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 from 24 September to 16 October 2009.[1] The tournament was initially going to take place between 10 and 31 July,[2] however the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup was played mid year resulting in both the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup and the FIFA U-17 World Cup being played towards the end of the year. The cup was won by Ghana after they defeated Brazil on penalties in the final, becoming the first African team to have won the tournament.[3]

2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup
FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009
كأس العالم للشباب تحت 20 سنة 2009
2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup official logo
Tournament details
Host countryEgypt
Dates24 September – 16 October
Teams24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)7 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Ghana (1st title)
Runners-up Brazil
Third place Hungary
Fourth place Costa Rica
Tournament statistics
Matches played52
Goals scored167 (3.21 per match)
Attendance1,292,720 (24,860 per match)
Top scorer(s) Dominic Adiyiah
(8 goals)
Best player(s) Dominic Adiyiah
Best goalkeeper Esteban Alvarado
Fair play award Brazil

Player eligibility

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

Venues
Cairo Cairo Alexandria Alexandria
Cairo International Stadium
Capacity: 75,000		 Al Salam Stadium
Capacity: 30,000		 Borg El Arab Stadium
Capacity: 86,000		 Haras El Hodoud Stadium
Capacity: 22,000
30°04′08.8″N 31°18′44.4″E 30°10′28.2″N 31°26′06.0″E 30°59′57.7″N 29°43′46.0″E 31°09′03.4″N 29°50′54.4″E
Alexandria Suez Port Said Ismailia
Alexandria Stadium
Capacity: 13,660		 Mubarak International Stadium
Capacity: 45,000		 Port Said Stadium
Capacity: 17,988		 Ismailia Stadium
Capacity: 18,525
31°11′50″N 29°54′48″E 29°57′44.8″N 32°34′06.5″E 31°16′16.8″N 32°17′29.1″E 30°36′03.7″N 32°16′25.5″E

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.

Confederation Qualifying tournament Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia) 2008 AFC U-19 Championship  Australia
 South Korea
 United Arab Emirates
 Uzbekistan
CAF (Africa) Host nation  Egypt
2009 African Youth Championship  Cameroon
 Ghana
 Nigeria
 South Africa
CONCACAF
(North, Central America & Caribbean)		 2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship  Costa Rica
 Honduras
 Trinidad and Tobago
 United States
CONMEBOL (South America) 2009 South American U-20 Championship  Brazil
 Paraguay
 Uruguay
 Venezuela1
OFC (Oceania) 2008 OFC U-20 Championship  Tahiti1
UEFA (Europe) 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship  Czech Republic
 England
 Germany
 Hungary
 Italy
 Spain
1.^ Teams that made their debut.

Match officials
Confederation Referee Assistants
AFC Yuichi Nishimura (Japan) Toru Sagara (Japan)
Jeong Hae-Sang (South Korea)
Subkhiddin Salleh (Malaysia) Mu Yuxin (China)
Thanom Borikut (Thailand)
CAF Mohamed 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)
CONCACAF Joel Aguilar (El Salvador) William Torres (El Salvador)
Juan Zumba (El Salvador)
Marco Rodríguez (Mexico) José Luis Camargo (Mexico)
Alberto Morín (Mexico)
CONMEBOL Héctor 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)
OFC Peter O'Leary (New Zealand) Brent Best (New Zealand)
Matthew Taro (Solomon Islands)
UEFA Thomas 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
Main article: 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup 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 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

 Egypt (seeded)
 Ghana
 Cameroon
 Nigeria
 South Africa
 Brazil (seeded)

 Paraguay
 Uruguay
 Venezuela
 Costa Rica
 United States
 Honduras

 United Arab Emirates
 South Korea
 Uzbekistan
 Australia
 Trinidad and Tobago
 Tahiti

