2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup

Copa Mundial Sub-17 de la FIFA México 2011
Tournament details
Host country	Mexico
Dates	18 June – 10 July
Teams	24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Mexico (2nd title)
Runners-up	Uruguay
Third place	Germany
Fourth place	Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Goals scored	158 (3.04 per match)
Attendance	1,002,314 (19,275 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Souleymane Coulibaly (9 goals)
Best player(s)	Julio Gómez
Best goalkeeper	Mathías Cubero
Fair play award	Japan
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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, Femexfut president, Justino Compéan, stated during an interview from Sydney, Australia, that the Estadio Corona, in Torreón, would be one of the venues, arguing that recently built or invested stadia would have a major preference. He also mentioned Monterrey, Ciudad Juárez, Querétaro, Tijuana, 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	Zapopan ( 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	Mexico City Guadalajara Monterrey Querétaro 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   Uzbekistan 1   Australia   Japan
CAF (Africa)	2011 African Under-17 Championship	Burkina Faso   Rwanda 1   Congo   Ivory Coast
CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean)	Host nation	Mexico
	2011 CONCACAF U-17 Championship	United States Canada   Panama 1   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	Netherlands   Germany   Denmark 1   England   Czech Republic 2   France

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 ( Jamaica) Dion Neil ( 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)
	Elmer Bonilla ( 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)
	Svein Oddvar Moen ( Norway)	Frank Andås ( Norway) Kim Haglund ( Norway)
	Aleksei Nikolaev ( Russia)	Anton Averianov ( Russia) Tikhon Kalugin ( Russia)
	Stephan Studer ( Switzerland)	Sandro Pozzi ( Switzerland) Raffael Zeder ( Switzerland)

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

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

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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

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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

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• Roberts' goal for Canada marked the first time a goalkeeper had scored in any FIFA finals tournament. ^[8]

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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

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]

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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

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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

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• The game was originally played on 26 June 2011 (kickoff 18:00), but was suspended after 25 minutes due to heavy downpour and lightning (with Denmark leading 1–0 on an 11th-minute goal by Viktor Fischer). Following an hour and a half delay in which the conditions did not improve, the Organising Committee for the FIFA U-17 World Cup decided to abandon the match and replay it in its entirety (starting from 0–0) the next day, 27 June 2011 (kickoff 10:00), at the same venue, Estadio Corregidora in Querétaro. ^[10]

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

Knockout stage

In a rule to avoid potential "player burnout", all games in the knockout stage proceeded straight to penalties if tied after normal time, thus avoiding the need for 30 minutes of extra time. ^{[11] [7]}

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

29 June 2011 – Morelia

Congo

1

3 July 2011 – Monterrey

Uruguay

2

Uruguay

2

29 June 2011 – Torreón

Uzbekistan

0

Uzbekistan

4

7 July 2011 – Guadalajara

Australia

0

Uruguay

3

29 June 2011 – Monterrey

Brazil

0

Japan

6

3 July 2011 – Querétaro City

New Zealand

0

Japan

2

29 June 2011 – Guadalajara

Brazil

3

Brazil

2

10 July 2011 – Mexico City

Ecuador

0

Uruguay

0

30 June 2011 – Querétaro City

Mexico

2

Germany

4

4 July 2011 – Morelia

United States

0

Germany

3

30 June 2011 – Pachuca

England

2

England ( pen.)

1 (4)

7 July 2011 – Torreón

Argentina

1 (2)

Germany

2

30 June 2011 – Querétaro City

Mexico

3

Third place

France

3

4 July 2011 – Pachuca

10 July 2011 – Mexico City

Ivory Coast

2

France

1

Brazil

3

30 June 2011 – Pachuca

Mexico

2

Germany

4

Mexico

2

Panama

0

Round of 16

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third-place match

Final

Awards

Winners

2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup winners
Mexico 2nd title

Individual awards

Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball
Julio Gómez	Jonathan Espericueta	Carlos Fierro
Golden Shoe	Silver Shoe	Bronze Shoe
Souleymane Coulibaly	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

Goalscorers

9 goals

• Souleymane Coulibaly

6 goals

• Samed Yeşil

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References

External links

• FIFA U-17 World Cup Mexico 2011, FIFA.com
• FIFA Technical Report