2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup
The FIFA U-17 World Cup 2007, the twelfth edition of the tournament, was held in South Korea between 18 August and 9 September 2007. For this event, the number of teams had been expanded from 16 to 24, with the top two of each group and the four best third-place teams advancing to the Round of 16. Also, from now on, the confederation which produced the last champion, in this case CONCACAF, had an extra spot in the qualifying rounds.[1]
| 2007 FIFA U-17 월드컵 대한민국 | |
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 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup official logo | |
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | South Korea |
| Dates | 18 August – 9 September |
| Teams | 24 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 8 (in 8 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Nigeria (3rd title) |
| Runners-up |  Spain |
| Third place |  Germany |
| Fourth place |  Ghana |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 52 |
| Goals scored | 165 (3.17 per match) |
| Attendance | 422,907 (8,133 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Macauley Chrisantus (7 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Toni Kroos |
| Fair play award |  Costa Rica |
Players born after 1 January 1990 could participate in this tournament.
Venues
| Seoul | Suwon | Goyang | Cheonan |
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| Seoul World Cup Stadium | Suwon Civic Stadium | Goyang Stadium | Cheonan Stadium |
| Capacity: 66,806 | Capacity: 24,670 | Capacity: 41,311 | Capacity: 30,000 |
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| Ulsan | Changwon | Gwangyang | Jeju |
| Ulsan Stadium | Changwon Civic Stadium | Gwangyang Football Stadium | Jeju World Cup Stadium |
| Capacity: 19,050 | Capacity: 27,085 | Capacity: 13,496 | Capacity: 42,256 |
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Teams
- 1.^ Teams that made their debut.
Match officials
| Confederation | Referee | Assistants |
|---|---|---|
| AFC | Matthew Breeze (Australia) | Matthew Cream (Australia) Jim Ouliaris (Australia) |
| Yuichi Nishimura (Japan) | Toru Sagara (Japan) Jeong Hae-Sang (South Korea) | |
| Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) | Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan) Bahadyr Kochkarov (Kyrgyzstan) | |
| CAF | Koman Coulibaly (Mali) | Inácio Cândido (Angola) Redouane Achik (Morocco) |
| Eddy Maillet (Seychelles) | Bechir Hassani (Tunisia) Evarist Menkouande (Cameroon) | |
| CONCACAF | Joel Aguilar (El Salvador) | Roberto Giron (Honduras) Daniel Williamson (Panama) |
| CONMEBOL | Sálvio Fagundes (Brazil) | Roberto Braatz (Brazil) Altemir Hausmann (Brazil) |
| Hernando Buitrago (Colombia) | Abraham González (Colombia) Rafael Rivas (Colombia) | |
| OFC | Rakesh Varman (Fiji) | Andrew Achari (Fiji) Matthew Taro (Solomon Islands) |
| UEFA | Ivan Bebek (Croatia) | Tomislav Petrović (Croatia) Tomislav Šetka (Croatia) |
| Bertrand Layec (France) | Eric Dansault (France) Stephane Duhamel (France) | |
| Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland) | Rafał Rostkowski (Poland) Maciej Wierzbowski (Poland) | |
| Olegário Benquerença (Portugal) | Bertino Miranda (Portugal) José Cardinal (Portugal) | |
| Craig Thomson (Scotland) | Martin Cryans (Scotland) Tom Murphy (Scotland) |
Squads
For a list of the squads see 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup squads.
