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2003 FIFA U-20 World Cup

2003 FIFA World Youth Championship
2003 الإمارات العربية المتحدة
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Tournament details
Host country United Arab Emirates
Dates 27 November – 19 December
Teams 24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s) 7 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Brazil (4th title)
Runners-up  Spain
Third place  Colombia
Fourth place  Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played 52
Goals scored 119 (2.29 per match)
Attendance 592,100 (11,387 per match)
Top scorer(s) Brazil Dudu
Argentina Fernando Cavenaghi
United States Eddie Johnson
Japan Daisuke Sakata
(4 goals)
Best player United Arab Emirates Ismail Matar
Argentina 2001
Netherlands 2005

The 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in United Arab Emirates between 27 November and 19 December 2003. The 2003 championship was the 14th contested. The competition was originally planned to be played earlier in that year, but was moved because of the Iraq War.

The following 24 teams qualified for the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.

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

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.


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