2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup
The 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 17th edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup which was hosted by Egypt. The competition was from 24 September to 16 October 2009.[1] The tournament was initially going to take place between 10 and 31 July.[2] The 2009 Confederations Cup was played mid year resulting in both the 2009 Under-20 and the Under-17 World Cup being played towards the end of the year. The cup was won by Ghana after they defeated Brazil on a penalty shoot-out in the final.[3]
FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009 كأس العالم للشباب تحت 20 سنة 2009 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Egypt |
Dates | 24 September – 16 October |
Teams | 24 (from 6 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 7 (in 5 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Ghana (1st title) |
Runners-up | Brazil |
Third place | Hungary |
Fourth place | Costa Rica |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 52 |
Goals scored | 167 (3.21 per match) |
Attendance | 1,292,720 (24,860 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Dominic Adiyiah (8 goals) |
Best player(s) | Dominic Adiyiah |
Best goalkeeper | Esteban Alvarado |
Fair play award | Brazil |
Player eligibility
changeOnly players born on or after 1 January 1989 were eligible to compete in the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Venues
changeQualification
changeTwenty-three teams qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup. As the host team, Egypt received automatic entry to the cup, bringing the total number of teams to twenty-four for the tournament.
- 1.^ Teams that made their debut.
Match officials
changeConfederation | Referee | Assistants |
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AFC | Yuichi Nishimura (Japan) | Toru Sagara (Japan)
Jeong Hae-Sang (South Korea) |
Subkhiddin Salleh (Malaysia) | Mu Yuxin (China)
Thanom Borikut (Thailand) | |
CAF | Mohamed Benouza (Algeria) | Nasser Abdel Nabi (Egypt)
Angesom Ogbamariam (Eritrea) |
Coffi Codjia (Benin) | Alexis Fassinau (Benin)
Desire Gahungu (Burundi) | |
Koman Coulibaly (Mali) | Ayuba Haruna (Ghana)
Redouane Achik (Morocco) | |
Eddy Maillet (Seychelles) | Bechir Hassani (Tunisia)
Evarist Menkouande (Cameroon) | |
CONCACAF | Joel Aguilar (El Salvador) | William Torres (El Salvador)
Juan Zumba (El Salvador) |
Marco Rodríguez (Mexico) | José Luis Camargo (Mexico)
Alberto Morín (Mexico) | |
CONMEBOL | Héctor Baldassi (Argentina) | Ricardo Casas (Argentina)
Hernán Maidana (Argentina) |
Óscar Ruiz (Colombia) | Abraham González (Colombia)
Humberto Clavijo (Colombia) | |
Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay) | Pablo Fandiño (Uruguay)
Mauricio Espinosa (Uruguay) | |
OFC | Peter O'Leary (New Zealand) | Brent Best (New Zealand)
Matthew Taro (Solomon Islands) |
UEFA | Thomas Einwaller (Austria) | Roland Heim (Austria)
Norbert Schwab (Austria) |
Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium) | Peter Hermans (Belgium)
Walter Vromans (Belgium) | |
Ivan Bebek (Croatia) | Tomislav Petrović (Croatia)
Tomislav Setka (Croatia) | |
Roberto Rosetti (Italy) | Paolo Calcagno (Italy)
Stefano Ayroldi (Italy) | |
Olegário Benquerença (Portugal) | José Cardinal (Portugal)
Bertino Miranda (Portugal) | |
Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain) | Fermín Martínez Ibánez (Spain)
Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez (Spain) |
Squads
changeAllocation of teams to groups
changeTeams were allocated to groups on the basis of geographical spread. Teams were placed in four pots, and one team was drawn from each pot for each group. Pot 1 contained the five African teams plus one from CONMEBOL; Pot 2 contained the remaining teams from the Americas excluding one CONCACAF team; Pot 3 consisted of teams from Asia and Oceania plus the remaining CONCACAF team; Pot 4 consisted of teams from the European confederation.
