2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup

The 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 18th FIFA U-20 World Cup. Colombia hosted the tournament between 29 July and 20 August 2011. The tournament was won by Brazil who claimed their fifth title.^[1][2]

2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup

Copa Mundial Sub-20 de la FIFA Colombia 2011
Tournament details
Host country	Colombia
Dates	29 July – 20 August
Teams	24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	8 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (5th title)
Runners-up	Portugal
Third place	Mexico
Fourth place	France
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Goals scored	132 (2.54 per match)
Attendance	1,309,929 (25,191 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Henrique Alexandre Lacazette Álvaro Vázquez (5 goals each)
Best player(s)	Henrique
Best goalkeeper	Mika
Fair play award	Nigeria
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Venues

The venues that were confirmed on 29 September 2010 are located in Bogotá, Cali, Medellín, Manizales, Armenia, Cartagena, Pereira and Barranquilla.^[3]

During an announcement about the ticketing procedures for Colombian residents, it was confirmed that the opening game would be held at the Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez in Barranquilla, with the Estadio El Campín hosting the final match.^[4]

Armenia	Barranquilla	Bogotá	Cali
Estadio Centenario	Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez	Estadio Nemesio Camacho	Estadio Pascual Guerrero
Capacity: 20,716	Capacity: 44,569 [5]	Capacity: 36,343	Capacity: 33,130
04°30′56.1″N 75°41′56.2″W	10°55′36.7″N 74°48′02.6″W	04°38′45.5″N 74°04′39.1″W	03°25′47.6″N 76°32′27.9″W
Cartagena	Pereira Barranquilla Bogotá Cali Cartagena Manizales Medellín Armenia		Manizales
Estadio Jaime Morón León			Estadio Palogrande
Capacity: 16,068			Capacity: 28,678
10°24′19.9″N 75°29′53.6″W			05°03′22.4″N 75°29′23.3″W
Medellín			Pereira
Estadio Atanasio Girardot			Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas
Capacity: 40,943			Capacity: 30,297
06°15′24.5″N 75°35′24.6″W			04°48′17.3″N 75°45′07.9″W

Participating teams and officials

Qualification

Qualified teams

In addition to host nation Colombia, 23 nations qualified from six separate continental competitions.

Confederation	Qualifying Tournament	Qualifier(s)
AFC(Asia)	2010 AFC U-19 Championship	Australia  North Korea  Saudi Arabia  South Korea
CAF(Africa)	2011 African Youth Championship	Cameroon  Egypt  Mali  Nigeria
CONCACAF(North, Central America & Caribbean)	2011 CONCACAF U-20 Championship	Costa Rica  Guatemala1  Mexico  Panama
CONMEBOL(South America)	Host nation	Colombia
	2011 South American Youth Championship	Argentina  Brazil  Ecuador  Uruguay
OFC(Oceania)	2011 OFC U-20 Championship	New Zealand
UEFA(Europe)	2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship	Austria  Croatia  England  France  Portugal  Spain

1.^ Teams that made their debut.

Match officials

Confederation	Referee	Assistants
AFC	Kim Dong-Jin (South Korea)	Lee Jung-Min (South Korea) Yang Byoung-Eun (South Korea)
	Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)	Mohammad Dharman (Qatar) Fares Al Shammari (Kuwait)
CAF	Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)	Ayman Degaish (Egypt) Foaad El Maghrabi (Libya)
	Noumandiez Doué (Ivory Coast)	Mohsen Ben Salem (Tunisia) Jean-Claude Birumushahu (Burundi)
CONCACAF	Walter López (Guatemala)	Gerson López (Guatemala) Hermenerito Leal (Guatemala)
	Mark Geiger (United States)	Mark Hurd (United States) Joe Fletcher (Canada)
CONMEBOL	Wilson Seneme (Brazil)	Alessandro Rocha (Brazil) Emerson de Carvalho (Brazil)
	Hernando Buitrago (Colombia)	Wilson Berrio (Colombia) Eduardo Díaz (Colombia)
	Antonio Arias (Paraguay)	Rodney Aquino (Paraguay) Milciades Salvidar (Paraguay)
	Darío Ubriaco (Uruguay)	Carlos Pastorino (Uruguay) William Casavieja (Uruguay)
OFC	Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)	Jackson Namo (Solomon Islands) Ravinesh Kumar (Fiji)
UEFA	Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)	Alain Hoxha (Austria) Mario Strudl (Austria)
	Mark Clattenburg (England)	Simon Beck (England) Stephen Child (England)
	István Vad (Hungary)	György Ring (Hungary) Zsolt Szpisják (Hungary)
	William Collum (Scotland)	Graham Chambers (Scotland) Martin Cryans (Scotland)
	Markus Strömbergsson (Sweden)	Magnus Sjöblom (Sweden) Fredrik Nilsson (Sweden)
	Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)	Bahattin Duran (Turkey) Tarık Ongun (Turkey)

