2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup

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2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup
FIFA U-17 World Cup Nigeria 2009
2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup.svg
Tournament details
Host countryNigeria
Dates24 October – 15 November
Teams24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)8 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Switzerland (1st title)
Runners-up Nigeria
Third place Spain
Fourth place Colombia
Tournament statistics
Matches played52
Goals scored151 (2.9 per match)
Attendance778,787 (14,977 per match)
Top scorer(s)Spain Borja Bastón

Nigeria Sani Emmanuel
Uruguay Sebastián Gallegos
Switzerland Haris Seferovic

(5 goals each)
Best player(s)Nigeria Sani Emmanuel
Best goalkeeperSwitzerland Benjamin Siegrist
Fair play award Nigeria
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The 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the thirteenth tournament of the FIFA U-17 World Cup held in Nigeria from 24 October to 15 November 2009.[1]

The tournament was won by Switzerland, beating the host team and holders, Nigeria. The Golden Ball to the Best Player was given to Nigerian Sani Emmanuel; the Golden Shoe for top scorer was given to Spaniard Borja, with five goals (although he tied with Nigerian Sani Emmanuel, Uruguayan Sebastián Gallegos, and Swiss Haris Seferovic); the Golden Glove was given to Swiss Benjamin Siegrist; finally, the FIFA Fair Play Award was given to Nigeria.

Player eligibility[]

To be eligible to play, a player must have been born on or after 1 January 1992.

Venues[]

FIFA chose eight venues out of nine possible locations.[2][3][4]

On 21 May 2009, FIFA gave Nigeria a "Yellow Card" as FIFA noted a significant delay in the preparations for the tournament.[5] While Abuja and Lagos were ready, FIFA vice-president Jack Warner gave four other venues (Enugu, Calabar, Ijebu-Ode and Kano) a month to get 100 percent ready or the tournament would be moved. One potential venue (Warri) was removed after recent violence flared up in the Niger Delta.

Abuja Lagos Enugu Ijebu-Ode
National Stadium Teslim Balogun Stadium Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium Gateway Stadium
Capacity: 60,491 Capacity: 24,325 Capacity: 22,000 Capacity: 20,000
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2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup is located in Nigeria
Abuja
Abuja
Lagos
Lagos
Enugu
Enugu
Ijebu Ode
Ijebu Ode
Kano
Kano
Calabar
Calabar
Kaduna
Kaduna
Bauchi
2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup (Nigeria)
Kano Calabar Kaduna Bauchi
Sani Abacha Stadium U.J. Esuene Stadium Ahmadu Bello Stadium Abubarkar Tafawa Balewa Stadium
Capacity: 18,000 Capacity: 16,000 Capacity: 16,500 Capacity: 11,000

Threats to the tournament[]

The 2009 edition was under increasing threats from the armed rebel group, The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) and warned FIFA against hosting the tournament in Nigeria.[6] However, the militants were offered amnesty in exchange for laying down their weapons, and the tournament went on smoothly without any incidents.

Teams[]

The final draw for group stage was held on 7 August 2009 at the International Conference Centre in Abuja.[7][8]

Confederation Qualifying tournament Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia) 2008 AFC U-16 Championship  Iran
 South Korea
 Japan
 United Arab Emirates
CAF (Africa) Host nation  Nigeria
2009 African Under-17 Championship  Algeria1
 Gambia
 Malawi1
 Burkina Faso
CONCACAF
(Central, North America and Caribbean) 		2009 CONCACAF U-17 Championship  Mexico
United States United States
 Costa Rica
 Honduras
CONMEBOL (South America) 2009 South American Under-17 Football Championship  Brazil
 Argentina
 Uruguay
 Colombia
OFC (Oceania) 2009 OFC U-17 Championship  New Zealand
UEFA (Europe) 2009 UEFA European Under-17 Championship  Germany
 Netherlands
  Switzerland1
 Italy
 Spain
 Turkey
1.^ Teams that made their debut.

