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2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup
Copa Mundial de Fútbol Sub-17 de 2015
Tournament details
Host countryChile
Dates17 October – 8 November
Teams24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)8 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Nigeria (5th title)
Runners-up Mali
Third place Belgium
Fourth place Mexico
Tournament statistics
Matches played52
Goals scored151 (2.9 per match)
Attendance482,490 (9,279 per match)
Top scorer(s)Nigeria Victor Osimhen (10 goals)
Best player(s)Nigeria Kelechi Nwakali
Best goalkeeperMali Samuel Diarra
Fair play award Ecuador
2013
2017

The 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the sixteenth tournament of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, held in Chile from 17 October to 8 November 2015.[1][2]

Host selection[edit]

The following four countries bid to host the tournament:[3]

Venues[edit]

Along with proposing ten venues for Chile's hosting of the 2015 Copa América, the Chilean Football Federation also announced its plans for hosting of the U17 World Cup in the same year.[4] On 8 April 2014, 8 cities were confirmed as host of the competition, with Copiapó and Quillota being dropped.[5]

The Local organising committee have also said that the capital City (Santiago) would not host the final.[6]

La Serena Coquimbo
Estadio La Portada Estadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso
Capacity: 18,243 Capacity: 18,750
Viña del Mar Santiago
Estadio Sausalito Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos
Capacity: 22,340 Capacity: 48,665
Talca Chillán
Estadio Fiscal de Talca Estadio Municipal de Chillán Nelson Oyarzún Arenas
Capacity: 8,200 Capacity: 12,000
Concepción Puerto Montt
Estadio Municipal de Concepción Estadio Regional de Chinquihue
Capacity: 30,448 Capacity: 10,000

Qualified teams[edit]

In addition to host nation Chile, 23 nations qualified from 6 separate continental competitions.

Confederation Qualifying Tournament Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia) 2014 AFC U-16 Championship  Australia
 North Korea
 South Korea
 Syria
CAF (Africa) 2015 African U-17 Championship  Guinea
 Mali
 Nigeria
 South Africa1
CONCACAF
(Central, North America and Caribbean)
2015 CONCACAF U-17 Championship  Costa Rica
 Honduras
 Mexico
 United States
CONMEBOL (South America) Host nation  Chile
2015 South American Under-17 Championship  Argentina
 Brazil
 Ecuador
 Paraguay
OFC (Oceania) 2015 OFC U-17 Championship  New Zealand
UEFA (Europe) 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship  Belgium
 Croatia
 England
 France
 Germany
 Russia
1.^ Teams that made their debut.

Schedule and draw[edit]

The schedule of the tournament was unveiled on 5 May 2015.[7]

The final draw was held on 6 August 2015, 20:00 local time, at the Centro de las Artes 660 art gallery in Santiago.[8][9] For the draw, the 24 teams were divided into four seeding pots:[10]

  • Pot 1: Hosts and continental champions of five confederations (except UEFA)
  • Pot 2: Remaining teams from CONCACAF and AFC
  • Pot 3: Remaining teams from CAF and CONMEBOL
  • Pot 4: Teams from UEFA

As a basic principle, teams from the same confederation could not be drawn against each other at the group stage.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

 Chile (A1)
 Brazil
 North Korea
 Mali
 Mexico
 New Zealand

 Costa Rica
 Honduras
 United States
 Australia
 South Korea
 Syria

 Guinea
 Nigeria
 South Africa
 Argentina
 Ecuador
 Paraguay

 Belgium
 Croatia
 England
 France
 Germany
 Russia

Match officials[edit]

A total of 21 referees, 6 support referees, and 42 assistant referees were selected for the tournament.[11][12]

