2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup

November 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup 2015 2015 FIFA i Raro i te 20 Marama o te Ao 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.svg FIFA trophy New Zealand 30 May – 20 June 24 6 7 7 20 SRB 1 20 BRA 20 MLI 20 SEN 52 154 HUN Bence MervóUKR Viktor Kovalenko(5 goals each) MLI Adama Traoré SRB Predrag Rajković 20 UKR 2013 2017 The 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the twentieth edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup since its inception in 1977 as the FIFA World Youth Championship. The competition took place for the first time in New Zealand,Eight FIFA tournaments awarded https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/bidsfifaevents/news/newsid=1392147/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20111012234552/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/bidsfifaevents/news/newsid=1392147/index.html dead 12 October 2011 FIFA 18 June 2011 3 March 2011 the third time on Oceanian soil after Australia staged the 1981 and 1993 editions. A total of 52 matches were played in seven host cities.https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/organisation/media/newsid=2151899/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130818151741/http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/organisation/media/newsid=2151899/index.html dead 18 August 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup New Zealand 2015 Host Cities unveiled FIFA 2013-08-14 2013-08-14 During the first meeting of the local organising committee in January 2013, provisional dates of 19 June to 11 July were given towards hosting of games, with a final decision on stadiums and cities originally meant to be taken in February 2013.http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/7812678/Fifa-U-20-World-Cup-organisers-unveiled Fifa U-20 World Cup organisers unveiled Stuff.co.nz 2012-10-13 2012-10-17 However, delays meant that venues were not announced until August 2013.Host cities unveiled for 2015 https://www.oceaniafootball.com/archives-5001/ Oceania Football Confederation 3 October 2026 15 August 2013 France, the 2013 champions, were unable to defend their title as they failed to reach the final round of the UEFA qualifying tournament.https://www.uefa.com/under19/news/0257-0decf6794106-f124e947471a-1000--iceland-spring-surprise-on-france/ Iceland spring surprise on France UEFA.com 2013-10-15 2014-01-18 In doing so, they became the fourth consecutive incumbent title holder to fail to qualify for the subsequent tournament. Serbia won the final against Brazil 2–1, becoming the first team representing the country to win a FIFA competition title since the breakup of Yugoslavia and the dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro. Yugoslavia previously won the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship. Host selection Four FIFA member associations officially submitted their bids to host the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup by the deadline of 11 February 2011.Remarkable interest in hosting FIFA competitions https://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/organisation/media/news/newsid=1366322/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20111002204221/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/organisation/media/news/newsid=1366322/index.html dead 2 October 2011 FIFA 21 July 2011 17 January 2011 On 3 March 2011, FIFA announced that the tournament would be held for the first time in New Zealand.http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/4730234/New-Zealand-to-host-2015-U-20-World-Cup New Zealand to host 2015 U-20 World Cup Stuff.co.nz 2011-03-03 2011-03-032014 World Cup places unchanged https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/9413187.stm BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) 8 June 2015 3 March 2011 This is the third FIFA competition staged in this country, after the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship and the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Bidding member associations NZL New Zealand PER Peru TUN Tunisia WAL Wales Venues Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Hamilton, New Plymouth, Wellington and Whangārei were the 7 cities chosen to host the competition. Before the stadium announcements were made, Dunedin City council suggested in January 2013,http://www.odt.co.nz/print/243025 