1997 FIFA World Youth Championship

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Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
Dates	16 June – 5 July
Teams	24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (3rd title)
Runners-up	Uruguay
Third place	Republic of Ireland
Fourth place	Ghana
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Goals scored	165 (3.17 per match)
Attendance	655,827 (12,612 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Adaílton (10 goals)
Best player(s)	Nicolás Olivera
Fair play award	Argentina

The 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship, known as the 1997 FIFA/Coca-Cola World Youth Championship for sponsorship purposes, was the 11th staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship. It was held from 16 June to 5 July 1997 in Malaysia. It was the first FIFA tournament hosted by a Southeast Asian country.

Venues

Shah Alam	Kuching	Alor Setar
Shah Alam Stadium	Sarawak Stadium	Darul Aman Stadium
Capacity: 80,000	Capacity: 40,000	Capacity: 32,387
Shah Alam Kuching Alor Setar Kuantan Kangar Johor Bahru Location of venues
Kuantan	Kangar	Johor Bahru
Darul Makmur Stadium	Tuanku Syed Putra Stadium	Tan Sri Hassan Yunus Stadium
Capacity: 40,000	Capacity: 20,000	Capacity: 30,000

Qualification

The following 24 teams qualified for the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship. Host Malaysia did not have to qualify for the tournament.

Confederation	Qualifying tournament	Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)	Host nation	Malaysia1
	1996 AFC Youth Championship	China  Japan  South Korea  United Arab Emirates1
CAF (Africa)	1997 African Youth Championship	Ivory Coast  Ghana  Morocco  South Africa1
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)	1996 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament	Canada  Costa Rica  Mexico  United States
CONMEBOL (South America)	1997 South American Youth Championship	Argentina  Brazil  Paraguay  Uruguay
OFC (Oceania)	1997 OFC U-20 Championship	Australia
UEFA (Europe)	1996 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship	Belgium1  England  France  Hungary  Republic of Ireland  Spain

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship squads

Group stages

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Uruguay	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Morocco	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
3	Belgium	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
4	Malaysia (H)	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	0

Source:
(H) Hosts

16 June 1997
21:00

Malaysia	1–3	Morocco
Safri 10' (o.g.)	(Report)	Sektioui 14' Khamma 33' El Barodi 93'

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

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17 June 1997
20:00

Uruguay	3–0	Belgium
Podestá 41' Coelho 56', 79'	(Report)

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Kim Young-joo (South Korea)

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19 June 1997
17:30

Malaysia	1–3	Uruguay
Fadly 11'	(Report)	Zalayeta 24' Haled 39' (o.g.) López 77'

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

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19 June 1997
20:00

Morocco	1–1	Belgium
Termina 79'	(Report)	Van Handenhoven 60'

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)

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22 June 1997
17:30

Malaysia	0–3	Belgium
	(Report)	Van Handenhoven 10', 30' Remacle 83'

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)

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22 June 1997
20:00

Morocco	0–0	Uruguay
	(Report)

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Kim Young-joo (South Korea)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Brazil	3	3	0	0	15	3	+12	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	France	3	2	0	1	8	7	+1	6
3	South Africa	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1
4	South Korea	3	0	1	2	5	14	−9	1

Source:

17 June 1997
16:30

South Korea	0–0	South Africa
	(Report)

Sarawak Stadium, Kuching

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Georg Dardenne (Germany)

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17 June 1997
20:45

France	0–3	Brazil
	(Report)	Alex 5' Adaílton 61' Silvestre 90' (o.g.)

Sarawak Stadium, Kuching

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Nik Ahmad Haji Yaakub (Malaysia)

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19 June 1997
16:30

South Korea	2–4	France
Park Jin-sub 54', 68' (pen.)	(Report)	Henry 1', 10' Trezeguet 2', 52'

Sarawak Stadium, Kuching

Attendance: 3,246

Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

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19 June 1997
19:15

South Africa	0–2	Brazil
	(Report)	Adaílton 53', 57'

Sarawak Stadium, Kuching

Attendance: 7,939

Referee: Georg Dardenne (Germany)

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22 June 1997
16:30

South Korea	3–10	Brazil
Lee Kwan-woo 56' Chung Seok-keun 73' Lee Jung-min 89'	(Report)	Fernandão 19', 42' Adaílton 30', 32' (pen.), 35' (pen.), 39', 63', 69' Zé Elias[1] 68', 82'

