2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup

2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup

Copa Mundial Sub-20 de la FIFA Colombia 2011
Tournament details
Host country	Colombia
Dates	29 July – 20 August
Teams	24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	8 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (5th title)
Runners-up	Portugal
Third place	Mexico
Fourth place	France
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Goals scored	132 (2.54 per match)
Attendance	1,309,929 (25,191 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Henrique Alexandre Lacazette Álvaro Vázquez (5 goals each)
Best player(s)	Henrique
Best goalkeeper	Mika
Fair play award	Nigeria
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The 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 18th FIFA U-20 World Cup. Colombia hosted the tournament between 29 July and 20 August 2011, with matches being played in eight cities. The tournament was won by Brazil who claimed their fifth title.^[1][2]

At a FIFA Executive Committee meeting held in Sydney on 26 May 2008, Colombia beat the only other candidate country, Venezuela, for the right to organize the U-20 World Cup.^[3] It was suggested by the then-Vice President of Colombia Francisco Santos Calderón that it was needed to withdraw from the race with Brazil to host the 2014 FIFA World Cup so the nation could concentrate on hosting the "best possible games".^[4]

In an inspection tour of development works in March 2010, Jack Warner, then the vice president of FIFA, said that the completion of this tournament could provide Colombia with a launch pad to become a possible host for the 2026 World Cup. The official song of the tournament was "Nuestra Fiesta" by Colombian singer Jorge Celedón.^[5]

The venues that were confirmed on 29 September 2010 are located in Bogotá, Cali, Medellín, Manizales, Armenia, Cartagena, Pereira and Barranquilla.^[6]

During an announcement about the ticketing procedures for Colombian residents, it was confirmed that the opening game would be held at the Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez in Barranquilla, with the Estadio El Campín hosting the final match.^[7]

Armenia	Barranquilla	Bogotá	Cali
Estadio Centenario	Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez	Estadio Nemesio Camacho (El Campín)	Estadio Pascual Guerrero
Capacity: 20,716	Capacity: 44,569[8]	Capacity: 36,343	Capacity: 33,130
04°30′56.1″N 75°41′56.2″W / 4.515583°N 75.698944°W / 4.515583; -75.698944 (Estadio Centenario)	10°55′36.7″N 74°48′02.6″W / 10.926861°N 74.800722°W / 10.926861; -74.800722 (Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez)	04°38′45.5″N 74°04′39.1″W / 4.645972°N 74.077528°W / 4.645972; -74.077528 (Estadio Nemesio Camacho)	03°25′47.6″N 76°32′27.9″W / 3.429889°N 76.541083°W / 3.429889; -76.541083 (Estadio Pascual Guerrero)
Cartagena	Pereira Barranquilla Bogotá Cali Cartagena Manizales Medellín Armenia class=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup.		Manizales
Estadio Jaime Morón León			Estadio Palogrande
Capacity: 16,068			Capacity: 28,678
10°24′19.9″N 75°29′53.6″W / 10.405528°N 75.498222°W / 10.405528; -75.498222 (Estadio Jaime Morón León)			05°03′22.4″N 75°29′23.3″W / 5.056222°N 75.489806°W / 5.056222; -75.489806 (Estadio Palogrande)
Medellín			Pereira
Estadio Atanasio Girardot			Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas
Capacity: 40,943			Capacity: 30,297
06°15′24.5″N 75°35′24.6″W / 6.256806°N 75.590167°W / 6.256806; -75.590167 (Estadio Atanasio Girardot)			04°48′17.3″N 75°45′07.9″W / 4.804806°N 75.752194°W / 4.804806; -75.752194 (Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas)

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

Confederation	Qualifying Tournament	Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)	2010 AFC U-19 Championship	Australia  North Korea  Saudi Arabia  South Korea
CAF (Africa)	2011 African Youth Championship	Cameroon  Egypt  Mali  Nigeria
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)	2011 CONCACAF U-20 Championship	Costa Rica  Guatemala1  Mexico  Panama
CONMEBOL (South America)	Host nation	Colombia
	2011 South American U-20 Championship	Argentina  Brazil  Ecuador  Uruguay
OFC (Oceania)	2011 OFC U-20 Championship	New Zealand
UEFA (Europe)	2010 UEFA European Under-19 Championship	Austria  Croatia  England  France  Portugal  Spain

