2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup

2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup

2013 FIFA U-20 Dünya Kupası
Tournament details
Host country	Turkey
Dates	21 June – 13 July
Teams	24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	France (1st title)
Runners-up	Uruguay
Third place	Ghana
Fourth place	Iraq
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Goals scored	152 (2.92 per match)
Attendance	303,251 (5,832 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ebenezer Assifuah (6 goals)
Best player(s)	Paul Pogba
Best goalkeeper	Guillermo de Amores
Fair play award	Spain
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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.^[1] In its bid, Turkey suggested the use of thirteen stadiums in ten of its cities,^[2] before deciding in February 2012, that seven cities would play host to games.^[3]

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).

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).^[4][5]

At the deadline date of 17 January 2011, three member associations confirmed they would be bidding for the event.^[6] 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)

Istanbul	Kayseri	Bursa
Türk Telekom Arena[7]	Kadir Has Stadium	Atatürk Stadium
41°6′10.33″N 28°59′25.51″E / 41.1028694°N 28.9904194°E / 41.1028694; 28.9904194 (Türk Telekom Arena)	38°44′13.7″N 35°25′23.76″E / 38.737139°N 35.4232667°E / 38.737139; 35.4232667 (Kadir Has Stadium)	40°11′33.53″N 29°2′55.52″E / 40.1926472°N 29.0487556°E / 40.1926472; 29.0487556 (Bursa Atatürk Stadium)
Capacity: 52,652	Capacity: 32,864	Capacity: 25,213
Trabzon	Antalya Bursa Kayseri Gaziantep Istanbul Rize Trabzon 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup (Turkey)
Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium
41°0′16.68″N 39°42′18.84″E / 41.0046333°N 39.7052333°E / 41.0046333; 39.7052333 (Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium)
Capacity: 23,772
Gaziantep	Rize	Antalya
Kamil Ocak Stadium	Yeni Şehir Stadium	Akdeniz University Stadium
37°4′3.26″N 37°22′39.33″E / 37.0675722°N 37.3775917°E / 37.0675722; 37.3775917 (Gaziantep Kamil Ocak Stadium)	41°1′23″N 40°31′58.6″E / 41.02306°N 40.532944°E / 41.02306; 40.532944 (Yeni Rize Şehir Stadı)	36°53′37.67″N 30°38′48.21″E / 36.8937972°N 30.6467250°E / 36.8937972; 30.6467250 (Akdeniz University Stadium)
Capacity: 16,981	Capacity: 15,485	Capacity: 7,083

In addition to host nation Turkey, 23 nations qualified from six separate continental competitions.

Confederation	Qualifying Tournament	Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)	2012 AFC U-19 Championship	Australia  Iraq  South Korea  Uzbekistan
CAF (Africa)	2013 African U-20 Championship	Egypt  Ghana  Mali  Nigeria
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)	2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship	Cuba1  El Salvador1  Mexico  United States
CONMEBOL (South America)	2013 South American Youth Championship	Chile  Colombia  Paraguay  Uruguay
OFC (Oceania)	2013 OFC U-20 Championship	New Zealand
UEFA (Europe)	Host nation	Turkey
	2012 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship	Croatia  England  France  Greece1  Portugal  Spain

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.^[8] Details of the ticketing access were made publicly available on 30 November 2012.^[9][10]

Host city logos for each participating stadium were shown to the general public on 20 March 2013, with each taking inspiration from their surroundings.^[11] The official logo included an Evil Eye protector, worn or hung inside Turkish homes to bring luck.^[12]

The mascot for the tournament was called Kanki, a blue-eyed Kangal puppy.^[13]

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.^[14][15]

The final draw was held at the Grand Tarabya Hotel in Istanbul on 25 March 2013, at 19:00 local time.^[16]

On 12 February 2013, FIFA announced the procedure of the draw. The 24 teams were divided into four differing pots:^[17]

• 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.^[18][19] As the OFC U-20 Championship was realize after at time of the draw, New Zealand appeared in Pot 1 as OFC Champion.^[20]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
South Korea  Egypt  Mexico  Colombia  New Zealand  Spain (assigned to Group A)	Australia  Iraq  Uzbekistan  Ghana  Mali  Nigeria	Cuba  El Salvador  United States  Chile  Paraguay  Uruguay	Croatia  England  France  Greece  Portugal  Turkey (assigned to C1)

The 23 referee trios were announced by FIFA on 13 May 2013.^[21][22]

Confederation	Referee	Assistants
AFC	Ben 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)
CAF	Néant 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)
CONCACAF	Walter 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)
CONMEBOL	Sandro 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)
OFC	Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)	Jan-Hendrik Hintz (New Zealand) Ravinesh Kumar (Fiji)
UEFA	Stéphane 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)

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.^[23][24]

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).^[25]

The ranking of each team in each group was determined as follows:

1. points obtained in all group matches;
2. goal difference in all group matches;
3. 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:

1. points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
2. goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
3. number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
4. drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.

