FIFA U-17 World Cup

FIFA U-17 World Cup



The FIFA U-17 World Cup, started as the FIFA U-16 World Championship. By 2007, it became the FIFA U-17 World Championship. It is the world championship of association football for maleplayers under the age of 17 organized by Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA).
The first edition was staged in 1985 and tournaments have been played every two years since then. It began as a competition for players under the age of 16 with the age limit raised to 17 from the1991 edition onwards.
Brazil and Nigeria are the most successful nations in the tournament's history, with three wins each. Ghana has won the tournament twice. A corresponding tournament for female players, the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, began in 2008, with North Korea winning the inaugural tournament.
Structure
Each tournament consists of a group phase, where four teams play against one another and standings in the group table decide which teams advance, followed by a knockout phase of successive matches where the winning team advances through the competition and the losing team is eliminated. This continues until two teams remain to contest the final, which decides the tournament winner. The losing semi-finalists also contest a match to decide third place.
From 1985 to 2005 there were 16 teams in the competition, divided into four groups of four teams each in the group phase. Each team played the others in its group and the group winner and runner up qualified for the knockout phase. From 2007 the tournament was expanded to 24 teams, divided into six groups of four teams each. The top 2 places in each group plus the four best third-placed teams advanced to the knockout phase.
Competition matches are played in two 40 minute halves (ie 80 minutes in total). In the knockout phase, if the scores are level at the end of 80 minutes an additional 20 minutes of extra time is played. If the scores are still level at the end of extra time, a penalty shoot-out is used to decide the match winner.
Qualification
The host nation of each tournament qualifies automatically. The remaining teams qualify through competitions organised by the six regional confederations. For the first edition of the tournament in
1985, all of the teams from Europe plus Bolivia appeared by invitation of FIFA.
Confederation Championship
AFC (Asia) AFC U-16 Championship
CAF (Africa) African Under-17 Championship
CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean) CONCACAF Under-17 Championship
CONMEBOL (South America) South American Under 17 Football Championship
OFC (Oceania) OFC Under 17 Qualifying Tournament
UEFA (Europe) UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship.
Performances by continental zones
Africa is the most successful continental zone with 5 tournament wins (3 for Nigeria, 2 for Ghana) and 4 times as runner up. Notably the 1993 final was contested by two African teams, the only occasion when the final has been contested by two teams from the same confederation.
South America has three tournament wins and has been runner up twice (all Brazil). Additionally Argentina has finished in third place on 3 occasions but has never appeared in the final.
Europe has two tournaments wins (1 each for France and USSR) and has been runner up five times. Spain has been runner up on three occasions.
The CONCACAF zone has one tournament win (for Mexico in 2005), the only time that a team from this confederation has reached the final.
Asia has one tournament win (for Saudi Arabia in 1989), the only time that a team from this confederation has reached the final. (Australia was runner up in 1999 but at that time was in the Oceania Football Confederation). Oceania has no tournament wins and 1 occasion as runner up (for Australia in 1999). Australia has since moved to the Asian confederation.
Awards
At every tournament, three awards are presented:
The Golden Shoe is awarded to the top goalscorer of tournament.
The Golden Ball is awarded to the most valuable player of the tournament.
The Fair Play Award is presented to the team with the best disciplinary record in the tournament.



Tourney Nation year & Place Golden Ball Golden Shoe Award Winners Number of Goals Fair Play Award Winner
1985 China
1987 Canada
1989 Scotland
1991 Italy
1993 Japan
1995 Ecuador
1997 Egypt
1999 New Zealand
2001 Trinidad & Tobago
2003 Finland
2005 Peru
2007 South Korea