Confederation	Referee	Assistants
AFC	Kim Dong-Jin (South Korea)	Lee Jung-Min (South Korea) Yang Byoung-Eun (South Korea)
	Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)	Mohammad Dharman (Qatar) Fares Al Shammari (Kuwait)
CAF	Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)	Ayman Degaish (Egypt) Foaad El Maghrabi (Libya)
	Noumandiez Doué (Ivory Coast)	Mohsen Ben Salem (Tunisia) Jean-Claude Birumushahu (Burundi)
CONCACAF	Walter López (Guatemala)	Gerson López (Guatemala) Hermenerito Leal (Guatemala)
	Mark Geiger (United States)	Mark Hurd (United States) Joe Fletcher (Canada)
CONMEBOL	Wilson Seneme (Brazil)	Alessandro Rocha (Brazil) Emerson de Carvalho (Brazil)
	Hernando Buitrago (Colombia)	Wilson Berrio (Colombia) Eduardo Díaz (Colombia)
	Antonio Arias (Paraguay)	Rodney Aquino (Paraguay) Milciades Salvidar (Paraguay)
	Darío Ubriaco (Uruguay)	Carlos Pastorino (Uruguay) William Casavieja (Uruguay)
OFC	Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)	Jackson Namo (Solomon Islands) Ravinesh Kumar (Fiji)
UEFA	Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)	Alain Hoxha (Austria) Mario Strudl (Austria)
	Mark Clattenburg (England)	Simon Beck (England) Stephen Child (England)
	István Vad (Hungary)	György Ring (Hungary) Zsolt Szpisják (Hungary)
	William Collum (Scotland)	Graham Chambers (Scotland) Martin Cryans (Scotland)
	Markus Strömbergsson (Sweden)	Magnus Sjöblom (Sweden) Fredrik Nilsson (Sweden)
	Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)	Bahattin Duran (Turkey) Tarık Ongun (Turkey)

The draw for the group stage was held on 27 April 2011,^[9][10] at the Julio Cesar Turbay Ayala Convention Centre in Cartagena.^[11] The seedings were as follows.

Pot A	Pot B	Pot C	Pot D
Argentina  Brazil  Colombia  Nigeria  Portugal  Spain	Cameroon  Costa Rica  Egypt  Guatemala  Mali  Mexico	Australia  New Zealand  North Korea  Panama  Saudi Arabia  South Korea	Austria  Croatia  Ecuador  England  France  Uruguay

The winners and runners-up from each group, as well as the best four third-placed teams, will qualify for the first round of the knockout stage (round of 16).

Tie-breaking criteria

Where two or more teams end the group stage with the same number of points, their ranking is determined by the following criteria:^[12]

1. goal difference in all group matches;
2. number of goals scored in all group matches;
3. points earned in the matches between the teams concerned;
4. goal difference in the matches between the teams concerned;
5. number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
6. drawing of lots by the organising committee.

Ranking of third place teams in each group are determined by the following criteria, top four advances to the round of 16:^[12]

1. number of points
2. goal difference in all group matches;
3. number of goals scored in all group matches;
4. drawing of lots by the organising committee.

All times are in local, Colombia Time (UTC−05:00).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Colombia (H)	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	France	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6
3	South Korea	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Mali	3	0	0	3	0	6	−6	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Portugal	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Cameroon	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
3	New Zealand	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
4	Uruguay	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	11	2	+9	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Ecuador	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
3	Costa Rica	3	1	0	2	4	9	−5	3
4	Australia	3	0	1	2	4	9	−5	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Nigeria	3	3	0	0	12	2	+10	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Saudi Arabia	3	2	0	1	8	2	+6	6
3	Guatemala	3	1	0	2	1	11	−10	3
4	Croatia	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0

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

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Argentina	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Mexico	3	1	1	1	3	1	+2	4
3	England	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	3
4	North Korea	3	0	1	2	0	6	−6	1

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Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	F	England	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	Advance to knockout stage
2	A	South Korea	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
3	C	Costa Rica	3	1	0	2	4	9	−5	3
4	D	Guatemala	3	1	0	2	1	11	−10	3
5	B	New Zealand	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
6	E	Panama	3	0	1	2	0	5	−5	1

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

10 August 2011 – Barranquilla

Brazil

3

14 August 2011 – Pereira

Saudi Arabia

0

Brazil (pen.)

