| FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009 كأس العالم للشباب تحت 20 سنة 2009 | |
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|   2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup official logo | |
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Egypt | 
| Dates | 24 September – 16 October | 
| Teams | 24 (from 6 confederations) | 
| Venue(s) | 7 (in 5 host cities) | 
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Ghana  (1st title) | 
| Runners-up |  Brazil | 
| Third place |  Hungary | 
| Fourth place |  Costa Rica | 
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 52 | 
| Goals scored | 167 (3.21 per match) | 
| Attendance | 1,292,720 (24,860 per match) | 
| Top scorer(s) |  Dominic Adiyiah (8 goals) | 
| Best player(s) |  Dominic Adiyiah | 
| Best goalkeeper |  Esteban Alvarado | 
| Fair play award |  Brazil | 
| ← 2007   2011 → | |
The 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 17th edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, which was hosted by Egypt from 24 September to 16 October 2009. [1] The tournament was initially going to take place between 10 and 31 July. [2] However, the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup 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 Ghana after they defeated Brazil on penalties in the final, becoming the first African team to win the tournament. [3]
Only players born on or after 1 January 1989 were eligible to compete.
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.
| Confederation | Referee | Assistants | 
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| AFC | Yuichi Nishimura (Japan) | Toru Sagara (Japan) Jeong Hae-Sang (South Korea) | 
| Subkhiddin Salleh (Malaysia) | Mu Yuxin (China) Thanom Borikut (Thailand) | |
| CAF | Mohamed Benouza (Algeria) | Nasser Abdel Nabi (Egypt) Angesom Ogbamariam (Eritrea) | 
| Coffi Codjia (Benin) | Alexis Fassinau (Benin) Desire Gahungu (Burundi) | |
| Koman Coulibaly (Mali) | Ayuba Haruna (Ghana) Redouane Achik (Morocco) | |
| Eddy Maillet (Seychelles) | Bechir Hassani (Tunisia) Evarist Menkouande (Cameroon) | |
| CONCACAF | Joel Aguilar (El Salvador) | William Torres (El Salvador) Juan Zumba (El Salvador) | 
| Marco Rodríguez (Mexico) | José Luis Camargo (Mexico) Alberto Morín (Mexico) | |
| CONMEBOL | Héctor Baldassi (Argentina) | Ricardo Casas (Argentina) Hernán Maidana (Argentina) | 
| Óscar Ruiz (Colombia) | Abraham González (Colombia) Humberto Clavijo (Colombia) | |
| Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay) | Pablo Fandiño (Uruguay) Mauricio Espinosa (Uruguay) | |
| OFC | Peter O'Leary (New Zealand) | Brent Best (New Zealand) Matthew Taro (Solomon Islands) | 
| UEFA | Thomas Einwaller (Austria) | Roland Heim (Austria) Norbert Schwab (Austria) | 
| Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium) | Peter Hermans (Belgium) Walter Vromans (Belgium) | |
| Ivan Bebek (Croatia) | Tomislav Petrović (Croatia) Tomislav Setka (Croatia) | |
| Roberto Rosetti (Italy) | Paolo Calcagno (Italy) Stefano Ayroldi (Italy) | |
| Olegário Benquerença (Portugal) | José Cardinal (Portugal) Bertino Miranda (Portugal) | |
| Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain) | Fermín Martínez Ibánez (Spain) Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez (Spain) | 
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.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | 
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The draw for the group stages was held on 5 April 2009 at Luxor Temple. [4] [5] 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).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result | 
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| 1 |  Egypt (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage | 
| 2 |  Paraguay | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | |
| 3 |  Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | 
| Italy  | 2–1 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 
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| Albertazzi  39' Raggio Garibaldi  78' | Report | Clarence  67' | 
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | 
| 2 |  Venezuela | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Tahiti | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | −21 | 0 | 
| Tahiti  | 0–8 |  Venezuela | 
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| Report | Rondón  4', 27' (pen.), 90+2' Velázquez  19' Rojas  72' Del Valle  78', 88', 90+1' | 
