2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup

Host selection

The following four countries bid to host the tournament:

Venues

Along with proposing ten venues for Chile's hosting of the 2015 Copa América, the Chilean Football Federation also announced its plans for hosting of the U-17 World Cup in the same year. On 8 April 2014, 8 cities were confirmed as hosts of the competition, with Copiapó and Quillota being dropped.

The local organising committee also said that the capital city (Santiago) would not host the final.

Qualified teams

In addition to host nation Chile, 23 nations qualified from 6 separate continental competitions.

:1.Teams that made their debut.

Schedule and draw

The schedule of the tournament was unveiled on 5 May 2015.

The final draw was held on 6 August 2015, 20:00 local time, at the Centro de las Artes 660 art gallery in Santiago. For the draw, the 24 teams were divided into four seeding pots:

• Pot 1: Hosts and continental champions of five confederations (except UEFA)
• Pot 2: Remaining teams from CONCACAF and AFC
• Pot 3: Remaining teams from CAF and CONMEBOL
• Pot 4: Teams from UEFA

As a basic principle, teams from the same confederation could not be drawn against each other at the group stage.

Match officials

A total of 21 referees, 6 support referees, and 42 assistant referees were selected for the tournament.

Emblem and slogan

The emblem and slogan ("Una fiesta en nuestra cancha", a party on our pitch) of the tournament was unveiled on 7 October 2014.

Squads

Main article: 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup squads

Each team named a squad of 21 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline. The squads were announced on 8 October 2015.

All players of its representative team must have been born on or after 1 January 1998.

Group stage

The winners and runners-up of each group and the best four third-placed teams advance to the round of 16. The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows: | points obtained in all group matches; | goal difference in all group matches; | 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: | points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned; | goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned; | number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned; | fair play points (first yellow card: minus 1 point; second yellow/indirect red card: minus 3 points; direct red card: minus 3 points; yellow card & direct red card: minus 4 points); | drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee. All times are local, Chile Standard Time (UTC−3).

Group A

Osimhen

Vazquez Ivanušec Nwakali Osimhen

Mazuela Jara Moya Majić

Group B

Leandrinho Arthur

Group C

Eggestein Janelt Venegas

Eggestein Passlack Schmidt

Venegas

Group D

Estupiñán Cortez

Rigo Malle

Danté Malle Guerrero

Group E

Reyes Chalov

Jong Chang-bom

Group F

Boutobba Maouassa Doucouré Georgen Édouard Villalba Colmán Ferreira

Villalba Paredes Ikoné Upamecano

Édouard Claude-Maurice Imrie

Ranking of third-placed teams

The four best ranked third-placed teams also advance to the round of 16. They are paired with the winners of groups A, B, C and D, according to a table published in Section 18 of the tournament regulations.

Knockout stage

In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, the match is determined by a penalty shoot-out (no extra time is played).

Bracket

|29 October — Concepción||2||0 |29 October — Talca||3||0 |28 October — Coquimbo||0||2 |29 October — Puerto Montt||0 (3)| (pen.)|0 (5) |29 October — Concepción||1||4 |28 October — Chillán||4||1 |28 October — Viña del Mar||1||0 |28 October — Viña del Mar||6||0 |1 November — Chillán||0||1 |2 November — Concepción||1||0 |2 November — Coquimbo||0||2 |1 November — Viña del Mar||0||3 |5 November — La Serena||3||1 |5 November — Concepción||2||4 |8 November — Viña del Mar||0||2 |8 November — Viña del Mar||3||2

Combinations of matches in the Round of 16

The third-placed teams advanced to the round of 16 were placed with the winners of groups A, B, C and D according to a table published in Section 18 of the tournament regulations.

Round of 16

López Aguirre Cortés

Nwakali Essien Chukwueze

Verreth

Lovren

Maïga

Corozo Nazareno

Cognat Reine-Adélaïde Boutobba Juárez Arboine Villegas Reyes

Quarter-finals

Michael Anumudu

Salazar

Semi-finals

Maïga Koita

Cortés Okwonkwo Ebere Osimhen

Third place match

Vanzeir Venegas

Final

Bamgboye

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. They were all sponsored by Adidas.

In December 2015, Nigerian Samuel Chukwueze was retroactively awarded the Bronze boot award. Kelechi Nwakali had erroneously been awarded the award immediately following the tournament but as he had played more minutes (630) than Chukwueze (535) in the tournament the award was re-allocated.

