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2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup

18th FIFA U-20 World Cup, held in Colombia in 2011

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. 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 →

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.[3]

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.[4]

Armenia Barranquilla Bogotá Cali
Estadio Centenario Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez Estadio Nemesio Camacho Estadio Pascual Guerrero
Capacity: 20,716 Capacity: 44,569 [5] 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
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 Youth Championship   Argentina

  Brazil   Ecuador   Uruguay

OFC(Oceania) 2011 OFC U-20 Championship   New Zealand
UEFA(Europe) 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football 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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See the main article: 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads

Group stage

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The draw for the group stage was held on 27 April 2011,[6][7] at the Julio Cesar Turbay Ayala Convention Centre in Cartagena.[8] 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:[9]

  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:[9]

  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: [source?]
(H) Host
Mali  0–2  South Korea
Report Kim Kyung-jung   50'
Jang Hyun-soo   80' (pen.)
Attendance: 36,111
Colombia  4–1  France
Rodríguez   30' (pen.)
Muriel   48', 66'
Arias   64'		 Report Sunu   21'
Attendance: 36,111
France  3–1  South Korea
Sunu   27'
Fofana   81'
Lacazette   90+1'		 Report Kim Young-uk   59'
Attendance: 36,103
Colombia  2–0  Mali
Valencia   23'
Rodríguez   90+1'		 Report
Attendance: 36,103
Referee: Istvan Vad (Hungary)
France  2–0  Mali
Bakambu   70'
Lacazette   77'		 Report
Attendance: 31,395
Colombia  1–0  South Korea
Muriel   37' Report
Attendance: 36,082

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: [source?]
Cameroon  1–1  New Zealand
Mbondi   33' Report Tchaha Leuko   40' (o.g.)
Attendance: 35,262
Portugal  0–0  Uruguay
Report
Attendance: 35,262
Uruguay  1–1  New Zealand
Luna   74' Report Bevin   57'
Attendance: 28,884
Portugal  1–0  Cameroon
N. Oliveira   18' Report
Attendance: 28,884
Portugal  1–0  New Zealand
Rui   31' Report
Attendance: 31,395
Uruguay  0–1  Cameroon
Report Mbongo   28'
Attendance: 36,082

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: [source?]
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'
Attendance: 17,075
Ecuador  0–2  Spain
Report Canales   67'
Vázquez   85'
Attendance: 10,130
Australia  2–3  Costa Rica
Oar   26'
Calvo   64' (o.g.)		 Report Campbell   22', 27'
Ruiz   72'
Attendance: 10,130
Ecuador  3–0  Costa Rica
Montaño   2'
De Jesús   13', 69'		 Report
Attendance: 13,714
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: [source?]
Nigeria  5–0  Guatemala
Egbedi   8', 39'
Ajagun   47'
Kayode   53'
Musa   76'		 Report
Attendance: 11,116
Croatia  0–2  Saudi Arabia
Report Al-Fahmi   54'
Al-Muwallad   69'
Attendance: 11,116
Saudi Arabia  6–0  Guatemala
Dagriri   17'
Al-Fahmi   27'
Al-Fatil   58'
Al-Shahrani   66'
Al-Ibrahim   83'
Al-Dawsari   89'		 Report
Attendance: 8,861
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'
Attendance: 13,714
Croatia  0–1  Guatemala
Report Ceballos   81'
Attendance: 4,209

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: [source?]
Austria  0–0  Panama
Report
Attendance: 13,198
Brazil  1–1  Egypt
Danilo   12' Report Gaber   26'
Attendance: 45,170
Egypt  1–0  Panama
Hegazi   67' Report
Attendance: 11,101
Brazil  3–0  Austria
Henrique   37'
Coutinho   52' (pen.)
Willian José   63'		 Report
Attendance: 11,101
Brazil  4–0  Panama
Henrique   40'
Coutinho   45+1', 52'
Dudu   89'		 Report
Attendance: 16,513
Egypt  4–0  Austria
Sobhi   31'
Ibrahim   60', 62', 82'		 Report
Attendance: 16,042

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: [source?]
England  0–0  North Korea
Report
Attendance: 25,995
Argentina  1–0  Mexico
Lamela   70' Report
Attendance: 25,995
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
Mexico  3–0  North Korea
Ri Yong-chol   45+1' (o.g.)
Guarch   54'
De Buen   90+4'		 Report
Attendance: 40,704
Argentina  0–0  England
Report
Attendance: 40,704
Mexico  0–0  England
Report
Attendance: 16,042
Argentina  3–0  North Korea
Ferreyra   36'
Villafáñez   84'
Cirigliano   90+5'		 Report
Attendance: 14,647

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: [source?]

