# 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup

The FIFA U-17 World Cup 2007, the twelfth edition of the tournament, was held in South Korea 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 this edition onwards, the confederation which produced the last champion, in this case CONCACAF, had an extra spot in the qualifying rounds.
Players born after 1 January 1990 could participate in this tournament.

## Venues

| Seoul | Suwon | Goyang | Cheonan |
| Seoul World Cup Stadium | Suwon Civic Stadium | Goyang Stadium | Cheonan Stadium |
| Capacity: 66,806 | Capacity: 24,670 | Capacity: 41,311 | Capacity: 30,000 |
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| Ulsan | Changwon | Gwangyang | Jeju |
| Ulsan Stadium | Changwon Civic Stadium | Gwangyang Football Stadium | Jeju World Cup Stadium |
| Capacity: 19,050 | Capacity: 27,085 | Capacity: 13,496 | Capacity: 42,256 |

## Teams

| Confederation | Qualifying Tournament | Qualifier(s) |
| AFC (Asia) | Host nation | South Korea |
| AFC (Asia) | AFC U-17 Championship 2006 | Japan North Korea Tajikistan Syria |
| CAF (Africa) | 2007 African Under-17 Championship | Ghana Nigeria Togo Tunisia |
| CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean) | 2007 CONCACAF U17 Tournament | Haiti Honduras Costa Rica United States Trinidad and Tobago |
| CONMEBOL (South America) | Sudamericano Sub-17 2007 | Brazil Colombia Argentina Peru |
| OFC (Oceania) | 2007 OFC Under 17 Tournament | New Zealand |
| UEFA (Europe) | 2007 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship | Belgium England France Spain Germany |
    1.^ Teams that made their debut.

## Match officials

| Confederation | Referee | Assistants |
| AFC | Matthew Breeze (Australia) | Matthew Cream (Australia) Jim Ouliaris (Australia) |
| AFC | Yuichi Nishimura (Japan) | Toru Sagara (Japan) Jeong Hae-Sang (South Korea) |
| AFC | Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) | Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan) Bahadyr Kochkarov (Kyrgyzstan) |
| CAF | Koman Coulibaly (Mali) | Inácio Cândido (Angola) Redouane Achik (Morocco) |
| CAF | Eddy Maillet (Seychelles) | Bechir Hassani (Tunisia) Evarist Menkouande (Cameroon) |
| CONCACAF | Joel Aguilar (El Salvador) | Roberto Giron (Honduras) Daniel Williamson (Panama) |
| CONMEBOL | Sálvio Fagundes (Brazil) | Roberto Braatz (Brazil) Altemir Hausmann (Brazil) |
| CONMEBOL | Hernando Buitrago (Colombia) | Abraham González (Colombia) Rafael Rivas (Colombia) |
| OFC | Rakesh Varman (Fiji) | Andrew Achari (Fiji) Matthew Taro (Solomon Islands) |
| UEFA | Ivan Bebek (Croatia) | Tomislav Petrović (Croatia) Tomislav Šetka (Croatia) |
| UEFA | Bertrand Layec (France) | Eric Dansault (France) Stephane Duhamel (France) |
| UEFA | Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland) | Rafał Rostkowski (Poland) Maciej Wierzbowski (Poland) |
| UEFA | Olegário Benquerença (Portugal) | Bertino Miranda (Portugal) José Cardinal (Portugal) |
| UEFA | Craig Thomson (Scotland) | Martin Cryans (Scotland) Tom Murphy (Scotland) |

## Squads

For a list of the squads see 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup squads.

## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
| 1 | Peru | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 7 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 3 | South Korea (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Togo | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
| 1 | England | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 7 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 6 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 3 | North Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 4 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 4 | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | −13 | 0 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 7 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 3 | Syria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 4 | Honduras | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 0 | |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
| 1 | Nigeria | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 9 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | France | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 3 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Haiti | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 1 | |

### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
| 1 | Tunisia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 9 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 3 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 3 | Tajikistan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 4 | Belgium | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | |

### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
| 1 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 7 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | Ghana | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 3 | Colombia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 4 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 0 | |

