U-17 Football World Cup 2019

FIFA U-17 World Cup 2019
FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019
Number of nations	24
World Champion	Brazil (4th title)
venue	Brazil
Opening game	October 26, 2019
Endgame	17th November 2019
Games	52
Gates	177  (⌀: 3.4 per game)
spectator	174,603  (⌀: 3,358 per game)
Top scorer	Sontje Hansen (6 goals)
Best player	Gabriel Veron
Best goalkeeper	Matheus Donelli
yellow cards	156  (⌀: 3 per game)
Yellow-red cards	3  (⌀: 0.06 per game)
Red cards	7  (⌀: 0.13 per game)

The 18th U-17 World Cup took place in Brazil from October 26 to November 17, 2019 . First, FIFA awarded the tournament to Peru in March 2018 . In February 2019, however, the tournament was withdrawn from the Peruvians after visitations to Peru and a new host was sought. In March 2019, Brazil was announced as the new host. This is the first time that Brazil is hosting a FIFA youth tournament. The defending champion is England , but they failed to qualify. Players born in 2002, 2003 and 2004 are eligible to play.

Choice of venue

Peru and Rwanda had applied to host the tournament, but Rwanda withdrew its application in March 2018. Peru was the only candidate to win the bid at the FIFA Council meeting on March 16, 2018 in Bogotá. It should take place from October 5th to 27th, 2019. After Peru was withdrawn from the tournament on February 22, 2019, the Brazilian association was asked to host it, and after acceptance, the country was named as the new host by the FIFA Council on March 15, 2019. However, the tournament has been postponed by a month because Brazil will host the Copa America 2019 in June / July .

Venues

On June 3, 2019, the venues were announced at the FIFA Congress in Paris. The game is played in four stadiums in three cities in the states of Goiás , Espírito Santo and the Distrito Federal . The national stadium in Brasília was originally intended for the opening game, but was no longer included in the final schedule.

Gama Goiânia Cariacica		Goiânia
		Estádio da Serrinha	Estádio Olímpico
		Capacity: 9,900	Capacity: 13,500
		Gama	Cariacica
		Estádio Bezerrão	Estádio Kléber Andrade
		Capacity: 20,310	Capacity: 21,000

Attendees

qualification

In addition to the automatically qualified host Brazil, 23 other teams from all six continental associations will qualify for the final round of the U-17 World Cup 2019. The U-16 and U-17 continental championships serve as qualifications.

• The Asian Association AFC has four starting places for the World Cup. These were awarded as part of the U-16 soccer Asian Cup 2018 , which took place in Malaysia in September and October 2018 .
• The African Association CAF has four starting places for the World Cup. These were awarded as part of the U-17 African Cup of Nations 2019 , which took place in Tanzania in April 2019 .
• The North and Central American Association CONCACAF has four starting places for the World Cup. These were awarded as part of the 2019 CONCACAF U-17 Championship , which was held in the USA in May 2019 .
• The Football Association of Oceania has two starting places for the World Cup. These should be awarded as part of the U-16 Soccer Oceania Championship 2018 , which took place in Honiara , the capital of the Solomon Islands , in September 2018 . First, the victorious New Zealanders and hosts, the Solomon Islands, qualified second. The starting place was later withdrawn from the Solomon Islands because they are said to have used an older player. This was disputed by the Solomon Islands and the admissibility of the operation was proven by presenting a passport, so that the second starting place was awarded to the Solomon Islands on May 4th, who thus participate for the first time.
• The European Association UEFA has five starting places for the World Cup. These were awarded as part of the 2019 European Under-17 Football Championship , which took place in Ireland in May 2019 . Germany and Austria who were drawn into a group could also qualify for this. Both were eliminated in the group stage.
• The South American association CONMEBOL has five starting places, one of which went to host Brazil and the other four were awarded at the 2019 U-17 South American Football Championship in Peru , which took place from March 21 to April 14, 2019.