 Germany (seeded)
 Italy
 Czech Republic
 Hungary
 Spain
 England

Group stage

The draw for the group stages was held on 5 April 2009 at Luxor Temple.[4][5] 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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Egypt (H) 3 2 0 1 9 5 +4 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Paraguay 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
3  Italy 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
4  Trinidad and Tobago 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
Source:
(H) Host
Egypt 4–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Afroto 30'
Arafat 51', 90+3'
Talaat 59'		 Report Rochford 36'
Attendance: 74,000
Paraguay 0–0 Italy
Report
Attendance: 4,628
Italy 2–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Albertazzi 39'
Raggio Garibaldi 78'		 Report Clarence 67'
Attendance: 57,164
Egypt 1–2 Paraguay
Afroto 38' Report Santander 27'
Paniagua 90+4'
Attendance: 57,164
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
Trinidad and Tobago 0–0 Paraguay
Report
Attendance: 7,220
Italy 2–4 Egypt
Eusepi 29'
Albertazzi 53'		 Report Shoukry 23', 45+1'
Bogy 70', 80'
Attendance: 63,674

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Spain 3 3 0 0 13 0 +13 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Venezuela 3 2 0 1 9 3 +6 6
3  Nigeria 3 1 0 2 5 3 +2 3
4  Tahiti 3 0 0 3 0 21 −21 0
Source:
Nigeria 0–1 Venezuela
Report Del Valle 45'
Attendance: 10,540
Spain 8–0 Tahiti
Aarón 11', 15'
Nsue 17', 32'
Mérida 74'
Kike 79', 86'
Herrera 89'		 Report
Attendance: 10,540
Nigeria 0–2 Spain
Report Mérida 33', 83' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,955
Tahiti 0–8 Venezuela
Report Rondón 4', 27' (pen.), 90+2'
Velázquez 19'
Rojas 72'
Del Valle 78', 88', 90+1'
Attendance: 7,955
Venezuela 0–3 Spain
Report Parejo 12'
Aarón 26' (pen.)
Herrera 77'
Attendance: 7,220
Tahiti 0–5 Nigeria
Report Obiorah 15'
Edet 24'
Fatai 34'
Orelesi 45+1'
Adejo 90'
Attendance: 63,674

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Germany 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  South Korea 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
3  United States 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 3
4  Cameroon 3 1 0 2 3 7 −4 3
Source:
United States 0–3 Germany
Report Aydilek 30' (pen.)
Jungwirth 32'
Schäffler 72'
Attendance: 25,000
Cameroon 2–0 South Korea
Effa 19'
Tiko 64'		 Report
Attendance: 25,000
South Korea 1–1 Germany
Kim Min-woo 71' Report Sukuta-Pasu 32'
Attendance: 28,000
United States 4–1 Cameroon
Arguez 45+1'
Taylor 47'
Duka 66'
Ownby 90+1'		 Report Yaya 75' (pen.)
Attendance: 28,000
Germany 3–0 Cameroon
Sukuta-Pasu 41'
Aydilek 58'
Holtby 70'		 Report
Attendance: 11,000
South Korea 3–0 United States
Kim Young-gwon 23'
Kim Bo-kyung 42'
Koo Ja-cheol 75' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 27,000

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Ghana 3 2 1 0 8 3 +5 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Uruguay 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7
3  Uzbekistan 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
4  England 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1
Source:
Ghana 2–1 Uzbekistan
Osei 60'
Adiyiah 75'		 Report Karimov 47'
Attendance: 12,500
England 0–1 Uruguay
Report Viudez 84'
Attendance: 10,000
Uruguay 3–0 Uzbekistan
Lodeiro 28'
Urretavizcaya 62'
García 83'		 Report
Attendance: 13,000
Ghana 4–0 England
Adiyiah 38', 88'
Ayew 57'
Osei 82'		 Report
Attendance: 13,000
Uruguay 2–2 Ghana
Lodeiro 74'
Hernández 90+1'		 Report Rabiu 54'
Osei 70'
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
Uzbekistan 1–1 England
Nagaev 77' Report Nimely-Tchuimeni 88'
Attendance: 27,000

Group E
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Brazil 3 2 1 0 8 1 +7 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Czech Republic 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7
3  Costa Rica 3 1 0 2 5 8 −3 3
4  Australia 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0
Source:
Brazil 5–0 Costa Rica
Alan Kardec 24', 44'
Giuliano 35'
Teixeira 75'
Boquita 89'		 Report
Attendance: 16,000
Czech Republic 2–1 Australia
Rabušic 50'
Pekhart 89' (pen.)		 Report Holland 90 +4' (pen.)
Attendance: 15,634
Australia 0–3 Costa Rica
Report Madrigal 35'
DeVere 82' (o.g.)
Guzmán 90+3'
Attendance: 17,200
Brazil 0–0 Czech Republic
Report
Attendance: 17,200
Costa Rica 2–3 Czech Republic
Estrada 49' (pen.)
J. Martínez 61'		 Report Chramosta 11', 86'
Vošahlík 77'
Attendance: 9,000
Australia 1–3 Brazil
Mooy 14' Report Ciro 34'
Douglas Costa 62'
Ganso 81'
Attendance: 16,200

