2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup


The 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the sixteenth tournament of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, held in Chile from 17 October to 8 November 2015.

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 U17 World Cup in the same year. On 8 April 2014, 8 cities were confirmed as host of the competition, with Copiapó and Quillota being dropped.
The Local organising committee have also said that the capital City would not host the final.
La SerenaCoquimbo
Estadio La PortadaEstadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso
Capacity: 18,243Capacity: 18,750
Viña del MarSantiago
Estadio SausalitoEstadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos
Capacity: 22,340Capacity: 48,665
TalcaChillán
Estadio Fiscal de TalcaEstadio Municipal de Chillán Nelson Oyarzún Arenas
Capacity: 8,200Capacity: 12,000
ConcepciónPuerto Montt
Estadio Municipal de ConcepciónEstadio Regional de Chinquihue
Capacity: 30,448Capacity: 10,000

Qualified teams

In addition to host nation Chile, 23 nations qualified from 6 separate continental competitions.
ConfederationQualifying TournamentQualifier
AFC 2014 AFC U-16 Championship
CAF 2015 African U-17 Championship
CONCACAF
2015 CONCACAF U-17 Championship
CONMEBOL Host nation
CONMEBOL 2015 South American Under-17 Championship
OFC 2015 OFC U-17 Championship
UEFA 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

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:
As a basic principle, teams from the same confederation could not be drawn against each other at the group stage.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4





Match officials

A total of 21 referees, 6 support referees, and 42 assistant referees were selected for the tournament.
ConfederationRefereeAssistant refereesSupport referee
AFC Abdulrahman Al-Jassim Taleb Al-Marri
Saud Al-Maqaleh		 Hettikamkanamge Perera
AFC Mohd Amirul Izwan Mohd Yusri Mohamad
Azman Ismail		 Hettikamkanamge Perera
AFC Abdulla Hassan Mohamed Mohamed Al-Hammadi
Hasan Al-Mahri		 Hettikamkanamge Perera
CAF Mehdi Abid Charef Anouar Hmila
Theogene Ndagijimana		 Bamlak Tessema Weyesa
CAF Malang Diedhiou Djibril Camara
Aboubacar Doumbouya		 Bamlak Tessema Weyesa
CAF Janny Sikazwe Arsenio Marengula
Jerson Emiliano Dos Santos		 Bamlak Tessema Weyesa
CONCACAF Valdin Legister Kedlee Powell
Richard Washington		 Óscar Reyna
CONCACAF Ricardo Montero Juan Mora
Warner Castro		 Óscar Reyna
CONCACAF Héctor Rodríguez Cristian Ramírez
Walter López Ramos		 Óscar Reyna
CONMEBOL Enrique Cáceres Eduardo Cardozo
Juan Zorrilla		 Gery Vargas
CONMEBOL Diego Haro Raúl López Cruz
Víctor Ráez		 Gery Vargas
CONMEBOL Wilson Lamouroux Alexander Guzman
Wilmar Navarro		 Gery Vargas
CONMEBOL Roberto Tobar Marcelo Barraza
Christian Schiemann		 Gery Vargas
OFC Nick Waldron Glen Lochrie
Ravinesh Kumar		 Kader Zitouni
UEFA Yevhen Aranovskiy Ihor Alokhin
Oleksandr Korniyko		 Stephan Klossner
UEFA Deniz Aytekin Guido Kleve
Markus Häcker		 Stephan Klossner
UEFA Ruddy Buquet Guillaume Debart
Cyril Gringore		 Stephan Klossner
UEFA Matej Jug Matej Žunič
Gregor Rojko		 Stephan Klossner
UEFA Danny Makkelie Mario Diks
Hessel Steegstra		 Stephan Klossner
UEFA Michael Oliver Stuart Burt
Gary Beswick		 Stephan Klossner
UEFA Martin Strömbergsson Daniel Gustavsson
Mehmet Culum		 Stephan Klossner

Emblem and slogan

The emblem and slogan of the tournament was unveiled on 7 October 2014.

Squads

Each team named a squad of 21 players 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:
If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows:
All times are local, Chile Standard Time.

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Group E

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Group F

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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.

Bracket

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.
Third teams qualify from groups:1A plays against:1B plays against:1C plays against:1D plays against:
A B C D3C3D3A3B
A B C E3C3A3B3E
A B C F3C3A3B3F
A B D E3D3A3B3E
A B D F3D3A3B3F
A B E F3E3A3B3F
A C D E3C3D3A3E
A C D F3C3D3A3F
A C E F3C3A3F3E
A D E F3D3A3F3E
B C D E3C3D3B3E
B C D F3C3D3B3F
B C E F3E3C3B3F
B D E F3E3D3B3F
C D E F3C3D3F3E

Round of 16

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place match

Final

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 than Chukwueze 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.

Goalscorers

;10 goals
;4 goals
;3 goals
;2 goals
;1 goal
;1 own goal

Sponsorship

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

Broadcasting

USA

Bulgaria

Canada

Germany

and ZDF.

Indonesia

Laos

United Kingdom

, ITV, Eurosport.

New Zealand

South Africa, Sub Sahara Africa and Nigeria

South Korea

, KBS, and MBC