2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup

2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup

Copa Mundial de Fútbol Sub-17 de 2015
Tournament details
Host country	Chile
Dates	17 October – 8 November
Teams	24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	8 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Nigeria (5th title)
Runners-up	Mali
Third place	Belgium
Fourth place	Mexico
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Goals scored	151 (2.9 per match)
Attendance	482,490 (9,279 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Victor Osimhen (10 goals)
Best player(s)	Kelechi Nwakali
Best goalkeeper
Fair play award	Ecuador
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The 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the sixteenth tournament of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, held in Chile from 17 October to 8 November 2015.^[1][2]

Host selection[]

The following four countries bid to host the tournament:^[3]

•  Chile
•  Russia
•  Tunisia
•  Wales

Venues[]

Along with proposing ten venues for Chile's hosting of the 2015 Copa América, the Chilean Football Federation also announced its plans for hosting of the U17 World Cup in the same year.^[4] On 8 April 2014, 8 cities were confirmed as host of the competition, with Copiapó and Quillota being dropped.^[5]

The Local organising committee have also said that the capital City (Santiago) would not host the final.^[6]

La Serena	Chillán Coquimbo Concepción La Serena Puerto Montt Santiago Talca Viña del Mar	Coquimbo
Estadio La Portada		Estadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso
Capacity: 18,243		Capacity: 18,750
Viña del Mar		Santiago
Estadio Sausalito		Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos
Capacity: 22,340		Capacity: 48,665
Talca		Chillán
Estadio Fiscal de Talca		Estadio Municipal de Chillán Nelson Oyarzún Arenas
Capacity: 8,200		Capacity: 12,000
Concepción		Puerto Montt
Estadio Municipal de Concepción		Estadio Regional de Chinquihue
Capacity: 30,448		Capacity: 10,000

Qualified teams[]

In addition to host nation Chile, 23 nations qualified from 6 separate continental competitions.

Confederation	Qualifying Tournament	Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)	2014 AFC U-16 Championship	Australia  North Korea  South Korea  Syria
CAF (Africa)	2015 African U-17 Championship	Guinea  Mali  Nigeria  South Africa1
CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean)	2015 CONCACAF U-17 Championship	Costa Rica  Honduras  Mexico  United States
CONMEBOL (South America)	Host nation	Chile
	2015 South American Under-17 Championship	Argentina  Brazil  Ecuador  Paraguay
OFC (Oceania)	2015 OFC U-17 Championship	New Zealand
UEFA (Europe)	2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship	Belgium  Croatia  England  France  Germany  Russia

Schedule and draw[]

The schedule of the tournament was unveiled on 5 May 2015.^[7]

The final draw was held on 6 August 2015, 20:00 local time, at the Centro de las Artes 660 art gallery in Santiago.^[8][9] For the draw, the 24 teams were divided into four seeding pots:^[10]

• Pot 1: Hosts and continental champions of five confederations (except UEFA)
• Pot 2: Remaining teams from CONCACAF and AFC
• Pot 3: Remaining teams from CAF and CONMEBOL
• Pot 4: Teams from UEFA

As a basic principle, teams from the same confederation could not be drawn against each other at the group stage.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Chile (A1)  Brazil  North Korea  Mali  Mexico  New Zealand	Costa Rica  Honduras  United States  Australia  South Korea  Syria	Guinea  Nigeria  South Africa  Argentina  Ecuador  Paraguay	Belgium  Croatia  England  France  Germany  Russia

Match officials[]

A total of 21 referees, 6 support referees, and 42 assistant referees were selected for the tournament.^[11][12]

