2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup
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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]
Copa Mundial de Fútbol Sub-17 de 2015 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Chile |
Dates | 17 October – 8 November |
Teams | 24 (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 played | 52 |
Goals scored | 151 (2.9 per match) |
Attendance | 482,490 (9,279 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Victor Osimhen (10 goals) |
Best player(s) | Kelechi Nwakali |
Best goalkeeper | Samuel Diarra |
Fair play award | Ecuador |
← 2013 2017 → |
The following four countries bid to host the tournament:[3]
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 | |
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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 | |
In addition to host nation Chile, 23 nations qualified from 6 separate continental competitions.
- 1.^ Teams that made their debut.
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 |
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Costa Rica |
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 |
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AFC | Abdulrahman Al-Jassim | Taleb Al-Marri Saud Al-Maqaleh |
Hettikamkanamge Perera |
Mohd Amirul Izwan | Mohd Yusri Mohamad Azman Ismail | ||
Abdulla Hassan Mohamed | Mohamed Al-Hammadi Hasan Al-Mahri | ||
CAF | Mehdi Abid Charef | Anouar Hmila Theogene Ndagijimana |
Bamlak Tessema Weyesa |
Malang Diedhiou | Djibril Camara Aboubacar Doumbouya | ||
Janny Sikazwe | Arsenio Marengula Jerson Emiliano Dos Santos | ||
CONCACAF | Valdin Legister | Kedlee Powell Richard Washington |
Óscar Reyna |
Ricardo Montero | Juan Mora Warner Castro | ||
Héctor Rodríguez | Cristian Ramírez Walter López Ramos | ||
CONMEBOL | Enrique Cáceres | Eduardo Cardozo Juan Zorrilla |
Gery Vargas |
Diego Haro | Raúl López Cruz Víctor Ráez | ||
Wilson Lamouroux | Alexander Guzman Wilmar Navarro | ||
Roberto Tobar | Marcelo Barraza Christian Schiemann | ||
OFC | Nick Waldron | Glen Lochrie Ravinesh Kumar |
Kader Zitouni |
UEFA | Yevhen Aranovskiy | Ihor Alokhin Oleksandr Korniyko |
Stephan Klossner |
Deniz Aytekin | Guido Kleve Markus Häcker | ||
Ruddy Buquet | Guillaume Debart Cyril Gringore | ||
Matej Jug | Matej Žunič Gregor Rojko | ||
Danny Makkelie | Mario Diks Hessel Steegstra | ||
Michael Oliver | Stuart Burt Gary Beswick | ||
Martin Strömbergsson | Daniel Gustavsson Mehmet Culum |
The emblem and slogan ("Una fiesta en nuestra cancha", a party on our pitch) of the tournament was unveiled on 7 October 2014.[13]
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.