2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup

2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup

FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009 كأس العالم للشباب تحت 20 سنة 2009
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Tournament details
Host country	Egypt
Dates	24 September - 16 October
Teams	24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	7 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Ghana (1st title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	Hungary
Fourth place	Costa Rica
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Goals scored	167 (3.21 per match)
Attendance	1,292,720 (24,860 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Dominic Adiyiah (8 goals)
Best player	Dominic Adiyiah

The 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 17th U-20 tournament, which was hosted by Egypt from 24 September to 16 October, in the cities of Cairo, Alexandria, Port Said, Suez and Ismaïlia.^[1] The tournament was initially going to take place between 10–31 July,^[2] however the 2009 Confederations Cup was played mid year resulting in both the Under 20 World Cup and the Under 17 World Cup being played towards the end of the year. The cup was won by Ghana after they defeated Brazil on penalties in the final, becoming the first African team to have won the tournament.^[3]

Player eligibility

Only players born on or after 1 January 1989 were eligible to compete in the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Venues

Cairo			Cairo			Alexandria			Alexandria
Cairo International Stadium Capacity: 75,000			Al-Salam Stadium Capacity: 30,000			Egyptian Army Stadium Capacity: 86,000			Harras El-Hedoud Stadium Capacity: 22,000
30°04′08.8″N 31°18′44.4″E / 30.069111°N 31.312333°E			30°10′28.2″N 31°26′06.0″E / 30.174500°N 31.435000°E			30°59′57.7″N 29°43′46.0″E / 30.999361°N 29.729444°E			31°09′03.4″N 29°50′54.4″E / 31.150944°N 29.848444°E
Cairo Alexandria Suez Port Said Ismaïlia
Suez				Port Said				Ismaïlia
Mubarak International Stadium Capacity: 45,000				Port Said Stadium Capacity: 17,988				Ismailia Stadium Capacity: 18,525
29°57′44.8″N 32°34′06.5″E / 29.962444°N 32.568472°E				31°16′16.8″N 32°17′29.1″E / 31.271333°N 32.291417°E				30°36′03.7″N 32°16′25.5″E / 30.601028°N 32.273750°E

Qualification

Twenty-three teams qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup. As the host team, Egypt received automatic entry to the cup, bringing the total number of teams to twenty-four for the tournament.

Confederation	Qualifying tournament	Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)	AFC U-19 Championship 2008	Australia  South Korea  United Arab Emirates  Uzbekistan
CAF (Africa)	2009 African Youth Championship	Cameroon  Ghana  Nigeria  South Africa
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)	2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship	Costa Rica  Honduras  Trinidad and Tobago  United States
CONMEBOL (South America)	2009 South American Youth Championship	Brazil  Paraguay  Uruguay  Venezuela^1
OFC (Oceania)	2008 OFC U-20 Championship	Tahiti^1
UEFA (Europe)	2008 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship	Czech Republic  England  Germany  Hungary  Italy  Spain
Host nation		Egypt

1.^ Teams that made their debut.

Match officials

Confederation	Referee	Assistants
AFC	Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)	Toru Sagara (Japan) Jeong Hae-Sang (South Korea)
	Subkhiddin Salleh (Malaysia)	Mu Yuxin (China) Thanom Borikut (Thailand)
CAF	Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)	Nasser Abdel Nabi (Egypt) Angesom Ogbamariam (Eritrea)
	Coffi Codjia (Benin)	Alexis Fassinau (Benin) Desire Gahungu (Burundi)
	Koman Coulibaly (Mali)	Ayuba Haruna (Ghana) Redouane Achik (Morocco)
	Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)	Bechir Hassani (Tunisia) Evarist Menkouande (Cameroon)
CONCACAF	Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)	William Torres (El Salvador) Juan Zumba (El Salvador)
	Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)	José Luis Camargo (Mexico) Alberto Morín (Mexico)
CONMEBOL	Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)	Ricardo Casas (Argentina) Hernán Maidana (Argentina)
	Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)	Abraham González (Colombia) Humberto Clavijo (Colombia)
	Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)	Pablo Fandiño (Uruguay) Mauricio Espinosa (Uruguay)
OFC	Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)	Brent Best (New Zealand) Matthew Taro (Solomon Islands)
UEFA	Thomas Einwaller (Austria)	Roland Heim (Austria) Norbert Schwab (Austria)
	Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)	Peter Hermans (Belgium) Walter Vromans (Belgium)
	Ivan Bebek (Croatia)	Tomislav Petrović (Croatia) Tomislav Setka (Croatia)
	Roberto Rosetti (Italy)	Paolo Calcagno (Italy) Stefano Ayroldi (Italy)
	Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)	José Cardinal (Portugal) Bertino Miranda (Portugal)
	Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)	Fermín Martínez Ibánez (Spain) Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez (Spain)

