The 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship, the eleventh edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Lima, Trujillo, Chiclayo, Piura, and Iquitos in Peru from 16 September to 2 October 2005. Players born after 1 January 1988 could participate in this tournament. Mexico beat favorites and defending champions Brazil 3–0 in the final, winning its first U-17 Championship title.
Venues
LimaChiclayoEstadio NacionalCapacity: 47,000Estadio Elías AguirreCapacity: 25,000IquitosEstadio Max AugustínCapacity: 25,000PiuraTrujilloEstadio Miguel GrauCapacity: 26,550Estadio MansicheCapacity: 25,000
Teams Confederation Qualifying Tournament Qualifier(s)AFC (Asia)2004 AFC U-17 ChampionshipCAF (Africa)2005 African U-17 ChampionshipCONCACAF(North, Central America & Caribbean)2005 CONCACAF U17 TournamentCONMEBOL (South America)Host nation2005 South American U-17 ChampionshipOFC (Oceania)2005 OFC Under 17 TournamentUEFA (Europe)2005 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
USA is the only team to have qualified for all 11 tournaments so far, followed by Brazil and Australia who have each qualified 10 times. While Netherlands, Turkey, Peru, Gambia and Korea DPR are new to the competition.
Squads For a list of the squads see 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship squads
Group stage All times are local, PET (UTC−5). Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Knockout stage Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third place playoff
Final
Awards Golden BallSilver BallBronze Ball Anderson Giovani dos Santos Nuri ŞahinGolden ShoeSilver ShoeBronze Shoe Carlos Vela Nuri Şahin Tevfik Köse5 goals4 goals4 goals FIFA Fair Play Award
Goalscorers Carlos Vela of Mexico won the Golden Shoe award for scoring five goals.
Final ranking
RankTeam16501163+1315264021611+512364021210+212464021510+512 Eliminated in the quarter-finals5421176+176412155057412147–35841127704 Eliminated at the group stage9320164+2610311167–14113030330312310225–3313301214–3114301248–4115300337–40163003414–100
References
External links FIFA U-17 World Championship Peru 2005, FIFA.com FIFA Technical Report