Confederation Referee Assistant referees Support referee
AFC Qatar Abdulrahman Al-Jassim Qatar Taleb Al-Marri
Qatar Saud Al-Maqaleh
Sri Lanka Hettikamkanamge Perera
Malaysia Mohd Amirul Izwan Malaysia Mohd Yusri Mohamad
Malaysia Azman Ismail
United Arab Emirates Abdulla Hassan Mohamed United Arab Emirates Mohamed Al-Hammadi
United Arab Emirates Hasan Al-Mahri
CAF Algeria Mehdi Abid Charef Tunisia Anouar Hmila
Rwanda Theogene Ndagijimana
Ethiopia Bamlak Tessema Weyesa
Senegal Malang Diedhiou Senegal Djibril Camara
Guinea Aboubacar Doumbouya
Zambia Janny Sikazwe Mozambique Arsenio Marengula
Angola Jerson Emiliano Dos Santos
CONCACAF Jamaica Valdin Legister Jamaica Kedlee Powell
Jamaica Richard Washington
Guatemala Óscar Reyna
Costa Rica Ricardo Montero Costa Rica Juan Mora
Costa Rica Warner Castro
Honduras Héctor Rodríguez Honduras Cristian Ramírez
Honduras Walter López Ramos
CONMEBOL Paraguay Enrique Cáceres Paraguay Eduardo Cardozo
Paraguay Juan Zorrilla
Bolivia Gery Vargas
Peru Diego Haro Peru Raúl López Cruz
Peru Víctor Ráez
Colombia Wilson Lamouroux Colombia Alexander Guzman
Colombia Wilmar Navarro
Chile Roberto Tobar Chile Marcelo Barraza
Chile Christian Schiemann
OFC New Zealand Nick Waldron New Zealand Glen Lochrie
Fiji Ravinesh Kumar
French Polynesia Kader Zitouni
UEFA Ukraine Yevhen Aranovskiy Ukraine Ihor Alokhin
Ukraine Oleksandr Korniyko
Switzerland Stephan Klossner
Germany Deniz Aytekin Germany Guido Kleve
Germany Markus Häcker
France Ruddy Buquet France Guillaume Debart
France Cyril Gringore
Slovenia Matej Jug Slovenia Matej Žunič
Slovenia Gregor Rojko
Netherlands Danny Makkelie Netherlands Mario Diks
Netherlands Hessel Steegstra
England Michael Oliver England Stuart Burt
England Gary Beswick
Sweden Martin Strömbergsson Sweden Daniel Gustavsson
Sweden Mehmet Culum

Emblem and slogan[edit]

The emblem and slogan ("Una fiesta en nuestra cancha", a party on our pitch) of the tournament was unveiled on 7 October 2014.[13]

Squads[edit]

Each team named a squad of 21 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline.[14] The squads were announced on 8 October 2015.[15][16]

All players of its representative team must have been born on or after 1 January 1998.

Group stage[edit]

The winners and runners-up of each group and the best four third-placed teams advance to the round of 16.[14] The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows:

  1. points obtained in all group matches;
  2. goal difference in all group matches;
  3. number of goals scored in all group matches;

If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows:

  1. points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  2. goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  3. number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. fair play points (first yellow card: minus 1 point; second yellow/indirect red card: minus 3 points; direct red card: minus 3 points; yellow card & direct red card: minus 4 points);
  5. drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.

All times are local, Chile Standard Time (UTC−3).[17]

Group A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Nigeria 3 2 0 1 8 3 +5 6 Advanced to knockout stage
2  Croatia 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 5
3  Chile (H) 3 1 1 1 6 7 −1 4
4  United States 3 0 1 2 3 8 −5 1
Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts
Nigeria 2–0 United States
Agor 50'
Osimhen 61'
Report
Chile 1–1 Croatia
Y. Leiva 33' Report Moro 8'

United States 2–2 Croatia
Pulisic 20'
Vazquez 40'
Report Majić 65'
Ivanušec 77'
Chile 1–5 Nigeria
Allende 81' Report Chukwueze 1', 61'
Nwakali 17' (pen.)
Osimhen 66' (pen.), 86'
Attendance: 21,893
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

United States 1–4 Chile
Vazquez 10' Report Allende 20'
Mazuela 52'
Jara 86'
Moya 90+3'
Attendance: 19,321
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
Croatia 2–1 Nigeria
Brekalo 50'
Majić 54'
Report Osimhen 20'

Group B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  South Korea 3 2 1 0 2 0 +2 7 Advanced to knockout stage
2  Brazil 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
3  England 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2
4  Guinea 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
Source: FIFA
England 1–1 Guinea
Hinds 61' Report N. Bangoura 76'

England 0–1 Brazil
Report Leandrinho 67'
South Korea 1–0 Guinea
Oh Se-hun 90+2' Report

Guinea 1–3 Brazil
Morlaye 83' Report Lincoln 15' (pen.)
Leandrinho 33'
Arthur 67'

Group C[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Mexico 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7 Advanced to knockout stage
2  Germany 3 2 0 1 9 3 +6 6
3  Australia 3 1 1 1 3 5 −2 4
4  Argentina 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Source: FIFA
Australia 1–4 Germany
Waring 54' Report Passlack 14'
Eggestein 25', 39'
Janelt 65'
Mexico 2–0 Argentina
Magaña 10'
Venegas 77' (pen.)
Report

Australia 0–0 Mexico
Report

Argentina 1–2 Australia
Conechny 67' (pen.) Report Panetta 25', 52'
Germany 1–2 Mexico
Eggestein 68' Report López 59'
Venegas 65'

