2005 FIFA World Youth Championship

2005 FIFA World Youth Championship was held in Netherlands from 10 June to 2 July.

2005 FIFA World Youth Championship
Wereldkampioenschap voetbal onder 20 - 2005
Tournament details
Host countryFile:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Dates10 June – 2 July
Teams24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Argentina (5th title)
Runner-up22x20px Nigeria
Third place Brazil
Fourth placeFile:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches played52
Goals scored143 (2.75 per match)
Attendance502,698 (9,667 per match)
Top scorer(s)File:Flag of Argentina.svg Lionel Messi (6 goals)
Best playerFile:Flag of Argentina.svg Lionel Messi
2003
2007

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)
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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)
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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 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China PR
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
 Korea Republic
 Syria
CAF (Africa) 2005 African Youth Championship File:Flag of Benin.svg Benin1
 Egypt
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
22x20px Nigeria
CONCACAF
(North, Central America and Caribbean)
2005 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament  Canada
[[File:{{{flag alias-1949}}}|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Honduras
 Panama
 United States
CONMEBOL (South America) 2005 South American Youth Championship  Argentina
 Brazil
 Chile
File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia
OFC (Oceania) 2005 OFC U-20 Championship  Australia
UEFA (Europe) Host nation File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
2004 UEFA Under-19 Championship 22x20px Germany
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
 Spain
 Switzerland1
 Turkey
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
1.^ Teams that made their debut.

Results

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Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 9
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 3 0 2 1 3 4 -1 2
File:Flag of Benin.svg Benin 3 0 2 1 2 3 -1 2
 Australia 3 0 2 1 2 5 -3 2

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China PR 3 3 0 0 9 4 +5 9
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 3 1 1 1 7 6 +1 4
 Turkey 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
 Panama 3 0 0 3 2 8 -6 0

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 3 3 0 0 13 1 +12 9
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6
 Chile 3 1 0 2 7 8 -1 3
22x20px Honduras 3 0 0 3 0 15 -15 0

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United States 3 2 1 0 2 0 +2 7
 Argentina 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 6
22x20px Germany 3 1 1 1 2 1 +1 4
 Egypt 3 0 0 3 0 5 -5 0

Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 3 3 0 0 6 0 + 9
 Syria 3 1 1 1 3 4 -1 4
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
 Canada 3 0 1 2 2 7 -5 1

Group F

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7
22x20px Nigeria 3 1 1 1 4 2 +2 4
 Korea Republic 3 1 0 2 3 5 -2 3
 Switzerland 3 1 0 2 2 5 -3 3

Knockout stage

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                           
           
 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China PR  2
 22x20px Germany  3  
 22x20px Germany  1
    Brazil  2  
  Brazil  1
  Syria  0  
  Brazil  1
    Argentina  2  
 File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia  1
  Argentina  2  
  Argentina  3
    Spain  1  
  Spain  3
  Turkey  0  
  Argentina  2
   22x20px Nigeria  1
 File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco  1
 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan  0  
 File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco  2 (4)
   File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy  2 (2)  
  United States  1
 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy  3  
 File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco  0
   22x20px Nigeria  3   Third place
 22x20px Nigeria  1
 File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine  0  
 22x20px Nigeria  1 (10)   Brazil  2
   File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands  1 (9)    File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco  1
 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands  3
  Chile  0  

Final ranking

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2005 FIFA World Youth Championship Media

References