The 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the thirteenth tournament of the

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held in

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from 24 October to 15 November 2009. The tournament was won by

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, beating the host team and holders,

. The Golden Ball to the Best Player was given to

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Sani Emmanuel Sani Shehu Emmanuel (born 23 December 1992) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker. Career Early career Born in Edo, Emmanuel started his playing career in his native Nigeria for My People FC, a Nigerian football Acade ...

; the Golden Shoe for top scorer was given to

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Borja, with five goals (although he tied with

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Sebastián Gallegos, and

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); the Golden Glove was given to

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; finally, the

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was given to

Player eligibility

To be eligible to play, a player must have been born on or after 1 January 1992.

Venues

FIFA chose eight venues out of nine possible locations. On 21 May 2009, FIFA gave Nigeria a "Yellow Card" as FIFA noted a significant delay in the preparations for the tournament. While

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and

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were ready, FIFA vice-president Jack Warner gave four other venues (

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Calabar Calabar (also referred to as Callabar, Calabari, Calbari and Kalabar) is the capital city of Cross River State, Nigeria. It was originally named Akwa Akpa, in the Efik language. The city is adjacent to the Calabar and Great Kwa rivers and cre ...

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and

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) a month to get 100 percent ready or the tournament would be moved. One potential venue (

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) was removed after recent violence flared up in the

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Threats to the tournament

The 2009 edition was under increasing threats from the armed rebel group, The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) and warned FIFA against hosting the tournament in Nigeria. However, the militants were offered

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in exchange for laying down their weapons, and the tournament went on smoothly without any incidents.

Teams

The final draw for group stage was held on 7 August 2009 at the International Conference Centre in

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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

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and Oceania plus the remaining CONCACAF team; Pot 4 consisted of teams from the European confederation.

Group stage

All times are

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Ranking of third-placed teams

Knockout stage

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Round of 16

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Third place match

Final

Awards

Goalscorers

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* Lennart Thy *

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* Edafe Egbedi * Stanley Okoro * Adrià Carmona *

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* Ricardo Rodríguez *

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;2 goals * Abdoulaye Ibrango * Gustavo Cuéllar * Ebrima Bojang *

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* Pietro Iemmello * Takumi Miyayoshi * Lee Jong-ho *

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* Mohammed Sebil *

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* Adrián Luna ;1 goal * Esteban Espíndola *

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* Esteban Orfano *

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* Wellington Nem *

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* Louckmane Ouédraogo *

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* Zidane Zoungrana * Jean Carlos Blanco *

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* Héctor Quiñones * Jorge Luis Ramos *

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* Juan Bustos Golobio * Jonathan Moya * Lamin Sarjo Samateh * Yunus Mallı *

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* Florian Trinks *

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* Milad Gharibi *

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* Shuto Kojima *

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* Kim Jin-su * Nam Seung-woo * Luke Milanzi * Miguel Basulto * Carlos Campos * Guillermo Madrigal * Carlos Parra *

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* Michael Built * Jack Hobson-McVeigh * Gordon Murie * Ramón Azeez *

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* Omoh Ojabu *

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* André Gonçalves *

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* Bruno Martignoni *

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* Gökay Iravul *

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* Ömer Ali Şahiner * Furkan Şeker * Marwan Al-Saffar * Nick Palodichuk * Alex Shinsky * Nicolás Mezquida ;1 own goal * José Rodríguez (against Switzerland)

Final ranking

References

External links

FIFA U-17 World Cup Nigeria 2009
FIFA.com
FIFA Technical Report
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Player eligibility

Venues

Threats to the tournament

Teams

Match officials

Squads

Allocation of teams to groups

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Ranking of third-placed teams

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third place match

Final

Awards

Goalscorers

Final ranking

See also

References

External links