Group D[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Mali 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7 Advanced to knockout stage
2  Ecuador 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
3  Belgium 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4
4  Honduras 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0
Source: FIFA
Belgium 0–0 Mali
Report
Honduras 1–3 Ecuador
Grant 83' Report Guerrero 7'
Estupiñán 19' (pen.)
Cortez 76'

Belgium 2–1 Honduras
Vancamp 21'
Rigo 78'
Report Leiva 49'
Attendance: 4,721
Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)
Ecuador 1–2 Mali
Estupiñán 70' (pen.) Report B. Traoré 9'
Malle 61'

Mali 3–0 Honduras
A. Haidara 7'
Danté 34'
Malle 56'
Report
Ecuador 2–0 Belgium
Corozo 40'
Guerrero 73'
Report

Group E[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Russia 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7 Advanced to knockout stage
2  Costa Rica 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3  North Korea 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
4  South Africa 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
Source: FIFA
South Africa 1–2 Costa Rica
Mayo 90' Report Masis 7'
Reyes 63' (pen.)
North Korea 0–2 Russia
Report Galanin 3'
Chalov 52'

South Africa 1–1 North Korea
Mukumela 10' (pen.) Report Kim Wi-song 17' (pen.)
Russia 1–1 Costa Rica
Chalov 82' Report Ramírez 71'

Russia 2–0 South Africa
Makhatadze 5' (pen.), 89' Report

Group F[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  France 3 3 0 0 14 4 +10 9 Advanced to knockout stage
2  New Zealand 3 1 1 1 3 7 −4 4
3  Paraguay 3 1 0 2 8 7 +1 3
4  Syria 3 0 1 2 1 8 −7 1
Source: FIFA
New Zealand 1–6 France
McGarry 76' Report McGarry 15' (o.g.)
Boutobba 32'
Maouassa 34'
Doucouré 42'
Georgen 45'
Édouard 90+2'
Syria 1–4 Paraguay
Al-Aji 62' Report Morel 30'
Villalba 34'
Colmán 65'
Ferreira 90'

New Zealand 0–0 Syria
Report
Paraguay 3–4 France
Aranda 45' (pen.)
Villalba 57'
Paredes 62'
Report Boutobba 3'
Ikoné 22', 71'
Upamecano 59'

France 4–0 Syria
Janvier 22', 46'
Édouard 32'
Claude-Maurice 66'
Report
Paraguay 1–2 New Zealand
Ñamandú 43' Report Ashworth 11'
Imrie 90+1'

Ranking of third-placed teams[edit]

The four best ranked third-placed teams also advance to the round of 16. They are paired with the winners of groups A, B, C and D, according to a table published in Section 18 of the tournament regulations.[14]

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1 A  Chile 3 1 1 1 6 7 −1 4 Advanced to knockout stage
2 E  North Korea 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
3 D  Belgium 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4
4 C  Australia 3 1 1 1 3 5 −2 4
5 F  Paraguay 3 1 0 2 8 7 +1 3
6 B  England 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) Fair play points; 5) lots drawn by FIFA.

Knockout stage[edit]

In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, the match is determined by a penalty shoot-out (no extra time is played).[14]

Bracket[edit]

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
29 October — Concepción
 
 
 Croatia2
 
1 November — Chillán
 
 Germany0
 
 Croatia0
 
29 October — Talca
 
 Mali1
 
 Mali3
 
5 November — La Serena
 
 North Korea0
 
 Mali3
 
28 October — Coquimbo
 
 Belgium1
 
 South Korea0
 
2 November — Concepción
 
 Belgium2
 
 Belgium1
 
29 October — Puerto Montt
 
 Costa Rica0
 
 France0 (3)
 
8 November — Viña del Mar
 
 Costa Rica (pen.)0 (5)
 
 Mali0
 
29 October — Concepción
 
 Nigeria2
 
 Russia1
 
2 November — Coquimbo
 
 Ecuador4
 
 Ecuador0
 
28 October — Chillán
 
 Mexico2
 
 Mexico4
 
5 November — Concepción
 
 Chile1
 
 Mexico2
 
28 October — Viña del Mar
 
 Nigeria4 Third place
 
 Brazil1
 
1 November — Viña del Mar8 November — Viña del Mar
 
 New Zealand0
 
 Brazil0 Belgium3
 
28 October — Viña del Mar
 
 Nigeria3  Mexico2
 
 Nigeria6
 
 
 Australia0
 

Combinations of matches in the Round of 16[edit]

The third-placed teams 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.[14]

  Combination according to the four qualified teams
Third teams qualify from groups: 1A plays against: 1B plays against: 1C plays against: 1D plays against:
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[edit]