Knockout stage

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Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                           
10 August 2011 — Barranquilla            
   Brazil  3
14 August 2011 — Pereira
   Saudi Arabia  0  
   Brazil (pen.)  2 (4)
10 August 2011 — Manizales
     Spain  2 (2)  
   Spain (pen.)  0 (7)
17 August 2011 — Pereira
   South Korea  0 (6)  
   Brazil  2
9 August 2011 — Pereira
     Mexico  0  
   Cameroon  1 (0)
13 August 2011 — Bogotá
   Mexico (pen.)  1 (3)  
   Mexico  3
9 August 2011 — Bogotá
     Colombia  1  
   Colombia  3
20 August 2011 — Bogotá
   Costa Rica  2  
   Brazil (aet)  3
10 August 2011 — Cartagena
     Portugal  2
   France  1
14 August 2011 — Cali
   Ecuador  0  
   France (aet)  3
10 August 2011 — Armenia
     Nigeria  2  
   Nigeria  1
17 August 2011 — Medellín
   England  0  
   France  0
9 August 2011 — Cali
     Portugal  2   Third place
   Portugal  1
13 August 2011 — Cartagena 20 August 2011 — Bogotá
   Guatemala  0  
   Portugal (pen.)  0 (5)    Mexico  3
9 August 2011 — Medellín
     Argentina  0 (4)      France  1
   Argentina  2
   Egypt  1  

Round of 16

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Portugal  1–0  Guatemala
N. Oliveira   7' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 34,264
Argentina  2–1  Egypt
Lamela   42' (pen.), 64' (pen.) Report Salah   70' (pen.)
Attendance: 40,147
Cameroon  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Mexico
Ohandza   79' Report Orrantía   81'
Penalties
Ohandza  
Nguessi  
Mbondi  		 0–3   Torres
  Dávila
  Piñón
Attendance: 21,744
Colombia  3–2  Costa Rica
Muriel   56'
Franco   79'
Rodríguez   90+3' (pen.)		 Report Ruiz   63'
Escoe   65'
Attendance: 36,084
Nigeria  1–0  England
Egbedi   52' Report
Attendance: 18,291
Spain  0–0 (a.e.t.)  South Korea
Report
Penalties
Tello  
Recio  
Koke  
Vázquez  
Isco  
Bartra  
Amat  
Romeu  		 7–6   Jung Seung-yong
  Nam Seung-woo
  Lee Ki-je
  Kim Jin-su
  Jang Hyun-soo
  Min Sang-gi
  Baek Sung-dong
  Kim Kyung-jung
Attendance: 23,618
Brazil  3–0  Saudi Arabia
Henrique   46'
Silva   69'
Dudu   86'		 Report
Attendance: 37,448
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
France  1–0  Ecuador
Griezmann   75' Report
Attendance: 15,958

Quarterfinals

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Portugal  0–0 (a.e.t.)  Argentina
Report
Penalties
Reis  
Pereira  
Roderick  
Lopes  
N. Oliveira  
Ferreira  
S. Oliveira  		 5–4   Lamela
  Iturbe
  Nervo
  González Pirez
  Ruiz
  Vuletich
  Tagliafico
Attendance: 15,946
Mexico  3–1  Colombia
Torres   37' (pen.)
Rivera   69', 88'		 Report Zapata   60'
Attendance: 35,501
France  3–2 (a.e.t.)  Nigeria
Lacazette   50', 104'
Fofana   102'		 Report Ejike   90+3', 111'
Attendance: 33,007
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
Attendance: 29,318

Semifinals

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France  0–2  Portugal
Report Danilo   9'
N. Oliveira   40' (pen.)
Attendance: 40,598
Brazil  2–0  Mexico
Henrique   80', 84' Report
Attendance: 29,812

Third place match

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Mexico  3–1  France
Dávila   12'
Enríquez   49'
Rivera   71'		 Report Lacazette   8'
Attendance: 36,085

Final

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Brazil  3–2 (a.e.t.)  Portugal
Oscar   5', 78', 111' Report Alex   9'
Nélson Oliveira   59'
Attendance: 36,058
 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup Winners 
 
Brazil
5th title

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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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) Host

Awards

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The following awards were given:[10]

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[11] (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.[12]

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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  1. ↑ "Brazil claim impressive fifth title". FIFA. 21 August 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2011.[permanent dead link]
  2. ↑ "Oscar lifts Brazil to U-20 World Cup". USA Today. 21 August 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  3. ↑ "-cali-and-cartagena-discarded-as-world-sites-of-sub-20-en-2011.htm Cali and Cartagena dismissed as U-20 World Cup venues in 2011". Archived from the original on 2 May 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "Momentum building for Colombia 2011". FIFA.com. 2 December 2010. Archived from the original on 6 December 2010. Retrieved 3 December 2010.
  5. ↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup: Destination - FIFA.com". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "Colombia 2011 right on schedule". FIFA. 27 January 2011. Archived from the original on 13 February 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  7. ↑ "The waiting is over". FIFA. 28 April 2011. Archived from the original on 2 May 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  8. ↑ "Colombia 2011 meeting a success". FIFA.com. 11 March 2011. Archived from the original on 7 April 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Regulations - FIFA U-20 World Cup 2011" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  10. ↑ "2011 Fifa U-20 World Cup awards". FIFA. Archived from the original on 8 September 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  11. ↑ "Mundial Colombia 2011 and has a defined budget". Archived from the original on 4 May 2010. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
  12. ↑ "Coldeportes will intervene in the Colombian football clubs for us to do". Archived from the original on 29 June 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2021.

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