2003 FIFA World Youth Championship
The 14th FIFA World Cup ( officially: FIFA World Youth Championship UAE 2003) was held in the United Arab Emirates from 27 November to 19 December 2003. 24 teams, including the defending champion Argentina, as well as Germany, participated in the tournament.
Brazil won the final against Spain 1-0 and was able to secure the fourth world title and thus catch up with world champion Argentina again in the number of titles. Scorer with four goals, the U.S. striker Eddie Johnson, the Golden Ball as the best player of the tournament was the striker Ismail Matar from the United Arab Emirates.
Germany retired with only one victory over the U.S. as the bottom of Group F from after the first round. The junior teams from Austria and Switzerland could not qualify for the finals of the World Cup.
- 3.1 Group A
- 3.2 Group B
- 3.3 Group C
- 3.4 Group D
- 3.5 Group E
- 3.6 Group F
- 3.7 Third place
- 4.1 Overview
- 4.2 knockout round
- 4.3 quarterfinals
- 4.4 Semi-finals
- 4.5 3rd place match
- 4.6 final
Venues
The World Cup matches took place in four different cities in seven stages.
Participant
Teams from German-speaking
- Trainer: Uli Stielike
Preliminary round
The preliminary round was held in six groups of four teams. The six group winners and runners-up and the four best third qualified for the knockout stages. All games at local time: UTC 4 GMT 3.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Third-placed
The four best third-placed teams reached next to the each of the two group winners the knockout stages.
Final round
All games at local time: UTC 4 GMT 3.
Survey
Second round
*: Local time ( UTC 4 GMT 3)