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | 
| 2 |  South Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 |  United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Cameroon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 | 
| Cameroon  | 2–0 |  South Korea | 
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| Effa  19' Tiko  64' | Report | 
| South Korea  | 1–1 |  Germany | 
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| Kim Min-woo  71' | Report | Sukuta-Pasu  32' | 
| South Korea  | 3–0 |  United States | 
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| Kim Young-gwon  23' Kim Bo-kyung  42' Koo Ja-cheol  75' (pen.) | Report | 
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result | 
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| 1 |  Ghana | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | 
| 2 |  Uruguay | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 | |
| 3 |  Uzbekistan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | |
| 4 |  England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 | 
| Uruguay  | 3–0 |  Uzbekistan | 
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| Lodeiro  28' Urretavizcaya  62' García  83' | Report | 
| Uzbekistan  | 1–1 |  England | 
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| Nagaev  77' | Report | Nimely-Tchuimeni  88' | 
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result | 
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| 1 |  Brazil | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | 
| 2 |  Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | |
| 3 |  Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Australia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 | 
| Brazil  | 5–0 |  Costa Rica | 
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| Alan Kardec  24', 44' Giuliano  35' Teixeira  75' Boquita  89' | Report | 
| Costa Rica  | 2–3 |  Czech Republic | 
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| Estrada  49' (pen.) J. Martínez  61' | Report | Chramosta  11', 86' Vošahlík  77' | 
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result | 
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| 1 |  Hungary | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage | 
| 2 |  United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
| 3 |  South Africa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Honduras | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 
| United Arab Emirates  | 2–2 |  South Africa | 
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| Al Kamali  90+1' (pen.) Awana  90+3' | Report | Erasmus  54', 72' | 
| Honduras  | 3–0 |  Hungary | 
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| M. Martínez  35', 70' Peralta  84' | Report | 
| United Arab Emirates  | 1–0 |  Honduras | 
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| Khalil  41' | Report | 
| Hungary  | 2–0 |  United Arab Emirates | 
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| Németh  19' Koman  23' | Report | 
| South Africa  | 2–0 |  Honduras | 
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| Jali  31' Khumalo  46' | Report | 
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Result | 
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| 1 | A |  Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage | 
| 2 | F |  South Africa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 | |
| 3 | B |  Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 3 | |
| 4 | E |  Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 3 | |
| 5 | C |  United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | |
| 6 | D |  Uzbekistan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | 
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| 5 October 2009 — Cairo | ||||||||||||||
|  Paraguay | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 9 October 2009 — Suez | ||||||||||||||
|  South Korea | 3 | |||||||||||||
|  South Korea | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 6 October 2009 — Ismailia | ||||||||||||||
|  Ghana | 3 | |||||||||||||
|  Ghana  (a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 13 October 2009 — Cairo | ||||||||||||||
|  South Africa | 1 | |||||||||||||
|  Ghana | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 5 October 2009 — Cairo | ||||||||||||||
|  Hungary | 2 | |||||||||||||