Match officials[]

Confederation Referee Assistants
AFC Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) Rafael Ilyasov (Uzbekistan)
Bakhadyr Kochkarov (Kyrgyzstan)
CAF Mohamed Benouza (Algeria) Mamar Chabane (Algeria)
Nasser Abdel Nabi (Egypt)
Koman Coulibaly (Mali) Inácio Cândido (Angola)
Redouane Achik (Morocco)
Jerome Damon (South Africa) Enock Molefe (South Africa)
Kenneth Chichenga (Zambia)
Eddy Maillet (Seychelles) Jason Damoo (Seychelles)
Evarist Menkouande (Cameroon)
CONCACAF Carlos Batres (Guatemala) Carlos Pastrana (Honduras)
Leonel Leal (Costa Rica)
Jair Marrufo (United States) Charles Morgante (United States)
Ricardo Morgan (Jamaica)
CONMEBOL Pablo Pozo (Chile) Patricio Basualto (Chile)
Francisco Mondria (Chile)
Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay) Emigdio Ruiz (Paraguay)
Nicolas Yegros (Paraguay)
Martín Vázquez (Uruguay) Miguel Nievas (Uruguay)
Carlos Pastorino (Uruguay)
OFC Michael Hester (New Zealand) Jan-Hendrik Hintz (New Zealand)
Tevita Makasini (Tonga)
UEFA Howard Webb (England) Michael Mullarkey (England)
Darren Cann (England)
Stéphane Lannoy (France) Eric Dansault (France)
Laurent Ugo (France)
Wolfgang Stark (Germany) Jan-Hendrik Salver (Germany)
Volker Wezel (Germany)
Viktor Kassai (Hungary) Gábor Erős (Hungary)
Tibor Vámos (Hungary)
Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway) Geir Åge Holen (Norway)
Dag Roger Nebben (Norway)
Massimo Busacca (Switzerland) Manuel Navarro (Switzerland)
Matthias Arnet (Switzerland)

Squads[]

Main article: 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup squads

Allocation of teams to groups[]

Teams were allocated to groups on the basis of geographical spread. Teams were placed in four pots, and one team was drawn from each pot for each group. Pot 1 contained the five African teams plus one from CONMEBOL; Pot 2 contained the remaining teams from the Americas excluding one CONCACAF team; Pot 3 consisted of teams from Asia and Oceania plus the remaining CONCACAF team; Pot 4 consisted of teams from the European confederation.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

 Nigeria
 Algeria
 Burkina Faso
 Gambia
 Malawi
 Brazil

 Argentina
 Colombia
 Uruguay
 Costa Rica
 Mexico
 United States

 Iran
 Japan
 South Korea
 United Arab Emirates
 Honduras
 New Zealand

 Germany
 Italy
 Netherlands
 Spain
  Switzerland
 Turkey

Groups[]

All times are West Africa Time (UTC+1)

Group A[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Nigeria (H) 3 2 1 0 6 4 +2 7 Advanced to knockout stage
2  Argentina 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
3  Germany 3 1 1 1 7 6 +1 4
4  Honduras 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0
Source:[citation needed]
(H) Host
Nigeria 3–3 Germany
S. Okoro Goal 54' (pen.)
Omeruo Goal 59'
Egbedi Goal 61'		 Report Thy Goal 21'
Mustafi Goal 39'
Götze Goal 47'
Attendance: 21,300
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
Honduras 0–1 Argentina
Report Araujo Goal 59'
Attendance: 19,560
Argentina 2–1 Germany
Espíndola Goal 57' (pen.)
Araujo Goal 59'		 Report Götze Goal 8'
Attendance: 14,400
Nigeria 1–0 Honduras
Ajagun Goal 55' Report
Attendance: 42,900
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)
Germany 3–1 Honduras
Thy Goal 55', 56'
Volland Goal 73'		 Report Lozano Goal 46'
Attendance: 3,090
Argentina 1–2 Nigeria
Orfano Goal 2' Report Ojabu Goal 5'
Emmanuel Goal 72' (pen.)
Abubarkar Tafawa Balewa Stadium, Bauchi
Attendance: 11,467
Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1   Switzerland 3 3 0 0 7 3 +4 9 Advanced to knockout stage
2  Mexico 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6
3  Brazil 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
4  Japan 3 0 0 3 5 9 −4 0
Source:[citation needed]
Brazil 3–2 Japan
Guilherme Goal 26'
Neymar Goal 67'
Wellington Nem Goal 90+4'		 Report Takagi Goal 35'
Sugimoto Goal 84'
Attendance: 15,254
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Mexico 0–2  Switzerland
Report Kasami Goal 22'
Rodríguez Goal 42' (o.g.)
Attendance: 9,870
Referee: Michael Hester (New Zealand)
Switzerland  4–3 Japan
Seferovic Goal 43', 51'
Xhaka Goal 53'
Rodríguez Goal 74'		 Report Miyayoshi Goal 9', 20'
Kojima Goal 90+3'
Attendance: 9,920
Brazil 0–1 Mexico
Report Basulto Goal 70'
Attendance: 21,115
Japan 0–2 Mexico
Report Campos Goal 65'
Parra Goal 79'
Attendance: 17,105
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)
Switzerland  1–0 Brazil
Ben Khalifa Goal 21' Report
Attendance: 4,250

