2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup

2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup
2007년 FIFA U-17 월드컵

2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup official logo
Tournament details
Host country  South Korea
Dates 18 August – 9 September
Teams 24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s) (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Nigeria (3rd title)
Runners-up  Spain
Third place  Germany
Fourth place  Ghana
Tournament statistics
Matches played 52
Goals scored 165 (3.17 per match)
Attendance 422,907 (8,133 per match)
Top scorer(s) Macauley Chrisantus
Best player Toni Kroos
2005
2009

The FIFA U-17 World Cup 2007 was held in the Korea Republic between 18 August and 9 September 2007. For this event, the number of teams had been expanded from 16 to 24, with the top two of each group and the four best third-place teams advancing to the Round of 16. Also, from now on, the confederation which produced the last champion, in this case CONCACAF, had an extra spot in the qualifying rounds.[1]

Players born after 1 January 1990 could participate in this tournament.

Contents

Venues

City Stadium Capacity Location
Suwon Suwon Sports Complex 32,000
2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup (South Korea)
Seogwipo Jeju World Cup Stadium 42,256
Ulsan Ulsan Complex Stadium 19,050
Gwangyang Gwangyang Football Stadium 14,284
Changwon Changwon Civic Stadium 37,000
Cheonan Cheonan Stadium 32,000
Goyang Goyang Stadium 41,311
Seoul Seoul World Cup Stadium 68,476

Teams

Confederation Qualifying Tournament Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia) AFC U-17 Championship 2006  Japan
Korea DPR
 Tajikistan1
 Syria1
CAF (Africa) 2007 African Under-17 Championship  Ghana
 Nigeria
 Togo1
 Tunisia
CONCACAF
(Central, North America and Caribbean)
2007 CONCACAF U17 Tournament  Haiti1
 Honduras1
 Costa Rica
United States
 Trinidad and Tobago
CONMEBOL (South America) Sudamericano Sub-17 2007  Brazil
 Colombia
 Argentina
 Peru
OFC (Oceania) 2007 OFC Under 17 Tournament  New Zealand
UEFA (Europe) 2007 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship  Belgium1
 England1
 France
 Spain
 Germany
Host nation  South Korea
1.^ Teams that made their debut.

Match officials

Africa
  • Koman Coulibaly
    • Assistant referees: Redouane Achik, Inacio Manuel Candido
  • Eddy Maillet
    • Assistant referees: Bechir Hassani, Evarist Menkouande
Asia
Europe
North America, Central America and Caribbean
  • Neal Brizan
    • Assistant referees: Simon Baptiste, Stephen Brown
  • Jose Pineda
    • Assistant referees: Carlos Pastrana, William Torres
Oceania
  • Rakesh Varman
    • Assistant referees: Andrew Achari, Matthew Taro
South America

Squads

For a list of the squads see 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup squads

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners, runners-up, and best four third-placed teams advance to the Round of 16

Group A

Teams GP W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Peru 3 2 1 0 2 0 +2 7
 Costa Rica 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
 South Korea 3 1 0 2 2 4 -2 3
 Togo 3 0 2 1 2 3 -1 2
August 18, 2007
17:00 KST
08:00 UTC
Costa Rica  1 – 1  Togo Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon
Attendance: 7,256
Referee: Salvio Fagundes Filho
Martinez  81' Report Mani  39'

August 18, 2007
20:00 KST
11:00 UTC
South Korea  0 – 1  Peru Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon
Attendance: 27,112
Referee: Ivan Bebek
Report Bazalar  29'

August 21, 2007
17:00 KST
08:00 UTC
Togo  0 – 0  Peru Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Joel Aguilar
Report

August 21, 2007
20:00 KST
11:00 UTC
Costa Rica  2 – 0  South Korea Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon
Attendance: 23,120
Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski
Urena  85'
Peralta  90+1'
Report

August 24, 2007
20:00 KST
11:00 UTC
South Korea  2 – 1  Togo Ulsan Complex Stadium, Ulsan
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Bertrand Layec
Seol Jae-Mun  45+1'
Yoon Bitgaram  80'
Report Atakora  20'

August 24, 2007
20:00 KST
11:00 UTC
Peru  1 – 0  Costa Rica Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo
Attendance: 510
Referee: Eddy Maillet
Bazalar  89' Report

Group B

Teams GP W D L GF GA GD Pts
 England 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 7
 Brazil 3 2 0 1 14 3 +11 6
 North Korea 3 1 1 1 3 7 -4 4
 New Zealand 3 0 0 3 0 13 -13 0
August 18, 2007
14:00 KST
05:00 UTC
North Korea  1 – 1  England Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo
Attendance: 12,600
Referee: Eddy Maillet
Rim Chol-Min  89' Report Moses  62'