|  Spain | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 9 October 2009 — Suez | ||||||||||||||
|  Italy | 3 | |||||||||||||
|  Italy | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 6 October 2009 — Alexandria | ||||||||||||||
|  Hungary  (a.e.t.) | 3 | |||||||||||||
|  Hungary (p) | 2 (4) | |||||||||||||
| 16 October 2009 — Cairo | ||||||||||||||
|  Czech Republic | 2 (3) | |||||||||||||
|  Ghana (p) | 0 (4) | |||||||||||||
| 7 October 2009 — Port Said | ||||||||||||||
|  Brazil | 0 (3) | |||||||||||||
|  Brazil | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 10 October 2009 — Cairo | ||||||||||||||
|  Uruguay | 1 | |||||||||||||
|  Brazil  (a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 7 October 2009 — Suez | ||||||||||||||
|  Germany | 1 | |||||||||||||
|  Germany | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 13 October 2009 — Cairo | ||||||||||||||
|  Nigeria | 2 | |||||||||||||
|  Brazil | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 7 October 2009 — Suez | ||||||||||||||
|  Costa Rica | 0 | Third place | ||||||||||||
|  Venezuela | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 10 October 2009 — Cairo | 16 October 2009 — Cairo | |||||||||||||
|  United Arab Emirates | 2 | |||||||||||||
|  United Arab Emirates | 1 |  Hungary (p) | 1 (2) | |||||||||||
| 6 October 2009 — Cairo | ||||||||||||||
|  Costa Rica  (a.e.t.) | 2 |  Costa Rica | 1 (0) | |||||||||||
|  Egypt | 0 | |||||||||||||
|  Costa Rica | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Paraguay  | 0 – 3 |  South Korea | 
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| Report | Kim Bo-kyung  55' Kim Min-woo  60', 70' | 
| Egypt  | 0 – 2 |  Costa Rica | 
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| Report | Mena  21' Ureña  88' | 
| Hungary  | 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) |  Czech Republic | 
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| Kiss  15' Koman  99' | Report | Vošahlík  26' Rabušic  92' | 
| Penalties | ||
| Présinger  Koman  Szabó  Gosztonyi  Németh  Balajti  | 4 – 3 |  Mareček  Rabušic  Čelůstka  Vošahlík  Morávek  Řezník | 
| Brazil  | 3 – 1 |  Uruguay | 
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| Alan Kardec  22' Teixeira  24', 31' | Report | Urretavizcaya  36' | 
| South Korea  | 2 – 3 |  Ghana | 
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| Park Hee-seong  31' Kim Dong-sub  82' | Report | Adiyiah  8', 78' Osei  28' | 
| United Arab Emirates  | 1 – 2 (a.e.t.) |  Costa Rica | 
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| Ali  33' | Report | J. Martínez  37' Ureña  120+2' | 
| Brazil  | 1 – 0 |  Costa Rica | 
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| Alan Kardec  67' | Report | 
| Ghana  | 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) |  Brazil | 
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| Report | ||
| Penalties | ||
| Ayew  Inkoom  Mensah  Addae  Adiyiah  Agyemang-Badu  | 4 – 3 |  Alan Kardec  Giuliano  Douglas Costa  Souza  Maicon  Teixeira | 
|        Ghana |          Brazil | 
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| Man of the Match:  Assistant referees: | 
| 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup winners | 
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|  Ghana First title | 
| 2nd place | 3rd place | 4th place | 
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|  Brazil |  Hungary |  Costa Rica | 
| Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball | 
|---|---|---|
|  Dominic Adiyiah |  Alex Teixeira |  Giuliano | 
| Golden Shoe | Silver Shoe | Bronze Shoe | 
|  Dominic Adiyiah |  Vladimir Koman |  Aarón | 
| 8 goals | 5 goals | 4 goals | 
| Golden Glove | ||
|  Esteban Alvarado | ||
| FIFA Fair Play Award | ||
|  Brazil | ||
With eight goals, Dominic Adiyiah is the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 167 goals were scored by 105 different players, with one of them credited as own goals.
 Maicon
  Maicon  Josué Martínez
  Josué Martínez  Jan Chramosta
  Jan Chramosta  Michael Rabušic
  Michael Rabušic  Jan Vošahlík
  Jan Vošahlík  Afroto
  Afroto  Hossam Arafat
  Hossam Arafat  Bogy
  Bogy  Ahmed Shoukry
  Ahmed Shoukry  Semih Aydilek
  Semih Aydilek  Lewis Holtby
  Lewis Holtby  Björn Kopplin
  Björn Kopplin  Richard Sukuta-Pasu
  Richard Sukuta-Pasu  André Ayew
  André Ayew  Mario Martínez
  Mario Martínez  Michelangelo Albertazzi
  Michelangelo Albertazzi  Mattia Mustacchio
  Mattia Mustacchio  Kim Bo-kyung
