2005 FIFA World Youth Championship

The 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship was the 15th edition of the FIFA World Youth Championship. It took place in the Netherlands between 10 June and 2 July 2005.

2005 FIFA World Youth Championship
Wereldkampioenschap voetbal onder 20 - 2005
Tournament details
Host countryNetherlands
Dates10 June – 2 July
Teams24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Argentina (5th title)
Runners-up Nigeria
Third place Brazil
Fourth place Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches played52
Goals scored143 (2.75 per match)
Attendance502,698 (9,667 per match)
Top scorer(s)Argentina Lionel Messi (6 goals)
Best player(s)Argentina Lionel Messi
Fair play award Colombia

Venues
Doetinchem Emmen Enschede
De Vijverberg Univé Stadion Arke Stadion
Capacity: 12,600 Capacity: 8,600 Capacity: 13,250
51°57′20.8″N 06°18′35.3″E 52°46′28.9″N 06°56′44.8″E 52°14′11.6″N 06°50′16.2″E
Location of venues of 2005 FIFA Youth Championship
Kerkrade Tilburg Utrecht
Parkstad Limburg Stadion Willem II Stadion Stadion Galgenwaard
Capacity: 19,979 Capacity: 14,637 Capacity: 24,500
50°51′25.4″N 06°00′21.0″E 51°32′33.6″N 05°04′00.5″E 52°04′42.1″N 05°08′45.0″E

Qualification

The following 24 teams qualified for the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship. Host country the Netherlands did not have to qualify for the tournament.

Confederation Qualifying Tournament Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia) 2004 AFC Youth Championship  China
 Japan
 South Korea
 Syria
CAF (Africa) 2005 African Youth Championship  Benin1
 Egypt
 Morocco
 Nigeria
CONCACAF
(North, Central America and Caribbean)		 2005 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament  Canada
 Honduras
 Panama
 United States
CONMEBOL (South America) 2005 South American Youth Championship  Argentina
 Brazil
 Chile
 Colombia
OFC (Oceania) 2005 OFC U-20 Championship  Australia
UEFA (Europe) Host nation  Netherlands
2004 UEFA Under-19 Championship  Germany
 Italy
 Spain
  Switzerland1
 Turkey
 Ukraine
1.^ Teams that made their debut.

Sponsorship

FIFA partners

National supporters

Match officials
Confederation Referee Assistants
AFC Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia) Fatih Arabati (Jordan)
Eisa Ghuloum (United Arab Emirates)
Kwon Jong-chul (South Korea) Kim Dae-Young (South Korea)
Liu Tiejun (China)
CAF Coffi Codjia (Benin) Aboudou Aderodjou (Benin)
Célestin Ntagungira (Rwanda)
Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt) Beshr Rashwan (Egypt)
Luleseged Begashaw (Ethiopia)
CONCACAF Rodolfo Sibrian (El Salvador) Carlos Pastrana (Honduras)
Reynaldo Salinas (Honduras)
Benito Archundia (Mexico) José Ramírez (Mexico)
Pedro Rebollar (Mexico)
CONMEBOL Horacio Elizondo (Argentina) Darío García (Argentina)
Rodolfo Otero (Argentina)
Óscar Ruiz (Colombia) Eduardo Botero (Colombia)
Fernando Tamayo (Ecuador)
Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay) Walter Rial (Uruguay)
Pablo Fandiño (Uruguay)
OFC Mark Shield (Australia) Nathan Gibson (Australia)
Ben Wilson (Australia)
UEFA Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark) Bill Hansen (Denmark)
Anders Norrestrand (Denmark)
Terje Hauge (Norway) Steinar Holvik (Norway)
Ole Hermann Borgan (Norway)
Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain) Victoriano Giráldez Carrasco (Spain)
Pedro Medina Hernández (Spain)
Massimo Busacca (Switzerland) Matthias Arnet (Switzerland)
Franceso Buragina (Switzerland)
Reserve Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship squads.

