2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup

The 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 18th FIFA U-20 World Cup. Colombia hosted the tournament between 29 July and 20 August 2011, with matches being played in eight cities. The tournament was won by Brazil who claimed their fifth title.[1][2]

2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup
Copa Mundial Sub-20 de la FIFA
Colombia 2011
Tournament details
Host countryColombia
Dates29 July – 20 August
Teams24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)8 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (5th title)
Runners-up Portugal
Third place Mexico
Fourth place France
Tournament statistics
Matches played52
Goals scored132 (2.54 per match)
Attendance1,309,929 (25,191 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Henrique
France Alexandre Lacazette
Spain Álvaro Vázquez
(5 goals each)
Best player(s)Brazil Henrique
Best goalkeeperPortugal Mika
Fair play award Nigeria
2009
2013

At a FIFA Executive Committee meeting held in Sydney on 26 May 2008, Colombia beat the only other candidate country, Venezuela, for the right to organize the U-20 World Cup.[3] It was suggested by the then-Vice President of Colombia Francisco Santos Calderón that it was needed to withdraw from the race with Brazil to host the 2014 FIFA World Cup so the nation could concentrate on hosting the "best possible games".[4]

In an inspection tour of development works in March 2010, Jack Warner, then the vice president of FIFA, said that the completion of this tournament could provide Colombia with a launch pad to become a possible host for the 2026 World Cup. The official song of the tournament was "Nuestra Fiesta" by Colombian singer Jorge Celedón.[5]

Venues

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The venues that were confirmed on 29 September 2010 are located in Bogotá, Cali, Medellín, Manizales, Armenia, Cartagena, Pereira and Barranquilla.[6]

During an announcement about the ticketing procedures for Colombian residents, it was confirmed that the opening game would be held at the Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez in Barranquilla, with the Estadio El Campín hosting the final match.[7]

Armenia Barranquilla Bogotá Cali
Estadio Centenario Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez Estadio Nemesio Camacho (El Campín) Estadio Pascual Guerrero
Capacity: 20,716 Capacity: 44,569[8] Capacity: 36,343 Capacity: 33,130
04°30′56.1″N 75°41′56.2″W / 4.515583°N 75.698944°W / 4.515583; -75.698944 (Estadio Centenario) 10°55′36.7″N 74°48′02.6″W / 10.926861°N 74.800722°W / 10.926861; -74.800722 (Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez) 04°38′45.5″N 74°04′39.1″W / 4.645972°N 74.077528°W / 4.645972; -74.077528 (Estadio Nemesio Camacho) 03°25′47.6″N 76°32′27.9″W / 3.429889°N 76.541083°W / 3.429889; -76.541083 (Estadio Pascual Guerrero)
       
Cartagena
Location of the host cities of the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Manizales
Estadio Jaime Morón León Estadio Palogrande
Capacity: 16,068 Capacity: 28,678
10°24′19.9″N 75°29′53.6″W / 10.405528°N 75.498222°W / 10.405528; -75.498222 (Estadio Jaime Morón León) 05°03′22.4″N 75°29′23.3″W / 5.056222°N 75.489806°W / 5.056222; -75.489806 (Estadio Palogrande)
   
Medellín Pereira
Estadio Atanasio Girardot Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas
Capacity: 40,943 Capacity: 30,297
06°15′24.5″N 75°35′24.6″W / 6.256806°N 75.590167°W / 6.256806; -75.590167 (Estadio Atanasio Girardot) 04°48′17.3″N 75°45′07.9″W / 4.804806°N 75.752194°W / 4.804806; -75.752194 (Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas)
   

Participating teams and officials

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Qualification

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Qualified teams

In addition to host nation Colombia, 23 nations qualified from six separate continental competitions.

Confederation Qualifying Tournament Qualifier(s)
AFC
(Asia)
2010 AFC U-19 Championship   Australia
  North Korea
  Saudi Arabia
  South Korea
CAF
(Africa)
2011 African Youth Championship   Cameroon
  Egypt
  Mali
  Nigeria
CONCACAF
(North, Central America & Caribbean)
2011 CONCACAF U-20 Championship   Costa Rica
  Guatemala1
  Mexico
  Panama
CONMEBOL
(South America)
Host nation   Colombia
2011 South American U-20 Championship   Argentina
  Brazil
  Ecuador
  Uruguay
OFC
(Oceania)
2011 OFC U-20 Championship   New Zealand
UEFA
(Europe)
2010 UEFA European Under-19 Championship   Austria
  Croatia
  England
  France
  Portugal
  Spain
1.^ Teams that made their debut.