Dunedin drops world cup bid Otago Daily Times 2013-01-19 2013-01-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20141227194552/http://www.odt.co.nz/print/243025 27 December 2014 dead dmy-all that it would not bid to host matches at Forsyth Barr Stadium (also known as Otago Stadium) unless the costs (an estimated $1m) could be lowered.http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/regional/126291/dunedin-%27wrong%27-to-drop-world-cup-bid Dunedin 'wrong' to drop World Cup bid Radio New Zealand 2013-01-23 2013-01-24 The stadium hosted seven matches there, the last of which being a Round of 16 game.http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/your-council/latest-news/august-2013/dunedin-confirmed-as-a-host-city-for-fifas-second-biggest-tournament Dunedin Confirmed as a Host City for FIFA's Second Biggest Tournament Dunedin City Council website 2013-08-15 15 August 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20150210172837/http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/your-council/latest-news/august-2013/dunedin-confirmed-as-a-host-city-for-fifas-second-biggest-tournament 10 February 2015 dead WellingtonAucklandNew PlymouthWellington Regional StadiumNorth Harbour StadiumStadium Taranaki41 16 23 S 174 47 9 E inline Wellington Regional Stadium36 43 37 S 174 42 6 E inline North Harbour Stadium39 4 13 S 174 3 54 E inline Stadium TaranakiCapacity: 35,187Capacity: 25,317Capacity: 25,000Yarrow Stadium (NZ)170px170px170pxDunedinNew Zealand center 205 New Zealand Red pog.svg -36.840 174.739 Auckland right New Zealand Red pog.svg -43.53 172.620 Christchurch right New Zealand Red pog.svg -45.866 170.5 Dunedin right New Zealand Red pog.svg -37.783 175.283 Hamilton left New Zealand Red pog.svg -39.066 174.083 New Plymouth left New Zealand Red pog.svg -41.288 174.777 Wellington left New Zealand Red pog.svg -35.725 174.323 Whangārei rightOtago Stadium45 52 9 S 170 31 28 E inline Otago StadiumCapacity: 23,095170pxHamiltonChristchurchWhangāreiWaikato StadiumChristchurch StadiumNorthland Events Centre37 46 52 S 175 16 6 E inline Waikato Stadium43 32 37.32 S 172 36 14.76 E inline Christchurch Stadium35 44 3 S 174 19 46 E inline Northland Events CentreCapacity: 19,237Capacity: 17,308Capacity: 8,016170px170px Qualified teams In addition to host nation New Zealand, 23 nations qualified from six separate continental competitions. ConfederationQualifying TournamentQualifier(s)AFC (Asia)2014 AFC U-19 Championship20 MYA1 120 PRK20 QAT20 UZBCAF (Africa)2015 African U-20 Championship20 GHA20 MLI20 NGA20 SEN1 1CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship20 HON 194920 MEX20 PAN20 USACONMEBOL (South America)2015 South American Youth Championship20 ARG20 BRA20 COL20 URUOFC (Oceania)Host nation20 NZL2014 OFC U-20 Championship20 FIJ1 1UEFA (Europe)2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship20 AUT20 GER20 HUN20 POR20 SRB2 220 UKR 1. 1 Teams that made their debut. 2. 2 Serbia made their first U-20 World Cup appearance as an independent nation. They were chosen as the descendant of the now-defunct Yugoslavia, which qualified in 1979 and 1987. Draw and schedule The final draw was held on 10 February 2015, 17:30 local time, at the SkyCity Grand, Auckland.http://theolympicssports.com/football/media-accreditation-official-draw-fifa-u-20-world-cup-new-zealand-2015.html Media accreditation for the Official Draw for the FIFA U-20 World Cup New Zealand 2015 The Olympics Sports 2014-12-04 2014-12-05 10 February 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150210085220/http://theolympicssports.com/football/media-accreditation-official-draw-fifa-u-20-world-cup-new-zealand-2015.html deadhttps://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/news/y=2015/m=2/news=draw-sets-stage-for-new-zealand-2015-2522220.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150210123320/http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/news/y=2015/m=2/news=draw-sets-stage-for-new-zealand-2015-2522220.html dead 10 February 2015 Draw sets stage for New Zealand 2015 FIFA.com 10 February 2015 For the draw, the 24 teams were divided into four seeding pots:https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/news/y=2015/m=2/news=u-20-world-cup-draw-to-be-streamed-live-2521949.