2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup

2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2015 FIFA I Raro I Te 20 Marama O Te Ao
Tournament details
Host countryNew Zealand
Dates30 May – 20 June
Teams24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Serbia (2nd title)
Runners-up Brazil
Third place Mali
Fourth place Senegal
Tournament statistics
Matches played52
Goals scored154 (2.96 per match)
Attendance396,668 (7,628 per match)
Top scorer(s)Hungary Bence Mervó
Ukraine Viktor Kovalenko
(5 goals each)
Best player(s)Mali Adama Traoré
Best goalkeeperSerbia Predrag Rajković
Fair play award Ukraine
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The 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the twentieth edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup. The 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup took place for the first time in New Zealand.[1]

Host selection

Four FIFA member associations officially submitted their bids to host the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup by the deadline of 11 February 2011.[2] On 3 March 2011, FIFA announced that the tournament would be held for the first time in New Zealand.[3][4] This is the third FIFA competition staged in this country, after the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship and the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[3]

Bidding member associations
  • New Zealand New Zealand
  • Peru Peru
  • Tunisia Tunisia
  • Wales Wales

Venues

Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Hamilton, New Plymouth, Wellington and Whangarei were the 7 cities chosen to host the competition.[5]

Before the stadium announcements were made, Dunedin City council suggested in January 2013,[6] that it would not bid to host matches at Forsyth Barr Stadium (also known as Otago Stadium) unless the costs (an estimated $1m) could be lowered.[7] The stadium hosted seven matches there, the last of which being a Round of 16 game.[8]

Wellington Auckland New Plymouth
Wellington Regional Stadium North Harbour Stadium Stadium Taranaki
41°16′23″S 174°47′9″E / 41.27306°S 174.78583°E / -41.27306; 174.78583 (Wellington Regional Stadium) 36°43′37″S 174°42′6″E / 36.72694°S 174.70167°E / -36.72694; 174.70167 (North Harbour Stadium) 39°4′13″S 174°3′54″E / 39.07028°S 174.06500°E / -39.07028; 174.06500 (Stadium Taranaki)
Capacity: 35,187 Capacity: 25,317 Capacity: 25,000[9]
Dunedin
2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup (New Zealand)
Otago Stadium
45°52′9″S 170°31′28″E / 45.86917°S 170.52444°E / -45.86917; 170.52444 (Otago Stadium)
Capacity: 23,095
Hamilton Christchurch Whangarei
Waikato Stadium Christchurch Stadium Northland Events Centre
37°46′52″S 175°16′6″E / 37.78111°S 175.26833°E / -37.78111; 175.26833 (Waikato Stadium) 43°32′37.32″S 172°36′14.76″E / 43.5437000°S 172.6041000°E / -43.5437000; 172.6041000 (Christchurch Stadium) 35°44′3″S 174°19′46″E / 35.73417°S 174.32944°E / -35.73417; 174.32944 (Northland Events Centre)
Capacity: 19,237 Capacity: 17,308 Capacity: 8,016

Qualified teams

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

Confederation Qualifying Tournament Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia) 2014 AFC U-19 Championship  Myanmar1
 North Korea
 Qatar
 Uzbekistan
CAF (Africa) 2015 African U-20 Championship  Ghana
 Mali
 Nigeria
 Senegal1
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean) 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship  Honduras
 Mexico
 Panama
 United States
CONMEBOL (South America) 2015 South American Youth Championship  Argentina
 Brazil
 Colombia
 Uruguay
OFC (Oceania) Host nation  New Zealand
2014 OFC U-20 Championship  Fiji1
UEFA (Europe) 2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship  Austria
 Germany
 Hungary
 Portugal
 Serbia2
 Ukraine
1. ^ Teams that made their debut.
2. ^ Serbia made their first U-20 World Cup appearance as an independent nation. They were chosen as the descendant of the now-defunct Yugoslavia, which qualified in 1979 and 1987.