Match officials

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Confederation Referee Assistants
AFC Kim Dong-Jin (South Korea) Lee Jung-Min (South Korea)
Yang Byoung-Eun (South Korea)
Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar) Mohammad Dharman (Qatar)
Fares Al Shammari (Kuwait)
CAF Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria) Ayman Degaish (Egypt)
Foaad El Maghrabi (Libya)
Noumandiez Doué (Ivory Coast) Mohsen Ben Salem (Tunisia)
Jean-Claude Birumushahu (Burundi)
CONCACAF Walter López (Guatemala) Gerson López (Guatemala)
Hermenerito Leal (Guatemala)
Mark Geiger (United States) Mark Hurd (United States)
Joe Fletcher (Canada)
CONMEBOL Wilson Seneme (Brazil) Alessandro Rocha (Brazil)
Emerson de Carvalho (Brazil)
Hernando Buitrago (Colombia) Wilson Berrio (Colombia)
Eduardo Díaz (Colombia)
Antonio Arias (Paraguay) Rodney Aquino (Paraguay)
Milciades Salvidar (Paraguay)
Darío Ubriaco (Uruguay) Carlos Pastorino (Uruguay)
William Casavieja (Uruguay)
OFC Peter O'Leary (New Zealand) Jackson Namo (Solomon Islands)
Ravinesh Kumar (Fiji)
UEFA Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria) Alain Hoxha (Austria)
Mario Strudl (Austria)
Mark Clattenburg (England) Simon Beck (England)
Stephen Child (England)
István Vad (Hungary) György Ring (Hungary)
Zsolt Szpisják (Hungary)
William Collum (Scotland) Graham Chambers (Scotland)
Martin Cryans (Scotland)
Markus Strömbergsson (Sweden) Magnus Sjöblom (Sweden)
Fredrik Nilsson (Sweden)
Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey) Bahattin Duran (Turkey)
Tarık Ongun (Turkey)

Squads

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Group stage

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The draw for the group stage was held on 27 April 2011,[9][10] at the Julio Cesar Turbay Ayala Convention Centre in Cartagena.[11] The seedings were as follows.

Pot A Pot B Pot C Pot D

  Argentina
  Brazil
  Colombia
  Nigeria
  Portugal
  Spain

  Cameroon
  Costa Rica
  Egypt
  Guatemala
  Mali
  Mexico

  Australia
  New Zealand
  North Korea
  Panama
  Saudi Arabia
  South Korea

  Austria
  Croatia
  Ecuador
  England
  France
  Uruguay

The winners and runners-up from each group, as well as the best four third-placed teams, will qualify 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:[12]

  1. goal difference in all group matches;
  2. number of goals scored in all group matches;
  3. points earned in the matches between the teams concerned;
  4. goal difference in the matches between the teams concerned;
  5. number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  6. 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:[12]

  1. number of points
  2. goal difference in all group matches;
  3. number of goals scored in all group matches;
  4. drawing of lots by the organising committee.

All times are in local, Colombia Time (UTC−05:00).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1   Colombia (H) 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   France 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1 6
3   South Korea 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
4   Mali 3 0 0 3 0 6 −6 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Mali  0–2  South Korea
Report Kim Kyung-jung   50'
Jang Hyun-soo   80' (pen.)

Colombia  4–1  France
Rodríguez   30' (pen.)
Muriel   48', 66'
Arias   64'
Report Sunu   21'

France  3–1  South Korea
Sunu   27'
Fofana   81'
Lacazette   90+1'
Report[dead link] Kim Young-uk   59'

Colombia  2–0  Mali
Valencia   23'
Rodríguez   90+1'
Report

France  2–0  Mali
Bakambu   70'
Lacazette   77'
Report

Colombia  1–0  South Korea
Muriel   37' Report

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1   Portugal 3 2 1 0 2 0 +2 7 Advance to knockout stage
2   Cameroon 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
3   New Zealand 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
4   Uruguay 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2
Source: [citation needed]
Cameroon  1–1  New Zealand
Mbondi   33' Report Leuko   40' (o.g.)

Portugal  0–0  Uruguay
Report

Uruguay  1–1  New Zealand
Luna   74' Report Bevin   57'

Portugal  1–0  Cameroon
N. Oliveira   18' Report

Portugal  1–0  New Zealand
Rui   31' Report

Uruguay  0–1  Cameroon
Report Mbongo   28'

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1   Spain 3 3 0 0 11 2 +9 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   Ecuador 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
3   Costa Rica 3 1 0 2 4 9 −5 3
4   Australia 3 0 1 2 4 9 −5 1
Source: [citation needed]
Costa Rica  1–4  Spain
Ruiz   65' Report Rodrigo   14', 48'
Koke   81'
Isco   90+4' (pen.)
Attendance: 17,075

Australia  1–1  Ecuador
Oar   89' Report Govea   24'

Ecuador  0–2  Spain
Report Canales   67'
Vázquez   85'

Australia  2–3  Costa Rica
Oar   26'
Calvo   64' (o.g.)
Report Campbell   22', 27'
Ruiz   72'

