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. The competition was from 24 September to 16 October 2009. The tournament was initially going to take place between 10 and 31 July. The 2009 Confederations Cup was played mid year resulting in both the 2009 Under-20 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 a penalty shoot-out in the final.

 Player eligibility 
Only players born on or after 1 January 1989 were eligible to compete in the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

 Venues 
CairoCairoAlexandriaAlexandriaCairo International StadiumCapacity: 75,000Al Salam StadiumCapacity: 30,000Borg El Arab StadiumCapacity: 86,000Haras El Hodoud StadiumCapacity: 22,000150px150px150px150pxAlexandriaSuezPort SaidIsmailiaAlexandria StadiumCapacity: 13,660Mubarak International StadiumCapacity: 45,000Port Said StadiumCapacity: 17,988Ismailia StadiumCapacity: 18,525150px150px150px150px

 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.

ConfederationQualifying tournamentQualifier(s)AFC (Asia)2008 AFC U-19 ChampionshipCAF (Africa)Host nation2009 African Youth ChampionshipCONCACAF  (North, Central America & Caribbean)2009 CONCACAF U-20 ChampionshipCONMEBOL (South America)2009 South American U-20 ChampionshipOFC (Oceania)2008 OFC U-20 ChampionshipUEFA (Europe)2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

1.Teams that made their debut.

 Match officials 
ConfederationRefereeAssistantsAFCYuichi Nishimura (Japan)Toru Sagara (Japan)
Jeong Hae-Sang (South Korea)Subkhiddin Salleh (Malaysia)Mu Yuxin (China)
Thanom Borikut (Thailand)CAFMohamed 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)CONCACAFJoel Aguilar (El Salvador)William Torres (El Salvador)
Juan Zumba (El Salvador)Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)José Luis Camargo (Mexico)
Alberto Morín (Mexico)CONMEBOLHéctor 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)OFCPeter O'Leary (New Zealand)Brent Best (New Zealand)
Matthew Taro (Solomon Islands)UEFAThomas 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 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4 (seeded)

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 Group stage 
The draw for the group stages was held on 5 April 2009 at Luxor Temple.Crunch clashes in Egypt  FIFA 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 

GHANA: GK 1 Daniel AdjeiDF 2 Samuel InkoomDF 4 Jonathan MensahDF 5 Daniel Addo DF 6 David AddyMF 7 Abeiku Quansah MF 8 Emmanuel Agyemang-BaduMF 10 André Ayew (c)MF 13 Mohammed Rabiu FW 18 Ransford Osei FW 20 Dominic AdiyiahSubstitutions:DF 12 Ghandi Kassenu DF 19 Bright Addae MF 9 Agyemang Opoku Manager:Sellas Tetteh

BRAZIL: GK 1 RafaelDF 2 Douglas  DF 3 DaltonDF 4 Rafael TolóiDF 5 Renan DF 6 DiogoMF 7 Alex Teixeira MF 10 Giuliano (c)MF 11 Ganso MF 17 Souza FW 9 Alan KardecSubstitutions:DF 15 Wellington Júnior MF 13 Douglas Costa FW 19 Maicon 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 

2nd place3rd place4th place

 Awards 

Golden BallSilver BallBronze Ball Dominic Adiyiah Alex Teixeira GiulianoGolden ShoeSilver ShoeBronze Shoe Dominic Adiyiah Vladimir Koman Aarón8 goals5 goals4 goalsGolden Glove Esteban AlvaradoFIFA Fair Play Award

 Goalscorers 

 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 

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

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