2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup

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2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup
Copa Mundial Sub-17 de la FIFA México 2011
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The 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the 14th edition of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, the biennial international men's youth football championship contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It was hosted by Mexico from 18 June to 10 July 2011.[1] Mexico won the tournament after defeating Uruguay 2–0 in the final, claiming the country's second title. Mexico also became the first host nation to win the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Players born after 1 January 1994 could participate in this tournament.

Host selection

It was confirmed by the 58th FIFA Congress in Sydney, Australia that Mexico would be the host, beating other bids from the Czech Republic and Iran.[2]

Venues

After having won the right to host the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup,

Pachuca and Aguascalientes as other possible venues.[3][4]

The Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, after having previously hosted major events, such as 1970 and 1986 FIFA World Cup, 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship, 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup and 1968 Summer Olympics Football final matches, hosted the third place match and the final match of the tournament.

Mexico City
Guadalajara
area) 		San Nicolás de los Garza
(Monterrey area)
Estadio Azteca
Estadio Omnilife

(Estadio Guadalajara) 		Estadio Universitario
19°18′10.8″N 99°09′01.59″W / 19.303000°N 99.1504417°W / 19.303000; -99.1504417 (Azteca) 20°40′54.00″N 103°27′46.00″W / 20.6816667°N 103.4627778°W / 20.6816667; -103.4627778 (Omnilife) 25°43′22.10″N 100°18′43.40″W / 25.7228056°N 100.3120556°W / 25.7228056; -100.3120556 (Universitario)
Capacity: 105,000 Capacity: 49,850 Capacity: 42,000
Morelia
Pachuca
Torreón
Estadio Morelos
19°43′07.47″N 101°14′01.04″W / 19.7187417°N 101.2336222°W / 19.7187417; -101.2336222 (Morelos)
Capacity: 35,000
Querétaro
Pachuca
 Torreón
Estadio Corregidora Estadio Hidalgo Estadio Corona
(Estadio Torreón)
20°34′39.6″N 100°21′58.9″W / 20.577667°N 100.366361°W / 20.577667; -100.366361 (Corregidora) 20°06′18.52″N 98°45′22.01″W / 20.1051444°N 98.7561139°W / 20.1051444; -98.7561139 (Hidalgo) 25°33′18″N 103°24′11″W / 25.55500°N 103.40306°W / 25.55500; -103.40306 (Corona)
Capacity: 33,277 Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 30,000

Teams

In addition to host nation Mexico, 23 nations qualified from 6 separate continental competitions.

Confederation Qualifying Tournament Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia) 2010 AFC U-16 Championship  North Korea
 Uzbekistan1
 Australia
 Japan
CAF (Africa)
2011 African Under-17 Championship
  Burkina Faso
 Rwanda1
 Congo
 Ivory Coast
CONCACAF
(Central, North America and Caribbean) 		Host nation  Mexico
2011 CONCACAF U-17 Championship  
Canada
 Panama1
 Jamaica
CONMEBOL (South America)
2011 South American Under-17 Football Championship
  Brazil
 Uruguay
 Argentina
 Ecuador
OFC (Oceania)
2011 OFC Under 17 Tournament
  New Zealand
UEFA (Europe)
2011 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship
  
Germany
 Denmark1
 England
 Czech Republic2
 France

1.^ Teams that made their debut.
2.^ Czech Republic made their debut as independent nation. The now-defunct Czechoslovakia qualified for their only appearance in 1993.