Sarawak Stadium, Kuching

Attendance: 9,576

Referee: Nik Ahmad Haji Yaakub (Malaysia)

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22 June 1997
19:15

South Africa	2–4	France
Hartley 42', 90'	(Report)	Trezeguet 22', 61' Henry 83' Luccin 89'

Sarawak Stadium, Kuching

Attendance: 9,757

Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Ghana	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Republic of Ireland	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	United States	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3
4	China	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2

Source:

17 June 1997
17:30

Ghana	2–1	Republic of Ireland
Gambo 27' Mouktar 66'	(Report)	Molloy 51'

Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar

Attendance: 5,100

Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

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17 June 1997
20:00

China	0–1	United States
	(Report)	West 90'

Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar

Attendance: 9,769

Referee: Armand Ancion (Belgium)

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19 June 1997
17:30

Ghana	1–1	China
Appiah 74'	(Report)	Li Jinyu 43'

Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: León Padro Borja (Mexico)

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19 June 1997
20:00

Republic of Ireland	2–1	United States
Cummins 6' Corrales 25' (o.g.)	(Report)	Flores 39' (pen.)

Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Oscar Ruiz (Colombia)

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22 June 1997
17:30

Ghana	1–0	United States
Ofori-Quaye 32'	(Report)

Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Saad Mane (Kuwait)

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22 June 1997
20:00

Republic of Ireland	1–1	China
Cummins 21'	(Report)	Wang Peng 11'

Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: José Luis da Rosa Varela (Uruguay)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Japan	3	1	1	1	10	7	+3	4
3	Paraguay	3	0	2	1	5	6	−1	2
4	Costa Rica	3	0	1	2	3	11	−8	1

Source:

18 June 1997
17:30

Japan	1–2	Spain
Yanagisawa 65' (pen.)	(Report)	Farinós 23' Angulo 56'

Darulmakmur Stadium, Kuantan

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: José Luis da Rosa Varela (Uruguay)

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18 June 1997
20:00

Costa Rica	1–1	Paraguay
Bryce 45'	(Report)	Román 59'

Darulmakmur Stadium, Kuantan

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Saad Mane (Kuwait)

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20 June 1997
17:30

Japan	6–2	Costa Rica
Ono 3', 22' Nakamura 7' Jojo 78' Fukuda 93' Nagai 95'	(Report)	Ledezma 28' Solís 59'

Darulmakmur Stadium, Kuantan

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: José Luis da Rosa Varela (Uruguay)

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20 June 1997
20:00

Spain	2–1	Paraguay
Deus 30', 78'	(Report)	Morinigo 65'

Darulmakmur Stadium, Kuantan

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Saad Mane (Kuwait)

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23 June 1997
17:30

Japan	3–3	Paraguay
Jojo 31' Hiroyama 45' Yanagisawa 62'	(Report)	Cáceres 17' Da Silva 38' Samudio 67'

Darulmakmur Stadium, Kuantan

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Abderrahim El Arjoun (Morocco)

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23 June 1997
20:00

Spain	4–0	Costa Rica
Rivera 3' Albelda 23' Farinós 24' (pen.) Ribera 78'	(Report)

Darulmakmur Stadium, Kuantan

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Australia	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Argentina	3	2	0	1	8	5	+3	6
3	Canada	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	Hungary	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0

Source:

18 June 1997
17:30

Hungary	0–3	Argentina
	(Report)	Romeo 9' Scaloni 42' Riquelme 50'

Utama Stadium,^[2] Kangar

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Abderrahim El Arjoun (Morocco)

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18 June 1997
20:00

Australia	0–0	Canada
	(Report)

Utama Stadium,^[2] Kangar

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)

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20 June 1997
17:30

Hungary	0–1	Australia
	(Report)	Allsopp 90'

Utama Stadium,^[2] Kangar

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Abderrahim El Arjoun (Morocco)

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20 June 1997
20:00

Argentina	2–1	Canada
Romeo 32' Riquelme 65'	(Report)	Bent 43' (pen.)

Utama Stadium,^[2] Kangar

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)

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23 June 1997
17:30

Hungary	1–2	Canada
Szili 3' (pen.)	(Report)	De Rosario 6' Kindel 64'

Utama Stadium,^[2] Kangar

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: León Padro Borja (Mexico)

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23 June 1997
20:00

Argentina	3–4	Australia
Romeo 9' Placente 70' Riquelme 88' (pen.)	(Report)	Salapasidis 39', 40', 55', 90' (pen.)

