2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearance
FIFA U-17 World Cup Korea 2007 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | South Korea |
Dates | 18 August – 9 September |
Teams | 24 (from 6 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 8 (in 8 host cities) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 52 |
Goals scored | 165 (3.17 per match) |
Attendance | 422,907 (8,133 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Macauley Chrisantus |
Best player(s) | Toni Kroos |
The FIFA U-17 World Cup 2007 was held in the Korea Republic between 18 August and 9 September 2007. For this event, the number of teams had been expanded from 16 to 24, with the top two of each group and the four best third-place teams advancing to the Round of 16. Also, from now on, the confederation which produced the last champion, in this case CONCACAF, had an extra spot in the qualifying rounds.[1]
Players born after 1 January 1990 could participate in this tournament.
Venues
City | Stadium | Capacity |
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Suwon | Suwon Sports Complex | 32,000 |
Seogwipo | Jeju World Cup Stadium | 42,256 |
Ulsan | Ulsan Complex Stadium | 19,050 |
Gwangyang | Gwang-Yang Stadium | 14,284 |
Changwon | Changwon Civil Stadium | 37,000 |
Cheonan | Cheonan Baekseok Stadium | 32,000 |
Goyang | Goyang Stadium | 41,311 |
Seoul | Seoul World Cup Stadium | 68,476 |
Teams
Squads
For a list of the squads see 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup squads
Group stage
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Teams that have qualified to the knockout stage as group winner or runner-up. | |
Teams that have qualified to the knockout stage as one of the four best third-placed. | |
Teams knocked out at group stage. |
Group A
Teams | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Peru | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 7 |
Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
South Korea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
Togo | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 2 |
Costa Rica | 1 – 1 | Togo |
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Martinez 81' | Report | Mani 39' |
Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon
Attendance: 7,256
Referee: Salvio Fagundes Filho
Attendance: 7,256
Referee: Salvio Fagundes Filho
South Korea | 0 – 1 | Peru |
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Report | Bazalar 29' |
Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon
Attendance: 27,112
Referee: Ivan Bebek
Attendance: 27,112
Referee: Ivan Bebek
Togo | 0 – 0 | Peru |
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Report |
Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Joel Aguilar
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Joel Aguilar
Costa Rica | 2 – 0 | South Korea |
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Urena 85' Peralta 90+1' |
Report |
Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon
Attendance: 23,120
Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski
Attendance: 23,120
Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski
South Korea | 2 – 1 | Togo |
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Seol Jae-Mun 45+1' Yoon Bitgaram 80' |
Report | Atakora 20' |
Ulsan Complex Stadium, Ulsan
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Bertrand Layec
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Bertrand Layec
Peru | 1 – 0 | Costa Rica |
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Bazalar 89' | Report |
Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo
Attendance: 510
Referee: Eddy Maillet
Attendance: 510
Referee: Eddy Maillet
Group B
Teams | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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England | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 7 |
Brazil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 6 |
North Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 4 |
New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | -13 | 0 |
North Korea | 1 – 1 | England |
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Rim Chol-Min 89' | Report | Moses 62' |
Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo
Attendance: 12,600
Referee: Eddy Maillet
Attendance: 12,600
Referee: Eddy Maillet
Brazil | 7 – 0 | New Zealand |
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Fabinho 1' Lazaro 6' Giuliano 33' Fabio 50' Alex 54' Lulinha 60' (pen) Junior 87' |
Report |
Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski
New Zealand | 0 – 5 | England |
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Report | Welbeck 3' 27' Moses 7' 30' Chambers 88' |
Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Bertrand Layec
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Bertrand Layec
Brazil | 6 – 1 | North Korea |
