2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup

2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup

كأس العالم تحت 17 سنة لكرة القدم 2013
2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup logo
Tournament details
Host country	United Arab Emirates
Dates	17 October–8 November
Teams	24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Nigeria (4th title)
Runners-up	Mexico
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Goals scored	172 (3.31 per match)
Attendance	318,108 (6,117 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Valmir Berisha (7 goals)
Best player	Kelechi Iheanacho
Best goalkeeper	Dele Alampasu

The 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the fifteenth tournament of the FIFA U-17 World Cup.^[1] The tournament was held in the United Arab Emirates between 17 October and 8 November.^[2] Nigeria won the tournament after defeating Mexico 3–0 in the final, claiming the country's fourth title. Sweden won the bronze with a 4–1 victory over Argentina in the third place playoff match.

Bids

There were two official bids:

•  United Arab Emirates
•  Ghana^[1]

Venues

In June 2012, FIFA selected the Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium in Al Ain, the Al Nahyan Stadium in Abu Dhabi, the Al-Rashid Stadium in Dubai, the Emirates Club Stadium in Ras al-Khaimah and the Fujairah Club Stadium in the state of Fujairah as venues.^[3] The use of Sharjah Stadium in Sharjah was initially proposed,^[4] and finally selected as a venue, in September 2012.^[5] Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium replaced Al Nahyan Stadium for Abu Dhabi and will host the final.^[6]

Dubai		Ras al-Khaimah		Fujairah
Al-Rashid Stadium		Emirates Club Stadium		Fujairah Club Stadium
Capacity: 18,000		Capacity: 3,000		Capacity: 5,000
Al Ain Abu Dhabi Dubai Ras al-Khaimah Fujairah Sharjah
Abu Dhabi		Al Ain		Sharjah
Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium		Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium		Sharjah Stadium
Capacity: 42,056		Capacity: 16,000		Capacity: 12,000

Teams

In addition to host nation United Arab Emirates, 23 nations qualified from six separate continental competitions.

Confederation	Qualifying Tournament	Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)	2012 AFC U-16 Championship	Iran  Iraq1  Japan  Uzbekistan
CAF (Africa)	2013 African U-17 Championship	Côte d'Ivoire  Morocco1  Nigeria  Tunisia
CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean)	2013 CONCACAF U-17 Championship	Canada  Honduras  Mexico  Panama
CONMEBOL (South America)	2013 South American Under-17 Football Championship	Argentina  Brazil  Uruguay  Venezuela1
OFC (Oceania)	2013 OFC U-17 Championship	New Zealand
UEFA (Europe)	2013 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship	Austria  Croatia  Italy  Russia2  Slovakia3  Sweden1
Host nation		United Arab Emirates

Match officials

Confederation	Referee	Assistants
AFC	Khalil Al-Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)	Badr Al-Shumrani (Saudi Arabia) Hamad Al-Mayahi (Oman)
	Kim Dong-Jin (South Korea)	Jeong Hae-Sang (South Korea) Yang Byoung-Eun (South Korea)
	Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)	Taleb Al-Marri (Qatar) Yaser Marad (Kuwait)
CAF	Badara Diatta (Senegal)	Djibril Camara (Senegal) El Hadji Samba (Senegal)
	Daniel Bennett (South Africa)	Zakhele Siwela (South Africa) Aden Marwa (Kenya)
	Slim Jedidi (Tunisia)	Bechir Hassani (Tunisia) Anouar Hmila (Tunisia)
CONCACAF	Elmer Bonilla (El Salvador)	Octavio Jarra (Costa Rica) Hermenerito Leal (Guatemala)
	Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)	Marcos Quintero (Mexico) Marvin Torrentera (Mexico)
	Jair Marrufo (United States)	Eric Boria (United States) Ricardo Morgan (Jamaica)
CONMEBOL	Néstor Pitana (Argentina)	Juan Pablo Belatti (Argentina) Diego Bonfá (Argentina)
	Raúl Orosco (Bolivia)	Efraín Castro (Bolivia) Arol Valda (Bolivia)
	Héber Lopes (Brazil)	Alessandro Rocha (Brazil) Marcelo van Gasse (Brazil)
	Martín Vázquez (Uruguay)	Nicolas Tarán (Uruguay) Miguel Nievas (Uruguay)
	Juan Soto (Venezuela)	Jorge Urrego (Venezuela) Carlos López Rico (Venezuela)
OFC	Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)	Mark Rule (New Zealand) Tevita Makasini (Tonga)
UEFA	Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)	Martin Wilczek (Czech Republic) Roman Slyško (Slovakia)
	Mark Clattenburg (England)	Stepen Child (England) Simon Beck (England)
	Wolfgang Stark (Germany)	Jan-Hendrik Salver (Germany) Mike Pickel (Germany)
	Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)	Elenito Di Liberatore (Italy) Gianluca Cariolato (Italy)
	Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)	Frank Andås (Norway) Kim Haglund (Norway)
	Craig Thomson (Scotland)	Derek Rose (Scotland) Alan Mulvanny (Scotland)

