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Deutsch2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup
| Copa Mundial de Fútbol Sub-17 de 2015 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Chile |
| Dates | 17 October – 8 November |
| Teams | 24 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 8 (in 8 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Nigeria (5th title) |
| Runners-up |  Mali |
| Third place |  Belgium |
| Fourth place |  Mexico |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 52 |
| Goals scored | 151 (2.9 per match) |
| Attendance | 482,490 (9,279 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Victor Osimhen (10 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Kelechi Nwakali |
| Best goalkeeper | Samuel Diarra |
| Fair play award |  Ecuador |
← 2013 2017 → | |
The 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the sixteenth tournament of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, held in Chile from 17 October to 8 November 2015.[1][2]
Host selection
[edit]The following four countries bid to host the tournament:[3]
Venues
[edit]Along with proposing ten venues for Chile's hosting of the 2015 Copa América, the Chilean Football Federation also announced its plans for hosting of the U17 World Cup in the same year.[4] On 8 April 2014, 8 cities were confirmed as hosts of the competition, with Copiapó and Quillota being dropped.[5]
The local organising committee also said that the capital city (Santiago) would not host the final.[6]
| La Serena | Location of the host cities of the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup. | Coquimbo |
|---|---|---|
| Estadio La Portada | Estadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso | |
| Capacity: 18,243 | Capacity: 18,750 | |
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| Viña del Mar | Santiago | |
| Estadio Sausalito | Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos | |
| Capacity: 22,340 | Capacity: 48,665 | |
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| Talca | Chillán | |
| Estadio Fiscal de Talca | Estadio Municipal de Chillán Nelson Oyarzún Arenas | |
| Capacity: 8,200 | Capacity: 12,000 | |
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| Concepción | Puerto Montt | |
| Estadio Municipal de Concepción | Estadio Regional de Chinquihue | |
| Capacity: 30,448 | Capacity: 10,000 | |
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Qualified teams
[edit]In addition to host nation Chile, 23 nations qualified from 6 separate continental competitions.
- 1.^ Teams that made their debut.
Schedule and draw
[edit]The schedule of the tournament was unveiled on 5 May 2015.[7]
The final draw was held on 6 August 2015, 20:00 local time, at the Centro de las Artes 660 art gallery in Santiago.[8][9] For the draw, the 24 teams were divided into four seeding pots:[10]
- Pot 1: Hosts and continental champions of five confederations (except UEFA)
- Pot 2: Remaining teams from CONCACAF and AFC
- Pot 3: Remaining teams from CAF and CONMEBOL
- Pot 4: Teams from UEFA
As a basic principle, teams from the same confederation could not be drawn against each other at the group stage.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
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Match officials
[edit]A total of 21 referees, 6 support referees, and 42 assistant referees were selected for the tournament.[11][12]
| Confederation | Referee | Assistant referees | Support referee |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFC |  Abdulrahman Al-Jassim | Taleb Al-Marri Saud Al-Maqaleh |  Hettikamkanamge Perera |
 Mohd Amirul Izwan | Mohd Yusri Mohamad Azman Ismail | ||
 Abdulla Hassan Mohamed | Mohamed Al-Hammadi Hasan Al-Mahri | ||
| CAF |  Mehdi Abid Charef |  Anouar Hmila Theogene Ndagijimana |  Bamlak Tessema Weyesa |
 Malang Diedhiou | Djibril Camara Aboubacar Doumbouya | ||
 Janny Sikazwe |  Arsenio Marengula Jerson Emiliano Dos Santos | ||
| CONCACAF |  Valdin Legister | Kedlee Powell Richard Washington |  Óscar Reyna |
 Ricardo Montero | Juan Mora Warner Castro | ||
 Héctor Rodríguez | Cristian Ramírez Walter López Ramos | ||
| CONMEBOL |  Enrique Cáceres | Eduardo Cardozo Juan Zorrilla |  Gery Vargas |
 Diego Haro | Raúl López Cruz Víctor Ráez | ||
 Wilson Lamouroux | Alexander Guzman Wilmar Navarro | ||
 Roberto Tobar | Marcelo Barraza Christian Schiemann | ||
| OFC |  Nick Waldron | Glen Lochrie Ravinesh Kumar |  Kader Zitouni |
| UEFA |  Yevhen Aranovskiy | Ihor Alokhin Oleksandr Korniyko |  Stephan Klossner |
 Deniz Aytekin | Guido Kleve Markus Häcker | ||
 Ruddy Buquet | Guillaume Debart Cyril Gringore | ||
 Matej Jug | Matej Žunič Gregor Rojko | ||
 Danny Makkelie | Mario Diks Hessel Steegstra | ||
 Michael Oliver | Stuart Burt Gary Beswick | ||
 Martin Strömbergsson | Daniel Gustavsson Mehmet Culum |
Emblem and slogan
[edit]The emblem and slogan ("Una fiesta en nuestra cancha", a party on our pitch) of the tournament was unveiled on 7 October 2014.[13]
Squads
[edit]Each team named a squad of 21 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline.[14] The squads were announced on 8 October 2015.[15][16]
All players of its representative team must have been born on or after 1 January 1998.
