2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup

17th FIFA U-20 World Cup, held in Egypt in 2009

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]

2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup
FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009
كأس العالم للشباب تحت 20 سنة 2009
Tournament details
Host countryEgypt
Dates24 September – 16 October
Teams24 (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 played52
Goals scored167 (3.21 per match)
Attendance1,292,720 (24,860 per match)
Top scorer(s)Ghana Dominic Adiyiah
(8 goals)
Best player(s)Ghana Dominic Adiyiah
Best goalkeeperCosta Rica Esteban Alvarado
Fair play award Brazil
2007
2011

Player eligibility

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Only players born on or after 1 January 1989 were eligible to compete in the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Venues

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Cairo Cairo Alexandria Alexandria
Cairo International Stadium
Capacity: 75,000
Al Salam Stadium
Capacity: 30,000
Borg El Arab Stadium
Capacity: 86,000
Haras El Hodoud Stadium
Capacity: 22,000
30°04′08.8″N 31°18′44.4″E / 30.069111°N 31.312333°E / 30.069111; 31.312333 (Cairo International Stadium) 30°10′28.2″N 31°26′06.0″E / 30.174500°N 31.435000°E / 30.174500; 31.435000 (Al Salam Stadium) 30°59′57.7″N 29°43′46.0″E / 30.999361°N 29.729444°E / 30.999361; 29.729444 (Egyptian Army Stadium) 31°09′03.4″N 29°50′54.4″E / 31.150944°N 29.848444°E / 31.150944; 29.848444 (Haras El Hodoud Stadium)
       
Alexandria Suez Port Said Ismailia
Alexandria Stadium
Capacity: 13,660
Mubarak International Stadium
Capacity: 45,000
Port Said Stadium
Capacity: 17,988
Ismailia Stadium
Capacity: 18,525
31°11′50″N 29°54′48″E / 31.19722°N 29.91333°E / 31.19722; 29.91333 (Alexandria Stadium) 29°57′44.8″N 32°34′06.5″E / 29.962444°N 32.568472°E / 29.962444; 32.568472 (Mubarak International Stadium) 31°16′16.8″N 32°17′29.1″E / 31.271333°N 32.291417°E / 31.271333; 32.291417 (Port Said Stadium) 30°36′03.7″N 32°16′25.5″E / 30.601028°N 32.273750°E / 30.601028; 32.273750 (Ismailia Stadium)
       

Qualification

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Twenty-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.

Confederation Qualifying tournament Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia) 2008 AFC U-19 Championship   Australia
  South Korea
  United Arab Emirates
  Uzbekistan
CAF (Africa) Host nation   Egypt
2009 African Youth Championship   Cameroon
  Ghana
  Nigeria
  South Africa
CONCACAF
(North, Central America & Caribbean)
2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship   Costa Rica
  Honduras
  Trinidad and Tobago
  United States
CONMEBOL (South America) 2009 South American U-20 Championship   Brazil
  Paraguay
  Uruguay
  Venezuela1
OFC (Oceania) 2008 OFC U-20 Championship   Tahiti1
UEFA (Europe) 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship   Czech Republic
  England
  Germany
  Hungary
  Italy
  Spain
1.^ Teams that made their debut.

Match officials

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Confederation Referee Assistants
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

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Allocation of teams to groups

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Teams 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
  Egypt (seeded)

  Ghana

  Cameroon

  Nigeria

  South Africa

  Brazil (seeded)

  Paraguay

  Uruguay

  Venezuela

  Costa Rica

  United States

  Honduras

  United Arab Emirates

  South Korea

  Uzbekistan

  Australia

  Trinidad and Tobago

  Tahiti

  Germany (seeded)

  Italy

  Czech Republic

  Hungary

  Spain

  England

Group stage

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The 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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
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
Source: [source?]
(H) Host
Egypt  4–1  Trinidad and Tobago
Afroto   30'
Arafat   51'90+3'
Talaat   59'
Report Rochford   36'

Paraguay  0–0  Italy
Report

Italy  2–1  Trinidad and Tobago
Albertazzi   39'
Raggio Garibaldi   78'
Report Clarence   67'

Egypt  1–2  Paraguay
Afroto   38' Report Santander   27'
Paniagua   90+4'

Trinidad and Tobago  0–0  Paraguay
Report
Attendance: 7,220

Italy  2–4  Egypt
Eusepi   29'
Albertazzi   53'
Report Shoukry   23'45+1'
Bogy   70'80'

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
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
Source: [source?]
Nigeria  0–1  Venezuela
Report Del Valle   45'
Attendance: 10,540

Spain  8–0  Tahiti
Aarón   11'15'
Nsue   17'32'
Mérida   74'
Kike   79'86'
Herrera   89'
Report
Attendance: 10,540

Nigeria  0–2  Spain
Report Mérida   33'83' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,955

Tahiti  0–8  Venezuela
Report Rondón   4'27' (pen.)90+2'
Velázquez   19'
Rojas   72'
Del Valle   78'88'90+1'

Venezuela  0–3  Spain
Report Parejo   12'
Aarón   26' (pen.)
Herrera   77'
Attendance: 7,220

Tahiti  0–5  Nigeria
Report Obiorah   15'
Edet   24'
Fatai   34'
Orelesi   45+1'
Adejo   90'

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
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
Source: [source?]
United States  0–3  Germany
Report Aydilek   30' (pen.)
Jungwirth   32'
Schäffler   72'
Attendance: 25,000

Cameroon  2–0  South Korea
Effa   19'
Tiko   64'
Report
Attendance: 25,000

South Korea  1–1  Germany
Kim Min-woo   71' Report Sukuta-Pasu   32'
Attendance: 28,000

