2007 FIFA U-20 WORLD CUP
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2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup final rankings.
The '2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup' was the sixteenth edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup (formerly called FIFA World Youth Championship), hosted by Canada from June 30 to July 22, 2007. The tournament took place in a variety of venues across the country — Toronto, Edmonton, Montreal, Ottawa, Victoria, and Burnaby (Vancouver) — with the showcase stadium being Toronto's new National Soccer Stadium[1] where the final match was held. The winner was Argentina, that defeated Czech Republic by 2–1, thus managing a back-to-back world title, its fifth in the past seven editions, and sixth overall. Argentine player Sergio Agüero was given the FIFA U-20 Golden Shoe (top scorer with 6 goals) and the FIFA U-20 Golden Ball (best player of the tournament), while Japan earned the FIFA Fair Play Award.
The tournament featured 24 teams coming from six continental confederations; Canada qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining teams qualified based on their rankings at the respective continental U-20 (U-19 in Europe's case) tournaments. UEFA (Europe) qualified six teams; AFC (Asia), CAF (Africa), CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean) and CONMEBOL (South America) four teams each; and OFC (Oceania) one team.
On June 28, 2007, two days before the inaugural match, it was reported that 950,000 tickets had been sold,[2] making it the largest single-sport event ever taking place in the country,[3] and on July 3, the tournament organisers sold the one millionth ticket.[4] On July 19, the semifinal match between Chile and Argentina marked this edition as the most attended in the tournament's history, with an accumulated attendance of 1,156,187 spectators, surpassing Mexico 1983's 1,155,160 spectators.[5] Final attendance totalled 1,195,299.
Venues
| Victoria | Burnaby | Edmonton |
|---|---|---|
| Royal Athletic Park | Swangard Stadium | Commonwealth Stadium |
| Capacity: '14,500' | Capacity: '10,000' | Capacity: '60,081' |
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| Toronto | Ottawa | Montreal |
| National Soccer Stadium | Frank Clair Stadium | Olympic Stadium |
| Capacity: '20,195' | Capacity: '26,559' | Capacity: '65,255' |
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Qualification
Twenty-three teams qualified for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup. As the host team, Canada received an automatic bid, bringing the total number of teams to twenty-four for the tournament. The draw for the group stages took place on March 3, 2007 in Liberty Grand Entertainment Complex, Toronto.
Squads
For a list of the squads see ''2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads''
Group stage
The 24 participating teams were distributed between six groups of four teams each, according to a draw held on March 3, 2007. The groups are contested on a league system, where each team plays one time against the other teams in the same group, for a total of six matches per group. Each group winner and runner-up teams, as well as the best four third-placed teams, qualify for the first round of the knockout stage (round of 16).
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| Teams that have qualified to the knockout stage as group winner or runner-up. | |
| Teams that have qualified to the knockout stage as one of the four best third-placed. | |
| Teams knocked out at group stage. |
Group A
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '7' | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | |
| '5' | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | |
| '4' | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | |
| '0' | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 |
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Group B
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '7' | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | |
| '4' | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | |
| '4' | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | |
| '1' | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 |
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Group C
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '9' | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | |
| '6' | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | |
| '3' | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
| '0' | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 |
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Group D
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '7' | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | |
| '4' | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | –4 | |
| '3' | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | |
| '2' | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 |
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Group E
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '7' | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | |
| '5' | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | |
| '2' | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | |
| '1' | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | –7 |
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Group F
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '7' | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | |
| '7' | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | |
| '3' | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | |
| '0' | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 |
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Third place rankings
The best four third-placed teams also advance to the knockout stage. The final standings are shown below.
| Group | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 'A' | '' | '4' | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 |
| 'B' | '' | '4' | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 |
| 'C' | '' | '3' | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 'D' | '' | '3' | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 |
| F' | ' | '3' | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 |
| E | '2' | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 |
Knockout stage
Round of 16
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Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Third place playoff
Final
Goalscorers
Result
Awards
| Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball |
|---|---|---|
| Sergio Agüero | Maximiliano Moralez | Giovanni Dos Santos |
| Golden Shoe | Silver Shoe | Bronze Shoe |
| Sergio Agüero | Adrián López | Maximiliano Moralez |
| 6 goals | 5 goals | 4 goals |
| FIFA Fair Play Award | ||
Controversies
Toronto police incident
On July 19, 2007, following a hotly contested semifinal match between Chile and Argentina, several members of the Chilean team, including players and delegates, were involved in a brawl with police outside Toronto's National Soccer Stadium,[6] which ended with several Chilean players and delegates injured, then handcuffed and detained inside the stadium. How the events unfolded is not unanimous, with two currently existing versions.