August 18, 2007
17:00 KST
08:00 UTC
Brazil  7 – 0  New Zealand Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski
Fabinho  1'
Lazaro  6'
Giuliano  33'
Fábio  50'
Alex  54'
Lulinha  60'pen.'
Junior  87'
Report

August 21, 2007
17:00 KST
08:00 UTC
New Zealand  0 – 5  England Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Bertrand Layec
Report Welbeck  3'27'
Moses  7'30'
Chambers  88'

August 21, 2007
20:00 KST
11:00 UTC
Brazil  6 – 1  North Korea Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov
Fábio  4'8'
Alex  6'
Maicon  22'
Giuliano  47'
Choco  90'
Report An Il-Bom  24'

August 24, 2007
17:00 KST
08:00 UTC
North Korea  1 – 0  New Zealand Ulsan Complex Stadium, Ulsan
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Olegario Benquerenca
Rim Chol Min  81' Report

August 24, 2007
17:00 KST
08:00 UTC
England  2 – 1  Brazil Goyang Stadium, Goyang
Attendance: 9,600
Referee: Ivan Bebek
Lansbury  45'pen.'
Spence  90'
Report Tales  19'

Group C

Teams GP W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 3 2 1 0 7 4 +3 7
 Argentina 3 1 2 0 5 2 +3 5
 Syria 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
 Honduras 3 0 0 3 3 10 -7 0
August 19, 2007
16:00 KST
07:00 UTC
Honduras  2 – 4  Spain Ulsan Complex Stadium, Ulsan
Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Matthew Breeze
Martinez  20'
Rojas  72'
Report Bojan  2'71'
Jordi  56'81'

August 19, 2007
19:00 KST
10:00 UTC
Argentina  0 – 0  Syria Ulsan Complex Stadium, Ulsan
Attendance: 8,100
Referee: Bertrand Layec
Report

August 22, 2007
17:00 KST
08:00 UTC
Syria  1 – 2  Spain Ulsan Complex Stadium, Ulsan
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Craig Thomson
Solaiman  70'pen.' Report Mérida  56'
Aquino  90+1'

August 22, 2007
20:00 KST
11:00 UTC
Argentina  4 – 1  Honduras Ulsan Complex Stadium, Ulsan
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
Meza  45+1'
Mazzola  64'87'
Machuca  71'
Report Leverón  35'pen.'

August 25, 2007
16:00 KST
07:00 UTC
Honduras  0 – 2  Syria Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo
Attendance: 430
Referee: Rakesh Varman
Report Al Taiar  22'
Alsalih  80'

August 25, 2007
16:00 KST
07:00 UTC
Spain  1 – 1  Argentina Gwang-Yang Stadium, Gwangyang
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov
Aquino  68' Report Benítez  32'

Group D

Teams GP W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Nigeria 3 3 0 0 9 2 +7 9
 France 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
 Japan 3 1 0 2 4 6 -2 3
 Haiti 3 0 1 2 3 8 -5 1
August 19, 2007
16:00 KST
07:00 UTC
Nigeria  2 – 1  France Gwang-Yang Stadium, Gwangyang
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Craig Thomson
Chrisantus  15'
Ibrahim  64'
Report Saivet  51'

August 19, 2007
19:00 KST
10:00 UTC
Japan  3 – 1  Haiti Gwang-Yang Stadium, Gwangyang
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Rakesh Varman
Okamoto  42'
Kawano  80'
Kakitani  84'
Report Guemsly Junior  71'

August 22, 2007
17:00 KST
08:00 UTC
Haiti  1 – 1  France Gwang-Yang Stadium, Gwangyang
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Eddy Maillet
Desrivieres  21' (pen.) Report Le Tallec  13'

August 22, 2007
20:00 KST
11:00 UTC
Japan  0 – 3  Nigeria Gwang-Yang Stadium, Gwangyang
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Ivan Bebek
Report Oseni  21'
Chrisantus  31'82'

August 25, 2007
19:00 KST
10:00 UTC
Nigeria  4 – 1  Haiti Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo
Attendance: 520
Referee: Matthew Breeze
Chrisantus  5'60'
Isa  39'41'
Report Joseph  57'

August 25, 2007
19:00 KST
10:00 UTC
France  2 – 1  Japan Goyang Stadium, Goyang
Attendance: 11,054
Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski
Mehamha  68'
Rivière  70'
Report Kakitani  45'

Group E

Teams GP W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Tunisia 3 3 0 0 8 3 5 9
United States 3 1 0 2 6 7 -1 3
 Tajikistan 3 1 0 2 4 5 -1 3
 Belgium 3 1 0 2 3 6 -3 3
August 20, 2007
17:00 KST
08:00 UTC
Belgium  2 – 4  Tunisia Changwon Civil Stadium, Changwon
Attendance: 8,230
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
Depauw  27'
Kis  36'
Report Boughanmi  20'
Ayrai  24'
Msakni  42'79' (pen.)

August 20, 2007
20:00 KST
11:00 UTC
Tajikistan  4 – 3 United States Changwon Civil Stadium, Changwon
Attendance: 4,570
Referee: Koman Coulibaly
Vasiev  32'
Shohzukhurov  43'
Davronov  82'
Fatkhuloev  86'
Report Bates  9'
Garza  48'
Schuler  53'

August 23, 2007
17:00 KST
08:00 UTC
United States 1 – 3  Tunisia Changwon Civil Stadium, Changwon
Attendance: 3,115
Referee: Hernando Buitrago
Jeffrey  90'pen.' Report Hadhria  8' (pen.)45+1' (pen.)
Dkhil  90+4'

August 23, 2007
20:00 KST
11:00 UTC
Tajikistan  0 – 1  Belgium Changwon Civil Stadium, Changwon
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Rakesh Varman
Report Benteke  90+2'

August 26, 2007
16:00 KST
07:00 UTC
Belgium  0 – 2 United States Cheonan Baekseok Stadium, Cheonan
Attendance: 14,927
Referee: Salvio Fagundes Filho
Report Urso  63'
Bates  71'

August 26, 2007
16:00 KST
07:00 UTC
Tunisia  1 – 0  Tajikistan Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon
Attendance: 1,235
Referee: Joel Aguilar
Msakni  83' Report

Group F

Teams GP W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Germany 3 2 1 0 11 5 +6 7
 Ghana 3 2 0 1 8 5 +3 6
 Colombia 3 1 1 1 9 5 +4 4
 Trinidad and Tobago 3 0 0 3 1 14 -13 0
August 20, 2007
17:00 KST
08:00 UTC
Colombia  3 – 3  Germany Cheonan Baekseok Stadium, Cheonan
Attendance: 7,741
Referee: Olegario Benquerenca
Julio  14'
Nazarith  66' (pen.)88'
Report Dowidat  34'49'
Sukuta-Pasu  39'

August 20, 2007
20:00 KST
11:00 UTC
Trinidad and Tobago  1 – 4  Ghana Cheonan Baekseok Stadium, Cheonan
Attendance: 11,521
Referee: Salvio Fagundes Filho
Campbell  80' Report Osei  12'44'
Adams  45+1'
Bossman  85'

August 23, 2007
17:00 KST
08:00 UTC
Ghana  2 – 3  Germany Cheonan Baekseok Stadium, Cheonan
Attendance: 7,516
Referee: Joel Aguilar
Osei  52'
Adams  53'
Report Bigalke  5'
Kroos  12'27'

August 23, 2007
20:00 KST
11:00 UTC
Trinidad and Tobago  0 – 5  Colombia Cheonan Baekseok Stadium, Cheonan
Attendance: 13,537
Referee: Koman Coulibaly
Report Mosquera  22'63'
Trellez  60'
Pardo  68'
Serna  72'

August 26, 2007
19:00 KST
10:00 UTC
Colombia  1 – 2  Ghana Ulsan Complex Stadium, Ulsan
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Craig Thomson
Nazarith  60' Report Osei  32'
Yartey  87'

August 26, 2007
19:00 KST
10:00 UTC
Germany  5 – 0  Trinidad and Tobago Changwon Civil Stadium, Changwon
Attendance: 4,320
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
Broghammer  5'
Esswein  30'37'
Funk  39'
Wolze  90+3'
Report

Ranking of third-placed teams

Teams GP W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Colombia 3 1 1 1 9 5 +4 4
 Syria 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
 North Korea 3 1 1 1 3 7 -4 4
 Tajikistan 3 1 0 2 4 5 -1 3
 Japan 3 1 0 2 4 6 -2 3
Korea Republic 3 1 0 2 2 4 -2 3

Knockout stages

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                           
29 August - Ulsan            
  Spain  3
1 September - Seogwipo
   North Korea  0  
  Spain (pen.)  1(5)
29 August - Changwon
    France  1(4)  
  Tunisia  1
5 September - Ulsan
   France (a.e.t.)  3  
  Spain (a.e.t.)  2
29 August - Suwon
    Ghana  1  
  Peru (pen.)  1(5)
1 September - Changwon
  Tajikistan  1(4)  
  Peru  0
29 August - Gwangyang
    Ghana  2  
  Ghana  1
9 September - Seoul
  Brazil  0  
  Spain  0(0)
30 August - Goyang
    Nigeria (pen.)  0(3)
  Argentina  2
2 September - Cheonan
  Costa Rica  0  
  Argentina  0
30 August - Gwangyang
    Nigeria  2  
  Nigeria  2
6 September - Suwon
  Colombia  1  
  Nigeria  3
30 August - Seogwipo
    Germany  1   Third place
  England  3
2 September - Goyang 9 September - Seoul
  Syria  1  
  England  1   Ghana  1
30 August - Cheonan
    Germany  4     Germany  2
  Germany  2
  United States  1  

