Host country Turkey Venue(s) 7 (in 7 host cities) Runners-up Uruguay | Dates 21 June – 13 July Champions France (1st title) | |
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Teams 24 (from 6 confederations) | ||
The 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the nineteenth edition of the U-20 World Cup, since its inception in 1977 as the FIFA World Youth Championship. The 2013 series ran from June 21, 2013, through July 13, 2013. At the FIFA Executive Meeting in Zürich on 3 March 2011, Turkey beat other bids to host the series games, from host competition by the United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistan. In its bid, Turkey suggested the use of 13 stadiums in 10 of its cities, before deciding in February 2012, that seven cities would play host to games.
Contents
- Bids
- Qualification
- Organization and Emblem
- Draw
- Match officials
- Squads
- Group stage
- Group D
- Ranking of third placed teams
- Knockout stage
- Awards
- Goalscorers
- Trophy
- Vanishing spray
- Latin Amrica
- Asia
- References
This tournament marks the first time in its history that neither Argentina nor Brazil (the most successful teams in the competition) qualified. It is also the second time that Brazil has not taken part (the first time was the 1979 edition).
France won the tournament and their first U-20 World Cup, and thus became the first nation to win all five FIFA 11-a-side men's titles (FIFA World Cup, FIFA Confederations Cup, FIFA U-20 World Cup, FIFA U-17 World Cup, and Olympic gold medal).
Bids
At the deadline date of 17 January 2011, three member associations confirmed they would be bidding for the event. Neither Turkey nor Uzbekistan had ever been hosts to a FIFA competition, while the United Arab Emirates were hosts of the U-20s in 2003.
Qualification
In addition to host nation Turkey, 23 nations qualified from six separate continental competitions.
Organization and Emblem
To mark the one year countdown date to the competition, FIFA, as well as members of the Turkish FA, announced that the Emblem would be presented to the media on 25 June 2012 at Ciragan Palace Mabeyn Hall in Istanbul. Details of the ticketing access were made publicly available on 30 November 2012.
Host City logos for each participating stadium were shown to the general public on 20 March 2013, with each taking inspiration from their surroundings. The official logo includes an Evil Eye protector, worn or hung inside Turkish homes to bring luck.
Draw
The final draw was held at the Grand Tarabya Hotel, Istanbul at 19:00 (Local time) on 25 March.
On 12 February 2013, FIFA announced the procedure of the draw. The 24 teams were divided into four differing pots:
Prior to the draw, Turkey was assigned to position C1, and Spain was assigned to Group A. As a basic principle, teams from the same confederation could not be drawn against each other at the group stage, except in Group A where there are two teams from UEFA.
As the CAF U-20 Championship was not completed at the time of the draw, a separate draw took place at the tournament's conclusion on 30 March in Oran, Algeria to determine the groups where the 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed CAF teams will play in.
Match officials
The 23 referee trios were announced by FIFA on 13 May 2013.
Squads
Teams must name a 21-man squad (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline. The squads were announced by FIFA on 14 June 2013.
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 will be 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 will be 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;
- drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.
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Group D
Note: drawing of lots was used to determine the final positions of Greece and Paraguay, as the two teams finished level on points, goal difference, goals scored, and head-to-head record.
Ranking of third-placed teams
The four best teams among those ranked third were determined as follows:
- points obtained in all group matches;
- goal difference in all group matches;
- number of goals scored in all group matches;
- drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.
Knockout stage
In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time shall be played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by kicks from the penalty mark to determine the winner, except for the play-off for third place where no extra time shall be played as the match is played directly before the final.
Awards
The following awards were given:
Goalscorers
Trophy
The winners were the first team to receive an updated version of the trophy, with Rebecca Cusack and Thomas R. Fattorini of Thomas Fattorini Ltd, Birmingham taking over from Sawaya & Moroni as suppliers of FIFA competitions.
Vanishing spray
A “vanishing spray” made its FIFA debut (versions are already in use in CONCACAF and CONMEBOL competitions) during this tournament, with referees using it to denote the ten-yard mark for an opposing defence at time of free kicks.