahyan Stadium)
Paraguay	-	Germany	2: 0 (1: 0)
Dec. 5, 2003 at 8:30 p.m. in Abu Dhabi (Al-Nahyan Stadium)
United States	-	South Korea	2: 0 (2: 0)

Third place

The four best third-placed teams reached the round of 16 alongside the two group winners.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points	group
1.	Egypt	3	1	1	1	001: 100	± 0	04th	D.
2.	UA Emirates	3	1	1	1	003: 500	−2	04th	A.
3.	South Korea	3	1	0	2	002: 300	−1	03	F.
4th	Canada	3	1	0	2	002: 400	−2	03	C.
5.	Mali	3	1	0	2	004: 700	−3	03	B.
6th	Saudi Arabia	3	0	2	1	002: 300	−1	02	E.

Final round

All games at local time: UTC + 4 , CET + 3 .

Overview

	Round of 16				Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Burkina Faso	0
	Canada	1
					Canada	1
					Spain	2
	Paraguay	0
	Spain	1
									Spain	1
									Colombia	0
	Ireland	2
	Colombia	3
					Colombia	1
					UA Emirates	0
	Australia	0
	UA Emirates	1
													Spain	0
													Brazil	1
	Japan	2
	South Korea	1
					Japan	1
					Brazil	5
	Brazil	2
	Slovakia	1
									Brazil	1
									Argentina	0			3rd place match
	United States	2
	Ivory Coast	0
					United States	1							Colombia	2
					Argentina	2							Argentina	1
	Argentina	2
	Egypt	1

Round of 16

December 8, 2003 at 6:00 p.m. in Abu Dhabi (Al-Nahyan Stadium)
Japan	-	South Korea	2: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 1)
December 8, 2003 at 6:00 p.m. in Dubai (Al-Maktoum Stadium)
Argentina	-	Egypt	2: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 1)
December 8, 2003 at 9:00 p.m. in Abu Dhabi (Al-Nahyan Stadium)
Burkina Faso	-	Canada	0: 1 (0: 0)
December 8, 2003 at 9:00 p.m. in Dubai (Al-Maktoum Stadium)
United States	-	Ivory Coast	2: 0 (2: 0)
December 9, 2003 at 6:00 p.m. in Sharjah
Brazil	-	Slovakia	2: 1 a.d. (1: 1, 0: 0)
December 9, 2003 at 6:00 p.m. in Al Ain
Paraguay	-	Spain	0: 1 (0: 0)
December 9, 2003 at 9:00 p.m. in Sharjah
Australia	-	UA Emirates	0: 1 (0: 0)
December 9, 2003 at 9:00 p.m. in Al Ain
Ireland	-	Colombia	2: 3 n.V. (2: 2, 0: 1)

*: Local time ( UTC + 4 , CET + 3 )

Quarter finals

December 12, 2003 at 6:00 p.m. in Abu Dhabi (Al-Jazira-Mohammed-Bin-Zayed Stadium)
Canada	-	Spain	1: 2 a.d. (1: 1, 0: 1)
December 12, 2003 at 6:00 p.m. in Dubai (Al-Rashid Stadium)
Colombia	-	UA Emirates	1: 0 (1: 0)
December 12, 2003 at 9:00 p.m. in Abu Dhabi (Al-Jazira-Mohammed-Bin-Zayed Stadium)
United States	-	Argentina	1: 2 a.d. (1: 1, 0: 0)
December 12, 2003 at 9:00 p.m. in Dubai (Al-Rashid Stadium)
Japan	-	Brazil	1: 5 (0: 4)

Semifinals

December 15, 2003 at 6:00 p.m. in Abu Dhabi (Al-Jazira-Mohammed-Bin-Zayed Stadium)
Brazil	-	Argentina	1: 0 (0: 0)
December 15, 2003 at 9:00 p.m. in Dubai (Al-Rashid Stadium)
Spain	-	Colombia	1: 0 (0: 0)

3rd place match

December 19, 2003 at 6:00 p.m. in Abu Dhabi (Zayed Sports City Stadium)
Colombia	-	Argentina	2: 1 (1: 1)

final

December 19, 2003 at 8:45 p.m. in Abu Dhabi (Zayed Sports City Stadium)
Spain	-	Brazil	0: 1 (0: 0)

Best goal scorers

Below are the top scorers of the 2003 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	Fernando Cavenaghi	4th
	Dudu Cearense	4th
	Eddi Johnson	4th
	Daisuke Sakata	4th
5	Daniel Carvalho	3
	Stephen Elliott	3
	Leandro Fernández	3
	Iain Hume	3
	Andrés Iniesta	3
	Arouna Koné	3
	Nilmar	3

Web links

• 2003 Junior World Cup on FIFA.com
• FIFA Technical Report (PDF; 11.2 MB)