Utama Stadium,^[2] Kangar

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Armand Ancion (Belgium)

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	England	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Mexico	3	1	1	1	6	2	+4	4
3	United Arab Emirates	3	1	0	2	2	10	−8	3
4	Ivory Coast	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Source:

18 June 1997
17:30

Mexico	5–0	United Arab Emirates
Lillingston 26', 56' (pen.) Cariño 40' Torres 60' Santacruz 70'	(Report)

Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Sándor Piller (Hungary)

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18 June 1997
20:00

Ivory Coast	1–2	England
Cisse 22'	(Report)	Owen 6' (pen.) Shepherd 69'

Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Intaz Shah (Fiji)

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20 June 1997
17:30

Mexico	1–1	Ivory Coast
Lillingston 44'	(Report)	Dié 33'

Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Intaz Shah (Fiji)

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20 June 1997
20:00

United Arab Emirates	0–5	England
	(Report)	Murphy 7', 35', 50' (pen.) Owen 52' Abdulla 60' (o.g.)

Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Falla N'Doye (Senegal)

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23 June 1997
17:30

Mexico	0–1	England
	(Report)	Owen 65'

Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Falla N'Doye (Senegal)

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23 June 1997
20:00

United Arab Emirates	2–0	Ivory Coast
Ali 52' Kazim 85'	(Report)

Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Sándor Piller (Hungary)

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	A	Belgium	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	E	Canada	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
3	C	United States	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3
4	F	United Arab Emirates	3	1	0	2	2	10	−8	3
5	D	Paraguay	3	0	2	1	5	6	−1	2
6	B	South Africa	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

Source:

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

25 June – Shah Alam

Uruguay

3

29 June – Shah Alam

United States

0

Uruguay (pen.)

1 (7)

25 June – Kuching

France

1 (6)

Mexico

0

2 July – Shah Alam

France

1

Uruguay (aet)

3

26 June – Kangar

Ghana

2

Australia

0

29 June – Johor Bahru

Japan

1

Japan

1

26 June – Alor Setar

Ghana (aet)

2

Ghana

3

5 July – Shah Alam

United Arab Emirates

0

Uruguay

1

26 June – Kuantan

Argentina

2

Spain

2

29 June – Shah Alam

Canada

0

Spain

0

25 June – Shah Alam

Republic of Ireland

1

Republic of Ireland (aet)

2

2 July – Kuching

Morocco

1

Republic of Ireland

0

26 June – Johor Bahru

Argentina

1

Third place

England

1

29 June – Kuching

5 July – Shah Alam

Argentina

2

Argentina

2

Ghana

1

25 June – Kuching

Brazil

0

Republic of Ireland

2

Brazil

10

Belgium

0

Round of 16

25 June 1997

16:15

Brazil	10–0	Belgium
Álvaro 3', 13' Éder 32' Alex 41', 48', 85' Roni 67', 78' Adaílton 82' Zé Elias[1] 87'	(Report)

Sarawak Stadium, Kuching

Attendance: 8,267

Referee: Saad Mane (Kuwait)

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25 June 1997

17:30

Uruguay	3–0	United States
Zalayeta 24', 34' Olivera 41'	(Report)

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Georg Dardenne (Germany)

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25 June 1997

19:15

Mexico	0–1	France
	(Report)	Luccin 90'

Sarawak Stadium, Kuching

Attendance: 10,101

Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)

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25 June 1997

20:30

Republic of Ireland	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Morocco
Fenn 35' Duff 97'	(Report)	Inman 43' (o.g.)

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

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26 June 1997

16:30

Australia	0–1	Japan
	(Report)	Yanagisawa 44'

Utama Stadium,^[2] Kangar

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: León Padro Borja (Mexico)

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26 June 1997

17:15

England	1–2	Argentina
Carragher 49'	(Report)	Riquelme 10' (pen.) Aimar 26'

Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Sándor Piller (Hungary)

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26 June 1997

19:40

Ghana	3–0	United Arab Emirates
Ackon 32' Sule 79' Issaka 88'	(Report)

Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Armand Ancion (Belgium)

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26 June 1997

19:40

Spain	2–0	Canada
Deus 77' Rivera 90'	(Report)

Darulmakmur Stadium, Kuantan

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Abderrahim El Arjoun (Morocco)

Quarter-finals

29 June 1997

17:00

Uruguay	1–1 (a.e.t.)	France
Olivera 68'	(Report)	Trezeguet 27'
Penalties
	7–6

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Falla N'Doye (Senegal)

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29 June 1997

17:00

Argentina	2–0	Brazil
Scaloni 79' Perezlindo 90'	(Report)

Sarawak Stadium, Kuching

Attendance: 34,896

Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

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29 June 1997

20:00

Spain	0–1	Republic of Ireland
	(Report)	Molloy 52' (pen.)

