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2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup

Association football tournament for under-17 national teams

2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup

2007 FIFA U-17 월드컵 대한민국
2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup official logo
Tournament details
Host country	South Korea
Dates	18 August – 9 September
Teams	24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	8 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Nigeria (3rd title)
Runners-up	Spain
Third place	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
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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.

Seoul	Suwon	Goyang	Cheonan
Seoul World Cup Stadium	Suwon Civic Stadium	Goyang Stadium	Cheonan Stadium
Capacity: 66,806	Capacity: 24,670	Capacity: 41,311	Capacity: 30,000
Suwon Jeju Ulsan Gwangyang Changwon Cheonan Goyang Seoul 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup (South Korea)
Ulsan	Changwon	Gwangyang	Jeju
Ulsan Stadium	Changwon Civic Stadium	Gwangyang Football Stadium	Jeju World Cup Stadium
Capacity: 19,050	Capacity: 27,085	Capacity: 13,496	Capacity: 42,256

Confederation	Qualifying Tournament	Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)	Host nation	South Korea
	AFC U-17 Championship 2006	Japan  North Korea  Tajikistan1  Syria1
CAF (Africa)	2007 African Under-17 Championship	Ghana  Nigeria  Togo1  Tunisia
CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean)	2007 CONCACAF U17 Tournament	Haiti1  Honduras1  Costa Rica United States  Trinidad and Tobago
CONMEBOL (South America)	Sudamericano Sub-17 2007	Brazil  Colombia  Argentina  Peru
OFC (Oceania)	2007 OFC Under 17 Tournament	New Zealand
UEFA (Europe)	2007 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship	Belgium1  England1  France  Spain  Germany

For a list of the squads see 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup squads.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Peru	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Costa Rica	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
3	South Korea (H)	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
4	Togo	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2

Costa Rica	1–1	Togo
Martínez 81'	Report	Mani 39'

Attendance: 7,256

Referee: Sálvio Fagundes (Brazil)

South Korea	0–1	Peru
	Report	Bazalar 29'

Attendance: 27,112

Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Togo	0–0	Peru
	Report

Attendance: 1,300

Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

Costa Rica	2–0	South Korea
Ureña 85' Peralta 90+1'	Report

Attendance: 23,120

Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland)

South Korea	2–1	Togo
Seol Jae-mun 45+1' Yoon Bit-garam 80'	Report	Atakora 20'

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Bertrand Layec (France)

Peru	1–0	Costa Rica
Bazalar 89'	Report

Attendance: 510

Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	England	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Brazil	3	2	0	1	14	3	+11	6
3	North Korea	3	1	1	1	3	7	−4	4
4	New Zealand	3	0	0	3	0	13	−13	0

North Korea	1–1	England
Rim Chol-min 89'	Report	Moses 62'

Attendance: 12,600

Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)

Brazil	7–0	New Zealand
Fabinho 1' Lázaro 6' Giuliano 33' Fábio 50' Teixeira 54' Lulinha 60' (pen.) Junior 87'	Report

Attendance: 8,500

Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland)

New Zealand	0–5	England
	Report	Welbeck 3', 27' Moses 7', 30' Chambers 88'

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Bertrand Layec (France)

Brazil	6–1	North Korea
Fábio 4', 8' Teixeira 6' Maicon 22' Giuliano 47' Choco 90'	Report	An Il-bom 24'

Attendance: 13,500

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

North Korea	1–0	New Zealand
Rim Chol-min 81'	Report

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

England	2–1	Brazil
Lansbury 45' (pen.) Spence 90'	Report	Tales 19'

Attendance: 9,600

Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Spain	3	2	1	0	7	4	+3	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Argentina	3	1	2	0	5	2	+3	5
3	Syria	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
4	Honduras	3	0	0	3	3	10	−7	0

Honduras	2–4	Spain
Martínez 20' Rojas 72'	Report	Bojan 2', 71' Pablo 56', 81'

Attendance: 4,800

Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)

Argentina	0–0	Syria
	Report

Attendance: 8,100

Referee: Bertrand Layec (France)

Syria	1–2	Spain
Solaiman 70' (pen.)	Report	Mérida 56' Aquino 90+1'

Attendance: 3,200

Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

Argentina	4–1	Honduras
Meza 45+1' Mazzola 64', 87' Machuca 71'	Report	Leverón 35' (pen.)

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

Honduras	0–2	Syria
	Report	Al Taiar 22' Al Saleh 80'

Attendance: 430

Referee: Rakesh Varman (Fiji)

Spain	1–1	Argentina
Aquino 68'	Report	Benítez 32'

Attendance: 5,500

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Nigeria	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	9	Advanced to knockout stage
2	France	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	Japan	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3
4	Haiti	3	0	1	2	3	8	−5	1

Nigeria	2–1	France
Chrisantus 15' Ibrahim 64'	Report	Saivet 51'

Attendance: 8,500

Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

Japan	3–1	Haiti
Okamoto 42' Kawano 80' Kakitani 84'	Report	Guemsly 71'

Attendance: 8,500

Referee: Rakesh Varman (Fiji)

Haiti	1–1	France
Desrivieres 21' (pen.)	Report	Le Tallec 13'

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)

Japan	0–3	Nigeria
	Report	Oseni 21' Chrisantus 31', 82'

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Nigeria	4–1	Haiti
Chrisantus 5', 60' Isa 39', 41'	Report	Joseph 57'

Attendance: 520

Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)

France	2–1	Japan
Mehamha 68' Rivière 70'	Report	Kakitani 45'

Attendance: 11,054

Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Tunisia	3	3	0	0	8	3	+5	9	Advanced to knockout stage
2	United States	3	1	0	2	6	7	−1	3
3	Tajikistan	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
4	Belgium	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3

Belgium	2–4	Tunisia
De Pauw 27' Kis 36'	Report	Boughanmi 20' Ayrai 24' Msakni 42', 79' (pen.)