Squads

Allocation of teams to groups

Teams were allocated to groups on the basis of geographical spread. Teams were placed in four pots, and one team was drawn from each pot for each group. Pot 1 contained the five African teams plus one from CONMEBOL; Pot 2 contained the remaining teams from the Americas excluding one CONCACAF team; Pot 3 consisted of teams from Asia and Oceania plus the remaining CONCACAF team; Pot 4 consisted of teams from the European confederation.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Egypt (seeded)  Ghana  Cameroon  Nigeria  South Africa  Brazil (seeded)	Paraguay  Uruguay  Venezuela  Costa Rica  United States  Honduras	United Arab Emirates  South Korea  Uzbekistan  Australia  Trinidad and Tobago  Tahiti	Germany (seeded)  Italy  Czech Republic  Hungary  Spain  England

Group stage

The draw for the group stages was held on 5 April 2009 at Luxor Temple.^[4][5] Each group winner and runner-up teams, as well as the best four third-placed teams, qualified for the first round of the knockout stage (round of 16).

Key to colours in group tables
	Group winners, runners-up, and best four third-placed teams advance to the Round of 16

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Egypt	3	2	0	1	9	5	+4	6
Paraguay	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
Italy	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

Egypt  v  Trinidad and Tobago

24 September 2009 20:00 UTC+2

Egypt	4 – 1	Trinidad and Tobago
Afroto  30' Arafat  51', 90+3' Talaat  59'	Report	Rochford  36'

Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria Attendance: 74,000 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

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Paraguay  v  Italy

25 September 2009 16:00 UTC+2

Paraguay	0 – 0	Italy
	Report

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 4,628 Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)

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Italy  v  Trinidad and Tobago

28 September 2009 18:45 UTC+2

Italy	2 – 1	Trinidad and Tobago
Albertazzi  39' Raggio Garibaldi  78'	Report	Clarence  67'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 57,164 Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)

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Egypt  v  Paraguay

28 September 2009 21:30 UTC+2

Egypt	1 – 2	Paraguay
Afroto  38'	Report	Santander  27' Paniagua  90+4'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 57,164 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

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Trinidad and Tobago  v  Paraguay

1 October 2009 21:30 UTC+2

Trinidad and Tobago	0 – 0	Paraguay
	Report

Al-Salam Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 7,220 Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)

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Italy  v  Egypt

1 October 2009 21:30 UTC+2

Italy	2 – 4	Egypt
Eusepi  29' Albertazzi  53'	Report	Shoukry  23', 45+1' Bogy  70', 80'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 63,674 Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	0	13	0	+13	9
Venezuela	3	2	0	1	9	3	+6	6
Nigeria	3	1	0	2	5	3	+2	3
Tahiti	3	0	0	3	0	21	−21	0

Nigeria  v  Venezuela

25 September 2009 18:45 UTC+2

Nigeria	0 – 1	Venezuela
	Report	Del Valle  45'

Al-Salam Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 10,540 Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

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Spain  v  Tahiti

25 September 2009 21:30 UTC+2

Spain	8 – 0	Tahiti
Aarón  11', 15' Nsue  17', 32' Mérida  74' Kike  79', 86' Herrera  89'	Report

Al-Salam Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 10,540 Referee: Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)

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Nigeria  v  Spain

28 September 2009 16:00 UTC+2

Nigeria	0 – 2	Spain
	Report	Mérida  33', 83' (pen.)