Ecuador  3–0  Costa Rica
Montaño   2'
De Jesús   13', 69'
Report

Australia  1–5  Spain
Bulut   27' Report Roberto   1'
Vázquez   6', 13', 18'
Canales   31' (pen.)
Attendance: 14,722

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1   Nigeria 3 3 0 0 12 2 +10 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   Saudi Arabia 3 2 0 1 8 2 +6 6
3   Guatemala 3 1 0 2 1 11 −10 3
4   Croatia 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0
Source: [citation needed]
Nigeria  5–0  Guatemala
Egbedi   8', 39'
Ajagun   47'
Kayode   53'
Musa   76'
Report

Croatia  0–2  Saudi Arabia
Report Al-Fahmi   54'
Al-Muwallad   69'

Saudi Arabia  6–0  Guatemala
Dagriri   17'
Al-Fahmi   27'
Al-Fatil   58'
Al-Shahrani   66'
Al-Ibrahim   83'
Al-Dawsari   89'
Report

Croatia  2–5  Nigeria
Lendrić   42'
Kramarić   66'
Report Kayode   25'
Suswam   30'
Musa   62'
Nwofor   69', 73'
Attendance: 8,861

Saudi Arabia  0–2  Nigeria
Report Musa   45+2'
Kayode   85'

Croatia  0–1  Guatemala
Report Ceballos   81'

Group E

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1   Brazil 3 2 1 0 8 1 +7 7 Advance to knockout stage
2   Egypt 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7
3   Panama 3 0 1 2 0 5 −5 1
4   Austria 3 0 1 2 0 7 −7 1
Source: [citation needed]
Austria  0–0  Panama
Report

Brazil  1–1  Egypt
Danilo   12' Report Gaber   26'

Egypt  1–0  Panama
Hegazi   67' Report

Brazil  3–0  Austria
Henrique   37'
Coutinho   52' (pen.)
Willian José   63'
Report

Brazil  4–0  Panama
Henrique   40'
Coutinho   45+1', 52'
Dudu   89'
Report

Egypt  4–0  Austria
Ghazi   31'
Ibrahim   60', 62', 82'
Report

Group F

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1   Argentina 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4 7 Advance to knockout stage
2   Mexico 3 1 1 1 3 1 +2 4
3   England 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 3
4   North Korea 3 0 1 2 0 6 −6 1
Source: [citation needed]
England  0–0  North Korea
Report

Argentina  1–0  Mexico
Lamela   70' Report

Mexico  3–0  North Korea
Ri Yong-chol   45+1' (o.g.)
Guarch   54'
De Buen   90+4'
Report

Argentina  0–0  England
Report

Mexico  0–0  England
Report

Argentina  3–0  North Korea
Ferreyra   36'
Villafáñez   84'
Cirigliano   90+5'
Report

Ranking of third-placed teams

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Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Result
1 F   England 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 Advance to knockout stage
2 A   South Korea 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
3 C   Costa Rica 3 1 0 2 4 9 −5 3
4 D   Guatemala 3 1 0 2 1 11 −10 3
5 B   New Zealand 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
6 E   Panama 3 0 1 2 0 5 −5 1
Source: [citation needed]

Knockout stage

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Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
10 August 2011 – Barranquilla
 
 
  Brazil3
 
14 August 2011 – Pereira
 
  Saudi Arabia0
 
  Brazil (pen.)2 (4)
 
10 August 2011 – Manizales
 
  Spain2 (2)
 
  Spain (pen.)0 (7)
 
17 August 2011 – Pereira
 
  South Korea0 (6)
 
  Brazil2
 
9 August 2011 – Pereira
 
  Mexico0
 
  Cameroon1 (0)
 
13 August 2011 – Bogotá
 
  Mexico (pen.)1 (3)
 
  Mexico3
 
9 August 2011 – Bogotá
 
  Colombia1
 
  Colombia3
 
20 August 2011 – Bogotá
 
  Costa Rica2
 
  Brazil (a.e.t.)3
 
10 August 2011 – Cartagena
 
  Portugal2
 
  France1
 
14 August 2011 – Cali
 
  Ecuador0
 
  France (a.e.t.)3
 
10 August 2011 – Armenia
 
  Nigeria2
 
  Nigeria1
 
17 August 2011 – Medellín
 
  England0
 
  France0
 
9 August 2011 – Cali
 
  Portugal2 Third place
 
  Portugal1
 
13 August 2011 – Cartagena20 August 2011 – Bogotá
 
  Guatemala0
 
  Portugal (pen.)0 (5)  Mexico3
 
9 August 2011 – Medellín
 
  Argentina0 (4)   France1
 
  Argentina2
 
 
  Egypt1
 

Round of 16

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Portugal  1–0  Guatemala
N. Oliveira   7' (pen.) Report

Argentina  2–1  Egypt
Lamela   42' (pen.), 64' (pen.) Report Salah   70' (pen.)