Match officials

Confederation Referee Assistants
AFC Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain) Yaser Tulefat (Bahrain)
Khaled Al-Allan (Bahrain)
Ali Al-Badwawi (United Arab Emirates) Hamad Al-Mayahi (Oman)
Reza Sokhandan (Iran)
CAF Hélder Martins de Carvalho (Angola) Félicien Kabanda (
Rwanda)
Aden Marwa (Kenya
)
Néant Alioum (Cameroon
) 		Djibril Camara (Senegal)
Zakhele Siwela (South Africa)
CONCACAF Raymon Bogle (Jamaica) Stephen Brown (
Trinidad and Tobago
)
Roberto García (Mexico) Alejandro Ayala (Mexico)
Víctor Calderón (Mexico)
Paul Delgadillo (Mexico) Marcos Quintero (Mexico)
Salvador Rodríguez (Mexico)
Jafeth Perea (Panama) Ricardo Daniel Ake (Belize)
Juan Antonio Rodas (Honduras)
El Salvador
) 		Keytzel Corrales (Nicaragua)
Octavio Jarra (Costa Rica)
CONMEBOL Diego Abal (Argentina) Alejo Castany (Argentina)
Gustavo Esquivel (Argentina)
Omar Ponce (Ecuador) Carlos Herrera (Ecuador)
Christian Lescano (Ecuador)
Víctor Hugo Carrillo (Peru) Jonny Bossio (Peru)
César Escano (Peru)
OFC Norbert Hauata (Tahiti) Mark Rule (New Zealand)
David Charles (Papua New Guinea)
UEFA Pavel Královec (Czech Republic) Martin Wilczek (Czech Republic)
Miroslav Zlámal (Czech Republic)
Tony Chapron (France) Emmanuel Boisdenghien (France)
Fredji Harchay (France)
Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands) Angelo Boonman (Netherlands)
Erwin Zeinstra (Netherlands)
Norway
) 		Frank Andås (
Norway
)
Aleksei Nikolaev (Russia) Anton Averianov (Russia)
Tikhon Kalugin (Russia)
Stephan Studer (Switzerland) Sandro Pozzi (Switzerland)
Raffael Zeder (Switzerland)

Squads

Main article: 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup squads

Group stage

The draw for the group stage took place on 17 May 2011 at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México's Sala Nezahualcóyotl concert Hall.[5][6] The seeding was as follows:

Pot A Pot B Pot C Pot D

 Mexico
 

Germany

 England
 Brazil
 Argentina
 United States

 Congo
 Burkina Faso
 Ivory Coast
 Rwanda
 Jamaica
 New Zealand

 Canada
 Panama
 Japan
 North Korea
 Australia
 Uzbekistan

 Denmark
 Netherlands
 France
 Czech Republic
 Uruguay
 Ecuador

The winners and runners-up from each group, as well as the best four third-placed teams, qualified for the first round of the knockout stage (round of 16).

Tie-breaking criteria

Where two or more teams end the group stage with the same number of points, their ranking is determined by the following criteria:[7]

  • goal difference in all group matches;
  • number of goals scored in all group matches;
  • points earned in the matches between the teams concerned;
  • goal difference in the matches between the teams concerned;
  • number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  • drawing of lots by the organising committee.

Ranking of third place teams in each group are determined by the following criteria, top four advances to the round of 16:[7]

  • number of points
  • goal difference in all group matches;
  • number of goals scored in all group matches;
  • drawing of lots by the organising committee.

All kick-off times are local (UTC−05:00).

Group A

Free Kick on the Mexico – Netherlands match
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Mexico (H) 3 3 0 0 8 4 +4 9 Advanced to knockout stage
2  Congo 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3  North Korea 3 0 2 1 3 5 −2 2
4  Netherlands 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2 1
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Mexico 3–1 North Korea
Fierro 37'
Jong Kwang-Sok 68' (o.g.)
Casillas 86'		 Report Jo Kwang 3'
Attendance: 34,312
Congo 1–0 Netherlands
M. Nkounkou 53' Report
Attendance: 34,312
North Korea 1–1 Netherlands
Kang Nam-Gwon 48' Report Gravenberch 75'
Néant Alioum (Cameroon
)
Mexico 2–1 Congo
Gómez
85'		 Report Epako 73'
Attendance: 25,710
Referee: Tony Chapron (France)
North Korea 1–1 Congo
Ju Jong-Chol 14' Report C. Nkounkou 75'
Czech Republic
)
Mexico 3–2 Netherlands
González
90+4'		 Report Depay 47'
Ebecilio 63'
Attendance: 29,000

