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
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.
1.Teams that made their debut.
Match officials
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.
Group stage
The draw for the group stages was held on 5 April 2009 at Luxor Temple. 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
Winner
Awards
Goalscorers
8 goals
Dominic Adiyiah
5 goals
Vladimir Koman
4 goals
Alan Kardec
Ransford Osei
Aaron
Yonathan del Valle
Salomon Rondon
3 goals
Alex Teixeira
Marco Urena Porras
Krisztian Nemeth
Kermit Erasmus
Kim Min-woo
Fran Merida
2 goals
Maicon
Josue Martinez
Jan Chramosta
Michael Rabusic
Jan Vosahlik
Afroto
Hossam Arafat
Bogy
Ahmed Shoukry
Semih Aydilek
Lewis Holtby
Bjorn Kopplin
Richard Sukuta-Pasu
Andre Ayew
Mario Martinez
Michelangelo Albertazzi
Mattia Mustacchio
Kim Bo-kyung
Ander Herrera
Kike
Emilio Nsue
Ahmed Khalil
Nicolas 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 Guzman
Diego Madrigal
Jose Mena
Tomas Pekhart
Mohamed Talaat
Alex Nimely-Tchuimeni
Florian Jungwirth
Manuel Schaffler
Mario Vrancic
Abeiku Quansah
Mohammed Rabiu
Arnold Peralta
Adam Balajti
Andras Debreceni
Marko Futacs
Mate Kiss
Zsolt Korcsmar
Adam Presinger
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 Garcia
Abel Hernandez
Tabare Viudez
Sherzod Karimov
Ivan Nagaev
Oscar Rojas
Jose Manuel Velazquez
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
FIFA U-20 World Cup
2009 in association football
21st century in Egypt
2009 in Africa
Football in Egypt
September 2009 events
October 2009 events