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150210072829/http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/news/y=2015/m=2/news=u-20-world-cup-draw-to-be-streamed-live-2521949.html dead 10 February 2015 U-20 World Cup draw to be streamed live FIFA.com 9 February 2015 Pot 1: Hosts and continental champions of five confederations (except OFC) Pot 2: Remaining teams from AFC and CAF Pot 3: Remaining teams from CONCACAF and CONMEBOL Pot 4: Remaining teams from OFC and UEFA As a basic principle, teams from the same confederation could not be drawn against each other at the group stage. As the CAF U-20 Championship was not completed at the time of the draw, a separate draw took place on 23 March 2015 in Dakar, Senegal, at the tournament's conclusion to determine the groups where the 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed CAF teams would play in, to ensure there was no manipulation of games in the qualifying tournament ensuring fairness to all qualified teams.https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/news/y=2015/m=3/news=african-teams-set-to-light-up-the-fifa-u-20-world-cup-2577785.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150326035213/http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/news/y=2015/m=3/news=african-teams-set-to-light-up-the-fifa-u-20-world-cup-2577785.html dead 26 March 2015 African teams set to light up the FIFA U-20 World Cup FIFA.com 23 March 2015http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=r6AU8B2qKDFyEyutBOc1Yw%3d%3d FIFA U-20 World Cup: African reps learn their fate CAF 23 March 2015 Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 420 NZL (Group A) 20 ARG (Group B) 20 QAT (Group C) 20 MEX (Group D) 20 NGA (Group E) 20 GER (Group F)20 PRK 20 MYA 20 UZB 20 MLI 20 GHA 20 SEN20 HON 1949 20 PAN 20 USA 20 BRA 20 COL 20 URU20 FIJ 20 AUT 20 HUN 20 POR 20 SRB 20 UKR The schedule of the tournament was unveiled on 20 November 2013.http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/4722d3b3-9f8e-46d3-b59f-c839d040c9c3/language/en-US/Default.aspx Match schedule for New Zealand 2015 revealed Oceania Football Confederation November 20, 2013 20 November 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20140714201442/http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/4722d3b3-9f8e-46d3-b59f-c839d040c9c3/language/en-US/Default.aspx 14 July 2014 dead dmy-all Match officials A total of 21 referees, 6 support referees, and 42 assistant referees were selected for the tournament.https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/news/y=2015/m=3/news=referee-and-assistant-referees-selected-2578940.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150330012005/http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/news/y=2015/m=3/news=referee-and-assistant-referees-selected-2578940.html dead 30 March 2015 Referee and assistant referees selected FIFA.com 26 March 2015http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/footballdevelopment/refereeing/02/57/89/27/refereesu-20wcnzl2015_neutral.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20150402162304/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/footballdevelopment/refereeing/02/57/89/27/refereesu-20wcnzl2015_neutral.pdf dead 2 April 2015 Referees and Assistant Referees for the FIFA U-20 World Cup New Zealand 2015 FIFA.com Confederation Referee Assistant referees Support referee AFC JPN Ryuji Sato JPN Akane YagiJPN Hiroshi Yamauchi SIN Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari KSA Fahad Al-Mirdasi OMA Abu Bakar Al-AmriKSA Abdullah Al-Shalawi KOR Kim Jong-hyeok KOR Yoon Kwang-yeolKOR Yang Byoung-eun CAF EGY Gehad Grisha ERI Berhe TesfagiorghisSUD Waleed Ahmed GHA Joseph Lamptey GAB Eric Otogo-Castane CMR Elvis NoupueNIG Yahaya Mahamadou SEY Bernard Camille CIV Marius TanRSA Zakhele Siwela CONCACAF CRC Henry Bejarano CRC Carlos FernándezCRC Octavio Jara HON 1949 Armando Castro MEX César Ramos MEX Alberto MorínMEX Miguel Hernández PAN John Pitti PAN Gabriel VictoriaPAN Juan Baynes CONMEBOL ARG Mauro Vigliano ARG Ezequiel BrailovskyARG Iván Núñez VEN Jesús Valenzuela BRA Ricardo Marques BRA Bruno BoschiliaBRA Kléber Gil ECU Roddy Zambrano ECU Juan MaciasECU Luis Vera URU Daniel Fedorczuk URU Nicolás TaranURU Richard Trinidad OFC NZL Matt Conger NZL Simon LountTON Tevita Makasini NZL Nick Waldron UEFA CRO Ivan Bebek CRO Miro GrgićCRO Tomislav Petrović ISR Liran Liany GER Felix Zwayer GER Marco AchmüllerGER Thorsten Schiffner HUN István Vad HUN István AlbertHUN Vencel Tóth ITA Daniele Orsato ITA Lorenzo ManganelliITA Mauro Tonolini POR Artur Soares Dias POR Álvaro CarvalhoPOR Rui Tavares ROU Ovidiu Hațegan ROU Octavian ȘovreROU Sebastian Gheorghe ESP Antonio Mateu Lahoz ESP Pau Cebrián DevisESP Roberto Díaz Pérez Squads 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads The 24 squads were officially announced by FIFA on 21 May 2015.https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/news/y=2015/m=5/news=squads-announced-for-new-zealand-2015-2607226.