| 3rd U-17 World Championship for the FIFA/JVC Cup-Ecuador 1995 3er Campeonato Mundial Sub-17 por la Copa FIFA/JVC-Ecuador 1995 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Ecuador |
| Dates | 3–20 August |
| Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue | 6 (in 6 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Ghana (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Brazil |
| Third place |  Argentina |
| Fourth place |  Oman |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 84 (2.63 per match) |
| Attendance | 463,000 (14,469 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Mohammed Al-Kathiri Daniel Allsopp (5 goals) |
| Best player | Mohammed Al-Kathiri |
| Fair play award | Brazil |
←1993 1997 → | |
The1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship was the sixth edition of theFIFA U-17 World Championship which was held in the cities ofGuayaquil,Portoviejo,Quito,Ibarra,Cuenca, andRiobamba inEcuador from 3 to 20 August 1995. Players born after 1 August 1978 could participate in this tournament. Ecuador was originally to have hosted the1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship but due to an outbreak ofcholera, that tournament was moved toItaly. It was the first timeEcuador hosted a FIFA tournament.
| Quito | Cuenca | Riobamba | Ibarra |
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| Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa | Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar | Estadio Olímpico de Riobamba | Estadio Olímpico de Ibarra |
| Capacity:35,742 | Capacity:16,540 | Capacity:14,400 | Capacity:18,600 |
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For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship squads
Asia Africa CONCACAF | South America Europe Oceania
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| Key to colours in group tables | |
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| Group winners and runners-up advance to theQuarterfinals | |
| Teams | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Ghana | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 9 |
 Ecuador | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
 Japan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
 United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 0 |
| Ecuador | 2–0 | United States |
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Moreira 31'Corozo 83' | (Report) |
| United States | 0–2 | Ghana |
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| (Report) | Iddrisu 35' Akwei 65' |
| Teams | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 9 |
 Portugal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 3 |
 Guinea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 3 |
 Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| Costa Rica | 2–0 | Guinea |
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| Fonseca 80' Campos 87' | (Report) |
| Argentina | 2–0 | Costa Rica |
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| Caserio 62' Gatti 79' | (Report) |
| Portugal | 3–0 | Costa Rica |
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| Vargas 88',90+1' Adolfo 89' | (Report) |
| Teams | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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 Nigeria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 |
| Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 |
 Spain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
 Qatar | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 1 |
| Nigeria | 1–1 | Qatar |
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| Anyamkyegh 37' | (Report) | Ghulam 39' |
| Nigeria | 2–0 | Australia |
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| Anyamkyegh 59' Obiorah 90+3' | (Report) |
| Teams | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Brazil | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 7 |
| Oman | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 |
 Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 3 |
 Canada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 0 |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 12 August -Quito | ||||||||||
| Ghana | 2 | |||||||||
| 17 August -Portoviejo | ||||||||||
| Portugal | 0 | |||||||||
| Ghana | 3 | |||||||||
| 13 August -Portoviejo | ||||||||||
| Oman | 1 | |||||||||
| Oman | 2 | |||||||||
| 20 August -Guayaquil | ||||||||||
| Nigeria | 1 | |||||||||
| Ghana | 3 | |||||||||
| 12 August -Guayaquil | ||||||||||
| Brazil | 2 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 3 | |||||||||
| 17 August -Guayaquil | ||||||||||
| Ecuador | 1 | |||||||||
| Brazil | 3 | |||||||||
| 13 August -Portoviejo | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 0 | Third place | ||||||||
| Brazil | 3 | |||||||||
| 20 August -Guayaquil | ||||||||||
| Australia | 1 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 2 | |||||||||
| Oman | 0 | |||||||||
| Ghana | 2–0 | Portugal |
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| Bentil 12' Amaniampong 87' | (Report) |
| 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship winners |
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 Ghana Second title |
Daniel Allsopp of Australia won theGolden Shoe award for scoring five goals. In total, 84 goals were scored by 57 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.
Esteban CambiassoLuis CaserioSixto PeraltaHarry KewellBelCarlos AlbertoDjimiEduardoFabioKléberRochaPatrice BernierAndrey CamposNelson FonsecaDiego AyalaExon CorozoFelix AnguloLuis MoreiraAlexander BugeraDamian BrezinaTimo RostAttakora AmaniampongBashiru GamboCharles AkweiJoseph AnsahIbrahima ConteOusmane BangouraSouleymane KeitaKotaro YamazakiNaohiro TakaharaChiedu ChukwuekeHenry OnwuzuruikeHani Al-DhabitAdolfoJaweed GhulamJordi FerrónMistaJorge RedmondVíctor Mercado (playing against Argentina)| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | Ghana | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 18 | |
| 2 | Brazil | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 13 | |
| 3 | Argentina | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 15 | |
| 4 | Oman | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 10 | |
| Eliminated in the quarter-finals | ||||||||||
| 5 | Nigeria | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 | |
| 6 | Australia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | –1 | 4 | |
| 7 | Ecuador | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | –1 | 4 | |
| 8 | Portugal | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | –3 | 3 | |
| Eliminated at the group stage | ||||||||||
| 9 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 10 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 11 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | –3 | 3 | |
| 11 | Guinea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | –3 | 3 | |
| 13 | Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | –3 | 3 | |
| 14 | Qatar | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | –4 | 1 | |
| 15 | United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | –5 | 0 | |
| 16 | Canada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | –6 | 0 | |
