The 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 18th FIFA U-20 World Cup. Colombia hosted the tournament between 29 July and 20 August 2011, with matches being played in eight cities. The tournament was won by Brazil who claimed their fifth title.
At a FIFA Executive Committee meeting held in Sydney on 26 May 2008, Colombia beat the only other candidate country, Venezuela, for the right to organize the U-20 World Cup. It was suggested by the then-Vice President of Colombia Francisco Santos Calderón that it was needed to withdraw from the race with Brazil to host the 2014 FIFA World Cup so the nation could concentrate on hosting the "best possible games".
In an inspection tour of development works in March 2010, Jack Warner, then the vice president of FIFA, said that the completion of this tournament could provide Colombia with a launch pad to become a possible host for the 2026 World Cup. The official song of the tournament was "Nuestra Fiesta" by Colombian singer Jorge Celedón.
Venues The venues that were confirmed on 29 September 2010 are located in Bogotá, Cali, Medellín, Manizales, Armenia, Cartagena, Pereira and Barranquilla.
During an announcement about the ticketing procedures for Colombian residents, it was confirmed that the opening game would be held at the Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez in Barranquilla, with the Estadio El Campín hosting the final match.
ArmeniaBarranquillaBogotáCaliEstadio CentenarioEstadio Metropolitano Roberto MeléndezEstadio Nemesio Camacho (El Campín)Estadio Pascual GuerreroCapacity: 20,716Capacity: 44,569Capacity: 36,343Capacity: 33,130CartagenaManizalesEstadio Jaime Morón LeónEstadio PalograndeCapacity: 16,068Capacity: 28,678MedellínPereiraEstadio Atanasio GirardotEstadio Hernán Ramírez VillegasCapacity: 40,943 Capacity: 30,297
Participating teams and officials
Qualification
In addition to host nation Colombia, 23 nations qualified from six separate continental competitions.
ConfederationQualifying TournamentQualifier(s)AFC(Asia)2010 AFC U-19 Championship CAF(Africa)2011 African Youth Championship CONCACAF(North, Central America & Caribbean)2011 CONCACAF U-20 Championship CONMEBOL(South America)Host nation2011 South American U-20 Championship OFC(Oceania)2011 OFC U-20 ChampionshipUEFA(Europe)2010 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
1.Teams that made their debut.
Match officials ConfederationRefereeAssistantsAFCKim Dong-Jin (South Korea)Lee Jung-Min (South Korea)Yang Byoung-Eun (South Korea)Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)Mohammad Dharman (Qatar)Fares Al Shammari (Kuwait)CAFDjamel Haimoudi (Algeria)Ayman Degaish (Egypt)Foaad El Maghrabi (Libya)Noumandiez Doué (Ivory Coast)Mohsen Ben Salem (Tunisia)Jean-Claude Birumushahu (Burundi)CONCACAFWalter López (Guatemala)Gerson López (Guatemala)Hermenerito Leal (Guatemala)Mark Geiger (United States)Mark Hurd (United States)Joe Fletcher (Canada)CONMEBOLWilson Seneme (Brazil)Alessandro Rocha (Brazil)Emerson de Carvalho (Brazil)Hernando Buitrago (Colombia)Wilson Berrio (Colombia)Eduardo Díaz (Colombia)Antonio Arias (Paraguay)Rodney Aquino (Paraguay)Milciades Salvidar (Paraguay)Darío Ubriaco (Uruguay)Carlos Pastorino (Uruguay)William Casavieja (Uruguay)OFCPeter O'Leary (New Zealand)Jackson Namo (Solomon Islands)Ravinesh Kumar (Fiji)UEFARobert Schörgenhofer (Austria)Alain Hoxha (Austria)Mario Strudl (Austria)Mark Clattenburg (England)Simon Beck (England)Stephen Child (England)István Vad (Hungary)György Ring (Hungary)Zsolt Szpisják (Hungary)William Collum (Scotland)Graham Chambers (Scotland)Martin Cryans (Scotland)Markus Strömbergsson (Sweden)Magnus Sjöblom (Sweden)Fredrik Nilsson (Sweden)Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)Bahattin Duran (Turkey)Tarık Ongun (Turkey)
Squads
Group stage The draw for the group stage was held on 27 April 2011, at the Julio Cesar Turbay Ayala Convention Centre in Cartagena. The seedings were as follows.