Brazil 1–0 New Zealand
Luís Henrique 90+6' (pen.) Report

Mexico 4–1 Chile
Zamudio 42'
López 61'
Aguirre 69'
Cortés 90+3'
Report B. Leiva 40'

Nigeria 6–0 Australia
Osimhen 22', 73', 79'
Nwakali 25' (pen.)
Essien 86'
Chukwueze 88'
Report

South Korea 0–2 Belgium
Report Vancamp 11'
Verreth 67'

Croatia 2–0 Germany
Moro 18'
Lovren 90+1'
Report

Mali 3–0 North Korea
A. Haidara 8'
Maïga 37', 48'
Report


Quarter-finals[edit]

Brazil 0–3 Nigeria
Report Osimhen 29'
Michael 30'
Anumudu 34'

Croatia 0–1 Mali
Report Koita 20'

Ecuador 0–2 Mexico
Report Zamudio 41'
Salazar 55' (pen.)

Belgium 1–0 Costa Rica
Rigo 27' Report

Semi-finals[edit]

Mali 3–1 Belgium
B. Traoré 22'
Maïga 55'
Koita 85'
Report Rigo 16'
Attendance: 6,395
Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)

Third place match[edit]

Belgium 3–2 Mexico
Van Vaerenbergh 54'
Vanzeir 73', 90+3'
Report Marín 58' (pen.)
Venegas 88'

Final[edit]

Mali 0–2 Nigeria
Report Osimhen 56'
Bamgboye 59'

Awards[edit]

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[18] They were all sponsored by adidas.

Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball
Nigeria Kelechi Nwakali Nigeria Victor Osimhen Mali Aly Malle
Golden Boot Silver Boot Bronze Boot
Nigeria Victor Osimhen Germany Johannes Eggestein Nigeria Samuel Chukwueze
10 goals (2 assists) 4 goals (0 assists) 3 goals (3 assists)
Golden Glove
Mali Samuel Diarra
FIFA Fair Play Award
 Ecuador

In December 2015, Nigerian Samuel Chukwueze was retroactively awarded the Bronze boot award. Kelechi Nwakali had erroneously been awarded the award immediately following the tournament but as he had played more minutes (630) than Chukwueze (535) in the tournament the award was re-allocated.[19]

Final ranking[edit]

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.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Nigeria 7 6 0 1 23 5 +18 18 Champions
2  Mali 7 5 1 1 12 4 +8 16 Runners-up
3  Belgium 7 4 1 2 9 8 +1 13 Third place
4  Mexico 7 4 1 2 14 9 +5 13 Fourth place
5  Ecuador 5 3 0 2 10 6 +4 9 Eliminated in
Quarter-finals
6  Brazil 5 3 0 2 5 5 0 9
7  Croatia 5 2 2 1 7 5 +2 8
8  Costa Rica 5 1 2 2 4 5 −1 5
9  France 4 3 1 0 14 4 +10 10 Eliminated in
Round of 16
10  Russia 4 2 1 1 6 5 +1 7
11  South Korea 4 2 1 1 2 2 0 7
12  Germany 4 2 0 2 9 5 +4 6
13  Chile (H) 4 1 1 2 7 11 −4 4
14  North Korea 4 1 1 2 3 7 −4 4
15  New Zealand 4 1 1 2 3 8 −5 4
16  Australia 4 1 1 2 3 11 −8 4
17  Paraguay 3 1 0 2 8 7 +1 3 Eliminated in
Group stage
18  England 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2
19  South Africa 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
20  Guinea 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
21  United States 3 0 1 2 3 8 −5 1
22  Syria 3 0 1 2 1 8 −7 1
23  Honduras 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0
24  Argentina 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Source: Techn Report p. 81
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers[edit]

10 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Marketing[edit]

Sponsorship[edit]

FIFA partners
National suppliers

Mascot and anthem[edit]

The official mascot, a young boy named Brochico, and anthem, composed by DJ Méndez, were unveiled on 9 July 2015.[20]

Broadcasting[edit]

United States[edit]

Fox Sports: English language, Telemundo: Spanish language[21]

Bulgaria[edit]

BNT[21]

Canada[edit]

TSN.[21]

Germany[edit]

ARD and ZDF.[21]

Indonesia[edit]

Rajawali Televisi

Laos[edit]

TVLAO

United Kingdom[edit]

BBC, ITV, Eurosport.[21]

New Zealand[edit]

Sky Sport

South Africa, Sub Sahara Africa and Nigeria[edit]

Startimes Sports[21]

South Korea[edit]

SBS, KBS, and MBC[21]

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