2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup
International football competition
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The 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the twelfth edition of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, a biennial international men's youth football tournament contested between the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament was held in South Korea between 18 August and 9 September 2007. At that time, it was the second major FIFA tournament to have been held in the country, alongside the 2002 FIFA World Cup which South Korea co-hosted with Japan, and was also the third edition of the U-17 World Cup held in Asia, following China in 1985, and Japan in 1993.[1]
Host countrySouth Korea
Dates18 August – 9 September
Teams24 (from 6 confederations)
Venues8 (in 8 host cities)
| 2007 FIFA U-17 월드컵 대한민국 | |
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2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup official logo | |
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | South Korea |
| Dates | 18 August – 9 September |
| Teams | 24 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venues | 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 | Macauley Chrisantus (7 goals) |
| Best player | Toni Kroos |
| Fair play award |  Costa Rica |
← 2005 2009 → | |
The amount of teams expanded from 16 to 24 since the previous edition of the U-17 World Cup. Also, from this edition onwards, the confederation which produced the last champion, in this case CONCACAF, had an extra spot in the qualifying rounds.
Nigeria won their third title, defeating Spain on penalties in the final, and tied Brazil for the most championships in the tournament, with three each. Mexico were the defending champions, but they failed to qualify for the tournament as a whole.
Venues
| Seoul | Suwon | Goyang | Cheonan |
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| Seoul World Cup Stadium | Suwon Civic Stadium | Goyang Stadium | Cheonan Stadium |
| Capacity: 66,806 | Capacity: 24,670 | Capacity: 41,311 | Capacity: 30,000 |
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| 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 |
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Teams
- 1.^Teams that made their debut.
Match officials
| Confederation | Referee | Assistants |
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| AFC | Matthew Breeze (Australia) | Matthew Cream (Australia) Jim Ouliaris (Australia) |
| Yuichi Nishimura (Japan) | Toru Sagara (Japan) Jeong Hae-Sang (South Korea) | |
| Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) | Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan) Bahadyr Kochkarov (Kyrgyzstan) | |
| CAF | Koman Coulibaly (Mali) | Inácio Cândido (Angola) Redouane Achik (Morocco) |
| Eddy Maillet (Seychelles) | Bechir Hassani (Tunisia) Evarist Menkouande (Cameroon) | |
| CONCACAF | Joel Aguilar (El Salvador) | Roberto Giron (Honduras) Daniel Williamson (Panama) |
| CONMEBOL | Sálvio Fagundes (Brazil) | Roberto Braatz (Brazil) Altemir Hausmann (Brazil) |
| Hernando Buitrago (Colombia) | Abraham González (Colombia) Rafael Rivas (Colombia) | |
| OFC | Rakesh Varman (Fiji) | Andrew Achari (Fiji) Matthew Taro (Solomon Islands) |
| UEFA | Ivan Bebek (Croatia) | Tomislav Petrović (Croatia) Tomislav Šetka (Croatia) |
| Bertrand Layec (France) | Eric Dansault (France) Stephane Duhamel (France) | |
| Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland) | Rafał Rostkowski (Poland) Maciej Wierzbowski (Poland) | |
| Olegário Benquerença (Portugal) | Bertino Miranda (Portugal) José Cardinal (Portugal) | |
| Craig Thomson (Scotland) | Martin Cryans (Scotland) Tom Murphy (Scotland) |
Squads
For a list of the squads see 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup squads.
