2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup

Bids

There were two official bids:

Venues

In June 2012, FIFA selected the Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium in Al Ain, the Al Nahyan Stadium in Abu Dhabi, the Al-Rashid Stadium in Dubai, the Emirates Club Stadium in Ras al-Khaimah and the Fujairah Club Stadium in the state of Fujairah as venues. The use of Sharjah Stadium in Sharjah was initially proposed, and it was finally selected as a venue, in September 2012. Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium replaced Al Nahyan Stadium of Abu Dhabi and hosted the final.

Teams

In addition to host nation United Arab Emirates, 23 nations qualified from six separate continental competitions.

:1.Teams that made their debut. :2. This is the debut of 'Russia' as a nation since the cessation of the USSR in 1991. :3. This is the debut of 'Slovakia' as a nation since the cessation of Czechoslovakia in 1993.

Match officials

Squads

Main article: 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup squads

Teams had to name a 21-man squad (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline.

Draw

The final draw for group stage was held on 26 August 2013 in Abu Dhabi at the Bab Al Bahr Hotel at 19:00 (local time).

Prior to the draw, FIFA announced that as host, the United Arab Emirates would be placed as 'A1', to assist with ticket sales. The continental champions of the confederations AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, and UEFA are assigned to the other five groups. Teams from the same confederation cannot be drawn against each other at the group stage.

Logo and tickets

The logo of the competition was unveiled on 5 March 2013, including the local organising committee asking Omar Abdulrahman to be a 'brand ambassador' for this event.

'Stadium package' tickets for the Tournament went on sale on 26 June, with the ability to buy tickets per match once the draw has been made.

A falcon known as 'Shaqran' will be the mascot for the World Cup, after being introduced to local journalists on 13 May .

Group stage

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).

The ranking of each team in each group is 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 are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows:
4. points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
5. goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
6. number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
7. drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.

All times are local, UTC+04:00.

Group A

Nathan Caio

Velásquez

Bodden

Nathan Joanderson Gabriel

Caio

Group B

Otormín Acosta Ospitaleche Pizzichillo

Meïté

Benítez

Group C

Jaadi

Ashurmatov

Boltaboev

Sakhi Achahbar Zorrilla

Group D

Ben Larbi

Watanabe

Sheydayev Golovin

Watanabe

Group E

Roubos Zivotic

Ferreyra Suárez Pellegrini

Sánchez

Group F

Nwakali Success

Salétros Suljić

Almanza Rivas

Halvadzić Yahaya Awoniyi

Nwakali Yahaya Obasi

Ranking of third-placed teams

The four best teams among those ranked third are 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;
4. drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.

Knockout stage

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Round of 16

Ochoa

Engvall

Boschilia

Méndez Acosta Siplak

Ahissan

Ibáñez Driussi

Iheanacho Muhammed Yahaya

Quarter-finals

Berisha

Nathan Lucas Danilo Gabriel Léo Pereira Thiago Maia Joanderson Eduardo Marcos Auro Jr. Mosquito Ochoa Rivas Aguirre Wbias Granados Tovar Robles Govea Terán Gudiño Díaz

Moreira

Semi-finals

Granados

Okon Ezeh

Play-off for third place

Strandberg

Final

Iheanacho Muhammed

Awards

Final ranking

Quarter-finals Round of 16 Group stage

Goalscorers

Top scorers after the end of the tournament this year.

;7 goals

• SWE Valmir Berisha

;6 goals

• BRA Gabriel Boschilia
• NGA Kelechi Iheanacho

;5 goals

• BRA Nathan
• SVK Tomáš Vestenický

;4 goals

• ARG Joaquín Ibáñez
• BRA Mosquito
• MEX Iván Ochoa
• NGA Taiwo Awoniyi
• NGA Musa Yahaya
• URU Franco Acosta
• URU Leandro Otormín

;3 goals

• JPN Ryoma Watanabe
• MAR Karim Achahbar
• MAR Younes Bnou Marzouk
• NGA Musa Muhammed
• SWE Gustav Engvall

;2 goals

• ARG Sebastián Driussi
• ARG Germán Ferreyra
• ARG Matías Sánchez
• AUT Nikola Zivotic
• BRA Caio
• CAN Jordan Hamilton
• HON Jorge Bodden
• HON Brayan Velásquez
• ITA Luca Vido
• CIV Moussa Bakayoko
• CIV Franck Kessie
• MEX Alejandro Díaz
• MEX Ulises Jaimes
• NGA Isaac Success
• NGA Chidiebere Nwakali
• NGA Samuel Okon
• RUS Aleksandr Makarov
• RUS Ramil Sheydayev
• URU Kevin Méndez

;1 goal

• ARG Lucio Compagnucci
• ARG Rodrigo Moreira
• ARG Leonardo Suárez
• AUT Sascha Horvath
• AUT Tobias Pellegrini
• BRA Gabriel
• BRA Joanderson
• CAN Elias Roubos
• CRO Alen Halilović
• CRO Robert Murić
• CRO Ante Roguljić
• HON Jeffri Flores
• HON Fredy Medina
• IRN Ali Gholizadeh
• IRN Mostafa Hashemi
• IRN Amir Hossein Karimi
• IRN Yousef Seyyedi
• IRQ Mohammed Salam
• IRQ Sherko Karim
• ITA Vittorio Parigini
• CIV Junior Ahissan
• CIV Aboubakar Keita
• CIV Yakou Meïté
• JPN Daisuke Sakai
• JPN Taro Sugimoto
• JPN Kosei Uryu
• MAR Nabil Jaadi
• MAR Hamza Sakhi
• MEX José Almanza
• MEX Marco Granados
• MEX Ulises Rivas
• NGA Chidera Ezeh
• NGA Chigozi Obasi
• PAN Werner Wald
• PAN Ervin Zorrilla
• RUS Aleksandr Golovin
• SVK Denis Vavro
• SVK Michal Siplak
• SWE Mirza Halvadžić
• SWE Erdal Rakip
• SWE Anton Salétros
• SWE Carlos Strandberg
• SWE Ali Suljić
• TUN Firas Ben Larbi
• TUN Mohamed Dräger
• TUN Maher Gabsi
• TUN Hazem Haj Hassen
• TUN Chiheb Jbeli
• UAE Zayed Al-Ameri
• UAE Khaled Khalfan
• URU Marcio Benítez
• URU Joel Bregonis
• URU Facundo Ospitaleche
• URU Franco Pizzichillo
• UZB Shohjahon Abbasov
• UZB Rustamjon Ashurmatov
• UZB Jamshid Boltaboev
• VEN José Caraballo
• VEN José Márquez

;1 own goal

• CRO Duje Ćaleta-Car (playing against Uzbekistan)
• MEX Érick Aguirre (playing against Nigeria)
• SWE Linus Wahlqvist (playing against Japan)

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