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: León Padro Borja (Mexico)

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29 June 1997

20:00

Japan	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Ghana
Yanagisawa 80'	(Report)	Ansah 9' Ofori-Quaye 97'

Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru

Attendance: 18,700

Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)

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Semi-finals

2 July 1997

16:30

Republic of Ireland	0–1	Argentina
	(Report)	Romeo 55'

Sarawak Stadium, Kuching

Attendance: 14,976

Referee: Kim Young-Joo (South Korea)

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2 July 1997

20:30

Uruguay	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Ghana
Zalayeta 13' Coelho 45' Perea 105'	(Report)	Lawson 45' Meloño 78' (o.g.)

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)

Third place play-off

5 July 1997

17:30

Ghana	1–2	Republic of Ireland
Sule 5'	(Report)	Baker 2' Duff 33'

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

Final

5 July 1997

20:30

Uruguay	1–2	Argentina
García 15'	Report	Cambiasso 26' Quintana 43'

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam

Attendance: 62,000

Referee: Saad Mane (Kuwait)

Team details

Uruguay Argentina GK 1 Gustavo Munúa DF 2 Álvaro Perea DF 3 Martín Rivas DF 4 Carlos Díaz DF 6 César Pellegrín DF 13 Alejandro Meloño MF 5 Pablo García MF 7 Christian Callejas MF 8 Fabián Coelho FW 9 Marcelo Zalayeta FW 10 Nicolás Olivera Substitutes: MF 15 Mario Regueiro MF 18 Sebastián Cartagena FW 17 Rodrigo López Manager: Víctor Púa GK 1 Leo Franco RB 18 Lionel Scaloni CB 3 Walter Samuel CB 13 Fabián Cubero LB 2 Leandro Cufré DM 5 Esteban Cambiasso RM 4 Juan Serrizuela LM 14 Diego Placente AM 8 Juan Román Riquelme (c) SS 7 Diego Quintana CF 9 Bernardo Romeo Substitutes: MF 10 Pablo Aimar MF 11 Pablo Rodríguez FW 15 Martín Perezlindo Manager: José Pekerman

Result

FIFA World Youth Championship 1997 winners
Argentina Third title

Awards

Golden Shoe	Golden Ball	Fair Play Award
Adaílton	Nicolás Olivera	Argentina

Goalscorers

Adaílton of Brazil won the Golden Shoe award for scoring ten goals. In total, 165 goals were scored by 101 different players, with seven of them credited as own goals.

10 goals

• Adaílton

5 goals

• David Trezeguet

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goal

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Argentina	7	6	0	1	15	7	+8	18	Champions
2	Uruguay	7	4	2	1	14	6	+8	14	Runners-up
3	Republic of Ireland	7	4	1	2	9	7	+2	13	Third place
4	Ghana	7	4	1	2	12	8	+4	13	Fourth place
5	Brazil	5	4	0	1	25	5	+20	12	Eliminated in Quarter-finals
6	Spain	5	4	0	1	10	3	+7	12
7	France	5	3	1	1	10	8	+2	10
8	Japan	5	2	1	2	12	9	+3	7
9	England	4	3	0	1	9	3	+6	9	Eliminated in Round of 16
10	Australia	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	7
11	Morocco	4	1	2	1	5	4	+1	5
12	Mexico	4	1	1	2	6	3	+3	4
13	Canada	4	1	1	2	3	5	−2	4
14	Belgium	4	1	1	2	4	14	−10	4
15	United States	4	1	0	3	2	6	−4	3
16	United Arab Emirates	4	1	0	3	2	13	−11	3
17	Paraguay	3	0	2	1	5	6	−1	2	Eliminated in Group stage
18	China	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
19	Ivory Coast	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1
20	South Africa	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1
21	Costa Rica	3	0	1	2	3	11	−8	1
22	South Korea	3	0	1	2	5	14	−9	1
23	Hungary	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0
24	Malaysia (H)	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	0

Notes

External links

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