Group stage
[edit]The winners and runners-up of each group and the best four third-placed teams advance to the round of 16.[14] The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows:
- points obtained in all group matches;
- goal difference in all group matches;
- number of goals scored in all group matches;
If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows:
- points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- fair play points (first yellow card: minus 1 point; second yellow/indirect red card: minus 3 points; direct red card: minus 3 points; yellow card & direct red card: minus 4 points);
- drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.
All times are local, Chile Standard Time (UTC−3).[17]
Group A
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 |  Croatia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | |
| 3 | Chile (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 |  United States | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 1 |
| Nigeria | 2–0 | United States |
|---|---|---|
Agor  50'Osimhen 61' | Report |
| Chile | 1–1 | Croatia |
|---|---|---|
| Y. Leiva 33' | Report | Moro 8' |
| Croatia | 2–1 | Nigeria |
|---|---|---|
| Brekalo 50' Majić 54' | Report | Osimhen 20' |
Group B
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 7 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 |  Brazil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | |
| 3 | England | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Guinea | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
| England | 1–1 | Guinea |
|---|---|---|
| Hinds 61' | Report | N. Bangoura 76' |
| Brazil | 0–1 | South Korea |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Jang Jae-won 79' |
| England | 0–1 | Brazil |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Leandrinho 67' |
| South Korea | 1–0 | Guinea |
|---|---|---|
| Oh Se-hun 90+2' | Report |
| South Korea | 0–0 | England |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Group C
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Argentina | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |
| Australia | 1–4 | Germany |
|---|---|---|
| Waring 54' | Report | Passlack 14' Eggestein 25', 39'Janelt 65' |
| Mexico | 2–0 | Argentina |
|---|---|---|
| Magaña 10' Venegas 77' (pen.) | Report |
| Argentina | 0–4 | Germany |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Janelt 5' Eggestein 32'Passlack 45+2' (pen.)Schmidt 67' |
Group D
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mali | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | Ecuador | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 | Belgium | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Honduras | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 |
| Mali | 3–0 | Honduras |
|---|---|---|
| A. Haidara 7' Danté 34'Malle 56' | Report |
Group E
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 |  North Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 |  South Africa | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
| South Africa | 1–2 | Costa Rica |
|---|---|---|
| Mayo 90' | Report | Masis 7' Reyes 63' (pen.) |
| North Korea | 0–2 | Russia |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Galanin 3' Chalov 52' |
| South Africa | 1–1 | North Korea |
|---|---|---|
| Mukumela 10' (pen.) | Report | Kim Wi-song 17' (pen.) |
| Russia | 1–1 | Costa Rica |
|---|---|---|
| Chalov 82' | Report | Ramírez 71' |
| Russia | 2–0 | South Africa |
|---|---|---|
| Makhatadze 5' (pen.), 89' | Report |
| Costa Rica | 1–2 | North Korea |
|---|---|---|
| Mesén 84' | Report | Pak Yong-gwan 14' Jong Chang-bom 90+3' |
Group F
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 9 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 4 | |
| 3 | Paraguay | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Syria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 1 |
| New Zealand | 1–6 | France |
|---|---|---|
| McGarry 76' | Report | McGarry 15' (o.g.) Boutobba 32'Maouassa 34'Doucouré 42'Georgen 45'Édouard 90+2' |
| New Zealand | 0–0 | Syria |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Paraguay | 3–4 | France |
|---|---|---|
| Aranda 45' (pen.) Villalba 57'Paredes 62' | Report | Boutobba 3' Ikoné 22', 71'Upamecano 59' |
Ranking of third-placed teams
[edit]The four best ranked third-placed teams also advance to the round of 16. They are paired with the winners of groups A, B, C and D, according to a table published in Section 18 of the tournament regulations.[14]
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | Chile | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 4 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | E | North Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
| 3 | D | Belgium | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | C | Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 | |
| 5 | F | Paraguay | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 3 | |
| 6 | B | England | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) Fair play points; 5) lots drawn by FIFA.
