The 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the nineteenth edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, since its inception in 1977 as the FIFA World Youth Championship. It ran from 21 June to 13 July 2013. At the FIFA Executive Meeting in Zürich on 3 March 2011, Turkey beat other bids to host the series games, from host competition by the United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistan. In its bid, Turkey suggested the use of thirteen stadiums in ten of its cities, before deciding in February 2012, that seven cities would play host to games.
This tournament marked the first time in its history that neither Argentina nor Brazil (the most successful teams in the competition) qualified. It was also only the second time that Brazil had not taken part (the first time was the 1979 edition). As defending champions, Brazil were the third consecutive incumbent title holder to fail to qualify for the subsequent tournament.
France won the tournament and their first U-20 World Cup, and thus became the first nation to win all five FIFA 11-a-side men's titles (FIFA World Cup, FIFA Confederations Cup, FIFA U-20 World Cup, FIFA U-17 World Cup, and the Olympic football tournament).
Bids At the deadline date of 17 January 2011, three member associations confirmed they would be bidding for the event. Neither Turkey nor Uzbekistan had ever been hosts to a FIFA competition, while the United Arab Emirates were hosts of the U-20s in 2003.
Turkey United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Zimbabwe (withdrew bid)
Venues IstanbulKayseriBursaAli Sami Yen Spor KompleksiKadir Has StadiumAtatürk StadiumCapacity: 52,652Capacity: 32,864Capacity: 25,213TrabzonHüseyin Avni Aker StadiumCapacity: 23,772GaziantepRizeAntalyaKamil Ocak StadiumYeni Şehir StadiumAkdeniz University StadiumCapacity: 16,981Capacity: 15,485Capacity: 7,083
Qualification In addition to host nation Turkey, 23 nations qualified from six separate continental competitions.
ConfederationQualifying TournamentQualifier(s)AFC(Asia)2012 AFC U-19 Championship CAF(Africa)2013 African U-20 Championship CONCACAF(North, Central America & Caribbean)2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship CONMEBOL(South America)2013 South American Youth Championship OFC(Oceania)2013 OFC U-20 ChampionshipUEFA(Europe)Host nation2012 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship
1. Teams that made their debut.
Organization and emblem To mark the one year countdown date to the competition, FIFA, as well as members of the Turkish FA, announced that the emblem would be presented to the media on 25 June 2012 at Ciragan Palace Mabeyn Hall in Istanbul. Details of the ticketing access were made publicly available on 30 November 2012.
Host city logos for each participating stadium were shown to the general public on 20 March 2013, with each taking inspiration from their surroundings. The official logo included an Evil Eye protector, worn or hung inside Turkish homes to bring luck.
Mascot The mascot for the tournament was called Kanki, a blue-eyed Kangal puppy.
Theme song The official theme song for the tournament was Yıldızlar Buradan Yükseliyor, which is translated as Building Bridges for Rising Stars, performed by Turkish rock band Gece.
Draw The final draw was held at the Grand Tarabya Hotel in Istanbul on 25 March 2013, at 19:00 local time.
On 12 February 2013, FIFA announced the procedure of the draw. The 24 teams were divided into four differing pots: Pot 1: The continental champions of six confederations Pot 2: Remaining teams from AFC and CAF Pot 3: Remaining teams from CONCACAF and CONMEBOL Pot 4: Host and remaining teams from UEFA Turkey was assigned to position C1, and Spain was assigned to Group A. As a basic principle, teams from the same confederation could not be drawn against each other at the group stage, except in Group A where there were two teams from UEFA.
As the CAF U-20 Championship was not completed at the time of the draw, a separate draw took place at the tournament's conclusion on 30 March in Oran, Algeria to determine the groups where the second, third and fourth-placed CAF teams would play in. As the OFC U-20 Championship was realize after at time of the draw, New Zealand appeared in Pot 1 as OFC Champion.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
Match officials The 23 referee trios were announced by FIFA on 13 May 2013.
ConfederationRefereeAssistantsAFCBen Williams (Australia)Matthew Cream (Australia)Hakan Anaz (Australia)Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)Yaser Tulefat (Bahrain)Ebrahim Saleh (Bahrain)Alireza Faghani (Iran)Hassan Kamranifar (Iran)Reza Sokhandan (Iran)CAFNéant Alioum (Cameroon)Evarist Menkouande (Cameroon)Peter Edibe (Nigeria)Bakary Gassama (Gambia)Angesom Ogbamariam (Eritrea)Félicien Kabanda (Rwanda)Noumandiez Doué (Ivory Coast)Songuifolo Yeo (Ivory Coast)Jean-Claude Birumushahu (Burundi)CONCACAFWalter López (Guatemala)Gerson López (Guatemala)Leonel Leal (Costa Rica)Roberto García (Mexico)José Luis Camargo (Mexico)Alberto Morín (Mexico)Roberto Moreno (Panama)Daniel Williamson (Panama)Keyztel Corrales (Nicaragua)CONMEBOLSandro Ricci (Brazil)Alessandro Rocha (Brazil)Emerson de Carvalho (Brazil)Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)Humberto Clavijo (Colombia)Eduardo Díaz (Colombia)Carlos Vera (Ecuador)Christian Lescano (Ecuador)Byron Romero (Ecuador)Antonio Arias (Paraguay)Rodney Aquino (Paraguay)Carlos Cáceres (Paraguay)Víctor Hugo Carrillo (Peru)Jonny Bossio (Peru)César Escano (Peru)OFCPeter O'Leary (New Zealand)Jan-Hendrik Hintz (New Zealand)Ravinesh Kumar (Fiji)UEFAStéphane Lannoy (France)Frédéric Cano (France)Michaël Annonier (France)Viktor Kassai (Hungary)Gábor Erős (Hungary)István Albert (Hungary)Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)Renato Faverani (Italy)Andrea Stefani (Italy)Milorad Mažić (Serbia)Milovan Ristić (Serbia)Dalibor Djurdjević (Serbia)Damir Skomina (Slovenia)Matej Žunič (Slovenia)Bojan Ul (Slovenia)Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)Raúl Cabanero Martínez (Spain)Roberto Díaz Pérez (Spain)Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)Mathias Klasenius (Sweden)Daniel Wärnmark (Sweden)Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)Bahattin Duran (Turkey)Tarık Ongun (Turkey)
Squads
Teams had to name a 21-man squad (three of whom had to be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline. The squads were announced by FIFA on 14 June 2013.
