2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup

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]

2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup
Copa Mundial de Fútbol Sub-17 de 2015
Tournament details
Host countryChile
Dates17 October – 8 November
Teams24 (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 played52
Goals scored151 (2.9 per match)
Attendance482,490 (9,279 per match)
Top scorer(s) Victor Osimhen (10 goals)
Best player(s) Kelechi Nwakali
Best goalkeeper Samuel Diarra
Fair play award Ecuador

Host selection

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

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 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
1.^ Teams that made their debut.

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 Valdin Legister Kedlee Powell
Richard Washington
Óscar Reyna
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
Wilson Lamouroux Alexander Guzman
Wilmar Navarro
Roberto Tobar Marcelo Barraza
Christian Schiemann
OFC Nick Waldron 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:

  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 are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are 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. fair play points (first yellow card: minus 1 point; second yellow/indirect red card: minus 3 points; direct red card: minus 3 points; yellow card & direct red card: minus 4 points);
  5. drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.

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
Source: FIFA
(H) Host.
Nigeria 2–0 United States
Agor  50'
Osimhen  61'
Report
Chile 1–1 Croatia
Y. Leiva  33' Report Moro  8'

United States 2–2 Croatia
Pulisic  20'
Vazquez  40'
Report Majić  65'
Ivanušec  77'
Chile 1–5 Nigeria
Allende  81' Report Chukwueze  1', 61'
Nwakali  17' (pen.)
Osimhen  66' (pen.), 86'
Attendance: 21,893
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

United States 1–4 Chile
Vazquez  10' Report Allende  20'
Mazuela  52'
Jara  86'
Moya  90+3'
Attendance: 19,321
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
Croatia 2–1 Nigeria
Brekalo  50'
Majić  54'
Report Osimhen  20'
Attendance: 5,606
Referee: Wilson Lamouroux (Colombia)

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
Source: FIFA
England 1–1 Guinea
Hinds  61' Report N. Bangoura  76'
Brazil 0–1 South Korea
Report Jang Jae-won  79'

England 0–1 Brazil
Report Leandrinho  67'
South Korea 1–0 Guinea
Oh Se-hun  90+2' Report

Guinea 1–3 Brazil
Morlaye  83' Report Lincoln  15' (pen.)
Leandrinho  33'
Arthur  67'
South Korea 0–0 England
Report
Attendance: 5,606
Referee: Valdin Legister (Jamaica)

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
Source: FIFA
Australia 1–4 Germany
Waring  54' Report Passlack  14'
Eggestein  25', 39'
Janelt  65'
Mexico 2–0 Argentina
Magaña  10'
Venegas  77' (pen.)
Report

Australia 0–0 Mexico
Report
Argentina 0–4 Germany
Report Janelt  5'
Eggestein  32'
Passlack  45+2' (pen.)
Schmidt  67'

Argentina 1–2 Australia
Conechny  67' (pen.) Report Panetta  25', 52'
Germany 1–2 Mexico
Eggestein  68' Report López  59'
Venegas  65'

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
Source: FIFA
Belgium 0–0 Mali
Report
Attendance: 3,509
Referee: Nick Waldron (New Zealand)
Honduras 1–3 Ecuador
Grant  83' Report Guerrero  7'
Estupiñan  19' (pen.)
Cortez  76'

Belgium 2–1 Honduras
Vancamp  21'
Rigo  78'
Report Leiva  49'
Attendance: 4,721
Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)
Ecuador 1–2 Mali
Estupiñan  70' (pen.) Report B. Traoré  9'
Malle  61'

Mali 3–0 Honduras
A. Haidara  7'
Danté  34'
Malle  56'
Report
Attendance: 4,409
Referee: Nick Waldron (New Zealand)
Ecuador 2–0 Belgium
Corozo  40'
Guerrero  73'
Report

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
Source: FIFA
South Africa 1–2 Costa Rica
Mayo  90' Report Masis  7'
Reyes  63' (pen.)
North Korea 0–2 Russia
Report Galanin  3'
Chalov  52'
Attendance: 7,572
Referee: Wilson Lamouroux (Colombia)

South Africa 1–1 North Korea
Mukumela  10' (pen.) Report Kim Wi-song  17' (pen.)
Russia 1–1 Costa Rica
Chalov  82' Report Ramírez  71'

Russia 2–0 South Africa
Makhatadze  5' (pen.),  89' Report
Costa Rica 1–2 North Korea
Mesén  84' Report Pak Yong-gwan  14'
Jong Chang-bom  90+3'

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
Source: FIFA
New Zealand 1–6 France
McGarry  76' Report McGarry  15' (o.g.)
Boutobba  32'
Maouassa  34'
Doucouré  42'
Georgen  45'
Édouard  90+2'
Attendance: 8,134
Referee: Valdin Legister (Jamaica)
Syria 1–4 Paraguay
Al-Aji  62' Report Morel  30'
Villalba  34'
Colmán  65'
Ferreira  90'

New Zealand 0–0 Syria
Report
Paraguay 3–4 France
Aranda  45' (pen.)
Villalba  57'
Paredes  62'
Report Boutobba  3'
Ikoné  22', 71'
Upamecano  59'

France 4–0 Syria
Janvier  22', 46'
Édouard  32'
Claude Maurice  66'
Report
Paraguay 1–2 New Zealand
Ñamandú  43' Report Ashworth  11'
Imrie  90+1'

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
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) Fair play points; 5) lots drawn by FIFA.

