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) Bence Mervó
Viktor Kovalenko
(5 goals each)
Best player(s) Adama Traoré
Best goalkeeper Predrag Rajković
Fair play award Ukraine

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

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 Ryuji Sato Akane Yagi
Hiroshi Yamauchi 		Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari
Fahad Al-Mirdasi Abu Bakar Al-Amri
Abdullah Al-Shalawi
Kim Jong-hyeok Yoon Kwang-yeol
Yang Byoung-eun
CAF Gehad Grisha Berhe Tesfagiorghis
Waleed Ahmed 		Joseph Lamptey
Eric Otogo-Castane Elvis Noupue
Yahaya Mahamadou
Bernard Camille Marius Tan
Zakhele Siwela
CONCACAF Henry Bejarano Carlos Fernández
Octavio Jara 		Armando Castro
César Ramos Alberto Morín
Miguel Hernández
John Pitti Gabriel Victoria
Juan Baynes
CONMEBOL Mauro Vigliano Ezequiel Brailovsky
Iván Núñez 		Jesús Valenzuela
Ricardo Marques Bruno Boschilia
Kléber Gil
Roddy Zambrano Juan Macias
Luis Vera
Daniel Fedorczuk Nicolás Taran
Richard Trinidad
OFC Matt Conger Simon Lount
Tevita Makasini 		Nick Waldron
UEFA Ivan Bebek Miro Grgić
Tomislav Petrović 		Liran Liany
Felix Zwayer Marco Achmüller
Thorsten Schiffner
István Vad István Albert
Vencel Tóth
Daniele Orsato Lorenzo Manganelli
Mauro Tonolini
Artur Soares Dias Álvaro Carvalho
Rui Tavares
Ovidiu Hațegan Octavian Șovre
Sebastian Gheorghe
Antonio Mateu Lahoz Pau Cebrián Devis
Roberto Díaz Pérez

