The 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 17th edition of the

FIFA U-20 World Cup The FIFA U-20 World Cup is the biennial football world championship tournament for FIFA members’ men's national teams with players under the age of 20. The competition has been staged every two years since the inaugural tournament in 1977 whe ...

, which was hosted by

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from 24 September to 16 October 2009. The tournament was initially going to take place between 10 and 31 July. However, the

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was played mid-year, resulting in both that year's U-20 and U-17 World Cups being played at the end of the year. The tournament was won by

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after they defeated

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on penalties in the final, becoming the first African team to win the tournament.

Player eligibility

Only players born on or after 1 January 1989 were eligible to compete.

Venues

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. :1.Teams that made their debut.

Match officials

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.

Group stage

The draw for the group stages was held on 5 April 2009 at

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. 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).

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Group E

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Group F

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Ranking of third-placed teams

Knockout stage

Round of 16

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place match

Final

Winner

Awards

Goalscorers

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;5 goals *

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;4 goals *

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* Ransford Osei *

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* Yonathan del Valle *

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;3 goals *

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* Marco Ureña Porras *

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* Kim Min-woo * Fran Mérida ;2 goals * Maicon *

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* Björn Kopplin *

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* Mario Martínez *

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* Nicolás Lodeiro * Jonathan Urretavizcaya ;1 goal * James Holland *

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* Boquita * Ciro *

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* Banana Yaya * Diego Estrada * David Guzmán * Diego Madrigal *

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* Mohamed Talaat *

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* Florian Jungwirth *

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* Mario Vrančić *

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* Márkó Futács * Máté Kiss *

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* Umberto Eusepi * Andrea Mazzarani *

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* Daniel Adejo * Ibok Edet *

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* Nwankwo Obiorah * Nurudeen Orelesi * Danny Uchechi * Aldo Paniagua *

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* Sibusiso Khumalo *

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* Mohamed Ahmed * Ahmed Ali *

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* Brian Ownby * Tony Taylor * Santiago García *

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* Tabaré Viudez *

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* Óscar Rojas *

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;1 own goal * Luke DeVere (playing against Costa Rica)

Final ranking

References

External links

FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009
, FIFA.com

FIFA Technical Report
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