  Kim Bo-kyung  Ander Herrera
  Ander Herrera  Kike
  Kike  Emilio Nsue
  Emilio Nsue  Ahmed Khalil
  Ahmed Khalil  Nicolás Lodeiro
  Nicolás Lodeiro  Jonathan Urretavizcaya
  Jonathan Urretavizcaya  James Holland
  James Holland  Aaron Mooy
  Aaron Mooy  Boquita
  Boquita  Ciro
  Ciro  Douglas Costa
  Douglas Costa  Giuliano
  Giuliano  Ganso
  Ganso  Andre Akono Effa
  Andre Akono Effa  Germain Tiko
  Germain Tiko  Banana Yaya
  Banana Yaya  Diego Estrada
  Diego Estrada  David Guzmán
  David Guzmán  Diego Madrigal
  Diego Madrigal  José Mena
  José Mena  Tomáš Pekhart
  Tomáš Pekhart  Mohamed Talaat
  Mohamed Talaat  Alex Nimely-Tchuimeni
  Alex Nimely-Tchuimeni  Florian Jungwirth
  Florian Jungwirth  Manuel Schäffler
  Manuel Schäffler  Mario Vrančić
  Mario Vrančić  Abeiku Quansah
  Abeiku Quansah  Mohammed Rabiu
  Mohammed Rabiu  Arnold Peralta
  Arnold Peralta  Ádám Balajti
  Ádám Balajti  András Debreceni
  András Debreceni  Márkó Futács
  Márkó Futács  Máté Kiss
  Máté Kiss  Zsolt Korcsmár
  Zsolt Korcsmár  Ádám Présinger
  Ádám Présinger  Giacomo Bonaventura
  Giacomo Bonaventura  Umberto Eusepi
  Umberto Eusepi  Andrea Mazzarani
  Andrea Mazzarani  Antonio Mazzotta
  Antonio Mazzotta  Silvano Raggio Garibaldi
  Silvano Raggio Garibaldi  Daniel Adejo
  Daniel Adejo  Ibok Edet
  Ibok Edet  Kehinde Fatai
  Kehinde Fatai  Rabiu Ibrahim
  Rabiu Ibrahim  Nwankwo Obiorah
  Nwankwo Obiorah  Nurudeen Orelesi
  Nurudeen Orelesi  Danny Uchechi
  Danny Uchechi  Aldo Paniagua
  Aldo Paniagua  Federico Santander
  Federico Santander  Andile Jali
  Andile Jali  Sibusiso Khumalo
  Sibusiso Khumalo  Kim Dong-sub
  Kim Dong-sub  Kim Young-gwon
  Kim Young-gwon  Koo Ja-cheol
  Koo Ja-cheol  Park Hee-seong
  Park Hee-seong  Dani Parejo
  Dani Parejo  Juma Clarence
  Juma Clarence  Jean Luc Rochford
  Jean Luc Rochford  Mohamed Ahmed
  Mohamed Ahmed  Ahmed Ali
  Ahmed Ali  Hamdan Al Kamali
  Hamdan Al Kamali  Theyab Awana
  Theyab Awana  Bryan Arguez
  Bryan Arguez  Dilly Duka
  Dilly Duka  Brian Ownby
  Brian Ownby  Tony Taylor
  Tony Taylor  Santiago García
  Santiago García  Abel Hernández
  Abel Hernández  Tabaré Viudez
  Tabaré Viudez  Sherzod Karimov
  Sherzod Karimov  Ivan Nagaev
  Ivan Nagaev  Óscar Rojas
  Óscar Rojas  José Manuel Velázquez
  José Manuel Velázquez  Luke DeVere (playing against Costa Rica)
  Luke DeVere (playing against Costa Rica)| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result | 
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| 1 |  Ghana | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 17 | Champions | 
| 2 |  Brazil | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 17 | Runners-up | 
| 3 |  Hungary | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 11 | Third place | 
| 4 |  Costa Rica | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 10 | Fourth place | 
| 5 |  Germany | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 10 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals | 
| 6 |  South Korea | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 7 | |
| 7 |  Italy | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 7 | |
| 8 |  United Arab Emirates | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 7 | |
| 9 |  Spain | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 9 | Eliminated in Round of 16 | 
| 10 |  Czech Republic | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 8 | |
| 11 |  Uruguay | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 7 | |
| 12 |  Venezuela | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 6 | |
| 13 |  Egypt (H) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 6 | |
| 14 |  Paraguay | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 5 | |
| 15 |  South Africa | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | |
| 16 |  Nigeria | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 3 | |
| 17 |  Honduras | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage | 
| 18 |  United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | |
| 19 |  Cameroon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 | |
| 20 |  Uzbekistan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | |
| 20 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | |
| 22 |  England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 | |
| 23 |  Australia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 | |
| 24 |  Tahiti | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | −21 | 0 |