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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Egypt (seeded)
Brazil (seeded) |
Paraguay | United Arab Emirates | Germany (seeded) |
Group stage
changeThe draw for the group stages was held on 5 April 2009 at Luxor Temple.[4][5] Each group winner and runner-up teams, as well as the best four third-placed teams, qualified for the first round of the knockout stage (round of 16).
Group A
changePos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | Egypt (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Paraguay | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | |
3 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | |
4 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
Italy | 2–1 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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Albertazzi 39' Raggio Garibaldi 78' |
Report | Clarence 67' |
Group B
changePos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Venezuela | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 6 | |
3 | Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 3 | |
4 | Tahiti | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | −21 | 0 |
Tahiti | 0–8 | Venezuela |
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Report | Rondón 4', 27' (pen.), 90+2' Velázquez 19' Rojas 72' Del Valle 78', 88', 90+1' |
Group C
changePos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
3 | United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | |
4 | Cameroon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 |
Cameroon | 2–0 | South Korea |
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Effa 19' Tiko 64' |
Report |
South Korea | 1–1 | Germany |
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Kim Min-woo 71' | Report | Sukuta-Pasu 32' |
South Korea | 3–0 | United States |
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Kim Young-gwon 23' Kim Bo-kyung 42' Koo Ja-cheol 75' (pen.) |
Report |
Group D
changePos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | Ghana | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Uruguay | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 | |
3 | Uzbekistan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | |
4 | England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 |
Uruguay | 3–0 | Uzbekistan |
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Lodeiro 28' Urretavizcaya 62' García 83' |
Report |
Uzbekistan | 1–1 | England |
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Nagaev 77' | Report | Nimely-Tchuimeni 88' |
Group E
changePos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | |
3 | Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 3 | |
4 | Australia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 |
Brazil | 5–0 | Costa Rica |
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Alan Kardec 24', 44' Giuliano 35' Teixeira 75' Boquita 89' |
Report |
Costa Rica | 2–3 | Czech Republic |
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Estrada 49' (pen.) J. Martínez 61' |
Report | Chramosta 11', 86' Vošahlík 77' |
Group F
changePos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | Hungary | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
3 | South Africa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 | |
4 | Honduras | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
United Arab Emirates | 2–2 | South Africa |
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Al Kamali 90+1' (pen.) Awana 90+3' |
Report | Erasmus 54', 72' |
Honduras | 3–0 | Hungary |
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M. Martínez 35', 70' Peralta 84' |
Report |
United Arab Emirates | 1–0 | Honduras |
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Khalil 41' | Report |
Hungary | 2–0 | United Arab Emirates |
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Németh 19' Koman 23' |
Report |
South Africa | 2–0 | Honduras |
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Jali 31' Khumalo 46' |
Report |
Ranking of third-placed teams
changePos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Result |
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1 | A | Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | F | South Africa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 | |
3 | B | Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 3 | |
4 | E | Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 3 | |
5 | C | United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | |
6 | D | Uzbekistan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
Knockout stage
changeRound of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
5 October 2009 — Cairo | ||||||||||||||
Paraguay | 0 | |||||||||||||
9 October 2009 — Suez | ||||||||||||||
South Korea | 3 | |||||||||||||
South Korea | 2 | |||||||||||||
6 October 2009 — Ismailia | ||||||||||||||
Ghana | 3 | |||||||||||||
Ghana | 2 | |||||||||||||
13 October 2009 — Cairo | ||||||||||||||
South Africa | 1 | |||||||||||||
Ghana | 3 | |||||||||||||
5 October 2009 — Cairo | ||||||||||||||
Hungary | 2 | |||||||||||||
Spain | 1 | |||||||||||||
9 October 2009 — Suez | ||||||||||||||
Italy | 3 | |||||||||||||
Italy | 2 | |||||||||||||
6 October 2009 — Alexandria | ||||||||||||||
Hungary | 3 | |||||||||||||
Hungary | 2 (4) | |||||||||||||
16 October 2009 — Cairo | ||||||||||||||
Czech Republic | 2 (3) | |||||||||||||
Ghana | 0 (4) | |||||||||||||
7 October 2009 — Port Said | ||||||||||||||
Brazil | 0 (3) | |||||||||||||
Brazil | 3 | |||||||||||||
10 October 2009 — Cairo | ||||||||||||||
Uruguay | 1 | |||||||||||||
Brazil | 2 | |||||||||||||
7 October 2009 — Suez | ||||||||||||||
Germany | 1 | |||||||||||||
Germany | 3 | |||||||||||||
13 October 2009 — Cairo | ||||||||||||||
Nigeria | 2 | |||||||||||||
Brazil | 1 | |||||||||||||
7 October 2009 — Suez | ||||||||||||||
Costa Rica | 0 | Third place | ||||||||||||
Venezuela | 1 | |||||||||||||
10 October 2009 — Cairo | 16 October 2009 — Cairo | |||||||||||||
United Arab Emirates | 2 | |||||||||||||
United Arab Emirates | 1 | Hungary | 1 (2) | |||||||||||
6 October 2009 — Cairo | ||||||||||||||
Costa Rica | 2 | Costa Rica | 1 (0) | |||||||||||
Egypt | 0 | |||||||||||||
Costa Rica | 2 | |||||||||||||
Round of 16
changeParaguay | 0 – 3 | South Korea |
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Report | Kim Bo-kyung 55' Kim Min-woo 60', 70' |
Egypt | 0 – 2 | Costa Rica |
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Report | Mena 21' Ureña 88' |
Hungary | 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) | Czech Republic |
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Kiss 15' Koman 99' |
Report | Vošahlík 26' Rabušic 92' |
Penalties | ||
Présinger Koman Szabó Gosztonyi Németh Balajti |
4 – 3 | Mareček Rabušic Čelůstka Vošahlík Morávek Řezník |
Brazil | 3 – 1 | Uruguay |
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Alan Kardec 22' Teixeira 24', 31' |
Report | Urretavizcaya 36' |
Quarter-finals
changeSouth Korea | 2 – 3 | Ghana |
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Park Hee-seong 31' Kim Dong-sub 82' |
Report | Adiyiah 8', 78' Osei 28' |
United Arab Emirates | 1 – 2 (a.e.t.) | Costa Rica |
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Ali 33' | Report | J. Martínez 37' Ureña 120+2' |
Semi-finals
changeBrazil | 1 – 0 | Costa Rica |
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Alan Kardec 67' | Report |
Third place match
changeHungary | 1 – 1 | Costa Rica |
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Koman 90+1' (pen.) | Report | Ureña 81' |
Penalties | ||
Németh Koman Varga |
2 – 0 | Estrada Gamboa Luna Hernández |
Final
changeGhana | 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) | Brazil |
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Report | ||
Penalties | ||
Ayew Inkoom Mensah Addae Adiyiah Agyemang-Badu |
4 – 3 | Alan Kardec Giuliano Douglas Costa Souza Maicon Teixeira |
Ghana
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Brazil
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Man of the Match:
Peter Hermans (Belgium) Walter Vromans (Belgium) Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain) Fermín Martínez (Spain) |
Winner
change2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup winners |
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Ghana First title |
2nd place | 3rd place | 4th place |
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Brazil | Hungary | Costa Rica |
Awards
changeGolden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball |
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Dominic Adiyiah | Alex Teixeira | Giuliano |
Golden Shoe | Silver Shoe | Bronze Shoe |
Dominic Adiyiah | Vladimir Koman | Aarón |
8 goals | 5 goals | 4 goals |
Golden Glove | ||
Esteban Alvarado | ||
FIFA Fair Play Award | ||
Brazil |
Goalscorers
change- 8 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- Maicon
- Josué Martínez
- Jan Chramosta
- Michael Rabušic
- Jan Vošahlík
- Afroto