Squads

Teams must name a 21-man squad (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline.^[7]

Draw

The final draw was held on 26 August in Abu Dhabi at the Bab Al Bahr Hotel at 19:00 (local time).^[8][9]

Prior to the draw, FIFA announced that as host, the United Arab Emirates would be placed as 'A1', to assist with ticket sales.^[10] The continental champions of the confederations AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, and UEFA are assigned to the other five groups. Teams from the same confederation cannot be drawn against each other at the group stage.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
United Arab Emirates (assigned to Group A)  Iran  Iraq  Japan  Uzbekistan (assigned to Group C)  New Zealand	Argentina (assigned to Group E)  Brazil  Uruguay  Venezuela  Mexico (assigned to Group F)  Panama	Canada  Honduras  Côte d'Ivoire (assigned to Group B)  Morocco  Nigeria  Tunisia	Austria  Croatia  Italy  Russia (assigned to Group D)  Slovakia  Sweden

Logo and tickets

The logo of the competition was unveiled on 5 March 2013, including the local organising committee asking Omar Abdulrahman to be a 'brand ambassador' for this event.^[11]

'Stadium package' tickets for the Tournament went on sale on 26 June, with the ability to buy tickets per match once the draw has been made.^[12]

A falcon known as 'Shaqran' will be the mascot for the World Cup, after being introduced to local journalists on 13 May .^[13]

Group stage

The winners and runners-up from each group, as well as the best four third-placed teams, qualified for the first round of the knockout stage (round of 16).^[14]

The ranking of each team in each group is 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;

If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows:

1. points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
2. goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
3. number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
4. drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.

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

All times are local, UTC+04:00.^[15]

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	15	2	+13	9
Honduras	3	1	1	1	4	6	−2	4
Slovakia	3	1	1	1	5	8	−3	4
United Arab Emirates	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8	0

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Uruguay	3	2	1	0	10	2	+8	7
Italy	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6
Côte d'Ivoire	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	4
New Zealand	3	0	0	3	0	11	−11	0

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Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Morocco	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7
Uzbekistan	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
Croatia	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
Panama	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

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Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	9
Tunisia	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
Russia	3	1	0	2	4	2	+2	3
Venezuela	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	0

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Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7
Iran	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
Canada	3	0	2	1	3	6	−3	2
Austria	3	0	1	2	4	6	−2	1

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Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	3	2	1	0	14	4	+10	7
Mexico	3	2	0	1	5	7	−2	6
Sweden	3	1	1	1	7	5	+2	4
Iraq	3	0	0	3	2	12	−10	0

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Ranking of third-placed teams

The four best teams among those ranked third are determined as follows:^[14]

1. points obtained in all group matches;
2. goal difference in all group matches;
3. number of goals scored in all group matches;
4. drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.

