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2005 FIFA World Youth Championship
Wereldkampioenschap voetbal onder 20 - 2005
Tournament details
Host countryNetherlands
Dates10 June – 2 July
Teams 24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s) 6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Argentina (5th title)
Runners-up  Nigeria
Third place  Brazil
Fourth place  Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches played52
Goals scored143 (2.75 per match)
Attendance502,698 (9,667 per match)
Top scorer(s) Argentina Lionel Messi (6 goals)
Best player(s) Argentina Lionel Messi
Fair play award  Colombia
2003
2007

The 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship was the 15th edition of the FIFA World Youth Championship. It took place in the Netherlands between 10 June and 2 July 2005.

Venues

Doetinchem Emmen Enschede
De Vijverberg Univé Stadion Arke Stadion
Capacity: 12,600 Capacity: 8,600 Capacity: 13,250
51°57′20.8″N 06°18′35.3″E / 51.955778°N 6.309806°E / 51.955778; 6.309806 (De Vijverberg) 52°46′28.9″N 06°56′44.8″E / 52.774694°N 6.945778°E / 52.774694; 6.945778 (Univé Stadion) 52°14′11.6″N 06°50′16.2″E / 52.236556°N 6.837833°E / 52.236556; 6.837833 (Arke Stadion)
Location of venues of 2005 FIFA Youth Championship
Kerkrade Tilburg Utrecht
Parkstad Limburg Stadion Willem II Stadion Stadion Galgenwaard
Capacity: 19,979 Capacity: 14,637 Capacity: 24,500
50°51′25.4″N 06°00′21.0″E / 50.857056°N 6.005833°E / 50.857056; 6.005833 (Parkstad Limburg Stadion) 51°32′33.6″N 05°04′00.5″E / 51.542667°N 5.066806°E / 51.542667; 5.066806 (Willem II Stadion) 52°04′42.1″N 05°08′45.0″E / 52.078361°N 5.145833°E / 52.078361; 5.145833 (Stadion Galgenwaard)

Qualification

The following 24 teams qualified for the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship. Host country the Netherlands did not have to qualify for the tournament.

Confederation Qualifying Tournament Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia) 2004 AFC Youth Championship   China
  Japan
  South Korea
  Syria
CAF (Africa) 2005 African Youth Championship   Benin 1
  Egypt
  Morocco
  Nigeria
CONCACAF
(North, Central America and Caribbean)
2005 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament   Canada
  Honduras
  Panama
  United States
CONMEBOL (South America) 2005 South American Youth Championship   Argentina
  Brazil
  Chile
  Colombia
OFC (Oceania) 2005 OFC U-20 Championship   Australia
UEFA (Europe) Host nation   Netherlands
2004 UEFA Under-19 Championship   Germany
  Italy
  Spain
   Switzerland 1
  Turkey
  Ukraine
1. ^ Teams that made their debut.

Sponsorship

FIFA partners

National supporters

Match officials

Confederation Referee Assistants
AFC Khalil Al Ghamdi ( Saudi Arabia) Fatih Arabati ( Jordan)
Eisa Ghuloum ( United Arab Emirates)
Kwon Jong-chul ( South Korea) Kim Dae-Young ( South Korea)
Liu Tiejun ( China)
CAF Coffi Codjia ( Benin) Aboudou Aderodjou ( Benin)
Célestin Ntagungira ( Rwanda)
Essam Abd El Fatah ( Egypt) Beshr Rashwan ( Egypt)
Luleseged Begashaw ( Ethiopia)
CONCACAF Rodolfo Sibrian ( El Salvador) Carlos Pastrana ( Honduras)
Reynaldo Salinas ( Honduras)
Benito Archundia ( Mexico) José Ramírez ( Mexico)
Pedro Rebollar ( Mexico)
CONMEBOL Horacio Elizondo ( Argentina) Darío García ( Argentina)
Rodolfo Otero ( Argentina)
Óscar Ruiz ( Colombia) Eduardo Botero ( Colombia)
Fernando Tamayo ( Ecuador)
Jorge Larrionda ( Uruguay) Walter Rial ( Uruguay)
Pablo Fandiño ( Uruguay)
OFC Mark Shield ( Australia) Nathan Gibson ( Australia)
Ben Wilson ( Australia)
UEFA Claus Bo Larsen ( Denmark) Bill Hansen ( Denmark)
Anders Norrestrand ( Denmark)
Terje Hauge ( Norway) Steinar Holvik ( Norway)
Ole Hermann Borgan ( Norway)
Luis Medina Cantalejo ( Spain) Victoriano Giráldez Carrasco ( Spain)
Pedro Medina Hernández ( Spain)
Massimo Busacca ( Switzerland) Matthias Arnet ( Switzerland)
Franceso Buragina ( Switzerland)
Reserve Eric Braamhaar ( Netherlands)