William Marcel Witeczek
Philip Osundu, Moussa Traore
James Will Fode Camara
Nii Lamptey Adriano
Daniel Addo, Wilson Oruma
Mohamed Kathiri, Daniel Allsopp
Santamaria David
Landon Donovan, Ishmael Addo
Florent Sinama-Pongolle
Cesc Fabregas
Anderson Carlos Vela
Toni Kroos Macauley Christmas 8
5
3
4
6
5
7
7
9
5
5
7 West Germany
USSR
Bahrain
Argentina
Nigeria
Brazil
Argentina
Mexico
Nigeria
Costa Rica
Korea DPR
Costa Rica



Records and Statistics
The United States has appeared in all 12 editions of the competition (1985-2007) and is the only country to do so, Brazil has appeared 11 times and Australia 10 times. Brazil and Nigeria have each appeared in the final on five occasions and have each won the tournament three times.
France's Florent Sinama-Pongolle holds the record for the most goals scored by a player in a single tournament, scoring nine goals in the 2001 edition. Spain holds the record for most goals scored by a team in a single tournament with 22 goals in the 1997 tournament.
Performances by continental zones
Africa is the most successful continental zone with five tournament wins (three for Nigeria, two for Ghana) and four times as runner up. Notably the 1993 final was contested by two African teams, the only occasion when the final has been contested by two teams from the same confederation.
Performances by countries
Team Tournament Wins Runners-up 3rd-place 4th-place
Brazil
Nigeria
Ghana
France
Mexico
USSR
Saudi Arabia
Spain
West Germany
Scotland
Australia
Argentina
Côte d'Ivoire
Portugal
Burkina Faso
Netherlands
Turkey 3 (1997, 1999, 2003)
3 (1985, 1993, 2007)
2 (1991, 1995)
1 (2001)
1 (2005)
1 (1987)
1 (1989)
3 (1991, 2003, 2007) 1 (1997)
1 (1985)
1 (1989)
1 (1999)
3(1991, 1995, 2003)
1 (1987)
1 (1989)
1 (2001)
1 (2005)
1 (2005)

2 (1995, 2005)
2 (1987, 2001)
2 (1993, 1997)





1 (2007) 1 (1985)

1 (1999)





1 (1997)


1 (2007)


Goals
The most goal scored in a tournament was in Korea 2007(165 goals with an average of 3.17 per match) which is obvious due to the increas in the number of matches. Egypt 1997 and Finland 2003 both have a record of 117 goals with the highest average of 3.66 goals per match , ahead of Peru 2005 (111 goals 3.47 per match). Japan 1993(107 goals, 3.34 per match) and Trinidad and Tobago 2001(102 goals, 3.19 per match).
The tournament's top goal scorer to date is France's Florent Pongolle with nine goals in four matches (U-17 World Championship 2001) ahead of Marcel Witeczek from Germany FR, who scored eight goals in three games(U-16 World Championship in 1985). In third place are David(Spain), who scored seven in four matches in 1999 and Macaulay Chrisantus(Nigeria) who scored 7 goals in 7 matches. Only Chrisantus and Pongolle went on to win the title with their respective team-mates. Witeczek's German team lost in the final.
In a historical overview, Brazil, is the leading goal scoring nation in the FIFA U-17 World Cup. Brazilian under-17 footballers have scored a total of 124 goals in 279 matches for an average of 2.25 goals per match. In a second and third place are Ghana with 86(2.60 and Nigeria with (1.98 per match). The highest goal average nonetheless belongs to Russia (3.50) who scored 21 goals in 6 matches at their only appearance at the U-17 W/Cup. They took the trophy home from Canada in 198, with Nikiforov and Arutyunian leading them to victory.
Fastest goal
The fastest goal in the history of FIFA U-17 W/Cup was scored after just seconds by Brazil's Fabinhoin their opening match against New Zealand in 2007. Two of the most famous players in the list of fastest goal scorers are certainly Nwankwo Kanu, who opened Nigeria's 8-0 victory over Canada in the first minute of the match, and Wilson Oruma in 1993. Florent Pongolle for France in 200, Mexico's Carlos Vela in 2005 and Macaulay Chrisantus of Nigeria in 2007.


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