2007 FIFA World Youth Championship

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2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup
FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007

2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup official logo
Tournament details
Teams 24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s) 6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Argentina (6th title)
Runners-up  Czech Republic
Third place  Chile
Fourth place  Austria
Tournament statistics
Matches played 52
Goals scored 135 (2.6 per match)
Attendance 1,195,299 (22,987 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Argentina Sergio Agüero (6 goals)
Best player Flag of Argentina Sergio Agüero
2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup final rankings.

The 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the sixteenth edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup (formerly called FIFA World Youth Championship), hosted by Canada from June 30 to July 22, 2007. Argentina defeated Czech Republic in the title game by the score of 2–1, thus managing a back-to-back world title, its fifth in the past seven editions, and sixth overall. Argentine player Sergio Agüero was given the FIFA U-20 Golden Shoe (top scorer with 6 goals) and the FIFA U-20 Golden Ball (best player of the tournament), while Japan earned the FIFA Fair Play Award.

The tournament featured 24 teams coming from six continental confederations; Canada qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining teams qualified based on their rankings at the respective continental U-20 (U-19 in Europe's case) tournaments. UEFA (Europe) qualified six teams; AFC (Asia), CAF (Africa), CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean) and CONMEBOL (South America) four teams each; and OFC (Oceania) one team.

The tournament took place in a variety of venues across the country — Toronto, Edmonton, Montreal, Ottawa, Victoria, and Burnaby (Vancouver) — with the showcase stadium being Toronto's new National Soccer Stadium1 where the final match was held.

On June 28, 2007, two days before the inaugural match, it was reported that 950,000 tickets had been sold,2 making it the largest single-sport event ever taking place in the country,3 and on July 3, the tournament organisers sold the one millionth ticket.4 On July 19, the semifinal match between Chile and Argentina marked this edition as the most attended in the tournament's history, with an accumulated attendance of 1,156,187 spectators, surpassing Mexico 1983's 1,155,160 spectators.5 Final attendance totalled 1,195,299.

Contents

Venues

Victoria Burnaby Edmonton
Royal Athletic Park Swangard Stadium Commonwealth Stadium
Capacity: 14,500 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 60,081
Toronto Ottawa Montreal
National Soccer Stadium Frank Clair Stadium Olympic Stadium
Capacity: 20,195 Capacity: 26,559 Capacity: 65,255

Qualification

Twenty-three teams qualified for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup. As the host team, Canada received an automatic bid, bringing the total number of teams to twenty-four for the tournament. The draw for the group stages took place on March 3, 2007 in Liberty Grand Entertainment Complex, Toronto.

Confederation Qualifying Tournament Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia) AFC Youth Championship 2006  Japan
 Jordan
 Korea Republic
 Korea DPR
CAF (Africa) 2007 African Youth Championship  Congo
 Gambia
 Nigeria
 Zambia
CONCACAF
(North, Central America & Caribbean)		 2007 CONCACAF U20 Tournament  Costa Rica
 Mexico
 Panama
 United States
CONMEBOL (South America) 2007 South American Youth Championship  Argentina
 Brazil
 Chile
 Uruguay
OFC (Oceania) 2007 OFC U20 Tournament  New Zealand
UEFA (Europe) 2006 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship  Austria
 Czech Republic
 Poland
 Portugal
 Scotland
 Spain
Host nation Flag of Canada Canada

Squads

For a list of the squads see 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads

Group stage

Czech Republic vs. DPR Korea at Frank Clair Stadium in Ottawa on July 3, 2007

The 24 participating teams were distributed between six groups of four teams each, according to a draw held on March 3, 2007. The groups are contested on a league system, where each team plays one time against the other teams in the same group, for a total of six matches per group. Each group winner and runner-up teams, as well as the best four third-placed teams, qualify for the first round of the knockout stage (round of 16).

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.