Group stage
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Peru |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 7 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | Costa Rica |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} South Korea (H) |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Togo |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
Source:
(H) Hosts
(H) Hosts
| Costa Rica | 1–1 | Togo |
|---|---|---|
Martínez  81' |
Report | Mani 39' |
| South Korea | 0–1 | Peru |
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| Report | Bazalar 29' |
| Costa Rica | 2–0 | South Korea |
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| Ureña 85' Peralta 90+1' |
Report |
| South Korea | 2–1 | Togo |
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| Seol Jae-mun 45+1' Yoon Bit-garam 80' |
Report | Atakora 20' |
| Peru | 1–0 | Costa Rica |
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| Bazalar 89' |
Report |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  England |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 7 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 |  Brazil |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 6 | |
| 3 |  North Korea |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 4 | |
| 4 |  New Zealand |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | −13 | 0 |
Source:
| North Korea | 1–1 | England |
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| Rim Chol-min 89' |
Report | Moses 62' |
| Brazil | 7–0 | New Zealand |
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| Fabinho 1' Lázaro 6' Giuliano 33' Fábio 50' Teixeira 54' Lulinha 60' (pen.) Junior 87' |
Report |
| Brazil | 6–1 | North Korea |
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| Fábio 4', 8' Teixeira 6' Maicon 22' Giuliano 47' Choco 90' |
Report | An Il-bom 24' |
| North Korea | 1–0 | New Zealand |
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| Rim Chol-min 81' |
Report |
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 7 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 |  Argentina |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 | |
| 3 |  Syria |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | |
| 4 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Honduras |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 0 |
Source:
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 9 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 |  France |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Japan |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Haiti |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 1 |
Source:
| Japan | 0–3 | Nigeria |
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| Report | Oseni 21' Chrisantus 31', 82' |
Group E
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Tunisia |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 9 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 |  United States |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 3 | |
| 3 |  Tajikistan |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 |
Source:
| Tajikistan | 4–3 | United States |
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| Vasiev 32' Shohzukhurov 43' Davronov 82' Fatkhuloev 86' |
Report | Bates 9' Garza 48' Schuler 53' |
| Tajikistan | 0–1 | Belgium |
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| Report | Benteke 90+2' |
| Belgium | 0–2 | United States |
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| Report | Urso 63' Bates 71' |
| Tunisia | 1–0 | Tajikistan |
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| Msakni 83' |
Report |
Group F
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 7 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | Ghana |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Colombia |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 0 |
Source:
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0–5 | Colombia |
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| Report | Mosquera G. 22', 63' Trellez 60' Pardo 68' Serna 72' |
| Germany | 5–0 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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| Broghammer 5' Esswein 30', 37' Funk 39' Wolze 90+3' |
Report |
Ranking of third-placed teams
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | F | Colombia |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 4 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | C | Syria |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | B | North Korea |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 4 | |
| 4 | E | Tajikistan |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
| 5 | D | Japan |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | |
| 6 | A | South Korea |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 |
Source:
Knockout stages
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| 29 August - Ulsan | ||||||||||||||
| Spain | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 1 September - Jeju | ||||||||||||||
| North Korea | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Spain (pen.) | 1 (5) | |||||||||||||
| 29 August - Changwon | ||||||||||||||
| France | 1 (4) | |||||||||||||
| Tunisia | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 5 September - Ulsan | ||||||||||||||
| France (a.e.t.) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Spain (a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 29 August - Suwon | ||||||||||||||
| Ghana | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Peru (pen.) | 1 (5) | |||||||||||||
| 1 September - Changwon | ||||||||||||||
| Tajikistan | 1 (4) | |||||||||||||
| Peru | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 29 August - Gwangyang | ||||||||||||||
| Ghana | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Ghana | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 9 September - Seoul | ||||||||||||||
| Brazil | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Spain | 0 (0) | |||||||||||||
| 30 August - Goyang | ||||||||||||||
| Nigeria (pen.) | 0 (3) | |||||||||||||
| Argentina | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 2 September - Cheonan | ||||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Argentina | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 30 August - Gwangyang | ||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Nigeria | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 6 September - Suwon | ||||||||||||||
| Colombia | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Nigeria | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 30 August - Jeju | ||||||||||||||
| Germany | 1 | Third place | ||||||||||||
| England | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 2 September - Goyang | 9 September - Seoul | |||||||||||||
| Syria | 1 | |||||||||||||
| England | 1 | Ghana | 1 | |||||||||||
| 30 August - Cheonan | ||||||||||||||
| Germany | 4 | Germany | 2 | |||||||||||
| Germany | 2 | |||||||||||||
| United States | 1 | |||||||||||||
Round of 16
| Spain | 3–0 | North Korea |
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| Bojan 28', 50' Falque 67' |
Report |
| Peru | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Tajikistan |
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| Manco 13' |
Report | Davronov 15' |
| Penalties | ||
Trujillo  Calderón Ruiz Manco Ávila |
5–4 |  Vasiev Radzhabov Abdulloev Fatkhuloev Tukhtasunov |
| Argentina | 2–0 | Costa Rica |
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| Sauro 25', 41' |
Report |
| Germany | 2–1 | United States |
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| Sukuta-Pasu 65', 89' |
Report | Bates 90+2' |
Quarterfinals
| Spain | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | France |
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| Jordi 72' |
Report | Le Tallec 52' |
| Penalties | ||
| Nacho Rodri Bojan Mérida Aquino |
5–4 | Sakho Le Tallec Bourgeois M'Vila N'Diaye |
Semifinals
Winners
| 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup winners |
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Nigeria Third title |
Awards
| Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball |
|---|---|---|
| Toni Kroos |
Macauley Chrisantus |
Bojan |
| Golden Shoe | Silver Shoe | Bronze Shoe |
| Macauley Chrisantus |
Ransford Osei |
Toni Kroos |
Goalscorers
There were 165 goals scored in 52 matches, for an average of 3.17 goals per match.
