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FIFA World Youth Championship Qatar 1995

  • Teams: 16
  • When: 13 April 1995 to 28 April 1995
  • Final: 28 April 1995
  • Matches: 32
  • Goals Scored: 105 (average 3.3 per match)
  • Attendance: 455000 (average 14218)
      • Winner: Argentina
      • Runners-Up: Brazil
      • Third: Portugal
      • Fourth: Spain
      • adidas Golden Ball: CAIO (BRA)
          • adidas Golden Shoe: Joseba ETXEBERRIA (ESP)
              • FIFA Fair Play award: Japan

Overview

Qatar 1995: Vintage Argentina Youth
Some 16 years after Maradona's supremely gifted generation lifted this trophy in 1979, another vintage crop of young Argentines came along. The '95 side may have been less talented individually than their elders, but José Pekerman's squad were a well-oiled winning machine nonetheless: solid in defence, efficient in the middle of the park and tactically mature.

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