Group stages

The 24 teams were split into six groups of four teams. Six group winners, six second-place finishers and the four best third-place finishers qualify for the knockout round.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Netherlands (H) 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Japan 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
3  Benin 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
4  Australia 3 0 2 1 2 5 −3 2
Source:
(H) Hosts
Benin 1–1 Australia
Omotoyossi 32' (Report) Ward 59'
Attendance: 4,500
Netherlands 2–1 Japan
Afellay 7'
Babel 18'		 (Report) Hirayama 68'
Attendance: 19,500
Japan 1–1 Benin
Mizuno 65' (Report) Maïga 37'
Attendance: 12,500
Australia 0–3 Netherlands
(Report) Maduro 20'
Emanuelson 46'
Kruys 74'
Attendance: 19,500
Japan 1–1 Australia
Maeda 87' (Report) Townsend 75'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Netherlands 1–0 Benin
Maduro 45+2' (Report)
Attendance: 13,700

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  China 3 3 0 0 9 4 +5 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Ukraine 3 1 1 1 7 6 +1 4
3  Turkey 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
4  Panama 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0
Source:
Turkey 1–2 China
Güleç 84' (Report) Tan Wangsong 22'
Zhao Xuri 90+5'
Attendance: 10,000
Ukraine 3–1 Panama
Aliev 20' (pen.), 22'
Feschuk 32'		 (Report) Arzhanov 26' (o.g.)
Attendance: 2,500
China 3–2 Ukraine
Zhu Ting 31'
Chen Tao 66' (pen.)
Cui Peng 75'		 (Report) Vorobei 19'
Aliev 70' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Rodolfo Sibrian (El Salvador)
Panama 0–1 Turkey
(Report) Güleç 24'
Attendance: 6,100
Turkey 2–2 Ukraine
Öztürk 8' (pen.), 53' (Report) Aliev 5', 19'
Attendance: 9,500
China 4–1 Panama
Zhou Haibin 6'
Gao Lin 40'
Hao Junmin 51'
Lu Lin 78'		 (Report) Venegas 37'
Attendance: 4,000

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Spain 3 3 0 0 13 1 +12 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Morocco 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6
3  Chile 3 1 0 2 7 8 −1 3
4  Honduras 3 0 0 3 0 15 −15 0
Source:
Spain 3–1 Morocco
Llorente 28'
Molinero 51'
Silva 71'		 (Report) Doulyazal 84' (pen.)
Attendance: 9,863
Honduras 0–7 Chile
(Report) Parada 11', 71'
Fuenzalida 30', 53'
Fernández 67'
Jara 69'
Morales 77'
Attendance: 6,800
Morocco 5–0 Honduras
Iajour 31', 43'
Bendamou 55'
Benjelloun 81'
Chihi 90'		 (Report)
Attendance: 5,985
Chile 0–7 Spain
(Report) Llorente 8', 62', 78', 81'
Robusté 51'
Silva 71', 85'
Attendance: 6,600
Spain 3–0 Honduras
Soriano 5'
Silva 38'
Víctor 67'		 (Report)
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
Morocco 1–0 Chile
Bendamou 45+2' (Report)
Attendance: 11,000

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  United States 3 2 1 0 2 0 +2 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Argentina 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 6
3  Germany 3 1 1 1 2 1 +1 4
4  Egypt 3 0 0 3 0 5 −5 0
Source:
Argentina 0–1 United States
(Report) Barrett 39'
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Germany 2–0 Egypt
Adler 75'
Matip 90+3'		 (Report)
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Rodolfo Sibrian (El Salvador)
Egypt 0–2 Argentina
(Report) Messi 47'
Zabaleta 90+1'
Attendance: 8,500
United States 0–0 Germany
(Report)
Attendance: 10,350
Argentina 1–0 Germany
Cardozo 43' (Report)
Attendance: 8,600
United States 1–0 Egypt
Peterson 56' (Report)
Attendance: 7,600

