2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup

2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup
The 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the 14th edition of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, the biennial international men's youth football championship contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It was hosted by Mexico between 18 June and 10 July 2011. Mexico won the tournament after defeating Uruguay 2–0 in the final, claiming the country's second title. Mexico also became the first host nation to win the FIFA U-17 World Cup.
Host selection
It was confirmed by the 58th FIFA Congress in Sydney, Australia that Mexico would be the host, beating other bids from the Czech Republic and Iran.
Venues
After having won the right to host the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Femexfut president, Justino Compéan, stated during an interview from Sydney, Australia, that the Estadio Corona, in Torreón, would be one of the venues, arguing that recently built or invested stadia would have a major preference. He also mentioned Monterrey, Ciudad Juárez, Querétaro, Tijuana, Pachuca and Aguascalientes as other possible venues.
The Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, after having previously hosted major events, such as 1970 and 1986 FIFA World Cup, 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship, 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup and 1968 Summer Olympics Football final matches, hosted the third place match and the final match of the tournament.
Teams
In addition to host nation Mexico, 23 nations qualified from 6 separate continental competitions.
1.Teams that made their debut.
2.Czech Republic made their debut as independent nation. The now-defunct Czechoslovakia qualified for their only appearance in 1993.
Match officials
Squads
Group stage
The draw for the group stage took place on 17 May 2011 at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México's Sala Nezahualcóyotl concert Hall.
The seeding was as follows:
The winners and runners-up from each group, as well as the best four third-placed teams, qualified for the first round of the knockout stage (round of 16).
Tie-breaking criteria
Where two or more teams end the group stage with the same number of points, their ranking is determined by the following criteria:
goal difference in all group matches;
number of goals scored in all group matches;
points earned in the matches between the teams concerned;
goal difference in the matches between the teams concerned;
number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
drawing of lots by the organising committee.
Ranking of third place teams in each group are determined by the following criteria, top four advances to the round of 16:
number of points
goal difference in all group matches;
number of goals scored in all group matches;
drawing of lots by the organising committee.
All kick-off times are local (UTC−05:00).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Roberts' goal for Canada marked the first time a goalkeeper had scored in any FIFA finals tournament.
Group D
Drawing of lots was used to determine the final positions of the United States and New Zealand, as the two teams finished level on points, goal difference, goals scored, and head-to-head record.
Group E
Group F
The game was originally played on 26 June 2011 (kickoff 18:00), but was suspended after 25 minutes due to heavy downpour and lightning (with Denmark leading 1–0 on an 11th-minute goal by Viktor Fischer). Following an hour and a half delay in which the conditions did not improve, the Organising Committee for the FIFA U-17 World Cup decided to abandon the match and replay it in its entirety (starting from 0–0) the next day, 27 June 2011 (kickoff 10:00), at the same venue, Estadio Corregidora in Querétaro.
Ranking of third-placed teams
Knockout stage
In a rule to avoid potential "player burnout", all games in the knockout stage proceeded straight to penalties if tied after normal time, thus avoiding the need for 30 minutes of extra time.
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third-place match
Final
Awards
Winners
Individual awards
Team statistics
Goalscorers
9 goals
Souleymane Coulibaly
6 goals
Samed Yeşil
5 goals
Ademilson
Adryan
Yassine Benzia
4 goals
Okan Aydın
Carlos Fierro
3 goals
Levent Ayçiçek
Koray Günter
Mitchell Weiser
Fumiya Hayakawa
Hideki Ishige
Giovani Casillas
Julio Gómez
Stephen Carmichael
Timur Khakimov
Abbosbek Makhstaliev
2 goals
Léo Bonatini
Lukáš Juliš
José Cevallos
Hallam Hope
Raheem Sterling
Marvin Ducksch
Jonathan Espericueta
Jorman Aguilar
Elbio Álvarez
Guillermo Méndez
Alfred Koroma
1 goal
Brian Ferreira
Maximiliano Padilla
Lucas Pugh
Jonathan Silva
Jesse Makarounas
Luke Remington
Dylan Tombides
Lucas Piazon
Wallace
Wellington
Sadi Jalali
Quillan Roberts
Hardy Binguila
Bel-Ange Epako
Moïse Nkounkou
Christ Nkounkou
Drissa Diarrassouba
Viktor Fischer
Lee Rochester Sørensen
Kenneth Zohore
Carlos Gruezo
Jordan Jaime
Kevin Mercado
Nathaniel Chalobah
Max Clayton
Sam Magri
Adam Morgan
Blair Turgott
Sébastien Haller
Jordan Ikoko
Lenny Nangis
Abdallah Yaisien
Kaan Ayhan
Emre Can
Cimo Röcker
Zhelano Barnes
Andre Lewis
Hiroki Akino
Masaya Matsumoto
Takumi Minamino
Shoya Nakajima
Daisuke Takagi
Naomichi Ueda
Antonio Briseño
Marco Bueno
Kevin Escamilla
Alfonso González
Memphis Depay
Kyle Ebecilio
Danzell Gravenberch
Jordan Vale
Jo Kwang
Ju Jong-Chol
Kang Nam-Gwon
Alejandro Guido
Esteban Rodriguez
Rodrigo Aguirre
Santiago Charamoni
Juan Cruz Mascia
Maximiliano Moreira
Leonardo Pais
Juan San Martín
Gastón Silva
Bobir Davlatov
Davlatbek Yarbekov
1 own goal
Connor Chapman (against Uzbekistan)
Kip Colvey (against Japan)
Jong Kwang-Sok (against Mexico)
References
External links
FIFA U-17 World Cup Mexico 2011, FIFA.com
FIFA Technical Report
2011
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June 2011 sports events in Mexico
July 2011 sports events in Mexico