Draw and schedule

The final draw was held on 10 February 2015, 17:30 local time, at the SkyCity Grand, Auckland.[10][11] For the draw, the 24 teams were divided into four seeding pots:[12]

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

As a basic principle, teams from the same confederation could not be drawn against each other at the group stage. As the CAF U-20 Championship was not completed at the time of the draw, a separate draw took place on 23 March 2015 in Dakar, Senegal, at the tournament's conclusion to determine the groups where the 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed CAF teams would play in, to ensure there was no manipulation of games in the qualifying tournament ensuring fairness to all qualified teams.[13][14]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

 New Zealand (Group A)  Argentina (Group B)  Qatar (Group C)  Mexico (Group D)  Nigeria (Group E)  Germany (Group F)

 North Korea  Myanmar  Uzbekistan  Mali  Ghana  Senegal

 Honduras  Panama  United States  Brazil  Colombia  Uruguay

 Fiji  Austria  Hungary  Portugal  Serbia  Ukraine

The schedule of the tournament was unveiled on 20 November 2013.[15]

Match officials

A total of 21 referees, 6 support referees, and 42 assistant referees were selected for the tournament.[16][17]

Confederation Referee Assistant referees Support referee
AFC Japan Ryuji Sato Japan Akane Yagi
Japan Hiroshi Yamauchi 		Singapore Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari
Saudi Arabia Fahad Al-Mirdasi Oman Abu Bakar Al-Amri
Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Shalawi
South Korea Kim Jong-hyeok South Korea Yoon Kwang-yeol
South Korea Yang Byoung-eun
CAF Egypt Gehad Grisha Eritrea Berhe Tesfagiorghis
Sudan Waleed Ahmed 		Ghana Joseph Lamptey
Gabon Eric Otogo-Castane Cameroon Elvis Noupue
Niger Yahaya Mahamadou
Seychelles Bernard Camille Ivory Coast Marius Tan
South Africa Zakhele Siwela
CONCACAF Costa Rica Henry Bejarano Costa Rica Carlos Fernández
Costa Rica Octavio Jara 		Honduras Armando Castro
Mexico César Ramos Mexico Alberto Morín
Mexico Miguel Hernández
Panama John Pitti Panama Gabriel Victoria
Panama Juan Baynes
CONMEBOL Argentina Mauro Vigliano Argentina Ezequiel Brailovsky
Argentina Iván Núñez 		Venezuela Jesús Valenzuela
Brazil Ricardo Marques Brazil Bruno Boschilia
Brazil Kléber Gil
Ecuador Roddy Zambrano Ecuador Juan Macias
Ecuador Luis Vera
Uruguay Daniel Fedorczuk Uruguay Nicolás Taran
Uruguay Richard Trinidad
OFC New Zealand Matt Conger New Zealand Simon Lount
Tonga Tevita Makasini 		New Zealand Nick Waldron
UEFA Croatia Ivan Bebek Croatia Miro Grgić
Croatia Tomislav Petrović 		Israel Liran Liany
Germany Felix Zwayer Germany Marco Achmüller
Germany Thorsten Schiffner
Hungary István Vad Hungary István Albert
Hungary Vencel Tóth
Italy Daniele Orsato Italy Lorenzo Manganelli
Italy Mauro Tonolini
Portugal Artur Soares Dias Portugal Álvaro Carvalho
Portugal Rui Tavares
Romania Ovidiu Hațegan Romania Octavian Șovre
Romania Sebastian Gheorghe
Spain Antonio Mateu Lahoz Spain Pau Cebrián Devis
Spain Roberto Díaz Pérez

Squads

See the main article: 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads

The 24 squads were officially announced by FIFA on 21 May 2015.[18][19] Each participating national association had to submit a final list of 21 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) at least 10 days before the tournament started. These players were shortlisted from a provisional list of 35 players, including a minimum of four goalkeepers.[20] All players must have been born on or after 1 January 1995.[20] If a player listed in the final squad suffered a serious injury up until 24 hours before the kick-off of his team's first match, he could be replaced by a player from the provisional list with the approval of FIFA's medical and organising committees.[20]

In July 2015, it was reported that the New Zealand squad had included an ineligible player, South African Deklan Wynne not having completed the requisite period of residence in New Zealand.[21]

Group stage

Stages reached by each team

The winners and runners-up of each group and the best four third-placed teams advanced to the round of 16.[20] The rankings of teams in each group were determined as follows:

  1. points obtained in all group matches;
  2. goal difference in all group matches;
  3. number of goals scored in all group matches;

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

  1. points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  2. goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  3. number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.