Al-Salam Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 7,955 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

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Tahiti  v  Venezuela

28 September 2009 18:45 UTC+2

Tahiti	0 – 8	Venezuela
	Report	Rondón  4', 27' (pen.), 90+2' Velázquez  19' Rojas  72' Del Valle  78', 88', 90+1'

Al-Salam Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 7,955 Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)

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Venezuela  v  Spain

1 October 2009 18:45 UTC+2

Venezuela	0 – 3	Spain
	Report	Parejo  12' Aarón  26' (pen.) Herrera  77'

Al-Salam Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 7,220 Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

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Tahiti  v  Nigeria

1 October 2009 18:45 UTC+2

Tahiti	0 – 5	Nigeria
	Report	Obiorah  15' Edet  24' Fatai  34' Orelesi  45+1' Adejo  90'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 63,674 Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7
South Korea	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
United States	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3	3
Cameroon	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	3

United States  v  Germany

26 September 2009 16:00 UTC+2

United States	0 – 3	Germany
	Report	Aydilek  30' (pen.) Jungwirth  32' Schäffler  72'

Mubarak Stadium, Suez Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

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Cameroon  v  South Korea

26 September 2009 18:45 UTC+2

Cameroon	2 – 0	South Korea
Effa  19' Tiko  64'	Report

Mubarak Stadium, Suez Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)

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South Korea  v  Germany

29 September 2009 16:00 UTC+2

South Korea	1 – 1	Germany
Kim Min-Woo  71'	Report	Sukuta-Pasu  32'

Mubarak Stadium, Suez Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

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United States  v  Cameroon

29 September 2009 18:45 UTC+2

United States	4 – 1	Cameroon
Arguez  45+1' Taylor  47' Duka  66' Ownby  90+1'	Report	Yaya  75' (pen.)

Mubarak Stadium, Suez Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

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Germany  v  Cameroon

2 October 2009 18:45 UTC+2

Germany	3 – 0	Cameroon
Sukuta-Pasu  41' Aydilek  58' Holtby  70'	Report

Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

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South Korea  v  United States

2 October 2009 18:45 UTC+2

South Korea	3 – 0	United States
Kim Young-Gwon  23' Kim Bo-Kyung  42' Koo Ja-Cheol  75' (pen.)	Report

Mubarak Stadium, Suez Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ghana	3	2	1	0	8	3	+5	7
Uruguay	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
Uzbekistan	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1
England	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1

Ghana  v  Uzbekistan

26 September 2009 18:45 UTC+2

Ghana	2 – 1	Uzbekistan
Osei  60' Adiyiah  75'	Report	Karimov  47'

Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

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England  v  Uruguay

26 September 2009 21:30 UTC+2

England	0 – 1	Uruguay
	Report	Viudez  84'

Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Olegario Benquerenca (Portugal)

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Uruguay  v  Uzbekistan

29 September 2009 18:45 UTC+2

Uruguay	3 – 0	Uzbekistan
Lodeiro  28' Urretavizcaya  62' García  83'	Report

Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

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Ghana  v  England

29 September 2009 21:30 UTC+2

Ghana	4 – 0	England
Adiyiah  38', 88' Ayew  57' Osei  82'	Report

Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

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Uruguay  v  Ghana

2 October 2009 21:30 UTC+2

Uruguay	2 – 2	Ghana
Lodeiro  74' Hernández  90+1'	Report	Rabiu  54' Osei  70'

Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

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Uzbekistan  v  England

2 October 2009 21:30 UTC+2

Uzbekistan	1 – 1	England
Nagaev  77'	Report	Nimely-Tchuimeni  88'

Mubarak Stadium, Suez Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	2	1	0	8	1	+7	7
Czech Republic	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7
Costa Rica	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	3
Australia	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0

Brazil  v  Costa Rica

27 September 2009 16:00 UTC+2

Brazil	5 – 0	Costa Rica
Alan Kardec  24', 44' Giuliano  35' Teixeira  75' Boquita  89'	Report

Port Said Stadium, Port Said Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria)

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Czech Republic  v  Australia

27 September 2009 18:45 UTC+2

Czech Republic	2 – 1	Australia
Rabušic  50' Pekhart  89' (pen.)	Report	Holland  90 +4' (pen.)

Port Said Stadium, Port Said Attendance: 15,634 Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)

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Australia  v  Costa Rica

30 September 2009 16:00 UTC+2

Australia	0 – 3	Costa Rica
	Report	Madrigal  35' DeVere  82' (o.g.) Guzmán  90+3'

Port Said Stadium, Port Said Attendance: 17,200 Referee: Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)

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Brazil  v  Czech Republic

30 September 2009 18:45 UTC+2

Brazil	0 – 0	Czech Republic
	Report

Port Said Stadium, Port Said Attendance: 17,200 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

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Costa Rica  v  Czech Republic

3 October 2009 21:30 UTC+2

Costa Rica	2 – 3	Czech Republic
Estrada  49' (pen.) J. Martínez  61'	Report	Chramosta  11', 86' Vošahlík  77'