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
- Carlos Benítez
- Alexis Machuca
- Fernando Meza
- Christian Benteke
- Nill De Pauw
- Kevin Kis
- Fabinho
- Choco
- Lázaro
- Lulinha
- Junior
- Maicon
- Tales
- Miguel Julio
- Felipe Pardo
- Ricardo Serna
- Josué Martínez
- Marco Ureña
- Jessy Peralta
- Ashley Chambers
- Jordan Spence
- Krystian Pearce
- Saïd Mehamha
- Emmanuel Rivière
- Sascha Bigalke
- Fabian Broghammer
- Patrick Funk
- Kevin Wolze
- Sebastian Rudy
- Kelvin Bossman
- Ishmael Yartey
- Isaac Donkor
- Peterson Desrivieres
- Joseph Guemsly Jr.
- Peterson Joseph
- Johnny Leverón
- Christian Samir Martínez
- Roger Rojas
- Tomotaka Okamoto
- Hiroki Kawano
- An Il-bom
Seol Jae-mun- Yoon Bit-garam
- Kabiru Akinsola
- Rabiu Ibrahim
- Ganiyu Oseni
- Lukman Haruna
Reimond Manco- Fran Mérida
- Iago Falque
- Ahmad Al Saleh
- Hani Al Taiar
- Solaiman Solaiman
- Ziad Ajouz
- Farkhod Vosiyev
- Samad Shohzukhurov
- Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev
- Lalawélé Atakora
- Sapol Mani
- Stephan Campbell
- Khaled Ayari
- Oussama Boughanmi
- Rafik Dkhil
- Greg Garza
- Jared Jeffrey
- Billy Schuler
- Kirk Urso
Final ranking
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria |
7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 19 | |
| 2 | Spain |
7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 15 | |
| 3 | Germany |
7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 16 | |
| 4 | Ghana |
7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 12 | |
| Eliminated in the quarter-finals | ||||||||||
| 5 | England |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 10 | |
| 6 | Argentina |
5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 8 | |
| 7 | France |
5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 8 | |
| 8 | Peru |
5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | |
| Eliminated in the Round of 16 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Tunisia |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 9 | |
| 10 | Brazil |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 6 | |
| 11 | Colombia |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 4 | |
| 12 | Tajikistan |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | –1 | 4 | |
| 13 | Syria |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | –1 | 4 | |
| 14 | Costa Rica |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 4 | |
| 15 | North Korea |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | –7 | 4 | |
| 16 | United States |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | –2 | 3 | |
| Eliminated at the group stage | ||||||||||
| 17 | Japan |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | –2 | 3 | |
| 18 | South Korea |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | –2 | 3 | |
| 19 | Belgium |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | –3 | 3 | |
| 20 | Togo |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | –1 | 2 | |
| 21 | Haiti |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | –5 | 1 | |
| 22 | Honduras |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | –7 | 0 | |
| 23 | Trinidad and Tobago |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | –13 | 0 | |
| 24 | New Zealand |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | –13 | 0 | |
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