Mistrzostwa Świata U-20 w Piłce Nożnej 2019 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Poland |
Dates | 23 May – 15 June [1] |
Teams | 24 (from 6 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 6 (in 6 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Ukraine (1st title) |
Runners-up | South Korea |
Third place | Ecuador |
Fourth place | Italy |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 52 |
Goals scored | 153 (2.94 per match) |
Attendance | 377,338 (7,257 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Erling Haaland (9 goals) [2] |
Best player(s) | Lee Kang-in [2] |
Best goalkeeper | Andriy Lunin [2] |
Fair play award | Japan [2] |
The 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 22nd edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, the biennial international men's youth football championship contested by the under-20 national teams of the member associations of FIFA, since its inception in 1977 as the FIFA World Youth Championship. The tournament was hosted by Poland between 23 May and 15 June 2019. [3] [1] This was the first FIFA tournament hosted by Poland; the country had hosted UEFA international football events in the past including the UEFA Euro 2012 with Ukraine and the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.
England won the previous tournament in South Korea, but did not qualify for the tournament after finishing sixth at the 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship in Finland. In doing so, they became the sixth consecutive incumbent title holders to fail to qualify for the subsequent tournament. The official match ball used in the tournament was Adidas Conext19.
Ukraine won their first FIFA U-20 World Cup title after beating South Korea 3–1 in the final. They did it in their first appearance further than the round of 16, becoming the first team from a former Soviet republic other than Russia to win a FIFA competition title since its dissolution in 1991. The Soviet Union, whose record is now inherited by Russia, previously won the inaugural U-20 World Cup in 1977.
In the group stages, Norway's 12-0 win against Honduras was the biggest winning margin in the main stages of any major men's FIFA tournament, while Erling Haaland's nine goals in the same match made him the only player to score a triple hat-trick at any significant intercontinental tournament for national teams for any gender. [4]
The bidding process to host the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup and the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup was launched by FIFA in June 2017. [5] A member association may bid for both tournaments, but they would be awarded to different hosts. [6]
Two countries submitted formal bids to host the tournament.
FIFA announced Poland as the hosts after the FIFA Council meeting on 16 March 2018 in Bogotá, Colombia. [3] Poland won the bid over India in a 9–5 vote.
A total of 24 teams qualified for the final tournament. In addition to Poland, who qualified automatically as hosts, 23 other teams qualified from six separate continental competitions. The slot allocation was approved by the FIFA Council on 10 June 2018. [9] All 24 teams qualified had played in the tournament prior to this edition, making this the first U-20 World Cup in which none of the teams that earned a spot were making their debut.
Bielsko-Biała, Bydgoszcz, Gdynia, Łódź, Lublin and Tychy were the six cities hosting the competition. Lubin (not to confuse with Lublin) ended up withdrawn from the list due to hotel capacity troubles and was replaced by Bielsko-Biała.
Bielsko-Biała | Bydgoszcz | Gdynia |
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Stadion Miejski (Bielsko-Biała Stadium) | Stadion im. Zdzisława Krzyszkowiaka (Bydgoszcz Stadium) | Stadion Miejski (Gdynia Stadium) |
Capacity: 15,076 | Capacity: 20,247 | Capacity: 15,139 |
Łódź | Lublin | Tychy |
Stadion Widzewa (Łódź Stadium) | Arena Lublin (Lublin Stadium) | Stadion Miejski (Tychy Stadium) |
Capacity: 18,008 | Capacity: 15,500 | Capacity: 15,600 |
The emblem was unveiled on 14 December 2018. The emblem features a crocus, a flower that blooms every spring in Poland combined with the colors of the Polish flag, symbolising the new faces that will emerge to shape the tournament's trophy. [10]
Grzywek, the official mascot was unveiled on 23 February 2019 one day before the final draw. Grzywek is inspired by a Polish bison distinctive name comes from the Polish word for "mane" – the long and coarse hair that adorns the neck of this striking animal – and also symbolises the country's pride at hosting its first ever FIFA competition. [11]
The match schedule was unveiled on 14 December 2018, the same day as the official emblem. [10]
The final draw was held on 24 February 2019, 17:30 CET (UTC+1), at the Gdynia Sports Arena in Gdynia. [12] [13] The 24 teams were drawn into six groups of four teams. The hosts Poland were automatically seeded into Pot 1 and assigned to position A1, while the remaining teams were seeded into their respective pots based on their results in the last five FIFA U-20 World Cups (more recent tournaments weighted more heavily), and with five bonus points added to each of the 6 continental champions from the qualifying tournaments, as follows: [14]
