2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup

2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2013 FIFA U-20 Dünya Kupası
Tournament details
Host countryTurkey
Dates21 June – 13 July
Teams24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions France (1st title)
Runners-up Uruguay
Third place Ghana
Fourth place Iraq
Tournament statistics
Matches played52
Goals scored152 (2.92 per match)
Attendance303,251 (5,832 per match)
Top scorer(s)Ghana Ebenezer Assifuah
(6 goals)
Best player(s)France Paul Pogba
Best goalkeeperUruguay Guillermo de Amores
Fair play award Spain
2011
2015
Map of results

The 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the nineteenth edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, since its inception in 1977 as the FIFA World Youth Championship. It ran from 21 June to 13 July 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.[1] In its bid, Turkey suggested the use of thirteen stadiums in ten of its cities,[2] before deciding in February 2012, that seven cities would play host to games.[3]

This tournament marked the first time in its history that neither Argentina nor Brazil (the most successful teams in the competition) qualified. It was also only the second time that Brazil had 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 the Olympic football tournament).[4][5]

  1. ^ "Eight FIFA tournaments awarded". FIFA. 3 March 2011. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  2. ^ "Turkey to host FIFA U-20 World Cup 2013". Turkish Football Federation. 3 March 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  3. ^ "FIFA names Venues for U20 World Cup Turkey 2013". TRT World. 15 February 2012.
  4. ^ "France end Turkey on top". FIFA.com. FIFA. 13 July 2013. Archived from the original on 16 July 2013.
  5. ^ "France win Under-20 World Cup final". ESPN. 13 July 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2013.