All times are local, New Zealand Standard Time (UTC+12).[22]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Ukraine 3 2 1 0 9 0 +9 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  United States 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
3  New Zealand (H) 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
4  Myanmar 3 0 0 3 2 13 −11 0
Source: FIFA
(H) Host
New Zealand 0–0 Ukraine
Report
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)
United States 2–1 Myanmar
Tall Goal 17'
Hyndman Goal 56'		 Report Yan Naing Oo Goal 9'
Northland Events Centre, Whangarei
Attendance: 5,816
Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)
Myanmar 0–6 Ukraine
Report Yaremchuk Goal 51'
Luchkevych Goal 54'
Kovalenko Goal 57', 77'
Eduard Sobol Goal 68'
Besyedin Goal 71'
Northland Events Centre, Whangarei
Attendance: 4,985
Referee: Ricardo Marques (Brazil)
New Zealand 0–4 United States
Report Bradford Jamieson Goal 6'
Hyndman Goal 33'
Arriola Goal 57'
Rubin Goal 83'
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 15,678
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
Myanmar 1–5 New Zealand
Aung Thu Goal 27' Report Billingsley Goal 40'
Patterson Goal 47'
Stevens Goal 78'
Brotherton Goal 81'
Lewis Goal 89'
Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington
Attendance: 15,527
Referee: John Pitti (Panama)
Ukraine 3–0 United States
Kovalenko Goal 56', 74', 79' Report
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 7,694
Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Ghana 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Austria 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
3  Argentina 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2
4  Panama 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2 1
Source: FIFA
Argentina 2–2 Panama
Correa Goal 14', 79' Report Rodríguez Goal 19'
Escobar Goal 84'
Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington
Attendance: 9,204
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
Ghana 1–1 Austria
Y. Yeboah Goal 90+1' (pen.) Report Gschweidl Goal 50'
Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington
Attendance: 9,204
Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)
Austria 2–1 Panama
Hormechea Goal 45+1' (o.g.)
Grubeck Goal 51'		 Report Escobar Goal 38'
Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington
Attendance: 2,009
Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)
Argentina 2–3 Ghana
Simeone Goal 80'
Buendía Goal 90'		 Report B. Tetteh Goal 44'
Aboagye Goal 59'
Y. Yeboah Goal 69' (pen.)
Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington
Attendance: 5,542
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
Austria 0–0 Argentina
Report
Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington
Attendance: 13,874
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
Panama 0–1 Ghana
Report Boateng Goal 82'
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 3,637
Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Portugal 3 3 0 0 10 1 +9 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Colombia 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
3  Senegal 3 1 1 1 3 5 −2 4
4  Qatar 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
Source: FIFA
Qatar 0–1 Colombia
Report Rodríguez Goal 24'
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Attendance: 7,461
Referee: Matt Conger (New Zealand)
Portugal 3–0 Senegal
Martins Goal 1'
Silva Goal 90'
Santos Goal 90+3'		 Report
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Attendance: 10,362
Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)
Qatar 0–4 Portugal
Report Silva Goal 34'
Rodrigues Goal 42', 66'
Vigário Goal 74'
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Attendance: 1,864
Referee: Daniel Fedorczuk (Uruguay)
Senegal 1–1 Colombia
Thiam Goal 23' Report Zapata Goal 43' (pen.)
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Attendance: 3,981
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
Senegal 2–1 Qatar
Sylla Goal 76'
Wagué Goal 81'		 Report Afif Goal 17' (pen.)
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Attendance: 3,791
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)
Colombia 1–3 Portugal
Borré Goal 74' Report Santos Goal 3'
Silva Goal 55' (pen.), 67'
Otago Stadium, Dunedin
Attendance: 6,950
Referee: Henry Bejarano (Costa Rica)