Pot | Team | Confederation | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | ||||||
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1 | Poland (H) | UEFA | Host nation, automatically assigned to Pot 1 | ||||||||||
Portugal | UEFA | DNQ | 5.6 | 4.2 | 10.4 | 8 | +5 | 33.2 | |||||
Uruguay | CONMEBOL | 1.4 | 0.8 | 8.4 | 4 | 13 | 27.6 | ||||||
France | UEFA | DNQ | 4.8 | 8.4 | DNQ | 9 | 22.2 | ||||||
United States | CONCACAF | 0.6 | DNQ | 0.6 | 8 | 8 | +5 | 22.2 | |||||
Mexico | CONCACAF | DNQ | 4.4 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 7 | 15.6 | ||||||
2 | Mali | CAF | DNQ | 0 | 1.2 | 8.8 | DNQ | +5 | 15.0 | ||||
Nigeria | CAF | 0.6 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 4.8 | DNQ | 13.8 | ||||||
New Zealand | OFC | DNQ | 0.8 | 0 | 3.2 | 4 | +5 | 13 | |||||
Colombia | CONMEBOL | DNQ | 4.8 | 4.8 | 3.2 | DNQ | 12.8 | ||||||
South Korea | AFC | 1.4 | 1.6 | 3.6 | DNQ | 6 | 12.6 | ||||||
Italy | UEFA | 1.4 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 11 | 12.4 | ||||||
3 | Saudi Arabia | AFC | DNQ | 2.4 | DNQ | DNQ | 4 | +5 | 11.4 | ||||
Senegal | CAF | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 6.4 | 4 | 10.4 | ||||||
Argentina | CONMEBOL | DNQ | 4.4 | DNQ | 1.6 | 3 | 9 | ||||||
Ecuador | CONMEBOL | DNQ | 1.6 | DNQ | DNQ | 2 | +5 | 8.6 | |||||
Ukraine | UEFA | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 6.4 | DNQ | 6.4 | ||||||
Honduras | CONCACAF | 0.6 | DNQ | DNQ | 2.4 | 3 | 6 | ||||||
4 | Japan | AFC | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 4 | 4 | |||||
South Africa | CAF | 0.8 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 1 | 1.8 | ||||||
Panama | CONCACAF | DNQ | 0.4 | DNQ | 0.8 | DNQ | 1.2 | ||||||
Qatar | AFC | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | DNQ | 0 | ||||||
Tahiti | OFC | 0 | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | DNQ | 0 | ||||||
Norway | UEFA | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 0 |
Teams from Pot 1 were drawn first, followed by Pot 2, Pot 3, and finally Pot 4, with each team (apart from Poland) also drawn to one of the positions within their group. No group could contain more than one team from each confederation. [14]
The draw resulted in the following groups: [15]
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A total of 21 refereeing trios (a referee and two assistant referees), 6 support referees, and 20 video assistant referees were appointed for the tournament. [16] [17]
Confederation | Referee | Assistant referees | Support referee | Video assistant referees |
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AFC | Ahmed Al-Kaf | Abu Bakar Al-Amri Rashid Al-Ghaithi | Ilgiz Tantashev | Ammar Al-Jeneibi Khamis Al-Marri Fu Ming |
Muhammad Taqi | Ronnie Koh Min Kiat Abdul Hannan bin Abdul Hasim | |||
Adham Makhadmeh | Ahmad Al-Roalle Mohammad Al-Kalaf | |||
CAF | Mustapha Ghorbal | Mahmoud Ahmed Kamel Mokrane Gourari | Pacifique Ndabihawenimana | Bakary Gassama Gehad Grisha Bamlak Tessema Weyesa |
Maguette N'Diaye | Elvis Noupue Seydou Tiama | |||
Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo | Olivier Safari Souleimane Amaldine | |||
CONCACAF | Ismail Elfath | Kyle Atkins Corey Parker | Iván Barton | Adonai Escobedo Alan Kelly |
Fernando Guerrero | Pablo Hernández José Martínez | |||
Saíd Martínez | Walter López Helpys Feliz | |||
CONMEBOL | Raphael Claus | Danilo Manis Bruno Pires | Joel Alarcón | Julio Bascuñán Andrés Rojas Wilton Sampaio Jesús Valenzuela Gery Vargas |
Leodán González | Richard Trinidad Martín Soppi | |||
Alexis Herrera | Jorge Urrego Tulio Moreno | |||
Fernando Rapallini | Diego Bonfá Gabriel Chade | |||
OFC | Abdelkader Zitouni | Folio Moeaki Bernard Mutukera | David Yareboinen | — |
UEFA | Benoît Bastien | Hicham Zakrani Frédéric Haquette | Sandro Schärer | Artur Soares Dias Marco Guida Alejandro Hernández Hernández Juan Martínez Munuera Benoît Millot Paweł Raczkowski Pol van Boekel |
Jesús Gil Manzano | Ángel Nevado Rodríguez Diego Barbero Sevilla | |||
Ivan Kružliak | Tomaš Somoláni Branislav Hancko | |||
Davide Massa | Filippo Meli Fabiano Preti | |||
Michael Oliver | Simon Bennett Stuart Burt | |||
Daniel Siebert | Jan Seidel Rafael Foltyn | |||
Slavko Vinčić | Tomaž Klančnik Andraž Kovačič |
Players born on or after 1 January 1999 and on or before 31 December 2003 were eligible to compete in the tournament.
Each team had to name a preliminary squad of between 22 and 50 players. From the preliminary squad, the team had to name a final squad of 21 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline. Players in the final squad could be replaced by a player from the preliminary squad due to serious injury or illness up to 24 hours prior to kickoff of the team's first match. [18]
The top two teams of each group and the four best third-placed teams advanced to the round of 16.
