2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup

2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup
The 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 17th edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, which was hosted by Egypt from 24 September to 16 October 2009. The tournament was initially going to take place between 10 and 31 July. However, the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup was played mid-year, resulting in both that year's U-20 and U-17 World Cups being played at the end of the year. The tournament was won by Ghana after they defeated Brazil on penalties in the final, becoming the first African team to win the tournament.
Player eligibility
Only players born on or after 1 January 1989 were eligible to compete.
Venues
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.
1.Teams that made their debut.
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.
Group stage
The draw for the group stages was held on 5 April 2009 at Luxor Temple. 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
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Ranking of third-placed teams
Knockout stage
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final
Winner
Awards
Goalscorers
With eight goals, Dominic Adiyiah is the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 167 goals were scored by 105 different players, with one of them credited as own goals.
8 goals
Dominic Adiyiah
5 goals
Vladimir Koman
4 goals
Alan Kardec
Ransford Osei
Aarón
Yonathan del Valle
Salomón Rondón
3 goals
Alex Teixeira
Marco Ureña Porras
Krisztián Németh
Kermit Erasmus
Kim Min-woo
Fran Mérida
2 goals
Maicon
Josué Martínez
Jan Chramosta
Michael Rabušic
Jan Vošahlík
Afroto
Hossam Arafat
Bogy
Ahmed Shoukry
Semih Aydilek
Lewis Holtby
Björn Kopplin
Richard Sukuta-Pasu
André Ayew
Mario Martínez
Michelangelo Albertazzi
Mattia Mustacchio
Kim Bo-kyung
Ander Herrera
Kike
Emilio Nsue
Ahmed Khalil
Nicolás Lodeiro
Jonathan Urretavizcaya
1 goal
James Holland
Aaron Mooy
Boquita
Ciro
Douglas Costa
Giuliano
Ganso
Andre Akono Effa
Germain Tiko
Banana Yaya
Diego Estrada
David Guzmán
Diego Madrigal
José Mena
Tomáš Pekhart
Mohamed Talaat
Alex Nimely-Tchuimeni
Florian Jungwirth
Manuel Schäffler
Mario Vrančić
Abeiku Quansah
Mohammed Rabiu
Arnold Peralta
Ádám Balajti
András Debreceni
Márkó Futács
Máté Kiss
Zsolt Korcsmár
Ádám Présinger
Giacomo Bonaventura
Umberto Eusepi
Andrea Mazzarani
Antonio Mazzotta
Silvano Raggio Garibaldi
Daniel Adejo
Ibok Edet
Kehinde Fatai
Rabiu Ibrahim
Nwankwo Obiorah
Nurudeen Orelesi
Danny Uchechi
Aldo Paniagua
Federico Santander
Andile Jali
Sibusiso Khumalo
Kim Dong-sub
Kim Young-gwon
Koo Ja-cheol
Park Hee-seong
Dani Parejo
Juma Clarence
Jean Luc Rochford
Mohamed Ahmed
Ahmed Ali
Hamdan Al Kamali
Theyab Awana
Bryan Arguez
Dilly Duka
Brian Ownby
Tony Taylor
Santiago García
Abel Hernández
Tabaré Viudez
Sherzod Karimov
Ivan Nagaev
Óscar Rojas
José Manuel Velázquez
1 own goal
Luke DeVere (playing against Costa Rica)
Final ranking
References
External links
FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009, FIFA.com
RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 2009
FIFA Technical Report
2009–10 in Egyptian football
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2009 in association football
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Sports competitions in Cairo
Sport in Alexandria
Sport in Port Said
September 2009 sports events in Africa
October 2009 sports events in Africa
2009 in youth association football
Football in Cairo