Pot A Pot B Pot C Pot D
The winners and runners-up from each group, as well as the best four third-placed teams, will qualify for the first round of the knockout stage (round of 16).
Tie-breaking criteria Where two or more teams end the group stage with the same number of points, their ranking is determined by the following criteria:Regulations – FIFA U-20 World Cup 2011
goal difference in all group matches; number of goals scored in all group matches; points earned in the matches between the teams concerned; goal difference in the matches between the teams concerned; number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned; drawing of lots by the organising committee.
Ranking of third place teams in each group are determined by the following criteria, top four advances to the round of 16:
number of points goal difference in all group matches; number of goals scored in all group matches; drawing of lots by the organising committee.
All times are in local, Colombia Time (UTC−05:00).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Ranking of third-placed teams
Knockout stage
Round of 16
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Third place match
Final
Statistics
Goalscorers With five goals, Henrique, Alexandre Lacazette and Álvaro Vázquez are the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 132 goals were scored by 80 different players, with three of them credited as own goals.
5 goals
Henrique Alexandre Lacazette Álvaro Vázquez
4 goals
Luis Muriel Nélson Oliveira
3 goals
Erik Lamela Philippe Coutinho Dudu Oscar James Rodríguez John Jairo Ruiz Mohamed Ibrahim Edson Rivera Edafe Egbedi Olarenwaju Kayode Ahmed Musa Rodrigo
2 goals
Thomas Oar Willian José Joel Campbell Marlon de Jesús Gueïda Fofana Gilles Sunu Bright Ejike Uche Nwofor Yasir Al-Fahmi Sergio Canales
1 goal
Ezequiel Cirigliano Facundo Ferreyra Lucas Villafáñez Kerem Bulut Danilo Gabriel Silva Christ Mbondi Emmanuel Mbongo Frank Ohandza Santiago Arias Pedro Franco José Adolfo Valencia Duván Zapata Javier Escoe Andrej Kramarić Ivan Lendrić Juan Govea Edson Montaño Omar Gaber Ahmed Hegazy Mohamed Salah Mohamed Sobhi Cédric Bakambu Antoine Griezmann Marvin Ceballos Ulises Dávila Diego de Buen Jorge Enríquez Taufic Guarch Carlos Emilio Orrantía Erick Torres Padilla Andrew Bevin Abdul Jeleel Ajagun Terna Suswam Alex Danilo Pereira Mário Rui Salem Al-Dawsari Mohammed Al-Fatil Ibrahim Al-Ibrahim Fahad Al-Muwallad Yasser Al-Shahrani Yahya Dagriri Jang Hyun-soo Kim Kyung-jung Kim Young-uk Isco Koke Sergi Roberto Adrián Luna
1 own goal
Tchaha Leouko (playing against New Zealand) Francisco Calvo (playing against Australia) Ri Yong-chol (playing against Mexico)
Final ranking
Awards The following awards were given: Golden BallSilver BallBronze Ball Henrique Nélson Oliveira Jorge EnríquezGolden ShoeSilver ShoeBronze Shoe Henrique Álvaro Vázquez Alexandre Lacazette5 goals5 goals5 goals Golden Glove Mika FIFA Fair Play Award
Organization
In late 2009 the Colombian Football Federation unveiled the budget for conducting the event, to be COP 150 billion (US$75 million). On 30 September 2009, the presidents of both FIFA and Colombia announced that the logo would show a steaming cup of coffee with the colours of the Colombian tricolour.Coldeportes will intervene in the Colombian football clubs for us to do
Opening ceremony Prior to the start of the tournament, the Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez in Barranquilla hosted the Opening Ceremony, involving local musical performances and guests including Jorge Celedón, Barranquilla's Carnival Performers, Checo Acosta and Maía.
Closing ceremony The Estadio El Campín in Bogotá hosted the Closing Ceremony. The show was managed by the Ibero-American Theater Festival and Teatro Nacional de Colombia and, like the opening ceremony, included musical performances.
References
External links
FIFA U-20 World Cup Colombia 2011 , FIFA.com RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 2011 FIFA Technical Report