The FIFA U-17 World Cup 2007 was the twelfth edition of the tournament, was held in South Korea between 18 August and 9 September 2007. For this event, the number of teams had been expanded from 16 to 24, with the top two of each group and the four best third-place teams advancing to the Round of 16. Also, from this edition onwards, the confederation which produced the last champion, in this case CONCACAF, had an extra spot in the qualifying rounds.

Players born after 1 January 1990 could participate in this tournament.

Venues

SeoulSuwonGoyangCheonan
Seoul World Cup StadiumSuwon Civic StadiumGoyang StadiumCheonan Stadium
Capacity: 66,806Capacity: 24,670Capacity: 41,311Capacity: 30,000
SuwonJejuUlsanGwangyangChangwonCheonanGoyangSeoul2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup (South Korea)
UlsanChangwonGwangyangJeju
Ulsan StadiumChangwon Civic StadiumGwangyang Football StadiumJeju World Cup Stadium
Capacity: 19,050Capacity: 27,085Capacity: 13,496Capacity: 42,256

Teams

ConfederationQualifying TournamentQualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)Host nationSouth Korea
AFC U-17 Championship 2006Japan North Korea Tajikistan1 Syria1
CAF (Africa)2007 African Under-17 ChampionshipGhana Nigeria Togo1 Tunisia
CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean)2007 CONCACAF U17 TournamentHaiti1 Honduras1 Costa Rica United States United States Trinidad and Tobago
CONMEBOL (South America)Sudamericano Sub-17 2007Brazil Colombia Argentina Peru
OFC (Oceania)2007 OFC Under 17 TournamentNew Zealand
UEFA (Europe)2007 UEFA European Under-17 Football ChampionshipBelgium1 England1 France Spain Germany

1.^Teams that made their debut.

Match officials

ConfederationRefereeAssistants
AFCMatthew 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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsGroup stage result
1Peru321020+27Advanced to knockout stage
2Costa Rica311132+14
3South Korea (H)310224−23
4Togo302123−12
Costa Rica1–1Togo
Martínez 81'Mani 39'
South Korea0–1Peru
Bazalar 29'
Togo0–0Peru
Costa Rica2–0South Korea
Ureña 85' Peralta 90+1'
South Korea2–1Togo
Seol Jae-mun 45+1' Yoon Bit-garam 80'Atakora 20'
Peru1–0Costa Rica
Bazalar 89'

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsGroup stage result
1England321082+67Advanced to knockout stage
2Brazil3201143+116
3North Korea311137−44
4New Zealand3003013−130
North Korea1–1England
Rim Chol-min 89'Moses 62'
Brazil7–0New Zealand
Fabinho 1' Lázaro 6' Giuliano 33' Fábio 50' Teixeira 54' Lulinha 60' (pen.) Junior 87'
New Zealand0–5England
Welbeck 3', 27' Moses 7', 30' Chambers 88'
Brazil6–1North Korea
Fábio 4', 8' Teixeira 6' Maicon 22' Giuliano 47' Choco 90'An Il-bom 24'
North Korea1–0New Zealand
Rim Chol-min 81'
England2–1Brazil
Lansbury 45' (pen.) Spence 90'Tales 19'

Group C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsGroup stage result
1Spain321074+37Advanced to knockout stage
2Argentina312052+35
3Syria311132+14
4Honduras3003310−70
Honduras2–4Spain
Martínez 20' Rojas 72'Bojan 2', 71' Pablo 56', 81'
Argentina0–0Syria
Syria1–2Spain
Solaiman 70' (pen.)Mérida 56' Aquino 90+1'
Argentina4–1Honduras
Meza 45+1' Mazzola 64', 87' Machuca 71'Leverón 35' (pen.)
Honduras0–2Syria
Al Taiar 22' Al Saleh 80'
Spain1–1Argentina
Aquino 68'Benítez 32'

Group D

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsGroup stage result
1Nigeria330092+79Advanced to knockout stage
2France31114404
3Japan310246−23
4Haiti301238−51
Nigeria2–1France
Chrisantus 15' Ibrahim 64'Saivet 51'
Japan3–1Haiti
Okamoto 42' Kawano 80' Kakitani 84'Guemsly 71'
Haiti1–1France
Desrivieres 21' (pen.)Le Tallec 13'
Japan0–3Nigeria
Oseni 21' Chrisantus 31', 82'
Nigeria4–1Haiti
Chrisantus 5', 60' Isa 39', 41'Joseph 57'
France2–1Japan
Mehamha 68' Rivière 70'Kakitani 45'

Group E

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsGroup stage result
1Tunisia330083+59Advanced to knockout stage
2United States310267−13
3Tajikistan310245−13
4Belgium310236−33
Belgium2–4Tunisia
De Pauw 27' Kis 36'Boughanmi 20' Ayrai 24' Msakni 42', 79' (pen.)
Tajikistan4–3United States
Vasiev 32' Shohzukhurov 43' Davronov 82' Fatkhuloev 86'Bates 9' Garza 48' Schuler 53'
United States1–3Tunisia
Jeffrey 90' (pen.)Hadhria 8' (pen.), 45+1' (pen.) Dkhil 90+4'
Tajikistan0–1Belgium
Benteke 90+2'
Belgium0–2United States
Urso 63' Bates 71'
Tunisia1–0Tajikistan
Msakni 83'

