2005 FIFA U-20 World Cup

2005 FIFA World Youth Championship

Wereldkampioenschap voetbal onder 20 - 2005
Tournament details
Host country	Netherlands
Dates	10 June – 2 July
Teams	24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (5th title)
Runners-up	Nigeria
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Goals scored	143 (2.75 per match)
Attendance	502,698 (9,667 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Lionel Messi (6 goals)
Best player(s)	Lionel Messi
Fair play award	Colombia
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The 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship was the 15th edition of the FIFA World Youth Championship. It took place in the Netherlands between 10 June and 2 July 2005.

Venues

Doetinchem	Emmen	Enschede
De Vijverberg	Univé Stadion	Arke Stadion
Capacity: 12,600	Capacity: 8,600	Capacity: 13,250
51°57′20.8″N 06°18′35.3″E / 51.955778°N 6.309806°E / 51.955778; 6.309806 (De Vijverberg)	52°46′28.9″N 06°56′44.8″E / 52.774694°N 6.945778°E / 52.774694; 6.945778 (Univé Stadion)	52°14′11.6″N 06°50′16.2″E / 52.236556°N 6.837833°E / 52.236556; 6.837833 (Arke Stadion)
Enschede Utrecht Kerkrade Doetinchem Emmen Tilburg class=notpageimage| Location of venues of 2005 FIFA Youth Championship
Kerkrade	Tilburg	Utrecht
Parkstad Limburg Stadion	Willem II Stadion	Stadion Galgenwaard
Capacity: 19,979	Capacity: 14,637	Capacity: 24,500
50°51′25.4″N 06°00′21.0″E / 50.857056°N 6.005833°E / 50.857056; 6.005833 (Parkstad Limburg Stadion)	51°32′33.6″N 05°04′00.5″E / 51.542667°N 5.066806°E / 51.542667; 5.066806 (Willem II Stadion)	52°04′42.1″N 05°08′45.0″E / 52.078361°N 5.145833°E / 52.078361; 5.145833 (Stadion Galgenwaard)

Qualification

The following 24 teams qualified for the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship. Host country the Netherlands did not have to qualify for the tournament.

Confederation	Qualifying Tournament	Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)	2004 AFC Youth Championship	China  Japan  South Korea  Syria
CAF (Africa)	2005 African Youth Championship	Benin1  Egypt  Morocco  Nigeria
CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean)	2005 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament	Canada  Honduras  Panama  United States
CONMEBOL (South America)	2005 South American Youth Championship	Argentina  Brazil  Chile  Colombia
OFC (Oceania)	2005 OFC U-20 Championship	Australia
UEFA (Europe)	Host nation	Netherlands
	2004 UEFA Under-19 Championship	Germany  Italy  Spain   Switzerland1  Turkey  Ukraine

Sponsorship

FIFA partners

National supporters

Match officials

Confederation	Referee	Assistants
AFC	Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)	Fatih Arabati (Jordan) Eisa Ghuloum (United Arab Emirates)
	Kwon Jong-chul (South Korea)	Kim Dae-Young (South Korea) Liu Tiejun (China)
CAF	Coffi Codjia (Benin)	Aboudou Aderodjou (Benin) Célestin Ntagungira (Rwanda)
	Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)	Beshr Rashwan (Egypt) Luleseged Begashaw (Ethiopia)
CONCACAF	Rodolfo Sibrian (El Salvador)	Carlos Pastrana (Honduras) Reynaldo Salinas (Honduras)
	Benito Archundia (Mexico)	José Ramírez (Mexico) Pedro Rebollar (Mexico)
CONMEBOL	Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)	Darío García (Argentina) Rodolfo Otero (Argentina)
	Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)	Eduardo Botero (Colombia) Fernando Tamayo (Ecuador)
	Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)	Walter Rial (Uruguay) Pablo Fandiño (Uruguay)
OFC	Mark Shield (Australia)	Nathan Gibson (Australia) Ben Wilson (Australia)
UEFA	Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)	Bill Hansen (Denmark) Anders Norrestrand (Denmark)
	Terje Hauge (Norway)	Steinar Holvik (Norway) Ole Hermann Borgan (Norway)
	Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)	Victoriano Giráldez Carrasco (Spain) Pedro Medina Hernández (Spain)
	Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)	Matthias Arnet (Switzerland) Franceso Buragina (Switzerland)
Reserve	Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship squads.

