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2005 FIFA World Youth Championship
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | FIFA World Youth Championship |
| year | 2005 |
| other_titles | Wereldkampioenschap voetbal onder 20 - 2005 |
| image | 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship.gif |
| country | Netherlands |
| dates | 10 June – 2 July |
| num_teams | 24 |
| confederations | 6 |
| venues | 6 |
| cities | 6 |
| champion_other | |
| count | 5 |
| second_other | |
| third_other | |
| fourth_other | |
| matches | 52 |
| goals | 143 |
| attendance | 502698 |
| top_scorer | ARG Lionel Messi (6 goals) |
| player | ARG Lionel Messi |
| fair_play | |
| prevseason | 2003 |
| nextseason | 2007 |
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 | {{center | 1= | Kerkrade | Tilburg | Utrecht | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| De Vijverberg | Univé Stadion | Arke Stadion | |||||||
| Capacity: 12,600 | Capacity: 8,600 | Capacity: 13,250 | |||||||
| [[File:De Vijverberg.JPG | 150px]] | [[File:Univestadion8.jpg | 150px]] | [[File:Grolsch Veste 1.jpg | 150px]] | ||||
| Parkstad Limburg Stadion | Willem II Stadion | Stadion Galgenwaard | |||||||
| Capacity: 19,979 | Capacity: 14,637 | Capacity: 24,500 | |||||||
| [[File:RodaStadion.jpg | 150px]] | [[File:Willem II stadion.jpg | 150px]] | [[File:Stadion FC Utrecht - Bunnikside.jpg | 150px]] |
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.
| Confederation | Qualifying Tournament | Qualifier(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFC (Asia) | 2004 AFC Youth Championship | ||
| CAF (Africa) | 2005 African Youth Championship | ||
| CONCACAF | |||
| (North, Central America and Caribbean) | 2005 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament | ||
| CONMEBOL (South America) | 2005 South American Youth Championship | ||
| OFC (Oceania) | 2005 OFC U-20 Championship | ||
| UEFA (Europe) | Host nation | ||
| 2004 UEFA Under-19 Championship | |||
:1.Teams that made their debut.
Sponsorship
FIFA partners
- Adidas
- Coca-Cola
- Toshiba
- Fujifilm
- MasterCard
- McDonald's
- T-Mobile
- Yahoo
- Hyundai
- Philips
- Avaya National supporters
- Hubo
- Unive
- FIFA.com
- FIFA Fair Play
Match officials
| Confederation | Referee | Assistants |
|---|---|---|
| AFC | Khalil 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) | ||
| CAF | Coffi Codjia (Benin) | Aboudou Aderodjou (Benin) |
| Célestin Ntagungira (Rwanda) | ||
| Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt) | Beshr Rashwan (Egypt) | |
| Luleseged Begashaw (Ethiopia) | ||
| CONCACAF | Rodolfo Sibrian (El Salvador) | Carlos Pastrana (Honduras) |
| Reynaldo Salinas (Honduras) | ||
| Benito Archundia (Mexico) | José Ramírez (Mexico) | |
| Pedro Rebollar (Mexico) | ||
| CONMEBOL | Horacio 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) | ||
| OFC | Mark Shield (Australia) | Nathan Gibson (Australia) |
| Ben Wilson (Australia) | ||
| UEFA | Claus 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) | ||
| Reserve | Eric 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
16:00
20:00 Babel
17:30
20:30 Emanuelson Kruys
16:00
16:00
Group B
17:30 Zhao Xuri
20:30 Feschuk
17:30 Chen Tao Cui Peng Aliev
20:30
20:30
20:30 Gao Lin Hao Junmin Lu Lin
Group C
17:30 Molinero Silva
20:30 Fuenzalida Fernández Jara Morales
17:30 Bendamou Benjelloun Chihi
20:30 Robusté Silva
17:30 Silva Casadesús
17:30
Group D
17:30
20:30 Matip
17:30 Zabaleta
20:30
13:30
13:30