Qualified teams

4 from Asia	Australia	Japan	South Korea	Tajikistan
5 from Europe	France	Italy	Netherlands	Spain	Hungary
4 from Africa	Angola	Cameroon	Nigeria	Senegal
4 from North and Central America	Haiti	Canada	Mexico	United States
5 from South America	Argentina	Brazil	Chile	Ecuador	Paraguay
2 from Oceania	New Zealand	Solomon Islands

Preliminary round

draw

The draw took place on July 11, 2019 at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich . The 24 teams were drawn in six groups of four teams each. Host Brazil was automatically placed in Pot 1 at position A1. The remaining teams were allocated to the other lottery pots based on their performance in the last five editions of the U-17 World Cup. Starting with the teams from Pot 1, the teams were drawn into the groups. Teams from the same continental association could not be drawn into a group.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Brazil (hosts / A1) Mexico Nigeria France Japan Spain	Argentina United States New Zealand Paraguay Ecuador South Korea	Italy Cameroon Australia Chile Canada Netherlands	Angola Haiti Hungary Senegal Solomon Islands Tajikistan

mode

The preliminary round is held in six groups with four teams each. The group winners and runners-up as well as the four best thirds in the group qualify for the round of 16. The rankings of the teams are determined according to the following criteria:

a. Number of points from all group matches

b. Goal difference from all group matches

c. Number of goals scored in all group matches

Cut two or more teams according to the criteria a.-c. immediately, the final placement is determined according to the additional criteria:

d. Number of points from the direct encounters of the teams with the same points in the group matches

e. Goal difference from the direct encounters of the teams with the same point in the group matches

f. Number of goals scored in group matches between teams with the same number of points

G. Number of points from the fair play evaluation, determined on the basis of the number of yellow and red cards in all group games with the following deductions (first yellow card = −1 point, second yellow card / yellow-red card = −3 points, red card = −4 points , yellow and red card = −5 points)

H. Drawing of lots by the FIFA Organizing Committee

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Brazil	3	3	0	0	009: 100	+8	09
2.	Angola	3	2	0	1	004: 400	± 0	06th
3.	New Zealand	3	1	0	2	002: 500	−3	03
4th	Canada	3	0	0	3	002: 700	−5	00

October 26, 2019 at 5 p.m. (10 p.m. CEST) in Gama
Brazil	-	Canada	4: 1 (2: 0)
October 26, 2019 at 8 p.m. (01:00 a.m. CEST) in Gama
New Zealand	-	Angola	1: 2 (0: 1)
October 29, 2019 at 5 p.m. (9 p.m. CET) in Gama
Angola	-	Canada	2: 1 (1: 0)
October 29, 2019 at 8 p.m. (00:00 a.m. CET) in Gama
Brazil	-	New Zealand	3: 0 (1: 0)
November 1st, 2019 at 8 p.m. (00:00 a.m. CEST) in Gama
Angola	-	Brazil	0: 2 (0: 0)
November 1st, 2019 at 8 p.m. (00:00 a.m. CEST) in Goiânia ( Olímpico )
Canada	-	New Zealand	0: 1 (0: 1)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Nigeria	3	2	0	1	008: 600	+2	06th
2.	Ecuador	3	2	0	1	007: 600	+1	06th
3.	Australia	3	1	1	1	005: 500	± 0	04th
4th	Hungary	3	0	1	2	006: 900	−3	01

October 26, 2019 at 5 p.m. (10 p.m. CEST) in Goiânia ( Olímpico )
Nigeria	-	Hungary	4: 2 (1: 2)
October 26, 2019 at 8 p.m. (01:00 a.m. CEST) in Goiânia (Olímpico)
Ecuador	-	Australia	2: 1 (2: 0)
October 29, 2019 at 5 p.m. (9 p.m. CET) in Goiânia (Olímpico)
Nigeria	-	Ecuador	3: 2 (1: 1)
October 29, 2019 at 8 p.m. (00:00 a.m. CET) in Goiânia (Olímpico)
Australia	-	Hungary	2: 2 (0: 2)
November 1st, 2019 at 5 p.m. (9 p.m. CET) in Gama
Australia	-	Nigeria	2: 1 (1: 1)
November 1st, 2019 at 5 p.m. (9 p.m. CET) in Goiânia (Olímpico)
Hungary	-	Ecuador	2: 3 (0: 0)