Group F
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Hungary 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  United Arab Emirates 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
3  South Africa 3 1 1 1 4 6 −2 4
4  Honduras 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 3
Source:
United Arab Emirates 2–2 South Africa
Al Kamali 90+1' (pen.)
Awana 90+3'		 Report Erasmus 54', 72'
Attendance: 14,000
Honduras 3–0 Hungary
M. Martínez 35', 70'
Peralta 84'		 Report
Attendance: 14,000
Hungary 4–0 South Africa
Korcsmár 49'
Koman 55' (pen.)
Debreceni 71'
Présinger 90'		 Report
Attendance: 12,000
United Arab Emirates 1–0 Honduras
Khalil 41' Report
Attendance: 12,000
Hungary 2–0 United Arab Emirates
Németh 19'
Koman 23'		 Report
Attendance: 9,000
South Africa 2–0 Honduras
Jali 31'
Khumalo 46'		 Report
Attendance: 16,200

Ranking of third-placed teams
Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Result
1 A  Italy 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4 Advance to knockout stage
2 F  South Africa 3 1 1 1 4 6 −2 4
3 B  Nigeria 3 1 0 2 5 3 +2 3
4 E  Costa Rica 3 1 0 2 5 8 −3 3
5 C  United States 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 3
6 D  Uzbekistan 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
Source:

Knockout stage
 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
5 October 2009 — Cairo
 
 
 Paraguay0
 
9 October 2009 — Suez
 
 South Korea3
 
 South Korea2
 
6 October 2009 — Ismailia
 
 Ghana3
 
 Ghana2
 
13 October 2009 — Cairo
 
 South Africa1
 
 Ghana3
 
5 October 2009 — Cairo
 
 Hungary2
 
 Spain1
 
9 October 2009 — Suez
 
 Italy3
 
 Italy2
 
6 October 2009 — Alexandria
 
 Hungary3
 
 Hungary2 (4)
 
16 October 2009 — Cairo
 
 Czech Republic2 (3)
 
 Ghana0 (4)
 
7 October 2009 — Port Said
 
 Brazil0 (3)
 
 Brazil3
 
10 October 2009 — Cairo
 
 Uruguay1
 
 Brazil2
 
7 October 2009 — Suez
 
 Germany1
 
 Germany3
 
13 October 2009 — Cairo
 
 Nigeria2
 
 Brazil1
 
7 October 2009 — Suez
 
 Costa Rica0 Third place
 
 Venezuela1
 
10 October 2009 — Cairo16 October 2009 — Cairo
 
 United Arab Emirates2
 
 United Arab Emirates1 Hungary1 (2)
 
6 October 2009 — Cairo
 
 Costa Rica2  Costa Rica1 (0)
 
 Egypt0
 
 
 Costa Rica2
 

Round of 16
Spain 1 – 3 Italy
Aarón 66' (pen.) Report Mustacchio 55', 87'
Mazzarani 61'
Attendance: 6,150
Paraguay 0 – 3 South Korea
Report Kim Bo-kyung 55'
Kim Min-woo 60', 70'
Attendance: 10,720
Ghana 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) South Africa
Ayew 66'
Adiyiah 99'		 Report Erasmus 58'
Attendance: 10,000
Egypt 0 – 2 Costa Rica
Report Mena 21'
Ureña 88'
Attendance: 81,860
Hungary 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) Czech Republic
Kiss 15'
Koman 99'		 Report Vošahlík 26'
Rabušic 92'
Penalties
Présinger
Koman
Szabó
Gosztonyi
Németh
Balajti 		4 – 3 Mareček
Rabušic
Čelůstka
Vošahlík
Morávek
Řezník
Attendance: 7,000
Brazil 3 – 1 Uruguay
Alan Kardec 22'
Teixeira 24', 31'		 Report Urretavizcaya 36'
Attendance: 11,200
Venezuela 1 – 2 United Arab Emirates
Rondón 12' Report Ahmed 22'
Khalil 83'
Attendance: 26,000
Germany 3 – 2 Nigeria
Kopplin 52', 90+3'
Vrančić 75'		 Report Uchechi 51'
Ibrahim 68'
Attendance: 26,000

