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2005 FIFA World Youth Championship

2005 FIFA World Youth Championship

Wereldkampioenschap voetbal onder 20 - 2005
Tournament details
Host country	Netherlands
Dates	10 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 played	52
Goals scored	143 (2.75 per match)
Attendance	502,698 (9,667 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Lionel Messi (6 goals)
Best player(s)	Lionel Messi
Fair play award	Colombia
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International football competition

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[edit]

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)
Enschede Utrecht Kerkrade Doetinchem Emmen Tilburg class=notpageimage| 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[edit]

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	Benin1  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   Switzerland1  Turkey  Ukraine

Sponsorship[edit]

FIFA partners

National supporters

Match officials[edit]

Squads[edit]

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

Group stages[edit]

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[edit]

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

Benin	1–1	Australia
Omotoyossi 32'	(Report)	Ward 59'

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

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'

Attendance: 12,500

Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

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

Attendance: 19,500

Referee: Kwon Jong-chul (South Korea)

Japan	1–1	Australia
Maeda 87'	(Report)	Townsend 75'

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

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

Attendance: 13,700

Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

Group B[edit]

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

Turkey	1–2	China
Güleç 84'	(Report)	Tan Wangsong 22' Zhao Xuri 90+5'

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

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

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

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

Attendance: 2,300

Referee: Rodolfo Sibrian (El Salvador)

Panama	0–1	Turkey
	(Report)	Güleç 24'

Attendance: 6,100

Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

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

Attendance: 9,500

Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

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

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)

Group C[edit]

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

Spain	3–1	Morocco
Llorente 28' Molinero 51' Silva 71'	(Report)	Doulyazal 84' (pen.)

Attendance: 9,863

Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

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

Attendance: 6,800

Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

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

Attendance: 5,985

Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

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

Attendance: 6,600

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

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

Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

Group D[edit]

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

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

Referee: Rodolfo Sibrian (El Salvador)

Egypt	0–2	Argentina
	(Report)	Messi 47' Zabaleta 90+1'

Attendance: 8,500

Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

United States	0–0	Germany
	(Report)

Attendance: 10,350

Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

Argentina	1–0	Germany
Cardozo 43'	(Report)

Attendance: 8,600

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

United States	1–0	Egypt
Peterson 56'	(Report)

Attendance: 7,600

Referee: Kwon Jong-chul (South Korea)

Group E[edit]

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

Colombia	2–0	Italy
Rentería 76' Guarín 93'	(Report)

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

Syria	1–1	Canada
Al Haj 2'	(Report)	Peters 31'

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

Canada	0–2	Colombia
	(Report)	Falcao 81' Guarín 88'

Attendance: 6,500

Referee: Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)

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

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)

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

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

Colombia	2–0	Syria
Rodallega 62' Falcao 90'	(Report)

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Group F[edit]

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

Brazil	0–0	Nigeria
	(Report)

Attendance: 8,500

Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

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

Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

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

Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

Nigeria	3–0	Switzerland
Ogbuke 49' Mikel 59' (pen.) Promise 85'	(Report)

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

Ranking of third-placed teams[edit]

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

Knockout stages[edit]

Bracket[edit]

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

21 June

China

2

24 June

Germany

3

Germany

1

21 June

Brazil (aet)

2

Brazil

1

28 June

Syria

0

Brazil

1

22 June

Argentina

2

Colombia

1

25 June

Argentina

2

Argentina

3

22 June

Spain

1

Spain

3

2 July

Turkey

0

Argentina

2

21 June

Nigeria

1

Morocco

1

24 June

Japan

0

Morocco (pen.)

2 (4)

21 June

Italy

2 (2)

United States

1

28 June

Italy

3

Morocco

0

22 June

Nigeria

3

Third place

Nigeria

1

25 June

2 July

Ukraine

0

Nigeria (pen.)

1 (10)

Brazil

2

22 June

Netherlands

1 (9)

Morocco

1

Netherlands

3

Chile

0

Round of 16[edit]

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

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)

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

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)

Morocco	1–0	Japan
Iajour 90+2'	(Report)

Attendance: 11,800

Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Brazil	1–0	Syria
Rafinha 43' (pen.)	(Report)

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

Nigeria	1–0	Ukraine
Taiwo 80'	(Report)

Attendance: 9,600

Referee: Kwon Jong-chul (South Korea)

Colombia	1–2	Argentina
Otálvaro 52'	(Report)	Messi 58' Barroso 90+3'

Attendance: 8,400

Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

Netherlands	3–0	Chile
Babel 3' Owusu-Abeyie 73' John 80'	(Report)

Attendance: 9,600

Referee: Rodolfo Sibrian (El Salvador))

Spain	3–0	Turkey
Juanfran 28', 36' Robusté 69'	(Report)

Attendance: 8,400

Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Quarter-finals[edit]

Morocco	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Italy
El-Zhar 26' Battagia 93' (o.g.)	(Report)	Canini 74' Pellè 112'
Penalties
Rabeh Doulyazal Iajour El-Amrani El-Zhar	4–2	Galloppa Agnelli Pellè Carotti

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Kwon Jong-chul (South Korea)

Germany	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Brazil
Huber 68'	(Report)	Tardelli 82' Rafinha 99'

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

Nigeria	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Netherlands
Owoeri 1'	(Report)	Vlaar 46'
Penalties
Taiwo Sambo Adefemi Atulewa Promise Adedeji Mikel Apam Kaita Adeleye Vanzekin Taiwo	10–9	John Babel Vlaar Kruys Maduro Zuiverloon Drost Vincken Otten Tiendalli Vermeer John

Attendance: 19,500

Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)

Argentina	3–1	Spain
Zabaleta 19' Oberman 71' Messi 73'	(Report)	Zapater 32'

Attendance: 11,200

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

Semi-finals[edit]

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

Attendance: 16,500

Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

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

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

Third place play-off[edit]

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

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

Final[edit]

Argentina	2–1	Nigeria
Messi 40' (pen.), 75' (pen.)	Report	Ogbuke 53'

Attendance: 24,500

Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)