2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup

2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup

FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009 كأس العالم للشباب تحت 20 سنة 2009
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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	Ghana (1st title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	Hungary
Fourth place	Costa Rica
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Goals scored	167 (3.21 per match)
Attendance	1,292,720 (24,860 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Dominic Adiyiah (8 goals)
Best player	Dominic Adiyiah

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 were eligible to compete in the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Venues

Cairo			Cairo			Alexandria			Alexandria
Cairo International Stadium Capacity: 75,000			Al-Salam Stadium Capacity: 30,000			Egyptian Army Stadium Capacity: 86,000			Harras El-Hedoud Stadium Capacity: 22,000
30°04′08.8″N 31°18′44.4″E / 30.069111°N 31.312333°E / 30.069111; 31.312333 (Cairo International Stadium)			30°10′28.2″N 31°26′06.0″E / 30.174500°N 31.435000°E / 30.174500; 31.435000 (Al-Salam Stadium)			30°59′57.7″N 29°43′46.0″E / 30.999361°N 29.729444°E / 30.999361; 29.729444 (Egyptian Army Stadium)			31°09′03.4″N 29°50′54.4″E / 31.150944°N 29.848444°E / 31.150944; 29.848444 ([Harras El-Hedoud Stadium)
Cairo Alexandria Suez Port Said Ismaïlia
Suez				Port Said				Ismaïlia
Mubarak International Stadium Capacity: 45,000				Port Said Stadium Capacity: 17,988				Ismailia Stadium Capacity: 18,525
29°57′44.8″N 32°34′06.5″E / 29.962444°N 32.568472°E / 29.962444; 32.568472 (Mubarak International Stadium)				31°16′16.8″N 32°17′29.1″E / 31.271333°N 32.291417°E / 31.271333; 32.291417 (Port Said Stadium)				30°36′03.7″N 32°16′25.5″E / 30.601028°N 32.273750°E / 30.601028; 32.273750 (Ismailia Stadium)

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.

Confederation	Qualifying tournament	Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)	AFC U-19 Championship 2008	Australia  South Korea  United Arab Emirates  Uzbekistan
CAF (Africa)	2009 African Youth Championship	Cameroon  Ghana  Nigeria  South Africa
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)	2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship	Costa Rica  Honduras  Trinidad and Tobago  United States
CONMEBOL (South America)	2009 South American Youth Championship	Brazil  Paraguay  Uruguay  Venezuela1
OFC (Oceania)	2008 OFC U-20 Championship	Tahiti1
UEFA (Europe)	2008 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship	Czech Republic  England  Germany  Hungary  Italy  Spain
Host nation		Egypt

Match officials

Confederation	Referee	Assistants
AFC	Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)	Toru Sagara (Japan) Jeong Hae-Sang (South Korea)
	Subkhiddin Salleh (Malaysia)	Mu Yuxin (China) Thanom Borikut (Thailand)
CAF	Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)	Nasser Abdel Nabi (Egypt) Angesom Ogbamariam (Eritrea)
	Coffi Codjia (Benin)	Alexis Fassinau (Benin) Desire Gahungu (Burundi)
	Koman Coulibaly (Mali)	Ayuba Haruna (Ghana) Redouane Achik (Morocco)
	Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)	Bechir Hassani (Tunisia) Evarist Menkouande (Cameroon)
CONCACAF	Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)	William Torres (El Salvador) Juan Zumba (El Salvador)
	Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)	José Luis Camargo (Mexico) Alberto Morín (Mexico)
CONMEBOL	Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)	Ricardo Casas (Argentina) Hernán Maidana (Argentina)
	Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)	Abraham González (Colombia) Humberto Clavijo (Colombia)
	Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)	Pablo Fandiño (Uruguay) Mauricio Espinosa (Uruguay)
OFC	Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)	Brent Best (New Zealand) Matthew Taro (Solomon Islands)
UEFA	Thomas Einwaller (Austria)	Roland Heim (Austria) Norbert Schwab (Austria)
	Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)	Peter Hermans (Belgium) Walter Vromans (Belgium)
	Ivan Bebek (Croatia)	Tomislav Petrović (Croatia) Tomislav Setka (Croatia)
	Roberto Rosetti (Italy)	Paolo Calcagno (Italy) Stefano Ayroldi (Italy)
	Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)	José Cardinal (Portugal) Bertino Miranda (Portugal)
	Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)	Fermín Martínez Ibánez (Spain) Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez (Spain)

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
Egypt (seeded)  Ghana  Cameroon  Nigeria  South Africa  Brazil (seeded)	Paraguay  Uruguay  Venezuela  Costa Rica  United States  Honduras	United Arab Emirates  South Korea  Uzbekistan  Australia  Trinidad and Tobago  Tahiti	Germany (seeded)  Italy  Czech Republic  Hungary  Spain  England

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).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
Egypt	3	2	0	1	9	5	+4	6	Advanced to the round of 16
Paraguay	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
Italy	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4	Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1	Eliminated

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
Spain	3	3	0	0	13	0	+13	9	Advanced to the round of 16
Venezuela	3	2	0	1	9	3	+6	6
Nigeria	3	1	0	2	5	3	+2	3	Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
Tahiti	3	0	0	3	0	21	−21	0	Eliminated

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Group C

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

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Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
Ghana	3	2	1	0	8	3	+5	7	Advanced to the round of 16
Uruguay	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
Uzbekistan	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1	Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
England	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1	Eliminated

