2003 FIFA WORLD YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP

The '2003 FIFA World Youth Championship' took place in United Arab Emirates between November 27 and December 19 2003. The 2003 championship was the 14th contested.

Contents

Venues

Qualification

Squads

Tournament

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Four best third place

Knockout Round

Goalscorers

Result

Awards

Venues

City	Stadium Name	Host club(s)	Capacity
Abu Dhabi	Zayed Sports City Stadium	No host club(s)	66,000
Abu Dhabi	Al-Nahyan Stadium	Al Wahda FC	12,000
Abu Dhabi	Mohammad Bin Zayed Stadium	Al-Jazeera Club	15,000
Al Ain	Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium	Al Ain FC	12,000
Dubai	Al-Maktoum Stadium	Al-Nasr Sports Club	12,000
Dubai	Al-Rashid Stadium	Al-Ahli (UAE)	18,000
Sharjah	Sharjah Stadium	Sharjah FC	12,000

Qualification

The following 24 teams qualified for the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship. The UAE qualified automatically as host.

★ 'Africa (CAF)' ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 'Asia (AFC)' ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 'North America, Central America & Caribbean (CONCACAF)' ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

★ 'South America (CONMEBOL)' ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 'Oceania (OFC)' ★ ★ ★ 'Europe (UEFA) ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship squads.

Tournament

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

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Group E

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Group F

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Four best third place

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Knockout Round

Goalscorers

;4 goals

★ Fernando Cavenaghi

★ Dudu

★ Daisuke Sakata

★ Eddie Johnson
;3 goals

★ Arouna Kone

★ Iniesta

★ Daniel Carvalho

★ Stephen Elliott

★ Leandro Fernandez

★ Iain Hume

★ Nilmar
;2 goals

★ Osmar Ferreyra

★ Anthony Danze

★ Erwin Carrillo

★ Jaime Castrillon

★ Victor Montano

★ David Limberský

★ Stephen Paisley

★ Sota Hirayama

★ Mamadi Berthe

★ Sergio Garcia

★ Bobby Convey

★ Alexander Geynrikh
;1 goal

★ 57 players with one goal.

Result

Awards

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!Golden Shoe
!Golden Ball
!FIFA Fair Play Award
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| Eddie Johnson
| Ismail Matar
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