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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 (7 goals)
Best player(s)	Toni Kroos
Fair play award	Costa Rica
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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 this edition onwards, the confederation which produced the last champion, in this case CONCACAF, had an extra spot in the qualifying rounds.

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
SuwonJejuUlsanGwangyangChangwonCheonanGoyangSeoul2007 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)	Host nation	South Korea
	AFC U-17 Championship 2006	Japan  North Korea  Tajikistan  Syria
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 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	Belgium  England  France  Spain  Germany

1. Teams that made their debut.

Match officials

Squads

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

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Peru	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Costa Rica	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
3	South Korea (H)	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
4	Togo	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2

Costa Rica	1–1	Togo
Martínez 81'	Report	Mani 39'

South Korea	0–1	Peru
	Report	Bazalar 29'

Togo	0–0	Peru
	Report

Costa Rica	2–0	South Korea
Ureña 85' Peralta 90+1'	Report

South Korea	2–1	Togo
Seol Jae-mun 45+1' Yoon Bit-garam 80'	Report	Atakora 20'

Peru	1–0	Costa Rica
Bazalar 89'	Report

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	England	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Brazil	3	2	0	1	14	3	+11	6
3	North Korea	3	1	1	1	3	7	−4	4
4	New Zealand	3	0	0	3	0	13	−13	0

North Korea	1–1	England
Rim Chol-min 89'	Report	Moses 62'

Brazil	7–0	New Zealand
Fabinho 1' Lázaro 6' Giuliano 33' Fábio 50' Teixeira 54' Lulinha 60' (pen.) Junior 87'	Report

New Zealand	0–5	England
	Report	Welbeck 3', 27' Moses 7', 30' Chambers 88'

Brazil	6–1	North Korea
Fábio 4', 8' Teixeira 6' Maicon 22' Giuliano 47' Choco 90'	Report	An Il-bom 24'

North Korea	1–0	New Zealand
Rim Chol-min 81'	Report

England	2–1	Brazil
Lansbury 45' (pen.) Spence 90'	Report	Tales 19'

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Spain	3	2	1	0	7	4	+3	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Argentina	3	1	2	0	5	2	+3	5
3	Syria	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
4	Honduras	3	0	0	3	3	10	−7	0

Honduras	2–4	Spain
Martínez 20' Rojas 72'	Report	Bojan 2', 71' Pablo 56', 81'

Argentina	0–0	Syria
	Report

Syria	1–2	Spain
Solaiman 70' (pen.)	Report	Mérida 56' Aquino 90+1'

Argentina	4–1	Honduras
Meza 45+1' Mazzola 64', 87' Machuca 71'	Report	Leverón 35' (pen.)

Honduras	0–2	Syria
	Report	Al Taiar 22' Al Saleh 80'

Spain	1–1	Argentina
Aquino 68'	Report	Benítez 32'

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Nigeria	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	9	Advanced to knockout stage
2	France	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	Japan	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3
4	Haiti	3	0	1	2	3	8	−5	1

Nigeria	2–1	France
Chrisantus 15' Ibrahim 64'	Report	Saivet 51'

Japan	3–1	Haiti
Okamoto 42' Kawano 80' Kakitani 84'	Report	Guemsly 71'

Haiti	1–1	France
Desrivieres 21' (pen.)	Report	Le Tallec 13'

Japan	0–3	Nigeria
	Report	Oseni 21' Chrisantus 31', 82'

Nigeria	4–1	Haiti
Chrisantus 5', 60' Isa 39', 41'	Report	Joseph 57'

France	2–1	Japan
Mehamha 68' Rivière 70'	Report	Kakitani 45'

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Tunisia	3	3	0	0	8	3	+5	9	Advanced to knockout stage
2	United States	3	1	0	2	6	7	−1	3
3	Tajikistan	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
4	Belgium	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3

Belgium	2–4	Tunisia
De Pauw 27' Kis 36'	Report	Boughanmi 20' Ayrai 24' Msakni 42', 79' (pen.)

Tajikistan	4–3	United States
Vasiev 32' Shohzukhurov 43' Davronov 82' Fatkhuloev 86'	Report	Bates 9' Garza 48' Schuler 53'

United States	1–3	Tunisia
Jeffrey 90' (pen.)	Report	Hadhria 8' (pen.), 45+1' (pen.) Dkhil 90+4'

Tajikistan	0–1	Belgium
	Report	Benteke 90+2'

Belgium	0–2	United States
	Report	Urso 63' Bates 71'

Tunisia	1–0	Tajikistan
Msakni 83'	Report

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Germany	3	2	1	0	11	5	+6	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Ghana	3	2	0	1	8	5	+3	6
3	Colombia	3	1	1	1	9	5	+4	4
4	Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	0	3	1	14	−13	0

Colombia	3–3	Germany
Julio 14' Nazarit 66' (pen.), 88'	Report	Dowidat 34', 49' Sukuta-Pasu 39'

Trinidad and Tobago	1–4	Ghana
Campbell 80'	Report	Osei 12', 44' Adams 45+1' Bossman 85'

Ghana	2–3	Germany
Osei 52' Adams 53'	Report	Bigalke 5' Kroos 12', 27'

Trinidad and Tobago	0–5	Colombia
	Report	Mosquera G. 22', 63' Trellez 60' Pardo 68' Serna 72'

Colombia	1–2	Ghana
Nazarit 60'	Report	Osei 32' Yartey 87'

