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2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup
FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009
كأس العالم للشباب تحت 20 سنة 2009
Tournament details
Host countryEgypt
Dates24 September – 16 October
Teams24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)7 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFile:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana (1st title)
Runners-upFile:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
Third placeFile:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
Fourth placeFile:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica
Tournament statistics
Matches played52
Goals scored167 (3.21 per match)
Attendance1,292,720 (24,860 per match)
Top scorer(s)Ghana Dominic Adiyiah
(8 goals)
Best player(s)Ghana Dominic Adiyiah
Best goalkeeperCosta Rica Esteban Alvarado
Fair play awardFile:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
2007
2011

The 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 17th edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup which was hosted by Egypt. The competition was from 24 September to 16 October 2009.[1] The tournament was initially going to take place between 10 and 31 July.[2] The 2009 Confederations Cup was played mid year resulting in both the 2009 Under-20 and the Under-17 World Cup being played towards the end of the year. The cup was won by Ghana after they defeated Brazil on a penalty shoot-out in the final.[3]

Player eligibility[change]

Only players born on or after 1 January 1989 were eligible to compete in the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Venues[change]

Cairo Cairo Alexandria Alexandria
Cairo International Stadium
Capacity: 75,000
Al Salam Stadium
Capacity: 30,000
Borg El Arab Stadium
Capacity: 86,000
Haras El Hodoud Stadium
Capacity: 22,000
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Alexandria Suez Port Said Ismailia
Alexandria Stadium
Capacity: 13,660
Mubarak International Stadium
Capacity: 45,000
Port Said Stadium
Capacity: 17,988
Ismailia Stadium
Capacity: 18,525
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Qualification[change]

Twenty-three teams qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup. As the host team, Egypt received automatic entry to the cup, bringing the total number of teams to twenty-four for the tournament.

Confederation Qualifying tournament Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia) 2008 AFC U-19 Championship File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates
File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan
CAF (Africa) Host nation File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
2009 African Youth Championship File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
CONCACAF
(North, Central America & Caribbean)
2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica
File:Flag of Honduras.svg Honduras
File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
CONMEBOL (South America) 2009 South American U-20 Championship File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
File:Flag of Paraguay (1990–2013).svg Paraguay
File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay
File:Flag of Venezuela (state).svg Venezuela1
OFC (Oceania) 2008 OFC U-20 Championship File:Flag of French Polynesia.svg Tahiti1
UEFA (Europe) 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic
File:Flag of England.svg England
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
1.^ Teams that made their debut.

Match officials[change]

Confederation Referee Assistants
AFC Yuichi Nishimura (Japan) Toru Sagara (Japan)

Jeong Hae-Sang (South Korea)

Subkhiddin Salleh (Malaysia) Mu Yuxin (China)

Thanom Borikut (Thailand)

CAF Mohamed Benouza (Algeria) Nasser Abdel Nabi (Egypt)

Angesom Ogbamariam (Eritrea)

Coffi Codjia (Benin) Alexis Fassinau (Benin)

Desire Gahungu (Burundi)

Koman Coulibaly (Mali) Ayuba Haruna (Ghana)

Redouane Achik (Morocco)

Eddy Maillet (Seychelles) Bechir Hassani (Tunisia)

Evarist Menkouande (Cameroon)

CONCACAF Joel Aguilar (El Salvador) William Torres (El Salvador)

Juan Zumba (El Salvador)

Marco Rodríguez (Mexico) José Luis Camargo (Mexico)

Alberto Morín (Mexico)

CONMEBOL Héctor Baldassi (Argentina) Ricardo Casas (Argentina)

Hernán Maidana (Argentina)

Óscar Ruiz (Colombia) Abraham González (Colombia)

Humberto Clavijo (Colombia)

Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay) Pablo Fandiño (Uruguay)

Mauricio Espinosa (Uruguay)

OFC Peter O'Leary (New Zealand) Brent Best (New Zealand)

Matthew Taro (Solomon Islands)

UEFA Thomas Einwaller (Austria) Roland Heim (Austria)

Norbert Schwab (Austria)

Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium) Peter Hermans (Belgium)

Walter Vromans (Belgium)

Ivan Bebek (Croatia) Tomislav Petrović (Croatia)

Tomislav Setka (Croatia)

Roberto Rosetti (Italy) Paolo Calcagno (Italy)

Stefano Ayroldi (Italy)

Olegário Benquerença (Portugal) José Cardinal (Portugal)

Bertino Miranda (Portugal)

Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain) Fermín Martínez Ibánez (Spain)

Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez (Spain)

Squads[change]

Allocation of teams to groups[change]

Teams were allocated to groups on the basis of geographical spread. Teams were placed in four pots, and one team was drawn from each pot for each group. Pot 1 contained the five African teams plus one from CONMEBOL; Pot 2 contained the remaining teams from the Americas excluding one CONCACAF team; Pot 3 consisted of teams from Asia and Oceania plus the remaining CONCACAF team; Pot 4 consisted of teams from the European confederation.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt (seeded)

File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana

File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon

File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria

File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa

File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil (seeded)

File:Flag of Paraguay (1990–2013).svg Paraguay

File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay

File:Flag of Venezuela (state).svg Venezuela

File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica

File:Flag of the United States.svg United States

File:Flag of Honduras.svg Honduras

File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates

File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea

File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan

File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia

File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago

File:Flag of French Polynesia.svg Tahiti

File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany (seeded)

File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy

File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic

File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary

File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain

File:Flag of England.svg England

Group stage[change]

The draw for the group stages was held on 5 April 2009 at Luxor Temple.[4][5] Each group winner and runner-up teams, as well as the best four third-placed teams, qualified for the first round of the knockout stage (round of 16).

Group A[change]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt (H) 3 2 0 1 9 5 +4 6 Advance to knockout stage
2 File:Flag of Paraguay (1990–2013).svg Paraguay 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
3 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
4 File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Host





Group B[change]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1 File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 3 3 0 0 13 0 +13 9 Advance to knockout stage
2 File:Flag of Venezuela (state).svg Venezuela 3 2 0 1 9 3 +6 6
3 File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 3 1 0 2 5 3 +2 3
4 File:Flag of French Polynesia.svg Tahiti 3 0 0 3 0 21 −21 0
Source: [citation needed]

Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg8–0File:Flag of French Polynesia.svg Tahiti
Aarón Goal 11'15'
Nsue Goal 17'32'
Mérida Goal 74'
Kike Goal 79'86'
Herrera Goal 89'
Report
Attendance: 10,540




Group C[change]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 7 Advance to knockout stage
2 File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
3 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 3
4 File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon 3 1 0 2 3 7 −4 3
Source: [citation needed]





Group D[change]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1 File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 3 2 1 0 8 3 +5 7 Advance to knockout stage
2 File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7
3 File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
4 File:Flag of England.svg England 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1
Source: [citation needed]



Ghana File:Flag of Ghana.svg4–0File:Flag of England.svg England
Adiyiah Goal 38'88'
Ayew Goal 57'
Osei Goal 82'
Report
Attendance: 13,000


Group E[change]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1 File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 3 2 1 0 8 1 +7 7 Advance to knockout stage
2 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7
3 File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica 3 1 0 2 5 8 −3 3
4 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0
Source: [citation needed]





Group F[change]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1 File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6 Advance to knockout stage
2 File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
3 File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 3 1 1 1 4 6 −2 4
4 File:Flag of Honduras.svg Honduras 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 3
Source: [citation needed]





Ranking of third-placed teams[change]

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Result
1 A File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4 Advance to knockout stage
2 F File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 3 1 1 1 4 6 −2 4
3 B File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 3 1 0 2 5 3 +2 3
4 E File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica 3 1 0 2 5 8 −3 3
5 C File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 3
6 D File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
Source: [citation needed]

Knockout stage[change]