Knockout stage
[edit]In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, the match is determined by a penalty shoot-out (no extra time is played).[14]
Bracket
[edit]| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| 29 October — Concepción | ||||||||||||||
| Croatia | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 1 November — Chillán | ||||||||||||||
| Germany | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Croatia | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 29 October — Talca | ||||||||||||||
| Mali | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Mali | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 5 November — La Serena | ||||||||||||||
| North Korea | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mali | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 28 October — Coquimbo | ||||||||||||||
| Belgium | 1 | |||||||||||||
| South Korea | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2 November — Concepción | ||||||||||||||
| Belgium | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Belgium | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 29 October — Puerto Montt | ||||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | 0 | |||||||||||||
| France | 0 (3) | |||||||||||||
| 8 November — Viña del Mar | ||||||||||||||
| Costa Rica (pen.) | 0 (5) | |||||||||||||
| Mali | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 29 October — Concepción | ||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Russia | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 2 November — Coquimbo | ||||||||||||||
| Ecuador | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Ecuador | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 28 October — Chillán | ||||||||||||||
| Mexico | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Mexico | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 5 November — Concepción | ||||||||||||||
| Chile | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Mexico | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 28 October — Viña del Mar | ||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | 4 | Third place | ||||||||||||
| Brazil | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 1 November — Viña del Mar | 8 November — Viña del Mar | |||||||||||||
| New Zealand | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Brazil | 0 | Belgium | 3 | |||||||||||
| 28 October — Viña del Mar | ||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | 3 | Mexico | 2 | |||||||||||
| Nigeria | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Australia | 0 | |||||||||||||
Combinations of matches in the Round of 16
[edit]The third-placed teams advanced to the round of 16 were placed with the winners of groups A, B, C and D according to a table published in Section 18 of the tournament regulations.[14]
| Third teams qualify from groups: | 1A plays against: | 1B plays against: | 1C plays against: | 1D plays against: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A B C D | 3C | 3D | 3A | 3B |
| A B C E | 3C | 3A | 3B | 3E |
| A B C F | 3C | 3A | 3B | 3F |
| A B D E | 3D | 3A | 3B | 3E |
| A B D F | 3D | 3A | 3B | 3F |
| A B E F | 3E | 3A | 3B | 3F |
| A C D E | 3C | 3D | 3A | 3E |
| A C D F | 3C | 3D | 3A | 3F |
| A C E F | 3C | 3A | 3F | 3E |
| A D E F | 3D | 3A | 3F | 3E |
| B C D E | 3C | 3D | 3B | 3E |
| B C D F | 3C | 3D | 3B | 3F |
| B C E F | 3E | 3C | 3B | 3F |
| B D E F | 3E | 3D | 3B | 3F |
| C D E F | 3C | 3D | 3F | 3E |
Round of 16
[edit]| Brazil | 1–0 | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| Luís Henrique 90+6' (pen.) | Report |
| South Korea | 0–2 | Belgium |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Vancamp 11' Verreth 67' |
| Mali | 3–0 | North Korea |
|---|---|---|
| A. Haidara 8' Maïga 37', 48' | Report |
| Russia | 1–4 | Ecuador |
|---|---|---|
| Chalov 16' | Report | Pereira 3', 65' Corozo 17'Nazareno 78' |
| France | 0–0 | Costa Rica |
|---|---|---|
| Report | ||
| Penalties | ||
Édouard  Cognat  Reine-Adélaïde Boutobba | 3–5 | Córdoba Juárez Arboine Villegas Reyes |
Quarter-finals
[edit]| Ecuador | 0–2 | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Zamudio 41' Salazar 55' (pen.) |
| Belgium | 1–0 | Costa Rica |
|---|---|---|
| Rigo 27' | Report |
Semi-finals
[edit]| Mexico | 2–4 | Nigeria |
|---|---|---|
| Magaña 7' Cortés 59' | Report | Nwakali 35' Okwonkwo 43'Ebere 67'Osimhen 83' (pen.) |
Third place match
[edit]Final
[edit]Awards
[edit]The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[18] They were all sponsored by adidas.
| Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball |
|---|---|---|
| Kelechi Nwakali | Victor Osimhen | Aly Malle |
| Golden Boot | Silver Boot | Bronze Boot |
| Victor Osimhen | Johannes Eggestein | Samuel Chukwueze |
| 10 goals (2 assists) | 4 goals (0 assists) | 3 goals (3 assists) |
| Golden Glove | ||
| Samuel Diarra | ||
| FIFA Fair Play Award | ||
| Ecuador | ||
In December 2015, Nigerian Samuel Chukwueze was retroactively awarded the Bronze boot award. Kelechi Nwakali had erroneously been awarded the award immediately following the tournament but as he had played more minutes (630) than Chukwueze (535) in the tournament the award was re-allocated.[19]
Final ranking
[edit]As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 5 | +18 | 18 | Champions |
| 2 | Mali | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 16 | Runners-up |
| 3 | Belgium | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 13 | Third place |
| 4 | Mexico | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 13 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Ecuador | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 9 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 6 | Brazil | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 9 | |
| 7 | Croatia | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 8 | |
| 8 | Costa Rica | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 5 | |
| 9 | France | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 10 | Eliminated in Round of 16 |
| 10 | Russia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 | |
| 11 | South Korea | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |
| 12 | Germany | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 6 | |
| 13 | Chile (H) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 4 | |
| 14 | North Korea | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 4 | |
| 15 | New Zealand | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 4 | |
| 16 | Australia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 4 | |
| 17 | Paraguay | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 18 | England | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | |
| 19 | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | |
| 19 | Guinea | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | |
| 21 | United States | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |