2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup FIFA U-17 World Cup Korea 2007
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)
Second place	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 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 1 Venues 2 Teams 3 Squads 4 Group stage 4.1 Group A 4.2 Group B 4.3 Group C 4.4 Group D 4.5 Group E 4.6 Group F 4.7 Third Placed Teams 5 Knockout stages 5.1 Round of 16 5.2 Quarterfinals 5.3 Semifinals 5.4 Third place match 5.5 Final 6 Winners 7 Goalscorers 8 References 9 External links

[edit] Venues

City	Stadium	Capacity
Suwon	Suwon Sports Complex	32,000
Seogwipo	Jeju World Cup Stadium	42,256
Ulsan	Ulsan Complex Stadium	19,050
Gwangyang	Gwang-Yang Stadium	14,284
Changwon	Changwon Civil Stadium	37,000
Cheonan	Cheonan Baekseok Stadium	32,000
Goyang	Goyang Stadium	41,311
Seoul	Seoul World Cup Stadium	68,476

[edit] Teams

Confederation	Qualifying Tournament	Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)	AFC U-17 Championship 2006	Japan  Korea DPR  Syria  Tajikistan
CAF (Africa)	2007 African Under-17 Championship	Ghana  Nigeria  Togo  Tunisia
CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean)	2007 CONCACAF U17 Tournament	Haiti  Honduras  Costa Rica  USA  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	Belgium  England  France  Spain  Germany
Host nation		Korea Republic

[edit] Squads

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

[edit] Group stage

Key

	Teams that have qualified to the knockout stage as group winner or runner-up.
	Teams that have qualified to the knockout stage as one of the four best third-placed.
	Teams knocked out at group stage.

[edit] 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
Korea Republic	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	Korea Republic	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	Korea Republic	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	Korea Republic	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

[edit] 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
Korea DPR	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	Korea DPR	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' Fabio  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	Korea DPR	Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov
	Fabio  4'  8' Alex  6' Maicon  22' Giuliano  47' Choco  90'	Report	An Il-Bom  24'

---

August 24, 2007 17:00 KST 08:00 UTC	Korea DPR	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'

[edit] 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'

[edit] 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
	Mehama  68' Riviere  70'	Report	Kakitani  45'

[edit] Group E

Teams	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tunisia	3	3	0	0	8	3	5	9
USA	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	USA	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	USA	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	USA	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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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
Korea DPR	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

[edit] Knockout stages

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

29 August - Ulsan

Spain

3

1 September - Seogwipo

Korea DPR

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

USA

1

[edit] Round of 16

August 29, 2007 17:00 KST 08:00 UTC	Spain	3 – 0	Korea DPR	Ulsan Complex Stadium, Ulsan Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Salvio Fagundes Filho
	Bojan  28'  50' Iago  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	Penalties 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	USA	Cheonan Baekseok Stadium, Cheonan Attendance: 15,069 Referee: Craig Thomson
	Sukuta-Pasu  65'  89'	Report	Bates  90+2'

[edit] 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 Sergio Bojan Mérida Aquino	5 – 4	Penalties Sakho Le Tallec Bourgeois Mvila Ndiaye

---

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'

[edit] 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'

[edit] 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'

[edit] 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 Iago	0 – 3	Penalties Edile Joshua Oseni

[edit] Winners

2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup Winners
Nigeria Third title

[edit] Goalscorers

7 goals Macauley Chrisantus 6 goals Ransford Osei 5 goals Toni Kroos Bojan Krkić 4 goals Damien Le Tallec Richard Sukuta-Pasu Saddick Adams 3 goals Fabio Cristian Nazarith Victor Moses Dennis Dowidat Alexander Esswein Sheriff Isa Daniel Aquino Jordi Nour Hadhria Youseff Msakni Mykell Bates 2 goals Nicolas Mazzola Gaston Sauro Giuliano Alex Andres Felipe Mosquera Santiago Trellez Henri Lansbury Rhys Murphy Danny Welbeck Henri Saivet Yoichiro Kakitani Yakubu Alfa Rim Chol-Min Carlos Bazalar Nuriddin Davronov

1 goal Carlos Benitez Alexis Machuca Fernando Meza Christian Benteke Nill Depauw Kevin Kis Fabinho Choco Lázaro Lulinha Junior Maicon Tales Miguel Julio Edgar Pardo Ricardo Serna Josué Martínez Marcos Urena Jessy Peralta Ashley Chambers Jordan Spence Krystian Pearce Said Mehamha Emmanuel Riviere Sascha Bigalke Fabian Broghammer Patrick Funk Kevin Wolze Sebastian Rudy Kelvin Bossman Ishamel Yartey Issac Donkor Peterson Desrivieres Joseph Guemsly Junior Peterson Joseph Johnny Leveron Cristian Martínez Roger Rojas Tomotaka Okamoto Hiroki Kawano

1 goal (Cont.) An Il-Bom Seol Jae-Mun Yoon Bitgaram Kabiru Akinsola Rabiu Ibrahim Ganiyu Oseni Lukman Haruna Reimond Manco Fran Mérida Iago Ahmad Alsalih Haani Al Taiar Solaiman Solaiman Ziad Ajouz Farkhod Vasiev Samad Shohzukhurov Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev Lalawele Atakora Sapol Mani Stephan Campbell Khaled Ayari Oussama Boughanmi Rafik Dkhil Greg Garza Jared Jeffrey Billy Schuler Kirk Urso

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• FIFA.com: FIFA U-17 World Cup 2007

FIFA U-17 World Cup/World Championship v • d • e
China 1985 | Canada 1987 | Scotland 1989 | Italy 1991 | Japan 1993 | Ecuador 1995 | Egypt 1997 | New Zealand 1999 | Trinidad and Tobago 2001 | Finland 2003 | Peru 2005 | South Korea 2007 | Nigeria 2009 | Mexico 2011