The 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the twelfth edition of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, a biennial international men's youth football tournament contested between the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament was held in South Korea between 18 August and 9 September 2007. At that time, it was the second major FIFA tournament to have been held in the country, alongside the 2002 FIFA World Cup which South Korea co-hosted with Japan, and was also the third edition of the U-17 World Cup held in Asia, following China in 1985, and Japan in 1993.Executive Committee approves report from Task Force for the Good of the Game
The amount of teams expanded from 16 to 24 since the previous edition of the U-17 World Cup. Also, from this edition onwards, the confederation which produced the last champion, in this case CONCACAF, had an extra spot in the qualifying rounds.
Nigeria won their third title, defeating Spain on penalties in the final, and tied Brazil for the most championships in the tournament, with three each. Mexico were the defending champions, but they failed to qualify for the tournament as a whole.
Venues Seoul Suwon Goyang Cheonan Seoul World Cup Stadium Suwon Civic Stadium Goyang Stadium Cheonan Stadium Capacity: 66,806 Capacity: 24,670 Capacity: 41,311 Capacity: 30,000 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
Teams ConfederationQualifying TournamentQualifier(s)AFC (Asia)Host nationAFC U-17 Championship 2006 CAF (Africa)2007 African Under-17 Championship CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean)2007 CONCACAF U17 Tournament United States CONMEBOL (South America)Sudamericano Sub-17 2007 OFC (Oceania)2007 OFC Under 17 TournamentUEFA (Europe)2007 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship
1.Teams that made their debut.
Match officials ConfederationRefereeAssistantsAFCMatthew 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)CAFKoman Coulibaly (Mali)Inácio Cândido (Angola)Redouane Achik (Morocco)Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)Bechir Hassani (Tunisia)Evarist Menkouande (Cameroon)CONCACAFJoel Aguilar (El Salvador)Roberto Giron (Honduras)Daniel Williamson (Panama)CONMEBOLSálvio Fagundes (Brazil)Roberto Braatz (Brazil)Altemir Hausmann (Brazil)Hernando Buitrago (Colombia)Abraham González (Colombia)Rafael Rivas (Colombia)OFCRakesh Varman (Fiji)Andrew Achari (Fiji)Matthew Taro (Solomon Islands)UEFAIvan 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
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Ranking of third-placed teams
Knockout stages
Round of 16
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Third place match
Final
Winners
Awards Golden BallSilver BallBronze Ball Toni Kroos Macauley Chrisantus BojanGolden ShoeSilver ShoeBronze Shoe Macauley Chrisantus Ransford Osei Toni Kroos
Goalscorers
Final ranking
RankTeam17610164+121927430126+615375112011+91647403139+412 Eliminated in the quarter-finals55311127+5106522174+387522186+28852213308 Eliminated in the Round of 169430196+39104202144+106114112107+3412411256–1413411245–1414411234–14154112310–7416410379–23 Eliminated in group stage17310246–2318310224–2319310236–3320302123–1221301238–51223003310–70233003114–130243003013–130
References
External links FIFA U-17 World Cup Korea 2007, FIFA.com FIFA Technical Report