Group stage
Group A
| 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' |
| South Korea | 0–1 | Peru |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Bazalar 29' |
| Costa Rica | 2–0 | South Korea |
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| Ureña 85' Peralta 90+1' |
Report |
| South Korea | 2–1 | Togo |
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| Seol Jae-mun 45+1' Yoon Bit-garam 80' |
Report | Atakora 20' |
| Peru | 1–0 | Costa Rica |
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| Bazalar 89' |
Report |
Group B
| 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' |
| North Korea | 1–0 | New Zealand |
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| Rim Chol-min 81' |
Report |
Group C
| 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 |
Group D
| 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 |
| Japan | 0–3 | Nigeria |
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| Report | Oseni 21' Chrisantus 31', 82' |
Group E
| 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 |
| Tajikistan | 4–3 | United States |
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| Vasiev 32' Shohzukhurov 43' Davronov 82' Fatkhuloev 86' |
Report | Bates 9' Garza 48' Schuler 53' |
| Tajikistan | 0–1 | Belgium |
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| Report | Benteke 90+2' |
| Belgium | 0–2 | United States |
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| Report | Urso 63' Bates 71' |
| Tunisia | 1–0 | Tajikistan |
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| Msakni 83' |
Report |
Group F
| 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 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0–5 | Colombia |
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| Report | Mosquera G. 22', 63' Trellez 60' Pardo 68' Serna 72' |
| Germany | 5–0 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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| Broghammer 5' Esswein 30', 37' Funk 39' Wolze 90+3' |
Report |
Ranking of third-placed teams
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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| 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 |
Knockout stages
| 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 | |||||||||||||
Round of 16
| Spain | 3–0 | North Korea |
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| Bojan 28', 50' Falque 67' |
Report |
| Peru | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Tajikistan |
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| Manco 13' |
Report | Davronov 15' |
| Penalties | ||
Trujillo  Calderón Ruiz Manco Ávila |
5–4 |  Vasiev Radzhabov Abdulloev Fatkhuloev Tukhtasunov |
| Argentina | 2–0 | Costa Rica |
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| Sauro 25', 41' |
Report |
| Germany | 2–1 | United States |
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| Sukuta-Pasu 65', 89' |
Report | Bates 90+2' |
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Third place match
Final
Winners
| 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup winners |
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 Nigeria Third title |
Awards
| Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball |
|---|---|---|
| Toni Kroos |
Macauley Chrisantus |
Bojan |
| Golden Shoe | Silver Shoe | Bronze Shoe |
| Macauley Chrisantus |
Ransford Osei |
Toni Kroos |
Goalscorers
There were 165 goals scored in 52 matches, for an average of 3.17 goals per match.
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Carlos Benítez- Alexis Machuca
- Fernando Meza
Christian Benteke- Nill De Pauw
- Kevin Kis
Fabinho- Choco
- Lázaro
- Lulinha
- Junior
- Maicon
- Tales
Miguel Julio- Felipe Pardo
- Ricardo Serna
Josué Martínez- Marco Ureña
- Jessy Peralta
Ashley Chambers- Jordan Spence
- Krystian Pearce
Saïd Mehamha- Emmanuel Rivière
Sascha Bigalke- Fabian Broghammer
- Patrick Funk
- Kevin Wolze
- Sebastian Rudy
Kelvin Bossman- Ishmael Yartey
- Isaac Donkor
Peterson Desrivieres- Joseph Guemsly Jr.
- Peterson Joseph
Johnny Leverón- Christian Samir Martínez
- Roger Rojas
Tomotaka Okamoto- Hiroki Kawano
An Il-bom
Seol Jae-mun- Yoon Bit-garam
Kabiru Akinsola- Rabiu Ibrahim
- Ganiyu Oseni
- Lukman Haruna
Reimond Manco
Fran Mérida- Iago Falque
Ahmad Al Saleh- Hani Al Taiar
- Solaiman Solaiman
- Ziad Ajouz
Farkhod Vosiyev- Samad Shohzukhurov
- Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev
Lalawélé Atakora- Sapol Mani
Stephan Campbell
Khaled Ayari- Oussama Boughanmi
- Rafik Dkhil
Greg Garza- Jared Jeffrey
- Billy Schuler
- Kirk Urso
Final ranking
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | Nigeria |
7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 19 | |
| 2 | Spain |
7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 15 | |
| 3 | Germany |
7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 16 | |
| 4 | Ghana |
7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 12 | |
| Eliminated in the quarter-finals | ||||||||||
| 5 | England |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 10 | |
| 6 | Argentina |
5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 8 | |
| 7 | France |
5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 8 | |
| 8 | Peru |
5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | |
| Eliminated in the Round of 16 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Tunisia |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 9 | |
| 10 | Brazil |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 6 | |
| 11 | Colombia |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 4 | |
| 12 | Tajikistan |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | –1 | 4 | |
| 13 | Syria |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | –1 | 4 | |
| 14 | Costa Rica |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 4 | |
| 15 | North Korea |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | –7 | 4 | |
| 16 | United States |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | –2 | 3 | |
| Eliminated in group stage | ||||||||||
| 17 | Japan |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | –2 | 3 | |
| 18 |  South Korea |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | –2 | 3 | |
| 19 | Belgium |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | –3 | 3 | |
| 20 | Togo |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | –1 | 2 | |
| 21 | Haiti |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | –5 | 1 | |
| 22 | Honduras |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | –7 | 0 | |
| 23 | Trinidad and Tobago |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | –13 | 0 | |
| 24 | New Zealand |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | –13 | 0 | |