2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup

2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup

2007 FIFA U-17 월드컵 대한민국
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Tournament details
Host country	South Korea
Dates	18 August – 9 September
Teams	24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	8 (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

The FIFA U-17 World Cup 2007, the twelfth edition of the tournament, was held in South Korea 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.

Venues

Seoul	Suwon	Goyang	Cheonan
Seoul World Cup Stadium	Suwon Civic Stadium	Goyang Stadium	Cheonan Stadium
Capacity: 66,806	Capacity: 24,670	Capacity: 41,311	Capacity: 30,000
Suwon Jeju Ulsan Gwangyang Changwon Cheonan Goyang Seoul 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup (South Korea)
Ulsan	Changwon	Gwangyang	Jeju
Ulsan Stadium	Changwon Civic Stadium	Gwangyang Football Stadium	Jeju World Cup Stadium
Capacity: 19,050	Capacity: 27,085	Capacity: 13,496	Capacity: 42,256

Teams

Confederation	Qualifying Tournament	Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)	AFC U-17 Championship 2006	Japan  North Korea  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

Match officials

Confederation	Referee	Assistants
AFC	Matthew Breeze (Australia)	Matthew Cream (Australia) Jim Ouliaris (Australia)
	Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)	Toru Sagara (Japan) Jeong Hae-Sang (South Korea)
	Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)	Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan) Bahadyr Kochkarov (Kyrgyzstan)
CAF	Koman Coulibaly (Mali)	Inácio Cândido (Angola) Redouane Achik (Morocco)
	Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)	Bechir Hassani (Tunisia) Evarist Menkouande (Cameroon)
CONCACAF	Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)	Roberto Giron (Honduras) Daniel Williamson (Panama)
CONMEBOL	Sálvio Fagundes (Brazil)	Roberto Braatz (Brazil) Altemir Hausmann (Brazil)
	Hernando Buitrago (Colombia)	Abraham González (Colombia) Rafael Rivas (Colombia)
OFC	Rakesh Varman (Fiji)	Andrew Achari (Fiji) Matthew Taro (Solomon Islands)
UEFA	Ivan Bebek (Croatia)	Tomislav Petrović (Croatia) Tomislav Setka (Croatia)
	Bertrand Layec (France)	Eric Dansault (France) Stephane Duhamel (France)
	Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland)	Rafał Rostkowski (Poland) Maciej Wierzbowski (Poland)
	Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)	Bertino Miranda (Portugal) José Cardinal (Portugal)
	Craig Thomson (Scotland)	Martin Cryans (Scotland) Tom Murphy (Scotland)

Squads

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

Group stage

Group A

Teams	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
Peru	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7	Advanced to the round of 16
Costa Rica	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
South Korea	3	1	0	2	2	4	-2	3	Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
Togo	3	0	2	1	2	3	-1	2	Eliminated

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Group B

Teams	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
England	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7	Advanced to the round of 16
Brazil	3	2	0	1	14	3	+11	6
North Korea	3	1	1	1	3	7	-4	4	Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
New Zealand	3	0	0	3	0	13	-13	0	Eliminated

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Group C

Teams	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
Spain	3	2	1	0	7	4	+3	7	Advanced to the round of 16
Argentina	3	1	2	0	5	2	+3	5
Syria	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4	Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
Honduras	3	0	0	3	3	10	-7	0	Eliminated

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Group D

Teams	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
Nigeria	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	9	Advanced to the ranking of third-placed teams
France	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Japan	3	1	0	2	4	6	-2	3	Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
Haiti	3	0	1	2	3	8	-5	1	Eliminated

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Group E

Teams	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
Tunisia	3	3	0	0	8	3	5	9	Advanced to the ranking of third-placed teams
United States	3	1	0	2	6	7	-1	3
Tajikistan	3	1	0	2	4	5	-1	3	Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
Belgium	3	1	0	2	3	6	-3	3	Eliminated

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Group F

Teams	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
Germany	3	2	1	0	11	5	+6	7	Advanced to the round of 16
Ghana	3	2	0	1	8	5	+3	6
Colombia	3	1	1	1	9	5	+4	4	Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	0	3	1	14	-13	0	Eliminated

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Ranking of third-placed teams

Teams	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
Colombia	3	1	1	1	9	5	+4	4	Advanced to the round of 16
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	Eliminated
South Korea	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 - Jeju

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 - Jeju

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

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Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Third place match

Final

Winners

2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup Winners
Nigeria Third title

Awards

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

Goalscorers

Final ranking

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Nigeria	7	6	1	0	16	4	+12	19
2	Spain	7	4	3	0	12	6	+6	15
3	Germany	7	5	1	1	20	11	+9	16
4	Ghana	7	4	0	3	13	9	+4	12
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5	England	5	3	1	1	12	5	+7	10
6	Argentina	5	2	2	1	7	4	+3	8
7	France	5	2	2	1	8	6	+2	8
8	Peru	5	2	2	1	3	3	0	8
Eliminated in the Round of 16
9	Tunisia	4	3	0	1	9	6	+3	9
10	Brazil	4	2	0	2	14	4	+10	6
11	Colombia	4	1	1	2	10	7	+3	4
12	Tajikistan	4	1	1	2	5	6	–1	4
13	Syria	4	1	1	2	4	5	–1	4
14	Costa Rica	4	1	1	2	3	4	–1	4
15	North Korea	4	1	1	2	3	10	–7	4
16	United States	4	1	0	3	7	9	–2	3
Eliminated at the group stage
17	Japan	3	1	0	2	4	6	–2	3
18	South Korea	3	1	0	2	2	4	–2	3
19	Belgium	3	1	0	2	3	6	–3	3
20	Togo	3	0	1	2	2	6	–4	1
21	Haiti	3	0	1	2	3	8	–5	1
22	Honduras	3	0	0	3	3	10	–7	0
23	Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	0	3	1	14	–13	0
24	New Zealand	3	0	0	3	0	13	–13	0

References

External links

• FIFA U-17 World Cup Korea 2007, FIFA.com
• FIFA Technical Report