Group stages

The 24 teams were split into six groups of four teams. Six group winners, six second-place finishers and the four best third-place finishers qualify for the knockout round.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Netherlands (H)	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Japan	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
3	Benin	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
4	Australia	3	0	2	1	2	5	−3	2

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	China	3	3	0	0	9	4	+5	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Ukraine	3	1	1	1	7	6	+1	4
3	Turkey	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
4	Panama	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0

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Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	13	1	+12	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Morocco	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	6
3	Chile	3	1	0	2	7	8	−1	3
4	Honduras	3	0	0	3	0	15	−15	0

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Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	United States	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Argentina	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	6
3	Germany	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1	4
4	Egypt	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5	0

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Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Colombia	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Syria	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
3	Italy	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3
4	Canada	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

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Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Brazil	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Nigeria	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	4
3	South Korea	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
4	Switzerland	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3

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Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	D	Germany	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	B	Turkey	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	E	Italy	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3
4	C	Chile	3	1	0	2	7	8	−1	3
5	F	South Korea	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
6	A	Benin	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2

Knockout stages

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

21 June

China

2

24 June

Germany

3

Germany

1

21 June

Brazil (aet)

2

Brazil

1

28 June

Syria

0

Brazil

1

22 June

Argentina

2

Colombia

1

25 June

Argentina

2

Argentina

3

22 June

Spain

1

Spain

3

2 July

Turkey

0

Argentina

2

21 June

Nigeria

1

Morocco

1

24 June

Japan

0

Morocco (pen.)

2 (4)

21 June

Italy

2 (2)

United States

1

28 June

Italy

3

Morocco

0

22 June

Nigeria

3

Third place

Nigeria

1

25 June

2 July

Ukraine

0

Nigeria (pen.)

1 (10)

Brazil

2

22 June

Netherlands

1 (9)

Morocco

1

Netherlands

3

Chile

0

Round of 16

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

Team details

Winners

2005 FIFA World Youth champions
Argentina Fifth title

Goalscorers

6 goals

• Lionel Messi

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Awards

Golden Shoe	Golden Ball	FIFA Fair Play Award
Lionel Messi	Lionel Messi	Colombia

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Argentina	7	6	0	1	12	5	+7	18	Champions
2	Nigeria	7	3	2	2	10	5	+5	11	Runners-up
3	Brazil	7	5	1	1	9	4	+5	16	Third place
4	Morocco	7	3	1	3	11	10	+1	10	Fourth place
5	Netherlands (H)	5	4	1	0	10	2	+8	13	Eliminated in Quarter-finals
6	Spain	5	4	0	1	17	4	+13	12
7	Italy	5	2	1	2	10	8	+2	7
8	Germany	5	2	1	2	6	5	+1	7
9	Colombia	4	3	0	1	7	2	+5	9	Eliminated in Round of 16
10	China	4	3	0	1	11	7	+4	9
11	United States	4	2	1	1	3	3	0	7
12	Ukraine	4	1	1	2	7	7	0	4
13	Syria	4	1	1	2	3	5	−2	4
14	Turkey	4	1	1	2	4	7	−3	4
15	Chile	4	1	0	3	7	11	−4	3
16	Japan	4	0	2	2	3	5	−2	2
17	South Korea	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3	Eliminated in Group stage
18	Switzerland	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3
19	Benin	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
20	Australia	3	0	2	1	2	5	−3	2
21	Canada	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1
22	Egypt	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5	0
23	Panama	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0
24	Honduras	3	0	0	3	0	15	−15	0

External links

• FIFA World Youth Championship Netherlands 2005 Archived 2019-08-21 at the Wayback Machine, FIFA.com
• RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 2005
• FIFA Technical Report