2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup final

2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup final Toronto FC Anthems BMO.jpg The BMO Field in 2012 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup Czech Republic CZE 30px 1 Argentina ARG 30px 2 22 July 2007 BMO Field Toronto Sergio Agüero (Argentina)CBCSports.ca FIFA U-20 World Cup all-star team https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/cbcsports-ca-fifa-u-20-world-cup-all-star-team-1.653231 19 October 2025 CBC News 23 July 2007 Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain) 19,526 2005 2009 The 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup final was the final match and culmination of the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, hosted by Canada. The match was played at the BMO Field in Toronto on 22 July 2007, and was contested by Argentina and the Czech Republic, being the seventh final for Argentina and the first for the Czechs.Kelley Austin FINAL: Argentina 2, Czech Republic 1. Argentina Wins U-20 World Cup https://archive.nytimes.com/goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/07/22/live-u-20-final-the-czech-republic-v-argentina/ 19 October 2025 The New York Times 22 July 2007Molinaro John F. Argentina wins U-20 World Cup https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/argentina-wins-u-20-world-cup-1.644309 19 October 2025 CBC News 22 July 2007 The match was won by Argentina 2–1, obtaining their sixth FIFA U-20 World Cup and becoming the most successful team at the tournament.FIFA confirms Argentina as host of U20 World Cup https://batimes.com.ar/news/sports/fifa-confirms-argentina-as-host-of-u20-world-cup.phtml 19 October 2025 Buenos Aires Times 17 April 2023 Background At the 2007 World Cup, Argentina U-20 was seeking the back-to-back trophy, having previously won the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship in the Netherlands, where a Messi-led team defeated Nigeria 2–1 in the final. In 2007, then Atlético Madrid striker Sergio Agüero captained the team.A 15 años del último título mundial de Argentina Sub 20 https://www.espn.com.ar/futbol/nota/_/id/10665859/mundial-sub-20-2007-seleccion-argentina-campeona-mundial-efemeride-aniversario-22-julio-aguero-di-maria-banega-romero 19 October 2025 ESPN 21 July 2022 es For the Czechs, the final in Toronto marked their first final at a FIFA U-20 World Cup since appearing as an independent country for the first time in the 2001 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina, and remains, to October 2025, as their country's best performance at a youth tournament. Both Argentina and the Czech Republic were pooled into Group E,Argentina, Czech Republic meet again in U-20 final https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/argentina-czech-republic-meet-again-in-u-20-final-1.664490 19 October 2025 CBC News 21 July 2007 facing each other in the first match of the group, which ended in a goalless draw. Argentina went on to crush Panama 6–0 and narrowly defeat North Korea 1–0, while the Czechs' game with North Korea ended in a 2–2 draw, to later defeat Panama 2–1 in the group's last match day.Argentina shuts down North Korea https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/argentina-shuts-down-north-korea-1.652449 19 October 2025 CBC News 6 July 2007 Argentina advanced to the round of 16 with seven points, while the Czech Republic secured the second place. Both North Korea and Panama were eliminated in that first round. The road to the final was harder for Czechia than for Argentina. In the round of 16, the Czechs advanced to the next round after a hard-fought match against Japan, eventually defeating them by penalties. In the quarter-finals, Czechia held another draw, this time with Spain. By scoring the first four penalty kicks, the Czechs advanced to the semifinals, where they defeated Austria 2–0. Argentina, on the other side, defeated Poland in the round of 16 (3–1), Mexico in the quarter-finals by a margin of 1–0, and the hosts Chile by a score of 3–0 in a controversial and tense match which ended with Chilean players confronting the match's official, German referee Wolfgang Stark, and later clashing with Toronto police, which left some of the Chilean players pepper-sprayed, tasered, and briefly arrested by Canadian police. The match reached diplomacy when Chilean President Michelle Bachelet filed a complaint against the Canadian government and protests took place in Santiago against the alleged repression and racism of Canadian police.Chile condemns