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Japan 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Advanced to knockout stage
2  France 3 1 2 0 5 2 +3 5
3  Argentina 3 1 0 2 3 7 −4 3
4  Jamaica 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
Source: [citation needed]
France 3–0 Argentina
Benzia 35', 45'
Haller 38'		 Report
Attendance: 16,200
Japan 1–0 Jamaica
Matsumoto 61' Report
Néant Alioum (Cameroon
)
Japan 1–1 France
Ishige 49' (pen.) Report Yaisien 24'
Attendance: 4,827
Jamaica 1–2 Argentina
Barnes 89' Report
Silva 23'
Pugh
63'
Czech Republic
)
Japan 3–1 Argentina
Takagi 4'
Ueda 20'
Akino 74'		 Report Ferreira 87'
Néant Alioum (Cameroon
)
Jamaica 1–1 France
Lewis 9' Report Benzia 58'
Attendance: 7,566

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  England 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7 Advanced to knockout stage
2  Uruguay 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
3  Canada 3 0 2 1 2 5 −3 2
4  Rwanda 3 0 1 2 0 3 −3 1
Source: [citation needed]
Rwanda 0–2 England
Report Hope 68'
Sterling 86'
Attendance: 12,640
Uruguay 3–0 Canada
Méndez 85' (pen.)
Álvarez
90+3'		 Report
Alexey Nikolaev (Russia
)
Uruguay 1–0 Rwanda
Pais 90+5' Report
Norway
)
Canada 2–2 England
Jalali 50'
Roberts 87'		 Report Morgan 46'
Turgott 77'
Attendance: 17,882
Referee: Omar Ponce (Ecuador)
Uruguay 0–2 England
Report Chalobah 45'
Clayton 58'
Ali Hamad Al-Badwawi (United Arab Emirates
)
Canada 0–0 Rwanda
Report
Attendance: 5,803
Referee: Tony Chapron (France)

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Uzbekistan 3 2 0 1 5 6 −1 6 Advanced to knockout stage
2  United States 3 1 1 1 4 2 +2 4
3  New Zealand 3 1 1 1 4 2 +2 4
4  Czech Republic 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3
Source: [citation needed]

Drawing of lots was used to determine the final positions of the United States and New Zealand, as the two teams finished level on points, goal difference, goals scored, and head-to-head record.[9]

Uzbekistan 1–4 New Zealand
T. Khakimov 39' Report Carmichael 10', 36', 53'
Vale 87'
Attendance: 7,561
United States 3–0 Czech Republic
E. Rodriguez 52'
Koroma
89'		 Report
Attendance: 15,083
United States 1–2 Uzbekistan
Koroma 47' Report Davlatov 13'
Makhstaliev 54' (pen.)
Alexey Nikolaev (Russia
)
Czech Republic 1–0 New Zealand
Juliš 28' Report
Attendance: 10,105
United States 0–0 New Zealand
Report
Attendance: 8,556
Czech Republic 1–2 Uzbekistan
Juliš 23' (pen.) Report T. Khakimov 44'
Makhstaliev 73'
Attendance: 14,673

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  
Germany
 3 3 0 0 11 1 +10 9 Advanced to knockout stage
2  Ecuador 3 2 0 1 5 7 −2 6
3  Panama 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
4  Burkina Faso 3 0 0 3 0 6 −6 0
Source: [citation needed]
Germany 
6–1 Ecuador
Yeşil 31', 69'
Röcker 54'
Ayçiçek 61'
Ducksch 85'
Aydın 90'		 Report Gruezo 51'
El Salvador
)
Burkina Faso 0–1 Panama
Report Aguilar 22'
Querétaro City
Attendance: 25,167
)
Germany
Report Günter 4'
Ayçiçek 26' (pen.)
Weiser 64'
Querétaro City
Attendance: 14,603
)
Panama 1–2 Ecuador
Aguilar 33' Report Jaime 61'
Cevallos 82'
Burkina Faso 0–2 Ecuador
Report Cevallos 74'
Mercado 76'
Germany
Report Aydın 10'
Weiser 39'
Querétaro City
Attendance: 28,500
)