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	France	3	3	0	0	007: 100	+6	09
2.	South Korea	3	2	0	1	005: 500	± 0	06th
3.	Chile	3	1	0	2	005: 600	−1	03
4th	Haiti	3	0	0	3	003: 800	−5	00

October 27, 2019 at 5 p.m. (9 p.m. CET) in Goiânia ( Serrinha )
France	-	Chile	2: 0 (0: 0)
October 27, 2019 at 8 p.m. (00:00 CET) in Goiânia (Serrinha)
South Korea	-	Haiti	2: 1 (2: 0)
October 30, 2019 at 5 p.m. (9 p.m. CET) in Goiânia (Serrinha)
South Korea	-	France	1: 3 (0: 2)
October 30, 2019 at 8 p.m. (00:00 CET) in Goiânia (Serrinha)
Chile	-	Haiti	4: 2 (2: 1)
November 2, 2019 at 5 p.m. (9 p.m. CET) in Cariacica
Chile	-	South Korea	1: 2 (1: 2)
November 2, 2019 at 5 p.m. (9 p.m. CET) in Goiânia (Serrinha)
Haiti	-	France	0: 2 (0: 0)

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Japan	3	2	1	0	004-000	+4	07th
2.	Senegal	3	2	0	1	007: 300	+4	06th
3.	Netherlands	3	1	0	2	005: 600	−1	03
4th	United States	3	0	1	2	001: 800	−7	01

October 27, 2019 at 5 p.m. (9 p.m. CET) in Cariacica
United States	-	Senegal	1: 4 (1: 1)
October 27, 2019 at 8 p.m. (00:00 CET) in Cariacica
Japan	-	Netherlands	3: 0 (1: 0)
October 30, 2019 at 5 p.m. (9 p.m. CET) in Cariacica
Netherlands	-	Senegal	1: 3 (1: 0)
October 30, 2019 at 8 p.m. (00:00 CET) in Cariacica
United States	-	Japan	0-0
November 2, 2019 at 8 p.m. (00:00 CET) in Goiânia ( Serrinha )
Netherlands	-	United States	4: 0 (1: 0)
November 2, 2019 at 8 p.m. (00:00 CET) in Cariacica
Senegal	-	Japan	0: 1 (0: 0)

Group E

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Spain	3	2	1	0	007: 100	+6	07th
2.	Argentina	3	2	1	0	006: 200	+4	07th
3.	Tajikistan	3	1	0	2	003: 800	−5	03
4th	Cameroon	3	0	0	3	001: 600	−5	00

October 28, 2019 at 5 p.m. (9 p.m. CET) in Cariacica
Spain	-	Argentina	0-0
October 28, 2019 at 8 p.m. (00:00 a.m. CET) in Cariacica
Tajikistan	-	Cameroon	1: 0 (0: 0)
October 31, 2019 at 5 p.m. (9 p.m. CET) in Cariacica
Spain	-	Tajikistan	5: 1 (4: 1)
October 31, 2019 at 8 p.m. (00:00 CET) in Cariacica
Cameroon	-	Argentina	1: 3 (1: 0)
November 3, 2019 at 5 p.m. (9 p.m. CET) in Gama
Cameroon	-	Spain	0: 2 (0: 0)
November 3, 2019 at 5 p.m. (9 p.m. CET) in Cariacica
Argentina	-	Tajikistan	3: 1 (2: 0)

Group F.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Paraguay	3	2	1	0	009: 100	+8	07th
2.	Italy	3	2	0	1	008: 300	+5	06th
3.	Mexico	3	1	1	1	009: 200	+7	04th
4th	Solomon Islands	3	0	0	3	000:200	−20	00