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship squads.

Group stages

The 24 teams were split into six groups of four teams. Six group winners, six second-place finishers and the four best third-place finishers qualify for the knockout round.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1   Netherlands (H) 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   Japan 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
3   Benin 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
4   Australia 3 0 2 1 2 5 −3 2
Source: [ citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Benin 1–1  Australia
Omotoyossi 32' (Report) Ward 59'

Netherlands 2–1  Japan
Afellay 7'
Babel 18'
(Report) Hirayama 68'
Attendance: 19,500
Referee: Óscar Ruiz ( Colombia)

Japan 1–1  Benin
Mizuno 65' (Report) Maïga 37'

Australia 0–3  Netherlands
(Report) Maduro 20'
Emanuelson 46'
Kruys 74'

Japan 1–1  Australia
Maeda 87' (Report) Townsend 75'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Terje Hauge ( Norway)

Netherlands 1–0  Benin
Maduro 45+2' (Report)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1   China 3 3 0 0 9 4 +5 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   Ukraine 3 1 1 1 7 6 +1 4
3   Turkey 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
4   Panama 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0
Source: [ citation needed]
Turkey 1–2  China
Güleç 84' (Report) Tan Wangsong 22'
Zhao Xuri 90+5'
Attendance: 10,000

Ukraine 3–1  Panama
Aliev 20' ( pen.), 22'
Feschuk 32'
(Report) Arzhanov 26' ( o.g.)

China 3–2  Ukraine
Zhu Ting 31'
Chen Tao 66' ( pen.)
Cui Peng 75'
(Report) Vorobei 19'
Aliev 70' ( pen.)

Panama 0–1  Turkey
(Report) Güleç 24'
Attendance: 6,100

Turkey 2–2  Ukraine
Öztürk 8' ( pen.), 53' (Report) Aliev 5', 19'
Attendance: 9,500

China 4–1  Panama
Zhou Haibin 6'
Gao Lin 40'
Hao Junmin 51'
Lu Lin 78'
(Report) Venegas 37'
Attendance: 4,000

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1   Spain 3 3 0 0 13 1 +12 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   Morocco 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6
3   Chile 3 1 0 2 7 8 −1 3
4   Honduras 3 0 0 3 0 15 −15 0
Source: [ citation needed]
Spain 3–1  Morocco
Llorente 28'
Molinero 51'
Silva 71'
(Report) Doulyazal 84' ( pen.)
Attendance: 9,863

Honduras 0–7  Chile
(Report) Parada 11', 71'
Fuenzalida 30', 53'
Fernández 67'
Jara 69'
Morales 77'
Attendance: 6,800

Morocco 5–0  Honduras
Iajour 31', 43'
Bendamou 55'
Benjelloun 81'
Chihi 90'
(Report)

Chile 0–7  Spain
(Report) Llorente 8', 62', 78', 81'
Robusté 51'
Silva 71', 85'
Attendance: 6,600

Spain 3–0  Honduras
Soriano 5'
Silva 38'
Víctor 67'
(Report)
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia ( Benin)

