2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup

The 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 18th FIFA U-20 World Cup. Colombia hosted the tournament between 29 July and 20 August 2011, with matches being played in eight cities. The tournament was won by Brazil who claimed their fifth title.

At a FIFA Executive Committee meeting held in Sydney on 26 May 2008, Colombia beat the only other candidate country, Venezuela, for the right to organize the U-20 World Cup. It was suggested by the then-Vice President of Colombia Francisco Santos Calderón that it was needed to withdraw from the race with Brazil to host the 2014 FIFA World Cup so the nation could concentrate on hosting the "best possible games".

In an inspection tour of development works in March 2010, Jack Warner, then the vice president of FIFA, said that the completion of this tournament could provide Colombia with a launch pad to become a possible host for the 2026 World Cup. The official song of the tournament was "Nuestra Fiesta" by Colombian singer Jorge Celedón.

Venues
The venues that were confirmed on 29 September 2010 are located in Bogotá, Cali, Medellín, Manizales, Armenia, Cartagena, Pereira and Barranquilla.

During an announcement about the ticketing procedures for Colombian residents, it was confirmed that the opening game would be held at the Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez in Barranquilla, with the Estadio El Campín hosting the final match.

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


 * 1.Teams that made their debut.

Group stage
The draw for the group stage was held on 27 April 2011, at the Julio Cesar Turbay Ayala Convention Centre in Cartagena. The seedings were as follows.

The winners and runners-up from each group, as well as the best four third-placed teams, will qualify for the first round of the knockout stage (round of 16).

Where two or more teams end the group stage with the same number of points, their ranking is determined by the following criteria:
 * Tie-breaking criteria


 * 1) goal difference in all group matches;
 * 2) number of goals scored in all group matches;
 * 3) points earned in the matches between the teams concerned;
 * 4) goal difference in the matches between the teams concerned;
 * 5) number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
 * 6) drawing of lots by the organising committee.

Ranking of third place teams in each group are determined by the following criteria, top four advances to the round of 16:


 * 1) number of points
 * 2) goal difference in all group matches;
 * 3) number of goals scored in all group matches;
 * 4) drawing of lots by the organising committee.

All times are in local, Colombia Time (UTC−05:00).

Goalscorers
With five goals, Henrique, Alexandre Lacazette and Álvaro Vázquez are the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 132 goals were scored by 80 different players, with three of them credited as own goals.


 * 5 goals:


 * 🇧🇷 Henrique
 * 🇫🇷 Alexandre Lacazette
 * 🇪🇸 Álvaro Vázquez


 * 4 goals:


 * 🇨🇴 Luis Muriel
 * Nélson Oliveira


 * 3 goals


 * 🇦🇷 Erik Lamela
 * 🇧🇷 Philippe Coutinho
 * 🇧🇷 Dudu
 * 🇧🇷 Oscar
 * 🇨🇴 James Rodríguez
 * John Jairo Ruiz
 * 🇪🇬 Mohamed Ibrahim
 * 🇲🇽 Edson Rivera
 * 🇳🇬 Edafe Egbedi
 * 🇳🇬 Olarenwaju Kayode
 * 🇳🇬 Ahmed Musa
 * 🇪🇸 Rodrigo


 * 2 goals


 * 🇦🇺 Thomas Oar
 * 🇧🇷 Willian José
 * Joel Campbell
 * 🇪🇨 Marlon de Jesús
 * 🇫🇷 Gueïda Fofana
 * 🇫🇷 Gilles Sunu
 * 🇳🇬 Bright Ejike
 * 🇳🇬 Uche Nwofor
 * Yasir Al-Fahmi
 * 🇪🇸 Sergio Canales


 * 1 goal


 * 🇦🇷 Ezequiel Cirigliano
 * 🇦🇷 Facundo Ferreyra
 * 🇦🇷 Lucas Villafáñez
 * 🇦🇺 Kerem Bulut
 * 🇧🇷 Danilo
 * 🇧🇷 Gabriel Silva
 * 🇨🇲 Christ Mbondi
 * 🇨🇲 Emmanuel Mbongo
 * 🇨🇲 Frank Ohandza
 * 🇨🇴 Santiago Arias
 * 🇨🇴 Pedro Franco
 * 🇨🇴 José Adolfo Valencia
 * 🇨🇴 Duván Zapata
 * Javier Escoe
 * Andrej Kramarić
 * Ivan Lendrić
 * 🇪🇨 Juan Govea
 * 🇪🇨 Edson Montaño
 * 🇪🇬 Omar Gaber
 * 🇪🇬 Ahmed Hegazy
 * 🇪🇬 Mohamed Salah
 * 🇪🇬 Mohamed Sobhi
 * 🇫🇷 Cédric Bakambu
 * 🇫🇷 Antoine Griezmann
 * Marvin Ceballos
 * 🇲🇽 Ulises Dávila
 * 🇲🇽 Diego de Buen
 * 🇲🇽 Jorge Enríquez
 * 🇲🇽 Taufic Guarch
 * 🇲🇽 Carlos Emilio Orrantía
 * 🇲🇽 Erick Torres Padilla
 * 🇳🇿 Andrew Bevin
 * 🇳🇬 Abdul Jeleel Ajagun
 * 🇳🇬 Terna Suswam
 * Alex
 * Danilo Pereira
 * Mário Rui
 * Salem Al-Dawsari
 * Mohammed Al-Fatil
 * Ibrahim Al-Ibrahim
 * Fahad Al-Muwallad
 * Yasser Al-Shahrani
 * Yahya Dagriri
 * 🇰🇷 Jang Hyun-soo
 * 🇰🇷 Kim Kyung-jung
 * 🇰🇷 Kim Young-uk
 * 🇪🇸 Isco
 * 🇪🇸 Koke
 * 🇪🇸 Sergi Roberto
 * Adrián Luna


 * 1 own goal


 * 🇨🇲 Tchaha Leouko (playing against New Zealand)
 * Francisco Calvo (playing against Australia)
 * 🇰🇵 Ri Yong-chol (playing against Mexico)

Awards
The following awards were given:

Organization
In late 2009 the Colombian Football Federation unveiled the budget for conducting the event, to be COP 150 billion (US$75 million). On 30 September 2009, the presidents of both FIFA and Colombia announced that the logo would show a steaming cup of coffee with the colours of the Colombian tricolour.

Opening ceremony
Prior to the start of the tournament, the Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez in Barranquilla hosted the Opening Ceremony, involving local musical performances and guests including Jorge Celedón, Barranquilla's Carnival Performers, Checo Acosta and Maía.

Closing ceremony
The Estadio El Campín in Bogotá hosted the Closing Ceremony. The show was managed by the Ibero-American Theater Festival and Teatro Nacional de Colombia and, like the opening ceremony, included musical performances.