2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup
FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007
Coupe du Monde de Football des Moins de 20 ans 2007
2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup official logo
Tournament details
Host countryCanada
Dates30 June – 22 July
Teams24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Argentina (6th title)
Runners-up Czech Republic
Third place Chile
Fourth place Austria
Tournament statistics
Matches played52
Goals scored135 (2.6 per match)
Attendance1,195,299 (22,987 per match)
Top scorer(s)Argentina Sergio Agüero (6 goals)
Best player(s)Argentina Sergio Agüero
Fair play award Japan
2005
2009

The 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 16th edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup (formerly called the FIFA World Youth Championship), hosted by Canada from 30 June to 22 July 2007. Argentina defeated the Czech Republic in the title game by the score of 2–1, thus managing a back-to-back world title, its fifth in the past seven editions, and sixth overall. Argentine player Sergio Agüero was given the FIFA U-20 Golden Shoe (top scorer, with six goals) and the FIFA U-20 Golden Ball (best player of the tournament), while Japan earned the FIFA Fair Play Award.

The tournament featured 24 teams coming from six continental confederations; Canada qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining teams qualified based on their rankings at the respective continental U-20 (U-19 in Europe's case) tournaments. UEFA (Europe) qualified six teams; AFC (Asia), CAF (Africa), CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean) and CONMEBOL (South America) four teams each; and OFC (Oceania) one team.

The tournament took place in a variety of venues across the country – Toronto, Edmonton, Montreal, Ottawa, Victoria and Burnaby (Vancouver) – with the showcase stadium being Toronto's new National Soccer Stadium[1] where the final match was held. 19 years later Canada will co-host the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

On 28 June 2007, two days before the inaugural match, it was reported that 950,000 tickets had been sold,[2] making it the largest single-sport event ever taking place in the country,[3] and on 3 July, the tournament organizers sold the millionth ticket.[4] On 19 July, the semi-final match between Chile and Argentina marked this edition as the most attended in the tournament's history, with an accumulated attendance of 1,156,187 spectators, surpassing Mexico 1983's 1,155,160 spectators.[5] Attendance totalled 1,195,299 after the final match.

Bids

[edit]

Three countries launched bids to host the competition: Canada, Japan and South Korea.[6] On August 6, 2004 the FIFA Emergency Committee unanimously awarded the rights to host the event to Canada over South Korea (Japan did not submit an official bid).[7]

Venues

[edit]
Montreal Edmonton Ottawa
Olympic Stadium Commonwealth Stadium Frank Clair Stadium
Capacity: 66,308 Capacity: 60,081 Capacity: 26,559
45°33′28.8″N 73°33′07.2″W / 45.558000°N 73.552000°W / 45.558000; -73.552000 (Olympic Stadium) 53°33′34.6″N 113°28′34.2″W / 53.559611°N 113.476167°W / 53.559611; -113.476167 (Commonwealth Stadium) 45°23′55.8″N 75°41′03.6″W / 45.398833°N 75.684333°W / 45.398833; -75.684333 (Frank Clair Stadium)
Toronto Victoria Burnaby
National Soccer Stadium Royal Athletic Park Swangard Stadium
Capacity: 20,195 Capacity: 14,500 Capacity: 10,000
43°37′59.5″N 79°25′06.8″W / 43.633194°N 79.418556°W / 43.633194; -79.418556 (BMO Field) 48°25′52.6″N 123°21′14.6″W / 48.431278°N 123.354056°W / 48.431278; -123.354056 (Royal Athletic Park) 49°13′51.0″N 123°01′17.0″W / 49.230833°N 123.021389°W / 49.230833; -123.021389 (Swangard Stadium)

Qualification

[edit]
2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup final rankings.

Twenty-three teams qualified for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup. As the host team, Canada received an automatic bid, bringing the total number of teams to twenty-four for the tournament. The final draw for the group stages took place on 3 March 2007 in Liberty Grand Entertainment Complex, Toronto.

