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. The tournament was initially going to take place between 10 and 31 July. However, the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup was played mid-year, resulting in both that year's U-20 and U-17 World Cups being played at the end of the year. The tournament was won by Ghana after they defeated Brazil on penalties in the final, becoming the first African team to win the tournament.
Player eligibility Only players born on or after 1 January 1989 were eligible to compete.
Venues CairoAlexandriaCairo International StadiumCapacity: 75,000Al Salam StadiumCapacity: 30,000Borg El Arab StadiumCapacity: 86,000AlexandriaSuezPort SaidIsmailiaAlexandria StadiumCapacity: 13,660Mubarak International StadiumCapacity: 45,000Port Said StadiumCapacity: 17,988Ismailia StadiumCapacity: 18,525
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.
ConfederationQualifying tournamentQualifier(s)AFC (Asia)2008 AFC U-19 ChampionshipCAF (Africa)Host nation2009 African Youth ChampionshipCONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)2009 CONCACAF U-20 ChampionshipCONMEBOL (South America)2009 South American U-20 ChampionshipOFC (Oceania)2008 OFC U-20 ChampionshipUEFA (Europe)2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
1.Teams that made their debut.
Match officials ConfederationRefereeAssistantsAFCYuichi Nishimura (Japan)Toru Sagara (Japan)Jeong Hae-Sang (South Korea)Subkhiddin Salleh (Malaysia)Mu Yuxin (China)Thanom Borikut (Thailand)CAFMohamed 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)CONCACAFJoel Aguilar (El Salvador)William Torres (El Salvador)Juan Zumba (El Salvador)Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)José Luis Camargo (Mexico)Alberto Morín (Mexico)CONMEBOLHéctor 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)OFCPeter O'Leary (New Zealand)Brent Best (New Zealand)Matthew Taro (Solomon Islands)UEFAThomas 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
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 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4 (seeded)
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Group stage The draw for the group stages was held on 5 April 2009 at Luxor Temple.24 in the Draw - FIFA.comCrunch clashes in Egypt FIFA 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
2nd place 3rd place 4th place
Awards
Golden BallSilver BallBronze Ball Dominic Adiyiah Alex Teixeira GiulianoGolden ShoeSilver ShoeBronze Shoe Dominic Adiyiah Vladimir Koman Aarón8 goals5 goals4 goals Golden Glove Esteban Alvarado FIFA Fair Play Award
Goalscorers With eight goals, Ghana's Dominic Adiyiah was the top scorer. In total, 167 goals were scored by 105 different players, with one of them credited as own goals.
8 goals Dominic Adiyiah
5 goals Vladimir Koman
4 goals
Alan Kardec Ransford Osei Aarón Ñíguez Yonathan del Valle Salomón Rondón
3 goals
Alex Teixeira Marco Ureña Krisztián Németh Kermit Erasmus Kim Min-woo Fran Mérida
2 goals
Maicon Josué Martínez Jan Chramosta Michael Rabušic Jan Vošahlík Afroto Hossam Arafat Bogy Ahmed Shoukry Semih Aydilek Lewis Holtby Björn Kopplin Richard Sukuta-Pasu André Ayew Mario Martínez Michelangelo Albertazzi Mattia Mustacchio Kim Bo-kyung Ander Herrera Kike Emilio Nsue Ahmed Khalil Nicolás 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 Guzmán Diego Madrigal José Mena Tomáš Pekhart Mohamed Talaat Alex Nimely Florian Jungwirth Manuel Schäffler Mario Vrančić Abeiku Quansah Mohammed Rabiu Arnold Peralta Ádám Balajti András Debreceni Márkó Futács Máté Kiss Zsolt Korcsmár Ádám Présinger 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 García Abel Hernández Tabaré Viudez Sherzod Karimov Ivan Nagaev Óscar Rojas José Manuel Velázquez
1 own goal Luke DeVere (playing against Costa Rica)
Final ranking
References
External links
FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009, FIFA.com RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 2009 FIFA Technical Report