Group stage The winners and runners-up from each group, as well as the best four third-placed teams, qualified for the first round of the knockout stage (round of 16).
The ranking of each team in each group was determined as follows: points obtained in all group matches; goal difference in all group matches; number of goals scored in all group matches; If two or more teams were equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings were determined as follows: points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned; goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned; number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned; drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.
All times are local, UTC+03:00.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Ranking of third-placed teams The four best teams among those ranked third were determined as follows: points obtained in all group matches; goal difference in all group matches; number of goals scored in all group matches; drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.
Knockout stage In the knockout stages, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of fifteen minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner, except for the play-off for third place, where no extra time would be played as the match was played directly before the final.
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final
Awards The following awards were given out after the conclusion of the tournament:
adidasGolden BalladidasSilver BalladidasBronze BalladidasGolden BootadidasSilver BootadidasBronze Boot6 goals (0 assists)5 goals (2 assists)5 goals (1 assist) adidas Golden Glove Guillermo de Amores FIFA Fair Play Award
Goalscorers With six goals, Ebenezer Assifuah is the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 152 goals were scored by 99 different players, with one of them credited as own goals.
6 goals Ebenezer Assifuah
5 goals Bruma Jesé
4 goals
Nicolás Castillo Yaya Sanogo Nicolás López
3 goals
Juan Quintero Florian Thauvin Farhan Shakor Abdul Jeleel Ajagun Aladje
2 goals
Ángelo Henríquez Jhon Córdoba Ante Rebić Ahmed Hassan Koka Jean-Christophe Bahebeck Geoffrey Kondogbia Kennedy Ashia Frank Acheampong Richmond Boakye Ali Faez Ali Adnan Kwon Chang-hoon Ryu Seung-woo Olarenwaju Kayode Aminu Umar Gerard Deulofeu Cenk Şahin Giorgian De Arrascaeta Abbosbek Makhstaliev Sardor Rakhmonov Igor Sergeev
1 goal
Joshua Brillante Daniel De Silva Jamie Maclaren Christian Bravo Felipe Mora Andrés Rentería Marko Livaja Stipe Perica Maykel Reyes Kahraba Trezeguet Diego Coca José Peña Conor Coady Harry Kane Luke Williams Paul Pogba Jordan Veretout Thibaut Vion Kurt Zouma Michael Anaba Joseph Attamah Moses Odjer Seidu Salifu Andreas Bouchalakis Dimitrios Diamantakos Dimitris Kolovos Kostas Stafylidis Mohannad Abdul-Raheem Ammar Abdul-Hussein Mahdi Kamil Saif Salman Jung Hyun-cheol Kim Hyun Lee Gwang-hoon Song Joo-hoon Samba Diallo Adama Niane Marco Bueno Jesús Corona Jesús Escoboza Jonathan Espericueta Arturo González Uvaldo Luna Louis Fenton Derlis González Brian Montenegro Jorge Rojas Tiago Ferreira Edgar Ié Ricardo Tozé Paco Alcácer Derik Sinan Bakış Hakan Çalhanoğlu Salih Uçan Okay Yokuşlu Federico Gino Felipe Avenatti Rubén Bentancourt Gonzalo Bueno Daniel Cuevas Luis Gil Shane O'Neill Diyorjon Turapov
1 own goal Jozo Šimunović (playing against Chile)
Final ranking
Miscellanea
Trophy The winners were the first team to receive an updated version of the trophy, with Rebecca Cusack and Thomas R. Fattorini of Thomas Fattorini Ltd, Birmingham taking over from Sawaya & Moroni FIFA Trophies as suppliers of FIFA competitions.
Vanishing spray A “vanishing spray” made its FIFA debut (versions were already in use in CONCACAF and CONMEBOL competitions) during this tournament, with referees using it to denote the ten-yard mark for an opposing defence at time of free kicks.
Media coverage
Latin America
(All Latin America): ESPN and Fox Sports (broadcast 40 matches live) South America and Caribbean: DirecTV Sports Mexico and Central America: Sky Sports Latin America : Caracol Televisión, RCN Televisión : Monte Carlo TV, Teledoce and Tenfield / VTV (32 matches live on VTV or VTV Plus). : SNT, Telefuturo, Tigo Sports (32 matches live on Tigo Sports or Tigo Sports Plus). : TV Azteca, Televisa, TDN (32 matches live on TDN or TDN 2).
Asia : antv, tvOne
Europe : ARD, ZDF : RTP
References
External links
FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013 , FIFA.com RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 2013 FIFA Technical Report