2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup

2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup
Copa Mundial Sub-17 de la FIFA México 2011
Tournament details
Host country	Mexico
Dates	18 June – 10 July
Teams	24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Mexico (2nd title)
Runners-up	Uruguay
Third place	Germany
Fourth place	Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Goals scored	158 (3.04 per match)
Attendance	1,002,314 (19,275 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Souleymane Coulibaly (9 goals)
Best player(s)	Julio Gómez
Best goalkeeper	Mathías Cubero
Fair play award	Japan
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The 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the 14th edition of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, the biennial international men's youth football championship contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It was hosted by Mexico from 18 June to 10 July 2011.^[1] Mexico won the tournament after defeating Uruguay 2–0 in the final, claiming the country's second title. Mexico also became the first host nation to win the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Players born after 1 January 1994 could participate in this tournament.

Host selection

It was confirmed by the 58th FIFA Congress in Sydney, Australia that Mexico would be the host, beating other bids from the Czech Republic and Iran.^[2]

Venues

After having won the right to host the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Femexfut president, Justino Compéan, stated during an interview from Sydney, Australia, that the Estadio Corona, in Torreón, would be one of the venues, arguing that recently built or invested stadia would have a major preference. He also mentioned Monterrey, Ciudad Juárez, Querétaro, Tijuana, Pachuca and Aguascalientes as other possible venues.^[3]^[4]

The Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, having previously hosted major events such as 1970 and 1986 FIFA World Cup, 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship, 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup and 1968 Summer Olympics Football final matches, hosted the tournament's third place match and final.

Mexico City	Guadalajara (Zapopan, Jalisco)	Monterrey (San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León)
Estadio Azteca	Estadio Omnilife (Estadio Guadalajara)	Estadio Universitario
19°18′10.8″N 99°09′01.59″W / 19.303000°N 99.1504417°W / 19.303000; -99.1504417 (Azteca)	20°40′54.00″N 103°27′46.00″W / 20.6816667°N 103.4627778°W / 20.6816667; -103.4627778 (Omnilife)	25°43′22.10″N 100°18′43.40″W / 25.7228056°N 100.3120556°W / 25.7228056; -100.3120556 (Universitario)
Capacity: 105,000	Capacity: 49,850	Capacity: 42,000

Morelia	Mexico City Guadalajara Monterrey Querétaro Morelia Pachuca Torreón class=notpageimage\| Location of the host cities of the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
Estadio Morelos
19°43′07.47″N 101°14′01.04″W / 19.7187417°N 101.2336222°W / 19.7187417; -101.2336222 (Morelos)
Capacity: 35,000

Querétaro	Pachuca	Torreón
Estadio Corregidora	Estadio Hidalgo	Estadio Corona (Estadio Torreón)
20°34′39.6″N 100°21′58.9″W / 20.577667°N 100.366361°W / 20.577667; -100.366361 (Corregidora)	20°06′18.52″N 98°45′22.01″W / 20.1051444°N 98.7561139°W / 20.1051444; -98.7561139 (Hidalgo)	25°33′18″N 103°24′11″W / 25.55500°N 103.40306°W / 25.55500; -103.40306 (Corona)
Capacity: 33,277	Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 30,000

Teams

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

Confederation	Qualifying Tournament	Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)	2010 AFC U-16 Championship	North Korea Uzbekistan¹ Australia Japan
CAF (Africa)	2011 African Under-17 Championship	Burkina Faso Rwanda¹ Congo Ivory Coast
CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean)	Host nation	Mexico
CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean)	2011 CONCACAF U-17 Championship	United States Canada Panama¹ Jamaica
CONMEBOL (South America)	2011 South American Under-17 Football Championship	Brazil Uruguay Argentina Ecuador
OFC (Oceania)	2011 OFC Under 17 Tournament	New Zealand
UEFA (Europe)	2011 UEFA European Under-17 Championship	Netherlands Germany Denmark¹ England Czech Republic² France

1.^ Teams that made their debut.

2.^ Czech Republic made their debut as independent nation. The now-defunct Czechoslovakia qualified for their only appearance in 1993.

Match officials

Confederation	Referee	Assistants
AFC	Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)	Yaser Tulefat (Bahrain) Khaled Al-Allan (Bahrain)
AFC	Ali Al-Badwawi (United Arab Emirates)	Hamad Al-Mayahi (Oman) Reza Sokhandan (Iran)
CAF	Hélder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)	Félicien Kabanda (Rwanda) Aden Marwa (Kenya)
CAF	Néant Alioum (Cameroon)	Djibril Camara (Senegal) Zakhele Siwela (South Africa)
CONCACAF	Raymon Bogle (Jamaica)	Stephen Brown (Jamaica) Dion Neil (Trinidad and Tobago)
	Roberto García (Mexico)	Alejandro Ayala (Mexico) Víctor Calderón (Mexico)
	Paul Delgadillo (Mexico)	Marcos Quintero (Mexico) Salvador Rodríguez (Mexico)
	Jafeth Perea (Panama)	Ricardo Daniel Ake (Belize) Juan Antonio Rodas (Honduras)
	Elmer Bonilla (El Salvador)	Keytzel Corrales (Nicaragua) Octavio Jarra (Costa Rica)
CONMEBOL	Diego Abal (Argentina)	Alejo Castany (Argentina) Gustavo Esquivel (Argentina)
	Omar Ponce (Ecuador)	Carlos Herrera (Ecuador) Christian Lescano (Ecuador)
	Víctor Hugo Carrillo (Peru)	Jonny Bossio (Peru) César Escano (Peru)
OFC	Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)	Mark Rule (New Zealand) David Charles (Papua New Guinea)
UEFA	Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)	Martin Wilczek (Czech Republic) Miroslav Zlámal (Czech Republic)
	Tony Chapron (France)	Emmanuel Boisdenghien (France) Fredji Harchay (France)
	Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)	Angelo Boonman (Netherlands) Erwin Zeinstra (Netherlands)
	Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)	Frank Andås (Norway) Kim Haglund (Norway)
	Aleksei Nikolaev (Russia)	Anton Averianov (Russia) Tikhon Kalugin (Russia)
	Stephan Studer (Switzerland)	Sandro Pozzi (Switzerland) Raffael Zeder (Switzerland)

Squads

Group stage

The draw for the group stage took place on 17 May 2011 at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México's Sala Nezahualcóyotl concert Hall.^[5]^[6] The seeding was as follows:

Pot A	Pot B	Pot C	Pot D
Mexico Germany England Brazil Argentina United States	Congo Burkina Faso Ivory Coast Rwanda Jamaica New Zealand	Canada Panama Japan North Korea Australia Uzbekistan	Denmark Netherlands France Czech Republic Uruguay Ecuador

The winners and runners-up from each group, as well as the best four third-placed teams, qualified for the first round of the knockout stage (round of 16).

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:^[7]

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:^[7]

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 kick-off times are local (UTC−05:00).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Mexico (H)	3	3	0	0	8	4	+4	9	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Congo	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4	Advanced to knockout stage
3	North Korea	3	0	2	1	3	5	−2	2
4	Netherlands	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1

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

18 June 2011

15:00

Mexico	3–1	North Korea
Fierro 37' Jong Kwang-Sok 68' (o.g.) Casillas 86'	Report	Jo Kwang 3'

Estadio Morelos, Morelia

Attendance: 34,312

Referee: Stephan Studer (Switzerland)

18 June 2011