Group F

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsGroup stage result
1Germany3210115+67Advanced to knockout stage
2Ghana320185+36
3Colombia311195+44
4Trinidad and Tobago3003114−130
Colombia3–3Germany
Julio 14' Nazarit 66' (pen.), 88'Dowidat 34', 49' Sukuta-Pasu 39'
Trinidad and Tobago1–4Ghana
Campbell 80'Osei 12', 44' Adams 45+1' Bossman 85'
Ghana2–3Germany
Osei 52' Adams 53'Bigalke 5' Kroos 12', 27'
Trinidad and Tobago0–5Colombia
Mosquera G. 22', 63' Trellez 60' Pardo 68' Serna 72'
Colombia1–2Ghana
Nazarit 60'Osei 32' Yartey 87'
Germany5–0Trinidad and Tobago
Broghammer 5' Esswein 30', 37' Funk 39' Wolze 90+3'

Ranking of third-placed teams

PosGrpTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsGroup stage result
1FColombia311195+44Advanced to knockout stage
2CSyria311132+14
3BNorth Korea311137−44
4ETajikistan310245−13
5DJapan310246−23
6ASouth Korea310224−23

Knockout stages

Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
29 August - Ulsan
Spain3
1 September - Jeju
North Korea0
Spain (pen.)1 (5)
29 August - Changwon
France1 (4)
Tunisia1
5 September - Ulsan
France (a.e.t.)3
Spain (a.e.t.)2
29 August - Suwon
Ghana1
Peru (pen.)1 (5)
1 September - Changwon
Tajikistan1 (4)
Peru0
29 August - Gwangyang
Ghana2
Ghana1
9 September - Seoul
Brazil0
Spain0 (0)
30 August - Goyang
Nigeria (pen.)0 (3)
Argentina2
2 September - Cheonan
Costa Rica0
Argentina0
30 August - Gwangyang
Nigeria2
Nigeria2
6 September - Suwon
Colombia1
Nigeria3
30 August - Jeju
Germany1Third place
England3
2 September - Goyang9 September - Seoul
Syria1
England1Ghana1
30 August - Cheonan
Germany4Germany2
Germany2
United States1

Round of 16

Spain3–0North Korea
Bojan 28', 50' Falque 67'
Tunisia1–3 (a.e.t.)France
Hadhria 49'Saivet 43' Le Tallec 99', 105'
Peru1–1 (a.e.t.)Tajikistan
Manco 13'Davronov 15'
Penalties
Trujillo Calderón Ruiz Manco Ávila5–4Vasiev Radzhabov Abdulloev Fatkhuloev Tukhtasunov
Ghana1–0Brazil
Donkor 51'
Argentina2–0Costa Rica
Sauro 25', 41'
Nigeria2–1Colombia
Isa 78' Alfa 83'Trellez 62'
England3–1Syria
Lansbury 17' (pen.) Pearce 45+2' Murphy 62'Ajouz 51'
Germany2–1United States
Sukuta-Pasu 65', 89'Bates 90+2'

Quarterfinals

Spain1–1 (a.e.t.)France
Jordi 72'Le Tallec 52'
Penalties
Nacho Rodri Bojan Mérida Aquino5–4Sakho Le Tallec Bourgeois M'Vila N'Diaye
Peru0–2Ghana
Adams 45+1' Osei 53'
Argentina0–2Nigeria
Haruna 33' (pen.) Chrisantus 45+2'
England1–4Germany
Murphy 65'Rudy 50' Sukuta-Pasu 56' Dowidat 74' Kroos 87'

Semifinals

Spain2–1 (a.e.t.)Ghana
Aquino 67' Bojan 116'Adams 80'
Nigeria3–1Germany
Chrisantus 10' Alfa 18' Akinsola 90+4'Kroos 33'

Third place match

Ghana1–2Germany
Osei 67'Kroos 17' Esswein 90+2'

Final

Spain0–0 (a.e.t.)Nigeria
Penalties
Illarramendi Mérida Falque0–3Edile Joshua Oseni

Winners

2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup winners
Nigeria Third title

Awards

Golden BallSilver BallBronze Ball
Germany Toni KroosNigeria Macauley ChrisantusSpain Bojan
Golden ShoeSilver ShoeBronze Shoe
Nigeria Macauley ChrisantusGhana Ransford OseiGermany Toni Kroos

Goalscorers

There were 165 goals scored in 52 matches, for an average of 3.17 goals per match.

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Final ranking

RankTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1Nigeria7610164+1219
2Spain7430126+615
3Germany75112011+916
4Ghana7403139+412
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5England5311127+510
6Argentina522174+38
7France522186+28
8Peru52213308
Eliminated in the Round of 16
9Tunisia430196+39
10Brazil4202144+106
11Colombia4112107+34
12Tajikistan411256–14
13Syria411245–14
14Costa Rica411234–14
15North Korea4112310–74
16United States410379–23
Eliminated at the group stage
17Japan310246–23
18South Korea310224–23
19Belgium310236–33
20Togo302123–12
21Haiti301238–51
22Honduras3003310–70
23Trinidad and Tobago3003114–130
24New Zealand3003013–130

External links

  • , FIFA.com