October 28, 2019 at 5 p.m. (9 p.m. CET) in Gama
Solomon Islands	-	Italy	0: 5 (0: 3)
October 28, 2019 at 8 p.m. (00:00 CET) in Gama
Paraguay	-	Mexico	0-0
October 31, 2019 at 5 p.m. (9 p.m. CET) in Gama
Solomon Islands	-	Paraguay	0: 7 (0: 2)
October 31, 2019 at 8 p.m. (00:00 CET) in Gama
Mexico	-	Italy	1: 2 (0: 0)
November 3, 2019 at 8 p.m. (00:00 a.m. CET) in Cariacica
Mexico	-	Solomon Islands	8: 0 (3: 0)
November 3, 2019 at 8 p.m. (00:00 CET) in Gama
Italy	-	Paraguay	1: 2 (1: 1)

Table of third party groups

The following criteria apply to the ranking of the third parties:

1. Number of points from all group matches
2. Goal difference from all group matches
3. Number of goals scored in all group matches
4. lower number of fair play points (FP)
5. Drawing of lots

Pl.	Country (group)	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points				FP
1.	Mexico ( F )	3	1	1	1	009: 200	+7	04th	4th	0	2	−13
2.	Australia ( B )	3	1	1	1	005: 500	± 0	04th	4th	0	0	−4
3.	Chile ( C )	3	1	0	2	005: 600	−1	03	4th	0	0	−4
4th	Netherlands ( D )	3	1	0	2	005: 600	−1	03	5	0	1	−9
5.	New Zealand ( A )	3	1	0	2	002: 500	−3	03	6th	0	0	−6
6th	Tajikistan ( E )	3	1	0	2	003: 800	−5	03	2	1	0	−9

Final round

If games are tied after 90 minutes in the knockout round, they will be decided directly afterwards by a penalty shootout without prior extra time.

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

A2

Angola

0

C2

South Korea

1

South Korea

0

Mexico

1

D1

Japan

0

F3

Mexico

2

Mexico

11 (4) E.

Netherlands

1 (3)

B1

Nigeria

1

D3

Netherlands

3

Netherlands

4th

Paraguay

1

F1

Paraguay

3

E2

Argentina

2

Mexico

1

Brazil

2

E1

Spain

2

D2

Senegal

1

Spain

1

France

6th

C1

France

4th

B3

Australia

0

France

2

Brazil

3

B2

Ecuador

0

F2

Italy

1

Italy

0

3rd place match

Brazil

2

A1

Brazil

3

Netherlands

1

C3

Chile

2

France

3

^E victory on penalties

Round of 16

November 5, 2019 at 4:30 p.m. (8:30 p.m. CET) in Goiânia (Olímpico)
Angola	-	South Korea	0: 1 (0: 1)
November 5, 2019 at 8 p.m. (00:00 a.m. CET) in Goiânia (Olímpico)
Nigeria	-	Netherlands	1: 3 (1: 2)
November 6, 2019 at 4:30 p.m. (8:30 p.m. CET) in Goiânia (Serrinha)
Spain	-	Senegal	2: 1 (1: 0)
November 6, 2019 at 4:30 p.m. (8:30 p.m. CET) in Gama
Japan	-	Mexico	0: 2 (0: 0)
November 6, 2019 at 8 p.m. (00:00 a.m. CET) in Gama
Brazil	-	Chile	3: 2 (2: 2)
November 6, 2019 at 8 p.m. (00:00 a.m. CET) in Goiânia (Serrinha)
France	-	Australia	4: 0 (1: 0)
November 7, 2019 at 4:30 p.m. (8:30 p.m. CET) in Cariacica
Ecuador	-	Italy	0: 1 (0: 0)
November 7, 2019 at 8 p.m. (00:00 a.m. CET) in Cariacica
Paraguay	-	Argentina	3: 2 (0: 2)