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Serbia 3 2 0 1 4 1 +3 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Uruguay 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4[a]
3  Mali 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4[a]
4  Mexico 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3
Source: FIFA
Notes:
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The final positions of Mali and Uruguay were decided by drawing of lots, conducted in Auckland and witnessed by both teams via a live video link, which placed Uruguay in second and Mali in third.[23] Both teams had advanced to the round of 16.
Mexico 0–2 Mali
Report A. Traoré Goal 77'
Gbakle Goal 79'
Otago Stadium, Dunedin
Attendance: 4,299
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)
Uruguay 1–0 Serbia
Pereiro Goal 56' Report
Otago Stadium, Dunedin
Attendance: 6,048
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
Mexico 2–1 Uruguay
Lozano Goal 71'
Gutiérrez Goal 90+3'		 Report Suárez Goal 83'
Otago Stadium, Dunedin
Attendance: 2,038
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)
Serbia 2–0 Mali
S. Milinković-Savić Goal 27'
Mandić Goal 74'		 Report
Otago Stadium, Dunedin
Attendance: 4,012
Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)
Serbia 2–0 Mexico
Maksimović Goal 2'
Živković Goal 43'		 Report
Otago Stadium, Dunedin
Attendance: 9,248
Referee: Ricardo Marques (Brazil)
Mali 1–1 Uruguay
A. Traoré Goal 44' Report Acosta Goal 17'
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Attendance: 6,791
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Brazil 3 3 0 0 9 3 +6 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Nigeria 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4 6
3  Hungary 3 1 0 2 6 5 +1 3
4  North Korea 3 0 0 3 1 12 −11 0
Source: FIFA
Nigeria 2–4 Brazil
Success Goal 10'
Yahaya Goal 28'		 Report Gabriel Jesus Goal 4'
Judivan Goal 34', 82'
Boschilia Goal 59'
Stadium Taranaki, New Plymouth
Attendance: 5,887
Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)
North Korea 1–5 Hungary
Choe Ju-song Goal 32' Report Mervó Goal 17', 49', 82'
Kalmár Goal 33'
Forgács Goal 60'
Stadium Taranaki, New Plymouth
Attendance: 8,153
Referee: Henry Bejarano (Costa Rica)
Nigeria 4–0 North Korea
Saviour Goal 48', 51'
Sokari Goal 71'
Success Goal 80'		 Report
Stadium Taranaki, New Plymouth
Attendance: 1,114
Referee: Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)
Hungary 1–2 Brazil
Mervó Goal 8' Report Danilo Goal 50'
A. Pereira Goal 86' (pen.)
Stadium Taranaki, New Plymouth
Attendance: 4,077
Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)
Hungary 0–2 Nigeria
Report Awoniyi Goal 33', 54'
Stadium Taranaki, New Plymouth
Attendance: 3,184
Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)
Brazil 3–0 North Korea
Min Hyo-song Goal 60' (o.g.)
Jean Carlos Goal 66'
L. Pereira Goal 86'		 Report
Christchurch Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 15,298
Referee: Matt Conger (New Zealand)

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Germany 3 3 0 0 16 2 +14 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Uzbekistan 3 1 0 2 6 7 −1 3
3  Honduras 3 1 0 2 5 11 −6 3
4  Fiji 3 1 0 2 4 11 −7 3
Source: FIFA
Germany 8–1 Fiji
Stark Goal 18', 27'
Stendera Goal 20' (pen.)
Prömel Goal 23'
Mukhtar Goal 34', 40', 89' (pen.)
Stefaniak Goal 68'		 Report Verevou Goal 48'
Christchurch Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 5,296
Referee: John Pitti (Panama)
Uzbekistan 3–4 Honduras
Khamdamov Goal 31'
Shomurodov Goal 79'
Urinboev Goal 90+6'		 Report Benavídez Goal 4'
Róchez Goal 20', 90+2'
Álvarez Goal 49'
Christchurch Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 6,679
Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)
Honduras 0–3 Fiji
Report Verevou Goal 14'
Waqa Goal 19'
Álvarez Goal 45' (o.g.)
Christchurch Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 1,220
Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea)
Germany 3–0 Uzbekistan
Stendera Goal 33', 85'
Akpoguma Goal 59'		 Report
Christchurch Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 3,393
Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)
Honduras 1–5 Germany
Schwäbe Goal 19' (o.g.) Report Stendera Goal 2' (pen.)
Brandt Goal 30'
Mukhtar Goal 50'
Prömel Goal 62'
Stark Goal 81'
Christchurch Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 12,045
Referee: Daniel Fedorczuk (Uruguay)
Fiji 0–3 Uzbekistan
Report Shomurodov Goal 62'
Urinboev Goal 63'
Kosimov Goal 90+3'
Northland Events Centre, Whangarei
Attendance: 5,011
Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)

Ranking of third-placed teams

The four best ranked third-placed teams also advanced to the round of 16. They were paired with the winners of groups A, B, C and D, according to a table published in Section 18 of the tournament regulations.[20]

