2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup

2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup

FIFA U-17 World Cup Nigeria 2009
Tournament details
Host country	Nigeria
Dates	24 October – 15 November
Teams	24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	8 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Switzerland (1st title)
Runners-up	Nigeria
Third place	Spain
Fourth place	Colombia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Goals scored	151 (2.9 per match)
Attendance	778,787 (14,977 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Borja Bastón Sani Emmanuel Sebastián Gallegos Haris Seferović (all with 5 goals)
Best player	Sani Emmanuel

The 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the thirteenth tournament of the FIFA U-17 World Cup held in Nigeria from 24 October to 15 November 2009.^[1]

The tournament was won by Switzerland, beating the host team 1–0, Nigeria. The Golden Ball to the Best Player was given to Nigerian Sani Emmanuel; the Golden Shoe for top scorer was given to Spaniard Borja, with five goals (although he tied with Nigerian Sani Emmanuel, Uruguayan Sebastián Gallegos, and Swiss Haris Seferović); the Golden Glove was given to Swiss Benjamin Siegrist; finally, the FIFA Fair Play Award was given to Nigeria.

Player eligibility

To be eligible to play, a player must have been born on or after 1 January 1992.

Venues

FIFA chose eight venues out of nine possible locations.^[2][3][4]

On 21 May 2009, FIFA gave Nigeria a "Yellow Card" as FIFA noted a significant delay in the preparations for the tournament.^[5] While Abuja and Lagos were ready, FIFA Vice-President Jack Warner gave four other venues (Enugu, Calabar, Ijebu-Ode and Kano) a month to get 100 percent ready or the tournament would be moved. One potential venue (Warri) was removed after recent violence flared up in the Niger Delta.

Abuja	Lagos	Enugu	Ijebu-Ode
National Stadium	Teslim Balogun Stadium	Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium	Gateway Stadium
Capacity: 60,491	Capacity: 24,325	Capacity: 22,000	Capacity: 20,000
Abuja Lagos Enugu Ijebu Ode Kano Calabar Kaduna Bauchi 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup (Nigeria)
Kano	Calabar	Kaduna	Bauchi
Sani Abacha Stadium	U.J. Esuene Stadium	Ahmadu Bello Stadium	Abubarkar Tafawa Balewa Stadium
Capacity: 18,000	Capacity: 16,000	Capacity: 16,500	Capacity: 15,000

Threats to the tournament

The 2009 edition was under increasing threats from the armed rebel group, The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) and warned FIFA against hosting the tournament in Nigeria.^[6] However, the militants were offered amnesty in exchange for laying down their weapons, and the tournament went on smoothly without any incidents.

Teams

The group draw was held on 7 August 2009 at the International Conference Centre in Abuja.^[7][8]

Confederation	Qualifying tournament	Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)	AFC U-16 Championship 2008	Iran  South Korea  Japan  United Arab Emirates
CAF (Africa)	2009 African Under-17 Championship	Algeria1  Gambia  Malawi1  Burkina Faso
CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean)	2009 CONCACAF U-17 Championship	Mexico United States  Costa Rica  Honduras
CONMEBOL (South America)	2009 South American Under-17 Football Championship	Brazil  Argentina  Uruguay  Colombia
OFC (Oceania)	2009 OFC Under 17 Tournament	New Zealand
UEFA (Europe)	2009 UEFA European Under-17 Championship	Germany  Netherlands   Switzerland1  Italy  Spain  Turkey
Host nation		Nigeria

Match officials

Confederation	Referee	Assistants
AFC	Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)	Rafael Ilyasov (Uzbekistan) Bakhadyr Kochkarov (Kyrgyzstan)
CAF	Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)	Mamar Chabane (Algeria) Nasser Abdel Nabi (Egypt)
	Koman Coulibaly (Mali)	Inácio Cândido (Angola) Redouane Achik (Morocco)
	Jerome Damon (South Africa)	Enock Molefe (South Africa) Kenneth Chichenga (Zambia)
	Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)	Jason Damoo (Seychelles) Evarist Menkouande (Cameroon)
CONCACAF	Carlos Batres (Guatemala)	Carlos Pastrana (Honduras) Leonel Leal (Costa Rica)
	Jair Marrufo (United States)	Charles Morgante (United States) Ricardo Morgan (Jamaica)
CONMEBOL	Pablo Pozo (Chile)	Patricio Basualto (Chile) Francisco Mondria (Chile)
	Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)	Emigdio Ruiz (Paraguay) Nicolas Yegros (Paraguay)
	Martín Vázquez (Uruguay)	Miguel Nievas (Uruguay) Carlos Pastorino (Uruguay)
OFC	Michael Hester (New Zealand)	Jan-Hendrik Hintz (New Zealand) Tevita Makasini (Tonga)
UEFA	Howard Webb (England)	Michael Mullarkey (England) Darren Cann (England)
	Stéphane Lannoy (France)	Eric Dansault (France) Laurent Ugo (France)
	Wolfgang Stark (Germany)	Jan-Hendrik Salver (Germany) Volker Wezel (Germany)
	Viktor Kassai (Hungary)	Gábor Erős (Hungary) Tibor Vámos (Hungary)
	Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)	Geir Åge Holen (Norway) Dag Roger Nebben (Norway)
	Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)	Manuel Navarro (Switzerland) Matthias Arnet (Switzerland)

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
Nigeria  Algeria  Burkina Faso  Gambia  Malawi  Brazil	Argentina  Colombia  Uruguay  Costa Rica  Mexico  United States	Iran  Japan  South Korea  United Arab Emirates  Honduras  New Zealand	Germany  Italy  Netherlands  Spain   Switzerland  Turkey