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                           
5 October 2009 — Cairo            
 File:Flag of Paraguay (1990–2013).svg Paraguay  0
9 October 2009 — Suez
 File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea  3  
 File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea  2
6 October 2009 — Ismailia
   File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana  3  
 File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana  2
13 October 2009 — Cairo
 File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa  1  
 File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana  3
5 October 2009 — Cairo
   File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary  2  
 File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain  1
9 October 2009 — Suez
 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy  3  
 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy  2
6 October 2009 — Alexandria
   File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary  3  
 File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary  2 (4)
16 October 2009 — Cairo
 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic  2 (3)  
 File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana  0 (4)
7 October 2009 — Port Said
   File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil  0 (3)
 File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil  3
10 October 2009 — Cairo
 File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay  1  
 File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil  2
7 October 2009 — Suez
   File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany  1  
 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany  3
13 October 2009 — Cairo
 File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria  2  
 File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil  1
7 October 2009 — Suez
   File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica  0   Third place
 File:Flag of Venezuela (state).svg Venezuela  1
10 October 2009 — Cairo 16 October 2009 — Cairo
 File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates  2  
 File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates  1  File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary  1 (2)
6 October 2009 — Cairo
   File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica  2    File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica  1 (0)
 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt  0
 File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica  2  

Round of 16[change]








Quarter-finals[change]




Semi-finals[change]


Third place match[change]

Final[change]

Man of the Match:

Assistant referees:

Peter Hermans (Belgium)

Walter Vromans (Belgium)

Fourth official:

Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

Fifth official:

Fermín Martínez (Spain)

Winner[change]

 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup winners 
File:Flag of Ghana.svg
Ghana
First title
2nd place 3rd place 4th place
File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica

Awards[change]

[6]

Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball
Ghana Dominic Adiyiah Brazil Alex Teixeira Brazil Giuliano
Golden Shoe Silver Shoe Bronze Shoe
Ghana Dominic Adiyiah Hungary Vladimir Koman Spain Aarón
8 goals 5 goals 4 goals
Golden Glove
Costa Rica Esteban Alvarado
FIFA Fair Play Award
File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil

Goalscorers[change]

8 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Final ranking[change]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 7 5 2 0 16 8 +8 17 Champions
2 File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 7 5 2 0 14 3 +11 17 Runners-up
3 File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 7 3 2 2 14 11 +3 11 Third place
4 File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica 7 3 1 3 10 11 −1 10 Fourth place
5 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 5 3 1 1 11 5 +6 10 Eliminated in
Quarter-finals
6 File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 5 2 1 2 9 6 +3 7
7 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 5 2 1 2 9 9 0 7
8 File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates 5 2 1 2 6 7 −1 7
9 File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 4 3 0 1 14 3 +11 9 Eliminated in
Round of 16
10 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 4 2 2 0 7 5 +2 8
11 File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 4 2 1 1 7 5 +2 7
12 File:Flag of Venezuela (state).svg Venezuela 4 2 0 2 10 5 +5 6
13 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt (H) 4 2 0 2 9 7 +2 6
14 File:Flag of Paraguay (1990–2013).svg Paraguay 4 1 2 1 2 4 −2 5
15 File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 4 1 1 2 5 8 −3 4
16 File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 4 1 0 3 7 6 +1 3
17 File:Flag of Honduras.svg Honduras 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 3 Eliminated in
Group stage
18 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 3
19 File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon 3 1 0 2 3 7 −4 3
20 File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
20 File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
22 File:Flag of England.svg England 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1
23 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0
24 File:Flag of French Polynesia.svg Tahiti 3 0 0 3 0 21 −21 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Host

References[change]

  1. "Egypt to host 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup". Retrieved 25 March 2007.
  2. "FIFA looks forward to Egypt and Nigeria 2009". Archived from the original on 1 February 2009. Retrieved 16 April 2007.
  3. "Ghana U-20 champions after dramatic shoot-out". CNN.com. 16 October 2009. Archived from the original on 20 October 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
  4. "24 in the Draw - FIFA.com". Archived from the original on 2016-10-26. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  5. Crunch clashes in Egypt Archived 2016-10-26 at the Wayback Machine FIFA
  6. "2009 Fifa U-20 World Cup awards". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 8 September 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2011.

Other websites[change]