2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup
| 2007 FIFA U-17 월드컵 대한민국 | |
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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 |
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]
Players born after 1 January 1990 could participate in this tournament.
Venues
| Seoul | Suwon | Goyang | Cheonan |
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| Seoul World Cup Stadium | Suwon Civic Stadium
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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
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Gwangyang Football Stadium | Jeju World Cup Stadium |
| Capacity: 19,050 | Capacity: 27,085 | Capacity: 13,496 | Capacity: 42,256 |
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Teams
| Confederation | Qualifying Tournament | Qualifier(s) |
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| AFC (Asia) | Host nation |  South Korea
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AFC U-17 Championship 2006
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 Japan  North Korea  Tajikistan1  Syria1
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CAF (Africa)
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2007 African Under-17 Championship
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Ghana Nigeria  Togo1  Tunisia
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| CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean) |
2007 CONCACAF U17 Tournament | 
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| CONMEBOL (South America) | Sudamericano Sub-17 2007
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 Brazil  Colombia  Argentina  Peru
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| OFC (Oceania) | 2007 OFC Under 17 Tournament
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 New Zealand
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| UEFA (Europe) | 2007 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship
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 Germany
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- 1.^ Teams that made their debut.
Match officials
| Confederation | Referee | Assistants |
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| AFC | Australia )
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Matthew Cream ( Australia )
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| Yuichi Nishimura (Japan) | Toru Sagara (Japan) Jeong Hae-Sang (South Korea) | |
Uzbekistan )
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Abdukhamidullo Rasulov ( Kyrgyzstan )
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| CAF | Koman Coulibaly (Mali) | Inácio Cândido (Angola) Redouane Achik (Morocco) |
| Eddy Maillet (Seychelles) | Bechir Hassani (Tunisia) Evarist Menkouande (Cameroon) | |
| CONCACAF | El Salvador )
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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) |
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 |
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| 1 | Peru
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 7 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | Costa Rica
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | South Korea (H)
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Togo
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
| Costa Rica | 1–1 | Togo |
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Martínez  81' |
Report | Mani 39' |
| South Korea | 0–1 | Peru |
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| Report | Bazalar 29' |
| Costa Rica | 2–0 | South Korea |
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| Ureña 85' Peralta 90+1' |
Report |
| South Korea | 2–1 | Togo |
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| Seol Jae-mun 45+1' Yoon Bit-garam 80' |
Report | Atakora 20' |
| Peru | 1–0 | Costa Rica |
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Bazalar 89' |
Report |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  England
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 7 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | Brazil
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 6 | |
| 3 | North Korea
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 4 | |
| 4 | New Zealand
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | −13 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
| North Korea | 1–1 | England |
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| Rim Chol-min 89' |
Report | Moses 62' |
| Brazil | 7–0 | New Zealand |
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| 87' |
Report |
| Brazil | 6–1 | North Korea |
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Choco 90' |
Report | An Il-bom 24' |
Uzbekistan
)| North Korea | 1–0 | New Zealand |
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| Rim Chol-min 81' |
Report |
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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| 1 |  Spain
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 7 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | Argentina
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 | |
| 3 | Syria
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Honduras
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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| 1 | Nigeria
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 9 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 |  France
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Japan
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Haiti
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 1 |
Source: [citation needed]
| Japan | 0–3 | Nigeria |
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| Report | Oseni 21' Chrisantus 31', 82' |
Gwangyang Stadium, Gwangyang
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia
)Group E
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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| 1 | Tunisia
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 9 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 |  United States
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 3 | |
| 3 | Tajikistan
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Belgium
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 |
Source: [citation needed]
| Belgium | 2–4 | Tunisia |
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| De Pauw 27' Kis 36' |
Report | Boughanmi 20' Ayrai 24' Msakni 42', 79' (pen.) |
Changwon Sports Park, Changwon
Attendance: 8,230
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan
)| Tajikistan | 4–3 | United States |
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Fatkhuloev 86' |
Report | Bates 9' Garza 48' Schuler 53' |
Changwon Sports Park, Changwon
Attendance: 4,570
Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali
)| United States | 1–3 | Tunisia |
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| Jeffrey 90' (pen.) |