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Chile 7 3 2 1 0 6 0 +6
 Austria 5 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1
 Congo 4 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1
 Canada 0 3 0 0 3 0 6 −6
July 1, 2007
19:45 EDT
23:45 UTC		 Canada  0 – 3  Chile National Soccer Stadium, Toronto
Attendance: 20,195
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco Flag of Spain (ESP)
Report Medina Scored in the 25th minute 25'
Carmona Scored in the 54th minute 54'
Grondona Scored in the 81st minute 81'
July 2, 2007
17:45 MDT
23:45 UTC		 Congo  1 – 1  Austria Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
Attendance: 19,899
Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde Flag of Suriname (SUR)
Ibara Scored in the 59th minute 59' (pen.) Report Hoffer Scored in the 7th minute 7'
July 5, 2007
17:45 MDT
23:45 UTC		 Austria  1 – 0  Canada Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
Attendance: 31,579
Referee: Hernando Buitrago Flag of Colombia (COL)
Okotie Scored in the 47th minute 47'
 Report
July 5, 2007
20:30 MDT
02:30 UTC		 Chile  3 – 0  Congo Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
Attendance: 30,352
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov Flag of Uzbekistan (UZB)
Sánchez Scored in the 49th minute 49'
Medina Scored in the 75th minute 75'
Vidal Scored in the 82nd minute 82'		 Report
July 8, 2007
18:00 MDT
00:00 UTC		 Canada  0 – 2  Congo Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
Attendance: 32,058
Referee: Howard Webb Flag of England (ENG)
Report Ngakosso Scored in the 26th minute 26'
Ikouma Scored in the 60th minute 60'
July 8, 2007
20:00 EDT
00:00 UTC		 Chile  0 – 0  Austria National Soccer Stadium, Toronto
Attendance: 19,526
Referee: Joel Aguilar Flag of El Salvador (SLV)
Report

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Spain 7 3 2 1 0 8 5 +3
 Zambia 4 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1
 Uruguay 4 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1
 Jordan 1 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3
July 1, 2007
14:15 PDT
21:15 UTC		 Jordan  1 – 1  Zambia Swangard Stadium, Burnaby
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Terry Vaughn Flag of the United States (USA)
Salim Scored in the 41st minute 41' Report Tembo Scored in the 8th minute 8' (pen.)
July 1, 2007
17:00 PDT
00:00 UTC		 Spain  2 – 2  Uruguay Swangard Stadium, Burnaby
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Wolfgang Stark Flag of Germany (GER)
Adrián López Scored in the 71st minute 71'
Capel Scored in the 90+3th minute 90+3'		 Report Cavani Scored in the 47th minute 47'
Suárez Scored in the 56th minute 56'
July 4, 2007
17:00 PDT
00:00 UTC		 Uruguay  1 – 0  Jordan Swangard Stadium, Burnaby
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Peter O'Leary Flag of New Zealand (NZL)
Cavani Scored in the 40th minute 40' Report
July 4, 2007
19:45 PDT
02:45 UTC		 Zambia  1 – 2  Spain Swangard Stadium, Burnaby
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: German Arredondo Flag of Mexico (MEX)
Njobvu Scored in the 74th minute 74' Report Mario Suárez Scored in the 30th minute 30' (pen.)
Mata Scored in the 40th minute 40'
July 7, 2007
14:15 PDT
21:15 UTC		 Spain  4 – 2  Jordan Swangard Stadium, Burnaby
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Hernando Buitrago Flag of Colombia (COL)
Adrián López Scored in the 29th minute 29'Scored in the 32nd minute 32'Scored in the 38th minute 38'
Marquitos Scored in the 79th minute 79'		 Report Al Zaideh Scored in the 48th minute 48'
Salim Scored in the 56th minute 56'
July 7, 2007
14:15 PDT
21:15 UTC		 Uruguay  0 – 2  Zambia Royal Athletic Park, Victoria
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Martin Hansson Flag of Sweden (SWE)
Report Mulenga Scored in the 22nd minute 22' (pen.)
Kola Scored in the 51st minute 51'