Confederation	Referee	Assistant referees	Support referee
AFC	Abdulrahman Al-Jassim	Taleb Al-Marri Saud Al-Maqaleh	Hettikamkanamge Perera
	Mohd Amirul Izwan	Mohd Yusri Mohamad Azman Ismail
	Abdulla Hassan Mohamed	Mohamed Al-Hammadi Hasan Al-Mahri
CAF	Mehdi Abid Charef	Anouar Hmila Theogene Ndagijimana	Bamlak Tessema Weyesa
	Malang Diedhiou	Djibril Camara Aboubacar Doumbouya
	Janny Sikazwe	Arsenio Marengula Jerson Emiliano Dos Santos
CONCACAF		Kedlee Powell Richard Washington
	Ricardo Montero	Juan Mora Warner Castro
	Héctor Rodríguez	Cristian Ramírez Walter López Ramos
CONMEBOL	Enrique Cáceres	Eduardo Cardozo Juan Zorrilla	Gery Vargas
	Diego Haro	Raúl López Cruz Víctor Ráez
		Alexander Guzman Wilmar Navarro
	Roberto Tobar	Marcelo Barraza Christian Schiemann
OFC		Glen Lochrie Ravinesh Kumar	Kader Zitouni
UEFA	Yevhen Aranovskiy	Ihor Alokhin Oleksandr Korniyko	Stephan Klossner
	Deniz Aytekin	Guido Kleve Markus Häcker
	Ruddy Buquet	Guillaume Debart Cyril Gringore
	Matej Jug	Matej Žunič Gregor Rojko
	Danny Makkelie	Mario Diks Hessel Steegstra
	Michael Oliver	Stuart Burt Gary Beswick
	Martin Strömbergsson	Daniel Gustavsson Mehmet Culum

Emblem and slogan[]

The emblem and slogan ("Una fiesta en nuestra cancha", a party on our pitch) of the tournament was unveiled on 7 October 2014.^[13]

Squads[]

Each team named a squad of 21 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline.^[14] The squads were announced on 8 October 2015.^[15][16]

All players of its representative team must have been born on or after 1 January 1998.

Group stage[]

The winners and runners-up of each group and the best four third-placed teams advance to the round of 16.^[14] The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows:

If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows:

All times are local, Chile Standard Time (UTC−3).^[17]

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Nigeria	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Croatia	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
3	Chile (H)	3	1	1	1	6	7	−1	4
4	United States	3	0	1	2	3	8	−5	1

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Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	South Korea	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Brazil	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
3	England	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2
4	Guinea	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

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Group C[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Mexico	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Germany	3	2	0	1	9	3	+6	6
3	Australia	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4
4	Argentina	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

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Group D[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Mali	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Ecuador	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
3	Belgium	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	4
4	Honduras	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0

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Group E[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Russia	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Costa Rica	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	North Korea	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
4	South Africa	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

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Group F[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	France	3	3	0	0	14	4	+10	9	Advanced to knockout stage
2	New Zealand	3	1	1	1	3	7	−4	4
3	Paraguay	3	1	0	2	8	7	+1	3
4	Syria	3	0	1	2	1	8	−7	1

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Ranking of third-placed teams[]

The four best ranked third-placed teams also advance to the round of 16. They are paired with the winners of groups A, B, C and D, according to a table published in Section 18 of the tournament regulations.^[14]

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	A	Chile	3	1	1	1	6	7	−1	4	Advanced to knockout stage
2	E	North Korea	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
3	D	Belgium	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	4
4	C	Australia	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4
5	F	Paraguay	3	1	0	2	8	7	+1	3
6	B	England	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2

Knockout stage[]

In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, the match is determined by a penalty shoot-out (no extra time is played).^[14]

Bracket[]

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

29 October — Concepción

Croatia

2

1 November — Chillán

Germany

0

Croatia

0

29 October — Talca

Mali

1

Mali

3

5 November — La Serena

North Korea

0

Mali

3

28 October — Coquimbo

Belgium

1

South Korea

0

2 November — Concepción

Belgium

2

Belgium

1

29 October — Puerto Montt

Costa Rica

0

France

0 (3)

8 November — Viña del Mar

Costa Rica (pen.)

0 (5)

Mali

0

29 October — Concepción

Nigeria

2

Russia

1

2 November — Coquimbo

Ecuador

4

Ecuador

0

28 October — Chillán

Mexico

2

Mexico

4

5 November — Concepción

Chile

1

Mexico

2

28 October — Viña del Mar

Nigeria

4

Third place

Brazil

1

1 November — Viña del Mar

8 November — Viña del Mar

New Zealand

0

Brazil

0

Belgium

3

28 October — Viña del Mar

Nigeria

3

Mexico

2

Nigeria

6

Australia

0

Combinations of matches in the Round of 16[]

