2005 FIFA World Youth Championship

2005 FIFA World Youth Championship

Wereldkampioenschap voetbal onder 20 - 2005
Tournament details
Host country	Netherlands
Dates	10 June – 2 July
Teams	24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (5th title)
Runners-up	Nigeria
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Goals scored	143 (2.75 per match)
Attendance	502,698 (9,667 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Lionel Messi (6 goals)
Best player	Lionel Messi

The 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in the Netherlands between 10 June and 2 July 2005. The 2005 championship was the 15th contested.

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)
Enschede Utrecht Kerkrade Doetinchem Emmen Tilburg 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)

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)	AFC Youth Championship 2004	China PR  Japan  South Korea  Syria
CAF (Africa)	2005 African Youth Championship	Benin1  Egypt  Morocco  Nigeria
CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean)	2005 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament	Canada  Honduras  Panama  United States
CONMEBOL (South America)	2005 South American Youth Championship	Argentina  Brazil  Chile  Colombia
OFC (Oceania)	2005 OFC U-20 Championship	Australia
UEFA (Europe)	2004 UEFA Under-19 Championship	Germany  Italy  Spain   Switzerland1  Turkey  Ukraine
Host nation		Netherlands

Sponsorship

FIFA partners

• Adidas
• Coca-Cola
• Toshiba
• Fujifilm
• Mastercard
• MacDonald's
• T-Mobile
• Yahoo
• Hyundai
• Philips
• Avaya

National supporters

• Hubo
• Unive
• FIFA.com
• FIFA Fair Play

Match officials

Confederation	Referee	Assistants
AFC	Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)	Fatih Arabati (Jordan) Eisa Ghuloum (United Arab Emirates)
	Kwon Jong-chul (South Korea)	Kim Dae-Young (South Korea) Liu Tiejun (China)
CAF	Coffi Codjia (Benin)	Aboudou Aderodjou (Benin) Célestin Ntagungira (Rwanda)
	Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)	Beshr Rashwan (Egypt) Luleseged Begashaw (Ethiopia)
CONCACAF	Rodolfo Sibrian (El Salvador)	Carlos Pastrana (Honduras) Reynaldo Salinas (Honduras)
	Benito Archundia (Mexico)	José Ramírez (Mexico) Pedro Rebollar (Mexico)
CONMEBOL	Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)	Darío García (Argentina) Rodolfo Otero (Argentina)
	Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)	Eduardo Botero (Colombia) Fernando Tamayo (Ecuador)
	Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)	Walter Rial (Uruguay) Pablo Fandiño (Uruguay)
OFC	Mark Shield (Australia)	Nathan Gibson (Australia) Ben Wilson (Australia)
UEFA	Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)	Bill Hansen (Denmark) Anders Norrestrand (Denmark)
	Terje Hauge (Norway)	Steinar Holvik (Norway) Ole Hermann Borgan (Norway)
	Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)	Victoriano Giráldez Carrasco (Spain) Pedro Medina Hernández (Spain)
	Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)	Matthias Arnet (Switzerland) Franceso Buragina (Switzerland)
Reserve	Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship squads.

Group stages

The 24 teams were split into six groups of four teams. Six group winners, six second-place finishers and the four best third-place finishers qualify for the knockout round.

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Status
Netherlands	9	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	Advanced to the round of 16
Japan	2	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1
Benin	2	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
Australia	2	3	0	2	1	2	5	−3	Eliminated

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Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Status
China PR	9	3	3	0	0	9	4	+5	Advanced to the round of 16
Ukraine	4	3	1	1	1	7	6	+1
Turkey	4	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
Panama	0	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	Eliminated

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Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Status
Spain	9	3	3	0	0	13	1	+12	Advanced to the round of 16
Morocco	6	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4
Chile	3	3	1	0	2	7	8	−1	Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
Honduras	0	3	0	0	3	0	15	−15	Eliminated

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Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Status
United States	7	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	Advanced to the round of 16
Argentina	6	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2
Germany	4	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1	Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
Egypt	0	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5	Eliminated

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Group E

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Status
Colombia	9	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	Advanced to the round of 16
Syria	4	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1
Italy	3	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
Canada	1	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	Eliminated

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Group F

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Status
Brazil	7	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	Advanced to the round of 16
Nigeria	4	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2
South Korea	3	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
Switzerland	3	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	Eliminated

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Ranking of third-placed teams

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Status
Germany	4	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1	Advanced to the round of 16
Turkey	4	3	1	1	1	4	4	0
Italy	3	3	1	0	2	5	5	0
Chile	3	3	1	0	2	7	8	−1
South Korea	3	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	Eliminated
Benin	2	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1

Knockout stage

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

21 June

China PR

2

24 June

Germany

3

Germany

1

21 June

Brazil (aet)

2

Brazil

1

28 June

Syria

0

Brazil

1

22 June

Argentina

2

Colombia

1

25 June

Argentina

2

Argentina

3

22 June

Spain

1

Spain

3

2 July

Turkey

0

Argentina

2

21 June

Nigeria

1

Morocco

1

24 June

Japan

0

Morocco (pen.)

2 (4)

21 June

Italy

2 (2)

United States

1

28 June

Italy

3

Morocco

0

22 June

Nigeria

3

Third Place

Nigeria

1

25 June

2 July

Ukraine

0

Nigeria (pen.)

1 (10)

Brazil

2

22 June

Netherlands

1 (9)

Morocco

1

Netherlands

3

Chile

0

Round of 16

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

Winners

2005 FIFA World Youth Champions
Argentina Fifth title

Goalscorers

Awards

Golden Shoe	Golden Ball	FIFA Fair Play Award
Lionel Messi	Lionel Messi	Colombia

Final ranking

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Argentina	7	6	0	1	12	5	+7	18
2	Nigeria	7	3	2	2	10	5	+5	11
3	Brazil	7	5	1	1	9	4	+5	16
4	Morocco	7	3	1	3	11	10	+1	10
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5	Netherlands	5	4	1	0	10	2	+8	13
6	Spain	5	4	0	1	17	4	+13	12
7	Germany	5	2	1	2	6	3	+3	7
8	Italy	5	2	1	2	10	8	+2	7
Eliminated in the Round of 16
9	Colombia	4	3	0	1	7	2	+5	9
10	China PR	4	3	0	1	11	7	+4	9
11	United States	4	2	1	2	3	3	0	7
12	Ukraine	4	1	1	2	7	7	0	4
13	Syria	4	1	1	2	3	5	–2	4
14	Turkey	4	1	1	2	4	7	–3	4
15	Chile	4	1	0	3	7	11	–4	3
16	Japan	4	0	2	2	3	5	–2	2
Eliminated at the group stage
17	South Korea	3	1	0	2	3	5	–2	3
18	Switzerland	3	1	0	2	2	5	–3	3
19	Benin	3	0	2	1	2	3	–1	2
20	Australia	3	0	2	1	2	5	–3	2
21	Canada	3	0	1	2	2	7	–5	1
22	Egypt	3	0	0	3	0	5	–5	0
23	Panama	3	0	0	3	2	8	–6	0
24	Honduras	3	0	0	3	0	15	–15	0

External links

• FIFA World Youth Championship Netherlands 2005, FIFA.com
• RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 2005
• FIFA Technical Report