Group C[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Iran 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7 Advanced to knockout stage
2  Colombia 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5
3  Netherlands 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
4  Gambia 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
Source:[citation needed]
Iran 2–0 Gambia
Sadeghian Goal 44'
Rezaei Goal 84'		 Report
U.J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar
Attendance: 9,200
Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)
Colombia 2–1 Netherlands
Castillo Goal 56'
Córdoba Goal 72'		 Report Özyakup Goal 69' (pen.)
U.J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar
Attendance: 10,100
Netherlands 2–1 Gambia
Castaignos Goal 19'
Boere Goal 70'		 Report Goal 26' (pen.)
U.J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar
Attendance: 6,800
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
Iran 0–0 Colombia
Report
U.J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar
Attendance: 8,600
Referee: Michael Hester (New Zealand)
Gambia 2–2 Colombia
L. S. Samateh Goal 19'
Goal 42'		 Report Cuéllar Goal 78', 89' (pen.)
U.J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar
Attendance: 6,100
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Netherlands 0–1 Iran
Report Gharibi Goal 25'
Attendance: 7,461

Group D[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Turkey 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7 Advanced to knockout stage
2  Burkina Faso 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 4
3  New Zealand 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3
4  Costa Rica 3 0 1 2 3 9 −6 1
Source:[citation needed]
Turkey 1–0 Burkina Faso
Demir Goal 3' Report
Attendance: 12,350
Costa Rica 1–1 New Zealand
Campbell Goal 35' Report Goal 19'
Attendance: 16,850
New Zealand 1–1 Burkina Faso
Goal 57' Report V. Nikiema Goal 12'
Attendance: 10,195
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Turkey 4–1 Costa Rica
Şahiner Goal 3'
Demir Goal 33'
Bekdemir Goal 42'
Iravul Goal 70'		 Report Moya Goal 44'
Attendance: 5,632
Burkina Faso 4–1 Costa Rica
Goal 12'
Goal 38'
Ouédraogo Goal 82'
B. Traoré Goal 90'		 Report Golobio Goal 86'
Attendance: 11,483
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
New Zealand 1–1 Turkey
Goal 90+1' Report Bekdemir Goal 17'
U.J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar
Attendance: 7,000

Group E[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Spain 3 3 0 0 9 3 +6 9 Advanced to knockout stage
2  United States 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6
3  United Arab Emirates 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
4  Malawi 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
Source:[citation needed]
United Arab Emirates 2–0 Malawi
Goal 63'
Sebil Goal 81'		 Report
Attendance: 8,500
Spain 2–1 United States
Borja Goal 22'
Sarabia Goal 30'		 Report McInerney Goal 4'
Attendance: 19,500
United States 1–0 Malawi
Shinsky Goal 54' Report
Attendance: 9,000
United Arab Emirates 1–3 Spain
Sebil Goal 68' Report Isco Goal 12'
Borja Goal 19'
Carmona Goal 88'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
Malawi 1–4 Spain
Milanzi Goal 82' Report Carmona Goal 32'
Morata Goal 60', 74'
Espinosa Goal 62'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)
United States 1–0 United Arab Emirates
McInerney Goal 35' Report
Gateway Stadium, Ijebu-Ode
Attendance: 13,780

Group F[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Italy 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 7 Advanced to knockout stage
2  South Korea 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
3  Uruguay 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
4  Algeria 3 0 0 3 0 5 −5 0
Source:[citation needed]
Uruguay 1–3 South Korea
Gallegos Goal 60' (pen.) Report Nam Seung-woo Goal 13'
Son Heung-min Goal 62'
Lee Jong-ho Goal 90'
Attendance: 13,700
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
Algeria 0–1 Italy
Report Carraro Goal 78'
Attendance: 18,418
Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)
Italy 2–1 South Korea
Camporese Goal 56'
Iemmello Goal 61'		 Report Kim Jin-su Goal 30' (pen.)
Attendance: 11,400
Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)
Uruguay 2–0 Algeria
Luna Goal 47'
Gallegos Goal 70'		 Report
Attendance: 13,879
South Korea 2–0 Algeria
Lee Jong-ho Goal 12'
Son Heung-min Goal 22'		 Report
Attendance: 14,755
Referee: Michael Hester (New Zealand)
Italy 0–0 Uruguay
Report
Attendance: 20,000

Ranking of third-placed teams[]