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150524144345/http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/news/y=2015/m=5/news=squads-announced-for-new-zealand-2015-2607226.html dead 24 May 2015 Squads announced for New Zealand 2015 FIFA 21 May 2015http://www.fifadata.com/document/FWYC/2015/pdf/FWYC_2015_SquadLists.pdf FIFA U-20 World Cup New Zealand 2015 – List of Players FIFA https://web.archive.org/web/20150524210644/http://www.fifadata.com/document/FWYC/2015/pdf/FWYC_2015_SquadLists.pdf PDF 24 May 2015 dead Each participating national association had to submit a final list of 21 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) at least 10 days before the tournament started. These players were shortlisted from a provisional list of 35 players, including a minimum of four goalkeepers.http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/45/23/69/regulationsfu20wc2015newzealand_e_011014_neutral.pdf Regulations – FIFA U-20 World Cup New Zealand 2015 FIFA 9 December 2014 15 June 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150615234540/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/45/23/69/regulationsfu20wc2015newzealand_e_011014_neutral.pdf dead All players must have been born on or after 1 January 1995. If a player listed in the final squad suffered a serious injury up until 24 hours before the kick-off of his team's first match, he could be replaced by a player from the provisional list with the approval of FIFA's medical and organising committees. In July 2015, it was reported that the New Zealand squad had included an ineligible player, South African Deklan Wynne not having completed the requisite period of residence in New Zealand.New Zealand Herald APN 14 July 2015 Group stage thumb|600px|Stages reached by each team The winners and runners-up of each group and the best four third-placed teams advanced to the round of 16. The rankings of teams in each group were determined as follows: 1 points obtained in all group matches; goal difference in all group matches; number of goals scored in all group matches; If two or more teams were equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings were determined as follows: 4 points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned; goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned; number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned; drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee. All times are local, New Zealand Standard Time (UTC+12).Match Schedule – FIFA U-20 World Cup New Zealand 2015 http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/22/67/29/fu20wc2015_matchschedule_23032015_wtimes_neutral.pdf FIFA.com 25 March 2015 12 April 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150412225720/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/22/67/29/fu20wc2015_matchschedule_23032015_wtimes_neutral.pdf dead Group A main WDL complete FIFA 200 UKR USA NZL MYA KO KO KO 1 1 1 5 5 H 2 1 0 9 0 2 0 1 6 4 0 0 3 2 13 20 NZL 20 UKR 20 USA 20 MYA Group stage result green1 Advance to knockout stage 30 May 2015 13:00 20 NZL 0–0 Report 20 UKR North Harbour Stadium, Auckland 25,000 Mauro Vigliano (Argentina) 30 May 2015 16:00 20 USA 2–1 Report 20 MYA Tall 17Hyndman 56 Yan Naing Oo 9 Northland Events Centre, Whangārei 5,816 Bernard Camille (Seychelles) 2 June 2015 13:00 20 MYA 0–6 Report 20 UKR Yaremchuk 51Luchkevych 54Kovalenko 57 77Sobol 68Besyedin 71 Northland Events Centre, Whangārei 4,985 Ricardo Marques (Brazil) 2 June 2015 19:00 20 NZL 0–4 Report 20 USA Jamieson 6Hyndman 33Arriola 57Rubin 83 North Harbour Stadium, Auckland 15,678 Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain) 5 June 2015 19:00 20 MYA 1–5 Report 20 NZL Aung Thu 27 Billingsley 40Patterson 47Stevens 78Brotherton 81Lewis 89 Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington 15,527 John Pitti (Panama) 5 June 2015 19:00 20 UKR 3–0 Report 20 USA Kovalenko 56 74 79 North Harbour Stadium, Auckland 7,694 Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon) Group B main WDL complete FIFA 200 GHA AUT ARG PAN