Confederation Qualifying Tournament Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia) 2006 AFC Youth Championship  Japan
 Jordan1
 North Korea1
 South Korea
CAF (Africa) 2007 African Youth Championship  Congo1
 Gambia1
 Nigeria
 Zambia
CONCACAF
(North, Central America & Caribbean)
Host nation  Canada
2007 U-20 World Cup CONCACAF qualifying tournament  Costa Rica
 Mexico
 Panama
 United States
CONMEBOL (South America) 2007 South American Youth Championship  Argentina
 Brazil
 Chile
 Uruguay
OFC (Oceania) 2007 OFC U-20 Championship  New Zealand1
UEFA (Europe) 2006 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship  Austria
 Czech Republic
 Poland
 Portugal
 Scotland
 Spain
1.^ Teams that made their debut.

Match officials

[edit]
Confederation Referee Assistants
AFC Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia) Thanom Borikut (Thailand)
Mu Yuxin (China)
Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan)
Bahadyr Kochkarov (Kyrgyzstan)
CAF Mohamed Benouza (Algeria) Amar Talbi (Algeria)
Mazari Kerai (Algeria)
CONCACAF Steven Depiero (Canada) Héctor Vergara (Canada)
Joe Fletcher (Canada)
Joel Aguilar (El Salvador) Roberto Giron (Honduras)
Daniel Williamson (Panama)
Germán Arredondo (Mexico) Héctor Delgadillo (Mexico)
Francisco Pérez (Mexico)
Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname) Anthony Garwood (Jamaica)
Ricardo Morgan (Jamaica)
Terry Vaughn (United States) Chris Strickland (United States)
George Gansner (United States)
CONMEBOL Hernando Buitrago (Colombia) Abraham González (Colombia)
Rafael Rivas (Colombia)
OFC Peter O'Leary (New Zealand) Brent Best (New Zealand)
Kaloata Chilia (Vanuatu)
UEFA Howard Webb (England) Mike Mullarkey (England)
Darren Cann (England)
Wolfgang Stark (Germany) Jan-Hendrik Salver (Germany)
Volker Wezel (Germany)
Viktor Kassai (Hungary) Gábor Erős (Hungary)
Tibor Vámos (Hungary)
Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain) Fermín Martínez Ibáñez (Spain)
Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez (Spain)
Martin Hansson (Sweden) Stefan Wittberg (Sweden)
Henrik Andrén (Sweden)

Squads

[edit]

For a list of the squads see 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads

Group stage

[edit]
Rubin Okotie of Austria and Destin Onka Malonga of the Congo at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton on 2 July 2007.

The 24 participating teams were distributed between six groups of four teams each, according to a draw held on 3 March 2007. The groups are contested on a league system, where each team plays one time against the other teams in the same group, for a total of six matches per group. Each group winner and runner-up teams, as well as the best four third-placed teams, qualify for the first round of the knockout stage (round of 16).

Group A

[edit]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Chile 3 2 1 0 6 0 +6 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Austria 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
3  Congo 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
4  Canada (H) 3 0 0 3 0 6 −6 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Canada 0–3 Chile
Report Medina 25'
Carmona 54'
Grondona 81'
Attendance: 20,195

Congo 1–1 Austria
Ibara 59' (pen.) Report Hoffer 7'

Austria 1–0 Canada
Okotie 47' Report

Chile 3–0 Congo
Sánchez 49'
Medina 75'
Vidal 82'
Report

Canada 0–2 Congo
Report Ngakosso 26'
Ikouma 60'
Attendance: 32,058
Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Chile 0–0 Austria
Report
Attendance: 19,526

Group B

[edit]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Spain 3 2 1 0 8 5 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Zambia 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
3  Uruguay 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
4  Jordan 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
Source: [citation needed]
Jordan 1–1 Zambia
Deeb 41' Report Tembo 8' (pen.)
Attendance: 10,000

Spain 2–2 Uruguay
Adrián L. 71'
Capel 90+3'
Report Cavani 47'
L. Suárez 56'
Attendance: 10,000

Uruguay 1–0 Jordan
Cavani 40' Report
Attendance: 10,000

Zambia 1–2 Spain
Njobvu 74' Report M. Suárez 30' (pen.)
Mata 40'
Attendance: 10,000

Spain 4–2 Jordan
Adrián L. 29', 32', 38'
Marquitos 79'
Report Omran 48'
Deeb 56'
Attendance: 10,000

Uruguay 0–2 Zambia
Report Mulenga 22' (pen.)
Kola 51'
Attendance: 11,500

Group C

[edit]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Mexico 3 3 0 0 7 2 +5 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Gambia 3 2 0 1 3 4 −1 6
3  Portugal 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3
4  New Zealand 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0
Source: [citation needed]
Portugal 2–0 New Zealand
Gama 45', 61' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 19,526