Squads

Main article: 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 27 April 2011,^[6][7] at the Julio Cesar Turbay Ayala Convention Centre in Cartagena.^[8] The seedings were as follows.

Pot A	Pot B	Pot C	Pot D
Argentina  Brazil  Colombia  Nigeria  Portugal  Spain	Cameroon  Costa Rica  Egypt  Guatemala  Mali  Mexico	Australia  New Zealand  North Korea  Panama  Saudi Arabia  South Korea	Austria  Croatia  Ecuador  England  France  Uruguay

The winners and runners-up from each group, as well as the best four third-placed teams, will qualify for the first round of the knockout stage (round of 16).

Champion   Runner-up

Third place   Fourth place

Quarter-finals   Round of 16

Group stage

Tie-breaking criteria

Where two or more teams end the group stage with the same number of points, their ranking is determined by the following criteria:^[9]

1. goal difference in all group matches;
2. number of goals scored in all group matches;
3. points earned in the matches between the teams concerned;
4. goal difference in the matches between the teams concerned;
5. number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
6. drawing of lots by the organising committee.

Ranking of third place teams in each group are determined by the following criteria, top four advances to the round of 16:^[9]

1. number of points
2. goal difference in all group matches;
3. number of goals scored in all group matches;
4. drawing of lots by the organising committee.

All times are in local, Colombia Time (UTC−05:00).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Colombia (H)	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	France	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6
3	South Korea	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Mali	3	0	0	3	0	6	−6	0

Source: ^[source?]
(H) Host

30 July 2011

18:00

Mali	0–2	South Korea
	Report	Kim Kyung-jung  50' Jang Hyun-soo  80' (pen.)

Estadio Nemesio Camacho (El Campín), Bogotá

Attendance: 36,111

Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

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30 July 2011

21:00

Colombia	4–1	France
Rodríguez  30' (pen.) Muriel  48', 66' Arias  64'	Report	Sunu  21'

Estadio Nemesio Camacho (El Campín), Bogotá

Attendance: 36,111

Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)

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2 August 2011

17:00

France	3–1	South Korea
Sunu  27' Fofana  81' Lacazette  90+1'	Report	Kim Young-uk  59'

Estadio Nemesio Camacho (El Campín), Bogotá

Attendance: 36,103

Referee: Wilson Seneme (Brazil)

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2 August 2011

20:00

Colombia	2–0	Mali
Valencia  23' Rodríguez  90+1'	Report

Estadio Nemesio Camacho (El Campín), Bogotá

Attendance: 36,103

Referee: Istvan Vad (Hungary)

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5 August 2011

20:00

France	2–0	Mali
Bakambu  70' Lacazette  77'	Report

Estadio Pascual Guerrero, Cali

Attendance: 31,395

Referee: Antonio Arias (Paraguay)

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5 August 2011

20:00

Colombia	1–0	South Korea
Muriel  37'	Report

Estadio Nemesio Camacho (El Campín), Bogotá

Attendance: 36,082

Referee: Markus Strömbergsson (Sweden)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Portugal	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Cameroon	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
3	New Zealand	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
4	Uruguay	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2

Source: ^[source?]

30 July 2011

17:00

Cameroon	1–1	New Zealand
Mbondi  33'	Report	Tchaha Leuko  40' (o.g.)

Estadio Pascual Guerrero, Cali

Attendance: 35,262

Referee: William Collum (Scotland)

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30 July 2011

20:00

Portugal	0–0	Uruguay
	Report

Estadio Pascual Guerrero, Cali

Attendance: 35,262

Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

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2 August 2011

17:00

Uruguay	1–1	New Zealand
Luna  74'	Report	Bevin  57'

Estadio Pascual Guerrero, Cali

Attendance: 28,884

Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

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2 August 2011

20:00

Portugal	1–0	Cameroon
N. Oliveira  18'	Report

Estadio Pascual Guerrero, Cali

Attendance: 28,884

Referee: Antonio Arias (Paraguay)

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5 August 2011

17:00

Portugal	1–0	New Zealand
Rui  31'	Report

Estadio Pascual Guerrero, Cali

Attendance: 31,395

Referee: Kim Dong-jin (South Korea)

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5 August 2011

17:00

Uruguay	0–1	Cameroon
	Report	Mbongo  28'

Estadio Nemesio Camacho (El Campín), Bogotá

Attendance: 36,082

Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	11	2	+9	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Ecuador	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
3	Costa Rica	3	1	0	2	4	9	−5	3
4	Australia	3	0	1	2	4	9	−5	1

Source: ^[source?]

31 July 2011

15:00

Costa Rica	1–4	Spain
Ruiz  65'	Report	Rodrigo  14', 48' Koke  81' Isco  90+4' (pen.)

Estadio Palogrande, Manizales

Attendance: 17,075

Referee: Darío Ubriaco (Uruguay)

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31 July 2011

18:00

Australia	1–1	Ecuador
Oar  89'	Report	Govea  24'

Estadio Palogrande, Manizales

Attendance: 17,075

Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)

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3 August 2011

17:00

Ecuador	0–2	Spain
	Report	Canales  67' Vázquez  85'

Estadio Palogrande, Manizales

Attendance: 10,130

Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)

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3 August 2011

20:00

Australia	2–3	Costa Rica
Oar  26' Calvo  64' (o.g.)	Report	Campbell  22', 27' Ruiz  72'

Estadio Palogrande, Manizales

Attendance: 10,130

Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)

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6 August 2011

17:00

Ecuador	3–0	Costa Rica
Montaño  2' De Jesús  13', 69'	Report

Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas, Pereira

Attendance: 13,714

Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

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6 August 2011

17:00

Australia	1–5	Spain
Bulut  27'	Report	Roberto  1' Vázquez  6', 13', 18' Canales  31' (pen.)

Estadio Palogrande, Manizales

Attendance: 14,722

Referee: Wilson Seneme (Brazil)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Nigeria	3	3	0	0	12	2	+10	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Saudi Arabia	3	2	0	1	8	2	+6	6
3	Guatemala	3	1	0	2	1	11	−10	3
4	Croatia	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0

Source: ^[source?]

31 July 2011

15:00

Nigeria	5–0	Guatemala
Egbedi  8', 39' Ajagun  47' Kayode  53' Musa  76'	Report

Estadio Centenario, Armenia

Attendance: 11,116

Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)

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31 July 2011

18:00

Croatia	0–2	Saudi Arabia
	Report	Al-Fahmi  54' Al-Muwallad  69'

Estadio Centenario, Armenia

Attendance: 11,116

Referee: Noumandiez Doué (Ivory Coast)

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3 August 2011

17:00

Saudi Arabia	6–0	Guatemala
Dagriri  17' Al-Fahmi  27' Al-Fatil  58' Al-Shahrani  66' Al-Ibrahim  83' Al-Dawsari  89'	Report

Estadio Centenario, Armenia

Attendance: 8,861

Referee: William Collum (Scotland)

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3 August 2011

20:00

Croatia	2–5	Nigeria
Lendrić  42' Kramarić  66'	Report	Kayode  25' Suswam  30' Musa  62' Nwofor  69', 73'

Estadio Centenario, Armenia

Attendance: 8,861

Referee: Darío Ubriaco (Uruguay)

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6 August 2011

20:00

Saudi Arabia	0–2	Nigeria
	Report	Musa  45+2' Kayode  85'

Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas, Pereira

Attendance: 13,714

Referee: Hernando Buitrago (Colombia)

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6 August 2011

20:00

Croatia	0–1	Guatemala
	Report	Ceballos  81'

Estadio Centenario, Armenia

Attendance: 4,209

Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Brazil	3	2	1	0	8	1	+7	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Egypt	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7
3	Panama	3	0	1	2	0	5	−5	1
4	Austria	3	0	1	2	0	7	−7	1

Source: ^[source?]