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Brazil 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7 Advanced to knockout stage
2  Ivory Coast 3 1 1 1 8 7 +1 4
3  Australia 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
4  Denmark 3 0 1 2 3 8 −5 1
Source: [citation needed]
Brazil 3–0 Denmark
Ademilson 32', 78'
Wallace 57'		 Report
Ali Al Badwawi (United Arab Emirates
)
Australia 2–1 Ivory Coast
Makarounas 51'
Tombides 77'		 Report S. Coulibaly 18'
Attendance: 20,728
Australia 0–1 Brazil
Report
Adryan
76'
Attendance: 21,159
Ivory Coast 4–2 Denmark
S. Coulibaly 23', 37', 41' (pen.), 69' Report Zohore 9'
Fischer 32'
El Salvador
)
Ivory Coast 3–3 Brazil
S. Coulibaly 11', 33', 58' Report
Adryan
90+3'
Attendance: 24,943
Australia 1–1 Denmark
Remington 89' Report Sørensen 35'
Querétaro City
Attendance: 2,000
)

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1 D  New Zealand 3 1 1 1 4 2 +2 4 Advanced to knockout stage
2 F  Australia 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3 E  Panama 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
4 B  Argentina 3 1 0 2 3 7 −4 3
5 A  North Korea 3 0 2 1 3 5 −2 2
6 C  Canada 3 0 2 1 2 5 −3 2
Source: [citation needed]

Knockout stage

In a rule to avoid potential "player burnout", all games in the knockout stage proceeded straight to

extra time.[11][7]

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
29 June 2011 – Morelia
 
 
 Congo1
 
3 July 2011 – Monterrey
 
 Uruguay2
 
 Uruguay2
 
29 June 2011 – Torreón
 
 Uzbekistan0
 
 Uzbekistan4
 
7 July 2011 – Guadalajara
 
 Australia0
 
 Uruguay3
 
29 June 2011 – Monterrey
 
 Brazil0
 
 Japan6
 
3 July 2011 – Querétaro City
 
 New Zealand0
 
 Japan2
 
29 June 2011 – Guadalajara
 
 Brazil3
 
 Brazil2
 
10 July 2011 – Mexico City
 
 Ecuador0
 
 Uruguay0
 
30 June 2011 – Querétaro City
 
 Mexico2
 
 
Germany
4
 
4 July 2011 – Morelia
 
 United States0
 
 
Germany
3
 
30 June 2011 – Pachuca
 
 England2
 
 
pen.)
1 (4)
 
7 July 2011 – Torreón
 
 Argentina1 (2)
 