Group E
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Colombia 3 3 0 0 6 0 +6 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Syria 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
3  Italy 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
4  Canada 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
Source:
Colombia 2–0 Italy
Rentería 76'
Guarín 93'		 (Report)
Attendance: 7,000
Syria 1–1 Canada
Al Haj 2' (Report) Peters 31'
Attendance: 3,500
Canada 0–2 Colombia
(Report) Falcao 81'
Guarín 88'
Attendance: 6,500
Italy 1–2 Syria
Coda 69' (Report) Al Hussain 37'
Al Hamawi 73'
Attendance: 2,500
Italy 4–1 Canada
Pellè 23', 68'
Galloppa 47'
De Martino 90'		 (Report) De Jong 49'
Attendance: 2,000
Colombia 2–0 Syria
Rodallega 62'
Falcao 90'		 (Report)
Attendance: 11,000

Group F
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Brazil 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Nigeria 3 1 1 1 4 2 +2 4
3  South Korea 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
4   Switzerland 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3
Source:
Brazil 0–0 Nigeria
(Report)
Attendance: 8,500
South Korea 1–2  Switzerland
Shin Young-rok 25' (Report) Antić 28'
Vonlanthen 33'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
Switzerland 0–1 Brazil
(Report) Gladstone 14'
Attendance: 8,200
Nigeria 1–2 South Korea
Abwo 18' (Report) Park Chu-young 89'
Baek Ji-hoon 90+2'
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Brazil 2–0 South Korea
Renato 9'
Sóbis 57'		 (Report)
Attendance: 8,600
Nigeria 3–0  Switzerland
Ogbuke 49'
Mikel 59' (pen.)
Promise 85'		 (Report)
Attendance: 8,000

Ranking of third-placed teams
Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Result
1 D  Germany 3 1 1 1 2 1 +1 4 Advance to knockout stage
2 B  Turkey 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3 E  Italy 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
4 C  Chile 3 1 0 2 7 8 −1 3
5 F  South Korea 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
6 A  Benin 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
Source:

Knockout stages

Bracket
 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
21 June
 
 
 China2
 
24 June
 
 Germany3
 
 Germany1
 
21 June
 
 Brazil (aet)2
 
 Brazil1
 
28 June
 
 Syria0
 
 Brazil1
 
22 June
 
 Argentina2
 
 Colombia1
 
25 June
 
 Argentina2
 
 Argentina3
 
22 June
 
 Spain1
 
 Spain3
 
2 July
 
 Turkey0
 
 Argentina2
 
21 June
 
 Nigeria1
 
 Morocco1
 
24 June
 
 Japan0
 
 Morocco (pen.)2 (4)
 
21 June
 
 Italy2 (2)
 