Groups

All times are West Africa Time (UTC+1)

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
Nigeria	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	7	Advanced to the round of 16
Argentina	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
Germany	3	1	1	1	7	6	+1	4	Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
Honduras	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0	Eliminated

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
Switzerland	3	3	0	0	7	3	+4	9	Advanced to the round of 16
Mexico	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6
Brazil	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3	Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
Japan	3	0	0	3	5	9	−4	0	Eliminated

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Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
Iran	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7	Advanced to the round of 16
Colombia	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
Netherlands	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3	Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
Gambia	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1	Eliminated

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Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
Turkey	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Advanced to the round of 16
Burkina Faso	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4
New Zealand	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3	Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
Costa Rica	3	0	1	2	3	9	−6	1	Eliminated

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Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
Spain	3	3	0	0	9	3	+6	9	Advanced to the round of 16
United States	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6
United Arab Emirates	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3	Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
Malawi	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0	Eliminated

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Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
Italy	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7	Advanced to the round of 16
South Korea	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
Uruguay	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4	Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
Algeria	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5	0	Eliminated

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Ranking of third-placed teams

Group	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	FP	Pts	Status
A	Germany	3	1	1	1	7	6	+1	−7	4	Advanced to the round of 16
F	Uruguay	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	−3	4
D	New Zealand	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	−3	3
E	United Arab Emirates	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	−5	3
B	Brazil	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	−6	3	Eliminated
C	Netherlands	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	−6	3

The 4 best 3rd place teams qualify for the knockout stage. The first determining factor is points, the second is goal difference, and the third is the number of goals scored. If teams are still level, then Fair-Play ranking is used as the fourth criterium. This ranking is as follows: -1 for yellow card, -3 for a red card (straight or 2 yellows in the same game), -4 in case of a yellow card followed by a straight red card in the same game. If the teams are still level at this point, a drawing of lots determine the qualified team(s).

Knockout stage

All times are West Africa Time (UTC+1)

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

4 November 2009 — Ijebu-Ode

Argentina

2

8 November 2009 — Bauchi

Colombia

3

Colombia (pen.)

1 (5)

4 November 2009 — Enugu

Turkey

1 (3)

Turkey

2

12 November 2009 — Lagos

United Arab Emirates

0

Colombia

0

4 November 2009 — Lagos

Switzerland

4

Switzerland (aet)

4

8 November 2009 — Ijebu-Ode

Germany

3

Switzerland

2

4 November 2009 — Kaduna

Italy

1

Italy

2

15 November 2009 — Abuja

United States

1

Switzerland

1

5 November 2009 — Kano

Nigeria

0

Spain

4

9 November 2009 — Kaduna

Burkina Faso

1

Spain (pen.)

3 (4)

5 November 2009 — Calabar

Uruguay

3 (2)

Iran

1

12 November 2009 — Lagos

Uruguay (aet)

2

Spain

1

5 November 2009 — Bauchi

Nigeria

3

Third Place

Mexico

1 (3)

9 November 2009 — Calabar

15 November 2009 — Abuja

South Korea (pen.)

1 (5)

South Korea

1

Colombia

0

5 November 2009 — Abuja

Nigeria

3

Spain

1

Nigeria

5

New Zealand

0

Round of 16

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place match

Final

Winners

2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup winners
Switzerland First title

Awards

Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball
Sani Emmanuel	Nassim Ben Khalifa	Ramón Azeez
Golden Shoe	Silver Shoe	Bronze Shoe
Borja	Sani Emmanuel	Sebastián Gallegos
5 goals	5 goals	5 goals
Golden Glove
Benjamin Siegrist
FIFA Fair Play Award
Nigeria

Goalscorers

5 goals

4 goals

• Nassim Ben Khalifa

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

• José Rodríguez (playing against Switzerland)

Final ranking

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Switzerland	7	7	0	0	18	7	+11	21
2	Nigeria	7	5	1	1	17	7	+10	16
3	Spain	7	5	1	1	18	10	+8	16
4	Colombia	7	2	3	2	8	11	–3	9
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5	Turkey	5	3	2	0	9	3	+6	11
6	Italy	5	3	1	1	6	4	+2	10
7	Uruguay	5	2	2	1	8	7	+1	8
8	South Korea	5	2	1	2	8	7	+1	7
Eliminated in the Round of 16
9	Iran	4	2	1	1	4	2	+2	7
10	Mexico	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1	7
11	Argentina	4	2	0	2	6	6	0	6
12	United States	4	2	0	2	4	4	0	6
13	Germany	4	1	1	2	10	10	0	4
14	Burkina Faso	4	1	1	2	6	7	–1	4
15	United Arab Emirates	4	1	0	3	3	6	–3	3
16	New Zealand	4	0	3	1	3	8	–5	3
Eliminated at the group stage
17	Brazil	3	1	0	2	3	4	–1	3
17	Netherlands	3	1	0	2	3	4	–1	3
19	Gambia	3	0	1	2	3	6	–3	1
20	Costa Rica	3	0	1	2	3	9	–6	1
21	Japan	3	0	0	3	5	9	–4	0
22	Honduras	3	0	0	3	1	5	–4	0
23	Algeria	3	0	0	3	0	5	–5	0
24	Malawi	3	0	0	3	1	7	–6	0

See also

• FIFA U-17 World Cup
• 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup

References

External links

• FIFA U-17 World Cup Nigeria 2009, FIFA.com
• FIFA Technical Report