Quarter finals

November 10, 2019 at 4:30 p.m. (8:30 p.m. CET) in Cariacica
Netherlands	-	Paraguay	4: 1 (2: 1)
November 10, 2019 at 8:00 p.m. (00:00 a.m. CET) in Cariacica
South Korea	-	Mexico	0: 1 (0: 0)
November 11, 2019 at 4:30 p.m. (8:30 p.m. CET) in Goiânia (Olímpico)
Spain	-	France	1: 6 (1: 2)
November 11, 2019 at 8 p.m. (00:00 a.m. CET) in Goiânia (Olímpico)
Italy	-	Brazil	0: 2 (0: 2)

Semifinals

November 14, 2019 at 4:30 p.m. (8:30 p.m. CET) in Gama
Mexico	-	Netherlands	1: 1 (0: 0), 4: 3 i. E.
November 14, 2019 at 8 p.m. (00:00 a.m. CET) in Gama
France	-	Brazil	2: 3 (2: 0)

3rd place match

November 17, 2019 at 3 p.m. (7 p.m. CET) in Gama
Netherlands	-	France	1: 3 (1: 1)

final

Mexico		Brazil
	final Sunday, November 17, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. (11:00 p.m. CET) in Gama , Estadio Bezerrão Result: 1: 2 (0: 0) Spectators: 13,843 Referee: Andris Treimanis ( Latvia )   Match report
	Coach: Marco Ruiz	Trainer: Guilherme Dalla Dea
	1-0 B. Gonzalez (66.)	1: 1 Kaio Jorge (84th, penalty) 1: 2 Lázaro (90th + 3 ')
	Avíla (74.), A. Gómez (90. + 6 '), J. Gómez (90. + 7')	Daniel Cabral (63.)

Best goal scorers

Listed below are the top scorers in the final round. With the same number of goals scored, first the higher number of assists, then the lower number of minutes played, were decisive for the final placement.

rank	player	Gates	templates	Game minutes
01	Sontje Hansen	6th	3	528
02	Nathanaël Mbuku	5	1	487
03	Kaio Jorge	5	1	559
04th	Arnaud Kalimuendo-Muinga	5	0	422
05	Efraín Álvarez	4th	2	399
06th	Diego Duarte	4th	1	282
07th	Noah Botic	4th	0	360
08th	Pape Sarr	3	2	270
09	Isaac Lihadji	3	2	519
010	Gabriel Veron	3	2	616
011	Matias Godoy	3	1	221
012	Degnand Gnonto	3	1	227
013	Ibrahim Said	3	1	333
014th	Diego Joel Torres	3	1	360
015th	Roberto Navarro	3	1	439
016	Georginio Rutter	3	0	225
017th	German Valera	3	0	288
018th	João Peglow	3	0	529

There are also 27 other players with 2 goals, 59 players with one goal each and 6 own goal scorers.

Banned players

The following players have been banned from one or more games in different games because of one red, one yellow-red or two yellow cards:

player	Offense	In-game suspension
Tay by Gray	in the game against Senegal	Group D versus Japan
Lee Tae-seok	in the game against Haiti	Group C versus France
Shuhrat Elmurodov	in the game against Cameroon	Group E versus Spain
Eugenio Pizzuto	in the game against Paraguay	Group F versus Italy
Yan Couto	in the game against New Zealand	Group A against Angola Round of 16 against Chile
Melayro Bogarde	in the game against Senegal	Group D versus USA
Ian Maatsen	in the game against Japan in the game against Senegal	Group D versus USA
Samuel Jeanty	in the game against Chile	Group C versus France
Gael Debongue	in the game against Tajikistan in the game against Argentina	Group E versus Spain
Rafael Martinez	in the game against Italy	Group F vs. Solomon Islands Round of 16 against Japan
Tristan Hammond	in the game against Hungary in the game against Nigeria	Round of 16 against France
David Tati	in the game against Haiti in the game against South Korea	Round of 16 against Brazil
Mohamed Taabouni	in the game against the USA in the game against Nigeria	Quarter-finals against Paraguay
Diego	in the game against New Zealand in the game against Chile	Quarter-finals against Italy
Rodrigo Melgarejo	in the game against Mexico in the game against Argentina	Quarter-finals against the Netherlands
Ki-Jana Hoever	in the game against Senegal in the game against Paraguay	Semi-final against Mexico
Lucien Agoumé	in the game against Haiti in the game against Spain	Semi-final against Brazil

referee

FIFA nominated a total of 20 teams of referees (each consisting of one referee and two assistant referees) and 17 video referees (VAR) to lead the tournament matches . In addition, 5 support arbitrators were appointed.