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1 A  Germany 3 1 1 1 7 6 +1 4[a] Advanced to knockout stage
2 F  Uruguay 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4[b]
3 D  New Zealand 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3[b]
4 E  United Arab Emirates 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3[c]
5 B  Brazil 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3[d]
6 C  Netherlands 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3[d]
Source:[citation needed]
Rules for classification: The 4 best 3rd place teams qualify for the knockout stage. The first determining factor is points, the second is goal difference, and the third is the number of goals scored. If teams are still level, then Fair-Play ranking is used as the fourth criterium. This ranking is as follows: −1 for yellow card, −3 for a red card (straight or 2 yellows in the same game), −4 in case of a yellow card followed by a straight red card in the same game. If the teams are still level at this point, a drawing of lots determine the qualified team(s).
Notes:
  1. ^ −7 fair play points
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b −3 fair play points
  3. ^ −5 fair play points
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b −6 fair play points

Knockout stage[]

All times are West Africa Time (UTC+1)

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
4 November 2009 — Ijebu-Ode
 
 
 Argentina2
 
8 November 2009 — Bauchi
 
 Colombia3
 
 Colombia (pen.)1 (5)
 
4 November 2009 — Enugu
 
 Turkey1 (3)
 
 Turkey2
 
12 November 2009 — Lagos
 
 United Arab Emirates0
 
 Colombia0
 
4 November 2009 — Lagos
 
  Switzerland4
 
  Switzerland (aet)4
 
8 November 2009 — Ijebu-Ode
 
 Germany3
 
  Switzerland2
 
4 November 2009 — Kaduna
 
 Italy1
 
 Italy2
 
15 November 2009 — Abuja
 
 United States1
 
  Switzerland1
 
5 November 2009 — Kano
 
 Nigeria0
 
 Spain4
 
9 November 2009 — Kaduna
 
 Burkina Faso1
 
 Spain (pen.)3 (4)
 
5 November 2009 — Calabar
 
 Uruguay3 (2)
 
 Iran1
 
12 November 2009 — Lagos
 
 Uruguay (aet)2
 
 Spain1
 
5 November 2009 — Bauchi
 
 Nigeria3 Third place
 
 Mexico1 (3)
 
9 November 2009 — Calabar 15 November 2009 — Abuja
 
 South Korea (pen.)1 (5)
 
 South Korea1 Colombia0
 
5 November 2009 — Abuja
 
 Nigeria3  Spain1
 
 Nigeria5
 
 
 New Zealand0
 

Round of 16[]

Argentina 2–3 Colombia
González Pírez Goal 17'
Araujo Goal 57'		 Report Murillo Goal 63'
Blanco Goal 88'
Quiñones Goal 90+1'
Gateway Stadium, Ijebu-Ode
Attendance: 12,460
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
Turkey 2–0 United Arab Emirates
Goal 2'
Özbek Goal 90+2'		 Report
Attendance: 16,782
Switzerland  4–3 (a.e.t.) Germany
Rodríguez Goal 35'
Seferovic Goal 49'
Gonçalves Goal 101'
Ben Khalifa Goal 116' (pen.)		 Report Götze Goal 39'
Trinks Goal 78'
Mallı Goal 118'
Attendance: 15,515
Italy 2–1 United States
Beretta Goal 29'
Iemmello Goal 56'		 Report Goal 51'
Attendance: 11,301
Spain 4–1 Burkina Faso
Roberto Goal 19', 56', 67'
Carmona Goal 83' (pen.)		 Report Goal 26'
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Michael Hester (New Zealand)
Iran 1–2 (a.e.t.) Uruguay
Esmaeilzadeh Goal 119' Report Gallegos Goal 104', 117'
U.J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar
Attendance: 3,600
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)
Mexico 1–1 (a.e.t.) South Korea
Madrigal Goal 44' Report Kim Dong-jin Goal 90+2'
Penalties
Campos Penalty missed
Basulto Penalty scored
Penalty scored
Penalty scored		 3–5 Penalty scored
Penalty scored
Penalty scored Kim Jin-su
Penalty scored Lee Jong-ho
Penalty scored Lee Min-soo
Abubarkar Tafawa Balewa Stadium, Bauchi
Attendance: 11,589
Nigeria 5–0 New Zealand
Egbedi Goal 14', 28'
S. Okoro Goal 24'
Emmanuel Goal 75', 79'		 Report
Attendance: 35,200

Quarter-finals[]