Group E
17:30 Guarín
20:30
17:30 Guarín
20:30 Al Hamawi
13:30 Galloppa De Martino
16:00 Falcao
Group F
17:30
20:30 Vonlanthen
17:30
20:30 Baek Ji-hoon
16:00 Rafael Sóbis
16:00 Mikel Promise
Ranking of third-placed teams
Knockout stage
Bracket
|21 June – Tilburg||2||3 |21 June – Tilburg||1||0 |22 June – Emmen||1||2 |22 June – Emmen||3||0 |21 June – Enschede||1||0 |21 June – Enschede||1||3 |22 June – Doetinchem||1||0 |22 June – Doetinchem||3||0 |24 June – Tilburg||1| |2 |25 June – Enschede||3||1 |24 June – Utrecht| |2 (4)||2 (2) |25 June – Kerkrade| |1 (10)||1 (9) |28 June – Utrecht||1||2 |28 June – Kerkrade||0||3 |2 July – Utrecht||2||1 |2 July – Utrecht||2||1
Round of 16
17:30 Pellè Kljestan
17:30 Adler Matip
20:30
20:30
17:30
17:30 Barroso
20:30 Quincy John
20:30 Robusté
Quarter-finals
17:30 Battagia Pellè Doulyazal Iajour El-Amrani El-Zhar Agnelli Pellè Carotti}}
20:30 Rafinha
15:30 Sambo Adefemi Atulewa Promise Adedeji Mikel Apam Kaita Adeleye Vanzekin Taiwo Babel Vlaar Kruys Maduro Zuiverloon Drost Vincken Otten Tiendalli Vermeer John}}
20:30 Oberman Messi
Semi-finals
17:30 Zabaleta
20:30 Adefemi Obasi
Third place play-off
17:00 Edcarlos
Final
Main article: 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship final
20:00
| Francisco Ferraro |
|---|
| Samson Siasia |
|---|
|}
Winners
Goalscorers

;6 goals
- ARG Lionel Messi
;5 goals
- ESP Fernando Llorente
- UKR Oleksandr Aliev ;4 goals
- ITA Graziano Pellè
- ESP David Silva ;3 goals
- ARG Pablo Zabaleta
- CHN Chen Tao
- MAR Mouhcine Iajour
- NGA Chinedu Obasi ;2 goals
- BRA Rafinha
- BRA Renato Ribeiro
- CHI José Pedro Fuenzalida
- CHI Ricardo Parada
- COL Radamel Falcao
- COL Fredy Guarín
- GER Nicky Adler
- GER Marvin Matip
- ITA Daniele Galloppa
- MAR Tarik Bendamou
- NED Ryan Babel
- NED Hedwiges Maduro
- NGA Taye Taiwo
- ESP Juanfran
- ESP Miquel Robusté
- TUR Gökhan Güleç
- TUR Sezer Öztürk ;1 goal
- ARG Julio Barroso
- ARG Neri Cardozo
- ARG Gustavo Oberman
- AUS Ryan Townsend
- AUS Nick Ward
- BEN Abou Maiga
- BEN Razak Omotoyossi
- BRA Diego Tardelli
- BRA Edcarlos
- BRA Gladstone
- BRA Fábio Santos
- BRA Rafael Sobis
- CAN Marcel de Jong
- CAN Jaime Peters
- CHI Matías Fernández
- CHI Gonzalo Jara
- CHI Pedro Morales
- CHN Cui Peng
- CHN Hao Junmin
- CHN Gao Lin
- CHN Lu Lin
- CHN Tan Wangsong
- CHN Zhao Xuri
- CHN Zhou Haibin
- CHN Zhu Ting
- COL Harrison Otálvaro
- COL Wason Rentería
- COL Hugo Rodallega
- GER Christian Gentner
- GER Alexander Huber
- ITA Michele Canini
- ITA Andrea Coda
- ITA Raffaele De Martino
- JPN Sota Hirayama
- JPN Shunsuke Maeda
- JPN Koki Mizuno
- MAR Abdessalam Benjelloun
- MAR Adil Chihi
- MAR Reda Doulyazal
- MAR Nabil El Zhar
- NED Quincy Owusu-Abeyie
- NED Ibrahim Afellay
- NED Urby Emanuelson
- NED Collins John
- NED Rick Kruys
- NED Ron Vlaar
- NGA David Abwo
- NGA Olubayo Adefemi
- NGA Isaac Promise
- NGA Mikel John Obi
- NGA John Owoeri
- PAN José Venegas
- KOR Baek Ji-hoon
- KOR Park Chu-young
- KOR Shin Young-rok
- ESP Jonathan Soriano
- ESP Francisco Molinero
- ESP Víctor Casadesús
- ESP Alberto Zapater
- SUI Goran Antić
- SUI Johan Vonlanthen
- SYR Majed Al Haj
- SYR Mohamad Al Hamawi
- SYR Abdelrazaq Al Hussain
- UKR Maxym Feschuk
- UKR Dmytro Vorobey
- USA Chad Barrett
- USA Hunter Freeman
- USA Jacob Peterson
Awards
| Golden Shoe | Golden Ball | FIFA Fair Play Award |
|---|---|---|
| ARG Lionel Messi | ARG Lionel Messi |
Final ranking
Quarter-finals Round of 16 Group stage
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