Gambia 0–3 Mexico
Report Dos Santos 57'
Moreno 67'
J. Hernández 89'
Attendance: 19,526

New Zealand 0–1 Gambia
Report Jallow 22'
Attendance: 19,526

Mexico 2–1 Portugal
Dos Santos 48' (pen.)
Barrera 66'
Report Antunes 89'
Attendance: 19,526
Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Portugal 1–2 Gambia
Condesso 20' Report Jallow 44' (pen.)
Mansally 68'
Attendance: 28,402

New Zealand 1–2 Mexico
Pelter 89' Report Bermúdez 24'
Mares 78'

Group D

[edit]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  United States 3 2 1 0 9 3 +6 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Poland 3 1 1 1 3 7 −4 4
3  Brazil 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
4  South Korea 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2
Source: [citation needed]
Poland 1–0 Brazil
Krychowiak 23' Report
Attendance: 55,800
Referee: Howard Webb (England)

South Korea 1–1 United States
Shin Young-rok 38' Report Szetela 17'
Attendance: 55,800

United States 6–1 Poland
Szetela 9', 51'
Adu 20', 45+3', 85'
Altidore 70'
Report Janczyk 5'
Attendance: 35,801

Brazil 3–2 South Korea
Amaral 35'
Pato 48', 59'
Report Shim Young-sung 83'
Shin Young-rok 89'
Attendance: 35,801

Brazil 1–2 United States
Lima 64' Report Altidore 25', 81'

Poland 1–1 South Korea
Janczyk 45' Report Lee Sang-ho 71'
Attendance: 34,912

Group E

[edit]
The Czech Republic playing against North Korea at the Frank Clair Stadium in Ottawa on 3 July 2007.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Argentina 3 2 1 0 7 0 +7 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Czech Republic 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5
3  North Korea 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
4  Panama 3 0 1 2 1 8 −7 1
Source: [citation needed]
North Korea 0–0 Panama
Report
Attendance: 26,559

Argentina 0–0 Czech Republic
Report
Attendance: 26,559

Czech Republic 2–2 North Korea
Kalouda 56'
Fenin 66'
Report Kim Kum-il 12'
Jon Kwang-ik 89' (pen.)

Panama 0–6 Argentina
Report Moralez 20', 27'
Zárate 23'
Agüero 25', 62'
Di María 76'

Czech Republic 2–1 Panama
Kalouda 79'
Střeštík 82'
Report Barahona 84'
Attendance: 34,912

Argentina 1–0 North Korea
Agüero 35' Report
Attendance: 26,559

Group F

[edit]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Japan 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Nigeria 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7
3  Costa Rica 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3
4  Scotland 3 0 0 3 2 7 −5 0
Source: [citation needed]
Japan 3–1 Scotland
Morishima 43'
Umesaki 57'
Aoyama 79'
Report Campbell 82'

Nigeria 1–0 Costa Rica
Ideye 75' Report

Costa Rica 0–1 Japan
Report Tanaka 68'
Attendance: 10,500

Scotland 0–2 Nigeria
Report Bala 49', 78'
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Terry Vaughn (United States)

Japan 0–0 Nigeria
Report

Scotland 1–2 Costa Rica
Reynolds 18' Report Herrera 57'
McDonald 90+2'

Ranking of third-placed teams

[edit]
Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Result
1 A  Congo 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4 Advance to knockout stage
2 B  Uruguay 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
3 C  Portugal 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3
4 D  Brazil 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
5 F  Costa Rica 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3
6 E  North Korea 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
Source: [citation needed]

Knockout stage

[edit]
 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
11 July – Edmonton
 
 
 Austria2
 
14 July – Toronto
 
 Gambia1
 
 Austria (aet)2
 
11 July – Toronto
 
 United States1
 
 United States (aet)2
 
18 July – Edmonton
 
 Uruguay1
 
 Austria0
 
11 July – Burnaby
 
 Czech Republic2
 
 Spain (aet)4
 
14 July – Edmonton
 
 Brazil2
 
 Spain1 (3)
 
11 July – Victoria
 
 Czech Republic (p)1 (4)
 
 Japan2 (3)
 