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Olegario Benquerenca (Portugal)

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Australia  v  Brazil

3 October 2009 21:30 UTC+2

Australia	1 – 3	Brazil
Mooy  14'	Report	Ciro  34' Costa  62' Paulo Henrique  81'

Port Said Stadium, Port Said Attendance: 16,200 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hungary	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
United Arab Emirates	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
South Africa	3	1	1	1	4	6	−2	4
Honduras	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3

United Arab Emirates  v  South Africa

27 September 2009 18:45 UTC+2

United Arab Emirates	2 – 2	South Africa
Al Kamali  90+1' (pen.) Awana  90+3'	Report	Erasmus  54', 72'

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

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Honduras  v  Hungary

27 September 2009 21:30 UTC+2

Honduras	3 – 0	Hungary
M. Martínez  35', 70' Peralta  84'	Report

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)

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Hungary  v  South Africa

30 September 2009 18:45 UTC+2

Hungary	4 – 0	South Africa
Korcsmár  49' Koman  55' (pen.) Debreceni  71' Présinger  90'	Report

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)

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United Arab Emirates  v  Honduras

30 September 2009 21:30 UTC+2

United Arab Emirates	1 – 0	Honduras
Khalil  41'	Report

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Olegario Benquerenca (Portugal)

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Hungary  v  United Arab Emirates

3 October 2009 18:45 UTC+2

Hungary	2 – 0	United Arab Emirates
Németh  19' Koman  23'	Report

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)

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South Africa  v  Honduras

3 October 2009 18:45 UTC+2

South Africa	2 – 0	Honduras
Jali  31' Khumalo  46'	Report

Port Said Stadium, Port Said Attendance: 16,200 Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

Ranking of third-placed teams

Group	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
A	Italy	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
F	South Africa	3	1	1	1	4	6	−2	4
B	Nigeria	3	1	0	2	5	3	+2	3
E	Costa Rica	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	3
C	United States	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3	3
D	Uzbekistan	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

5 October 2009 — Cairo

Paraguay

0

9 October 2009 — Suez

South Korea

3

South Korea

2

6 October 2009 — Ismailia

Ghana

3

Ghana

2

13 October 2009 — Cairo

South Africa

1

Ghana

3

5 October 2009 — Cairo

Hungary

2

Spain

1

9 October 2009 — Suez

Italy

3

Italy

2

6 October 2009 — Alexandria

Hungary

3

Hungary

2 (4)

16 October 2009 — Cairo

Czech Republic

2 (3)

Ghana

0 (4)

7 October 2009 — Port Said

Brazil

0 (3)

Brazil

3

10 October 2009 — Cairo

Uruguay

1

Brazil

2

7 October 2009 — Suez

Germany

1

Germany

3

13 October 2009 — Cairo

Nigeria

2

Brazil

1

7 October 2009 — Suez

Costa Rica

0

Third Place

Venezuela

1

10 October 2009 — Cairo

16 October 2009 — Cairo

United Arab Emirates

2

United Arab Emirates

1

Hungary

1 (2)

6 October 2009 — Cairo

Costa Rica

2

Costa Rica

1 (0)

Egypt

0

Costa Rica

2

Round of 16

Spain  v  Italy

5 October 2009 16:30

Spain	1 – 3	Italy
Aarón  66' (pen.)	Report	Mustacchio  55', 87' Mazzarani  61'

Al-Salam Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 6,150 Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)

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Paraguay  v  South Korea

5 October 2009 20:00

Paraguay	0 – 3	South Korea
	Report	Kim Bo-Kyung  55' Kim Min-Woo  60', 70'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 10,720 Referee: Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)

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Ghana  v  South Africa

6 October 2009 16:30

Ghana	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	South Africa
Ayew  66' Adiyiah  99'	Report	Erasmus  58'

Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)

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Egypt  v  Costa Rica

6 October 2009 20:00

Egypt	0 – 2	Costa Rica
	Report	Mena  21' Ureña  88'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 81,860 Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria)

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Hungary  v  Czech Republic

6 October 2009 20:00

Hungary	2 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Czech Republic
Kiss  15' Koman  99'	Report	Vošahlík  26' Rabušic  92'
	Penalties
Présinger Koman Szabó Gosztonyi Németh Balajti	4 – 3	Mareček Rabušic Čelůstka Vošahlík Morávek Řezník

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)