KO KO 0 2 1 4 5 0 1 2 3 5 2 1 0 5 3 1 2 0 3 2 20 ARG 20 PAN 20 GHA 20 AUT Group stage result green1 Advance to knockout stage 30 May 2015 16:00 20 ARG 2–2 Report 20 PAN Correa 14 79 Rodríguez 19Escobar 84 Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington 9,204 Artur Soares Dias (Portugal) 30 May 2015 19:00 20 GHA 1–1 Report 20 AUT Y. Yeboah 90+1 pen. Gschweidl 50 Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington 9,204 Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia) 2 June 2015 16:00 20 AUT 2–1 Report 20 PAN Hormechea 45+1 o.g.Grubeck 51 Escobar 38 Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington 2,009 Gehad Grisha (Egypt) 2 June 2015 19:00 20 ARG 2–3 Report 20 GHA Simeone 80Buendía 90 B. Tetteh 44Aboagye 59Y. Yeboah 69 pen. Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington 5,542 Ivan Bebek (Croatia) 5 June 2015 16:00 20 AUT 0–0 Report 20 ARG Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington 13,874 Ryuji Sato (Japan) 5 June 2015 16:00 20 PAN 0–1 Report 20 GHA Boateng 82 North Harbour Stadium, Auckland 3,637 Daniele Orsato (Italy) Group C main WDL complete FIFA 200 POR COL SEN QAT KO KO KO 0 0 3 1 7 1 1 1 3 4 3 0 0 10 1 1 1 1 3 5 20 QAT 20 COL 20 POR 20 SEN Group stage result green1 Advance to knockout stage 31 May 2015 13:00 20 QAT 0–1 Report 20 COL Rodríguez 24 Waikato Stadium, Hamilton 7,461 Matt Conger (New Zealand) 31 May 2015 16:00 20 POR 3–0 Report 20 SEN Martins 1 Silva 90 Santos 90+3 Waikato Stadium, Hamilton 10,362 César Ramos (Mexico) 3 June 2015 16:00 20 QAT 0–4 Report 20 POR Silva 34Rodrigues 42 66Vigário 74 Waikato Stadium, Hamilton 1,864 Daniel Fedorczuk (Uruguay) 3 June 2015 19:00 20 SEN 1–1 Report 20 COL Thiam 23 Zapata 43 pen. Waikato Stadium, Hamilton 3,981 István Vad (Hungary) 6 June 2015 13:00 20 SEN 2–1 Report 20 QAT Sylla 76Wagué 81 Afif 17 pen. Waikato Stadium, Hamilton 3,791 Felix Zwayer (Germany) 6 June 2015 13:00 20 COL 1–3 Report 20 POR Borré 74 Santos 3Silva 55 pen. 67 Otago Stadium, Dunedin 6,950 Henry Bejarano (Costa Rica) Group D main WDL complete FIFA 200 SRB URU MLI MEX KO KO KO 1 0 2 2 5 1 1 1 3 3 The final positions of Mali and Uruguay were decided by drawing of lots, conducted in Auckland and witnessed by both teams via a live video link, which placed Uruguay in second and Mali in third.https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/news/y=2015/m=6/news=final-standings-in-group-d-determined-2620853.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150607212812/http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/news/y=2015/m=6/news=final-standings-in-group-d-determined-2620853.html dead 7 June 2015 Final standings in Group D determined FIFA.com 6 June 2015 Both teams had advanced to the round of 16. 1 1 1 3 3 MLI 2 0 1 4 1 20 MEX 20 MLI 20 URU 20 SRB Group stage result green1 Advance to knockout stage 31 May 2015 13:00 20 MEX 0–2 Report 20 MLI A. Traoré 77Gbakle 79 Otago Stadium, Dunedin 4,299 Felix Zwayer (Germany) 31 May 2015 16:00 20 URU 1–0 Report 20 SRB Pereiro 56 Otago Stadium, Dunedin 6,048 Ryuji Sato (Japan) 3 June 2015 16:00 20 MEX 2–1 Report 20 URU Lozano 71Gutiérrez 90+3 Suárez 83 Otago Stadium, Dunedin 2,038 Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania) 3 June 2015 19:00 20 SRB 2–0 Report 20 MLI S. Milinković-Savić 27Mandić 74 Otago Stadium, Dunedin 4,012 Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador) 6 June 2015 16:00 20 SRB 2–0 Report 20 MEX Maksimović 2Živković 43 Otago Stadium, Dunedin 9,248 Ricardo Marques (Brazil) 6 June 2015 16:00 20 MLI 1–1 Report 20 URU A. Traoré 44 Acosta 17 Waikato Stadium, Hamilton 6,791 Artur Soares Dias (Portugal) Group E main WDL complete FIFA 200 BRA NGA HUN PRK KO KO KO 2 0 1 8 4 3 0 0 9 3 0 0 3 1 12 1 0 2 6 5 20 NGA 20 BRA 20 PRK 20 HUN Group stage result green1 Advance to knockout stage 1 June 2015 13:00 20 NGA 2–4 Report 20 BRA Success 10Yahaya 28 Gabriel Jesus 4Judivan 34 82Boschilia 59 Stadium Taranaki, New Plymouth 5,887 Daniele Orsato (Italy) 1 June 2015 16:00 20 PRK 1–5 Report 20 HUN Choe Ju-song 32 Mervó 17 49 82Kalmár 33Forgács 60 Stadium Taranaki, New Plymouth 8,153 Henry Bejarano (Costa Rica) 4 June 2015 16:00 20 NGA 4–0 Report 20 PRK Saviour 48 51Sokari 71Success 80 Stadium Taranaki, New Plymouth 1,114 Mauro Vigliano (Argentina) 4 June 2015 19:00 20 HUN 1–2 Report 20 BRA Mervó 8 Danilo 50A. Pereira 86 pen. Stadium Taranaki, New Plymouth 4,077 Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia) 