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 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
29 October — Concepción
 
 
 Croatia2
 
1 November — Chillán
 
 Germany0
 
 Croatia0
 
29 October — Talca
 
 Mali1
 
 Mali3
 
5 November — La Serena
 
 North Korea0
 
 Mali3
 
28 October — Coquimbo
 
 Belgium1
 
 South Korea0
 
2 November — Concepción
 
 Belgium2
 
 Belgium1
 
29 October — Puerto Montt
 
 Costa Rica0
 
 France0 (3)
 
8 November — Viña del Mar
 
 Costa Rica (pen.)0 (5)
 
 Mali0
 
29 October — Concepción
 
 Nigeria2
 
 Russia1
 
2 November — Coquimbo
 
 Ecuador4
 
 Ecuador0
 
28 October — Chillán
 
 Mexico2
 
 Mexico4
 
5 November — Concepción
 
 Chile1
 
 Mexico2
 
28 October — Viña del Mar
 
 Nigeria4 Third place
 
 Brazil1
 
1 November — Viña del Mar8 November — Viña del Mar
 
 New Zealand0
 
 Brazil0 Belgium3
 
28 October — Viña del Mar
 
 Nigeria3  Mexico2
 
 Nigeria6
 
 
 Australia0
 

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]

  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 D3C3D3A3B
A B C E3C3A3B3E
A B C F3C3A3B3F
A B D E3D3A3B3E
A B D F3D3A3B3F
A B E F3E3A3B3F
A C D E3C3D3A3E
A C D F3C3D3A3F
A C E F3C3A3F3E
A D E F3D3A3F3E
B C D E3C3D3B3E
B C D F3C3D3B3F
B C E F3E3C3B3F
B D E F3E3D3B3F
C D E F3C3D3F3E

Round of 16

Brazil 1–0 New Zealand
Luís Henrique  90+6' (pen.) Report

Mexico 4–1 Chile
Zamudio  42'
López  61'
Aguirre  69'
Cortés  90+3'
Report B. Leiva  40'

Nigeria 6–0 Australia
Osimhen  22', 73', 79'
Nwakali  25' (pen.)
Essien  86'
Chukwueze  88'
Report

South Korea 0–2 Belgium
Report Vancamp  11'
Verreth  67'

Croatia 2–0 Germany
Moro  18'
Lovren  90+1'
Report

Mali 3–0 North Korea
A. Haidara  8'
Maïga  37', 48'
Report

Russia 1–4 Ecuador
Chalov  16' Report Pereira  3', 65'
Corozo  17'
Nazareno  78'

France 0–0 Costa Rica
Report
Penalties
Édouard
Cognat
Reine-Adélaïde
Boutobba
3–5 Córdoba
Juárez
Arboine
Villegas
Reyes
Attendance: 8,691
Referee: Wilson Lamouroux (Colombia)

Quarter-finals

Brazil 0–3 Nigeria
Report Osimhen  29'
Michael  30'
Anumudu  34'

Croatia 0–1 Mali
Report Koita  20'

Ecuador 0–2 Mexico
Report Zamudio  41'
Salazar  55' (pen.)

Belgium 1–0 Costa Rica
Rigo  27' Report

Semi-finals

Mali 3–1 Belgium
B. Traoré  22'
Maïga  55'
Koita  85'
Report Rigo  16'
Attendance: 6,395
Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)

Mexico 2–4 Nigeria
Magaña  7'
Cortés  59'
Report Nwakali  35'
Okwonkwo  43'
Ebere  67'
Osimhen  83' (pen.)

Third place match

Belgium 3–2 Mexico
Van Vaerenbergh  54'
Vanzeir  73', 90+3'
Report Marín  58' (pen.)
Venegas  88'

Final

Mali 0–2 Nigeria
Report Osimhen  56'
Bamgboye  59'

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
Samuel Diarra
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
Source: Techn Report p. 81
(H) Host.

Goalscorers

10 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Marketing

Sponsorship

FIFA partners
National suppliers

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

Startimes Sports[21]

South Korea

SBS, KBS, and MBC[21]

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