### Ranking of third-placed teams

| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
| 1 | F | Colombia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 4 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | C | Syria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 3 | B | North Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 4 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 4 | E | Tajikistan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 5 | D | Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | |
| 6 | A | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |

## Knockout stages

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 29 August - Ulsan | 29 August - Ulsan | | | | | | |
| Spain | 3 | | | | | | |
| Spain | 3 | 1 September - Jeju | 1 September - Jeju | | | | | |
| North Korea | 0 | 1 September - Jeju | 1 September - Jeju | | | | |
| North Korea | 0 | Spain (pen.) | 1 (5) | | | | |
| 29 August - Changwon | 29 August - Changwon | | Spain (pen.) | 1 (5) | | | | |
| 29 August - Changwon | 29 August - Changwon | France | 1 (4) | | | | |
| Tunisia | 1 | France | 1 (4) | | | | |
| Tunisia | 1 | | | | 5 September - Ulsan | 5 September - Ulsan | | |
| France (a.e.t.) | 3 | | | | 5 September - Ulsan | 5 September - Ulsan | |
| France (a.e.t.) | 3 | | | | Spain (a.e.t.) | 2 | |
| 29 August - Suwon | 29 August - Suwon | | | | | Spain (a.e.t.) | 2 | |
| 29 August - Suwon | 29 August - Suwon | | | | Ghana | 1 | |
| Peru (pen.) | 1 (5) | | | | Ghana | 1 | |
| Peru (pen.) | 1 (5) | 1 September - Changwon | 1 September - Changwon | | | | | |
| Tajikistan | 1 (4) | 1 September - Changwon | 1 September - Changwon | | | | |
| Tajikistan | 1 (4) | Peru | 0 | | | | |
| 29 August - Gwangyang | 29 August - Gwangyang | | Peru | 0 | | | | |
| 29 August - Gwangyang | 29 August - Gwangyang | Ghana | 2 | | | | |
| Ghana | 1 | Ghana | 2 | | | | |
| Ghana | 1 | | | | | | | 9 September - Seoul | 9 September - Seoul |
| Brazil | 0 | | | | | | | 9 September - Seoul | 9 September - Seoul |
| Brazil | 0 | | | | | | | Spain | 0 (0) |
| 30 August - Goyang | 30 August - Goyang | | | | | | | | Spain | 0 (0) |
| 30 August - Goyang | 30 August - Goyang | | | | | | | Nigeria (pen.) | 0 (3) |
| Argentina | 2 | | | | | | | Nigeria (pen.) | 0 (3) |
| Argentina | 2 | 2 September - Cheonan | 2 September - Cheonan | | | | | | |
| Costa Rica | 0 | 2 September - Cheonan | 2 September - Cheonan | | | | | | |
| Costa Rica | 0 | Argentina | 0 | | | | | | |
| 30 August - Gwangyang | 30 August - Gwangyang | | Argentina | 0 | | | | | | |
| 30 August - Gwangyang | 30 August - Gwangyang | Nigeria | 2 | | | | | | |
| Nigeria | 2 | Nigeria | 2 | | | | | | |
| Nigeria | 2 | | | | 6 September - Suwon | 6 September - Suwon | | | | |
| Colombia | 1 | | | | 6 September - Suwon | 6 September - Suwon | | | |
| Colombia | 1 | | | | Nigeria | 3 | | | |
| 30 August - Jeju | 30 August - Jeju | | | | | Nigeria | 3 | | | |
| 30 August - Jeju | 30 August - Jeju | | | | Germany | 1 | | Third place | Third place |
| England | 3 | | | | Germany | 1 | | Third place | Third place |
| England | 3 | 2 September - Goyang | 2 September - Goyang | | | | | 9 September - Seoul | 9 September - Seoul |
| Syria | 1 | 2 September - Goyang | 2 September - Goyang | | | | | 9 September - Seoul | 9 September - Seoul |
| Syria | 1 | England | 1 | | | | | Ghana | 1 |
| 30 August - Cheonan | 30 August - Cheonan | | England | 1 | | | | | Ghana | 1 |
| 30 August - Cheonan | 30 August - Cheonan | Germany | 4 | | | | | Germany | 2 |
| Germany | 2 | Germany | 4 | | | | | Germany | 2 |
| United States | 1 | | | | | | | | |

