The 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the sixteenth tournament of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, held in Chile from 17 October to 8 November 2015.
Host selection The following four countries bid to host the tournament:
Venues Along with proposing ten venues for Chile's hosting of the 2015 Copa América, the Chilean Football Federation also announced its plans for hosting of the U-17 World Cup in the same year. On 8 April 2014, 8 cities were confirmed as hosts of the competition, with Copiapó and Quillota being dropped.
The local organising committee also said that the capital city (Santiago) would not host the final.
La Serena Coquimbo Estadio La Portada Estadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso Capacity: 18,243 Capacity: 18,750 Viña del Mar Santiago Estadio Sausalito Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos Capacity: 22,340 Capacity: 48,665 Talca Chillán Estadio Fiscal de Talca Estadio Municipal de Chillán Nelson Oyarzún Arenas Capacity: 8,200 Capacity: 12,000 Concepción Puerto Montt Estadio Municipal de Concepción Estadio Regional de Chinquihue Capacity: 30,448 Capacity: 10,000
Qualified teams In addition to host nation Chile, 23 nations qualified from 6 separate continental competitions.
ConfederationQualifying TournamentQualifier(s)AFC (Asia)2014 AFC U-16 ChampionshipCAF (Africa)2015 African U-17 ChampionshipCONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean)2015 CONCACAF U-17 ChampionshipCONMEBOL (South America)Host nation2015 South American Under-17 ChampionshipOFC (Oceania)2015 OFC U-17 ChampionshipUEFA (Europe)2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
1.Teams that made their debut.
Schedule and draw The schedule of the tournament was unveiled on 5 May 2015.
The final draw was held on 6 August 2015, 20:00 local time, at the Centro de las Artes 660 art gallery in Santiago. For the draw, the 24 teams were divided into four seeding pots: Pot 1: Hosts and continental champions of five confederations (except UEFA) Pot 2: Remaining teams from CONCACAF and AFC Pot 3: Remaining teams from CAF and CONMEBOL Pot 4: Teams from UEFA
As a basic principle, teams from the same confederation could not be drawn against each other at the group stage.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
Match officials A total of 21 referees, 6 support referees, and 42 assistant referees were selected for the tournament.
Confederation Referee Assistant referees Support refereeAFC Abdulrahman Al-Jassim Taleb Al-Marri Saud Al-Maqaleh Hettikamkanamge Perera Mohd Amirul Izwan Mohd Yusri Mohamad Azman Ismail Abdulla Hassan Mohamed Mohamed Al-Hammadi Hasan Al-MahriCAF Mehdi Abid Charef Anouar Hmila Theogene Ndagijimana Bamlak Tessema Weyesa Malang Diedhiou Djibril Camara Aboubacar Doumbouya Janny Sikazwe Arsenio Marengula Jerson Emiliano Dos SantosCONCACAF Valdin Legister Kedlee Powell Richard Washington Óscar Reyna Ricardo Montero Juan Mora Warner Castro Héctor Rodríguez Cristian Ramírez Walter López RamosCONMEBOL Enrique Cáceres Eduardo Cardozo Juan Zorrilla Gery Vargas Diego Haro Raúl López Cruz Víctor Ráez Wilson Lamouroux Alexander Guzman Wilmar Navarro Roberto Tobar Marcelo Barraza Christian Schiemann OFC Nick Waldron Glen Lochrie Ravinesh Kumar Kader ZitouniUEFA Yevhen Aranovskiy Ihor Alokhin Oleksandr Korniyko Stephan Klossner Deniz Aytekin Guido Kleve Markus Häcker Ruddy Buquet Guillaume Debart Cyril Gringore Matej Jug Matej Žunič Gregor Rojko Danny Makkelie Mario Diks Hessel Steegstra Michael Oliver Stuart Burt Gary Beswick Martin Strömbergsson Daniel Gustavsson Mehmet Culum
Emblem and slogan The emblem and slogan ("Una fiesta en nuestra cancha", a party on our pitch) of the tournament was unveiled on 7 October 2014.
Squads
Each team named a squad of 21 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline. The squads were announced on 8 October 2015.
All players of its representative team must have been born on or after 1 January 1998.
Group stage The winners and runners-up of each group and the best four third-placed teams advance to the round of 16. The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows:
If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows:
All times are local, Chile Standard Time (UTC−3).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Ranking of third-placed teams The four best ranked third-placed teams also advance to the round of 16. They are paired with the winners of groups A, B, C and D, according to a table published in Section 18 of the tournament regulations.
Knockout stage In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, the match is determined by a penalty shoot-out (no extra time is played).