All times are local, UTC+03:00.^[26]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	France	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
3	Ghana	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3
4	United States	3	0	1	2	3	9	−6	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Portugal	3	2	1	0	10	4	+6	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Nigeria	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
3	South Korea	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
4	Cuba	3	0	0	3	1	10	−9	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Colombia	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Turkey	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
3	El Salvador	3	1	0	2	2	7	−5	3
4	Australia	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Greece	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5[a]	Advance to knockout stage
2	Paraguay	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5[a]
3	Mexico	3	1	0	2	5	4	+1	3
4	Mali	3	0	2	1	2	5	−3	2

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Iraq	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Chile	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	Egypt	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
4	England	3	0	2	1	3	5	−2	2

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Croatia	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Uruguay	3	2	0	1	6	1	+5	6
3	Uzbekistan	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
4	New Zealand	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

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The four best teams among those ranked third were determined as follows:^[25]

1. points obtained in all group matches;
2. goal difference in all group matches;
3. number of goals scored in all group matches;
4. drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	B	South Korea	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	F	Uzbekistan	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
3	D	Mexico	3	1	0	2	5	4	+1	3
4	A	Ghana	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3
5	E	Egypt	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
6	C	El Salvador	3	1	0	2	2	7	−5	3

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.^[25]

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

2 July — Gaziantep

France

4

6 July — Rize

Turkey

1

France

4

2 July — Gaziantep

Uzbekistan

0

Greece

1

10 July — Bursa

Uzbekistan

3

France

2

3 July — Kayseri

Ghana

1

Portugal

2

7 July — Istanbul

Ghana

3

Ghana (a.e.t.)

4

3 July — Bursa

Chile

3

Croatia

0

13 July — Istanbul

Chile

2

France (p)

0 (4)

3 July — Antalya

Uruguay

0 (1)

Iraq (a.e.t.)

1

7 July — Kayseri

Paraguay

0

Iraq (p)

3 (5)

3 July — Trabzon

South Korea

3 (4)

Colombia

1 (7)

10 July — Trabzon

South Korea (p)

1 (8)

Iraq

1 (6)

2 July — Istanbul

Uruguay (p)

1 (7)

Third place

Nigeria

1

6 July — Bursa

13 July — Istanbul

Uruguay

2

Uruguay (a.e.t.)

1

Ghana

3

2 July — Istanbul

Spain

0

Iraq

0

Spain

2

Mexico

1

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The following awards were given out after the conclusion of the tournament:^[27]

adidas Golden Ball	adidas Silver Ball	adidas Bronze Ball
Paul Pogba	Nicolás López	Clifford Aboagye
adidas Golden Boot	adidas Silver Boot	adidas Bronze Boot
Ebenezer Assifuah	Bruma	Jesé
6 goals (0 assists)	5 goals (2 assists)	5 goals (1 assist)
adidas Golden Glove
Guillermo de Amores
FIFA Fair Play Award
Spain

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

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

• Jozo Šimunović (playing against Chile)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	France	7	4	2	1	15	6	+9	14	Champions
2	Uruguay	7	4	2	1	10	3	+7	14	Runners-up
3	Ghana	7	4	0	3	16	12	+4	12	Third place
4	Iraq	7	3	3	1	11	11	0	12	Fourth place
5	Spain	5	4	0	1	9	4	+5	12	Eliminated in Quarter-finals
6	Chile	5	2	1	2	9	8	+1	7
7	Uzbekistan	5	2	1	2	7	10	−3	7
8	South Korea	5	1	3	1	8	8	0	6
9	Colombia	4	2	2	0	6	2	+4	8	Eliminated in Round of 16
10	Portugal	4	2	1	1	12	7	+5	7
11	Croatia	4	2	1	1	4	4	0	7
12	Nigeria	4	2	0	2	7	5	+2	6
13	Turkey (H)	4	2	0	2	6	6	0	6
14	Paraguay	4	1	2	1	3	3	0	5
15	Greece	4	1	2	1	4	5	−1	5
16	Mexico	4	1	0	3	6	6	0	3
17	Egypt	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3	Eliminated in Group stage
18	El Salvador	3	1	0	2	2	7	−5	3
19	England	3	0	2	1	3	5	−2	2
20	Mali	3	0	2	1	2	5	−3	2
21	Australia	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1
22	United States	3	0	1	2	3	9	−6	1
23	New Zealand	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0
24	Cuba	3	0	0	3	1	10	−9	0

The winners were the first team to receive an updated version of the trophy,^[28] with Rebecca Cusack and Thomas R. Fattorini of Thomas Fattorini Ltd, Birmingham taking over from Sawaya & Moroni ^[29] as suppliers of FIFA competitions.

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.^[30]

• (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
•  Colombia: Caracol Televisión, RCN Televisión
•  Uruguay: Monte Carlo TV, Teledoce and Tenfield / VTV (32 matches live on VTV or VTV Plus).
•  Paraguay: SNT, Telefuturo, Tigo Sports (32 matches live on Tigo Sports or Tigo Sports Plus).
•  Mexico: TV Azteca, Televisa, TDN (32 matches live on TDN or TDN 2).

•  Indonesia: antv, tvOne

•  Germany: ARD, ZDF
•  Portugal: RTP

• FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013 Archived 11 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine, FIFA.com
• RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 2013
• FIFA Technical Report