2 (4)

10 August 2011 – Manizales

Spain

2 (2)

Spain (pen.)

0 (7)

17 August 2011 – Pereira

South Korea

0 (6)

Brazil

2

9 August 2011 – Pereira

Mexico

0

Cameroon

1 (0)

13 August 2011 – Bogotá

Mexico (pen.)

1 (3)

Mexico

3

9 August 2011 – Bogotá

Colombia

1

Colombia

3

20 August 2011 – Bogotá

Costa Rica

2

Brazil (a.e.t.)

3

10 August 2011 – Cartagena

Portugal

2

France

1

14 August 2011 – Cali

Ecuador

0

France (a.e.t.)

3

10 August 2011 – Armenia

Nigeria

2

Nigeria

1

17 August 2011 – Medellín

England

0

France

0

9 August 2011 – Cali

Portugal

2

Third place

Portugal

1

13 August 2011 – Cartagena

20 August 2011 – Bogotá

Guatemala

0

Portugal (pen.)

0 (5)

Mexico

3

9 August 2011 – Medellín

Argentina

0 (4)

France

1

Argentina

2

Egypt

1

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Brazil

Portugal

2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup Winners
Brazil 5th title

With five goals, Henrique, Alexandre Lacazette and Álvaro Vázquez are the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 132 goals were scored by 80 different players, with three of them credited as own goals.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Brazil	7	5	2	0	18	5	+13	17	Champions
2	Portugal	7	4	2	1	7	3	+4	14	Runners-up
3	Mexico	7	3	2	2	10	6	+4	11	Third place
4	France	7	4	0	3	11	12	−1	12	Fourth place
5	Nigeria	5	4	0	1	15	5	+10	12	Eliminated in Quarter-finals
6	Colombia (H)	5	4	0	1	11	6	+5	12
7	Spain	5	3	2	0	13	4	+9	11
8	Argentina	5	3	2	0	6	1	+5	11
9	Egypt	4	2	1	1	7	3	+4	7	Eliminated in Round of 16
10	Saudi Arabia	4	2	0	2	8	5	+3	6
11	Cameroon	4	1	2	1	3	3	0	5
12	Ecuador	4	1	1	2	4	4	0	4
13	South Korea	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1	4
14	England	4	0	3	1	0	1	−1	3
15	Costa Rica	4	1	0	3	6	12	−6	3
16	Guatemala	4	1	0	3	1	12	−11	3
17	New Zealand	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2	Eliminated in Group stage
18	Uruguay	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2
19	Australia	3	0	1	2	4	9	−5	1
20	Panama	3	0	1	2	0	5	−5	1
21	North Korea	3	0	1	2	0	6	−6	1
22	Austria	3	0	1	2	0	7	−7	1
23	Croatia	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0
24	Mali	3	0	0	3	0	6	−6	0

The following awards were given:^[13]

Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball
Henrique	Nélson Oliveira	Jorge Enríquez
Golden Shoe	Silver Shoe	Bronze Shoe
Henrique	Álvaro Vázquez	Alexandre Lacazette
5 goals	5 goals	5 goals
Golden Glove
Mika
FIFA Fair Play Award
Nigeria

In late 2009 the Colombian Football Federation unveiled the budget for conducting the event, to be COP 150 billion^[14] (US$75 million). On 30 September 2009, the presidents of both FIFA and Colombia announced that the logo would show a steaming cup of coffee with the colours of the Colombian tricolour.^[15]

Prior to the start of the tournament, the Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez in Barranquilla hosted the Opening Ceremony, involving local musical performances and guests including Jorge Celedón, Barranquilla's Carnival Performers, Checo Acosta and Maía.

The Estadio El Campín in Bogotá hosted the Closing Ceremony. The show was managed by the Ibero-American Theater Festival and Teatro Nacional de Colombia and, like the opening ceremony, included musical performances.

• FIFA U-20 World Cup Colombia 2011 Archived 4 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine, FIFA.com
• RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 2011
• FIFA Technical Report