Toronto police in soccer scuffle https://en.mercopress.com/2007/07/20/chile-condemns-toronto-police-in-soccer-scuffle 19 October 2025 MercoPress 20 July 2007 The Canadian embassy in Santiago received a bomb threat and security around the building was upgraded. Prime Minister Stephen Harper minimized the issue and didn't comment further.Chile football players face FIFA probe after brawl https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-chile-canada-idUKN2030958920070720/ 19 October 2025 Reuters 9 August 2007 Match The final match took place at the BMO Field in Toronto, with an attendance of 19,526 and the officiating of Spanish referee Alberto Undiano Mallenco, who was assisted on the lines by fellow Spaniards Fermín Martínez Núñez and Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez. Ravshan Irmatov from Uzbekistan was assigned as the fourth referee.El triste recuerdo con Ravshan Irmatov, el árbitro uzbeko que dirigirá Argentina-Croacia https://www.infobae.com/deportes-2/mundial-2018/2018/06/19/el-triste-recuerdo-con-ravshan-irmatov-el-arbitro-uzbeko-que-dirigira-argentina-croacia/ 19 October 2025 Infobae 19 June 2018 es A total of ten yellow cards were shown by Undiano Mallenco, six to the Czechs and four to the Argentines. More than 20 faults were committed by both teams, while ball possession was largely positive for Argentina, ending the match with 61% against 39% of possession for the Czechs. After an uneventful first half, Martin Fenin surprisingly put Czechia in a brief advantage before Sergio Agüero equalized two minutes later. Mauro Zárate made it 2–1 on the 86th, winning Argentina the match. John F. Molinaro of CBC News highlighted the contrast between both teams, noting the differences in styles, adjudicating "grit" to the Czechs and "flair" to the Argentines. Molinaro also said that the Czechs played a physical game while Argentina relied on a flurry of quick and short passes to advance in the field. Argentina became the most-successful team in the FIFA U-20 World Cup by achieving their sixth title, having won all of their finals in the category except for one.Molinaro John F. 1977-2009: The evolution of the FIFA U-20 World Cup https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/1977-2009-the-evolution-of-the-fifa-u-20-world-cup-1.844504 19 October 2025 CBC News 16 September 2009 Road to the final ArgentinaRoundCzech RepublicOpponentResultGroup stageOpponentResult20 CZE0–0Match 120 ARG0–020 PAN6–0Match 220 PRK2–220 PRK1–0Match 320 PAN2–1TeamPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts PointsARG321070+77CZE312043+15PRK302123−12PAN301218−71Final standingTeamPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts PointsARG 321070+77CZE312043+15PRK302123−12PAN301218−71OpponentResultKnockout stageOpponentResult20 POL3–1Round of 1620 JPN2–2 4–320 MEX1–0 Quarter-finals20 ESP1–1 4–320 CHI3–0 Semi-finals20 AUT2–0 Details 2007 7 22 y 15:15 (UTC–4) 20 CZE 1–2 20 ARG Fenin 60 Agüero 62 Zárate 86 National Soccer Stadium, Toronto 19,526 Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain) _cze06h2 _cze06h2 _cze06h2 _cze06a2 _puma_2006_white FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 0040F0 0040F0 Czech Republic _arg06h1 _arg06h1 _arg06h1 _arg06h1 _arg06h1 75AADB 75AADB 75AADB 000000 FFFFFF Argentina GK 1 Radek Petr RB 17 Marek Suchý CB 4 Ondřej Mazuch 81 CB 5 Jan Šimůnek (c) 35 LB 6 Ondřej Kúdela 14 CM 13 Tomáš Mičola 73 CM 19 Luboš Kalouda CM 15 Marek Střeštík 83 RF 10 Jakub Mareš 76 CF 9 Martin Fenin 87 LF 3 Lukáš Kubáň 1Substitutes: MF 14 Marcel Gecov 76 FW 18 Tomáš Pekhart 83Manager: Miroslav Soukup GK 1 Sergio Romero CB 4 Gabriel Mercado 33 CB 14 Leonardo Sigali CB 2 Federico Fazio DM 8 Matías Sánchez 25 RM 9 Mauro Zárate 40 CM 5 Éver Banega 90+2 LM 3 Emiliano Insúa AM 17 Maxi Moralez 90+3 AM 19 Pablo Piatti 80 CF 10 Sergio Agüero (c)Substitutes: MF 15 Ariel Cabral 80 FW 20 Lautaro Acosta 90+3Manager: Hugo Tocalli Man of the Match: Sergio Agüero (Argentina) Assistant referees: Fermín Martínez Ibáñez (Spain) Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez (Spain) Fourth official: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)Match rules: 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. References Final 2007 Category:Argentina national football team matches Category:Czech Republic national football team matches 2007 Category:Men's international association football finals in North America Category:Soccer matches in Canada Category:Soccer competitions in Toronto Category:2007 in Toronto Category:July 2007 sports events in Canada