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Brazil  v  Uruguay

7 October 2009 16:30

Brazil	3 – 1	Uruguay
Alan Kardec  22' Teixeira  24', 31'	Report	Urretavizcaya  36'

Port Said Stadium, Port Said Attendance: 11,200 Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)

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Venezuela  v  United Arab Emirates

7 October 2009 16:30

Venezuela	1 – 2	United Arab Emirates
Rondón  12'	Report	Ahmed  22' Khalil  83'

Mubarak International Stadium, Suez Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)

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Germany  v  Nigeria

7 October 2009 20:00

Germany	3 – 2	Nigeria
Kopplin  52', 90+3' Vrančić  75'	Report	Uchechi  51' Ibrahim  68'

Mubarak International Stadium, Suez Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

Quarter-finals

South Korea  v  Ghana

9 October 2009 16:30

South Korea	2 – 3	Ghana
Park Hee-Seong  31' Kim Dong-Sub  82'	Report	Adiyiah  8', 78' Osei  28'

Mubarak International Stadium, Suez Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

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Italy  v  Hungary

9 October 2009 20:00

Italy	2 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Hungary
Mazzotta  82' Bonaventura  113'	Report	Koman  2' (pen.) Németh  112', 117'

Mubarak International Stadium, Suez Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

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Brazil  v  Germany

10 October 2009 16:30

Brazil	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Germany
Maicon  88', 91'	Report	Holtby  73'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 32,935 Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

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United Arab Emirates  v  Costa Rica

10 October 2009 20:00

United Arab Emirates	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Costa Rica
Ali  33'	Report	J. Martínez  37' Ureña  120+2'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 32,935 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Semi-finals

Ghana  v  Hungary

13 October 2009 16:30

Ghana	3 – 2	Hungary
Adiyiah  10', 31' Quansah  81'	Report	Futács  73' Balajti  84'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 39,812 Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

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Brazil  v  Costa Rica

13 October 2009 20:00

Brazil	1 – 0	Costa Rica
Alan Kardec  67'	Report

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 39,812 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

Third place match

Hungary  v  Costa Rica

16 October 2009 17:00

Hungary	1 – 1	Costa Rica
Koman  90+1' (pen.)	Report	Ureña  81'
	Penalties
Németh Koman Varga	2 – 0	Estrada Gamboa Luna Hernández

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 67,814 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

Final

Ghana  v  Brazil

16 October 2009 20:00

Ghana	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Brazil
	Report
	Penalties
Ayew Inkoom Mensah Addae Adiyiah Agyemang-Badu	4 – 3	Alan Kardec Giuliano Costa Souza Maicon Teixeira

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 67,814 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

Ghana

Brazil

GHANA: GK 1 Daniel Adjei DF 2 Samuel Inkoom DF 4 Jonathan Mensah DF 5 Daniel Ashley Addo  37' DF 6 David Addy MF 7 Abeiku Quansah  107' MF 8 Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu MF 10 André Ayew (c) MF 13 Mohammed Rabiu  101' FW 18 Ransford Osei  65' FW 20 Dominic Adiyiah Substitutions: DF 12 Ghandi Kassenu  65' DF 19 Bright Addae  101' MF 9 Opoku Agyemang  107' Manager: Sellas Tetteh

BRAZIL: GK 1 Rafael DF 2 Douglas  30'  41' DF 3 Dalton DF 4 Rafael Tolói DF 5 Renan  75' DF 6 Diogo MF 7 Alex Teixeira  27' MF 10 Giuliano (c) MF 11 Ganso  64' MF 17 Souza  111' FW 9 Alan Kardec Substitutions: DF 15 Wellington Júnior  41' MF 13 Douglas Costa  64' FW 19 Maicon  75' Manager: Rogério

Man of the Match: Assistant referees: Peter Hermans (Belgium) Walter Vromans (Belgium) Fourth official: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain) Fifth official: Fermín Martínez (Spain)

Winner

2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup winners
Ghana First title

2nd place	3rd place	4th place
Brazil	Hungary	Costa Rica

Awards

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Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball
Dominic Adiyiah	Alex Teixeira	Giuliano
Golden Shoe	Silver Shoe	Bronze Shoe
Dominic Adiyiah	Vladimir Koman	Aarón
8 goals	5 goals	4 goals
Golden Glove
Esteban Alvarado
FIFA Fair Play Award
Brazil