Morocco 1–0  Chile
Bendamou 45+2' (Report)
Attendance: 11,000

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1   United States 3 2 1 0 2 0 +2 7 Advance to knockout stage
2   Argentina 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 6
3   Germany 3 1 1 1 2 1 +1 4
4   Egypt 3 0 0 3 0 5 −5 0
Source: [ citation needed]
Argentina 0–1  United States
(Report) Barrett 39'
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Terje Hauge ( Norway)

Germany 2–0  Egypt
Adler 75'
Matip 90+3'
(Report)
Attendance: 10,500

Egypt 0–2  Argentina
(Report) Messi 47'
Zabaleta 90+1'
Attendance: 8,500

United States 0–0  Germany
(Report)
Attendance: 10,350
Referee: Óscar Ruiz ( Colombia)

Argentina 1–0  Germany
Cardozo 43' (Report)
Attendance: 8,600

United States 1–0  Egypt
Peterson 56' (Report)
Attendance: 7,600

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1   Colombia 3 3 0 0 6 0 +6 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   Syria 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
3   Italy 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
4   Canada 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
Source: [ citation needed]
Colombia 2–0  Italy
Rentería 76'
Guarín 93'
(Report)
Attendance: 7,000

Syria 1–1  Canada
Al Haj 2' (Report) Peters 31'
Attendance: 3,500

Canada 0–2  Colombia
(Report) Falcao 81'
Guarín 88'
Attendance: 6,500

Italy 1–2  Syria
Coda 69' (Report) Al Hussain 37'
Al Hamawi 73'
Attendance: 2,500

Italy 4–1  Canada
Pellè 23', 68'
Galloppa 47'
De Martino 90'
(Report) De Jong 49'

Colombia 2–0  Syria
Rodallega 62'
Falcao 90'
(Report)
Attendance: 11,000

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1   Brazil 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2   Nigeria 3 1 1 1 4 2 +2 4
3   South Korea 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
4    Switzerland 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3
Source: [ citation needed]
Brazil 0–0  Nigeria
(Report)
Attendance: 8,500

South Korea 1–2   Switzerland
Shin Young-rok 25' (Report) Antić 28'
Vonlanthen 33'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia ( Benin)

Switzerland 0–1  Brazil
(Report) Gladstone 14'
Attendance: 8,200

Nigeria 1–2  South Korea
Abwo 18' (Report) Park Chu-young 89'
Baek Ji-hoon 90+2'
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Terje Hauge ( Norway)

Brazil 2–0  South Korea
Renato 9'
Sóbis 57'
(Report)
Attendance: 8,600

Nigeria 3–0   Switzerland
Ogbuke 49'
Mikel 59' ( pen.)
Promise 85'
(Report)
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Óscar Ruiz ( Colombia)

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Result
1 D   Germany 3 1 1 1 2 1 +1 4 Advance to knockout stage
2 B   Turkey 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3 E   Italy 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
4 C   Chile 3 1 0 2 7 8 −1 3
5 F   South Korea 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
6 A   Benin 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
Source: [ citation needed]

Knockout stages

Bracket

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
21 June
 
 
  China2
 
24 June
 
  Germany3
 
  Germany1
 
21 June
 
  Brazil ( aet)2
 
  Brazil1
 
28 June
 
  Syria0
 
  Brazil1
 
22 June
 
  Argentina2
 
  Colombia1
 
25 June
 
  Argentina2
 
  Argentina3
 
22 June
 
  Spain1
 
  Spain3
 
2 July
 
  Turkey0
 
  Argentina2
 
21 June
 
  Nigeria1
 
  Morocco1
 
24 June
 
  Japan0
 
  Morocco ( pen.)2 (4)
 
21 June
 
  Italy2 (2)
 