Report | Hadhria 8' (pen.), 45+1' (pen.) Dkhil 90+4' |
Changwon Sports Park, Changwon
Attendance: 3,115
Referee: Hernando Buitrago (Colombia
)| Tajikistan | 0–1 | Belgium |
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| Report | Benteke 90+2' |
Changwon Sports Park, Changwon
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Rakesh Varman (Fiji
)| Belgium | 0–2 | United States |
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| Report | Urso 63' Bates 71' |
| Tunisia | 1–0 | Tajikistan |
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| Msakni 83' |
Report |
El Salvador
)Group F
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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| 1 | Germany
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 7 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | Ghana
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 | Colombia
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Trinidad and Tobago
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0–5 | Colombia |
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| Report | 72' |
Germany | 5–0 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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| Broghammer 5' Esswein 30', 37' Funk 39' Wolze 90+3' |
Report |
Changwon Sports Park, Changwon
Attendance: 4,320
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan
)Ranking of third-placed teams
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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| 1 | F | Colombia
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 4 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | C | Syria
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | B | North Korea
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 4 | |
| 4 | E | Tajikistan
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
| 5 | D | Japan
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | |
| 6 | A | South Korea
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 |
Source: [citation needed]
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 | |||||||||||||
| Germany | 1 | Third place | ||||||||||||
| England | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 2 September - Goyang | 9 September - Seoul | |||||||||||||
| Syria | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Germany | 4 | Germany | 2 | |||||||||||
| Germany | 2 | |||||||||||||
| United States | 1 | |||||||||||||
Round of 16
| Spain | 3–0 | North Korea |
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| Bojan 28', 50' Falque 67' |
Report |
| Peru | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Tajikistan |
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| Manco 13' |
Report | Davronov 15' |
| Penalties | ||
Trujillo  Calderón Ruiz Manco Ávila |
5–4 |  |
Australia
)| Argentina | 2–0 | Costa Rica |
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| Sauro 25', 41' |
Report |
Germany | 2–1 | United States |
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| Sukuta-Pasu 65', 89' |
Report | Bates 90+2' |
Quarterfinals
| Spain | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | France |
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Jordi 72' |
Report | Le Tallec 52' |
| Penalties | ||
Aquino |
5–4 | Sakho Le Tallec Bourgeois M'Vila N'Diaye |
El Salvador
)| Peru | 0–2 | Ghana |
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| Report | Adams 45+1' Osei 53' |
Changwon Sports Park, Changwon
Attendance: 7,555
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan
)Semifinals
Germany | ||
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| Chrisantus 10' Alfa 18'Akinsola 90+4' |
Report | Kroos 33' |
El Salvador
)Third place match
Final
Winners
| 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup winners |
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 Nigeria Third title |
Awards
| Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball |
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| Toni Kroos
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Macauley Chrisantus
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Bojan
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| Golden Shoe | Silver Shoe | Bronze Shoe |
| Macauley Chrisantus
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Ransford Osei
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Toni Kroos
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Goalscorers
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
- 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 | |
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| 1 | Nigeria
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7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 19 | |
| 2 | Spain
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7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 15 | |
| 3 | Germany
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7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 16 | |
| 4 | Ghana
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7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 12 | |
| Eliminated in the quarter-finals | ||||||||||
| 5 | England
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 10 | |
| 6 | Argentina
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5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 8 | |
| 7 | France
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5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 8 | |
| 8 | Peru
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5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | |
| Eliminated in the Round of 16 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Tunisia
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 9 | |
| 10 | Brazil
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 6 | |
| 11 | Colombia
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 4 | |
| 12 | Tajikistan
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | –1 | 4 | |
| 13 | Syria
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | –1 | 4 | |
| 14 | Costa Rica
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 4 | |
| 15 | North Korea
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | –7 | 4 | |
| 16 | United States
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | –2 | 3 | |
| Eliminated at the group stage | ||||||||||
| 17 | Japan
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | –2 | 3 | |
| 18 |  South Korea
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | –2 | 3 | |
| 19 | Belgium
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | –3 | 3 | |
| 20 | Togo
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | –1 | 2 | |
| 21 | Haiti
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | –5 | 1 | |
| 22 | Honduras
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | –7 | 0 | |
| 23 | Trinidad and Tobago
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | –13 | 0 | |
| 24 | New Zealand
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | –13 | 0 | |