Cameroon  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Mexico
Ohandza   79' Report Orrantía   81'
Penalties
Ohandza  
Nguessi  
Mbondi  
0–3   Torres
  Dávila
  Piñón

Colombia  3–2  Costa Rica
Muriel   56'
Franco   79'
Rodríguez   90+3' (pen.)
Report Ruiz   63'
Escoe   65'

Nigeria  1–0  England
Egbedi   52' Report
Attendance: 18,291


Brazil  3–0  Saudi Arabia
Henrique   46'
Silva   69'
Dudu   86'
Report

France  1–0  Ecuador
Griezmann   75' Report

Quarterfinals

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Mexico  3–1  Colombia
Torres   37' (pen.)
Rivera   69', 88'
Report Zapata   60'

France  3–2 (a.e.t.)  Nigeria
Lacazette   50', 104'
Fofana   102'
Report Ejike   90+3', 111'

Brazil  2–2 (a.e.t.)  Spain
Willian José   35'
Dudu   100'
Report Rodrigo   57'
Vázquez   102'
Penalties
Casemiro  
Danilo  
Henrique  
Dudu  
4–2   Amat
  Sergi Roberto
  Bartra
  Vázquez

Semifinals

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France  0–2  Portugal
Report Danilo   9'
N. Oliveira   40' (pen.)

Brazil  2–0  Mexico
Henrique   80', 84' Report

Third place match

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Mexico  3–1  France
Dávila   12'
Enríquez   49'
Rivera   71'
Report Lacazette   8'

Final

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Brazil  3–2 (a.e.t.)  Portugal
Oscar   5', 78', 111' Report Alex   9'
N. Oliveira   59'
 
 
 
 
 
 
Brazil
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Portugal


 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup Winners 
 
Brazil
5th title

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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With five goals, Henrique, Alexandre Lacazette and Álvaro Vázquez are the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 132 goals were scored by 80 different players, with three of them credited as own goals.

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Final ranking

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1   Brazil 7 5 2 0 18 5 +13 17 Champions
2   Portugal 7 4 2 1 7 3 +4 14 Runners-up
3   Mexico 7 3 2 2 10 6 +4 11 Third place
4   France 7 4 0 3 11 12 −1 12 Fourth place
5   Nigeria 5 4 0 1 15 5 +10 12 Eliminated in
Quarter-finals
6   Colombia (H) 5 4 0 1 11 6 +5 12
7   Spain 5 3 2 0 13 4 +9 11
8   Argentina 5 3 2 0 6 1 +5 11
9   Egypt 4 2 1 1 7 3 +4 7 Eliminated in
Round of 16
10   Saudi Arabia 4 2 0 2 8 5 +3 6
11   Cameroon 4 1 2 1 3 3 0 5
12   Ecuador 4 1 1 2 4 4 0 4
13   South Korea 4 1 1 2 3 4 −1 4
14   England 4 0 3 1 0 1 −1 3
15   Costa Rica 4 1 0 3 6 12 −6 3
16   Guatemala 4 1 0 3 1 12 −11 3
17   New Zealand 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2 Eliminated in
Group stage
18   Uruguay 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2
19   Australia 3 0 1 2 4 9 −5 1
20   Panama 3 0 1 2 0 5 −5 1
21   North Korea 3 0 1 2 0 6 −6 1
22   Austria 3 0 1 2 0 7 −7 1
23   Croatia 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0
24   Mali 3 0 0 3 0 6 −6 0
Source: rsssf.com
(H) Hosts

Awards

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The following awards were given:[13]

Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball
  Henrique   Nélson Oliveira   Jorge Enríquez
Golden Shoe Silver Shoe Bronze Shoe
  Henrique   Álvaro Vázquez   Alexandre Lacazette
5 goals 5 goals 5 goals
Golden Glove
  Mika
FIFA Fair Play Award
  Nigeria

Organization

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Banner at the Estadio Nemesio Camacho El Campín, Bogotá, promoting FIFA U-20 World Cup Colombia 2011

In late 2009 the Colombian Football Federation unveiled the budget for conducting the event, to be COP 150 billion[14] (US$75 million). On 30 September 2009, the presidents of both FIFA and Colombia announced that the logo would show a steaming cup of coffee with the colours of the Colombian tricolour.[15]

Opening ceremony

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Prior to the start of the tournament, the Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez in Barranquilla hosted the Opening Ceremony, involving local musical performances and guests including Jorge Celedón, Barranquilla's Carnival Performers, Checo Acosta and Maía.

Closing ceremony

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The Estadio El Campín in Bogotá hosted the Closing Ceremony. The show was managed by the Ibero-American Theater Festival and Teatro Nacional de Colombia and, like the opening ceremony, included musical performances.

References

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