Continental Association	referee	Assistant referee	Support Arbitrator	Video referee
AFC	Khamis al-Marri	Mohammad Dharman Ramzan al-Naemi	Ko Hyung-jin	Yaqoub al-Hammadi Abdullah Ali al-Marri Hiroyuki Kimura
	Chris Beath	Anton Shchetinin Ashley Beecham
	Ma Ning	Xiang Shi Yi Cao
CAF	Victor Gomes	Souru Phatsoane Lionel Hasinjarasoa Andrianantenaina	Peter Waweru	-
	Redouane Jiyed	Lahcen Azgaou Mustaph Akerkad
	Omar Mohammed Amin	Attia Amsaeed Abdallah Ibrahim Mohammed
CONCACAF	Iván Barton	David Moran Santos Zachari Zeegelaar	Juan Gabriel Calderón Pérez	Quetzalli Alvarado Drew Fischer Armando Villarreal
	Mario Escobar	Humberto Noel Panjoj Chitay Nicholas Andersson
	Adonai Escobedo	William Andres Arrieta Barrantes Michael Barwegen
CONMEBOL	Mario Díaz De Vivar	Milcíades Saldíva Roberto Casiano Luragh	Edina Alves Batista Ivo Nigel Méndez Chávez	Germán Delfino Nicolas Gallo Barragan Piero Maza Bráulio da Silva Machado
	Guillermo Alcivar	Juan Carlos Macias Franco Ricardo Cordova
	Diego Haro	Víctor Ráez Michael Orue Medina
	Andrés Rojas	Dionisio Almanza John Sanchez
	Claudia Umpiérrez	Luciana Mascaraña Mónica Amboya
OFC	Nick Waldron	Isaac Trevis Jeremy Garae	-	-
UEFA	Andreas Ekberg	Mehmet Culum Stefan Hallberg	-	Luís Godinho Ricardo de Burgos Marco Di Bello Bartosz Frankowski Dennis Higler Craig Pawson Bibiana Steinhaus
	Srđan Jovanović	Uros Stojković Milan Mihajlović
	Georgi Kabakov	Martin Margaritov Diyan Valkov
	István Kovács	Vasile Marinescu Mihai Artene
	Andris Treimanis	Haralds Gudermanis Aleksejs Spasjonnikovs

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} fifa.com: FIFA Council decides on key steps for the future of international competitions
2. ↑ fifa.com: Update on the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2019
3. ↑ ^{a b} fifa.com: FIFA Council decides on key steps
4. ↑ See § 24 Paragraph 2 of the regulations ( PDF; 182 KB ).
5. ↑ bbc.com: Rwanda withdraws bid to host the 2019 U-17 World Cup
6. ↑ globoesporte.com: Brasília, Goiânia e Cariacica-ES serão as sedes da Copa do Mundo Sub-17 (in Portuguese)
7. ↑ oceaniafootball.com: OFC Disciplinary Committee releases decision on eligibility
8. ^ OFC Appeal Committee to reconvene
9. ↑ oceaniafootball.com: Solomon Islands player eligibility appeal upheld
10. ↑ FIFA.com: All you need to know about the Brazil 2019 draw
11. ↑ FIFA.com: FIFA U-17 World Cup Draw procedures
12. ↑ ^{a b} FIFA.com: FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019 Regulations
13. ↑ List of Appointed Match Officials FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019 . FIFA.com.