Final ranking

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Quarter-finals Round of 16 Group stage

Goalscorers

;10 goals

• NGA Victor Osimhen

;4 goals

• GER Johannes Eggestein

;3 goals

• BEL Dante Rigo
• MLI Sidiki Maïga
• MEX Francisco Venegas
• NGA Kelechi Nwakali
• NGA Samuel Chukwueze
• RUS Fyodor Chalov

;2 goals

• AUS Nicholas Panetta
• BEL Jorn Vancamp
• BEL Dante Vanzeir
• BRA Leandro
• CHI Marcelo Allende
• CRO Karlo Majić
• CRO Nikola Moro
• ECU Washington Corozo
• ECU Pervis Estupiñán
• ECU Yeison Guerrero
• ECU Jhon Pereira
• FRA Bilal Boutobba
• FRA Odsonne Edouard
• FRA Jonathan Ikoné
• FRA Nicolas Janvier
• GER Vitaly Janelt
• GER Felix Passlack
• MLI Amadou Haidara
• MLI Sekou Koita
• MLI Aly Malle
• MLI Boubacar Traoré
• MEX Pablo López
• MEX Claudio Zamudio
• MEX Diego Cortés
• MEX Kevin Magaña
• PAR Julio Villalba
• RUS Georgi Makhatadze
• USA Brandon Vazquez

;1 goal

• ARG Tomás Conechny
• AUS Pierce Waring
• BEL Dennis Van Vaerenbergh
• BEL Matthias Verreth
• BRA Arthur
• BRA Lincoln
• BRA Luís Henrique
• CHI Gonzalo Jara
• CHI Brian Leiva
• CHI Yerko Leiva
• CHI Gabriel Mazuela
• CHI Camilo Moya
• CRC Kevin Masis
• CRC Diego Mesén
• CRC Sergio Ramírez
• CRC Andy Reyes
• CRO Josip Brekalo
• CRO Luka Ivanušec
• CRO Davor Lovren
• ECU Joan Cortez
• ECU Juan Nazareno
• ENG Kaylen Hinds
• FRA Alexis Claude-Maurice
• FRA Mamadou Doucoure
• FRA Alec Georgen
• FRA Faitout Maouassa
• FRA Dayot Upamecano
• GER Niklas Schmidt
• GUI Naby Bangoura
• GUI Morlaye Sylla
• HON Foslyn Grant
• HON Jafeth Leiva
• MLI Abdoul Karim Danté
• MEX Eduardo Aguirre
• MEX Ricardo Marín
• MEX Bryan Salazar
• NZL Hunter Ashworth
• NZL Lucas Imrie
• NZL James McGarry
• NGA Udochukwu Anumudu
• NGA Chukwudi Agor
• NGA Funsho Bamgboye
• NGA Christian Ebere
• NGA Edidiong Essien
• NGA Kingsley Michael
• NGA Orji Okwonkwo
• PRK Jong Chang-bom
• PRK Kim Wi-song
• PRK Pak Yong-gwan
• PAR Arturo Aranda
• PAR David Colmán
• PAR Sebastián Ferreira
• PAR Jorge Morel
• PAR Marcelino Ñamandú
• PAR Cristian Paredes
• RUS Ivan Galanin
• KOR Jang Jae-won
• KOR Oh Se-hun
• RSA Khanyisa Mayo
• RSA Thendo Mukumela
• SYR Anas Al-Aji
• USA Christian Pulisic

;1 own goal

• NZL James McGarry (playing against France)

Marketing

Sponsorship

;FIFA partners

• Adidas
• Coca-Cola
• Gazprom
• Visa
• Hyundai

;National suppliers

• Clinica MEDS
• Movistar Chile
• Pullman Bus
• Universidad Santo Tomás
• VTR

Mascot and anthem

The official mascot, a young boy named Brochico, and anthem, composed by DJ Méndez, were unveiled on 9 July 2015.

Broadcasting

United States

Fox Sports: English language, Telemundo: Spanish language

Bulgaria

BNT

Canada

TSN.

Germany

ARD and ZDF.

Indonesia

Rajawali Televisi

Laos

TVLAO

United Kingdom

BBC, ITV, Eurosport.

New Zealand

Sky Sport

South Africa, Sub Sahara Africa and Nigeria

Startimes Sports

South Korea

SBS, KBS, and MBC

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