1993 FIFA World Youth Championship

The 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship, known as the 1993 FIFA/Coca-Cola World Youth Championship for sponsorship purposes, was the 9th staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship. It took place across five cities in Australia. The tournament was to be held originally in Yugoslavia, but due to the Yugoslav Wars, was moved to Australia. Brazil won their third World Youth Championship title after beating Ghana 2–1.

1993 FIFA World Youth Championship

FIFA Youth World Cup Australia 1993
Tournament details
Host country	Australia
Dates	5–20 March
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (3rd title)
Runners-up	Ghana
Third place	England
Fourth place	Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	82 (2.56 per match)
Attendance	478,003 (14,938 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Gian Adriano Ante Milicic Nieto Chris Faklaris Henry Zambrano Augustine Ahinful (3 goals)
Best player(s)	Adriano
Fair play award	England

Venues

Sydney	Melbourne	Adelaide
Sydney Football Stadium	Olympic Park Stadium	Football Park
Capacity: 45,500	Capacity: 18,500	Capacity: 51,240
Sydney Melbourne Adelaide Brisbane Canberra class=notpageimage| Location of venues
Brisbane		Canberra
Lang Park		Bruce Stadium
Capacity: 52,500		Capacity: 25,011

Qualification

For the first time ever, Russia competed after the dissolution of Soviet Union. It was also the first time Germany played after the reunification. However, as they are designated as descendant of East Germany and West Germany respectively, they are not considered as tournament debutants.

Confederation	Qualifying Tournament	Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)	1992 AFC Youth Championship	Saudi Arabia South Korea
CAF (Africa)	1993 African Youth Championship	Cameroon Ghana1
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)	1992 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament	Mexico United States
CONMEBOL (South America)	1992 South American Youth Championship	Brazil Colombia Uruguay
OFC (Oceania)	Host nation	Australia
UEFA (Europe)	1992 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship	England Germany2 Norway Portugal Russia3 Turkey1

1.^ Teams that made their debut.

2.^ Germany made their debut as a unified nation. They were chosen as the descendant of the now-defunct West Germany, which qualified in 1981 and 1987 tournaments. The now-defunct East Germany qualified in 1987 and 1989 tournaments.

3.^ Russia made their debut as independent nation. They were chosen as the descendant of the now-defunct Soviet Union, which qualified in 1977, 1979, 1983, 1985, 1989, and 1991 tournaments.