Bracket
Combinations of matches in the Round of 16 The third-placed teams advanced to the round of 16 were placed with the winners of groups A, B, C and D according to a table published in Section 18 of the tournament regulations.
Third teams qualify from groups: 1A plays against: 1B plays against: 1C plays against: 1D plays against: A B C D 3C 3D 3A 3B A B C E 3C 3A 3B 3E A B C F 3C 3A 3B 3F A B D E 3D 3A 3B 3E A B D F 3D 3A 3B 3F A B E F 3E 3A 3B 3F A C D E 3C 3D 3A 3E A C D F 3C 3D 3A 3F A C E F 3C 3A 3F 3E A D E F 3D 3A 3F 3E B C D E 3C 3D 3B 3E B C D F 3C 3D 3B 3F B C E F 3E 3C 3B 3F B D E F 3E 3D 3B 3F C D E F 3C 3D 3F 3E
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final
Awards The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. They were all sponsored by Adidas. Golden BallSilver BallBronze Ball Kelechi Nwakali Victor Osimhen Aly MalleGolden BootSilver BootBronze Boot Victor Osimhen Johannes Eggestein Samuel Chukwueze10 goals (2 assists)4 goals (0 assists)3 goals (3 assists)Golden Glove Samuel DiarraFIFA Fair Play Award
In December 2015, Nigerian Samuel Chukwueze was retroactively awarded the Bronze boot award. Kelechi Nwakali had erroneously been awarded the award immediately following the tournament but as he had played more minutes (630) than Chukwueze (535) in the tournament the award was re-allocated.
Final ranking As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
Goalscorers 10 goals
Victor Osimhen
4 goals
Johannes Eggestein
3 goals
Dante Rigo Sidiki Maïga Francisco Venegas Kelechi Nwakali Samuel Chukwueze Fyodor Chalov
2 goals
Nicholas Panetta Jorn Vancamp Dante Vanzeir Leandro Marcelo Allende Karlo Majić Nikola Moro Washington Corozo Pervis Estupiñán Yeison Guerrero Jhon Pereira Bilal Boutobba Odsonne Edouard Jonathan Ikoné Nicolas Janvier Vitaly Janelt Felix Passlack Amadou Haidara Sekou Koita Aly Malle Boubacar Traoré Pablo López Claudio Zamudio Diego Cortés Kevin Magaña Julio Villalba Georgi Makhatadze Brandon Vazquez
1 goal
Tomás Conechny Pierce Waring Dennis Van Vaerenbergh Matthias Verreth Arthur Lincoln Luís Henrique Gonzalo Jara Brian Leiva Yerko Leiva Gabriel Mazuela Camilo Moya Kevin Masís Diego Mesén Sergio Ramírez Andy Reyes Josip Brekalo Luka Ivanušec Davor Lovren Joan Cortez Juan Nazareno Kaylen Hinds Alexis Claude-Maurice Mamadou Doucoure Alec Georgen Faitout Maouassa Dayot Upamecano Niklas Schmidt Naby Bangoura Morlaye Sylla Foslyn Grant Jafeth Leiva Abdoul Karim Danté Eduardo Aguirre Ricardo Marín Bryan Salazar Hunter Ashworth Lucas Imrie James McGarry Udochukwu Anumudu Chukwudi Agor Funsho Bamgboye Christian Ebere Edidiong Essien Kingsley Michael Orji Okwonkwo Jong Chang-bom Kim Wi-song Pak Yong-gwan Arturo Aranda David Colmán Sebastián Ferreira Jorge Morel Marcelino Ñamandú Cristian Paredes Ivan Galanin Jang Jae-won Oh Se-hun Khanyisa Mayo Thendo Mukumela Anas Al-Aji Christian Pulisic
1 own goal James McGarry (playing against France)
Marketing
Sponsorship FIFA partners Adidas Coca-Cola Gazprom Visa Hyundai
National suppliers Clinica MEDS Movistar Chile Pullman Bus Universidad Santo Tomás VTR
Mascot and anthem The official mascot, a young boy named Brochico, and anthem, composed by DJ Méndez, were unveiled on 9 July 2015.
Broadcasting
United States Fox Sports: English language, Telemundo: Spanish language
Bulgaria BNT
Canada TSN.
Germany ARD and ZDF.
Indonesia Rajawali Televisi
Laos TVLAO
United Kingdom BBC, ITV, Eurosport.
New Zealand Sky Sport
South Africa, Sub Sahara Africa and Nigeria Startimes Sports
South Korea SBS, KBS, and MBC
References
External links FIFA U-17 World Cup Chile 2015, FIFA.com FIFA Technical Report