U-20 World Cup 2015

FIFA U-20 World Cup New Zealand 2015
FIFA U-20 World Cup New Zealand 2015
Number of nations	24
World Champion	Serbia (1st title)
venue	New Zealand
Opening game	May 30, 2015
Endgame	20th June 2015
Games	52
Gates	153  (⌀: 2.94 per game)
spectator	372,239  (⌀: 7,158 per game)
Top scorer	Bence Mervó and Wiktor Kowalenko (5 goals each)
Best player	Adama Traoré
Best goalkeeper	Predrag Rajković
yellow cards	162  (⌀: 3.12 per game)
Yellow-red cards	8  (⌀: 0.15 per game)
Red cards	4  (⌀: 0.08 per game)

The FIFA FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2015 (officially: 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup ) was the 20th edition of this tournament was held from 30 May to 20 June 2015 in New Zealand. Serbia became world champion.

Defending champion France could not qualify for the U-19 European Championship 2014 and thus, as the fourth defending champion, also not qualify for a U-20 World Cup.

canditature

By January 2011, competed for New Zealand , Peru , Tunisia and Wales to host the tournament: On 3 March 2011, announced FIFA that New Zealand will host the World Cup.

Venues

Auckland Christchurch Dunedin Hamilton New Plymouth Wellington Whangarei

Venues

The following seven cities will host the 2015 U-20 World Cup:

• Auckland - QBE Stadium
• Christchurch - Rugby League Park
• Dunedin - Forsyth Barr Stadium
• Hamilton - Waikato Stadium
• New Plymouth - Yarrow Stadium
• Wellington - Westpac Stadium
• Whangarei - Okara Park

qualification

In the final round, 24 teams competed, with 23 places at the individual U-19 continental championships. Host New Zealand automatically qualified for the finals.

The European association UEFA had six starting places. These were awarded at the U-19 European Championship 2014 , which took place from July 19 to 31, 2014 in Hungary .

The Asian football association AFC was entitled to four starting places. The 2014 U-19 Asian Cup , which was held in Myanmar from October 9 to 23, 2014, served as the qualifying tournament .

Four teams from CONCACAF , the football association of North America and the Caribbean, took part. The 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship served as the qualifying tournament . It was held from January 9th to 25th, 2015.

The African Football Association CAF had four starting places at this World Cup. The 2015 U-20 African Cup of Nations , which took place in Senegal from March 8 to 22, 2015, served as the qualifying tournament .

Four teams from the South American association CONMEBOL took part. The relevant tournament, the 2015 U-20 South American Championship , took place in Uruguay from January 14th to February 7th, 2015 .

The Oceania Football Confederation was given another starting place for the first time, as New Zealand was automatically qualified as host. The second participant was determined at the U-19 Oceania Championship 2014 . The tournament was held in Suva ( Fiji ) from May 23 to 31, 2014 . Fiji was able to qualify for a U-20 World Cup for the first time.

Attendees

6 from Europe	Germany	Austria	Portugal	Serbia	Ukraine	Hungary
4 from Africa	Ghana	Mali	Nigeria	Senegal
4 from North and Central America	Honduras	Mexico	Panama	United States
4 from South America	Argentina	Brazil	Colombia	Uruguay
4 from Asia	Qatar	Myanmar	North Korea	Uzbekistan
2 from Oceania	New Zealand	Fiji

Preliminary round

The groups were drawn on February 10, 2015 in Auckland and resulted in the following groups: The preliminary round will be held in six groups of four teams each. The six group winners and runners-up as well as the four best thirds in the group qualify for the round of 16.

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Ukraine	3	2	1	0	009-000	+9	07th
2.	United States	3	2	0	1	006: 400	+2	06th
3.	New Zealand	3	1	1	1	005: 500	± 0	04th
4th	Myanmar	3	0	0	3	002:130	−11	00

Sat May 30, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. (3:00 p.m. CEST ) in Auckland
New Zealand	-	Ukraine	0-0
Sat May 30, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. (6:00 a.m. CEST) in Whangarei
United States	-	Myanmar	2: 1 (1: 1)
Tue., June 2, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. (3:00 a.m. CEST) in Whangarei
Myanmar	-	Ukraine	0: 6 (0: 0)
Tue., June 2, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. (9:00 a.m. CEST) in Auckland
New Zealand	-	United States	0: 4 (0: 2)
Fri. June 5, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. (9:00 a.m. CEST) in Wellington
Myanmar	-	New Zealand	1: 5 (1: 1)
Fri. June 5, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. (9:00 a.m. CEST) in Auckland
Ukraine	-	United States	3: 0 (0: 0)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Ghana	3	2	1	0	005: 300	+2	07th
2.	Austria	3	1	2	0	003: 200	+1	05
3.	Argentina	3	0	2	1	004: 500	−1	02
4th	Panama	3	0	1	2	003: 500	−2	01