22 July – Toronto
 
 Czech Republic (p)2 (4)
 
 Czech Republic1
 
12 July – Edmonton
 
 Argentina2
 
 Chile1
 
15 July – Montreal
 
 Portugal0
 
 Chile (aet)4
 
12 July – Ottawa
 
 Nigeria0
 
 Zambia1
 
19 July – Toronto
 
 Nigeria2
 
 Chile0
 
12 July – Toronto
 
 Argentina3 Third place
 
 Argentina3
 
15 July – Ottawa22 July – Toronto
 
 Poland1
 
 Argentina1 Austria0
 
12 July – Montreal
 
 Mexico0  Chile1
 
 Mexico3
 
 
 Congo0
 

Round of 16

[edit]
Austria 2–1 Gambia
Prödl 45+1'
Hoffer 81'
Report P. Gomez 69'

United States 2–1 (a.e.t.) Uruguay
Cardaccio 87' (o.g.)
Bradley 107'
Report L. Suárez 73'
Attendance: 19,526

Spain 4–2 (a.e.t.) Brazil
Piqué 43'
J. García 84'
Bueno 102'
Adrián L. 120+1'
Report Lima 39'
Pato 41'
Attendance: 10,000


Zambia 1–2 Nigeria
Kola 33' Report Elderson 3'
Akabueze 57'
Attendance: 22,531

Argentina 3–1 Poland
Di María 40'
Agüero 46', 86'
Report Janczyk 33'
Attendance: 19,526

Chile 1–0 Portugal
Vidal 45' Report

Mexico 3–0 Congo
Dos Santos 23' (pen.)
Esparza 85'
Barrera 90+4'
Report
Attendance: 40,204

Quarter-finals

[edit]
Austria 2–1 (a.e.t.) United States
Okotie 43'
Hoffer 105'
Report Altidore 15'
Attendance: 19,526


Chile 4–0 (a.e.t.) Nigeria
Grondona 96'
Isla 114' (pen.), 117'
Vidangossy 120+2'
Report
Attendance: 46,252
Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Argentina 1–0 Mexico
Moralez 45' Report

Semi-finals

[edit]
Austria 0–2 Czech Republic
Report Mičola 4'
Fenin 15'
Attendance: 28,401
Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Chile 0–3 Argentina
Report Di María 12'
Yacob 65'
Moralez 90+3'
Attendance: 19,526

Match for third place

[edit]
Austria 0–1 Chile
Report Martínez 45+1'
Attendance: 19,526

Final

[edit]
Czech Republic 1–2 Argentina
Fenin 60' Report Agüero 62'
Zárate 86'
Attendance: 19,526

Goalscorers

[edit]

With six goals, Sergio Agüero was the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 135 goals were scored by 84 different players, with one of them credited as own goals.

6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Awards

[edit]

Source:[8]

Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball
Argentina Sergio Agüero Argentina Maximiliano Moralez Mexico Giovani dos Santos
Golden Shoe Silver Shoe Bronze Shoe
Argentina Sergio Agüero Spain Adrián López Argentina Maximiliano Moralez
FIFA Fair Play Award
 Japan

Final ranking

[edit]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Argentina 7 6 1 0 16 2 +14 19 Champions
2  Czech Republic 7 2 4 1 10 8 +2 10 Runners-up
3  Chile 7 5 1 1 12 3 +9 16 Third place
4  Austria 7 3 2 2 6 6 0 11 Fourth place
5  Mexico 5 4 0 1 10 3 +7 12 Eliminated in
Quarter-finals
6  Spain 5 3 2 0 13 8 +5 11
7  United States 5 3 1 1 12 6 +6 10
8  Nigeria 5 3 1 1 5 5 0 10
9  Japan 4 2 2 0 6 3 +3 8 Eliminated in
Round of 16
10  Gambia 4 2 0 2 4 6 −2 6
11  Zambia 4 1 1 2 5 5 0 4
12  Uruguay 4 1 1 2 4 6 −2 4
13  Congo 4 1 1 2 3 7 −4 4
14  Poland 4 1 1 2 4 10 −6 4
15  Portugal 4 1 0 3 4 5 −1 3
16  Brazil 4 1 0 3 6 9 −3 3
17  Costa Rica 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3 Eliminated in
Group stage
18

Copyright 2020 WikiZero