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 country | Canada |
Dates | 30 June – 22 July |
Teams | 24 (from 6 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 6 (in 6 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 52 |
Goals scored | 135 (2.6 per match) |
Attendance | 1,195,299 (22,987 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
Fair play award | ![]() |
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]
Qualification[edit]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/2007_FIFA_U-20_World_Cup.png/240px-2007_FIFA_U-20_World_Cup.png)
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.
- 1.^ Teams that made their debut.
Match officials[edit]
Squads[edit]
For a list of the squads see 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads
Group stage[edit]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/U20-WorldCup2007-Okotie-Onka_edit2.jpg/220px-U20-WorldCup2007-Okotie-Onka_edit2.jpg)
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 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |
Group B[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
Group C[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
Portugal ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
---|---|---|
Gama ![]() | Report |
Gambia ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
---|---|---|
Report | Dos Santos ![]() Moreno ![]() J. Hernández ![]() |
New Zealand ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
---|---|---|
Report | Jallow ![]() |
Group D[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 |
Poland ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
---|---|---|
Krychowiak ![]() | Report |
South Korea ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
---|---|---|
Shin Young-rok ![]() | Report | Szetela ![]() |
Brazil ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
---|---|---|
Amaral ![]() Pato ![]() | Report | Shim Young-sung ![]() Shin Young-rok ![]() |
Brazil ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
---|---|---|
Lima ![]() | Report | Altidore ![]() |
Poland ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
---|---|---|
Janczyk ![]() | Report | Lee Sang-ho ![]() |
Group E[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 1 |
North Korea ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
---|---|---|
Report |
Czech Republic ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
---|---|---|
Kalouda ![]() Fenin ![]() | Report | Kim Kum-il ![]() Jon Kwang-ik ![]() |
Argentina ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
---|---|---|
Agüero ![]() | Report |
Group F[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 7 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 |
Nigeria ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
---|---|---|
Ideye ![]() | Report |
Costa Rica ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
---|---|---|
Report | Tanaka ![]() |
Ranking of third-placed teams[edit]
Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | A | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | B | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
3 | C | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | D | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
5 | F | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | |
6 | E | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
Knockout stage[edit]
Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
11 July – Edmonton | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
14 July – Toronto | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
11 July – Toronto | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
18 July – Edmonton | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
11 July – Burnaby | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
14 July – Edmonton | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 (3) | |||||||||||||
11 July – Victoria | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 (4) | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 (3) | |||||||||||||
22 July – Toronto | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 (4) | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
12 July – Edmonton | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
15 July – Montreal | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||
12 July – Ottawa | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
19 July – Toronto | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
12 July – Toronto | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | Third place | ||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||
15 July – Ottawa | 22 July – Toronto | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | ![]() | 0 | |||||||||||
12 July – Montreal | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | ![]() | 1 | |||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||
Round of 16[edit]
Japan ![]() | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
---|---|---|
Makino ![]() Morishima ![]() | Report | Kúdela ![]() Mareš ![]() |
Penalties | ||
Yasuda ![]() Aoki ![]() Makino ![]() Morishima ![]() Kashiwagi ![]() | 3–4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Quarter-finals[edit]
Spain ![]() | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
---|---|---|
Mata ![]() | Report | Kalouda ![]() |
Penalties | ||
Mata ![]() Adrián G. ![]() Valiente ![]() J. García ![]() Piqué ![]() | 3–4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Semi-finals[edit]
Austria ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
---|---|---|
Report | Mičola ![]() Fenin ![]() |
Match for third place[edit]
Final[edit]
Team details | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
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
Claudio Yacob
Sebastian Prödl
Amaral
Carlos Carmona
Hans Martínez
Alexis Sánchez
Mathías Vidangossy
Franchel Ibara
Gracia Ikouma
Ermejea Ngakosso
Pablo Herrera
Jonathan McDonald
Ondřej Kúdela
Jakub Mareš
Tomáš Mičola
Marek Střeštík
Pierre Gomez
Abdoulie Mansally
Jun Aoyama
Tomoaki Makino
Atomu Tanaka
Tsukasa Umesaki
Lo'ay Omran
Christian Bermúdez
Omar Esparza
Javier Hernández
Héctor Moreno
Osmar Mares
Jack Pelter
Chukwuma Akabueze
Elderson Echiéjilé
Brown Ideye
Kim Kum-il
Jon Kwang-ik
Nelson Barahona
Grzegorz Krychowiak
Vitorino Antunes
Feliciano Condesso
Ross Campbell
Mark Reynolds
Lee Sang-ho
Shim Young-sung
Marquitos
Alberto Bueno
Diego Capel
Javi García
Gerard Piqué
Mario Suárez
Michael Bradley
Clifford Mulenga
William Njobvu
Fwayo Tembo
- 1 own goal
Mathías Cardaccio (against the United States)
Awards[edit]
Source:[8]
Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball |
---|---|---|
![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Golden Shoe | Silver Shoe | Bronze Shoe |
![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
FIFA Fair Play Award | ||
![]() |
Final ranking[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 19 | Champions |
2 | ![]() | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 10 | Runners-up |
3 | ![]() | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 16 | Third place |
4 | ![]() | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 11 | Fourth place |
5 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 12 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
6 | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 11 | |
7 | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 10 | |
8 | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | |
9 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 8 | Eliminated in Round of 16 |
10 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 6 | |
11 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
12 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 | |
13 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 4 | |
14 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 4 | |
15 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
16 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 3 | |
17 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
18 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | |
19 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
20 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
|