 
Germany
2
 
30 June 2011 – Querétaro City
 
 Mexico3 Third place
 
 France3
 
4 July 2011 – Pachuca10 July 2011 – Mexico City
 
 Ivory Coast2
 
 France1 Brazil3
 
30 June 2011 – Pachuca
 
 Mexico2  
Germany
4
 
 Mexico2
 
 
 Panama0
 

Round of 16

Uzbekistan 4–0 Australia
Makhstaliev 11'
T. Khakimov 40'
Chapman 66' (o.g.)
Yarbekov 89'		 Report
Attendance: 8,340
Brazil 2–0 Ecuador
Ademilson 16'
Bonatini 87'		 Report
Czech Republic
)
Congo 1–2 Uruguay
Binguila 53' Report Moreira 65'
Silva 86'
Attendance: 12,350
Japan 6–0 New Zealand
Ishige 20', 22'
Hayakawa 32', 80'
Colvey 42' (o.g.)
Minamino 56'		 Report
Attendance: 7,930
Germany 
4–0 United States
Günter 20'
Weiser 40'
Yeşil 43'
Ducksch 50'		 Report
Querétaro City
Attendance: 16,191
)
England 1–1 Argentina
Sterling 40' Report Padilla 12'
Penalties
Magri soccer ball with check mark
Morgan soccer ball with check mark
Clayton soccer ball with red X
Forster-Caskey soccer ball with check mark
Chalobah soccer ball with check mark		 4–2 soccer ball with check mark
Allione
Attendance: 6,807
France 3–2 Ivory Coast
Benzia 37' (pen.), 74'
Nangis 65'		 Report S. Coulibaly 3'
Diarrassouba 25'
El Salvador
)
Mexico 2–0 Panama
Fierro 2'
Bueno 89'		 Report
Norway
)

Quarter-finals

Uruguay 2–0 Uzbekistan
Charamoni 29'
Aguirre 64'		 Report
Néant Alioum (Cameroon
)
Japan 2–3 Brazil
Nakajima 77'
Hayakawa 88'		 Report
Adryan
60'
Querétaro City
Attendance: 30,123
)
Germany 
3–2 England
Yeşil 7', 53'
Ayhan 24'		 Report Magri 67' (pen.)
Hope 83'
Czech Republic
)
France 1–2 Mexico
Ikoko 17' Report Escamilla 14'
Fierro 50'

Semi-finals

Uruguay 3–0 Brazil
Méndez
90+5'		 Report
Germany 
2–3 Mexico
Yeşil 10'
Can 60'		 Report
Gómez 3', 90'
Espericueta
76'
Attendance: 26,086
Referee: Omar Ponce (Ecuador)

Third-place match

Germany
Adryan 29' (pen.
), 33'		 Report Aydın 20', 63'
Günter 45+1'
Ayçiçek 55'
Attendance: 94,379

Final

Uruguay 0–2 Mexico
Report Briseño 31'
Casillas 90+2'
Norway
)

Awards

Winners

 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup winners 

Mexico
2nd title

Individual awards

Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball
Julio Gómez
 Mexico Jonathan Espericueta Mexico Carlos Fierro
Golden Shoe Silver Shoe Bronze Shoe
Ivory Coast Souleymane Coulibaly Germany Samed Yeşil
Adryan
9 goals 6 goals 5 goals
Golden Glove
Mathías Cubero
FIFA Fair Play Award
 Japan

Team statistics

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Mexico (H) 7 7 0 0 17 7 +10 21 Champions
2  Uruguay 7 5 0 2 11 5 +6 15 Runners-up
3  
Germany
 7 6 0 1 24 9 +15 18 Third place
4  Brazil 7 4 1 2 15 12 +3 13 Fourth place
5  Japan 5 3 1 1 13 5 +8 10 Eliminated in
Quarter-finals
6  Uzbekistan 5 3 0 2 9 8 +1 9
7  England 5 2 2 1 9 6 +3 8
8  France 5 2 2 1 9 6 +3 8
9  Ecuador 4 2 0 2 5 9 −4 6 Eliminated in
Round of 16
10  Ivory Coast 4 1 1 2 10 10 0 4
11  Congo 4 1 1 2 4 5 −1 4
12  United States 4 1 1 2 4 6 −2 4
13  Argentina 4 1 1 2 4 8 −4 4
14  New Zealand 4 1 1 2 4 8 −4 4
15  Australia 4 1 1 2 3 7 −4 4
16  Panama 4 1 0 3 2 6 −4 3
17  Czech Republic 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3 Eliminated in
Group stage
18  North Korea 3 0 2 1 3 5 −2 2
19  Canada 3 0 2 1 2 5 −3 2
20  Netherlands 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2 1
21  Jamaica 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
22  Rwanda 3 0 1 2 0 3 −3 1
23  Denmark 3 0 1 2 3 8 −5 1
24  Burkina Faso 3 0 0 3 0 6 −6 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

9 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

References

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