Sat May 30, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. (6:00 a.m. CEST) in Wellington
Argentina	-	Panama	2: 2 (1: 1)
Sat May 30, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. (9:00 a.m. CEST) in Wellington
Ghana	-	Austria	1: 1 (0: 0)
Tue June 2, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. (3:00 a.m. CEST) in Wellington
Austria	-	Panama	2: 1 (1: 1)
Tue June 2, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. (9:00 a.m. CEST) in Wellington
Argentina	-	Ghana	2: 3 (0: 1)
Fri. June 5, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. (6:00 a.m. CEST) in Wellington
Austria	-	Argentina	0-0
Fri. June 5, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. (6:00 a.m. CEST) in Auckland
Panama	-	Ghana	0: 1 (0: 0)

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Portugal	3	3	0	0	010: 100	+9	09
2.	Colombia	3	1	1	1	003: 400	−1	04th
3.	Senegal	3	1	1	1	003: 500	−2	04th
4th	Qatar	3	0	0	3	001: 700	−6	00

Sun., May 31, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. (3:00 a.m. CEST) in Hamilton
Qatar	-	Colombia	0: 1 (0: 1)
Sun., May 31, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. (6:00 a.m. CEST) in Hamilton
Portugal	-	Senegal	3: 0 (1: 0)
Wed., June 3, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. (6:00 a.m. CEST) in Hamilton
Qatar	-	Portugal	0: 4 (0: 2)
Wed., June 3, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. (9:00 a.m. CEST) in Hamilton
Senegal	-	Colombia	1: 1 (1: 1)
Sat June 6, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. (3:00 a.m. CEST) in Hamilton
Senegal	-	Qatar	2: 1 (0: 1)
Sat June 6, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. (3:00 p.m. CEST) in Dunedin
Colombia	-	Portugal	1: 3 (0: 1)

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Serbia	3	2	0	1	004: 100	+3	06th
2.	Uruguay	3	1	1	1	003: 300	± 0	04th
3.	Mali	3	1	1	1	003: 300	± 0	04th
4th	Mexico	3	1	0	2	002: 500	−3	03
Note: Uruguay second and Mali third by drawing lots.

Sun May 31, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. (3:00 a.m. CEST) in Dunedin
Mexico	-	Mali	0: 2 (0: 0)
Sun May 31, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. (6:00 a.m. CEST) in Dunedin
Uruguay	-	Serbia	1: 0 (0: 0)
Wed. June 3, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. (6:00 a.m. CEST) in Dunedin
Mexico	-	Uruguay	2: 1 (0: 0)
Wed June 3, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. (9:00 a.m. CEST) in Dunedin
Serbia	-	Mali	2: 0 (1: 0)
Sat June 6, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. (6:00 a.m. CEST) in Dunedin
Serbia	-	Mexico	2: 0 (2: 0)
Sat June 6, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. (6:00 a.m. CEST) in Hamilton
Mali	-	Uruguay	1: 1 (1: 1)

Group E

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Brazil	3	3	0	0	009: 300	+6	09
2.	Nigeria	3	2	0	1	008: 400	+4	06th
3.	Hungary	3	1	0	2	006: 500	+1	03
4th	North Korea	3	0	0	3	001:120	−11	00

Mon June 1, 2015 at 1:00 PM (3:00 PM CEST) in New Plymouth
Nigeria	-	Brazil	2: 4 (2: 2)
Mon June 1, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. (6:00 a.m. CEST) in New Plymouth
North Korea	-	Hungary	1: 5 (1: 2)
Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. (6:00 a.m. CEST) in New Plymouth
Nigeria	-	North Korea	4: 0 (0: 0)
Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. (9:00 a.m. CEST) in New Plymouth
Hungary	-	Brazil	1: 2 (1: 0)
Sun June 7, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. (7:00 a.m. CEST) in New Plymouth
Hungary	-	Nigeria	0: 2 (0: 1)
Sun. June 7, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. (7:00 a.m. CEST) in Christchurch
Brazil	-	North Korea	3: 0 (0: 0)

Group F.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Germany	3	3	0	0	016: 200	+14	09
2.	Uzbekistan	3	1	0	2	006: 700	−1	03
3.	Honduras	3	1	0	2	005:110	−6	03
4th	Fiji	3	1	0	2	004:110	−7	03