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Fabio 4' 8' Alex 6' Maicon 22' Giuliano 47' Choco 90' |
Report | An Il-Bom 24' |
Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov
North Korea | 1 – 0 | New Zealand |
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Rim Chol Min 81' | Report |
Ulsan Complex Stadium, Ulsan
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Olegario Benquerenca
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Olegario Benquerenca
England | 2 – 1 | Brazil |
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Lansbury 45' (pen) Spence 90' |
Report | Tales 19' |
Goyang Stadium, Goyang
Attendance: 9,600
Referee: Ivan Bebek
Attendance: 9,600
Referee: Ivan Bebek
Group C
Teams | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Argentina | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Syria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Honduras | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 0 |
Honduras | 2 – 4 | Spain |
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Martinez 20' Rojas 72' |
Report | Bojan 2' 71' Jordi 56' 81' |
Ulsan Complex Stadium, Ulsan
Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Matthew Breeze
Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Matthew Breeze
Argentina | 0 – 0 | Syria |
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Report |
Ulsan Complex Stadium, Ulsan
Attendance: 8,100
Referee: Bertrand Layec
Attendance: 8,100
Referee: Bertrand Layec
Syria | 1 – 2 | Spain |
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Solaiman 70' (pen) | Report | Mérida 56' Aquino 90+1' |
Ulsan Complex Stadium, Ulsan
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Craig Thomson
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Craig Thomson
Argentina | 4 – 1 | Honduras |
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Meza 45+1' Mazzola 64' 87' Machuca 71' |
Report | Leverón 35' (pen) |
Ulsan Complex Stadium, Ulsan
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
Honduras | 0 – 2 | Syria |
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Report | Al Taiar 22' Alsalih 80' |
Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo
Attendance: 430
Referee: Rakesh Varman
Attendance: 430
Referee: Rakesh Varman
Spain | 1 – 1 | Argentina |
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Aquino 68' | Report | Benítez 32' |
Gwang-Yang Stadium, Gwangyang
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov
Group D
Teams | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Nigeria | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
France | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 3 |
Haiti | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 1 |
Nigeria | 2 – 1 | France |
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Chrisantus 15' Ibrahim 64' |
Report | Saivet 51' |
Gwang-Yang Stadium, Gwangyang
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Craig Thomson
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Craig Thomson
Japan | 3 – 1 | Haiti |
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Okamoto 42' Kawano 80' Kakitani 84' |
Report | Guemsly Junior 71' |
Gwang-Yang Stadium, Gwangyang
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Rakesh Varman
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Rakesh Varman
Haiti | 1 – 1 | France |
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Desrivieres 21' (pen) | Report | Le Tallec 13' |
Gwang-Yang Stadium, Gwangyang
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Eddy Maillet
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Eddy Maillet
Japan | 0 – 3 | Nigeria |
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Report | Oseni 21' Chrisantus 31' 82' |
Gwang-Yang Stadium, Gwangyang
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Ivan Bebek
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Ivan Bebek
Nigeria | 4 – 1 | Haiti |
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Chrisantus 5' 60' Isa 39' 41' |
Report | Joseph 57' |
Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo
Attendance: 520
Referee: Matthew Breeze
Attendance: 520
Referee: Matthew Breeze
France | 2 – 1 | Japan |
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Mehama 68' Riviere 70' |
Report | Kakitani 45' |
Goyang Stadium, Goyang
Attendance: 11,054
Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski
Attendance: 11,054
Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski
Group E
Teams | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Tunisia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 3 |
Tajikistan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
Belgium | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 3 |
Belgium | 2 – 4 | Tunisia |
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Depauw 27' Kis 36' |
Report | Boughanmi 20' Ayrai 24' Msakni 42' 79' (pen) |
Changwon Civil Stadium, Changwon
Attendance: 8,230
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