29 July 2011

17:30

Austria	0–0	Panama
	Report

Estadio Jaime Morón León, Cartagena

Attendance: 13,198

Referee: Antonio Arias (Paraguay)

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29 July 2011

21:00

Brazil	1–1	Egypt
Danilo  12'	Report	Gaber  26'

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

Attendance: 45,170

Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

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1 August 2011

17:00

Egypt	1–0	Panama
Hegazi  67'	Report

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

Attendance: 11,101

Referee: Kim Dong-jin (South Korea)

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1 August 2011

20:00

Brazil	3–0	Austria
Henrique  37' Coutinho  52' (pen.) Willian José  63'	Report

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

Attendance: 11,101

Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)

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4 August 2011

20:00

Brazil	4–0	Panama
Henrique  40' Coutinho  45+1', 52' Dudu  89'	Report

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

Attendance: 16,513

Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

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4 August 2011

20:00

Egypt	4–0	Austria
Sobhi  31' Ibrahim  60', 62', 82'	Report

Estadio Jaime Morón León, Cartagena

Attendance: 16,042

Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Argentina	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Mexico	3	1	1	1	3	1	+2	4
3	England	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	3
4	North Korea	3	0	1	2	0	6	−6	1

Source: ^[source?]

29 July 2011

14:30

England	0–0	North Korea
	Report

Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín

Attendance: 25,995

Referee: Wilson Seneme (Brazil)

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29 July 2011

17:30

Argentina	1–0	Mexico
Lamela  70'	Report

Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín

Attendance: 25,995

Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

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1 August 2011

17:00

Mexico	3–0	North Korea
Ri Yong-chol  45+1' (o.g.) Guarch  54' De Buen  90+4'	Report

Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín

Attendance: 40,704

Referee: Markus Strömbergsson (Sweden)

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1 August 2011

20:00

Argentina	0–0	England
	Report

Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín

Attendance: 40,704

Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

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4 August 2011

17:00

Mexico	0–0	England
	Report

Estadio Jaime Morón León, Cartagena

Attendance: 16,042

Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)

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4 August 2011

17:00

Argentina	3–0	North Korea
Ferreyra  36' Villafáñez  84' Cirigliano  90+5'	Report

Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín

Attendance: 14,647

Referee: Noumandiez Doué (Ivory Coast)

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	F	England	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	Advance to knockout stage
2	A	South Korea	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
3	C	Costa Rica	3	1	0	2	4	9	−5	3
4	D	Guatemala	3	1	0	2	1	11	−10	3
5	B	New Zealand	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
6	E	Panama	3	0	1	2	0	5	−5	1

Source: ^[source?]

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

10 August 2011 — Barranquilla

Brazil

3

14 August 2011 — Pereira

Saudi Arabia

0

Brazil (pen.)

2 (4)

10 August 2011 — Manizales

Spain

2 (2)

Spain (pen.)

0 (7)

17 August 2011 — Pereira

South Korea

0 (6)

Brazil

2

9 August 2011 — Pereira

Mexico

0

Cameroon

1 (0)

13 August 2011 — Bogotá

Mexico (pen.)

1 (3)

Mexico

3

9 August 2011 — Bogotá

Colombia

1

Colombia

3

20 August 2011 — Bogotá

Costa Rica

2

Brazil (aet)

3

10 August 2011 — Cartagena

Portugal

2

France

1

14 August 2011 — Cali

Ecuador

0

France (aet)

3

10 August 2011 — Armenia

Nigeria

2

Nigeria

1

17 August 2011 — Medellín

England

0

France

0

9 August 2011 — Cali

Portugal

2

Third place

Portugal

1

13 August 2011 — Cartagena

20 August 2011 — Bogotá

Guatemala

0

Portugal (pen.)

0 (5)

Mexico

3

9 August 2011 — Medellín

Argentina

0 (4)

France

1

Argentina

2

Egypt

1

Round of 16

9 August 2011

17:00

Portugal	1–0	Guatemala
N. Oliveira  7' (pen.)	Report

Estadio Pascual Guerrero, Cali

Attendance: 34,264

Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)

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9 August 2011

17:00

Argentina	2–1	Egypt
Lamela  42' (pen.), 64' (pen.)	Report	Salah  70' (pen.)

Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín

Attendance: 40,147

Referee: Markus Strömbergsson (Sweden)

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9 August 2011

20:00

Cameroon	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Mexico
Ohandza  79'	Report	Orrantía  81'
Penalties
Ohandza Nguessi Mbondi	0–3	Torres Dávila Piñón

Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas, Pereira

Attendance: 21,744

Referee: Wilson Seneme (Brazil)

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9 August 2011

20:00

Colombia	3–2	Costa Rica
Muriel  56' Franco  79' Rodríguez  90+3' (pen.)	Report	Ruiz  63' Escoe  65'

Estadio Nemesio Camacho (El Campín), Bogotá

Attendance: 36,084

Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

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10 August 2011

17:00

Nigeria	1–0	England
Egbedi  52'	Report

Estadio Centenario, Armenia

Attendance: 18,291

Referee: Antonio Arias (Paraguay)

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10 August 2011

17:00

Spain	0–0 (a.e.t.)	South Korea
	Report
Penalties
Tello Recio Koke Vázquez Isco Bartra Amat Romeu	7–6	Jung Seung-yong Nam Seung-woo Lee Ki-je Kim Jin-su Jang Hyun-soo Min Sang-gi Baek Sung-dong Kim Kyung-jung

Estadio Palogrande, Manizales

Attendance: 23,618

Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)

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10 August 2011

20:00

Brazil	3–0	Saudi Arabia
Henrique  46' Silva  69' Dudu  86'	Report

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

Attendance: 37,448

Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

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10 August 2011

20:00

France	1–0	Ecuador
Griezmann  75'	Report

Estadio Jaime Morón León, Cartagena

Attendance: 15,958

Referee: Kim Dong-jin (South Korea)

Quarterfinals

13 August 2011

17:00

Portugal	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Argentina
	Report
Penalties
Reis Pereira Roderick Lopes N. Oliveira Ferreira S. Oliveira	5–4	Lamela Iturbe Nervo González Pirez Ruiz Vuletich Tagliafico

Estadio Jaime Morón León, Cartagena

Attendance: 15,946

Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)

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13 August 2011

20:00

Mexico	3–1	Colombia
Torres  37' (pen.) Rivera  69', 88'	Report	Zapata  60'

Estadio Nemesio Camacho (El Campín), Bogotá

Attendance: 35,501

Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

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14 August 2011

15:00

France	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Nigeria
Lacazette  50', 104' Fofana  102'	Report	Ejike  90+3', 111'

Estadio Pascual Guerrero, Cali

Attendance: 33,007

Referee: Darío Ubriaco (Uruguay)

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14 August 2011

18:00

Brazil	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Spain
Willian José  35' Dudu  100'	Report	Rodrigo  57' Vázquez  102'
Penalties
Casemiro Danilo Henrique Dudu	4–2	Amat Sergi Roberto Bartra Vázquez

Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas, Pereira

Attendance: 29,318

Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

Semifinals

17 August 2011

17:00

France	0–2	Portugal
	Report	Danilo  9' N. Oliveira  40' (pen.)

Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín

Attendance: 40,598

Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

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17 August 2011

20:00

Brazil	2–0	Mexico
Henrique  80', 84'	Report

Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas, Pereira

Attendance: 29,812

Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

Third place match

20 August 2011

17:00

Mexico	3–1	France
Dávila  12' Enríquez  49' Rivera  71'	Report	Lacazette  8'

Estadio Nemesio Camacho (El Campín), Bogotá

Attendance: 36,085

Referee: Antonio Arias (Paraguay)

Final

20 August 2011

20:00

Brazil	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Portugal
Oscar  5', 78', 111'	Report	Alex  9' Nélson Oliveira  59'

Estadio Nemesio Camacho (El Campín), Bogotá

Attendance: 36,058

Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)

2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup Winners
Brazil 5th title

Statistics

Goalscorers

5 goals

• Henrique
• Alexandre Lacazette
• Álvaro Vázquez

4 goals

• Luis Muriel
• Nélson Oliveira

3 goals

• Erik Lamela
• Philippe Coutinho
• Dudu
• Oscar
• James Rodríguez
• John Jairo Ruiz
• Mohamed Ibrahim
• Edson Rivera
• Edafe Egbedi
• Olarenwaju Kayode
• Ahmed Musa
• Rodrigo

2 goals

• Thomas Oar
• Willian José
• Joel Campbell
• Marlon de Jesús
• Gueïda Fofana
• Gilles Sunu
• Bright Ejike
• Uche Nwofor
• Yasir Al-Fahmi
• Sergio Canales