- Hossam Arafat
- Bogy
- Ahmed Shoukry
- Semih Aydilek
- Lewis Holtby
- Björn Kopplin
- Richard Sukuta-Pasu
- André Ayew
- Mario Martínez
- Michelangelo Albertazzi
- Mattia Mustacchio
- Kim Bo-kyung
- Ander Herrera
- Kike
- Emilio Nsue
- Ahmed Khalil
- Nicolás Lodeiro
- Jonathan Urretavizcaya
- 1 goal
- James Holland
- Aaron Mooy
- Boquita
- Ciro
- Douglas Costa
- Giuliano
- Ganso
- Andre Akono Effa
- Germain Tiko
- Banana Yaya
- Diego Estrada
- David Guzmán
- Diego Madrigal
- José Mena
- Tomáš Pekhart
- Mohamed Talaat
- Alex Nimely-Tchuimeni
- Florian Jungwirth
- Manuel Schäffler
- Mario Vrančić
- Abeiku Quansah
- Mohammed Rabiu
- Arnold Peralta
- Ádám Balajti
- András Debreceni
- Márkó Futács
- Máté Kiss
- Zsolt Korcsmár
- Ádám Présinger
- Giacomo Bonaventura
- Umberto Eusepi
- Andrea Mazzarani
- Antonio Mazzotta
- Silvano Raggio Garibaldi
- Daniel Adejo
- Ibok Edet
- Kehinde Fatai
- Rabiu Ibrahim
- Nwankwo Obiorah
- Nurudeen Orelesi
- Danny Uchechi
- Aldo Paniagua
- Federico Santander
- Andile Jali
- Sibusiso Khumalo
- Kim Dong-sub
- Kim Young-gwon
- Koo Ja-cheol
- Park Hee-seong
- Dani Parejo
- Juma Clarence
- Jean Luc Rochford
- Mohamed Ahmed
- Ahmed Ali
- Hamdan Al Kamali
- Theyab Awana
- Bryan Arguez
- Dilly Duka
- Brian Ownby
- Tony Taylor
- Santiago García
- Abel Hernández
- Tabaré Viudez
- Sherzod Karimov
- Ivan Nagaev
- Óscar Rojas
- José Manuel Velázquez
- 1 own goal
- Luke DeVere (playing against Costa Rica)
Final ranking
changePos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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1 | Ghana | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 17 | Champions |
2 | Brazil | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 17 | Runners-up |
3 | Hungary | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 11 | Third place |
4 | Costa Rica | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 10 | Fourth place |
5 | Germany | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 10 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
6 | South Korea | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 7 | |
7 | Italy | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 7 | |
8 | United Arab Emirates | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 7 | |
9 | Spain | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 9 | Eliminated in Round of 16 |
10 | Czech Republic | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 8 | |
11 | Uruguay | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 7 | |
12 | Venezuela | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 6 | |
13 | Egypt (H) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 6 | |
14 | Paraguay | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 5 | |
15 | South Africa | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | |
16 | Nigeria | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 3 | |
17 | Honduras | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
18 | United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | |
19 | Cameroon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 | |
20 | Uzbekistan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | |
20 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | |
22 | England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 | |
23 | Australia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 | |
24 | Tahiti | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | −21 | 0 |
References
change- ↑ "Egypt to host 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup". Retrieved 25 March 2007.
- ↑ "FIFA looks forward to Egypt and Nigeria 2009". Archived from the original on 1 February 2009. Retrieved 16 April 2007.
- ↑ "Ghana U-20 champions after dramatic shoot-out". CNN.com. 16 October 2009. Archived from the original on 20 October 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
- ↑ "24 in the Draw - FIFA.com". Archived from the original on 2016-10-26. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
- ↑ Crunch clashes in Egypt Archived 2016-10-26 at the Wayback Machine FIFA
- ↑ "2009 Fifa U-20 World Cup awards". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 8 September 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
Other websites
change- FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009 Archived 2019-07-07 at the Wayback Machine, FIFA.com
- RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 2009
- FIFA Technical Report Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine