2005 FIFA WORLD YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP

The '2005 FIFA World Youth Championship' took place in The Netherlands between June 10 and July 2 2005. The 2005 championship was the 15th contested.

Contents

Venues

Qualification

Squads

Group stages

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Four best third place

Knockout stages

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Final

Goalscorers

Result

Awards

Venues

City	Stadium Name	Host club(s)	Capacity
Doetinchem	De Vijverberg	De Graafschap	11,000
Emmen	Univé Stadion	FC Emmen	8,600
Enschede	Arke Stadion	FC Twente	13,500
Kerkrade	Parkstad Limburg Stadion	Roda JC	19,500
Tilburg	Willem II Stadion	Willem II	14,800
Utrecht	Stadion Galgenwaard	FC Utrecht	24,900

Qualification

The following 24 teams qualified for the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship. Host Netherlands did not have to qualify for the tournament.

★ 'Africa (CAF)' ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 'Asia (AFC)' ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 'North America, Central America & Caribbean (CONCACAF)' ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

★ 'South America (CONMEBOL)' ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 'Oceania (OFC)' ★ ★ ★ 'Europe (UEFA) ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see ''2005 FIFA World Youth Championship squads''.

Group stages

The 24 teams were split into six groups of four teams. Six group winners, six second place finishers and the four best third place finishers qualify for the knockout round.

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
	'9'	3	3	0	0	6	1
	'2'	3	0	2	1	3	4
	'2'	3	0	2	1	2	3
	'2'	3	0	2	1	2	5

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Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
	'9'	3	3	0	0	9	4
	'4'	3	1	1	1	7	6
	'4'	3	1	1	1	4	4
	'0'	3	0	0	3	2	8

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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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Four best third place

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Knockout stages

Round of 16

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

Goalscorers

;6 goals ★ Lionel Messi ;5 goals ★ Fernando Llorente ★ Oleksandr Aliev ;4 goals ★ Graziano Pelle ★ David Silva ;3 goals ★ Pablo Zabaleta ★ Chen Tao ★ Mouhssine Iajour ★ Chinedu Ogbuke ;2 goals ★ Rafael ★ Renato ★ Jose Fuenzalida ★ Ricardo Parada ★ Radamel Garcia ★ Freddy Guarin ★ Nicky Adler ★ Marvin Matip ★ Daniele Galloppa ★ Tarik Bendamou ★ Ryan Babel ★ Hedwiges Maduro ★ Taye Taiwo ★ Juanfran ★ Robuste ★ Gokhan Gulec ★ Sezer Öztürk ;1 goal ★ Julio Barroso

★ Neri Cardozo ★ Gustavo Oberman ★ Ryan Townsend ★ Nick Ward ★ Abou Maiga ★ Razak Omotoyossi ★ Diego ★ Edcarlos ★ Gladstone ★ Fabio Santos ★ Rafael Sobis ★ Marcel De Jong ★ Jaime Peters ★ Matias Fernandez ★ Gonzalo Jara ★ Pedro Morales ★ Cui Peng ★ Hao Junmin ★ Gao Lin ★ Lu Lin ★ Tan Wangsong ★ Zhao Xuri ★ Zhou Haibin ★ Zhu Ting ★ Harrison Otalvaro ★ Wason Renteria ★ Hugo Rodallega ★ Christian Gentner ★ Alexander Huber ★ Michele Canini ★ Andrea Coda ★ Raffaele De Martino ★ Sota Hirayama ★ Shunsuke Maeda

★ Koki Mizuno ★ Abdessalam Benjelloun ★ Adil Chihi ★ Rida Doulyazal ★ Nabil El Zhar ★ Quincy Owusu-Abeyie ★ Ibrahim Afellay ★ Urby Emanuelson ★ Collins John ★ Rick Kruys ★ Ron Vlaar ★ David Abwo ★ Olubayo Adefemi ★ Isaac Promise ★ John Obi Mikel ★ John Owoeri ★ Jose Venegas ★ Baek Ji-Hoon ★ Park Chu-Young ★ Shin Young-Rok ★ Jona ★ Molinero ★ Victor ★ Goran Antic ★ Johan Vonlanthen ★ Majed Al Haj ★ Mohammad Al Hamwi ★ Abd Alhousain ★ Maxym Feschuk ★ Dmytro Vorobei ★ Chad Barrett ★ Hunter Freeman ★ Jacob Peterson

Result

Awards

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!FIFA Fair Play Award
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| Lionel Messi
| Lionel Messi
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