1 goal

• Ezequiel Cirigliano
• Facundo Ferreyra
• Lucas Villafáñez
• Kerem Bulut
• Danilo
• Gabriel Silva
• Christ Mbondi
• Emmanuel Mbongo
• Frank Ohandza
• Santiago Arias
• Pedro Franco
• José Adolfo Valencia
• Duván Zapata
• Javier Escoe
• Andrej Kramarić
• Ivan Lendrić
• Juan Govea
• Edson Montaño
• Omar Gaber
• Ahmed Hegazy
• Mohamed Salah
• Mohamed Sobhi
• Cédric Bakambu
• Antoine Griezmann
• Marvin Ceballos
• Ulises Dávila
• Diego de Buen
• Jorge Enríquez
• Taufic Guarch
• Carlos Emilio Orrantía
• Erick Torres Padilla
• Andrew Bevin
• Abdul Jeleel Ajagun
• Terna Suswam
• Alex
• Danilo Pereira
• Mário Rui
• Salem Al-Dawsari
• Mohammed Al-Fatil
• Ibrahim Al-Ibrahim
• Fahad Al-Muwallad
• Yasser Al-Shahrani
• Yahya Dagriri
• Jang Hyun-soo
• Kim Kyung-jung
• Kim Young-uk
• Isco
• Koke
• Sergi Roberto
• Adrián Luna

1 own goal

• Tchaha Leouko (playing against New Zealand)
• Francisco Calvo (playing against Australia)
• Ri Yong-chol (playing against Mexico)

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Brazil	7	5	2	0	18	5	+13	17	Champions
2	Portugal	7	4	2	1	7	3	+4	14	Runners-up
3	Mexico	7	3	2	2	10	6	+4	11	Third place
4	France	7	4	0	3	11	12	−1	12	Fourth place
5	Nigeria	5	4	0	1	15	5	+10	12	Eliminated in Quarter-finals
6	Colombia (H)	5	4	0	1	11	6	+5	12
7	Spain	5	3	2	0	13	4	+9	11
8	Argentina	5	3	2	0	6	1	+5	11
9	Egypt	4	2	1	1	7	3	+4	7	Eliminated in Round of 16
10	Saudi Arabia	4	2	0	2	8	5	+3	6
11	Cameroon	4	1	2	1	3	3	0	5
12	Ecuador	4	1	1	2	4	4	0	4
13	South Korea	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1	4
14	England	4	0	3	1	0	1	−1	3
15	Costa Rica	4	1	0	3	6	12	−6	3
16	Guatemala	4	1	0	3	1	12	−11	3
17	New Zealand	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2	Eliminated in Group stage
18	Uruguay	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2
19	Australia	3	0	1	2	4	9	−5	1
20	Panama	3	0	1	2	0	5	−5	1
21	North Korea	3	0	1	2	0	6	−6	1
22	Austria	3	0	1	2	0	7	−7	1
23	Croatia	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0
24	Mali	3	0	0	3	0	6	−6	0

Source: rsssf.com
(H) Host

Awards

The following awards were given:^[10]

Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball
Henrique	Nélson Oliveira	Jorge Enríquez
Golden Shoe	Silver Shoe	Bronze Shoe
Henrique	Álvaro Vázquez	Alexandre Lacazette
5 goals	5 goals	5 goals
Golden Glove
Mika
FIFA Fair Play Award
Nigeria

Organization

Banner at the Estadio Nemesio Camacho El Campín, Bogotá, promoting FIFA U-20 World Cup Colombia 2011

In late 2009 the Colombian Football Federation unveiled the budget for conducting the event, to be COP 150 billion^[11] (US$75 million). On 30 September 2009, the presidents of both FIFA and Colombia announced that the logo would show a steaming cup of coffee with the colours of the Colombian tricolour.^[12]

Opening ceremony

Prior to the start of the tournament, the Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez in Barranquilla hosted the Opening Ceremony, involving local musical performances and guests including Jorge Celedón, Barranquilla's Carnival Performers, Checo Acosta and Maía.

Closing ceremony

The Estadio El Campín in Bogotá hosted the Closing Ceremony. The show was managed by the Ibero-American Theater Festival and Teatro Nacional de Colombia and, like the opening ceremony, included musical performances.