U-17 World Cup 2005

FIFA U-16 World Cup 2005
FIFA U-16 World Championship 2005
Number of nations	16  (of 183 applicants)
World Champion	Mexico (1st title)
venue	Peru
Opening game	September 16, 2005
Endgame	October 2, 2005
Games	32
Gates	111  (⌀: 3.47 per game)
spectator	551,817  (⌀: 17,244 per game)
Top scorer	Carlos Vela (5 goals)
Best player	Anderson
yellow cards	133  (⌀: 4.16 per game)
Yellow-red cards	8  (⌀: 0.25 per game)
Red cards	13  (⌀: 0.41 per game)

The 11th U-17 World Cup took place in Peru from September 16 to October 2, 2005 . The defending champion was the national team of Brazil , the new title holder was the national team of Mexico . At the tournament the chip ball was tested for the first time , but not used for referee decisions.

Venues

Lima Piura Chiclayo Iquitos Trujillo

Venues 2005 in Peru

city	Stadion	capacity
Lima	Estadio Nacional	47,000
Piura	Estadio Miguel Grau	26,550
Chiclayo	Estadio Elías Aguirre	25,000
Iquitos	Estadio Max Augustín	25,000
Trujillo	Estadio Mansiche	25,000

Attendees

3 from Europe	Italy	Netherlands	Turkey
3 from South America	Brazil	Peru	Uruguay
3 from North and Central America	Costa Rica	Mexico	United States
3 from Africa	Ivory Coast	Ghana	Gambia
3 from Asia	China	Qatar	North Korea
1 from Oceania	Australia

mode

• The preliminary round is played in four groups of four teams each.
• The first two in each group reach the quarter-finals.
• From the quarter-finals onwards, the knockout system will continue.

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Costa Rica	3	1	2	0	004: 200	+2	05
2.	People's Republic of China	3	1	2	0	003: 200	+1	05
3.	Ghana	3	1	0	2	003: 300	± 0	03
4th	Peru	3	0	0	3	001: 400	−3	00

09/16/2005
China	-	Costa Rica	1: 1
Peru	-	Ghana	1: 1
09/19/2005
Ghana	-	Costa Rica	1: 1
Peru	-	China	0: 1
09/22/2005
Costa Rica	-	Peru	2-0
Ghana	-	China	1: 1

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Turkey	3	3	0	0	006: 300	+3	09
2.	Mexico	3	2	0	1	006: 200	+4	06th
3.	Australia	3	1	0	2	002: 500	−3	03
4th	Uruguay	3	0	0	3	003: 700	−4	00

09/16/2005
Uruguay	-	Mexico	0: 2
Turkey	-	Australia	1-0
09/19/2005
Mexico	-	Australia	3-0
Uruguay	-	Turkey	2: 3
09/22/2005
Australia	-	Uruguay	2: 1
Mexico	-	Turkey	1: 2

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	United States	3	2	1	0	007: 400	+3	07th
2.	North Korea	3	1	1	1	006: 400	+2	04th
3.	Italy	3	1	1	1	006: 700	−1	04th
4th	Ivory Coast	3	0	1	2	004: 800	−4	01

09/17/2005
Ivory Coast	-	Italy	3: 4
North Korea	-	United States	2: 3
09/20/2005
Italy	-	United States	1: 3
Ivory Coast	-	North Korea	0: 3
09/23/2005
United States	-	Ivory Coast	1: 1
Italy	-	North Korea	1: 1

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Brazil	3	2	0	1	009: 400	+5	06th
2.	Netherlands	3	2	0	1	008: 500	+3	06th
3.	Gambia	3	2	0	1	006: 400	+2	06th
4th	Qatar	3	0	0	3	004:140	−10	00

09/17/2005
Netherlands	-	Qatar	5: 3
Brazil	-	Gambia	1: 3
09/20/2005
Qatar	-	Gambia	1: 3
Netherlands	-	Brazil	1: 2
09/23/2005
Gambia	-	Netherlands	0: 2
Qatar	-	Brazil	0: 6

Final round

Quarter finals

09/25/2005
Costa Rica	-	Mexico	1: 3 a.d.
Turkey	-	People's Republic of China	5: 1
09/26/2005
United States	-	Netherlands	0: 2
Brazil	-	North Korea	3: 1 a.d.

Semifinals

09/29/2005
Mexico	-	Netherlands	4-0
Turkey	-	Brazil	3: 4

3rd place match

10/02/2005
Netherlands	-	Turkey	2: 1

final

10/02/2005
Mexico	-	Brazil	3-0

Best goal scorers

The top goal scorers of the 2005 U-17 World Cup are listed below. They are sorted alphabetically according to the number of hits or if the number of goals is the same.

space	player	Gates
1	Carlos Vela	5
2	Caner Erkin	4th
	John Goossens	4th
	Éver Guzmán	4th
	Igor	4th
	Tevfik Köse	4th
	Ramon	4th
	Nuri Sahin	4th

Web links

• Official website of the FIFA competition