7 June 2015 17:00 20 HUN 0–2 Report 20 NGA Awoniyi 33 54 Stadium Taranaki, New Plymouth 3,184 Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador) 7 June 2015 17:00 20 BRA 3–0 Report 20 PRK Min Hyo-song 60 o.g.Jean Carlos 66L. Pereira 86 Christchurch Stadium, Christchurch 15,298 Matt Conger (New Zealand) Group F main WDL complete FIFA 200 GER UZB HON FIJ KO KO 3 0 0 16 2 1 0 2 4 11 1 0 2 6 7 1 0 2 5 11 20 GER 20 FIJ 20 UZB 20 HON 1949 Group stage result green1 Advance to knockout stage 1 June 2015 13:00 20 GER 8–1 Report 20 FIJ Stark 18 27Stendera 20 pen.Prömel 23Mukhtar 34 40 89 pen.Stefaniak 68 Verevou 48 Christchurch Stadium, Christchurch 5,296 John Pitti (Panama) 1 June 2015 16:00 20 UZB 3–4 Report 20 HON 1949 Khamdamov 31Shomurodov 79Urinboev 90+6 Benavídez 4Róchez 20 90+2Álvarez 49 Christchurch Stadium, Christchurch 6,679 Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon) 4 June 2015 16:00 20 HON 1949 0–3 Report 20 FIJ Verevou 14Waqa 19Álvarez 45 o.g. Christchurch Stadium, Christchurch 1,220 Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea) 4 June 2015 19:00 20 GER 3–0 Report 20 UZB Stendera 33 85Akpoguma 59 Christchurch Stadium, Christchurch 3,393 César Ramos (Mexico) 7 June 2015 14:00 20 HON 1949 1–5 Report 20 GER Schwäbe 19 o.g. Stendera 2 pen.Brandt 30Mukhtar 50Prömel 62Stark 81 Christchurch Stadium, Christchurch 12,045 Daniel Fedorczuk (Uruguay) 7 June 2015 14:00 20 FIJ 0–3 Report 20 UZB Shomurodov 62Urinboev 63Kosimov 90+3 Northland Events Centre, Whangārei 5,011 Bernard Camille (Seychelles) Ranking of third-placed teams The four best ranked third-placed teams also advanced to the round of 16. They were paired with the winners of groups A, B, C and D, according to a table published in Section 18 of the tournament regulations. main WDL complete FIFA 200 T 3A 3D 3C 3E 3F 3B KO KO KO KO 1 1 1 5 5 A H 0 2 1 4 5 B 1 1 1 3 5 C 1 1 1 3 3 D 1 0 2 6 5 E 1 0 2 5 11 F 20 NZL 20 ARG 20 SEN 20 MLI 20 HUN 20 HON 1949 Result green1 Advance to knockout stage 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) lots drawn by FIFA. Knockout stage In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of regular time (two periods of 45 minutes), extra time was played (two periods of 15 minutes) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner. In the case of the third place match, as it was played just before the final, extra time was skipped and a penalty shoot-out took place if necessary. N16 white-space:nowrap yes high 11 June — New Plymouth 20 BRA (pen.) 0 (5) 20 URU 0 (4) 11 June — Hamilton 20 POR 2 20 NZL 1 11 June — Whangārei 20 AUT 0 20 UZB 2 10 June — Auckland 20 UKR 1 (1) 20 SEN (pen.) 1 (3) 10 June — Wellington 20 USA 1 20 COL 0 10 June — Dunedin 20 SRB 2 20 HUN 1 10 June — Wellington 20 GHA 0 20 MLI 3 11 June — Christchurch 20 GER 1 20 NGR 0 14 June — Hamilton 20 BRA (pen.) 0 (3) 20 POR 0 (1) 14 June — Wellington 20 UZB 0 20 SEN 1 14 June — Auckland 20 USA 0 (5) 20 SRB (pen.) 0 (6) 14 June — Christchurch 20 MLI (pen.) 1 (4) 20 GER 1 (3) 17 June — Christchurch 20 BRA 5 20 SEN 0 17 June — Auckland 20 SRB 2 20 MLI 1 20 June — Auckland 20 BRA 1 20 SRB 2 20 June — Auckland 20 SEN 1 20 MLI 3 Combinations of matches in the Round of 16 The third-placed teams which 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. #ccffcc Combination according to the four qualified teams Third-placed teamsqualify from groups 1Avs 1Bvs 1Cvs 1Dvs A B C D 3C 3D 3A 3B A B C E 3C 3A 3B 3E A B C F 3C 3A 3B 3F A B D E 3D 3A 3B 3E A B D F 3D 3A 3B 3F A B E F 3E 3A 3B 3F A C D E 3C 3D 3A 3E A C D F 3C 3D 3A 3F A C E F 3C 3A 3F 3E A D E F 3D 3A 3F 3E B C D E 3C 3D 3B 3E B C D F 3C 3D 3B 3F B C E F 3E 3C 3B 3F B D E F 3E 3D 3B 3F C D E F 3C 3D 3F 3E Round of 16 10 June 2015 16:00 20 GHA 0–3 Report 20 MLI Samassékou 20Gbakle 53Doumbia 81 Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington 2,235 Gehad Grisha (Egypt) 10 June 2015 16:00 20 SRB 2–1 Report 20 HUN Šaponjić 90+1Talaber 118 o.g. yes Mervó 57 Otago Stadium, Dunedin 5,149 Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain) 10 June 2015 19:30 20 USA 1–0 Report 20 COL Rubin 58 Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington 6,062 Ivan Bebek (Croatia) 10 June 2015 19:30 20 UKR 1–1 Report 20 SEN Besyedin 70 yes Sarr 83 North Harbour Stadium, Auckland 6,905 Ricardo Marques (Brazil) Chumak Kharatin Habelok Luchkevych 1–3 Sarr Sylla Niang 11 June 2015 16:00 20 AUT 0–2 Report 20 UZB Khamdamov 47 57 Northland Events