  United States1
 
28 June
 
  Italy3
 
  Morocco0
 
22 June
 
  Nigeria3 Third place
 
  Nigeria1
 
25 June2 July
 
  Ukraine0
 
  Nigeria ( pen.)1 (10)  Brazil2
 
22 June
 
  Netherlands1 (9)   Morocco1
 
  Netherlands3
 
 
  Chile0
 

Round of 16

United States 1–3  Italy
Freeman 44' ( pen.) (Report) Galloppa 54'
Pellè 62'
Kljestan 75' ( o.g.)
Attendance: 7,000

China 2–3  Germany
Chen Tao 4', 20' ( pen.) (Report) Gentner 5'
Adler 30'
Matip 89'
Attendance: 9,000

Morocco 1–0  Japan
Iajour 90+2' (Report)
Attendance: 11,800

Brazil 1–0  Syria
Rafinha 43' ( pen.) (Report)
Attendance: 11,000

Nigeria 1–0  Ukraine
Taiwo 80' (Report)
Attendance: 9,600

Colombia 1–2  Argentina
Otálvaro 52' (Report) Messi 58'
Barroso 90+3'
Attendance: 8,400

Netherlands 3–0  Chile
Babel 3'
Owusu-Abeyie 73'
John 80'
(Report)
Attendance: 9,600

Spain 3–0  Turkey
Juanfran 28', 36'
Robusté 69'
(Report)
Attendance: 8,400
Referee: Terje Hauge ( Norway)

Quarter-finals


Germany 1–2 ( a.e.t.)  Brazil
Huber 68' (Report) Tardelli 82'
Rafinha 99'
Attendance: 10,000


Argentina 3–1  Spain
Zabaleta 19'
Oberman 71'
Messi 73'
(Report) Zapater 32'
Attendance: 11,200

Semi-finals

Brazil 1–2  Argentina
Renato 75' (Report) Messi 7'
Zabaleta 90+3'

Morocco 0–3  Nigeria
(Report) Taiwo 34'
Adefemi 70'
Ogbuke 75'

Third place play-off

Brazil 2–1  Morocco
Santos 88'
Edcarlos 90+1'
(Report) Edcarlos 45+2' ( o.g.)

Final

Argentina 2–1  Nigeria
Messi 40' ( pen.), 75' ( pen.) Report Ogbuke 53'
Attendance: 24,500
Referee: Terje Hauge ( Norway)

Winners

 2005 FIFA World Youth champions 

Argentina
Fifth title

Goalscorers

Lionel Messi, top scorer
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Awards

Golden Shoe Golden Ball FIFA Fair Play Award
Argentina Lionel Messi Argentina Lionel Messi   Colombia

Final ranking

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1   Argentina 7 6 0 1 12 5 +7 18 Champions
2   Nigeria 7 3 2 2 10 5 +5 11 Runners-up
3   Brazil 7 5 1 1 9 4 +5 16 Third place
4   Morocco 7 3 1 3 11 10 +1 10 Fourth place
5   Netherlands (H) 5 4 1 0 10 2 +8 13 Eliminated in
Quarter-finals
6   Spain 5 4 0 1 17 4 +13 12
7   Italy 5 2 1 2 10 8 +2 7
8   Germany 5 2 1 2 6 5 +1 7
9   Colombia 4 3 0 1 7 2 +5 9 Eliminated in
Round of 16
10   China 4 3 0 1 11 7 +4 9
11   United States 4 2 1 1 3 3 0 7
12   Ukraine 4 1 1 2 7 7 0 4
13   Syria 4 1 1 2 3 5 −2 4
14   Turkey 4 1 1 2 4 7 −3 4
15   Chile 4 1 0 3 7 11 −4 3
16   Japan 4 0 2 2 3 5 −2 2
17   South Korea 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3 Eliminated in
Group stage
18    Switzerland 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3
19   Benin 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
20   Australia 3 0 2 1 2 5 −3 2
21   Canada 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
22   Egypt 3 0 0 3 0 5 −5 0
23   Panama 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0
24   Honduras 3 0 0 3 0 15 −15 0
Source: rsssf.com
(H) Hosts

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