Germany	5–0	Trinidad and Tobago
Broghammer 5' Esswein 30', 37' Funk 39' Wolze 90+3'	Report

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	F	Colombia	3	1	1	1	9	5	+4	4	Advanced to knockout stage
2	C	Syria	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
3	B	North Korea	3	1	1	1	3	7	−4	4
4	E	Tajikistan	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
5	D	Japan	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3
6	A	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

Spain	3–0	North Korea
Bojan 28', 50' Falque 67'	Report

Tunisia	1–3 (a.e.t.)	France
Hadhria 49'	Report	Saivet 43' Le Tallec 99', 105'

Peru	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Tajikistan
Manco 13'	Report	Davronov 15'
Penalties
Trujillo Calderón Ruiz Manco Ávila	5–4	Vasiev Radzhabov Abdulloev Fatkhuloev Tukhtasunov

Ghana	1–0	Brazil
Donkor 51'	Report

Argentina	2–0	Costa Rica
Sauro 25', 41'	Report

Nigeria	2–1	Colombia
Isa 78' Alfa 83'	Report	Trellez 62'

England	3–1	Syria
Lansbury 17' (pen.) Pearce 45+2' Murphy 62'	Report	Ajouz 51'

Germany	2–1	United States
Sukuta-Pasu 65', 89'	Report	Bates 90+2'

Quarterfinals

Spain	1–1 (a.e.t.)	France
Jordi 72'	Report	Le Tallec 52'
Penalties
Nacho Rodri Bojan Mérida Aquino	5–4	Sakho Le Tallec Bourgeois M'Vila N'Diaye

Peru	0–2	Ghana
	Report	Adams 45+1' Osei 53'

Argentina	0–2	Nigeria
	Report	Haruna 33' (pen.) Chrisantus 45+2'

England	1–4	Germany
Murphy 65'	Report	Rudy 50' Sukuta-Pasu 56' Dowidat 74' Kroos 87'

Semifinals

Spain	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Ghana
Aquino 67' Bojan 116'	Report	Adams 80'

Nigeria	3–1	Germany
Chrisantus 10' Alfa 18' Akinsola 90+4'	Report	Kroos 33'

Third place match

Ghana	1–2	Germany
Osei 67'	Report	Kroos 17' Esswein 90+2'

Final

Spain	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Nigeria
	Report
Penalties
Illarramendi Mérida Falque	0–3	Edile Joshua Oseni

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

Goalscorers

There were 165 goals scored in 52 matches, for an average of 3.17 goals per match.

7 goals

• Macauley Chrisantus

6 goals

• Ransford Osei

5 goals

• Toni Kroos
• Bojan

4 goals

• Damien Le Tallec
• Richard Sukuta-Pasu
• Sadick Adams

3 goals

• Fábio
• Cristian Nazarit
• Victor Moses
• Dennis Dowidat
• Alexander Esswein
• Sheriff Isa
• Dani Aquino
• Jordi Pablo
• Nour Hadhria
• Youssef Msakni
• Mykell Bates

2 goals

• Nicolás Mazzola
• Gastón Sauro
• Giuliano
• Alex Teixeira
• Andrés Mosquera Guardia
• Santiago Trellez
• Henri Lansbury
• Rhys Murphy
• Danny Welbeck
• Henri Saivet
• Yoichiro Kakitani
• Yakubu Alfa
• Rim Chol-min
• Carlos Bazalar
• Nuriddin Davronov

1 goal

• Carlos Benítez
• Alexis Machuca
• Fernando Meza
• Christian Benteke
• Nill De Pauw
• Kevin Kis
• Fabinho
• Choco
• Lázaro
• Lulinha
• Junior
• Maicon
• Tales
• Miguel Julio
• Felipe Pardo
• Ricardo Serna
• Josué Martínez
• Marco Ureña
• Jessy Peralta
• Ashley Chambers
• Jordan Spence
• Krystian Pearce
• Saïd Mehamha
• Emmanuel Rivière
• Sascha Bigalke
• Fabian Broghammer
• Patrick Funk
• Kevin Wolze
• Sebastian Rudy
• Kelvin Bossman
• Ishmael Yartey
• Isaac Donkor
• Peterson Desrivieres
• Joseph Guemsly Jr.
• Peterson Joseph
• Johnny Leverón
• Christian Samir Martínez
• Roger Rojas
• Tomotaka Okamoto
• Hiroki Kawano
• An Il-bom
• Seol Jae-mun
• Yoon Bit-garam
• Kabiru Akinsola
• Rabiu Ibrahim
• Ganiyu Oseni
• Lukman Haruna
• Reimond Manco
• Fran Mérida
• Iago Falque
• Ahmad Al Saleh
• Hani Al Taiar
• Solaiman Solaiman
• Ziad Ajouz
• Farkhod Vosiyev
• Samad Shohzukhurov
• Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev
• Lalawélé Atakora
• Sapol Mani
• Stephan Campbell
• Khaled Ayari
• Oussama Boughanmi
• Rafik Dkhil
• Greg Garza
• Jared Jeffrey
• Billy Schuler
• Kirk Urso

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	7	+5	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	2	1	2	3	–1	2
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

1. Executive Committee approves report from Task Force for the Good of the Game

External links

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

• 2007 in youth association football
• International association football competitions hosted by South Korea
• FIFA U-17 World Cup tournaments
• 2007 in South Korean football
• August 2007 sports events in Asia
• September 2007 sports events in Asia