2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup

2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2017 FIFA U-20 월드컵 대한민국
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Tournament details
Host countrySouth Korea
Dates20 May – 11 June
Teams24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions England (1st title)
Runners-up Venezuela
Third place Italy
Fourth place Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played52
Goals scored140 (2.69 per match)
Attendance410,795 (7,900 per match)
Top scorer(s)Italy Riccardo Orsolini
(5 goals)[1]
Best player(s)England Dominic Solanke[1]
Best goalkeeperEngland Freddie Woodman[1]
Fair play award Mexico[1]
2015
2019

The 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 21st edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, the biennial international men's youth football championship contested by the under-20 national teams of the member associations of FIFA, since its inception in 1977 as the FIFA World Youth Championship. The tournament was hosted by South Korea from 20 May to 11 June 2017.[2]

Along with Japan and Mexico, South Korea became the third nation to have hosted all of FIFA men's international competitions, namely the 2002 FIFA World Cup, the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup, and the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

The South Korean FA originally made a request to host the tournament outside the traditional June/July period, as it would clash with South Korea's rainy season, as well as any possible national team selection should they have qualified for the Confederations Cup.[3]

Serbia, the 2015 champions, were not able to defend their title as they failed to reach the final round of the UEFA qualifying tournament. In doing so, they became the fifth consecutive incumbent title holder to fail to qualify for the subsequent tournament. The official match ball used in the tournament was Adidas Krasava.

England won their first FIFA U-20 World Cup title after beating Venezuela 1–0 in the final via a goal from Dominic Calvert-Lewin.[4][5]

  1. ^ a b c d "Solanke takes home top honour". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 11 June 2017.
  2. ^ "FIFA media". Twitter. 24 September 2015.
  3. ^ "韓축구 2017년 U-20 월드컵 본격 준비 '킥오프'" (in Korean). Incheon Daily. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Under-20 World Cup: England beat Venezuela in final". BBC Sport. 11 June 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  5. ^ "England seal Under-20 World Cup glory as Dominic Calvert-Lewin strikes". Guardian. 11 June 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017.

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