 United States1
 
28 June
 
 Italy3
 
 Morocco0
 
22 June
 
 Nigeria3 Third place
 
 Nigeria1
 
25 June2 July
 
 Ukraine0
 
 Nigeria (pen.)1 (10) Brazil2
 
22 June
 
 Netherlands1 (9)  Morocco1
 
 Netherlands3
 
 
 Chile0
 

Round of 16
United States 1–3 Italy
Freeman 44' (pen.) (Report) Galloppa 54'
Pellè 62'
Kljestan 75' (o.g.)
Attendance: 7,000
China 2–3 Germany
Chen Tao 4', 20' (pen.) (Report) Gentner 5'
Adler 30'
Matip 89'
Attendance: 9,000
Morocco 1–0 Japan
Iajour 90+2' (Report)
Attendance: 11,800
Brazil 1–0 Syria
Rafinha 43' (pen.) (Report)
Attendance: 11,000
Nigeria 1–0 Ukraine
Taiwo 80' (Report)
Attendance: 9,600
Colombia 1–2 Argentina
Otálvaro 52' (Report) Messi 58'
Barroso 90+3'
Attendance: 8,400
Netherlands 3–0 Chile
Babel 3'
Owusu-Abeyie 73'
John 80'		 (Report)
Attendance: 9,600
Referee: Rodolfo Sibrian (El Salvador))
Spain 3–0 Turkey
Juanfran 28', 36'
Robusté 69'		 (Report)
Attendance: 8,400
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Quarter-finals
Morocco 2–2 (a.e.t.) Italy
El-Zhar 26'
Battagia 93' (o.g.)		 (Report) Canini 74'
Pellè 112'
Penalties
Rabeh soccer ball with check mark
Doulyazal soccer ball with red X
Iajour soccer ball with check mark
El-Amrani soccer ball with check mark
El-Zhar soccer ball with check mark		 4–2 soccer ball with red X Galloppa
soccer ball with red X Agnelli
soccer ball with check mark Pellè
soccer ball with check mark Carotti
Attendance: 20,000
Germany 1–2 (a.e.t.) Brazil
Huber 68' (Report) Tardelli 82'
Rafinha 99'
Attendance: 10,000
Nigeria 1–1 (a.e.t.) Netherlands
Owoeri 1' (Report) Vlaar 46'
Penalties
Taiwo soccer ball with check mark
Sambo soccer ball with check mark
Adefemi soccer ball with check mark
Atulewa soccer ball with red X
Promise soccer ball with check mark
Adedeji soccer ball with red X
Mikel soccer ball with check mark
Apam soccer ball with check mark
Kaita soccer ball with check mark
Adeleye soccer ball with check mark
Vanzekin soccer ball with check mark
Taiwo soccer ball with check mark		 10–9 soccer ball with check mark John
soccer ball with check mark Babel
soccer ball with check mark Vlaar
soccer ball with red X Kruys
soccer ball with check mark Maduro
soccer ball with red X Zuiverloon
soccer ball with check mark Drost
soccer ball with check mark Vincken
soccer ball with check mark Otten
soccer ball with check mark Tiendalli
soccer ball with check mark Vermeer
soccer ball with red X John
Attendance: 19,500
Argentina 3–1 Spain
Zabaleta 19'
Oberman 71'
Messi 73'		 (Report) Zapater 32'
Attendance: 11,200

Semi-finals
Brazil 1–2 Argentina
Renato 75' (Report) Messi 7'
Zabaleta 90+3'
Attendance: 16,500
Morocco 0–3 Nigeria
(Report) Taiwo 34'
Adefemi 70'
Ogbuke 75'
Attendance: 17,000

Third place play-off
Brazil 2–1 Morocco
Santos 88'
Edcarlos 90+1'		 (Report) Edcarlos 45+2' (o.g.)
Attendance: 20,000

Final
Argentina 2–1 Nigeria
Messi 40' (pen.), 75' (pen.) Report Ogbuke 53'
Attendance: 24,500
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Winners
 2005 FIFA World Youth champions 

Argentina
Fifth title

Goalscorers
Lionel Messi, top scorer
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Awards
Golden Shoe Golden Ball FIFA Fair Play Award
Argentina Lionel Messi Argentina Lionel Messi  Colombia

Final ranking
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Argentina 7 6 0 1 12 5 +7 18 Champions
2  Nigeria 7 3 2 2 10 5 +5 11 Runners-up
3  Brazil 7 5 1 1 9 4 +5 16 Third place
4  Morocco 7 3 1 3 11 10 +1 10 Fourth place
5  Netherlands (H) 5 4 1 0 10 2 +8 13 Eliminated in
Quarter-finals
6  Spain 5 4 0 1 17 4 +13 12
7  Italy 5 2 1 2 10 8 +2 7
8  Germany 5 2 1 2 6 5 +1 7
9  Colombia 4 3 0 1 7 2 +5 9 Eliminated in
Round of 16
10  China 4 3 0 1 11 7 +4 9
11  United States 4 2 1 1 3 3 0 7
12  Ukraine 4 1 1 2 7 7 0 4
13  Syria 4 1 1 2 3 5 −2 4
14  Turkey 4 1 1 2 4 7 −3 4
15  Chile 4 1 0 3 7 11 −4 3
16  Japan 4 0 2 2 3 5 −2 2
17  South Korea 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3 Eliminated in
Group stage
18   Switzerland 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3
19  Benin 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
20  Australia 3 0 2 1 2 5 −3 2
21  Canada 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
22  Egypt 3 0 0 3 0 5 −5 0
23  Panama 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0
24  Honduras 3 0 0 3 0 15 −15 0
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