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Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
Brazil	3	2	1	0	8	1	+7	7	Advanced to the round of 16
Czech Republic	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7
Costa Rica	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	3	Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
Australia	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0	Eliminated

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Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
Hungary	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6	Advanced to the round of 16
United Arab Emirates	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
South Africa	3	1	1	1	4	6	−2	4	Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
Honduras	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3	Eliminated

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Ranking of third-placed teams

Group	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
A	Italy	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4	Advanced to the round of 16
F	South Africa	3	1	1	1	4	6	−2	4
B	Nigeria	3	1	0	2	5	3	+2	3
E	Costa Rica	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	3
C	United States	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3	3	Eliminated
D	Uzbekistan	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

5 October 2009 — Cairo

Paraguay

0

9 October 2009 — Suez

South Korea

3

South Korea

2

6 October 2009 — Ismailia

Ghana

3

Ghana

2

13 October 2009 — Cairo

South Africa

1

Ghana

3

5 October 2009 — Cairo

Hungary

2

Spain

1

9 October 2009 — Suez

Italy

3

Italy

2

6 October 2009 — Alexandria

Hungary

3

Hungary

2 (4)

16 October 2009 — Cairo

Czech Republic

2 (3)

Ghana

0 (4)

7 October 2009 — Port Said

Brazil

0 (3)

Brazil

3

10 October 2009 — Cairo

Uruguay

1

Brazil

2

7 October 2009 — Suez

Germany

1

Germany

3

13 October 2009 — Cairo

Nigeria

2

Brazil

1

7 October 2009 — Suez

Costa Rica

0

Third Place

Venezuela

1

10 October 2009 — Cairo

16 October 2009 — Cairo

United Arab Emirates

2

United Arab Emirates

1

Hungary

1 (2)

6 October 2009 — Cairo

Costa Rica

2

Costa Rica

1 (0)

Egypt

0

Costa Rica

2

Round of 16

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place match

Final

Ghana

Brazil

GHANA: GK 1 Daniel Adjei DF 2 Samuel Inkoom DF 4 Jonathan Mensah DF 5 Daniel Addo  37' DF 6 David Addy MF 7 Abeiku Quansah  107' MF 8 Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu MF 10 André Ayew (c) MF 13 Mohammed Rabiu  101' FW 18 Ransford Osei  65' FW 20 Dominic Adiyiah Substitutions: DF 12 Ghandi Kassenu  65' DF 19 Bright Addae  101' MF 9 Agyemang Opoku  107' Manager: Sellas Tetteh

BRAZIL: GK 1 Rafael DF 2 Douglas  30'  41' DF 3 Dalton DF 4 Rafael Tolói DF 5 Renan  75' DF 6 Diogo MF 7 Alex Teixeira  27' MF 10 Giuliano (c) MF 11 Ganso  64' MF 17 Souza  111' FW 9 Alan Kardec Substitutions: DF 15 Wellington Júnior  41' MF 13 Douglas Costa  64' FW 19 Maicon  75' Manager: Rogério

Man of the Match: Assistant referees: Peter Hermans (Belgium) Walter Vromans (Belgium) Fourth official: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain) Fifth official: Fermín Martínez (Spain)

Winner

2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup winners
Ghana First title

2nd place	3rd place	4th place
Brazil	Hungary	Costa Rica

Awards

^[6]

Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball
Dominic Adiyiah	Alex Teixeira	Giuliano
Golden Shoe	Silver Shoe	Bronze Shoe
Dominic Adiyiah	Vladimir Koman	Aarón
8 goals	5 goals	4 goals
Golden Glove
Esteban Alvarado
FIFA Fair Play Award
Brazil

Goalscorers

8 goals

• Dominic Adiyiah

5 goals

• Vladimir Koman

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

• Luke DeVere (playing against Costa Rica)

Final ranking

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ghana	7	5	2	0	16	8	+8	17
2	Brazil	7	5	2	0	14	3	+11	17
3	Hungary	7	3	2	2	14	11	+3	11
4	Costa Rica	7	3	1	3	10	11	–1	10
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5	Germany	5	3	1	1	11	5	+6	10
6	South Korea	5	2	1	2	9	6	+3	7
7	Italy	5	2	1	2	9	9	0	7
8	United Arab Emirates	5	2	1	2	6	7	–1	7
Eliminated in the Round of 16
9	Spain	4	3	0	1	14	3	+11	9
10	Czech Republic	4	2	2	0	7	5	+2	8
11	Uruguay	4	2	1	1	7	5	+2	7
12	Venezuela	4	2	0	2	10	5	+5	6
13	Egypt	4	2	0	2	9	7	+2	6
14	Paraguay	4	1	2	1	2	4	–2	5
15	South Africa	4	1	1	2	5	8	–3	4
16	Nigeria	4	1	0	3	7	6	+1	3
Eliminated at the group stage
17	Honduras	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3
18	United States	3	1	0	2	4	7	–3	3
19	Cameroon	3	1	0	2	3	7	–4	3
20	Uzbekistan	3	0	1	2	2	6	–4	1
20	Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	1	2	2	6	–4	1
22	England	3	0	1	2	1	6	–5	1
23	Australia	3	0	0	3	2	8	–6	0
24	Tahiti	3	0	0	3	0	21	–21	0

References

External links

• FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009, FIFA.com
• RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 2009
• FIFA Technical Report