2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup

The 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 18th FIFA U-20 World Cup. Colombia hosted the tournament between 29 July and 20 August 2011. The tournament was won by Brazil who claimed their fifth title.

 Venues 
The venues that were confirmed on 29 September 2010 are located in Bogotá, Cali, Medellín, Manizales, Armenia, Cartagena, Pereira and Barranquilla.

During an announcement about the ticketing procedures for Colombian residents, it was confirmed that the opening game would be held at the Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez in Barranquilla, with the Estadio El Campín hosting the final match.
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 Participating teams and officials 

 Qualification 
In addition to host nation Colombia, 23 nations qualified from six separate continental competitions.
ConfederationQualifying TournamentQualifier(s)AFC(Asia)2010 AFC U-19 ChampionshipCAF(Africa)2011 African Youth ChampionshipCONCACAF(North, Central America & Caribbean)2011 CONCACAF U-20 ChampionshipCONMEBOL(South America)Host nation2011 South American Youth ChampionshipOFC(Oceania)2011 OFC U-20 ChampionshipUEFA(Europe)2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship

1.Teams that made their debut.

 Match officials 
ConfederationRefereeAssistantsAFCKim Dong-Jin (South Korea)Lee Jung-Min (South Korea)
Yang Byoung-Eun (South Korea)Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)Mohammad Dharman (Qatar)
Fares Al Shammari (Kuwait)CAFDjamel Haimoudi (Algeria)Ayman Degaish (Egypt)
Foaad El Maghrabi (Libya)Noumandiez Doué (Ivory Coast)Mohsen Ben Salem (Tunisia)
Jean-Claude Birumushahu (Burundi)CONCACAFWalter López (Guatemala)Gerson López (Guatemala)
Hermenerito Leal (Guatemala)Mark Geiger (United States)Mark Hurd (United States)
Joe Fletcher (Canada)CONMEBOLWilson Seneme (Brazil)Alessandro Rocha (Brazil)
Emerson de Carvalho (Brazil)Hernando Buitrago (Colombia)Wilson Berrio (Colombia)
Eduardo Díaz (Colombia)Antonio Arias (Paraguay)Rodney Aquino (Paraguay)
Milciades Salvidar (Paraguay)Darío Ubriaco (Uruguay)Carlos Pastorino (Uruguay)
William Casavieja (Uruguay)OFCPeter O'Leary (New Zealand)Jackson Namo (Solomon Islands)
Ravinesh Kumar (Fiji)UEFARobert Schörgenhofer (Austria)Alain Hoxha (Austria)
Mario Strudl (Austria)Mark Clattenburg (England)Simon Beck (England)
Stephen Child (England)István Vad (Hungary)György Ring (Hungary)
Zsolt Szpisják (Hungary)William Collum (Scotland)Graham Chambers (Scotland)
Martin Cryans (Scotland)Markus Strömbergsson (Sweden)Magnus Sjöblom (Sweden)
Fredrik Nilsson (Sweden)Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)Bahattin Duran (Turkey)
Tarık Ongun (Turkey)

 Squads 

 Group stage 
The draw for the group stage was held on 27 April 2011, at the Julio Cesar Turbay Ayala Convention Centre in Cartagena.  The seedings were as follows.
Pot APot BPot CPot D
The winners and runners-up from each group, as well as the best four third-placed teams, will qualify 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 times are in local, Colombia Time (UTC−05:00).

 Group A 

 Group B 

 Group C 

 Group D 

 Group E 

 Group F 

 Ranking of third-placed teams 

 Knockout stage 

 Round of 16 

 Quarterfinals 

 Semifinals 

 Third place match 

 Final 

 Statistics 

 Goalscorers 

 5 goals

  Henrique
  Alexandre Lacazette
  Álvaro Vázquez

 4 goals

  Luis Muriel
  Nélson Oliveira

 3 goals

  Erik Lamela
  Philippe Coutinho
  Dudu
  Oscar
  James Rodríguez
  John Jairo Ruiz
  Mohamed Ibrahim
  Edson Rivera
  Edafe Egbedi
  Olarenwaju Kayode
  Ahmed Musa
  Rodrigo

 2 goals

  Thomas Oar
  Willian José
  Joel Campbell
  Marlon de Jesús
  Gueïda Fofana
  Gilles Sunu
  Bright Ejike
  Uche Nwofor
  Yasir Al-Fahmi
  Sergio Canales

 1 goal

  Ezequiel Cirigliano
  Facundo Ferreyra
  Lucas Villafáñez
  Kerem Bulut
  Danilo
  Gabriel Silva
  Christ Mbondi
  Emmanuel Mbongo
  Frank Ohandza
  Santiago Arias
  Pedro Franco
  José Adolfo Valencia
  Duván Zapata
  Javier Escoe
  Andrej Kramarić
  Ivan Lendrić
  Juan Govea
  Edson Montaño
  Omar Gaber
  Ahmed Hegazy
  Mohamed Salah
  Mohamed Sobhi
  Cédric Bakambu
  Antoine Griezmann
  Marvin Ceballos
  Ulises Dávila
  Diego de Buen
  Jorge Enríquez
  Taufic Guarch
  Carlos Emilio Orrantía
  Erick Torres Padilla
  Andrew Bevin
  Abdul Jeleel Ajagun
  Terna Suswam
  Alex
  Danilo Pereira
  Mário Rui
  Salem Al-Dawsari
  Mohammed Al-Fatil
  Ibrahim Al-Ibrahim
  Fahad Al-Muwallad
  Yasser Al-Shahrani
  Yahya Dagriri
  Jang Hyun-soo
  Kim Kyung-jung
  Kim Young-uk
  Isco
  Koke
  Sergi Roberto
  Adrián Luna

 1 own goal

  Tchaha Leouko (playing against New Zealand)
  Francisco Calvo (playing against Australia)
  Ri Yong-chol (playing against Mexico)

 Final ranking 

 Awards 
The following awards were given:
Golden BallSilver BallBronze Ball Henrique Nélson Oliveira Jorge EnríquezGolden ShoeSilver ShoeBronze Shoe Henrique Álvaro Vázquez Alexandre Lacazette5 goals5 goals5 goalsGolden Glove MikaFIFA Fair Play Award

 Organization 
In late 2009 the Colombian Football Federation unveiled the budget for conducting the event, to be COP 150 billion (US$75 million). On 30 September 2009, the presidents of both FIFA and Colombia announced that the logo would show a steaming cup of coffee with the colours of the Colombian tricolour.

 Opening ceremony 
Prior to the start of the tournament, the Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez in Barranquilla hosted the Opening Ceremony, involving local musical performances and guests including Jorge Celedón, Barranquilla's Carnival Performers, Checo Acosta and Maía.

 Closing ceremony 
The Estadio El Campín in Bogotá hosted the Closing Ceremony. The show was managed by the Ibero-American Theater Festival and Teatro Nacional de Colombia and, like the opening ceremony, included musical performances.

 References 

 Other websites 

 FIFA U-20 World Cup Colombia 2011 , FIFA.com
 RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 2011
 FIFA Technical Report 

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