The third-placed teams advanced to the round of 16 were placed with the winners of groups A, B, C and D according to a table published in Section 18 of the tournament regulations.^[14]

Third teams qualify from groups:	1A plays against:	1B plays against:	1C plays against:	1D plays against:
A B C D	3C	3D	3A	3B
A B C E	3C	3A	3B	3E
A B C F	3C	3A	3B	3F
A B D E	3D	3A	3B	3E
A B D F	3D	3A	3B	3F
A B E F	3E	3A	3B	3F
A C D E	3C	3D	3A	3E
A C D F	3C	3D	3A	3F
A C E F	3C	3A	3F	3E
A D E F	3D	3A	3F	3E
B C D E	3C	3D	3B	3E
B C D F	3C	3D	3B	3F
B C E F	3E	3C	3B	3F
B D E F	3E	3D	3B	3F
C D E F	3C	3D	3F	3E

Round of 16[]

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Quarter-finals[]

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Semi-finals[]

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Third place match[]

Final[]

Awards[]

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.^[18] They were all sponsored by adidas.

Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball
Kelechi Nwakali	Victor Osimhen	Aly Malle
Golden Boot	Silver Boot	Bronze Boot
Victor Osimhen	Johannes Eggestein	Samuel Chukwueze
10 goals (2 assists)	4 goals (0 assists)	3 goals (3 assists)
Golden Glove
FIFA Fair Play Award
Ecuador

In December 2015, Nigerian Samuel Chukwueze was retroactively awarded the Bronze boot award. Kelechi Nwakali had erroneously been awarded the award immediately following the tournament but as he had played more minutes (630) than Chukwueze (535) in the tournament the award was re-allocated.^[19]

Final ranking[]

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Nigeria	7	6	0	1	23	5	+18	18	Champions
2	Mali	7	5	1	1	12	4	+8	16	Runners-up
3	Belgium	7	4	1	2	9	8	+1	13	Third place
4	Mexico	7	4	1	2	14	9	+5	13	Fourth place
5	Ecuador	5	3	0	2	10	6	+4	9	Eliminated in Quarter-finals
6	Brazil	5	3	0	2	5	5	0	9
7	Croatia	5	2	2	1	7	5	+2	8
8	Costa Rica	5	1	2	2	4	5	−1	5
9	France	4	3	1	0	14	4	+10	10	Eliminated in Round of 16
10	Russia	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	7
11	South Korea	4	2	1	1	2	2	0	7
12	Germany	4	2	0	2	9	5	+4	6
13	Chile (H)	4	1	1	2	7	11	−4	4
14	North Korea	4	1	1	2	3	7	−4	4
15	New Zealand	4	1	1	2	3	8	−5	4
16	Australia	4	1	1	2	3	11	−8	4
17	Paraguay	3	1	0	2	8	7	+1	3	Eliminated in Group stage
18	England	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2
19	South Africa	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1
20	Guinea	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1
21	United States	3	0	1	2	3	8	−5	1
22	Syria	3	0	1	2	1	8	−7	1
23	Honduras	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0
24	Argentina	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Goalscorers[]

10 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

• James McGarry (playing against France)

Marketing[]

Sponsorship[]

FIFA partners

• Adidas
• Coca-Cola
• Gazprom
• Visa
• Hyundai

National suppliers

• Clinica MEDS
• Movistar Chile
• Pullman Bus
• Universidad Santo Tomás
• VTR

Mascot and anthem[]

The official mascot, a young boy named Brochico, and anthem, composed by DJ Méndez, were unveiled on 9 July 2015.^[20]

Broadcasting[]

United States[]

Fox Sports: English language, Telemundo: Spanish language^[21]

Bulgaria[]

BNT^[21]

Canada[]

TSN.^[21]

Germany[]

ARD and ZDF.^[21]

Indonesia[]

Rajawali Televisi

Laos[]

TVLAO

United Kingdom[]

BBC, ITV, Eurosport.^[21]

New Zealand[]

Sky Sport

South Africa, Sub Sahara Africa and Nigeria[]

^[21]

South Korea[]

SBS, KBS, and MBC^[21]

References[]

External links[]

• FIFA U-17 World Cup Chile 2015, FIFA.com
• FIFA Technical Report