Attendance: 8,230
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
Tajikistan | 4 – 3 | United States |
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Vasiev 32' Shohzukhurov 43' Davronov 82' Fatkhuloev 86' |
Report | Bates 9' Garza 48' Schuler 53' |
Changwon Civil Stadium, Changwon
Attendance: 4,570
Referee: Koman Coulibaly
Attendance: 4,570
Referee: Koman Coulibaly
United States | 1 – 3 | Tunisia |
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Jeffrey 90' (pen) | Report | Hadhria 8' (pen) 45+1' (pen) Dkhil 90+4' |
Changwon Civil Stadium, Changwon
Attendance: 3,115
Referee: Hernando Buitrago
Attendance: 3,115
Referee: Hernando Buitrago
Tajikistan | 0 – 1 | Belgium |
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Report | Benteke 90+2' |
Changwon Civil Stadium, Changwon
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Rakesh Varman
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Rakesh Varman
Belgium | 0 – 2 | United States |
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Report | Urso 63' Bates 71' |
Cheonan Baekseok Stadium , Cheonan
Attendance: 14,927
Referee: Salvio Fagundes Filho
Attendance: 14,927
Referee: Salvio Fagundes Filho
Tunisia | 1 – 0 | Tajikistan |
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Msakni 83' | Report |
Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon
Attendance: 1,235
Referee: Joel Aguilar
Attendance: 1,235
Referee: Joel Aguilar
Group F
Teams | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
Ghana | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
Colombia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | -13 | 0 |
Colombia | 3 – 3 | Germany |
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Julio 14' Nazarith 66' (pen) 88' |
Report | Dowidat 34' 49' Sukuta-Pasu 39' |
Cheonan Baekseok Stadium, Cheonan
Attendance: 7,741
Referee: Olegario Benquerenca
Attendance: 7,741
Referee: Olegario Benquerenca
Trinidad and Tobago | 1 – 4 | Ghana |
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Campbell 80' | Report | Osei 12' 44' Adams 45+1' Bossman 85' |
Cheonan Baekseok Stadium, Cheonan
Attendance: 11,521
Referee: Salvio Fagundes Filho
Attendance: 11,521
Referee: Salvio Fagundes Filho
Ghana | 2 – 3 | Germany |
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Osei 52' Adams 53' |
Report | Bigalke 5' Kroos 12' 27' |
Cheonan Baekseok Stadium, Cheonan
Attendance: 7,516
Referee: Joel Aguilar
Attendance: 7,516
Referee: Joel Aguilar
Trinidad and Tobago | 0 – 5 | Colombia |
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Report | Mosquera 22' 63' Trellez 60' Pardo 68' Serna 72' |
Cheonan Baekseok Stadium, Cheonan
Attendance: 13,537
Referee: Koman Coulibaly
Attendance: 13,537
Referee: Koman Coulibaly
Colombia | 1 – 2 | Ghana |
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Nazarith 60' | Report | Osei 32' Yartey 87' |
Ulsan Complex Stadium, Ulsan
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Craig Thomson
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Craig Thomson
Germany | 5 – 0 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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Broghammer 5' Esswein 30' 37' Funk 39' Wolze 90+3' |
Report |
Changwon Civil Stadium, Changwon
Attendance: 4,320
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
Attendance: 4,320
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
Third Placed Teams
Teams | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Colombia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
Syria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
North Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 4 |
Tajikistan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 3 |
South Korea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
Knockout stages
Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
29 August - Ulsan | ||||||||||||||
Spain | 3 | |||||||||||||
1 September - Seogwipo | ||||||||||||||
North Korea | 0 | |||||||||||||
Spain (pen.) | 1(5) | |||||||||||||
29 August - Changwon | ||||||||||||||
France | 1(4) | |||||||||||||
Tunisia | 1 | |||||||||||||
5 September - Ulsan | ||||||||||||||
France (a.e.t.) | 3 | |||||||||||||
Spain (a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||||||||||
29 August - Suwon | ||||||||||||||
Ghana | 1 | |||||||||||||
Peru (pen.) | 1(5) | |||||||||||||
1 September - Changwon | ||||||||||||||
Tajikistan | 1(4) | |||||||||||||
Peru | 0 | |||||||||||||
29 August - Gwangyang | ||||||||||||||
Ghana | 2 | |||||||||||||
Ghana | 1 | |||||||||||||
9 September - Seoul | ||||||||||||||
Brazil | 0 | |||||||||||||
Spain | 0(0) | |||||||||||||
30 August - Goyang | ||||||||||||||
Nigeria (pen.) | 0(3) | |||||||||||||
Argentina | 2 | |||||||||||||
2 September - Cheonan | ||||||||||||||
Costa Rica | 0 | |||||||||||||
Argentina | 0 | |||||||||||||
30 August - Gwangyang | ||||||||||||||
Nigeria | 2 | |||||||||||||
Nigeria | 2 | |||||||||||||