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Result
1 A  New Zealand (H) 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4 Advance to knockout stage
2 D  Mali 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3 C  Colombia 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
4 E  Hungary 3 1 0 2 6 5 +1 3
5 F  Honduras 3 1 0 2 5 11 −6 3
6 B  Argentina 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) lots drawn by FIFA.
(H) Host

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of regular time (two periods of 45 minutes), extra time was played (two periods of 15 minutes) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner. In the case of the third place match, as it was played just before the final, extra time was skipped and a penalty shoot-out took place if necessary.[20]

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
11 June — New Plymouth
 
 
 Brazil (pen.)0 (5)
 
14 June — Hamilton
 
 Uruguay0 (4)
 
 Brazil (pen.)0 (3)
 
11 June — Hamilton
 
 Portugal0 (1)
 
 Portugal2
 
17 June — Christchurch
 
 New Zealand1
 
 Brazil5
 
11 June — Whangarei
 
 Senegal0
 
 Austria0
 
14 June — Wellington
 
 Uzbekistan2
 
 Uzbekistan0
 
10 June — Auckland
 
 Senegal1
 
 Ukraine1 (1)
 
20 June — Auckland
 
 Senegal (pen.)1 (3)
 
 Brazil1
 
10 June — Wellington
 
 Serbia (aet)2
 
 United States1
 
14 June — Auckland
 
 Colombia0
 
 United States0 (5)
 
10 June — Dunedin
 
 Serbia (pen.)0 (6)
 
 Serbia (aet)2
 
17 June — Auckland
 
 Hungary1
 
 Serbia (aet)2
 
10 June — Wellington
 
 Mali1 Third place
 
 Ghana0
 
14 June — Christchurch20 June — Auckland
 
 Mali3
 
 Mali (pen.)1 (4) Senegal1
 
11 June — Christchurch
 
 Germany1 (3)  Mali3
 
 Germany1
 
 
 Nigeria0
 
Combinations of matches in the Round of 16

The third-placed teams which 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.[20]

  Combination according to the four qualified teams
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

Ghana 0–3 Mali
Report Samassékou Goal 20'
Gbakle Goal 53'
Doumbia Goal 81'
Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington
Attendance: 2,235
Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)
Serbia 2–1 (a.e.t.) Hungary
Šaponjić Goal 90+1'
Talabér Goal 118' (o.g.)		 Report Mervó Goal 57'
Otago Stadium, Dunedin
Attendance: 5,149
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
United States 1–0 Colombia
Rubin Goal 58' Report
Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington
Attendance: 6,062
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
Ukraine 1–1 (a.e.t.) Senegal
Besyedin Goal 70' Report Sarr Goal 83'
Penalties
Chumak Penalty missed
Kharatin Penalty missed
Habelok Penalty scored
Luchkevych Penalty missed		 1–3 Penalty scored Sarr
Penalty scored Sylla
Penalty scored Niang
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 6,905
Referee: Ricardo Marques (Brazil)
Austria 0–2 Uzbekistan
Report Khamdamov Goal 47', 57'
Northland Events Centre, Whangarei
Attendance: 3,964
Referee: John Pitti (Panama)
Germany 1–0 Nigeria
Öztunalı Goal 19' Report
Christchurch Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 5,288
Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)
Portugal 2–1 New Zealand
Guzzo Goal 24'
Martins Goal 87'		 Report Holthusen Goal 64'
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Attendance: 10,492
Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea)
Brazil 0–0 (a.e.t.) Uruguay
Report
Penalties
A. Pereira Penalty scored
Lucão Penalty scored
Danilo Penalty scored
Jajá Penalty scored
Gabriel Jesus Penalty scored		 5–4 Penalty scored Arambarri
Penalty missed Amaral
Penalty scored Poyet
Penalty scored Acosta
Penalty scored Lemos
Stadium Taranaki, New Plymouth
Attendance: 4,358
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