Attendance: 8,230

Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

Tajikistan	4–3	United States
Vasiev 32' Shohzukhurov 43' Davronov 82' Fatkhuloev 86'	Report	Bates 9' Garza 48' Schuler 53'

Attendance: 4,570

Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)

United States	1–3	Tunisia
Jeffrey 90' (pen.)	Report	Hadhria 8' (pen.), 45+1' (pen.) Dkhil 90+4'

Attendance: 3,115

Referee: Hernando Buitrago (Colombia)

Tajikistan	0–1	Belgium
	Report	Benteke 90+2'

Attendance: 1,400

Referee: Rakesh Varman (Fiji)

Belgium	0–2	United States
	Report	Urso 63' Bates 71'

Attendance: 14,927

Referee: Sálvio Fagundes (Brazil)

Tunisia	1–0	Tajikistan
Msakni 83'	Report

Attendance: 1,235

Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Germany	3	2	1	0	11	5	+6	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Ghana	3	2	0	1	8	5	+3	6
3	Colombia	3	1	1	1	9	5	+4	4
4	Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	0	3	1	14	−13	0

Colombia	3–3	Germany
Julio 14' Nazarit 66' (pen.), 88'	Report	Dowidat 34', 49' Sukuta-Pasu 39'

Attendance: 7,741

Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

Trinidad and Tobago	1–4	Ghana
Campbell 80'	Report	Osei 12', 44' Adams 45+1' Bossman 85'

Attendance: 11,521

Referee: Sálvio Fagundes (Brazil)

Ghana	2–3	Germany
Osei 52' Adams 53'	Report	Bigalke 5' Kroos 12', 27'

Attendance: 7,516

Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

Trinidad and Tobago	0–5	Colombia
	Report	Mosquera G. 22', 63' Trellez 60' Pardo 68' Serna 72'

Attendance: 13,537

Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)

Colombia	1–2	Ghana
Nazarit 60'	Report	Osei 32' Yartey 87'

Attendance: 8,500

Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

Germany	5–0	Trinidad and Tobago
Broghammer 5' Esswein 30', 37' Funk 39' Wolze 90+3'	Report

Attendance: 4,320

Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	F	Colombia	3	1	1	1	9	5	+4	4	Advanced to knockout stage
2	C	Syria	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
3	B	North Korea	3	1	1	1	3	7	−4	4
4	E	Tajikistan	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
5	D	Japan	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3
6	A	South Korea	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3

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

Nigeria

3

30 August - Jeju

Germany

1

Third place

England

3

2 September - Goyang

9 September - Seoul

Syria

1

England

1

Ghana

1

30 August - Cheonan

Germany

4

Germany

2

Germany

2

United States

1

Spain	3–0	North Korea
Bojan 28', 50' Falque 67'	Report

Attendance: 8,500

Referee: Sálvio Fagundes (Brazil)

Tunisia	1–3 (a.e.t.)	France
Hadhria 49'	Report	Saivet 43' Le Tallec 99', 105'

Attendance: 2,150

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Peru	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Tajikistan
Manco 13'	Report	Davronov 15'
Penalties
Trujillo Calderón Ruiz Manco Ávila	5–4	Vasiev Radzhabov Abdulloev Fatkhuloev Tukhtasunov

Attendance: 1,150

Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)

Ghana	1–0	Brazil
Donkor 51'	Report

Attendance: 5,500

Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland)

Argentina	2–0	Costa Rica
Sauro 25', 41'	Report

Attendance: 5,698

Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

Nigeria	2–1	Colombia
Isa 78' Alfa 83'	Report	Trellez 62'

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

England	3–1	Syria
Lansbury 17' (pen.) Pearce 45+2' Murphy 62'	Report	Ajouz 51'

Attendance: 1,650

Referee: Hernando Buitrago (Colombia)

Germany	2–1	United States
Sukuta-Pasu 65', 89'	Report	Bates 90+2'

Attendance: 15,069

Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

Spain	1–1 (a.e.t.)	France
Jordi 72'	Report	Le Tallec 52'
Penalties
Nacho Rodri Bojan Mérida Aquino	5–4	Sakho Le Tallec Bourgeois M'Vila N'Diaye

Attendance: 2,310

Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

Peru	0–2	Ghana
	Report	Adams 45+1' Osei 53'

Attendance: 7,555

Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

Argentina	0–2	Nigeria
	Report	Haruna 33' (pen.) Chrisantus 45+2'

Attendance: 14,581

Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)

England	1–4	Germany
Murphy 65'	Report	Rudy 50' Sukuta-Pasu 56' Dowidat 74' Kroos 87'

Attendance: 12,560

Referee: Sálvio Fagundes (Brazil)

Spain	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Ghana
Aquino 67' Bojan 116'	Report	Adams 80'

Attendance: 9,700

Referee: Sálvio Fagundes (Brazil)

Nigeria	3–1	Germany
Chrisantus 10' Alfa 18' Akinsola 90+4'	Report	Kroos 33'

Attendance: 3,472

Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

Ghana	1–2	Germany
Osei 67'	Report	Kroos 17' Esswein 90+2'

Attendance: 22,345

Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

Spain	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Nigeria
	Report
Penalties
Illarramendi Mérida Falque	0–3	Edile Joshua Oseni