Mon June 1, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. (3:00 a.m. CEST) in Christchurch
Germany	-	Fiji	8: 1 (6: 0)
Mon, June 1, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. (6:00 a.m. CEST) in Christchurch
Uzbekistan	-	Honduras	3: 4 (1: 2)
Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. (6:00 a.m. CEST) in Christchurch
Honduras	-	Fiji	0: 3 (0: 3)
Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. (9:00 a.m. CEST) in Christchurch
Germany	-	Uzbekistan	3: 0 (1: 0)
Sun. June 7, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. (4:00 a.m. CEST) in Christchurch
Honduras	-	Germany	1: 5 (1: 2)
Sun., June 7, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. (4:00 a.m. CEST) in Whangarei
Fiji	-	Uzbekistan	0: 3 (0: 0)

Ranking of third party groups

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	New Zealand (A)	3	1	1	1	005: 500	± 0	04th
2.	Mali (D)	3	1	1	1	003: 300	± 0	04th
3.	Senegal (C)	3	1	1	1	003: 500	−2	04th
4th	Hungary (E)	3	1	0	2	006: 500	+1	03
5.	Honduras (F)	3	1	0	2	005:110	−6	03
6th	Argentina (B)	3	0	2	1	004: 500	−1	02

Final round

game schedule

	Round of 16				Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Brazil	0 (5) 2
	Uruguay	0 (4)0
					Brazil	0 (3) 2
					Portugal	0 (1)0
	Portugal	2
	New Zealand	1
									Brazil	5
									Senegal	0
	Austria	0
	Uzbekistan	2
					Uzbekistan	0
					Senegal	1
	Ukraine	1 (2)0
	Senegal	1 (4) 2
													Brazil	1
													Serbia	2
	United States	1
	Colombia	0
					United States	0 (5)0
					Serbia	0 (6) 2
	Serbia	2 1
	Hungary	1
									Serbia	2 1
									Mali	1			3rd place match
	Ghana	0
	Mali	3
					Mali	1 (5) 2							Mali	3
					Germany	1 (4)0							Senegal	1
	Germany	1
	Nigeria	0

¹ win after extra time
² win on penalties

Round of 16

Wed. June 10, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. (6:00 a.m. CEST) in Wellington
Ghana	-	Mali '	0: 3 (0: 1)
Wed June 10, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. (6:00 a.m. CEST) in Dunedin
Serbia	-	Hungary	2: 1 a.d. (1: 1, 0: 0)
Wed. June 10, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. (9:30 a.m. CEST) in Wellington
United States	-	Colombia	1: 0 (0: 0)
Wed. June 10, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. (9:30 a.m. CEST) in Auckland
Ukraine	-	Senegal	1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 0), 1: 3 i. E.
Thursday, June 11, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. (6:00 a.m. CEST) in Whangarei
Austria	-	Uzbekistan	0: 2 (0: 0)
Thursday, June 11, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. (9:30 a.m. CEST) in Christchurch
Germany	-	Nigeria	1: 0 (1: 0)
Thursday, June 11, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. (9:30 a.m. CEST) in Hamilton
Portugal	-	New Zealand	2: 1 (1: 0)
Thursday, June 11, 2015 at 7:30 PM (9:30 AM CEST) in New Plymouth
Brazil	-	Uruguay	0: 0 a.d., 5: 4 in E.

Quarter finals

Sun., June 14, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. (3:00 a.m. CEST) in Hamilton
Brazil	-	Portugal	0: 0 n.V., 3: 1 i. E.
Sun June 14, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. (3:00 a.m. CEST) in Christchurch
Mali	-	Germany	1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 1), 4: 3 i. E.
Sun. June 14, 2015 at 4:30 p.m. (6:30 a.m. CEST) in Auckland
United States	-	Serbia	0: 0 a. E.
Sun. June 14, 2015 at 4:30 p.m. (6:30 a.m. CEST) in Wellington
Uzbekistan	-	Senegal	0: 1 (0: 0)

Semifinals

Wed. June 17, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. (9:30 a.m. CEST) in Christchurch
Mali	-	Serbia	1: 2 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 1)
Wed. June 17, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. (6:00 a.m. CEST) in Auckland
Senegal	-	Brazil	0: 5 (0: 4)

3rd place match

Sat, June 20, 2015 at 1:30 p.m. (3:30 p.m. CEST) in Auckland
Mali	-	Senegal	3: 1 (0: 0)

final

Sat, June 20, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. (7:00 a.m. CEST) in Auckland
Serbia	-	Brazil	2: 1 a.d. (1: 1, 0: 0)