Quarter-finals

Brazil 0–0 (a.e.t.) Portugal
Report
Penalties
A. Pereira Penalty scored
Lucão Penalty missed
Danilo Penalty scored
Gabriel Jesus Penalty scored		 3–1 Penalty scored Rony Lopes
Penalty missed Guzzo
Penalty missed Silva
Penalty missed Nuno Santos
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Attendance: 9,945
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)
Mali 1–1 (a.e.t.) Germany
S. Coulibaly Goal 58' Report Brandt Goal 38'
Penalties
Hamidou Penalty scored
Guindo Penalty scored
Koné Penalty scored
A. Traoré Penalty missed
Samassékou Penalty scored		 4–3 Penalty scored Akpoguma
Penalty scored Öztunalı
Penalty scored Steinmann
Penalty missed Brandt
Penalty missed Stark
Christchurch Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 7,007
Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)
United States 0–0 (a.e.t.) Serbia
Report
Penalties
Rubin Penalty missed
Payne Penalty scored
Arriola Penalty scored
Hyndman Penalty scored
Zelalem Penalty scored
Soñora Penalty missed
Delgado Penalty scored
Carter-Vickers Penalty missed
Requejo Penalty missed		 5–6 Penalty scored Zdjelar
Penalty missed Mandić
Penalty scored Babić
Penalty scored Grujić
Penalty scored Živković
Penalty missed Rajković
Penalty scored Antonov
Penalty missed Veljković
Penalty scored Maksimović
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 10,826
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
Uzbekistan 0–1 Senegal
Report Thiam Goal 77'
Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington
Attendance: 10,258
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

Semi-finals

Brazil 5–0 Senegal
Correa Goal 5' (o.g.)
Marcos Guilherme Goal 7', 78'
Boschilia Goal 19'
Jorge Goal 35'		 Report
Christchurch Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 9,251
Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)
Serbia 2–1 (a.e.t.) Mali
Živković Goal 4'
Šaponjić Goal 101'		 Report Koné Goal 39'
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 10,818
Referee: Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)

Third place match

Senegal 1–3 Mali
Wadji Goal 64' Report A. Traoré Goal 74', 83'
Samassékou Goal 90+1'
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 12,421
Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

Final

Brazil 1–2 (a.e.t.) Serbia
A. Pereira Goal 73' Report Mandić Goal 70'
Maksimović Goal 118'
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 25,317
Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[24] They were all sponsored by Adidas, except for the FIFA Fair Play Award.

Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball
Mali Adama Traoré Brazil Danilo Serbia Sergej Milinković-Savić
Golden Boot Silver Boot Bronze Boot
Ukraine Viktor Kovalenko Hungary Bence Mervó Germany Marc Stendera
5 goals, 2 assists 5 goals, 0 assists 4 goals, 4 assists
Golden Glove
Serbia Predrag Rajković
FIFA Fair Play Award
 Ukraine