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Mexico 9 3 3 0 0 7 2 +5
 Gambia 6 3 2 0 1 3 4 −1
 Portugal 3 3 1 0 2 4 4 0
 New Zealand 0 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4
July 2, 2007
14:15 EDT
18:15 UTC		 Portugal  2 – 0  New Zealand National Soccer Stadium, Toronto
Attendance: 19,526
Referee: Hernando Buitrago Flag of Colombia (COL)
Gama Scored in the 45th minute 45' Scored in the 61st minute 61' (pen.) Report
July 2, 2007
17:00 EDT
21:00 UTC		 Gambia  0 – 3  Mexico National Soccer Stadium, Toronto
Attendance: 19,526
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov Flag of Uzbekistan (UZB)
Report Giovani Scored in the 57th minute 57'
Moreno Scored in the 67th minute 67'
Javier Hernández Scored in the 89th minute 89'
July 5, 2007
17:00 EDT
21:00 UTC		 New Zealand  0 – 1  Gambia National Soccer Stadium, Toronto
Attendance: 11,869
Referee: Joel Aguilar Flag of El Salvador (SLV)
Report Jallow Scored in the 22nd minute 22'
July 5, 2007
19:45 EDT
23:45 UTC		 Mexico  2 – 1  Portugal National Soccer Stadium, Toronto
Attendance: 19,526
Referee: Howard Webb Flag of England (ENG)
Giovani Scored in the 48th minute 48' (pen.)
Barrera Scored in the 66th minute 66'		 Report Antunes Scored in the 89th minute 89'
July 8, 2007
17:15 EDT
21:15 UTC		 Portugal  1 – 2  Gambia Olympic Stadium, Montreal
Attendance: 28,402
Referee: Wolfgang Stark Flag of Germany (GER)
Condesso Scored in the 20th minute 20' Report Jallow Scored in the 44th minute 44' (pen.)
Mansally Scored in the 68th minute 68'
July 8, 2007
15:15 MDT
21:15 UTC		 New Zealand  1 – 2  Mexico Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
Attendance: 29,792
Referee: Mohamed Benouza Flag of Algeria (ALG)
Pelter Scored in the 89th minute 89' Report Bermudez Scored in the 24th minute 24'
Mares Scored in the 78th minute 78'

Group D

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 United States 7 3 2 1 0 9 3 +6
 Poland 4 3 1 1 1 3 7 –4
 Brazil 3 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1
 Korea Republic 2 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1
June 30, 2007
14:15 EDT
18:15 UTC		 Poland  1 – 0  Brazil Olympic Stadium, Montréal
Attendance: 55,800
Referee: Howard Webb Flag of England (ENG)
Krychowiak Scored in the 23rd minute 23' Report
June 30, 2007
17:00 EDT
21:00 UTC		 Korea Republic  1 – 1  United States Olympic Stadium, Montréal
Attendance: 55,800
Referee: Joel Aguilar Flag of El Salvador (SLV)
Shin Young-Rok Scored in the 38th minute 38' Report Szetela Scored in the 17th minute 17'
July 3, 2007
17:00 EDT
21:00 UTC		 United States  6 – 1  Poland Olympic Stadium, Montréal
Attendance: 35,801
Referee: Martin Hansson Flag of Sweden (SWE)
Szetela Scored in the 9th minute 9' Scored in the 51st minute 51'
Adu Scored in the 20th minute 20'Scored in the 45+3th minute 45+3' Scored in the 85th minute 85'
Altidore Scored in the 70th minute 70'		 Report Janczyk Scored in the 5th minute 5'
July 3, 2007
19:45 EDT
23:45 UTC		 Brazil  3 – 2  Korea Republic Olympic Stadium, Montréal
Attendance: 35,801
Referee: Viktor Kassai Flag of Hungary (HUN)
Amaral Scored in the 35th minute 35'
Pato Scored in the 48th minute 48' Scored in the 59th minute 59'		 Report Shim Young-Sung Scored in the 83rd minute 83'
Shin Young-Rok Scored in the 89th minute 89'
July 6, 2007
19:45 EDT
23:45 UTC		 Brazil  1 – 2  United States Frank Clair Stadium, Ottawa
Attendance: 26,559
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco Flag of Spain (ESP)
Lima