Goalscorers

8 goals

• Dominic Adiyiah

5 goals

• Vladimir Koman

4 goals

Alan Kardec Ransford Osei

Aarón Yonathan del Valle

Salomón Rondón

3 goals

Alex Teixeira Marco Ureña Porras

Krisztián Németh Kermit Erasmus

Kim Min-Woo Fran Mérida

2 goals

Maicon Josué Martínez Jan Chramosta Michael Rabušic Jan Vošahlík Afroto Hossam Arafat Bogy

Ahmed Shoukry Semih Aydilek Lewis Holtby Björn Kopplin Richard Sukuta-Pasu André Ayew Mario Martínez Michelangelo Albertazzi

Mattia Mustacchio Kim Bo-Kyung Ander Herrera Kike Emilio Nsue Ahmed Khalil Nicolás Lodeiro Jonathan Urretavizcaya

1 goal

James Holland Aaron Mooy Boquita Ciro Douglas Costa Giuliano Paulo Henrique Andre Akono Effa Germain Tiko Banana Yaya Diego Estrada David Guzmán Diego Madrigal José Mena Tomáš Pekhart Mohamed Talaat Alex Nimely-Tchuimeni Florian Jungwirth Manuel Schäffler Mario Vrančić Abeiku Quansah Mohammed Rabiu Arnold Peralta

Ádám Balajti András Debreceni Márkó Futács Máté Kiss Zsolt Korcsmár Ádám Présinger Giacomo Bonaventura Umberto Eusepi Andrea Mazzarani Antonio Mazzotta Silvano Raggio Garibaldi Daniel Adejo Ibok Edet Kehinde Fatai Rabiu Ibrahim Nwankwo Obiorah Nurudeen Orelesi Danny Uchechi Aldo Paniagua Federico Santander Andile Jali Sibusiso Khumalo

Kim Dong-Sub Kim Young-Gwon Koo Ja-Cheol Park Hee-Seong Dani Parejo Juma Clarence Jean Luc Rochford Mohamed Ahmed Ahmed Ali Hamdan Al Kamali Theyab Awana Bryan Arguez Dilly Duka Brian Ownby Tony Taylor Santiago García Abel Hernández Tabaré Viudez Sherzod Karimov Ivan Nagaev Óscar Rojas José Manuel Velázquez

1 own goal

• Luke DeVere (playing against Costa Rica)

Final ranking

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ghana	7	5	2	0	16	8	+8	17
2	Brazil	7	5	2	0	14	3	+11	17
3	Hungary	7	3	2	2	14	11	+3	11
4	Costa Rica	7	3	1	3	10	11	–1	10
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5	Germany	5	3	1	1	11	5	+6	10
6	South Korea	5	2	1	2	9	6	+3	7
7	Italy	5	2	1	2	9	9	0	7
8	United Arab Emirates	5	2	1	2	6	7	–1	7
Eliminated in the Round of 16
9	Spain	4	3	0	1	14	3	+11	9
10	Czech Republic	4	2	2	0	7	5	+2	8
11	Uruguay	4	2	1	1	7	5	+2	7
12	Venezuela	4	2	0	2	10	5	+5	6
13	Egypt	4	2	0	2	9	7	+2	6
14	Paraguay	4	1	2	1	2	4	–2	5
15	South Africa	4	1	1	2	5	8	–3	4
16	Nigeria	4	1	0	3	7	6	+1	3
Eliminated at the group stage
17	Honduras	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3
18	United States	3	1	0	2	4	7	–3	3
19	Cameroon	3	1	0	2	3	7	–4	3
20	Uzbekistan	3	0	1	2	2	6	–4	1
20	Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	1	2	2	6	–4	1
22	England	3	0	1	2	1	6	–5	1
23	Australia	3	0	0	3	2	8	–6	0
24	Tahiti	3	0	0	3	0	21	–21	0

References

1. "Egypt to host 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup". Retrieved 25 March 2007.
2. "FIFA looks forward to Egypt and Nigeria 2009". Retrieved 16 April 2007.
3. "Ghana U-20 champions after dramatic shoot-out". CNN.com. 16 October 2009. Archived from the original on 20 October 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
4. 24 in the Draw - FIFA.com
5. Crunch clashes in Egypt FIFA
6. "2009 Fifa U-20 World Cup awards". FIFA.com. Retrieved 21 June 2011.

External links

• FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009, FIFA.com
• RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 2009
• FIFA Technical Report