2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup
FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009 | |
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File:932948 medium.jpg 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup official logo | |
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 | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 52 |
Goals scored | 167 (3.21 per match) |
Attendance | 1,331,720 (25,610 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
The 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup, was the 17th U-20 tournament, which was hosted by Egypt from 24 September to 16 October, in the cities of Cairo, Alexandria, Port Said, Suez and Ismaïlia.[1] The tournament was initially going to take place between 10-31 July[2], however the 2009 Confederations Cup was played mid year resulting in both the Under 20 World Cup 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 penalties in the final, becoming the first African team to have won the tournament.[3]
Player eligibility
Only players born on or after 1 January 1989 are eligible to compete in the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Venues
Cairo | Cairo | Alexandria | Alexandria |
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Cairo International Stadium Capacity: 74,100 |
Al-Salam Stadium Capacity: 30,000 |
Egyptian Army Stadium Capacity: 86,000 |
Alexandria Stadium Capacity: 13,660 |
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Suez | Port Said | Ismaïlia | |
Mubarak International Stadium Capacity: 40,000 |
Port Said Stadium Capacity: 17,988 |
Ismailia Stadium Capacity: 18,525 | |
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Qualification
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.
Match officials
Squads
Allocation of teams to groups
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 |
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Group Stage
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).
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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 eliminated in group stage |
Group A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 6 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
Italy ![]() | 2 – 1 | ![]() |
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Albertazzi ![]() Raggio Garibaldi ![]() |
Report | Clarence ![]() |
Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 9 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 6 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | −21 | 0 |
Tahiti ![]() | 0 – 8 | ![]() |
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Report | Rondón ![]() Velázquez ![]() Rojas ![]() Del Valle ![]() |
Group C
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 7 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 |
Cameroon ![]() | 2 – 0 | ![]() |
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Effa ![]() Tiko ![]() |
Report |
Korea Republic ![]() | 1 – 1 | ![]() |
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Kim Min-Woo ![]() |
Report | Sukuta-Pasu ![]() |
Korea Republic ![]() | 3 – 0 | ![]() |
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Kim Young-Gwon ![]() Kim Bo-Kyung ![]() Koo Ja-Cheol ![]() |
Report |
Group D
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 7 |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 |
Uruguay ![]() | 3 – 0 | ![]() |
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Lodeiro ![]() Urretavizcaya ![]() García ![]() |
Report |
Uzbekistan ![]() | 1 – 1 | ![]() |
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Nagaev ![]() |
Report | Nimely-Tchuimeni ![]() |
Group E
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 7 |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 |
Brazil ![]() | 5 – 0 | ![]() |
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Alan Kardec ![]() Giuliano ![]() Alex Teixeira ![]() Boquita ![]() |
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Brazil ![]() | 0 – 0 | ![]() |
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Costa Rica ![]() | 2 – 3 | ![]() |
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Estrada ![]() J. Martínez ![]() |
Report | Chramosta ![]() Vošahlík ![]() |
Australia ![]() | 1 – 3 | ![]() |
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Mooy ![]() |
Report | Ciro ![]() Douglas Costa ![]() Paulo Henrique ![]() |
Group F
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
United Arab Emirates ![]() | 2 – 2 | ![]() |
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Al Kamali ![]() Awana ![]() |
Report | Erasmus ![]() |
Honduras ![]() | 3 – 0 | ![]() |
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M. Martínez ![]() Peralta ![]() |
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United Arab Emirates ![]() | 1 – 0 | ![]() |
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Khalil ![]() |
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Hungary ![]() | 2 – 0 | ![]() |
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Németh ![]() Koman ![]() |
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South Africa ![]() | 2 – 0 | ![]() |
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Jali ![]() Khumalo ![]() |
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Third place rankings
The best four third-placed teams also advance to the knockout stage. The final standings are shown below.
Group | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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A | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 |
F | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 |
B | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 3 |
E | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 3 |
C | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 |
D | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
Knockout stage
Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
5 October 2009 — Cairo | ||||||||||||||
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9 October 2009 — Suez | ||||||||||||||
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6 October 2009 — Ismailia | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||
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13 October 2009 — Cairo | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||
5 October 2009 — Cairo | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
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9 October 2009 — Suez | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
6 October 2009 — Alexandria | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 (4) | |||||||||||||
16 October 2009 — Cairo | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 (3) | |||||||||||||
![]() | 0 (4) | |||||||||||||
7 October 2009 — Port Said | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 (3) | |||||||||||||
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10 October 2009 — Cairo | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
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7 October 2009 — Suez | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
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13 October 2009 — Cairo | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||
7 October 2009 — Suez | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | Third place | ||||||||||||
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10 October 2009 — Cairo | 16 October 2009 — Cairo | |||||||||||||
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6 October 2009 — Cairo | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | ![]() | 1 (0) | |||||||||||
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Round of 16
Paraguay ![]() | 0 – 3 | ![]() |
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Report | Kim Bo-Kyung ![]() Kim Min-Woo ![]() |
Egypt ![]() | 0 – 2 | ![]() |
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Report | Mena ![]() Ureña ![]() |
Brazil ![]() | 3 – 1 | ![]() |
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Alan Kardec ![]() Alex Teixeira ![]() |
Report | Urretavizcaya ![]() |
Quarter-finals
Korea Republic ![]() | 2 – 3 | ![]() |
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Park Hee-Seong ![]() Kim Dong-Sub ![]() |
Report | Adiyiah ![]() Osei ![]() |
United Arab Emirates ![]() | 1 – 2 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Ali ![]() |
Report | J. Martínez ![]() Ureña ![]() |
Semi-finals
Brazil ![]() | 1 – 0 | ![]() |
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Alan Kardec ![]() |
Report |
Third place match
Final
Ghana ![]() | 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Report | ||
Penalties | ||
Ayew ![]() Inkoom ![]() Mensah ![]() Addae ![]() Adiyiah ![]() Agyemang-Badu ![]() |
4 – 3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Winner
2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup Winners |
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2nd Place | 3rd Place | 4th Place |
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Awards
Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball |
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Golden Shoe | Silver Shoe | Bronze Shoe |
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8 goals | 5 goals | 4 goals |
Golden Glove | ||
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FIFA Fair Play Award | ||
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Goalscorers
References
- ^ "Egypt to host 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup". Retrieved 25 March 2007.
- ^ "FIFA looks forward to Egypt and Nigeria 2009". Retrieved 16 April 2007.
- ^ "Ghana U-20 champions after dramatic shoot-out". CNN.com. 16 October 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
- ^ 24 in the Draw - FIFA.com
- ^ Crunch clashes in Egypt FIFA