Centre, Whangārei 3,964 John Pitti (Panama) 11 June 2015 19:30 20 GER 1–0 Report 20 NGA Öztunalı 19 Christchurch Stadium, Christchurch 5,288 Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia) 11 June 2015 19:30 20 POR 2–1 Report 20 NZL Guzzo 24Martins 87 Holthusen 64 Waikato Stadium, Hamilton 10,492 Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea) 11 June 2015 19:30 20 BRA 0–0 yes Report 20 URU Stadium Taranaki, New Plymouth 4,358 István Vad (Hungary) 5–4 A. Pereira Lucão Danilo Jajá Gabriel Jesus Arambarri Amaral Poyet Acosta Lemos Quarter-finals 14 June 2015 13:00 20 BRA 0–0 yes Report 20 POR Waikato Stadium, Hamilton 9,945 Felix Zwayer (Germany) 3–1 A. Pereira Lucão Danilo Gabriel Jesus Rony Lopes Guzzo Silva Nuno Santos 14 June 2015 13:00 20 MLI 1–1 yes Report 20 GER S. Coulibaly 58 Brandt 38 Christchurch Stadium, Christchurch 7,007 César Ramos (Mexico) 4–3 Hamidou Guindo Koné A. Traoré Samassékou Akpoguma Öztunalı Steinmann Brandt Stark 14 June 2015 16:30 20 USA 0–0 yes Report 20 SRB North Harbour Stadium, Auckland 10,826 Artur Soares Dias (Portugal) 5–6 Rubin Payne Arriola Hyndman Zelalem Soñora Delgado Carter-Vickers Requejo Zdjelar Mandić Babić Grujić Živković Rajković Antonov Veljković Maksimović 14 June 2015 16:30 20 UZB 0–1 Report 20 SEN Thiam 77 Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington 10,258 Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania) Semi-finals 17 June 2015 16:00 20 BRA 5–0 Report 20 SEN Correa 5 o.g.Marcos Guilherme 7 78Boschilia 19Jorge 35 Christchurch Stadium, Christchurch 9,251 Daniele Orsato (Italy) 17 June 2015 19:30 20 SRB 2–1 yes Report 20 MLI Živković 4Šaponjić 101 Koné 39 North Harbour Stadium, Auckland 10,818 Mauro Vigliano (Argentina) Third place match 20 June 2015 13:30 20 SEN 1–3 Report 20 MLI Wadji 64 A. Traoré 74 83Samassékou 90+1 North Harbour Stadium, Auckland 12,421 Gehad Grisha (Egypt) Final 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup final 20 June 2015 17:05 20 BRA 1–2 yes Report 20 SRB A. Pereira 73 Mandić 70Maksimović 118 North Harbour Stadium, Auckland 25,317 Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia) Awards The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/news/mali-s-magician-traore-nets-top-honour-2651545 https://web.archive.org/web/20190531000255/https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/news/mali-s-magician-traore-nets-top-honour-2651545 dead 31 May 2019 Mali's magician Traore nets top honour FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association 20 June 2015 They were all sponsored by Adidas, except for the FIFA Fair Play Award. Golden BallSilver BallBronze BallMLI Adama TraoréBRA DaniloSRB Sergej Milinković-SavićGolden BootSilver BootBronze BootUKR Viktor KovalenkoHUN Bence MervóGER Marc Stendera5 goals, 2 assists5 goals, 0 assists4 goals, 4 assistsGolden GloveSRB Predrag RajkovićFIFA Fair Play Award20 Ukraine Goalscorers With five goals, Viktor Kovalenko and Bence Mervó were the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 154 goals were scored by 100 different players, with six of them credited as own goals. 5 goals 22em UKR Viktor Kovalenko HUN Bence Mervó 4 goals 22em GER Hany Mukhtar GER Marc Stendera MLI Adama Traoré POR André Silva 3 goals 22em GER Niklas Stark UZB Dostonbek Khamdamov 2 goals 22em ARG Ángel Correa BRA Andreas Pereira BRA Gabriel Boschilia BRA Judivan BRA Marcos Guilherme FIJ Iosefo Verevou GER Julian Brandt GER Grischa Prömel GHA Yaw Yeboah HON 1949 Bryan Róchez MLI Dieudonne Gbakle MLI Diadie Samassékou NGA Taiwo Awoniyi NGA Godwin Saviour NGA Isaac Success PAN Fidel Escobar POR Ivo Rodrigues POR Nuno Santos POR Gelson Martins SEN Mamadou Thiam SRB Nemanja Maksimović SRB Staniša Mandić SRB Ivan Šaponjić SRB Andrija Živković UKR Artem Besyedin USA Emerson Hyndman USA Rubio Rubin UZB Eldor Shomurodov UZB Zabikhillo Urinboev 1 goal 22em ARG Emiliano Buendía ARG Giovanni Simeone AUT Valentin Grubeck AUT Bernd Gschweidl BRA Danilo BRA Gabriel Jesus BRA Jean Carlos BRA Jorge BRA Léo Pereira COL Rafael Santos Borré COL Joao Rodríguez COL Alexis Zapata FIJ Saula Waqa GER Kevin Akpoguma GER Levin Öztunalı GER Marvin Stefaniak GHA Clifford Aboagye GHA Emmanuel Boateng GHA Benjamin Tetteh HON 1949 Kevin Álvarez HON 1949 Jhow Benavidez HUN Dávid Forgács HUN Zsolt Kalmár MLI Souleymane Coulibaly MLI Aboubacar Doumbia MLI Youssouf Koné MEX Kevin Gutiérrez MEX Hirving Lozano MYA Yan Naing Oo MYA Aung Thu NZL Noah Billingsley NZL