United States  4–1  Cameroon
Arguez   45+1'
Taylor   47'
Duka   66'
Ownby   90+1'
Report Yaya   75' (pen.)
Attendance: 28,000

Germany  3–0  Cameroon
Sukuta-Pasu   41'
Aydilek   58'
Holtby   70'
Report
Attendance: 11,000

South Korea  3–0  United States
Kim Young-gwon   23'
Kim Bo-kyung   42'
Koo Ja-cheol   75' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 27,000

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
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
Source: [source?]
Ghana  2–1  Uzbekistan
Osei   60'
Adiyiah   75'
Report Karimov   47'

England  0–1  Uruguay
Report Viudez   84'

Uruguay  3–0  Uzbekistan
Lodeiro   28'
Urretavizcaya   62'
García   83'
Report
Attendance: 13,000

Ghana  4–0  England
Adiyiah   38'88'
Ayew   57'
Osei   82'
Report
Attendance: 13,000

Uruguay  2–2  Ghana
Lodeiro   74'
Hernández   90+1'
Report Rabiu   54'
Osei   70'
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Uzbekistan  1–1  England
Nagaev   77' Report Nimely-Tchuimeni   88'
Attendance: 27,000

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   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
Source: [source?]
Brazil  5–0  Costa Rica
Alan Kardec   24'44'
Giuliano   35'
Teixeira   75'
Boquita   89'
Report

Czech Republic  2–1  Australia
Rabušic   50'
Pekhart   89' (pen.)
Report Holland   90 +4' (pen.)
Attendance: 15,634

Australia  0–3  Costa Rica
Report Madrigal   35'
DeVere   82' (o.g.)
Guzmán   90+3'
Attendance: 17,200

Brazil  0–0  Czech Republic
Report

Costa Rica  2–3  Czech Republic
Estrada   49' (pen.)
J. Martínez   61'
Report Chramosta   11'86'
Vošahlík   77'

Australia  1–3  Brazil
Mooy   14' Report Ciro   34'
Douglas Costa   62'
Ganso   81'

Group F

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
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
Source: [source?]
United Arab Emirates  2–2  South Africa
Al Kamali   90+1' (pen.)
Awana   90+3'
Report Erasmus   54'72'

Honduras  3–0  Hungary
M. Martínez   35'70'
Peralta   84'
Report

Hungary  4–0  South Africa
Korcsmár   49'
Koman   55' (pen.)
Debreceni   71'
Présinger   90'
Report

United Arab Emirates  1–0  Honduras
Khalil   41' Report

Hungary  2–0  United Arab Emirates
Németh   19'
Koman   23'
Report

South Africa  2–0  Honduras
Jali   31'
Khumalo   46'
Report
Attendance: 16,200

Ranking of third-placed teams

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Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Result
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
Source: [source?]

Knockout stage

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Round 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

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Spain  1 – 3  Italy
Aarón   66' (pen.) Report Mustacchio   55'87'
Mazzarani   61'
Attendance: 6,150

Paraguay  0 – 3  South Korea
Report Kim Bo-kyung   55'
Kim Min-woo   60'70'

Ghana  2 – 1 (a.e.t.)  South Africa
Ayew   66'
Adiyiah   99'
Report Erasmus   58'
Attendance: 10,000

Egypt  0 – 2  Costa Rica
Report Mena   21'
Ureña   88'

Hungary  2 – 2 (a.e.t.)  Czech Republic
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
Alan Kardec   22'
Teixeira   24'31'
Report Urretavizcaya   36'
Attendance: 11,200

Venezuela  1 – 2  United Arab Emirates
Rondón   12' Report Ahmed   22'
Khalil   83'

Germany  3 – 2  Nigeria
Kopplin   52'90+3'
Vrančić   75'
Report Uchechi   51'
Ibrahim   68'

Quarter-finals

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South Korea  2 – 3  Ghana
Park Hee-seong   31'
Kim Dong-sub   82'
Report Adiyiah   8'78'
Osei   28'

Italy  2 – 3 (a.e.t.)  Hungary
Mazzotta   82'
Bonaventura   113'
Report Koman   2' (pen.)
Németh   112'117'

Brazil  2 – 1 (a.e.t.)  Germany
Maicon   88'91' Report Holtby   73'

United Arab Emirates  1 – 2 (a.e.t.)  Costa Rica
Ali   33' Report J. Martínez   37'
Ureña   120+2'

Semi-finals

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Ghana  3 – 2  Hungary
Adiyiah   10'31'
Quansah   81'
Report Futács   73'
Balajti   84'

Brazil  1 – 0  Costa Rica
Alan Kardec   67' Report

Third place match

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Hungary  1 – 1  Costa Rica
Koman   90+1' (pen.) Report Ureña   81'
Penalties
Németh  
Koman  
Varga  
2 – 0   Estrada
  Gamboa
  Luna
  Hernández
Ghana  0 – 0 (a.e.t.)  Brazil
Report
Penalties
Ayew  
Inkoom  
Mensah  
Addae  
Adiyiah  
Agyemang-Badu  
4 – 3   Alan Kardec
  Giuliano
  Douglas Costa
  Souza
  Maicon
  Teixeira
Man of the Match:

Assistant referees:

Peter Hermans (Belgium)

Walter Vromans (Belgium)

Fourth official:

Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

Fifth official:

Fermín Martínez (Spain)

Winner

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 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup winners 
 
Ghana
First title
2nd place 3rd place 4th place
  Brazil   Hungary   Costa Rica

Awards

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[6]

Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball
  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

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8 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   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
Source: [source?]
(H) Host

References

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  2. "FIFA looks forward to Egypt and Nigeria 2009". Archived from the original on 1 February 2009. Retrieved 16 April 2007.
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  5. Crunch clashes in Egypt Archived 2016-10-26 at the Wayback Machine FIFA
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Other websites

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