Round of 16

August 29, 2007
17:00 KST
08:00 UTC
Spain  3 – 0  North Korea Ulsan Complex Stadium, Ulsan
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Salvio Fagundes Filho
Bojan  28'50'
Falqué  67'
Report

August 29, 2007
17:00 KST
08:00 UTC
Tunisia  1 – 3 (a.e.t.)  France Changwon Civil Stadium, Changwon
Attendance: 2,150
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov
Hadhria  49' Report Saivet  43'
Le Tallec  99'105'

August 29, 2007
20:00 KST
11:00 UTC
Peru  1 – 1 (a.e.t.)  Tajikistan Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon
Attendance: 1,150
Referee: Matthew Breeze
Manco  13' Report Davronov  15'
  Penalties  
Trujillo
Calderón
Ruiz
Manco
Avila
5 – 4 Vasiev
Radzhabov
Abdulloev
Fatkhuloev
Tukhtasunov

August 29, 2007
20:00 KST
11:00 UTC
Ghana  1 – 0  Brazil Gwang-Yang Stadium, Gwangyang
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski
Donkor  51' Report

August 30, 2007
17:00 KST
08:00 UTC
Argentina  2 – 0  Costa Rica Goyang Stadium, Goyang
Attendance: 5,698
Referee: Olegario Benquerenca
Sauro  25'41' Report

August 30, 2007
17:00 KST
08:00 UTC
Nigeria  2 – 1  Colombia Gwang-Yang Stadium, Gwangyang
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Ivan Bebek
Isa  78'
Alfa  83'
Report Trellez  62'

August 30, 2007
20:00 KST
11:00 UTC
England  3 – 1  Syria Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo
Attendance: 1,650
Referee: Hernando Buitrago
Lansbury  17' (pen.)
Pearce  45+2'
Murphy  62'
Report Ajouz  51'

August 30, 2007
20:00 KST
11:00 UTC
Germany  2 – 1 United States Cheonan Baekseok Stadium, Cheonan
Attendance: 15,069
Referee: Craig Thomson
Sukuta-Pasu  65'89' Report Bates  90+2'

Quarterfinals

September 1, 2007
16:00 KST
07:00 UTC
Spain  1 – 1 (a.e.t.)  France Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo
Attendance: 2,310
Referee: Joel Aguilar
Jordi  72' Report Le Tallec  52'
  Penalties  
Nacho
Rodri
Bojan
Mérida
Aquino
5 – 4 Sakho
Le Tallec
Bourgeois
M'Vila
N'Diaye

September 1, 2007
19:00 KST
10:00 UTC
Peru  0 – 2  Ghana Changwon Civil Stadium, Changwon
Attendance: 7,555
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
Report Adams  45+1'
Osei  53'

September 2, 2007
16:00 KST
07:00 UTC
Argentina  0 – 2  Nigeria Cheonan Baekseok Stadium, Cheonan
Attendance: 14,581
Referee: Matthew Breeze
Report Haruna  33' (pen.)
Chrisantus  45+2'

September 2, 2007
19:00 KST
10:00 UTC
England  1 – 4  Germany Goyang Stadium, Goyang
Attendance: 12,560
Referee: Salvio Fagundes Filho
Murphy  65' Report Rudy  50'
Sukuta-Pasu  56'
Dowidat  74'
Kroos  87'

Semifinals

September 5, 2007
19:00 KST
10:00 UTC
Spain  2 – 1 (a.e.t.)  Ghana Ulsan Complex Stadium, Ulsan
Attendance: 9,700
Referee: Salvio Fagundes Filho
Aquino  67'
Bojan  116'
Report Adams  80'

September 6, 2007
19:00 KST
10:00 UTC
Nigeria  3 – 1  Germany Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon
Attendance: 3,472
Referee: Joel Aguilar
Chrisantus  10'
Alfa  18'
Akinsola  90+4'
Report Kroos  33'

Third place match

September 9, 2007
16:00 KST
07:00 UTC
Ghana  1 – 2  Germany Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 22,345
Referee: Olegario Benquerenca
Osei  67' Report Kroos  17'
Esswein  90+2'

Final

September 9, 2007
19:00 KST
10:00 UTC
Spain  0 – 0 (a.e.t.)  Nigeria Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 36,125
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
Report
  Penalties  
Illarramendi
Mérida
Falqué
0 – 3 Edile
Joshua
Oseni

Winners

 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup Winners 

Nigeria
Third title

Awards

Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball
Toni Kroos Macauley Chrisantus Bojan Krkić
Golden Shoe Silver Shoe Bronze Shoe
Macauley Chrisantus Ransford Osei Toni Kroos
Bojan Krkić

Goalscorers

7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 goal (Cont.)

References

External links