Best goal scorers

space	player	Gates
1	Viktor Kovalenko	5
	Bence Mervó	5
3	Marc Stendera	4th
	Adama Traoré	4th
	André Silva	4th
	Hany Mukhtar	4th
7th	Dostonbek Hamdamov	3
	Niklas Stark	3

referee

Association	referee	Games	Games (4th opening)					Assistant 1	Assistant 2
AFC	Fahad Al-Mirdasi **	3		10	1	0		Abdullah Al-Shalawi	Abu Bakar Al-Amri
	Kim Jong-hyeok	2	1	1	1	0		Yoon Kwang-yeol	Yang Byoung-eun
	Ryūji Satō	2	1	3	0	0		Akane Yagi	Hiroshi Yamauchi
CAF	Bernard Camille	2	2	6th	0	0		Zakhele Siwela	Marius Tan
	Gehad Grisha	2	1	5	1	1		Waleed Ahmed	Berhe Tesfagiorghis
	Eric Otogo-Castane	2		9	0	0		Elvis Noupue	Yahaya Mahamadou
CONCACAF	César Arturo Ramos	3		9	0	0		Alberto Morin	Miguel Hernández
	Henry Bejarano	2	2	4th	0	0		Octavio Jara	Carlos Fernández
	John Pitti	3	1	7th	0	0		Juan Baines	Gabriel Victoria
CONMEBOL	Daniel Fedorczuk	2	1	8th	1	0		Nicolas Taran	Richard Trinidad
	Ricardo Marques	3	1	10	0	1		Glue Gil	Bruno Boschilia
	Mauro Vigliano *	2	1	3	0	0		Ezequiel Brailowsky	Ivan Nuñez
	Roddy Zambrano	2	2	4th	0	0		Luis Vera	Juan Carlos Macias
OFC	Matthew Conger	2	2	9	0	0		Tevita Makasini	Simon Lount
UEFA	Ivan Bebek	2		12	1	0		Tomislav Petrovic	Miro Grgić
	Artur Dias	3	1	8th	0	0		Rui Barbosa	Alvaro Carvalho Mesquita
	Ovidiu Hațegan	2	1	9	1	0		Octavian Șovre	Sebastian Gheorghe
	Antonio Mateu Lahoz	2	1	10	1	0		Pau Cebrián Devis	Roberto Diaz Perez
	Daniele Orsato	2	1	6th	0	0		Mauro Tonolini	Lorenzo Manganelli
	Istvan Vad	2	1	6th	0	0		István Albert	Péter Berettyán
	Felix Zwayer	3		14th	2	1		Thorsten Schiffner	Marco Achmüller

* Directed the opening game.
** Directed the finals.

particularities

• With 16 goals, Germany surpassed the preliminary round goal record of Brazil (15) from 1997 and its own record (14) from 1987.
• Fiji scored their first goal in a FIFA competition in their game against Germany and their first ever victory in a FIFA tournament by beating Honduras 3-0.
• Brazil's game against Uruguay was the Brazilians' 100th U-20 World Cup game.
• For the first time, two African teams are playing for third place in a FIFA tournament.

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

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2. ↑ ^{a b} FIFA U-20 World Cup New Zealand 2015 Host Cities unveiled. In: fifa.com. FIFA, August 15, 2013, accessed June 7, 2014 . 
3. ^ Giovanni de Paola & Berend Scholten: Iceland spring surprise on France. In: uefa.com. UEFA , October 15, 2013, accessed June 7, 2014 . 
4. ↑ Remarkable interest in hosting FIFA competitions. In: fifa.com. FIFA, January 17, 2011, accessed June 7, 2014 . 
5. ^ New Zealand to host the 2015 U-20 World Cup. In: stuff.co.nz. Fairfax New Zealand Limited, March 3, 2011, accessed June 7, 2014 . 
6. ↑ Solvable tasks for Germany and Austria. In: fifa.com. FIFA, February 10, 2015, accessed February 10, 2015 . 
7. ^ A draw between Mali and Uruguay. In: fifa.com. FIFA, June 6, 2015, accessed June 6, 2015 . 
8. ↑ Final placements in group D defined. In: fifa.com. FIFA, June 6, 2015, accessed June 6, 2015 . 
9. ↑ Germany with a new record - Fiji misses the miracle. In: fifa.com. FIFA, June 7, 2015, accessed June 7, 2015 . 
10. ↑ Victory against Honduras: Fiji creates a sensation. In: fifa.com. FIFA, June 4, 2015, accessed June 7, 2015 . 
11. ↑ "Seleçao" safe from the point and in the quarterfinals. In: fifa.com. FIFA, June 11, 2015, accessed June 11, 2015 .