2013 Copa de México de Naciones

2013 Copa de México de Naciones

Copa México de Naciones Sub-15
Tournament details
Host country	Mexico
Dates	10 August – 18 August
Teams	12 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (1st title)
Runners-up	Uruguay
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Paraguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	92 (3.83 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Joe Gallardo Jr (5 goals)
Best player	Diego Rossi
Best goalkeeper	Franco Petroli

The 2012 Copa de México de Naciones is the 2nd edition of the Copa México de Naciones Sub-15 and it took place in Mexico from August 10 to August 18. The tournament is supposed to be the precursor the proposed U-15 FIFA World Cup. Twelve teams participated in this edition, four more than the 2013 edition.

The final match will be in the Estadio Azteca.

Participating teams

Mexico (host)  Paraguay  Canada  Chile  Colombia  Costa Rica

Panama  Brazil  Uruguay  United States  Argentina  Cuba

Group Stage

The winners and runners-up from each group, as well as the best two third-placed teams, qualified for the quarter finals.

The ranking of each team in each group was determined as follows:

a) greatest number of points obtained in all group matches;
b) goal difference in all group matches;
c) greatest number of goals scored in all group matches.

Had two or more teams been equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings would have been determined as follows:

d) greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
e) goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
f) greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned;

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Paraguay	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6
Chile	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	6
Mexico	3	1	0	2	9	5	+4	3
Canada	3	1	0	2	3	10	−7	3

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	6
Uruguay	3	1	1	1	9	6	+3	4
Brazil	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
Panama	3	1	0	2	2	10	−8	3

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Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Colombia	3	3	0	0	14	2	+12	9
Argentina	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4
Costa Rica	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Cuba	3	0	0	3	1	15	−14	0

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Ranking of third-placed teams

The two best teams among those ranked third were determined as follows:

1. points obtained in all group matches;
2. goal difference in all group matches;
3. number of goals scored in all group matches;

Group	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
C	Costa Rica	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
F	Brazil	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
D	Mexico	3	1	0	2	9	5	+4	3

Knockout Stage

In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time a kicks from the penalty mark to determine the winner.

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	14 August — CECAP
	United States	1
					16 August — CECAP
	Costa Rica	0
					United States	0
	14 August — CECAP
					Uruguay	2
	Colombia	3 (3)
									18 August— Mexico City
	Uruguay (pen.)	3 (4)
									Uruguay	0
	14 August — CECAP
									Argentina	1
	Paraguay (pen.)	1 (4)
					16 August — CECAP
	Brazil	1 (2)
					Paraguay	0			Third place
	14 August — CECAP
					Argentina	2
	Chile	1 (2)							United States	3 (7)
	Argentina (pen.)	1 (3)							Paraguay	3 (6)
									18 August— Mexico City

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Third place match

Final

2013 Copa Mexico de Naciones Winners
Argentina 1st title

Top Goalscorers

Rank	Name	Goals
1	Joe Gallardo Jr	5
2	Orlando Bolanos	4
	Claudio Zamudio
	Federico Vietto
3	Alejandro Martinez	3
	Martin Rossi
	Wilmar Arango
	Xavier Dinardi
	Javier Martinez

References

• http://copamexicodenaciones.mx/