2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup

2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup
The 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the sixteenth tournament of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, held in Chile from 17 October to 8 November 2015.
Host selection
The following four countries bid to host the tournament:
Venues
Along with proposing ten venues for Chile's hosting of the 2015 Copa América, the Chilean Football Federation also announced its plans for hosting of the U17 World Cup in the same year. On 8 April 2014, 8 cities were confirmed as host of the competition, with Copiapó and Quillota being dropped.
The Local organising committee have also said that the capital City (Santiago) would not host the final.
Qualified teams
In addition to host nation Chile, 23 nations qualified from 6 separate continental competitions.
1.Teams that made their debut.
Schedule and draw
The schedule of the tournament was unveiled on 5 May 2015.
The final draw was held on 6 August 2015, 20:00 local time, at the Centro de las Artes 660 art gallery in Santiago. For the draw, the 24 teams were divided into four seeding pots:
Pot 1: Hosts and continental champions of five confederations (except UEFA)
Pot 2: Remaining teams from CONCACAF and AFC
Pot 3: Remaining teams from CAF and CONMEBOL
Pot 4: Teams from UEFA
As a basic principle, teams from the same confederation could not be drawn against each other at the group stage.
Match officials
A total of 21 referees, 6 support referees, and 42 assistant referees were selected for the tournament.
Emblem and slogan
The emblem and slogan ("Una fiesta en nuestra cancha", a party on our pitch) of the tournament was unveiled on 7 October 2014.
Squads
Each team named a squad of 21 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline. The squads were announced on 8 October 2015.
All players of its representative team must have been born on or after 1 January 1998.
Group stage
The winners and runners-up of each group and the best four third-placed teams advance to the round of 16. The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows:
If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows:
All times are local, Chile Standard Time (UTC−3).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Ranking of third-placed teams
The four best ranked third-placed teams also advance to the round of 16. They are paired with the winners of groups A, B, C and D, according to a table published in Section 18 of the tournament regulations.
Knockout stage
In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, the match is determined by a penalty shoot-out (no extra time is played).
Bracket
Combinations of matches in the Round of 16
The third-placed teams advanced to the round of 16 were placed with the winners of groups A, B, C and D according to a table published in Section 18 of the tournament regulations.
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final
Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. They were all sponsored by adidas.
In December 2015, Nigerian Samuel Chukwueze was retroactively awarded the Bronze boot award. Kelechi Nwakali had erroneously been awarded the award immediately following the tournament but as he had played more minutes (630) than Chukwueze (535) in the tournament the award was re-allocated.
Final ranking
As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
Goalscorers
10 goals
Victor Osimhen
4 goals
Johannes Eggestein
3 goals
Dante Rigo
Sidiki Maïga
Francisco Venegas
Kelechi Nwakali
Samuel Chukwueze
Fyodor Chalov
2 goals
Nicholas Panetta
Jorn Vancamp
Dante Vanzeir
Leandro
Marcelo Allende
Karlo Majić
Nikola Moro
Washington Corozo
Pervis Estupiñán
Yeison Guerrero
Jhon Pereira
Bilal Boutobba
Odsonne Edouard
Jonathan Ikoné
Nicolas Janvier
Vitaly Janelt
Felix Passlack
Amadou Haidara
Sekou Koita
Aly Malle
Boubacar Traoré
Pablo López
Claudio Zamudio
Diego Cortés
Kevin Magaña
Julio Villalba
Georgi Makhatadze
Brandon Vazquez
1 goal
Tomás Conechny
Pierce Waring
Dennis Van Vaerenbergh
Matthias Verreth
Arthur
Lincoln
Luís Henrique
Gonzalo Jara
Brian Leiva
Yerko Leiva
Gabriel Mazuela
Camilo Moya
Kevin Masis
Diego Mesén
Sergio Ramírez
Andy Reyes
Josip Brekalo
Luka Ivanušec
Davor Lovren
Joan Cortez
Juan Nazareno
Kaylen Hinds
Alexis Claude-Maurice
Mamadou Doucoure
Alec Georgen
Faitout Maouassa
Dayot Upamecano
Niklas Schmidt
Naby Bangoura
Morlaye Sylla
Foslyn Grant
Jafeth Leiva
Abdoul Karim Danté
Eduardo Aguirre
Ricardo Marín
Bryan Salazar
Hunter Ashworth
Lucas Imrie
James McGarry
Udochukwu Anumudu
Chukwudi Agor
Funsho Bamgboye
Christian Ebere
Edidiong Essien
Kingsley Michael
Orji Okwonkwo
Jong Chang-bom
Kim Wi-song
Pak Yong-gwan
Arturo Aranda
David Colmán
Sebastián Ferreira
Jorge Morel
Marcelino Ñamandú
Cristian Paredes
Ivan Galanin
Jang Jae-won
Oh Se-hun
Khanyisa Mayo
Thendo Mukumela
Anas Al-Aji
Christian Pulisic
1 own goal
James McGarry (playing against France)
Marketing
Sponsorship
FIFA partners
Adidas
Coca-Cola
Gazprom
Visa
Hyundai
National suppliers
Clinica MEDS
Movistar Chile
Pullman Bus
Universidad Santo Tomás
VTR
Mascot and anthem
The official mascot, a young boy named Brochico, and anthem, composed by DJ Méndez, were unveiled on 9 July 2015.
Broadcasting
United States
Fox Sports: English language, Telemundo: Spanish language
Bulgaria
BNT
Canada
TSN.
Germany
ARD and ZDF.
Indonesia
Rajawali Televisi
Laos
TVLAO
United Kingdom
BBC, ITV, Eurosport.
New Zealand
Sky Sport
South Africa, Sub Sahara Africa and Nigeria
Startimes Sports
South Korea
SBS, KBS, and MBC
References
External links
FIFA U-17 World Cup Chile 2015, FIFA.com
FIFA Technical Report
2015
2015 in youth association football
2015
2015–16 in Chilean football
October 2015 sports events in South America
November 2015 sports events in South America