Quarter-finals
South Korea 2 – 3 Ghana
Park Hee-seong 31'
Kim Dong-sub 82'		 Report Adiyiah 8', 78'
Osei 28'
Attendance: 31,000
Italy 2 – 3 (a.e.t.) Hungary
Mazzotta 82'
Bonaventura 113'		 Report Koman 2' (pen.)
Németh 112', 117'
Attendance: 31,000
Brazil 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) Germany
Maicon 88', 91' Report Holtby 73'
Attendance: 32,935
United Arab Emirates 1 – 2 (a.e.t.) Costa Rica
Ali 33' Report J. Martínez 37'
Ureña 120+2'
Attendance: 32,935
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Semi-finals
Ghana 3 – 2 Hungary
Adiyiah 10', 31'
Quansah 81'		 Report Futács 73'
Balajti 84'
Attendance: 39,812
Brazil 1 – 0 Costa Rica
Alan Kardec 67' Report
Attendance: 39,812

Third place match
Hungary 1 – 1 Costa Rica
Koman 90+1' (pen.) Report Ureña 81'
Penalties
Németh
Koman
Varga 		2 – 0 Estrada
Gamboa
Luna
Hernández
Attendance: 67,814

Final
Ghana 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) Brazil
Report
Penalties
Ayew
Inkoom
Mensah
Addae
Adiyiah
Agyemang-Badu 		4 – 3 Alan Kardec
Giuliano
Douglas Costa
Souza
Maicon
Teixeira
Attendance: 67,814

Man of the Match:

Assistant referees:
Peter Hermans (Belgium)
Walter Vromans (Belgium)
Fourth official:
Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)
Fifth official:
Fermín Martínez (Spain)

Winner
 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup winners 

Ghana
First title
2nd place 3rd place 4th place
 Brazil  Hungary  Costa Rica

Awards

[6]

Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball
Dominic Adiyiah Alex Teixeira Giuliano
Golden Shoe Silver Shoe Bronze Shoe
Dominic Adiyiah Vladimir Koman Aarón
8 goals 5 goals 4 goals
Golden Glove
Esteban Alvarado
FIFA Fair Play Award
 Brazil

Goalscorers
8 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Final ranking
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Ghana 7 5 2 0 16 8 +8 17 Champions
2  Brazil 7 5 2 0 14 3 +11 17 Runners-up
3  Hungary 7 3 2 2 14 11 +3 11 Third place
4  Costa Rica 7 3 1 3 10 11 −1 10 Fourth place
5  Germany 5 3 1 1 11 5 +6 10 Eliminated in
Quarter-finals
6  South Korea 5 2 1 2 9 6 +3 7
7  Italy 5 2 1 2 9 9 0 7
8  United Arab Emirates 5 2 1 2 6 7 −1 7
9  Spain 4 3 0 1 14 3 +11 9 Eliminated in
Round of 16
10  Czech Republic 4 2 2 0 7 5 +2 8
11  Uruguay 4 2 1 1 7 5 +2 7
12  Venezuela 4 2 0 2 10 5 +5 6
13  Egypt (H) 4 2 0 2 9 7 +2 6
14  Paraguay 4 1 2 1 2 4 −2 5
15  South Africa 4 1 1 2 5 8 −3 4
16  Nigeria 4 1 0 3 7 6 +1 3
17  Honduras 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 3 Eliminated in
Group stage
18  United States 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 3
19  Cameroon 3 1 0 2 3 7 −4 3
20  Uzbekistan 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
20  Trinidad and Tobago 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
22  England 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1
23  Australia 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0
24  Tahiti 3 0 0 3 0 21 −21 0
Source:
(H) Host

References
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  2. "FIFA looks forward to Egypt and Nigeria 2009". Archived from the original on 1 February 2009. Retrieved 16 April 2007.
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  4. 24 in the Draw - FIFA.com
  5. Crunch clashes in Egypt FIFA
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