2007_FIFA_U-17_World_Cup
2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup
Association football tournament for under-17 national teams
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.[1]
Quick Facts Tournament details, Host country ...
| 2007 FIFA U-17 월드컵 대한민국 | |
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2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup official logo | |
| 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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Players born after 1 January 1990 could participate in this tournament.
More information Seoul, Suwon ...
| Seoul | Suwon | Goyang | Cheonan |
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| Seoul World Cup Stadium | Suwon Civic Stadium | Goyang Stadium | Cheonan Stadium |
| Capacity: 66,806 | Capacity: 24,670 | Capacity: 41,311 | Capacity: 30,000 |
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| 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 |
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More information Confederation, Qualifying Tournament ...
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- 1.^ Teams that made their debut.
More information Confederation, Referee ...
| Confederation | Referee | Assistants |
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| 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 Šetka (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) |
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For a list of the squads see 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup squads.
Group A
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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| 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 |
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More information Costa Rica, 2–0 ...
| Costa Rica | 2–0 | South Korea |
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Ureña  85' Peralta 90+1' |
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More information South Korea, 2–1 ...
| South Korea | 2–1 | Togo |
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| Seol Jae-mun 45+1' Yoon Bit-garam 80' |
Report | Atakora 20' |
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Group B
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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| 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 |
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More information North Korea, 1–1 ...
| North Korea | 1–1 | England |
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| Rim Chol-min 89' |
Report | Moses 62' |
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More information Brazil, 7–0 ...
| Brazil | 7–0 | New Zealand |
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| Fabinho 1' Lázaro 6' Giuliano 33' Fábio 50' Teixeira 54' Lulinha 60' (pen.) Junior 87' |
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More information Brazil, 6–1 ...
| Brazil | 6–1 | North Korea |
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| Fábio 4', 8' Teixeira 6' Maicon 22' Giuliano 47' Choco 90' |
Report | An Il-bom 24' |
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Group C
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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| 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 |
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Group D
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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| 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 |
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Group E
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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| 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 |
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More information Tajikistan, 4–3 ...
| Tajikistan | 4–3 | United States |
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| Vasiev 32' Shohzukhurov 43' Davronov 82' Fatkhuloev 86' |
Report | Bates 9' Garza 48' Schuler 53' |
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Group F
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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| 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 |
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More information Trinidad and Tobago, 0–5 ...
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0–5 | Colombia |
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| Report | Mosquera G. 22', 63' Trellez 60' Pardo 68' Serna 72' |
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| Germany | 5–0 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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| Broghammer 5' Esswein 30', 37' Funk 39' Wolze 90+3' |
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Ranking of third-placed teams
More information Pos, Grp ...
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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| 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 |
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| 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
More information Tunisia, 1–3 (a.e.t.) ...
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More information Peru, 1–1 (a.e.t.) ...
| Peru | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Tajikistan |
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| Manco 13' |
Report | Davronov 15' |
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Trujillo  Calderón Ruiz Manco Ávila |
5–4 |  Vasiev Radzhabov Abdulloev Fatkhuloev Tukhtasunov |
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More information Germany, 2–1 ...
| Germany | 2–1 | United States |
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| Sukuta-Pasu 65', 89' |
Report | Bates 90+2' |
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Quarterfinals
More information Spain, 1–1 (a.e.t.) ...
| Spain | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | France |
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| Jordi 72' |
Report | Le Tallec 52' |
| Penalties | ||
| Nacho Rodri Bojan Mérida Aquino |
5–4 | Sakho Le Tallec Bourgeois M'Vila N'Diaye |
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Semifinals
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More information Nigeria, 3–1 ...
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Third place match
Final
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| 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup winners |
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 Nigeria Third title |
More information Golden Ball, Silver Ball ...
| Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball |
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| Toni Kroos |
Macauley Chrisantus |
Bojan |
| Golden Shoe | Silver Shoe | Bronze Shoe |
| Macauley Chrisantus |
Ransford Osei |
Toni Kroos |
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There were 165 goals scored in 52 matches, for an average of 3.17 goals per match.
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
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
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| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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