Players' version
According to the Chilean players and some witnesses, at 10:22 p.m. (local time) Chilean player IsaÃas Peralta — before getting on the team bus — walked towards a crowd of Chilean fans stationed behind a security fence some 50 metres away from the bus, but was stopped by about ten policemen some 30 metres away from the fence. A heated discussion took place, where Peralta (who speaks no English) was verbally and physically abused by the policemen. Peralta was TASERed by one police officer and he lost consciousness for 20 minutes. Chilean player Arturo Vidal arrived at the scene to help his team mate and got involved in a struggle with the police. Other eyewitnesses stated it was Chilean goaltender Cristopher Toselli who walked towards the fans when he was grabbed by a security guard, prompting the melee.[7] This was noticed by the other players inside the bus, who also got involved in the struggle with the police. All players — except Peralta, who lay unconscious on the ground — got back on the bus and closed the doors to keep the police out. A policewoman noticed this and threw a tear gas canister (or something to that effect) inside the bus. The players panicked and started breaking windows to let air in. Three minutes later the president of the Chilean National Association of Professional Football (ANFP), Harold Mayne-Nicholls, asked the players to descend from the bus to take a different one. As the players were getting off the bus they were violently detained by police; some players were even handcuffed. Alexis Sánchez — who was coming out of the antidoping test — heard some people screaming and arrived at the scene, but was also beaten by police. The police then took the players back to the stadium. Christian Suárez – arriving from the mixed zone – was also detained.[8] Peralta claimed that after he regained consciousness: "I saw 10 police officers were hitting me and throwing acid in my face;"13 and also claimed the police removed an object the size of a match from his back so the press wouldn't be able to see it.[9] Other Chilean players said to the Chilean press that the Canadian police treated them like criminals, used pepper spray and TASERs on them, threatened them with legal action, and that while they were on the team's dressing room showing each others wounds, they were laughed at. During the Sunday final Mayne-Nicholls – who is also a FIFA official – allegedly identified the policeman who gave the order to use gas on the players and asked him why he had acted that way; Mayne-Nicholls claimed the policeman responded: "We use gas and electricity when we deal with criminals like yours."[10]
Police version
The police version of the events, as given by Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair, claimed that the melee began when Chilean players got into a scuffle with a rival fan.[11] He added that "members of the Chilean team then decided to direct some of their aggressive behaviour towards my officers... The job of my officers was to respond in a firm, but fair, manner to end that violence. They are trained to do so, and that is what they did." According to eyewitness accounts, the players on the bus began throwing things at police through the windows and tried to grab officers from inside the damaged bus.[12] FIFA spokesman John Schumacher said: "The Chilean players were detained by the police to de-escalate the situation that was taking place in front of the stadium."[13]
Eyewitness accounts stated that the altercation began as the Chilean players were heading to their bus, across the driveway from the doors of the stadium. There was apparently yelling near the bus, and then a scuffle erupted. Nathan Denette, a reported for Canadian Press stated: "Next thing you know, the bus just unloads and there's eight, 10 players come off the bus and there's just fists flying everywhere, between the cops, the security guards, a couple of ladies were involved that were security." As the conflict became more heated, a police officer did use a TASER – though it was unclear if it was used on a player or an official with the Chilean team – after which the brawl became even more intense.13 It was also asserted that any bruises sustained by anyone involved were "tiny."[14]
Press shut-out
The Chilean press alleged that all press were removed from the area by security personel since the incident's start, threatened with the removal of their tapes if they recorded anything and locked inside a room for several minutes.[15]
Aftermath
Ten Chilean team members were detained over three hours and then released without charges.[16] FIFA president Sepp Blatter said the next day at a press conference in Toronto that the incident was "regrettable" and that he "apologized in the name of FIFA." The ANFP hired a Toronto law firm to pursue legal action against the Toronto police.