Goalscorers

5 goals
  • Ukraine Viktor Kovalenko
  • Hungary Bence Mervó
4 goals
3 goals
  • Germany Niklas Stark
  • Uzbekistan Dostonbek Khamdamov
2 goals
  • Argentina Ángel Correa
  • Brazil Andreas Pereira
  • Brazil Gabriel Boschilia
  • Brazil Judivan
  • Brazil Marcos Guilherme
  • Fiji Iosefo Verevou
  • Germany Julian Brandt
  • Germany Grischa Prömel
  • Ghana Yaw Yeboah
  • Honduras Bryan Róchez
  • Mali Dieudonne Gbakle
  • Mali Diadie Samassékou
  • Nigeria Taiwo Awoniyi
  • Nigeria Godwin Saviour
  • Nigeria Isaac Success
  • Panama Fidel Escobar
  • Portugal Ivo Rodrigues
  • Portugal Nuno Santos
  • Portugal Gelson Martins
  • Senegal Mamadou Thiam
  • Serbia Nemanja Maksimović
  • Serbia Staniša Mandić
  • Serbia Ivan Šaponjić
  • Serbia Andrija Živković
  • Ukraine Artem Besyedin
  • United States Emerson Hyndman
  • United States Rubio Rubin
  • Uzbekistan Eldor Shomurodov
  • Uzbekistan Zabikhillo Urinboev
1 goal
  • Argentina Emiliano Buendía
  • Argentina Giovanni Simeone
  • Austria Valentin Grubeck
  • Austria Bernd Gschweidl
  • Brazil Danilo
  • Brazil Gabriel Jesus
  • Brazil Jean Carlos
  • Brazil Jorge
  • Brazil Léo Pereira
  • Colombia Rafael Santos Borré
  • Colombia Joao Rodríguez
  • Colombia Alexis Zapata
  • Fiji Saula Waqa
  • Germany Kevin Akpoguma
  • Germany Levin Öztunalı
  • Germany Marvin Stefaniak
  • Ghana Clifford Aboagye
  • Ghana Emmanuel Boateng
  • Ghana Benjamin Tetteh
  • Honduras Kevin Álvarez
  • Honduras Jhow Benavidez
  • Hungary Dávid Forgács
  • Hungary Zsolt Kalmár
  • Mali Souleymane Coulibaly
  • Mali Aboubacar Doumbia
  • Mali Youssouf Koné
  • Mexico Kevin Gutiérrez
  • Mexico Hirving Lozano
  • Myanmar Yan Naing Oo
  • Myanmar Aung Thu
  • New Zealand Noah Billingsley
  • New Zealand Sam Brotherton
  • New Zealand Stuart Holthusen
  • New Zealand Clayton Lewis
  • New Zealand Monty Patterson
  • New Zealand Joel Stevens
  • Nigeria Kingsley Sokari
  • Nigeria Musa Yahaya
  • North Korea Choe Ju-song
  • Panama Jhamal Rodríguez
  • Portugal Raphael Guzzo
  • Portugal João Vigário
  • Qatar Akram Afif
  • Senegal Moussa Koné
  • Senegal Sidy Sarr
  • Senegal Ibrahima Wadji
  • Serbia Sergej Milinković-Savić
  • Ukraine Valeriy Luchkevych
  • Ukraine Eduard Sobol
  • Ukraine Roman Yaremchuk
  • United States Paul Arriola
  • United States Bradford Jamieson IV
  • United States Maki Tall
  • Uruguay Franco Acosta
  • Uruguay Gastón Pereiro
  • Uruguay Mathías Suárez
  • Uzbekistan Mirjamol Kosimov
1 own goal
  • Germany Marvin Schwäbe (playing against Honduras)
  • Honduras Kevin Álvarez (playing against Fiji)
  • Hungary Attila Talabér (playing against Serbia)
  • North Korea Min Hyo-song (playing against Brazil)
  • Panama Chin Hormechea (playing against Austria)
  • Senegal Andelinou Correa (playing against Brazil)

Source: FIFA.com[25]

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  Serbia 7 5 1 1 10 4 +6 16 Champions
2  Brazil 7 4 2 1 15 5 +10 14 Runners-up
3  Mali 7 3 2 2 11 7 +4 11 Third place
4  Senegal 7 2 2 3 6 14 −8 8 Fourth place
5  Germany 5 4 1 0 18 3 +15 13 Eliminated in
Quarter-finals
6  Portugal 5 4 1 0 12 2 +10 13
7  United States 5 3 1 1 7 4 +3 10
8  Uzbekistan 5 2 0 3 8 8 0 6
9  Ukraine 4 2 2 0 10 1 +9 8 Eliminated in
Round of 16
10  Ghana 4 2 1 1 5 6 −1 7
11  Nigeria 4 2 0 2 8 5 +3 6
12  Uruguay 4 1 2 1 3 3 0 5
13  Austria 4 1 2 1 3 4 −1 5
14  New Zealand (H) 4 1 1 2 6 7 −1 4
15  Colombia 4 1 1 2 3 5 −2 4
16  Hungary 4 1 0 3 7 7 0 3
17  Mexico 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3 Eliminated in
Group stage
18  Honduras 3 1 0 2 5 11 −6 3
19  Fiji 3 1 0 2 4 11 −7 3
20  Argentina 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2
21  Panama 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2 1
22  Qatar 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
23  Myanmar 3 0 0 3 2 13 −11 0
24  North Korea 3 0 0 3 1 12 −11 0
Source: Techn. Report p. 85
(H) Host

Organization

Emblem and mascot

The official emblem of the tournament was unveiled on 20 November 2013.[26] The official mascot, a black sheep named Wooliam, was unveiled on 30 November 2014.[27]

Ticketing

Prior to being released for 'General sale' on 13 June 2014,[28] registered footballers in New Zealand were given 'priority treatment' by allowing them the option to buy tickets from two months earlier.[29]

In the first three months of tickets going on sale to residents, an estimated 25,000 were sold.[30]

Related pages

  • 2015 Under-20 Five Nations Series - preparatory tournament for the U-20 World Cup

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