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

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  17'
Hyndman  56'		 Report Yan Naing Oo  9'
Northland Events Centre, Whangarei
Attendance: 5,816
Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)
Myanmar 0–6 Ukraine
Report Yaremchuk  51'
Luchkevych  54'
Kovalenko  57', 77'
Eduard Sobol  68'
Besyedin  71'
Northland Events Centre, Whangarei
Attendance: 4,985
Referee: Ricardo Marques (Brazil)
New Zealand 0–4 United States
Report Bradford Jamieson  6'
Hyndman  33'
Arriola  57'
Rubin  83'
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 15,678
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
Myanmar 1–5 New Zealand
Aung Thu  27' Report Billingsley  40'
Patterson  47'
Stevens  78'
Brotherton  81'
Lewis  89'
Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington
Attendance: 15,527
Referee: John Pitti (Panama)
Ukraine 3–0 United States
Kovalenko  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  14', 79' Report Rodríguez  19'
Escobar  84'
Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington
Attendance: 9,204
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
Ghana 1–1 Austria
Y. Yeboah  90+1' (pen.) Report Gschweidl  50'
Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington
Attendance: 9,204
Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)
Austria 2–1 Panama
Hormechea  45+1' (o.g.)
Grubeck  51'		 Report Escobar  38'
Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington
Attendance: 2,009
Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)
Argentina 2–3 Ghana
Simeone  80'
Buendía  90'		 Report B. Tetteh  44'
Aboagye  59'
Y. Yeboah  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  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  24'
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Attendance: 7,461
Referee: Matt Conger (New Zealand)
Portugal 3–0 Senegal
Martins  1'
Silva  90'
Santos  90+3'		 Report
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Attendance: 10,362
Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)
Qatar 0–4 Portugal
Report Silva  34'
Rodrigues  42', 66'
Vigário  74'
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Attendance: 1,864
Referee: Daniel Fedorczuk (Uruguay)
Senegal 1–1 Colombia
Thiam  23' Report Zapata  43' (pen.)
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Attendance: 3,981
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
Senegal 2–1 Qatar
Sylla  76'
Wagué  81'		 Report Afif  17' (pen.)
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Attendance: 3,791
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)
Colombia 1–3 Portugal
Borré  74' Report Santos  3'
Silva  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  77'
Gbakle  79'
Otago Stadium, Dunedin
Attendance: 4,299
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)
Uruguay 1–0 Serbia
Pereiro  56' Report
Otago Stadium, Dunedin
Attendance: 6,048
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
Mexico 2–1 Uruguay
Lozano  71'
Gutiérrez  90+3'		 Report Suárez  83'
Otago Stadium, Dunedin
Attendance: 2,038
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)
Serbia 2–0 Mali
S. Milinković-Savić  27'
Mandić  74'		 Report
Otago Stadium, Dunedin
Attendance: 4,012
Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)
Serbia 2–0 Mexico
Maksimović  2'
Živković  43'		 Report
Otago Stadium, Dunedin
Attendance: 9,248
Referee: Ricardo Marques (Brazil)
Mali 1–1 Uruguay
A. Traoré  44' Report Acosta  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  10'
Yahaya  28'		 Report Gabriel Jesus  4'
Judivan  34', 82'
Boschilia  59'
Stadium Taranaki, New Plymouth
Attendance: 5,887
Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)
North Korea 1–5 Hungary
Choe Ju-song  32' Report Mervó  17', 49', 82'
Kalmár  33'
Forgács  60'
Stadium Taranaki, New Plymouth
Attendance: 8,153
Referee: Henry Bejarano (Costa Rica)
Nigeria 4–0 North Korea
Saviour  48', 51'
Sokari  71'
Success  80'		 Report
Stadium Taranaki, New Plymouth
Attendance: 1,114
Referee: Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)
Hungary 1–2 Brazil
Mervó  8' Report Danilo  50'
A. Pereira  86' (pen.)
Stadium Taranaki, New Plymouth
Attendance: 4,077
Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)
Hungary 0–2 Nigeria
Report Awoniyi  33', 54'
Stadium Taranaki, New Plymouth
Attendance: 3,184
Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)
Brazil 3–0 North Korea
Min Hyo-song  60' (o.g.)
Jean Carlos  66'
L. Pereira  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  18', 27'
Stendera  20' (pen.)
Prömel  23'
Mukhtar  34', 40', 89' (pen.)
Stefaniak  68'		 Report Verevou  48'
Christchurch Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 5,296
Referee: John Pitti (Panama)
Uzbekistan 3–4 Honduras
Khamdamov  31'
Shomurodov  79'
Urinboev  90+6'		 Report Benavídez  4'
Róchez  20', 90+2'
Álvarez  49'
Christchurch Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 6,679
Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)
Honduras 0–3 Fiji
Report Verevou  14'
Waqa  19'
Álvarez  45' (o.g.)
Christchurch Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 1,220
Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea)
Germany 3–0 Uzbekistan
Stendera  33', 85'
Akpoguma  59'		 Report
Christchurch Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 3,393
Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)
Honduras 1–5 Germany
Schwäbe  19' (o.g.) Report Stendera  2' (pen.)
Brandt  30'
Mukhtar  50'
Prömel  62'
Stark  81'
Christchurch Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 12,045
Referee: Daniel Fedorczuk (Uruguay)
Fiji 0–3 Uzbekistan
Report Shomurodov  62'
Urinboev  63'
Kosimov  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  20'
Gbakle  53'
Doumbia  81'
Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington
Attendance: 2,235
Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)
Serbia 2–1 (a.e.t.) Hungary
Šaponjić  90+1'
Talabér  118' (o.g.)		 Report Mervó  57'
Otago Stadium, Dunedin
Attendance: 5,149
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
United States 1–0 Colombia
Rubin  58' Report
Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington
Attendance: 6,062
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
Ukraine 1–1 (a.e.t.) Senegal
Besyedin  70' Report Sarr  83'
Penalties
Chumak
Kharatin
Habelok
Luchkevych 		1–3 Sarr
Sylla
Niang
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 6,905
Referee: Ricardo Marques (Brazil)
Austria 0–2 Uzbekistan
Report Khamdamov  47', 57'
Northland Events Centre, Whangarei
Attendance: 3,964
Referee: John Pitti (Panama)
Germany 1–0 Nigeria
Öztunalı  19' Report
Christchurch Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 5,288
Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)
Portugal 2–1 New Zealand
Guzzo  24'
Martins  87'		 Report Holthusen  64'
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Attendance: 10,492
Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea)
Brazil 0–0 (a.e.t.) Uruguay
Report
Penalties
A. Pereira
Lucão
Danilo
Jajá
Gabriel Jesus 		5–4 Arambarri
Amaral
Poyet
Acosta
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
Lucão
Danilo
Gabriel Jesus 		3–1 Rony Lopes
Guzzo
Silva
Nuno Santos
Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Attendance: 9,945
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)
Mali 1–1 (a.e.t.) Germany
S. Coulibaly  58' Report Brandt  38'
Penalties
Hamidou
Guindo
Koné
A. Traoré
Samassékou 		4–3 Akpoguma
Öztunalı
Steinmann
Brandt
Stark
Christchurch Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 7,007
Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)
United States 0–0 (a.e.t.) Serbia
Report
Penalties
Rubin
Payne
Arriola
Hyndman
Zelalem
Soñora
Delgado
Carter-Vickers
Requejo 		5–6 Zdjelar
Mandić
Babić
Grujić
Živković
Rajković
Antonov
Veljković
Maksimović
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 10,826
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
Uzbekistan 0–1 Senegal
Report Thiam  77'
Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington
Attendance: 10,258
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

Semi-finals

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

Third place match

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

Final

Brazil 1–2 (a.e.t.) Serbia
A. Pereira  73' Report Mandić  70'
Maksimović  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
Adama Traoré Danilo Sergej Milinković-Savić
Golden Boot Silver Boot Bronze Boot
Viktor Kovalenko Bence Mervó Marc Stendera
5 goals, 2 assists 5 goals, 0 assists 4 goals, 4 assists
Golden Glove
Predrag Rajković
FIFA Fair Play Award
 Ukraine

Goalscorers

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

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

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