All times are local, CEST (UTC+2). [19]
The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows: [18]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Senegal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Colombia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 6 | |
3 | Poland (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 | |
4 | Tahiti | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | −14 | 0 |
Poland | 5–0 | Tahiti |
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1 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 5 | |
3 | Ecuador | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | Mexico | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |
Mexico | 1–2 | Italy |
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1 | Uruguay | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 | |
3 | Norway | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 3 | |
4 | Honduras | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | −19 | 0 |
Uruguay | 3–1 | Norway |
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Honduras | 0–2 | Uruguay |
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Norway | 0–2 | New Zealand |
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1 | Ukraine | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | |
3 | Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | |
4 | Qatar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |
Qatar | 0–4 | Nigeria |
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United States | 2–0 | Nigeria |
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1 | France | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Mali | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | |
3 | Panama | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
4 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 0 |
France | 2–0 | Saudi Arabia |
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1 | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | South Korea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 | |
3 | Portugal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | |
4 | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 1 |
Portugal | 1–0 | South Korea |
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The four best third-placed teams from the six groups advanced to the knockout stage along with the six group winners and six runners-up.
Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | A | Poland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 | Knockout stage |
2 | D | Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | |
3 | B | Ecuador | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | E | Panama | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
5 | F | Portugal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | |
6 | C | Norway | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 3 |
In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of 90 minutes of normal playing time, extra time would be played (two periods of 15 minutes each), where each team was allowed to make a fourth substitution. If still tied after extra time, the match would be decided by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner. [18]
In the round of 16, the four third-placed teams would be matched with the winners of groups A, B, C, and D. The specific match-ups involving the third-placed teams depended on which four third-placed teams qualified for the round of 16: [18]
Third-placed teams qualified from groups | 1A vs | 1B vs | 1C vs | 1D vs | ||||||
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A | B | C | D | 3C | 3D | 3A | 3B | |||
A | B | C | E | 3C | 3A | 3B | 3E | |||
A | B | C | F | 3C | 3A | 3B | 3F | |||
A | B | D | E | 3D | 3A | 3B | 3E | |||
A | B | D | F | 3D | 3A | 3B | 3F | |||
A | B | E | F | 3E | 3A | 3B | 3F | |||
A | C | D | E | 3C | 3D | 3A | 3E | |||
A | C | D | F | 3C | 3D | 3A | 3F | |||
A | C | E | F | 3C | 3A | 3F | 3E | |||
A | D | E | F | 3D | 3A | 3F | 3E | |||
B | C | D | E | 3C | 3D | 3B | 3E | |||
B | C | D | F | 3C | 3D | 3B | 3F | |||
B | C | E | F | 3E | 3C | 3B | 3F | |||
B | D | E | F | 3E | 3D | 3B | 3F | |||
C | D | E | F | 3C | 3D | 3F | 3E |
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7 June – Łódź | ||||||||||||||
New Zealand | 1 (4) | |||||||||||||
Colombia | 0 | |||||||||||||
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Ukraine | 1 | |||||||||||||
Ukraine | 4 | |||||||||||||
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Poland | 0 | |||||||||||||
Italy | 4 | |||||||||||||
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Mali | 2 | |||||||||||||
Argentina | 2 (4) | |||||||||||||
15 June – Łódź | ||||||||||||||
Mali (p) | 2 (5) | |||||||||||||
Ukraine | 3 | |||||||||||||
4 June – Bydgoszcz | ||||||||||||||
South Korea | 1 | |||||||||||||
France | 2 | |||||||||||||
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United States | 3 | |||||||||||||
United States | 1 | |||||||||||||
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Ecuador | 2 | |||||||||||||
Uruguay | 1 | |||||||||||||
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South Korea | 1 | Third place match | ||||||||||||
Japan | 0 | |||||||||||||
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South Korea | 1 | |||||||||||||
South Korea (p) | 3 (3) | Italy | 0 | |||||||||||
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Senegal | 3 (2) | Ecuador (a.e.t.) | 1 | |||||||||||
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Nigeria | 1 | |||||||||||||
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United States | 1–2 | Ecuador |
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South Korea | 3–3 (a.e.t.) | Senegal |
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Ukraine | 3–1 | South Korea |
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The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. [2] They were all sponsored by Adidas, except for the FIFA Fair Play Award.
Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball |
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Lee Kang-in | Serhiy Buletsa | Gonzalo Plata |
Golden Boot | Silver Boot | Bronze Boot |
Erling Haaland (9 goals, 0 assists, 270 minutes played) [72] | Danylo Sikan (4 goals, 0 assists, 280 minutes played) [72] | Amadou Sagna (4 goals, 0 assists, 334 minutes played) [72] |
Golden Glove | ||
Andriy Lunin | ||
FIFA Fair Play Trophy | ||
Japan | ||
The top scorer of the tournament was Erling Haaland; all his nine goals were scored in the same game.
There were 153 goals scored in 52 matches, for an average of 2.94 goals per match.
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