In Chile the incident was on the front page of every major newspaper. The Canadian embassy in Santiago received a bomb threat and angry Chileans protested outside the embassy with signs reading "Racist Canada."[17] Chile's President, Michelle Bachelet, said that the incident was "especially serious because, in our opinion, the Chilean delegation suffered unjustified aggression,"[18] and lodged a formal protest with the Canadian government.[19] In response, Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, remarked that "international soccer matches are hotly contested and often become very emotional. As you know, there are processes in Canada by which the authorities review these kinds of incidents and I don't intend to comment further."19
It was reported in the Canadian media on July 30, 2007, that Isaias Peralta had confessed to Santiago's ''El Mercurio'' that one of the Chilean team members had punched a female police office in the face before Peralta had been TASERed, but maintained that the Toronto police had assaulted the Chilean team members before they retaliated; the following day Peralta denied making the comments.[20] Police spokesperson Mark Pugash affirmed a female officer had been hit in the face, and stated the Chilean's violent behaviour prompted police to use TASERs and pepper spray, upholding the story that the Chileans had started the m̻l̩e by confronting an Argentinean fan.[21] After an internal review headed by Superintendent Jim Ramer Рin which witnesses, including event security officials, members of the Ontario Soccer Association, the BMO Field event coordinator, and the driver of the Chilean bus, offered statements Рa report issued by the Toronto Police Service on July 31, 2007, found that officers had acted professionally and with "with an immense amount of restraint" during the conflict outside the BMO Field, in which Chilean players "punched, kicked, spat on and kicked" police and security staff. The report stated that the violence started when two people not involved in the game confronted each other. Security guards first attempted to intervene, and then police, which is when a Chilean player punched a female police officer in the face. From that point, the report said the violence escalated; Chilean players dismantled the armrests and footrests from the bus seats, and smashed the windows in order to spit at and throw these objects, plus D-cell batteries, clothes hangers, and cans of deodorant at the police. Four officers were reportedly injured by projectiles. FIFA agreed to pay for the $35,000 in damages to the team's rented bus.20
Harold Mayne-Nicholls, chair of the Football Federation of Chile and a witness to the event said: "I didn't see any Chilean player hitting any officer except between all the struggling." Patricio Bascunan, president of the Salvador Allende Cultural Society of Toronto, said an independent review was needed.20
See also
★ Canadian Soccer Association
★ 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup
References
1. "National Soccer Stadium" was the temporary name of the BMO Field during this tournament, as FIFA prohibits sponsorship of stadia unless the stadium sponsor is also an official FIFA sponsor.
2. FIFA U-20 World Cup surpasses 950,000 spectators
3. History made with Canada 2007 ticket sales
4. Fast starts for Mexico, Portugal
5. Canada sets U-20 World Cup attendance record
6. [Reuters: ''Chile soccer players clash with Toronto police''; July 20, 2007]
7. Campbell, Morgan; ''Toronto Star'': CSA seeking witnesses to Chile brawl; July 24, 2007
8. ''La Tercera'' July 21 2007 edition
9. Sub 20: Los jugadores contaron su impactante versión de los hechos", ''El Mercurio Online'', ''agencias'', accessed July 21 2007
10. "Mayne-Nicholls relató inéditos detalles de golpiza en Canadá" ''La Tercera'', accessed on July 24 2007
11. Chilean officials blame Police for melee, tsn.ca, accessed July 20 2007
12. "Chile officials say Toronto police to blame for soccer team's post-match brawl" ''Canadian Press'', accessed July 21 2007
13. CTV News: ''Chile officials blame T.O. police for soccer brawl''; July 20, 2007
14. [Warmington, Joe; ''Toronto Sun'': Chileans' conduct shameful; July 23, 2007]
15. ''El Mercurio'' July 20 2007 edition
16. ''La Tercera'' July 22 2007 edition.
17. "Toronto melee a global dust-up", thestar.com, accessed July 21 2007
18. "Chile football players face FIFA probe after brawl", ''Reuters'', accessed July 21 2007
19. Babage, Maria, T.O. cops under scrutiny, Slam.ca, July 20, 2007
20. Powell, Betsy; Dale, Daniel; ''Toronto Star'': Officers cleared in soccer scuffle; July 31, 2007
21. Dale, Daniel; ''Toronto Star'': Chilean player admits officer was punched; July 30, 2007
External links
★ FIFA.com: FIFA U-20 World Cup 2007
★ Canada Soccer Association - U-20 World Cup 2007
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