### Final
## Winners

* 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup winners
* Nigeria Third title

## Awards

| Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball |
| Toni Kroos | Macauley Chrisantus | Bojan |
| Golden Shoe | Silver Shoe | Bronze Shoe |
| Macauley Chrisantus | Ransford Osei | Toni Kroos |

## Goalscorers

There were 165 goals scored in 52 matches, for an average of 3.17 goals per match.
7 goals
* Macauley Chrisantus
6 goals
* Ransford Osei
5 goals
* Toni Kroos
* Bojan
4 goals
* Damien Le Tallec
* Richard Sukuta-Pasu
* Sadick Adams
3 goals
* Fábio
* Cristian Nazarit
* Victor Moses
* Dennis Dowidat
* Alexander Esswein
* Sheriff Isa
* Dani Aquino
* Jordi Pablo
* Nour Hadhria
* Youssef Msakni
* Mykell Bates
2 goals
* Nicolás Mazzola
* Gastón Sauro
* Giuliano
* Alex Teixeira
* Andrés Mosquera Guardia
* Santiago Trellez
* Henri Lansbury
* Rhys Murphy
* Danny Welbeck
* Henri Saivet
* Yoichiro Kakitani
* Yakubu Alfa
* Rim Chol-min
* Carlos Bazalar
* Nuriddin Davronov
1 goal
* Carlos Benítez
* Alexis Machuca
* Fernando Meza
* Christian Benteke
* Nill De Pauw
* Kevin Kis
* Fabinho
* Choco
* Lázaro
* Lulinha
* Junior
* Maicon
* Tales
* Miguel Julio
* Felipe Pardo
* Ricardo Serna
* Josué Martínez
* Marco Ureña
* Jessy Peralta
* Ashley Chambers
* Jordan Spence
* Krystian Pearce
* Saïd Mehamha
* Emmanuel Rivière
* Sascha Bigalke
* Fabian Broghammer
* Patrick Funk
* Kevin Wolze
* Sebastian Rudy
* Kelvin Bossman
* Ishmael Yartey
* Isaac Donkor
* Peterson Desrivieres
* Joseph Guemsly Jr.
* Peterson Joseph
* Johnny Leverón
* Christian Samir Martínez
* Roger Rojas
* Tomotaka Okamoto
* Hiroki Kawano
* An Il-bom
* Seol Jae-mun
* Yoon Bit-garam
* Kabiru Akinsola
* Rabiu Ibrahim
* Ganiyu Oseni
* Lukman Haruna
* Reimond Manco
* Fran Mérida
* Iago Falque
* Ahmad Al Saleh
* Hani Al Taiar
* Solaiman Solaiman
* Ziad Ajouz
* Farkhod Vosiyev
* Samad Shohzukhurov
* Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev
* Lalawélé Atakora
* Sapol Mani
* Stephan Campbell
* Khaled Ayari
* Oussama Boughanmi
* Rafik Dkhil
* Greg Garza
* Jared Jeffrey
* Billy Schuler
* Kirk Urso

## Final ranking

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Nigeria | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 19 |
| 2 | Spain | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 15 |
| 3 | Germany | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 16 |
| 4 | Ghana | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 12 |
| Eliminated in the quarter-finals ||||||||||
| 5 | England | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 10 |
| 6 | Argentina | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 8 |
| 7 | France | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 8 |
| 8 | Peru | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| Eliminated in the Round of 16 ||||||||||
| 9 | Tunisia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 9 |
| 10 | Brazil | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 6 |
| 11 | Colombia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 4 |
| 12 | Tajikistan | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | –1 | 4 |
| 13 | Syria | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | –1 | 4 |
| 14 | Costa Rica | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 4 |
| 15 | North Korea | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | –7 | 4 |
| 16 | United States | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | –2 | 3 |
| Eliminated at the group stage ||||||||||
| 17 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | –2 | 3 |
| 18 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | –2 | 3 |
| 19 | Belgium | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | –3 | 3 |
| 20 | Togo | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | –1 | 2 |
| 21 | Haiti | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | –5 | 1 |
| 22 | Honduras | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | –7 | 0 |
| 23 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | –13 | 0 |
| 24 | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | –13 | 0 |