6 September - Suwon | ||||||||||||||
Colombia | 1 | |||||||||||||
Nigeria | 3 | |||||||||||||
30 August - Seogwipo | ||||||||||||||
Germany | 1 | Third place | ||||||||||||
England | 3 | |||||||||||||
2 September - Goyang | 9 September - Seoul | |||||||||||||
Syria | 1 | |||||||||||||
England | 1 | Ghana | 1 | |||||||||||
30 August - Cheonan | ||||||||||||||
Germany | 4 | Germany | 2 | |||||||||||
Germany | 2 | |||||||||||||
United States | 1 | |||||||||||||
Round of 16
Spain | 3 – 0 | North Korea |
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Bojan 28' 50' Iago 67' |
Report |
Ulsan Complex Stadium, Ulsan
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Salvio Fagundes Filho
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Salvio Fagundes Filho
Tunisia | 1 – 3 (a.e.t.) | France |
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Hadhria 49' |
Report | Saivet 43' Le Tallec 99' 105' |
Changwon Civil Stadium, Changwon
Attendance: 2,150
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov
Attendance: 2,150
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov
Peru | 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) | Tajikistan |
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Manco 13' | Report | Davronov 15' |
Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon
Attendance: 1,150
Referee: Matthew Breeze
Attendance: 1,150
Referee: Matthew Breeze
Ghana | 1 – 0 | Brazil |
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Donkor 51' | Report |
Gwang-Yang Stadium, Gwangyang
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski
Argentina | 2 – 0 | Costa Rica |
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Sauro 25' 41' | Report |
Goyang Stadium, Goyang
Attendance: 5,698
Referee: Olegario Benquerenca
Attendance: 5,698
Referee: Olegario Benquerenca
Nigeria | 2 – 1 | Colombia |
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Isa 78' Alfa 83' |
Report | Trellez 62' |
Gwang-Yang Stadium, Gwangyang
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Ivan Bebek
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Ivan Bebek
England | 3 – 1 | Syria |
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Lansbury 17' (pen) Pearce 45+2' Murphy 62' |
Report | Ajouz 51' |
Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo
Attendance: 1,650
Referee: Hernando Buitrago
Attendance: 1,650
Referee: Hernando Buitrago
Germany | 2 – 1 | United States |
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Sukuta-Pasu 65' 89' | Report | Bates 90+2' |
Cheonan Baekseok Stadium, Cheonan
Attendance: 15,069
Referee: Craig Thomson
Attendance: 15,069
Referee: Craig Thomson
Quarterfinals
Spain | 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) | France |
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Jordi 72' | Report | Le Tallec 52' |
Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo
Attendance: 2,310
Referee: Joel Aguilar
Attendance: 2,310
Referee: Joel Aguilar
Peru | 0 – 2 | Ghana |
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Report | Adams 45+1' Osei 53' |
Changwon Civil Stadium, Changwon
Attendance: 7,555
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
Attendance: 7,555
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
Argentina | 0 – 2 | Nigeria |
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Report | Haruna 33' (pen) Chrisantus 45+2' |
Cheonan Baekseok Stadium, Cheonan
Attendance: 14,581
Referee: Matthew Breeze
Attendance: 14,581
Referee: Matthew Breeze
England | 1 – 4 | Germany |
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Murphy 65' | Report | Rudy 50' Sukuta-Pasu 56' Dowidat 74' Kroos 87' |
Goyang Stadium, Goyang
Attendance: 12,560
Referee: Salvio Fagundes Filho
Attendance: 12,560
Referee: Salvio Fagundes Filho
Semifinals
Spain | 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) | Ghana |
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Aquino 67' Bojan 116' |
Report | Adams 80' |
Ulsan Complex Stadium, Ulsan
Attendance: 9,700
Referee: Salvio Fagundes Filho
Attendance: 9,700
Referee: Salvio Fagundes Filho
Nigeria | 3 – 1 | Germany |
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Chrisantus 10' Alfa 18' Akinsola 90+4' |
Report | Kroos 33' |
Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon
Attendance: 3,472
Referee: Joel Aguilar
Attendance: 3,472
Referee: Joel Aguilar
Third place match
Ghana | 1 – 2 | Germany |
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Osei 67' | Report | Kroos 17' Esswein 90+2' |
Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 22,345
Referee: Olegario Benquerenca
Attendance: 22,345
Referee: Olegario Benquerenca
Final
Spain | 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) | Nigeria |
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Report |
Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 36,125
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
Result
2007 FIFA U-17 World Championship Winners Nigeria 3rd Title |