The 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship was the 15th edition of the FIFA World Youth Championship. It took place in the

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between 10 June and 2 July 2005.

Venues

Qualification

The following 24 teams qualified for the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship. Host country the Netherlands did not have to qualify for the tournament. :1.Teams that made their debut.

Sponsorship

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* MasterCard *

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* Hyundai *

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* ''FIFA Fair Play''

Match officials

Squads

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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

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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

Knockout stages

Bracket

Round of 16

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

Winners

Goalscorers

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;5 goals *

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* Oleksandr Aliev ;4 goals * Graziano Pellè *

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;3 goals *

Pablo Zabaleta Pablo Javier Zabaleta Girod (; born 16 January 1985) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a right back. Zabaleta could operate on both sides of the pitch as a full-back and was known for his tenacious style of play, an ...

* Chen Tao *

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* Taye Taiwo * Juanfran * Miquel Robusté * Gokhan Gulec * Sezer Öztürk ;1 goal * Julio Barroso *

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* Gustavo Oberman * Ryan Townsend * Nick Ward * Abou Maiga * Razak Omotoyossi * Diego Tardelli * Edcarlos * Gladstone * Fábio Santos *

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* Marcel de Jong * Jaime Peters * Matías Fernández * Gonzalo Jara *

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* Cui Peng * Hao Junmin * Gao Lin * Lu Lin * Tan Wangsong *

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* Zhou Haibin * Zhu Ting * Harrison Otálvaro * Wason Rentería * Hugo Rodallega * Christian Gentner *

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* Michele Canini * Andrea Coda * Raffaele De Martino * Sota Hirayama * Shunsuke Maeda * Koki Mizuno *

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* Adil Chihi * Reda Doulyazal * Nabil El Zhar * Quincy Owusu-Abeyie * Ibrahim Afellay * Urby Emanuelson *

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* Rick Kruys * Ron Vlaar * David Abwo * Olubayo Adefemi * Isaac Promise *

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* John Owoeri *

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* Baek Ji-hoon * Park Chu-young *

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* Jonathan Soriano * Francisco Molinero * Víctor * Alberto Zapater * Goran Antić *

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* Majed Al Haj * Mohamad Al Hamawi * Abdelrazaq Al Hussain * Maxym Feschuk * Dmytro Vorobei * Chad Barrett * Hunter Freeman * Jacob Peterson

Awards

Final ranking

External links

FIFA World Youth Championship Netherlands 2005
, FIFA.com

FIFA Technical Report
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