The 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship was the 15th edition of the FIFA World Youth Championship. It took place in the Netherlands between 10 June and 2 July 2005.
Venues Doetinchem Emmen Enschede De Vijverberg Univé Stadion Arke Stadion Capacity: 12,600 Capacity: 8,600 Capacity: 13,250 Kerkrade Tilburg Utrecht Parkstad Limburg Stadion Willem II Stadion Stadion Galgenwaard Capacity: 19,979 Capacity: 14,637 Capacity: 24,500
Qualification The following 24 teams qualified for the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship. Host country the Netherlands did not have to qualify for the tournament.
ConfederationQualifying TournamentQualifier(s)AFC (Asia)2004 AFC Youth ChampionshipCAF (Africa)2005 African Youth ChampionshipCONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean)2005 CONCACAF U-20 TournamentCONMEBOL (South America)2005 South American Youth ChampionshipOFC (Oceania)2005 OFC U-20 ChampionshipUEFA (Europe)Host nation2004 UEFA Under-19 Championship
1.Teams that made their debut.
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National supporters
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Match officials ConfederationRefereeAssistantsAFCKhalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)Fatih Arabati (Jordan)Eisa Ghuloum (United Arab Emirates)Kwon Jong-chul (South Korea)Kim Dae-Young (South Korea)Liu Tiejun (China)CAFCoffi Codjia (Benin)Aboudou Aderodjou (Benin)Célestin Ntagungira (Rwanda)Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)Beshr Rashwan (Egypt)Luleseged Begashaw (Ethiopia)CONCACAFRodolfo Sibrian (El Salvador)Carlos Pastrana (Honduras)Reynaldo Salinas (Honduras)Benito Archundia (Mexico)José Ramírez (Mexico)Pedro Rebollar (Mexico)CONMEBOLHoracio Elizondo (Argentina)Darío García (Argentina)Rodolfo Otero (Argentina)Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)Eduardo Botero (Colombia)Fernando Tamayo (Ecuador)Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)Walter Rial (Uruguay)Pablo Fandiño (Uruguay)OFCMark Shield (Australia)Nathan Gibson (Australia)Ben Wilson (Australia)UEFAClaus Bo Larsen (Denmark)Bill Hansen (Denmark)Anders Norrestrand (Denmark)Terje Hauge (Norway)Steinar Holvik (Norway)Ole Hermann Borgan (Norway)Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)Victoriano Giráldez Carrasco (Spain)Pedro Medina Hernández (Spain)Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)Matthias Arnet (Switzerland)Franceso Buragina (Switzerland)ReserveEric Braamhaar (Netherlands)
Squads For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship squads.
Group stage The 24 teams were split into six groups of four teams. Six group winners, six second-place finishers and the four best third-place finishers qualify for the knockout round.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Ranking of third-placed teams
Knockout stage Bracket
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
Winners
Goalscorers 6 goals Lionel Messi
5 goals
Fernando Llorente Oleksandr Aliev
4 goals
Graziano Pellè David Silva
3 goals
Pablo Zabaleta Chen Tao Mouhcine Iajour Chinedu Obasi
2 goals
Rafinha Renato Ribeiro José Pedro Fuenzalida Ricardo Parada Radamel Falcao Fredy Guarín Nicky Adler Marvin Matip Daniele Galloppa Tarik Bendamou Ryan Babel Hedwiges Maduro Taye Taiwo Juanfran Miquel Robusté Gökhan Güleç Sezer Öztürk
1 goal
Julio Barroso Neri Cardozo Gustavo Oberman Ryan Townsend Nick Ward Abou Maiga Razak Omotoyossi Diego Tardelli Edcarlos Gladstone Fábio Santos Rafael Sobis Marcel de Jong Jaime Peters Matías Fernández Gonzalo Jara Pedro Morales Cui Peng Hao Junmin Gao Lin Lu Lin Tan Wangsong Zhao Xuri Zhou Haibin Zhu Ting Harrison Otálvaro Wason Rentería Hugo Rodallega Christian Gentner Alexander Huber Michele Canini Andrea Coda Raffaele De Martino Sota Hirayama Shunsuke Maeda Koki Mizuno Abdessalam Benjelloun Adil Chihi Reda Doulyazal Nabil El Zhar Quincy Owusu-Abeyie Ibrahim Afellay Urby Emanuelson Collins John Rick Kruys Ron Vlaar David Abwo Olubayo Adefemi Isaac Promise Mikel John Obi John Owoeri José Venegas Baek Ji-hoon Park Chu-young Shin Young-rok Jonathan Soriano Francisco Molinero Víctor Casadesús Alberto Zapater Goran Antić Johan Vonlanthen Majed Al Haj Mohamad Al Hamawi Abdelrazaq Al Hussain Maxym Feschuk Dmytro Vorobey Chad Barrett Hunter Freeman Jacob Peterson
Awards Golden ShoeGolden BallFIFA Fair Play Award Lionel Messi Lionel Messi
Final ranking
External links FIFA World Youth Championship Netherlands 2005 , FIFA.com RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 2005 FIFA Technical Report