Sam Brotherton NZL Stuart Holthusen NZL Clayton Lewis NZL Monty Patterson NZL Joel Stevens NGA Kingsley Sokari NGA Musa Yahaya PRK Choe Ju-song PAN Jhamal Rodríguez POR Raphael Guzzo POR João Vigário QAT Akram Afif SEN Moussa Koné SEN Sidy Sarr SEN Ibrahima Wadji SRB Sergej Milinković-Savić UKR Valeriy Luchkevych UKR Eduard Sobol UKR Roman Yaremchuk USA Paul Arriola USA Bradford Jamieson IV USA Maki Tall URU Franco Acosta URU Gastón Pereiro URU Mathías Suárez UZB Mirjamol Kosimov 1 own goal 22em GER Marvin Schwäbe (playing against Honduras) HON 1949 Kevin Álvarez (playing against Fiji) HUN Attila Talabér (playing against Serbia) PRK Min Hyo-song (playing against Brazil) PAN Chin Hormechea (playing against Austria) SEN Andelinou Correa (playing against Brazil) Source: FIFA.comhttps://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/statistics/players/goal-scored.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150531013312/http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/statistics/players/goal-scored.html dead 31 May 2015 Statistics — Players — Top goals FIFA.com 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. main WDL complete Techn. Report p. 85 SRB BRA MLI SEN GER POR USA UZB UKR GHA NGA URU AUT NZL COL HUN MEX HON FIJ ARG PAN QAT MYA PRK 20 ARG 0 2 1 4 5 20 AUT 1 2 1 3 4 20 BRA 4 2 1 15 5 20 COL 1 1 2 3 5 20 FIJ 1 0 2 4 11 20 GER 4 1 0 18 3 20 GHA 2 1 1 5 6 20 HON 1949 1 0 2 5 11 20 HUN 1 0 3 7 7 20 MEX 1 0 2 2 5 20 MLI 3 2 2 11 7 20 MYA 0 0 3 2 13 20 NGA 2 0 2 8 5 20 NZL 1 1 2 6 7 H 20 PAN 0 1 2 3 5 20 POR 4 1 0 12 2 20 PRK 0 0 3 1 12 20 QAT 0 0 3 1 7 20 SEN 2 2 3 6 14 20 SRB 5 1 1 10 4 20 UKR 2 2 0 10 1 20 USA 3 1 1 7 4 20 URU 1 2 1 3 3 20 UZB 2 0 3 8 8 1st 2nd 3rd 4th QF QF QF QF R16 R16 R16 R16 R16 R16 R16 R16 GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS yes yes yes Final result #FFD700 Champions #C0C0C0 Runners-up #CD7F32 Third place Fourth place Eliminated inQuarter-finals Eliminated inRound of 16 Eliminated inGroup stage Organization Emblem and mascot The official emblem of the tournament was unveiled on 20 November 2013.https://www.fifa.com/newscentre/news/newsid=2226179/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150611073144/http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/news/y=2013/m=11/news=official-emblem-for-new-zealand-2015-unveiled-2226179.html dead 11 June 2015 Official emblem for New Zealand 2015 unveiled FIFA.com 20 November 2013 The official mascot, a black sheep named Wooliam, was unveiled on 11 November 2014.https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/news/y=2014/m=11/news=new-zealand-2015-mascot-fires-up-crowds-in-auckland-and-wellington-2480372.html https://web.archive.org/web/20141130062802/http://www.fifa.com//u20worldcup/news/y=2014/m=11/news=new-zealand-2015-mascot-fires-up-crowds-in-auckland-and-wellington-2480372.html dead 30 November 2014 New Zealand 2015 Mascot fires up crowds in Auckland and Wellington FIFA.com 30 November 2014 Ticketing Prior to being released for 'General sale' on 13 June 2014,New Zealand 2015 tickets on sale https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/news/newsid=2369429/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140613060503/http://www.fifa.com//u20worldcup/news/newsid=2369429/index.html dead 13 June 2014 FIFA.com 2014-06-20 registered footballers in New Zealand were given 'priority treatment' by allowing them the option to buy tickets from two months earlier.Fifa U-20 World Cup NZ 2015 Kick Off Times Announced https://www.indianweekender.co.nz/pages/articledetails/9/4418/sports/fifa-u-20-world-cup-nz-2015-kick-off-times-announced The Indian Weekender 2014-04-17 2026-04-20 In the first three months of tickets going on sale to residents, an estimated 25,000 were sold.FIFA U-20 World Cup - Thousands of Tickets Sold and Thousands of Dollars Back to Clubs http://www.worldfootballinsider.com/Story.aspx?id=37242 World Football Insider 2014-09-04 2014-09-05 See also 2015 Under-20 Five Nations Series - preparatory tournament for the U-20 World Cup References 30em External links FIFA U-20 World Cup New Zealand 2015, FIFA.com Official 2015 U20 Ticketing website 2015 FIFA U20 World Cup New Zealand Dedicated site 2015 U20 World Cup Facebook page FIFA Technical Report 2015 U-20 World Cup U-20 World Cup Category:2014–15 in New Zealand association football 2015 2015 Category:May 2015 sports events in New Zealand Category:June 2015 sports events in New Zealand