Group	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
F	Sweden	3	1	1	1	7	5	+2	4
B	Côte d'Ivoire	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	4
A	Slovakia	3	1	1	1	5	8	−3	4
D	Russia	3	1	0	2	4	2	+2	3
C	Croatia	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
E	Canada	3	0	2	1	3	6	−3	2

Knockout stage

In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, no extra time will be played, with the match to be determined by a penalty shoot-out.^[14]

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

28 October — Sharjah

Honduras

1

1 November — Al Ain

Uzbekistan

0

Honduras

1

28 October — Sharjah

Sweden

2

Japan

1

5 November — Dubai

Sweden

2

Sweden

0

29 October — Ras al-Khaimah

Nigeria

3

Uruguay

4

2 November — Sharjah

Slovakia

2

Uruguay

0

29 October — Al Ain

Nigeria

2

Nigeria

4

8 November — Abu Dhabi

Iran

1

Nigeria

3

29 October — Dubai

Mexico

0

Argentina

3

2 November — Sharjah

Tunisia

1

Argentina

2

29 October — Fujairah

Côte d'Ivoire

1

Morocco

1

5 November — Abu Dhabi

Côte d'Ivoire

2

Argentina

0

28 October — Abu Dhabi

Mexico

3

Third Place

Brazil

3

1 November — Dubai

8 November — Abu Dhabi

Russia

1

Brazil

1 (10)

Sweden

4

28 October — Abu Dhabi

Mexico (pen.)

1 (11)

Argentina

1

Italy

0

Mexico

2

Round of 16

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Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Third place match

Final

Awards

adidas Golden Ball	adidas Silver Ball	adidas Bronze Ball
Kelechi Iheanacho	Nathan	Iván Ochoa
adidas Golden Boot	adidas Silver Boot	adidas Bronze Boot
Valmir Berisha	Kelechi Iheanacho	Boschilia
7 goals (0 assists)[16]	6 goals (7 assists)[16]	6 goals (3 assists)[16]
adidas Golden Glove
Dele Alampasu
FIFA Fair Play Award
Nigeria

Goalscorers

Top scorers after the end of the tournament.^[16]

7 goals

• Valmir Berisha

6 goals

Boschilia

Kelechi Iheanacho

5 goals

Nathan

Tomáš Vestenický

4 goals

Joaquín Ibáñez Mosquito Iván Ochoa

Taiwo Awoniyi Musa Yahaya Franco Acosta

Leandro Otormín

3 goals

Ryoma Watanabe Karim Achahbar

Younes Bnou Marzouk Musa Muhammed

Gustav Engvall

2 goals

Sebastián Driussi Germán Ferreyra Matías Sánchez Nikola Zivotic Caio Jordan Hamilton Jorge Bodden

Brayan Velásquez Luca Vido Moussa Bakayoko Franck Kessie Alejandro Díaz Ulises Jaimes Success Isaac

Chidiebere Nwakali Samuel Okon Aleksandr Makarov Ramil Sheydayev Kevin Méndez

1 goal

Lucio Compagnucci Rodrigo Moreira Leonardo Suárez Sascha Horvath Tobias Pellegrini Gabriel Joanderson Elias Roubos Alen Halilović Robert Murić Ante Roguljić Jeffri Flores Fredy Medina Ali Gholizadeh Mostafa Hashemi Amir Hossein Karimi Yousef Seyyedi Mohammed Salam Sherko Kareem Vittorio Parigini

Junior Ahissan Aboubakar Keita Meïté Yakou Daisuke Sakai Taro Sugimoto Kosei Uryu Nabil Jaadi Hamza Sakhi José Almanza Marco Granados Ulises Rivas Chidera Ezeh Chigozi Obasi Werner Wald Ervin Zorilla Aleksandr Golovin Denis Vavro Michal Siplak Mirza Halvadžić Erdal Rakip

Anton Salétros Carlos Strandberg Ali Suljić Mohamed Ben Larbi Mohamed Dräger Maher Gabsi Hazem Haj Hassen Chiheb Jbeli Alameri Zayed Khaled Khalfan Marcio Benítez Joel Bregonis Facundo Ospitaleche Franco Pizzichillo Shohjahon Abbasov Rustamjon Ashurmatov Jamshid Boltaboev José Caraballo José Márquez

1 own goal

Duje Ćaleta-Car (playing against Uzbekistan)

Érick Aguirre (playing against Nigeria)

Linus Wahlqvist (playing against Japan)

References

External links

• FIFA U-17 World Cup UAE 2013, FIFA.com
• FIFA Technical Report

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