2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup

The 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the nineteenth edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup. It ran from 21 June to 13 July 2013. France won the tournament and their first U-20 World Cup, and thus became the first nation to win all five FIFA 11-a-side men's titles (FIFA World Cup, FIFA Confederations Cup, FIFA U-20 World Cup, FIFA U-17 World Cup, and Olympic gold medal).
Bids
At the deadline date of 17 January 2011, three member associations confirmed they would be bidding for the event. Neither Turkey nor Uzbekistan had ever been hosts to a FIFA competition, while the United Arab Emirates were hosts of the U-20s in 2003.
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
Zimbabwe (withdrew bid)
Venues
Qualification
In addition to host nation Turkey, 23 nations qualified from six separate continental competitions.
1. Teams that made their debut.
Organization and emblem
To mark the one year countdown date to the competition, FIFA, as well as members of the Turkish FA, announced that the emblem would be presented to the media on 25 June 2012 at Ciragan Palace Mabeyn Hall in Istanbul. Details of the ticketing access were made publicly available on 30 November 2012.
Host city logos for each participating stadium were shown to the general public on 20 March 2013, with each taking inspiration from their surroundings. The official logo included an Evil Eye protector, worn or hung inside Turkish homes to bring luck.
Mascot
The mascot for the tournament was called Kanki, a blue-eyed Kangal puppy.
Theme song
The official theme song for the tournament was Yildizlar Buradan Yukseliyor, which is translated as Building Bridges for Rising Stars, performed by Turkish rock band Gece.
Draw
The final draw was held at the Grand Tarabya Hotel in Istanbul on 25 March 2013, at 19:00 local time.
On 12 February 2013, FIFA announced the procedure of the draw. The 24 teams were divided into four differing pots:
Pot 1: Hosts and continental champions of five confederations (except OFC)
Pot 2: Remaining teams from AFC and CAF
Pot 3: Remaining teams from CONCACAF and CONMEBOL
Pot 4: Remaining teams from OFC and UEFA
Prior to the draw, Turkey was assigned to position C1, and Spain was assigned to Group A. As a basic principle, teams from the same confederation could not be drawn against each other at the group stage, except in Group A where there were two teams from UEFA.
As the CAF U-20 Championship was not completed at the time of the draw, a separate draw took place at the tournament's conclusion on 30 March in Oran, Algeria to determine the groups where the second, third and fourth-placed CAF teams would play in.
Match officials
The 23 referee trios were announced by FIFA on 13 May 2013.
Squads
Teams had to name a 21-man squad (three of whom had to be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline. The squads were announced by FIFA on 14 June 2013.
Group stage
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).
The ranking of each team in each group was determined as follows:
points obtained in all group matches;
goal difference in all group matches;
number of goals scored in all group matches;
If two or more teams were equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings were determined as follows:
points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.
All times are local, UTC+03:00.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Note: drawing of lots was used to determine the final positions of Greece and Paraguay, as the two teams finished level on points, goal difference, goals scored, and head-to-head record.
Group E
Group F
Ranking of third-placed teams
The four best teams among those ranked third were determined as follows:
points obtained in all group matches;
goal difference in all group matches;
number of goals scored in all group matches;
drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.
Knockout stage
In the knockout stages, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of fifteen minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner, except for the play-off for third place, where no extra time would be played as the match was played directly before the final.
Round of 16
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Third place match
Final
Awards
The following awards were given out after the conclusion of the tournament:
Goalscorers
6 goals
Ebenezer Assifuah
5 goals
Bruma
Jese
4 goals
Nicolas Castillo
Yaya Sanogo
Nicolas Lopez
3 goals
Juan Quintero
Florian Thauvin
Farhan Shakor
Abdul Jeleel Ajagun
Aladje
2 goals
Angelo Henriquez
Jhon Cordoba
Ante Rebic
Ahmed Hassan Koka
Jean-Christophe Bahebeck
Geoffrey Kondogbia
Kennedy Ashia
Frank Acheampong
Richmond Boakye
Ali Faez
Ali Adnan
Kwon Chang-hoon
Ryu Seung-woo
Olarenwaju Kayode
Aminu Umar
Gerard Deulofeu
Cenk Sahin
Giorgian De Arrascaeta
Abbosbek Makhstaliev
Sardor Rakhmonov
Igor Sergeev
1 goal
Joshua Brillante
Daniel De Silva
Jamie Maclaren
Christian Bravo
Felipe Mora
Andres Renteria
Marko Livaja
Stipe Perica
Maykel Reyes
Kahraba
Trezeguet
Diego Coca
Jose Pena
Conor Coady
Harry Kane
Luke Williams
Paul Pogba
Jordan Veretout
Thibaut Vion
Kurt Zouma
Michael Anaba
Joseph Attamah
Moses Odjer
Seidu Salifu
Andreas Bouchalakis
Dimitris Diamantakos
Dimitris Kolovos
Kostas Stafylidis
Mohannad Abdul-Raheem
Ammar Abdul-Hussein
Mahdi Kamil
Saif Salman
Jung Hyun-cheol
Kim Hyun
Lee Gwang-hoon
Song Joo-hoon
Samba Diallo
Adama Niane
Marco Bueno
Jesus Corona
Jesus Escoboza
Jonathan Espericueta
Arturo Gonzalez
Uvaldo Luna
Louis Fenton
Derlis Gonzalez
Brian Montenegro
Jorge Rojas
Tiago Ferreira
Edgar Ie
Ricardo
Toze
Paco Alcacer
Derik
Sinan Bakis
Hakan Calhanoglu
Salih Ucan
Okay Yokuslu
Federico Gino
Felipe Avenatti
Ruben Bentancourt
Gonzalo Bueno
Daniel Cuevas
Luis Gil
Shane O'Neill
Diyorjon Turapov
1 own goal
Jozo Simunovic (playing against Chile)
Final ranking
Miscellanea
Trophy
The winners were the first team to receive an updated version of the trophy, with Rebecca Cusack and Thomas R. Fattorini of Thomas Fattorini Ltd, Birmingham taking over from Sawaya & Moroni as suppliers of FIFA competitions.
Vanishing spray
A "vanishing spray" made its FIFA debut (versions were already in use in CONCACAF and CONMEBOL competitions) during this tournament, with referees using it to denote the ten-yard mark for an opposing defence at time of free kicks.
Media coverage
Latin America
(All Latin America): ESPN and Fox Sports (broadcast 40 matches live)
South America and Caribbean: DirecTV Sports
Mexico and Central America: Sky Sports Latin America
: Caracol Television, RCN Television
: Monte Carlo TV, Teledoce and Tenfield / VTV (32 matches live on VTV or VTV Plus).
: SNT, Telefuturo, Tigo Sports (32 matches live on Tigo Sports or Tigo Sports Plus).
: TV Azteca, Televisa, TDN (32 matches live on TDN or TDN 2).
Asia
: antv, tvOne
Europe
: ARD, ZDF
: RTP
References
Other websites
FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013 , FIFA.com
RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 2013
FIFA Technical Report
FIFA U-20 World Cup
2013 in association football
2010s in Turkey
2013 in Asia
2013 in Europe
Football in Turkey
June 2013 events
July 2013 events