Colombia 1–1 (a.e.t.) Turkey
Ramos Goal 90' Report Demir Goal 20'
Penalties
Arias Penalty scored
Murillo Penalty scored
Ramos Penalty scored
Penalty scored
Cuéllar Penalty scored		 5–3 Penalty scored Gülle
Penalty missed
Penalty scored Iravul
Penalty scored Alkan
Abubarkar Tafawa Balewa Stadium, Bauchi
Attendance: 11,532
Switzerland  2–1 Italy
Ben Khalifa Goal 24'
Buff Goal 62'		 Report Carraro Goal 32'
Gateway Stadium, Ijebu-Ode
Attendance: 13,482
Spain 3–3 (a.e.t.) Uruguay
Isco Goal 17' (pen.)
Borja Goal 49', 50'		 Report Luna Goal 10'
Mezquida Goal 71'
Gallegos Goal 84'
Penalties
S. Gómez Penalty scored
Borja Penalty scored
Aurtenetxe Penalty scored
Sarabia Penalty missed
Isco Penalty scored		 4–2 Penalty scored Gallegos
Penalty scored Barreto
Penalty missed Laureiro
Penalty missed Mezquida
Attendance: 10,281
South Korea 1–3 Nigeria
Son Heung-Min Goal 40' Report Azeez Goal 23'
Ajagun Goal 50'
Envoh Goal 85'
U.J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar
Attendance: 9,100
Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Semi-finals[]

Colombia 0–4  Switzerland
Report Ben Khalifa Goal 14' (pen.)
Seferovic Goal 36'
Martignoni Goal 50'
Rodríguez Goal 68'
Attendance: 18,011
Referee: Michael Hester (New Zealand)
Spain 1–3 Nigeria
Borja Goal 83' Report S. Okoro Goal 30'
Emmanuel Goal 61', 71'
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Third place match[]

Colombia 0–1 Spain
Report Isco Goal 75'
Attendance: 40,000

Final[]

Switzerland  1–0 Nigeria
Seferovic Goal 63' Report
Attendance: 60,000

Winners[]

 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup winners 

Switzerland
First title

Awards[]

Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball
Nigeria Sani Emmanuel Switzerland Nassim Ben Khalifa Nigeria Ramón Azeez
Golden Shoe Silver Shoe Bronze Shoe
Spain Borja Nigeria Sani Emmanuel Uruguay Sebastián Gallegos
5 goals 5 goals 5 goals
Golden Glove
Switzerland Benjamin Siegrist
FIFA Fair Play Award
 Nigeria

Goalscorers[]

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Final ranking[]

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Switzerland 7 7 0 0 18 7 +11 21
2  Nigeria 7 5 1 1 17 7 +10 16
3  Spain 7 5 1 1 18 10 +8 16
4  Colombia 7 2 3 2 8 11 ���3 9
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5  Turkey 5 3 2 0 9 3 +6 11
6  Italy 5 3 1 1 6 4 +2 10
7  Uruguay 5 2 2 1 8 7 +1 8
8  South Korea 5 2 1 2 8 7 +1 7
Eliminated in the Round of 16
9  Iran 4 2 1 1 4 2 +2 7
10  Mexico 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1 7
11  Argentina 4 2 0 2 6 6 0 6
12  United States 4 2 0 2 4 4 0 6
13  Germany 4 1 1 2 10 10 0 4
14  Burkina Faso 4 1 1 2 6 7 –1 4
15  United Arab Emirates 4 1 0 3 3 6 –3 3
16  New Zealand 4 0 3 1 3 8 –5 3
Eliminated at the group stage
17  Brazil 3 1 0 2 3 4 –1 3
17  Netherlands 3 1 0 2 3 4 –1 3
19  Gambia 3 0 1 2 3 6 –3 1
20  Costa Rica 3 0 1 2 3 9 –6 1
21  Japan 3 0 0 3 5 9 –4 0
22  Honduras 3 0 0 3 1 5 –4 0
23  Algeria 3 0 0 3 0 5 –5 0
24  Malawi 3 0 0 3 1 7 –6 0

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Mega African soccer fest set for 2009 and 2010
  2. ^ "Nigeria '09: LOC braces up for FIFA's visit". Archived from the original on 2008-05-13. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
  3. ^ "Nigeria 2009: Waiting For FIFA's Last Visit". Archived from the original on 2009-02-02. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
  4. ^ Nigeria 2009 venues announced
  5. ^ Yellow card for Nigeria
  6. ^ Nigerian rebels threaten FIFA junior World Cup
  7. ^ Draw looms for 24
  8. ^ Nigeria face Germany in opener

External links[]

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