2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup

2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup
Copa Mundial Sub-20 de la FIFA; Colombia 2011
Tournament details
Host country	Colombia
Dates	29 July – 20 August
Teams	24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	8 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (5th title)
Runners-up	Portugal
Third place	Mexico
Fourth place	France
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Goals scored	132 (2.54 per match)
Attendance	1,309,929 (25,191 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Henrique; Alexandre Lacazette ; Álvaro Vázquez; (5 goals each)
Best player(s)	Henrique
Best goalkeeper	Mika
Fair play award	Nigeria
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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.^[1]^[2]

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.^[3] 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".^[4]

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.^[5]

Venues edit

The venues that were confirmed on 29 September 2010 are located in Bogotá, Cali, Medellín, Manizales, Armenia, Cartagena, Pereira and Barranquilla.^[6]

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.^[7]

Armenia	Barranquilla	Bogotá	Cali
Estadio Centenario	Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez	Estadio Nemesio Camacho	Estadio Pascual Guerrero
Capacity: 20,716	Capacity: 44,569^[8]	Capacity: 36,343	Capacity: 33,130
04°30′56.1″N 75°41′56.2″W / 4.515583°N 75.698944°W / 4.515583; -75.698944 (Estadio Centenario)	10°55′36.7″N 74°48′02.6″W / 10.926861°N 74.800722°W / 10.926861; -74.800722	04°38′45.5″N 74°04′39.1″W / 4.645972°N 74.077528°W / 4.645972; -74.077528 (Estadio Nemesio Camacho)	03°25′47.6″N 76°32′27.9″W / 3.429889°N 76.541083°W / 3.429889; -76.541083 (Estadio Pascual Guerrero)

Cartagena	Pereira Barranquilla Bogotá Cali Cartagena Manizales Medellín Armenia		Manizales
Estadio Jaime Morón León			Estadio Palogrande
Capacity: 16,068			Capacity: 28,678
10°24′19.9″N 75°29′53.6″W / 10.405528°N 75.498222°W / 10.405528; -75.498222 (Estadio Jaime Morón León)			05°03′22.4″N 75°29′23.3″W / 5.056222°N 75.489806°W / 5.056222; -75.489806 (Estadio Palogrande)

Medellín			Pereira
Estadio Atanasio Girardot			Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas
Capacity: 40,943			Capacity: 30,297
06°15′24.5″N 75°35′24.6″W / 6.256806°N 75.590167°W / 6.256806; -75.590167 (Estadio Atanasio Girardot)			04°48′17.3″N 75°45′07.9″W / 4.804806°N 75.752194°W / 4.804806; -75.752194 (Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas)

Participating teams and officials edit

Qualification edit

Qualified teams

In addition to host nation Colombia, 23 nations qualified from six separate continental competitions.

Confederation	Qualifying Tournament	Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)	2010 AFC U-19 Championship	Australia North Korea Saudi Arabia South Korea
CAF (Africa)	2011 African Youth Championship	Cameroon Egypt Mali Nigeria
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)	2011 CONCACAF U-20 Championship	Costa Rica Guatemala¹ Mexico Panama
CONMEBOL (South America)	Host nation	Colombia
CONMEBOL (South America)	2011 South American U-20 Championship	Argentina Brazil Ecuador Uruguay
OFC (Oceania)	2011 OFC U-20 Championship	New Zealand
UEFA (Europe)	2010 UEFA European Under-19 Championship	Austria Croatia England France Portugal Spain

1.^ Teams that made their debut.

Match officials edit

Confederation	Referee	Assistants
AFC	Kim Dong-Jin (South Korea)	Lee Jung-Min (South Korea) Yang Byoung-Eun (South Korea)
AFC	Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)	Mohammad Dharman (Qatar) Fares Al Shammari (Kuwait)
CAF	Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)	Ayman Degaish (Egypt) Foaad El Maghrabi (Libya)
CAF	Noumandiez Doué (Ivory Coast)	Mohsen Ben Salem (Tunisia) Jean-Claude Birumushahu (Burundi)
CONCACAF	Walter López (Guatemala)	Gerson López (Guatemala) Hermenerito Leal (Guatemala)
CONCACAF	Mark Geiger (United States)	Mark Hurd (United States) Joe Fletcher (Canada)
CONMEBOL	Wilson 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)
OFC	Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)	Jackson Namo (Solomon Islands) Ravinesh Kumar (Fiji)
UEFA	Robert 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 edit

Group stage edit

The draw for the group stage was held on 27 April 2011,^[9]^[10] at the Julio Cesar Turbay Ayala Convention Centre in Cartagena.^[11] The seedings were as follows.

Pot A	Pot B	Pot C	Pot D
Argentina Brazil Colombia Nigeria Portugal Spain	Cameroon Costa Rica Egypt Guatemala Mali Mexico	Australia New Zealand North Korea Panama Saudi Arabia South Korea	Austria Croatia Ecuador England France Uruguay

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).

Champion

Runner-up

Third place

Fourth place

Quarter-finals

Round of 16

Group stage

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:^[12]

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:^[12]

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 edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Colombia (H)	3	3	0	7	1	+6	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	France	3	2	1	6	5	+1	6
3	South Korea	3	1	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Mali	3	0	3	0	6	−6	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

30 July 2011

18:00

Mali	0–2	South Korea
	Report	Kim Kyung-jung 50' Jang Hyun-soo 80' (pen.)

Estadio Nemesio Camacho (El Campín), Bogotá

Attendance: 36,111

Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

30 July 2011